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Piracy is a serious issue. Live-streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat have plenty of sticky societal implications. These are two indisputable facts! Let’s not make the mistake, though, of assuming that they overlap. This week, HBO confirmed that it sent takedown notices to Periscope, the Twitter-owned emporium of bored iPhone owners showing off their cats…
On Friday, Marvel released the first for four collaborations with Netflix, “Daredevil,” which follows the trials of a blind lawyer who fights for the rights of the downtrodden in courtrooms by day and back alleys by night. The series superficially resembles Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy, in that it presents a view of urban life whose…
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The idea of trying to re-create The Rocky Horror Picture Show for network television pretty much sounds like the worst idea ever, and yet today we learned that Frank N. Furter and the denizens of Transsexual Transylvania are indeed coming to TV this fall on Fox. This year marks the 40th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show,…
Hey… wait a minute… Director Roland Emmerich made the announcement on Twitter yesterday, including a new addition to the cast as well. This just in… @JoeyKingActress and @BrentSpiner officially signed for #IndependenceDay – Welcome aboard! — Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) April 9, 2015 King, who resembles the Childlike Empress in her Twitter profile picture, starred…
Start: GPT End: GPT Begin comScore Tag End comScore Tag Google Tag Manager End Google Tag Manager April 10, 2015 6:51am PT by Ashley Lee ‘Empire’: Taraji P. Henson Reveals Cookie’s Amazing Improvised Naomi Campbell Insult That Was Cut (Video) Lloyd Bishop/NBC Also improvised by Henson: ” ‘Boo boo kitty’ is the new ‘Bye, Felicia!’…
And so continues one of the most confusing relationships of my adult life: that between myself and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly. Once again Kelly brought out her “sensible adult” side during an interview with Rand Paul, taking him (as well as other male journalists) to task for sexism. You’ll recall Rand Paul’s dickhead interview with…
Sterling Archer of FX’s “Archer” is practically a walking AP Literature text book. As the world’s most well-read secret-service agent, he knows the texts of “Animal Farm” and “Of Mice and Men” — even the works of French Philosopher Peter Abelard dating back to the 12th century — like the back of his hand. Or, well…
The controversial TV presenter was recently sacked from the motoring series after a “fracas” over hot dinner sent producer Oisin Tymon to A&E with a split lip in early March. More than a million people signed an online petition to see Clarkson return to Top Gear, but BBC Director General Tony Hall came to the…
Bruce Willis was dead all along. Walter White dies at the end. Lots of people die at the Red Wedding. Spoilers are everywhere on the web, but a new Google patent may be able to save those who haven’t caught up on the latest TV shows and films from plot points their friends are wantonly dropping on…