'If People Knew How Animals Are Treated, They Wouldn't Eat Them' Says Chris Packham

Wildlife expert Chris Packham believes people wouldn't eat meat if they knew how animals were treated, Plant Based News can reveal. He made the comments while talking with Veganuary - a charity that supports people as they try and vegan diet throughout January. A staggering 300,000 people are expected to sign up for the initiative this year. Packham will also be doing Veganuary this year and has joined the organization as an ambassador, joining actors Evanna Lynch and Peter Egan, TV presenters Sarah-Jane Crawford and Jasmine Harman, comedians Sara Pascoe and Carl Donnelly and chef Derek Sarno.
Read more: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/if-people-knew-animals-treated-wouldnt-eat-them-chris-packham?source=Snapzu

'The Punisher' Season 2 Villain Is an Alt-Right Christian Fundamentalist

The first season of The Punisher saw the Marvel vigilante going up against a corrupt CIA...
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Netflix says more than 45 million accounts have watched 'Bird Box'

Netflix seems to be flying so high over the reception to its just-released psychological horror film "Bird Box" that it's breaking a long-held tradition of staying largely mum on viewership. The streaming service on Friday said more than 45 million "accounts" have watched the Sandra Bullock-led film in its first week of release, the "best first 7 days ever for a Netflix film," the company boasted in a Tweet.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/28/media/bird-box-netflix-viewers/index.html?source=Snapzu

A List of Women Authors from the Ancient World

I am reposting this list for International Women’s day. I would also like to ask for help from anyone who would like to aid in creating individual posts for each of the names in this list.
Read more: https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2018/03/08/a-list-of-women-authors-from-the-ancient-world/?source=Snapzu

Netflix Takes Interactive Storytelling to the Next Level With ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’

Back in early 2017, Netflix approached “Black Mirror” creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones with an unusual idea. The streaming service had been experimenting with interactive kids content, giving young viewers the ability to choose their own path through a story with a series multiple-choice questions that could be easily answered with the help of a TV remote.
Read more: https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/netflix-black-mirror-bandersnatch-interactive-1203096171/?source=Snapzu

Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets

Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life.
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British Doctors May Soon Prescribe Art, Music, Dance, Singing Lessons

Campaign is expected to launch across the entire U.K. by 2023
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-doctors-may-soon-prescribe-art-music-dance-singing-lessons-180970750/?source=Snapzu

TV antennas are making a comeback in the age of digital streaming

Karl Rudnick, a retired 69-year-old mathematician who lives in Solana Beach, Calif., recently bought a second home outside Minneapolis to be close to family members. He did not have to draw on his knowledge of advanced calculus to reject the idea of paying for two cable TV subscriptions. “I talked to the cable companies and asked if there was a way to have one account,” Rudnick said. “There wasn’t, and all of a sudden I was looking at spending $300 a month just to have internet and TV.”
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-tv-antennas-20181228-story.html?source=Snapzu

"Mary Poppins Returns" Movie Review

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The Best Thing on TV This Year Was: 'The Expanse'

There are levels of loving a TV show. There’s “I love this show” in the moment you watch it, well knowing you’ll forget it as soon as it’s replaced by another great one. And then there’s the show that knocks you on your ass, becomes an all-time top favorite almost immediately—an “I love this show so much my friends and family have put a moratorium on talking about it, because we love you, honey, but we’re sick of hearing about deep space.”
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xp38k/the-best-thing-on-tv-this-year-was-the-expanse?source=Snapzu

Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers.

Sports video games strive for realism by closely replicating real-life players, but digitally reproducing their tattoos has led to court fights over ownership rights.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/style/tattoos-video-games.html?source=Snapzu

The British Royals Have Always Been Scum

Despite generations of imperial murder, torture, rape, and plunder, the British ruling class still gets the brown-nose treatment in historical depictions. Not so in The Favourite, where the royals are shown as the disgusting creatures they were and still are. By Eileen Jones.
Read more: https://jacobinmag.com/2018/12/favourite-review-british-monarchy-royal-family?source=Snapzu

Mariah Carey's record-breaking day shows how little musicians make from Spotify

The pop star's Christmas song has been streamed more than 10 million times today. Relatively speaking, there won't be a huge payout.
Read more: https://qz.com/1507361/mariah-careys-record-breaking-day-shows-how-little-musicians-make-from-spotify/?source=Snapzu

Sister Wendy Beckett, celebrity TV art historian, dies at 88

Sister Wendy Beckett, the cloistered nun who ventured out of seclusion to become a celebrity art critic and historian, died Wednesday at England’s Carmelite Monastery.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-me-sister-wendy-beckett-20181226-story.html?source=Snapzu

Sounds of the Nightmare Machine

What happens when a horror movie composer and a guitar maker join forces? They create the world’s most disturbing musical instrument. Affectionately known as "The Apprehension Engine," this one-of-a-kind instrument was commissioned by movie composer Mark Korven. Korven wanted to create spooky noises in a more acoustic and original way—but the right instrument didn't exist. So his friend, guitar maker Tony Duggan-Smith, went deep into his workshop and assembled what has to be the spookiest instrument on Earth.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lTYPvArbGo?source=Snapzu

Formula 1: Kimi Raikkonen's world is a very different place

Just what is it about the aloof and indifferent nature of Kimi Raikkonen's character that sports fans find so engaging? The private area of Singapore's main airport often caters for celebrities and the wealthy, preparing for security checks - just one more easy step before boarding their private jets. It is usually light work for the security staff. But not during one particular evening in 2008.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/45239949?source=Snapzu

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Black Panther’ Push IMAX to Record-Breaking $1 Billion Year

IMAX hit a record $1 billion global box office in 2018, bolstered by Marvel Studios’ Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, Deadline reports. Its global tally, expected to reach $1.002 billion by the end of Christmas Eve, marks the first time in its 50-year history that IMAX has bypassed the $1B milestone.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/12/24/avengers-infinity-war-black-panther-imax-record-one-billion-box-office/?source=Snapzu

Guitarist Has Brain Surgery, and Strums All the Way Through

Musa Manzini, a jazz bassist, was awake and playing slowly as surgeons performed an “awake craniotomy,” which allowed them to remove a brain tumor without causing damage.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/world/africa/south-africa-guitarist-brain-surgery.html?source=Snapzu

Report: Netflix "Very Happy" With 'The Witcher' And Ready To Greenlight Multiple Seasons

According to a new insider report, Netflix is internally very happy with how The Witcher is shaping up, and is already thinking about greenlighting multiple seasons before the first season even airs. The report comes way of KC Walsh, EIC of Geeks WorldWide and a known DCEU insider with a history of reliable information.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/12/23/the-witcher-netflix-happy-multiple-seasons/?source=Snapzu

Kevin Spacey Charged With Felony Sexual Assault

The actor — who posted a bizarre 'House of Cards'-style video address on Monday — will be arraigned in Massachusetts on Jan. 7. The Cape and Islands, Massachusetts, district attorney announced Monday that Kevin Spacey will face a charge of felony sexual assault, authorities told The Hollywood Reporter.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-spacey-charged-felony-sexual-assault-1171597?source=Snapzu

Moody Christmas, a playlist by ivotedforkodos on Spotify

I love Christmas but hate Christmas songs so I put together this list of Christmasy sounding music that isn't about Christmas. Beautiful, dark, soft and subtle songs to soundtrack your Christmas. Designed to be played in order and not shuffled.
Read more: https://open.spotify.com/user/ivotedforkodos/playlist/4ObdAcnAVNNHP7lkZgvYx1?si=DeHXrjcBTBKjP5Q3EqYUnw?source=Snapzu

'Avengers: Infinity War' Created Red Skull Entirely With CGI

Avengers: Infinity War featured the return of Red Skull — an archnemesis of Captain America that first debuted in Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger. Although the studio approached Hugo Weaving to give him the shot to reprise his role, the actor ended up turning it down. Enter: The Walking Dead star Ross Marquand. Marquand — a well-known impressionist — lent his voice to Marvel Studios to provide a picture-perfect replication of Weaving's The First Avenger portrayal.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/12/23/avengers-infinity-war-red-skull-cgi-vfx/?source=Snapzu

BBC One - Doctor Who, 'Twas the night before Christmas

A Doctor Who Christmas poem.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06vy9sj?source=Snapzu

Want a Best-Seller? Put the F-Word in the Title.

Perusing the best-seller list these days is an adults-only experience. The top 25 books on Amazon’s list as of this writing include cookbooks titled What the F*@#k Should I Make for Dinner? and 50 Ways to Eat Cock, as well as a self-help guide called The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. Two others are adult coloring books—it’s a whole thing—titled Calm the F*ck Down and Go F*ck Yourself, I’m Coloring. What the f*ck is going on?
Read more: https://slate.com/culture/2018/12/best-sellers-books-profanity.html?source=Snapzu

Hidden Sun by Jaine Fenn

Shadowlands Book I: Rhia Harlyn is a noble in Shen, one of the dozens of shadowlands which separate the bright, alien skyland. She has a missing brother, an unwanted marriage proposal and an interest in science considered unbecoming in her gender. A delightful new science fiction book.
Read more: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38799854-hidden-sun?source=Snapzu

Marvel Studios Helps Grant Deceased Young Iron Man Fan's Last Wish

Marvel Studios has granted permission for Iron Man to appear on a deceased fan’s gravestone. One year ago, Ollie Gardner, a 13 year-old-boy from Aston Clinton, passed away after losing a two-year battle with cancer. Diagnosed with brain tumors, he and his family received tremendous support from their community who helped raise the necessary funds for his family to afford one final treatment.
Read more: https://www.cbr.com/marvel-studios-permission-iron-man-fan-gravestone/?source=Snapzu

Lucas The Spider - Don't Eat Me

Lucas the Spider has a hard time making friends but that doesn't stop him from trying!
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Leonardo DiCaprio raises a whopping $100 million to fight climate change

Is there anything he can't do? Leonardo DiCaprio has proved there’s nothing he can’t do by raising a whopping $100 million (£79 million) to fight climate change. He’s a good egg all round. The Titanic actor, who founded the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to increase awareness about climate change, wrote in a statement: ‘When I founded LDF 20 years ago, I did so based on the simple idea that we could make a real difference by directly funding some of the most effective environmental projects.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/21/leonardo-dicaprio-proves-theres-nothing-he-cant-do-as-he-raises-100-million-to-fight-climate-change-8275407/?source=Snapzu

Why you should surround yourself with more books than you’ll ever have time to read

An overstuffed bookcase (or e-reader) says good things about your mind.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90275343/why-you-should-surround-yourself-with-more-books-than-youll-ever-have-time-to-read?source=Snapzu

Doin' It Their Way: The Legends We Lost In 2018

“Give us any chance we'll take it, read us any rule we’ll break it, we’re gonna make our dreams come true -- doin’ it our way.” So went the opening lines of the “Laverne & Shirley” theme song, replaying this week in many of our minds following the death of Penny Marshall, who played Laverne. Sitcom theme songs are a thing of the past on television, and so are gung-ho physical comediennes like Penny Marshall.
Read more: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/329667/doin-it-their-way-the-legends-we-lost-in-2018.html?source=Snapzu

The 'Future Book' Is Here, but It's Not What We Expected

The future book was meant to be interactive, moving, alive. Its pages were supposed to be lush with whirling doodads, responsive, hands-on. The old paperback Zork choose-your-own-adventures were just the start. The Future Book would change depending on where you were, how you were feeling. It would incorporate your very environment into its story—the name of the coffee shop you were sitting at, your best friend’s birthday. It would be sly, maybe a little creepy.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/future-book-is-here-but-not-what-we-expected/?source=Snapzu

Natalie Portman Addressed Rumors That She’s Returning For “Star Wars: Episode IX”

“I’m guessing that’s not true because I don’t know about it yet,” Portman said. Natalie Portman shut down rumors on Thursday that she’ll be returning as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode IX, the next installment of the sci-fi fantasy series scheduled to be released in December 2019. “I’m guessing that’s not true because I don’t know about it yet,” Portman said on BuzzFeed News’ Twitter morning show AM to DM.
Read more: http://www.gatehd.com/index.php/2018/12/20/natalie-portman-addressed-rumors-that-shes-returning-for-star-wars-episode-ix/?source=Snapzu

Men In Black: International - Official Trailer

The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
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CBS Considers Dropping Nielsen Ratings Contract as TV Landscape Changes (EXCLUSIVE)

CBS is considering ending its longstanding contract with TV ratings provider Nielsen as it looks for new ways to measure audiences in the multiplatform universe. The nation’s most-watched TV network is prepared to drop Nielsen’s measurement services if the two sides can’t come to an agreement by the end of this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. CBS’ current contract with Nielsen – valued at more than $100 million a year — expires at year’s end, the source said.
Read more: https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cbs-nielsen-tv-ratings-contract-drop-1203093249/?source=Snapzu

‘Game of Thrones’ Star Says Producers Are ‘Absolutely Paranoid’ About Spoilers

“Game of Thrones” star Iain Glen has lifted the lid on the efforts of the show’s producers to avoid spoilers and leaks from the eagerly anticipated final season. “They’re absolutely paranoid now about anyone finding out anything about the series and spoiling it,” he said in a BBC radio interview to be broadcast Friday. “We weren’t allowed a written word on a page. Everything was accessed through iPads with different security you had to get through to access it, which caused a problem for the actors, I have to say.
Read more: https://variety.com/2018/tv/global/game-of-thrones-iain-glen-final-season-paranoid-spoilers-1203093279/?source=Snapzu

Ice Cube - Ain't Got No Haters [Audio]

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Penny Marshall, ‘Laverne & Shirley’ Star, Director, Dies at 75

Penny Marshall, who starred alongside Cindy Williams in the hit ABC comedy “Laverne & Shirley” and then became a successful director, died on Monday night at her Hollywood Hills hom…
Read more: https://variety.com/2018/film/news/penny-marshall-dead-dies-laverne-and-shirley-1203092419/?source=Snapzu

Dark Crystal Prequel: Mark Hamill, Caitriona Balfe, Andy Samberg Join Netflix Series' Ginormous Voice Cast

Netflix has unveiled the voice cast for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, its forthcoming 10-episode prequel to Jim Henson’s seminal 1982 film, and it’s stacked. Among the major bold-faced names boarding the high-profile project (which bows in 2019): Star Wars‘ Mark Hamill, Outlander‘s Caitriona Balfe, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Andy Samberg and Game of Thrones‘ Natalie Dormer.
Read more: https://tvline.com/2018/12/17/dark-crystal-prequel-series-cast-mark-hamill-andy-samberg/?source=Snapzu

Penny Marshall, 'Laverne & Shirley' Star Turned Director, Dies at 75

She starred for eight seasons on the ABC ratings hit, created by her late brother Garry Marshall, and directed such films as 'Big,' 'A League of Their Own' and 'Awakenings.'
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/penny-marshall-dead-laverne-shirley-star-75-686405?source=Snapzu

How the CIA Helped Shape the Creative Writing Scene in America

In May of 1967,” writes Patrick Iber at The Awl, “a former CIA officer named Tom Braden published a confession in the Saturday Evening Post under the headline, ‘I’m glad the CIA is ‘immoral.’” With the hard-boiled tone one might expect from a spy, but the candor one may not, Braden revealed the Agency’s funding and support of all kinds of individuals and activities, including, perhaps most controversially, in the arts. Against objections that so many artists and writers were socialists, Braden writes, “in much of Europe in the 1950’s [socialists] were about the only people who gave a damn about fighting Communism.”
Read more: http://www.openculture.com/2018/12/cia-helped-shaped-american-creative-writing-famous-iowa-writers-workshop.html?source=Snapzu

The Syphilis Enigma (Medieval Disease Documentary) | Timeline

The true history of Syphilis.
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‘Daredevil’ Actress Says Netflix Was Responsible for Cancellation, Not Marvel

Viewers were surprised by the cancellation of “Daredevil” last month; so was the cast. Charlie Cox called it “painful,” and now his castmate Amy Rutberg has said that even “people high up at Marvel” were shocked by the move — and that Netflix was solely responsible for the decision.
Read more: https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/daredevil-canceled-netflix-marvel-amy-rutberg-1202028447/?source=Snapzu

Donald Trump wants the courts to determine if it is legal for 'Saturday Night Live' to 'belittle' him

President Trump says the justice system should stop investigating his administration and go after the real enemy – “Saturday Night Live.” During a series of Sunday morning tweets attacking everyone from his former attorney Michael Cohen to Hillary Clinton, the President slipped in the suggestion that NBC’s long-running comedy skit program should be “tested in courts,” seemingly for its alleged “collusion” with Democratic party interests.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-news-saturday-night-live-trump-courts-legal-20181216-story.html?source=Snapzu

Warren Buffett's Books recomendation -You must read them in 2019

If you want to understand Warren Buffett’s approach to investing, here are 7 books that can help you do that. When Warren Buffett started his investing career, he would read 600, 750, or 1,000 pages a day.Even now, he still spends about 80 percent of his day reading. “Look, my job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action,” he once said in an interview.
Read more: https://www.saleoff247.com/warren-buffetts-books-recomendation-you-must-read-them-in-2019/?source=Snapzu

GPS bike-share program in China credited with reducing gridlock and smog

The smog hangs thick over Beijing. It's a brownish haze with a vaguely smoky smell, shrouding lanes of traffic and pedestrians wearing face masks. The main culprits are nearby steel factories and coal-burning heating plants. But the city's five million cars add much to the toxic mix, creating air that's frequently rated "hazardous" by the World Air Quality Index Project.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/china-gps-bike-share-carbon-emissions-1.4941137?source=Snapzu

Frank Sinatra Actually Owned This 1985 Chrysler LeBaron Wagon That's Headed to Auction

When you think of Frank Sinatra, perhaps the coolest cat of the 20th century, you probably don’t associate with him Chrysler K cars. However, the 1985 Chrysler LeBaron wagon with faux wood paneling you see here was owned by none other than the Sultan of Swoon himself and it's about to be sold off by H&H Auctions.
Read more: http://www.thedrive.com/news/25511/frank-sinatra-actually-owned-this-1985-chrysler-lebaron-wagon-thats-headed-to-auction?source=Snapzu

Burger King is giving away $30,000, a year's worth of free chicken fries, and more prizes in the 12 days leading up to Christmas

Each purchase made through the chain's mobile app during the 12 Days of Cheesemas will automatically enter the customer into the grand prize.
Read more: https://www.thisisinsider.com/burger-king-12-days-of-cheesemas-2018-12?source=Snapzu

The Hardest Effect I Ever Pulled Off

36 filmmakers, cinematographers, and effects artists on making the impossible happen.
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/special-effects-behind-the-scenes.html?source=Snapzu

‘Battlestar Galactica’ Is Now a Classic — 15 Years Ago, Fans Thought It Was a Mistake

In 2003, the San Diego Comic-Con was a much less intense event than it is today, but networks and studios still saw the value of promoting new TV shows to fans. So, a few months before the premiere of the miniseries that re-launched “Battlestar Galactica,” creator Ronald D. Moore and cast members Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber, and Katee Sackhoff, sat on a raised platform in one of the venue’s smaller conference rooms.
Read more: https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/battlestar-galactica-scifi-series-game-changing-1202027949/?source=Snapzu

CBS Paid Eliza Dushku $9.5 Million After Alleged Sexual Harassment, Termination

Actress Eliza Dushku reached a confidential $9.5 million settlement with CBS last year after claiming she was written off one of the network's most successful shows following her complaints of sexual harassment by the program's leading man. The settlement became public as a result of an investigation by two independent law firms hired by the network's board to examine accusations of sexual misconduct against Leslie Moonves...
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/14/676940694/cbs-paid-eliza-dushku-9-5-million-after-alleged-sexual-harassment-termination?source=Snapzu