The Remarkable Story of a Woman Who Preserved Over 30 Years of TV History

Thousands of hours of Marion Stokes's personal recordings will now be digitized, one tape at a time.
Read more: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marion-stokes-television-news-archive?source=Snapzu

Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix's '13 Reasons Why,' Study Says

Boys ages 10-17 killed themselves at a much higher rate in the month after Netflix's show about suicide was released in 2017. Researchers attribute an extra 195 deaths that year to the series.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/30/718529255/teen-suicide-spiked-after-debut-of-netflixs-13-reasons-why-report-says?source=Snapzu

A Harvard Professor Explains What the Avengers Can Teach Us About Philosophy

How do Iron Man and Captain America differ as leaders? What makes the Avengers different from the Guardians of the Galaxy? And what moral philosophy does Thanos embody?
Read more: https://video.wired.com/watch/a-harvard-professor-explains-what-the-avengers-can-teach-us-about-leadership-morality?source=Snapzu

I worked on David Attenborough’s documentary. The grim reality gave me climate anxiety | Liv Grant

We live in a time of loss. Wild places dwindle, the animals and plants that live in them disappear. Climate change is now a certainty, and it will without a doubt lead to the loss of land, species, and ways of life. In the abstract this is disconcerting. Up close it is devastating. I worked on the BBC’s Climate Change: The Facts, presented by David Attenborough, and have felt this pain first-hand.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/28/david-attenborough-documentary-climate-anxiety-bbc?source=Snapzu

Nora Roberts files ‘multi-plagiarism’ lawsuit alleging writer copied more than 40 authors

After weeks of anger, bestselling novelist is suing Brazilian author Cristiane Serruya for ‘rare and scandalous’ level of plagiarism
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/25/nora-roberts-files-multi-plagiarism-lawsuit-alleging-writer-copied-more-than-40-authors?source=Snapzu

America’s Grandest Movie Palaces Find Strange New Lives

The old Hollywood studios built thousands of ornate theaters across the country. Most have been torn down or abandoned.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/americas-grand-movie-palaces-gallery?source=Snapzu

Woodstock Organizers Cancel 50th Anniversary Festival

“It’s a dream for agencies to work with iconic brands and to be associated with meaningful movements. We have a strong history of producing experiences that bring people together around common interests and causes which is why we chose to be a part of the Woodstock 50th Anniversary Festival. But despite our tremendous investment of time, effort and commitment, we don’t believe the production of the festival can be executed as an event worthy of the Woodstock Brand name while also ensuring the health and safety of the artists, partners and attendees."
Read more: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/festivals/8509091/woodstock-50-festival-cancelled?source=Snapzu

Cord Cutting is Starting to Become Popular in Europe As Cable TV's Growth is Significantly Down - Cord Cutters News

While cord cutting is still finding the most popularity in the US, countries around the world are starting to trend toward streaming and away from pay TV. A Strategy Analytics report is offering some insight about how cord cutting is growing in Europe.
Read more: https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/cord-cutting-is-starting-to-become-popular-in-europe-as-cable-tv-growth-is-significantly-down?source=Snapzu

How Sexism and Machismo Shaped the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

In March 2016, the literary organization VIDA published a series of anonymous statements that accused the poet Thomas Sayers Ellis of predatory and abusive behavior. The collected accounts allege unwanted advances, mockery, physical violence, and threats to ruin women’s careers over several years. Fifty-two years old at the time and widely respected in the field, in January that year Ellis had been appointed a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Soon after VIDA published these voices, Ellis’s classes were canceled, and a university official confirmed they were “looking into the situation.”
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/153487/sexism-machismo-iowa-writers-workshop?source=Snapzu

Spotify now has 100M paid subscribers, double Apple Music’s last reported number

Spotify paid subscribers have now reached 100M, double the last number Apple Music reported back in January. Spotify announced the number in its latest earnings report, for the first quarter of the year … Almost half of the company’s users are now paid subscribers.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/29/spotify-paid-subscribers-2/?source=Snapzu

25 Sexy Movies Streaming on Netflix This May That Will Bring All the Heat You Need

April showers bring May flowers . . . and apparently a whole new crop of sexy movies on Netflix. From erotic thrillers to tantalizing romances, there's a sexy movie available for everyone this month, no matter your vice. Sure, the days should be spent enjoying the Spring weather, but cool nights call for a hot movie to warm things up, and we've got all the films that will do the job. It may not be warm enough to turn on the air conditioning just yet, but after you watch one of these 25 sexy flicks, you just might need it.
Read more: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Sexy-Movies-Netflix-May-2019-46069554?source=Snapzu

‘Mr. Robot’ Creator Sam Esmail Says Series Will End In Season-Long “Christmas Special’

Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail unwrapped only one big reveal about the coming final season of his series, which is known for tense action and psychological twists and turns. “Is anybody here a fan of British television?” he asked a packed Tribeca Talks crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival. He then offered a gift he hopes will keep on giving. “Typically how [British shows] wrap up series, like the British [version of The] Office, you tend to do a Christmas special. So the final season of Mr. Robot is one very long Christmas special that will last about a week over Christmas of 2015,” Esmail said.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2019/04/mr-robot-sam-esmail-rami-malek-christian-slater-carly-chaikin-scott-feinberg-tribeca-talks-1202603591/?source=Snapzu

'A Clockwork Orange' Follow-Up Found in Burgess Archives

A literature professor at Manchester Metropolitan University recently unearthed a legendary manuscript: a 200-page work titled The Clockwork Condition by A Clockwork Orange’s Anthony Burgess. Don’t get too excited, Droog lovers. Colin Dwyer at NPR reports that Condition is not a sequel to the cult novel, but rather a meditation on the “condition of modern man” that was to be structured similarly to Dante’s Inferno. The manuscript was also something of a cash grab. After the release and success of Stanley Kubrick’s film version of book in 1971, a publisher reached out to Burgess...
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/clockwork-orange-follow-found-burgess-archives-180972050/?source=Snapzu

Sigourney Weaver surprises students after performance of 'Alien' play

'Alien: The Play' returned to the stage at North Bergen High School one month after it took the internet by storm -- thanks to its elaborate costumes, stage design and nostalgia for the original film, released in 1979. The drama club only had enough money to put the production on for two nights in March, but the director of the film, Ridley Scott, ponied up $5,000 after the performance went viral.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/sigourney-weaver-surprises-students-encore-performance-viral-alien/story?id=62670197?source=Snapzu

Doctor Who’s 'The Satan Pit' and believing in people over prayer

"The Devil is an idea. In all those civilizations, just an idea. But an idea is hard to kill. An idea could escape." In the Doctor Who two-parter "The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit," the Doctor is forced to confront the existence of a devil, allegedly The Devil. Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer, whatever — it's this guy. 
Read more: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/doctor-whos-the-satan-pit-and-believing-in-people-over-prayer?source=Snapzu

Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary

The success and brilliance of the new PBS series on Reconstruction is a reminder of the missed opportunity facing the nation
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-we-need-new-civil-war-documentary-180971996/?source=Snapzu

A military officer dissects Jon Snow's battle strategy (and finds it lacking)

In the second episode of the final season of Game of Thrones, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” winter has come, and with it, an army the undead. Jon Snow has devised a battle plan to defend Winterfell, and ultimately the realms of men. So what does a U.S. military officer have to say about these best-laid plans? Sadly, Jon Snow could use the help of the evil yet battle-savvy Ramsey Bolton right about now. 
Read more: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-military-officer-dissects-jon-snows-battle-strategy-and-finds-it-lacking?source=Snapzu

Guillermo del Toro on Why It’s a Director’s Duty to Always ‘Exceed the Budget’

Guillermo del Toro has some advice for directors that would leave most studios shaking. “As a director, it is your duty to always responsibly exceed the scope and exceed the budget,” he said. “If you have enough time and enough money, you’re f—ing up.” Del Toro dropped that bit of wisdom during a chat with Alec Baldwin at the Tribeca Film Festival for its Directors Series Thursday night, engaging in a lively conversation about his approach to filmmaking...
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-alec-baldwin-tribeca-film-festival-1203198732/?source=Snapzu

'Avengers: Endgame' Sets New Opening Day Box Office Record With $156 Million Friday

“Avengers: Endgame” is shattering even the most wildly optimistic predictions for its opening weekend. After opening the widest release in box office history with 4,662 screens, the Marvel film has earned a stunning $156.7 million opening day total, according to Disney’s estimates. That’s 31 percent higher than the previous record of $119.1 million made in 2015 by “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/avengers-endgame-sets-new-opening-day-box-office-record-with-158-million-friday/?source=Snapzu

Jussie Smollett's Possibly Final 'Empire' Episode Has Low Ratings

It hasn't been revealed whether Empire will return for a sixth season. However, if the show returns, there's no word on if Jussie Smollett will reprise his role as Jamal Lyon. Regardless of the unknown, it looks like fans weren't all the way tuned-in to what may have very well have been Smollett's last episode on the show. Per Variety, Jamal's groundbreaking wedding episode garnered low ratings for the Fox series.
Read more: https://www.vibe.com/2019/04/jussie-smollett-last-episode-empire-low-ratings?source=Snapzu

Fan-funded Skyrim multiplayer mod may never release as devs “don’t owe the community anything”

A developer of a popular Skyrim multiplayer mod says that the team “doesn’t owe the community anything.” Maxgriot, one of the mod team behind Skyrim Together, posted a comment on Reddit earlier this month suggesting that the developers have considered giving up on the project due to the reaction from players. Maxgriot’s comments were made in response to a post on the mod’s subreddit. The content of the post – titled “Is something going to happen?” – has now been deleted, but the development team seems to have been upset by its overall message.
Read more: https://www.pcgamesn.com/skyrim/skyrim-together-release-date?source=Snapzu

'Chernobyl' Review: HBO’s Haunting Miniseries Will Emotionally Destroy You

What you need to know about Chernobyl, HBO’s 5-episode miniseries from Craig Mazin, is that you cannot understand how deeply it will destroy the very fabric of your being until you see it. Which is, strangely, analogous to the fallout from the meltdown of Chernobyl reactor #4. As it was happening, and in its immediate aftermath, no one understood what it meant. “You are dealing with something that has never happened on this planet before!” says scientist Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) when attempting to impress upon the Kremlin the unknowable scope of the event, which took place in April of 1986.
Read more: http://collider.com/chernobyl-review/?source=Snapzu

The Beatles - Ticket To Ride

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Shakespeare meets ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Mean Girls’ in the latest from Philly’s Quirk Books

Today is William Shakespeare’s quasi-official birthday, and the madcaps at the local publishing house Quirk Books, in Old City, are celebrating with not one, but two new movie-Shakespeare mashups. Get Thee … Back to the Future! is a bardification of the beloved 1985 fantasy flick, and Much Ado About Mean Girls makes strange bedfellows of Tina Fey’s 2004 teen comedy and Shakespeare. They sell for $12.99 apiece.
Read more: https://www.philly.com/arts/back-to-the-future-shakespeare-mean-girls-quirk-books-philadelphia-20190423.html?source=Snapzu

Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia

It has rained for two days here where I am at.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/jcscher/brook-benton-rainy-night-in-georgia?source=Snapzu

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Piano

Last fall, we asked our writers and editors, and some of our favorite artists, to select the five minutes or so they’d play for friends to make them fall in love with classical music. (See the picks.) Choosing was hard, but we loved it so much that we’re bringing it back — this month, with the goal of persuading those same curious friends to love the piano, the most powerful and protean of instruments. We know you’ll make memorable discoveries, and we hope you enjoy.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/arts/music/classical-music-piano.html?source=Snapzu

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Previews Hit All-Time $60M Record, Beats ‘Force Awakens’

One exhibition source says that the amount of business that Avengers: Endgame is doing “is ridiculous.” Off of 9 AM shows alone today, big venues like the AMC 25 Empire in NYC is making $175K, NYC Lincoln Square counts $161K, Regal E-Walk has $78K, while the Edwards Irvine is seeing $145K. Industry estimates are seeing $130M-$140M for today including $60M. “I don’t see how the pic doesn’t get to $300M-plus,” said one rival distribution exec.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2019/04/avengers-endgame-opening-weekend-box-office-record-1202602445/amp/?source=Snapzu

Unseen Clockwork Orange 'follow-up' found

An unfinished follow-up to Anthony Burgess's Clockwork Orange novel is unearthed in his archive.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48036694?source=Snapzu

You might not have heard of Fanatics yet—but it’s taking over sports apparel one league at a time

And it's pretty much Amazon-proof. For now.
Read more: https://qz.com/1600107/fanatics-has-found-a-way-to-make-itself-effectively-amazon-proof/?source=Snapzu

Epic Store will stop exclusives if Steam changes revenue split, CEO says

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has been making some bold claims on Twitter, which is always fun for spectators and perhaps terrifying for investors. Once again, the subject is the Epic Games Store's divisive exclusivity strategy, which has ruffled feathers while taking a fair number of prominent games off Steam. Sweeney claims all of that will end if Steam commits to an 88 percent revenue share for developers.
Read more: https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-store-will-stop-exclusives-if-steam-changes-revenue-split-ceo-says/?source=Snapzu

I Cut the Cord, But Not to Save Money. TV on the Internet Is Just Better Now.

For years, “cord cutting” — dropping your cable television package and watching video content only over the internet — has been discussed as a strategy for saving money. My husband and I cut the cord in April, and we are indeed saving money: about $24 a month. But that’s not the main reason we cut the cord.
Read more: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/i-cut-the-cord-but-not-to-save-money.html?source=Snapzu

George R.R. Martin wishes Game of Thrones had “a few more seasons”

Game of Thrones is ending, which has to be a little weird for George R.R. Martin, who wrote the still-unfinished novel series on which the show is based. Famously, the show adapted the books for the first five or so seasons but had to keep going when it ran out of book material. With the ending of Game of Thrones just a few weeks away, Martin will watch the ending of his story before he gets a chance to write it.
Read more: https://winteriscoming.net/2019/04/24/grrm-series-ending-wistfulness/?source=Snapzu

Daniel Portman, AKA Podrick From "Game Of Thrones," Says Fans Sexually Assaulted Him

Daniel Portman, the actor best known for playing the faithful squire Podrick Payne on Game of Thrones, has revealed he has been sexually assaulted by fans obsessed with his character. “I’ve been grabbed by so many… like the amount of like older, older women who are very...” Portman told Esquire, making a grabbing gesture with his hand.
Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/daniel-portman-podrick-pod-game-of-thrones-sexual-assault??source=Snapzu

Game of Thrones Producer Bryan Cogman's Spinoff Series Dead at HBO: 'I Am Done With Westeros'

Forget the War of the Five Kings: The running for whose Game of Thrones spinoff idea will see the light of day is turning out to be just as intriguing. In a new Hollywood Reporter post, series writer and co-executive producer Bryan Cogman says his concept for a Thrones spinoff “is not happening and will not happen. HBO decided to go a different way.”
Read more: https://tvline.com/2019/04/24/game-of-thrones-spinoff-bryan-cogman-prequel-idea-dead-not-moving-forward/?source=Snapzu

Britney Spears Speaks Out to Let Us Know ‘All Is Well’

Less than a month after checking into a mental-health facility, Britney Spears posted an Instagram video to reassure her fans. “Hi guys, just checking in with all of you who are concerned about me,” she is seen saying in the video. “All is well. My family has been going through a lot of stress and anxiety lately, so I just needed time to deal. But don’t worry, I’ll be back very soon.”
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/britney-spears-speaks-out-to-let-us-know-all-is-well.html?source=Snapzu

9 Things I learned from my first 6 Months of Anime Blogging

It's been 6 months since the start of my blogging journey so I felt like reflecting on what I learned so far, hopefully helping someone out in the process.
Read more: http://www.tfwanime.com/9-things-i-learned-from-my-first-6-months-of-anime-blogging/?source=Snapzu

Why Do People With Depression Like Listening To Sad Music?

By Christian Jarrett. The findings challenge the idea that depressed people are seeking to perpetuate their low mood.
Read more: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/04/24/why-do-people-with-depression-like-listening-to-sad-music/?source=Snapzu

Sheryl Crow, Johnny Cash - Redemption Day (2019)

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'Jeopardy!' Contestant James Holzhauer Flies Past $1 Million Mark in 14th Consecutive Win

“Jeopardy!” whiz James Holzhauer surged past the $1 million mark Tuesday, winning a total of $1,061,664 in a 14-day winning streak. In Final Jeopardy, Holzhauer gave the correct answer “Grant and Lee” to the clue: “On May 1, 1869 these 2 men met at the White House, 4 years & 3 weeks after a more historic meeting between them.”
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/jeopardy-contestant-james-holzhauer-flies-past-1-million-mark-in-14th-consecutive-win/?source=Snapzu

When are the Avatar sequels released in cinemas? How many are there and who's in the cast?

James Cameron is hard at work on FOUR follow-ups to his 2009 hit. Here's everything we know about them...
Read more: https://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2019-04-23/avatar-sequels-delayed-cinema-release-date-cast-plot-trailers-james-cameron-kate-winslet/?source=Snapzu

Poorly Researched Men’s Fiction

I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows... By Evan Allgood.
Read more: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/poorly-researched-mens-fiction?source=Snapzu

Computers, not TV, are to blame for increase in US sitting time, study says

Time spent watching TV and videos has remained consistently high in the United States over the past 15 years, but time sitting at a computer has increased dramatically, new research finds.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/23/health/sitting-tv-computers-study/index.html?source=Snapzu

Lucas The Spider – What Is This?

Lucas and his friend are finding the strangest eggs… Happy Easter!
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz9dOy3Zd6s?source=Snapzu

'The Lost Gutenberg' Traces One Bible's 500-Year Journey

One of the first things I did when I moved to Austin a decade ago was visit the Gutenberg Bible housed in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. As a bibliophile, the importance of that book was not lost on me. However, the impact of Johannes Gutenberg's surviving bibles as cultural treasures and book collectors' dreams was something I ignored. That is no longer the case. Margaret Leslie Davis' The Lost Gutenberg, which traces one Bible's 500-year journey, is an informative, superbly researched book that explores the lives of those who were in contact with the best example of Gutenberg's work.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/20/705069743/the-lost-gutenberg-traces-one-bibles-500-year-journey?source=Snapzu

Inside the world of intimacy co-ordinators, who choreograph sex scenes for HBO, Netflix and more

With the rise of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements, Hollywood is facing issues of consent, harassment and sexual assault in the workplace head on.
Read more: https://www.goodfood.com.au/it-pro/inside-the-world-of-intimacy-coordinators-who-choreograph-sex-scenes-for-hbo-netflix-and-more-20190417-p51f9a?source=Snapzu

40 years of console wars, spellbindingly charted for your viewing pleasure

We enjoyed creating our last bar chart race about phone sales so much, we couldn’t resist doing another. So, this time round we’ve looked at something close to all our hearts: the console wars. Yep, in the animated graph below, you’ll find a visualization of the best-selling games consoles from 1977 all the way through to 2017. That’s a full 40 years of data for you! Aren’t you lucky?
Read more: https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2019/04/09/40-years-console-wars-nintendo-playstation-xbox/?jwsource=cl?source=Snapzu

Why Harry Potter and Paddington Bear are essential reading … for grown-ups

By day, she researches the poetry of John Donne as a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. But in the evening, when Dr Katherine Rundell wants a bit of comfort, she reads Paddington. “As an adult, the thing I love about Paddington is that the structure Michael Bond has built into his books is one of hope. Things which appear to be negative turn out to be just cogs in the greater machine. I think Bond sees life as miraculous – and that’s in the structure of the book.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/20/adults-should-read-childrens-books-says-oxford-don-and-author?source=Snapzu

"This War" - ALYXX

Great hard-driving rock song by Alyxx.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/Amabaie/this-war-alyxx?source=Snapzu

The Pirate Bay Lives On, A Decade After 'Guilty' Verdicts

Ten years ago this week, four men were found guilty and sentenced to prison for running The Pirate Bay. At the time, Peter Sunde said that the site would continue, no matter what. A decade on he has been proven absolutely right and that in itself is utterly remarkable.
Read more: https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-lives-on-a-decade-after-operators-were-found-guilty-190420/?source=Snapzu

Martha & the Vandellas - Heatwave

Another song that makes me happy, a beautiful voice.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/Appaloosa/martha-the-vandellas-heatwave?source=Snapzu