Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Party On with Kid Cudi and Adidas for Their Latest Adventure

Today (August 28, 2020) Bill and Ted Face the Music opens in theaters and VOD (video on-demand). In Face the Music, Bill S. Preston Esquire (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) have a mere 78 minutes to create the song that will save the entire universe.
Read more: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2020/08/keanu-reeves-alex-winter-bill-ted-face-the-music-interview?source=Snapzu

Shape of Poo (parody of Shape of You by Ed Sheeran)

Yup,it's a good un.
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'No aspect of writing makes you rich' – why do authors get a pittance for film rights?

Joanne Harris has revealed that she was paid only £5,000 for the film rights to Chocolat. So why do some authors get the big bucks and some have to settle for the crumbs?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/27/no-aspect-of-writing-makes-you-rich-why-do-authors-get-a-pittance-for-film-rights?source=Snapzu

AT&T reportedly trying to sell DirecTV after massive customer losses

Sale could value DirecTV at much less than $49B AT&T paid in 2015, reports say.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/att-reportedly-trying-to-sell-directv-after-massive-customer-losses/?source=Snapzu

Sixty years ago, the Boston Celtics staged their own walkout over racial injustice

Decades before the Milwaukee Bucks' walkout brought the playoffs to a halt, a few NBA pioneers took a similarly brave stand against racial injustice.
Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/sixty-years-ago-the-boston-celtics-staged-their-own-walkout-over-racial-injustice-223600387.html?source=Snapzu

JK Rowling returns award amid trans row criticism

JK Rowling has said she is giving back an award associated with the US Kennedy family, after being criticised for her views on gender and trans issues. The author was given the Ripple of Hope honour by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights organisation last year. But earlier this month, its president Kerry Kennedy said views expressed by Rowling recently "diminished the identity" of trans people.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53944773?source=Snapzu

Financially Vulnerable, Independent Music Venues Worry Of Having To Sell

Six months ago, Scott Hammontree's job consisted of long nights spent at his music venue, The Intersection, where, as operating partner, he's been helping to break artists like Eric Church for nearly two decades. But, almost every day since Apr. 24, Hammontree has woken up, picked up the phone or logged on to a video conference app and started calling Washington, advocating for federal relief that could save homegrown businesses like his.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/27/906292770/financially-vulnerable-independent-music-venues-worry-of-having-to-sell?fbclid=IwAR112250u6xwFY6-VmqpLYhIh7d92gAnRqgggc3_x5tsrg_5-7FTgoFyJSM?source=Snapzu

‘Altered Carbon’ Canceled By Netflix After 2 Seasons

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has opted not to order a third season of the mind-bending, body-swapping sci-fi series Altered Carbon. The eight-episode Season 2 of the cyberpunk drama, which starred Anthony Ma…
Read more: https://deadline.com/2020/08/altered-carbon-canceled-netflix-after-2-seasons-1203023456/?source=Snapzu

Justin and Hailey Bieber threw a maskless, illegal party in Los Angeles

Justin and Hailey Bieber reportedly through threw an "extravagant" birthday party, ignoring Los Angeles coronavirus restrictions.
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'I was definitely a bit of a tool': Louis Theroux on 25 years of documentary-making

As he revisits his career in a new four-part series, TV’s top documentarian looks back at his evolution from accosting cult members to making films on eating disorders and dementia
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/aug/24/i-was-definitely-a-bit-of-a-tool-louis-theroux-on-25-years-of-documentary-making?source=Snapzu

Book Publishers Warn Congress Amazon Is Too Powerful

In a letter to Congress, the Author’s Guild, American Association of Publishers, and the American Booksellers Association warned that Amazon has become too powerful.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxqkx5/book-publishers-warn-congress-amazon-is-too-powerful?source=Snapzu

Kindle Collects a Surprisingly Large Amount of Data

Reading a book on a Kindle sends Amazon a lot of data about reading habits. How fast pages are turned, font sizes and views, and device details.
Read more: https://nullsweep.com/kindle-collects-a-surprisingly-large-amount-of-data/?source=Snapzu

Three Music-Industry Trends From Quarantine That Are Here to Stay

Artists from Cardi B and Neil Young to Taylor Swift and Melissa Etheridge are using the crisis as a chance to rethink their business models
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/pandemic-music-industry-trends-cardi-b-taylor-swift-1045276/?source=Snapzu

At This Water Park Bloody Gashes Were the Price of Admission

The HBO Max documentary “Class Action Park” takes viewers inside Action Park, the New Jersey water park that “ended in a tidal wave of broken bones, lawsuits and fatalities.”
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/hbos-class-action-park-explores-a-water-park-where-bloody-injuries-were-the-price-of-admission?source=Snapzu

Nashville Music Icon Justin Townes Earle, Dead at 38

Son of country legend Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle last visited Australia in August of 2019 in support of his eighth studio album.
Read more: https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/justin-townes-earle-dead-obit-16049/?source=Snapzu

An Oral History of Goosebumps: The Television Series

An Oral History of Goosebumps: The Television Series
Read more: https://conventionalrelations.net/2020/08/20/an-oral-history-of-goosebumps-the-television-series/?source=Snapzu

Neil Gaiman Reveals the Netflix ‘Sandman’ Series Will Be Set in Present Day

The Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s  “The Sandman” will be slightly different than the original comic book series. While discussing the incredibly popular graphic novel and audio adaptati…
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sandman-netflix-series-dc-fandome-1234744778/?source=Snapzu

Rosatom releases previously classified documentary video of Tsar Bomba nuke test

Photos and short video clips have previously been available, but this unseen 40 minutes declassified footage of the Soviet Union’s monster nuclear bomb give a whole new insight into what happened on Novaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961.
Read more: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/08/rosatom-releases-previously-classified-documentary-video-50-mt-novaya-zemlya-test?source=Snapzu

Netflix soured the live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender, its showrunners say

The beloved fantasy franchise has enjoyed a banner year on Netflix — until now.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2020/8/12/21365105/avatar-airbender-showrunners-quit-netflix-live-action-series?source=Snapzu

Quiet Riot's Frankie Banali Dead at 68

Drummer, who played on “Cum On Feel the Noize” and “Metal Health,” had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last spring
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/quiet-riot-frankie-banali-dead-1048274/?source=Snapzu

Netflix is re-creating iconic Stranger Things sets in LA, and you can drive your car through them

A cross between the theater and a theme park ride that’s safe during the pandemic.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/20/21377620/netflix-stranger-things-immersive-theater-drive-into-experience-location?source=Snapzu

Stacy's Mom - Vintage 1930s Hot Jazz

Fountains of Wayne Cover ft. Casey Abrams
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‘Tosh.0’ to End After 12 Seasons at Comedy Central

“Tosh.0” will end its run on Comedy Central after its upcoming twelfth season. The cancellations comes despite the fact that Comedy Central picked the show up for four mores seasons bac…
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tosh-0-canceled-comedy-central-1234742075/?source=Snapzu

Jim Belushi believes pot would have saved his brother John

Actor Jim Belushi is so pro-cannabis that he's now in the industry and says he believes his brother John would still be alive if he had been a "pot head." "Growing Belushi" premiered Wednesday night on Discovery and the reality show follows Jim Belushi's efforts to grow his legal cannabis farm in Oregon.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/entertainment/jim-belushi-john-pot-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

Winnipeg Jets icon and Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk dead at 57

One of the greatest players in Winnipeg Jets history is gone. Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk has died at the age of 57, the Barrie Colts confirmed on Tuesday. A native of Toronto, Hawerchuk had experienced a recurrence of cancer in recent weeks. A five-time All-Star, Hawerchuk appeared in 1,188 games over 16 seasons with the Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers.
Read more: https://www.tsn.ca/winnipeg-jets-icon-and-hockey-hall-of-famer-dale-hawerchuk-dead-at-57-1.1510964?source=Snapzu

'Tiger King' zoo is closing, will become film set dedicated to 'TV content'

Do you, too, have a docuseries about Joe Exotic? Well, Oklahoma's Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, Exotic's old zoo, will probably let you film there. Jeff Lowe, who took ownership of the park after Exotic, announced on Facebook that "the old zoo" will close "effective immediately." The "new park will, at least for the foreseeable future, be a private film set for Tiger King-related television content for cable and streaming services," he wrote.
Read more: https://ew.com/tv/tiger-king-zoo-closing/??source=Snapzu

Seth Meyers Will Return NBC’s ‘Late Night’ to Studio

Seth Meyers will join the parade of late-night hosts trying to bring their programs back to more typical production surroundings by moving NBC’s “Late Night” to a studio setting next week. The host informed his viewers on Monday’s broadcast of “Late Night” that he would stop holding forth from a makeshift perch he calls “Captain’s Quarters” at the end of this week. The program is expected to take a previously scheduled hiatus while production shifts and begin to hold forth from a studio as of its September 8th broadcast.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/seth-meyers-late-night-nbc-studio-return-1234738508/?source=Snapzu

Frances Bean Cobain is 28 today, outliving her Rock God father Kurt

Cobain was born on 18 August 1992 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Her Rockstar parents named her after Frances McKee, guitarist for The Vaselines, a band Nirvana covered in its epic MTV Unplugged performance months before Kurt’s suicide. “All I want for my birthday this year is the gift of competent elected officials getting voted into office,” said Cobain.
Read more: https://ewn.co.za/2020/08/18/frances-bean-cobain-is-28-today-outliving-her-rock-god-father-kurt?source=Snapzu

Marvel's Avengers: 15 Unannounced Characters Reportedly Found in Datamine

A beta datamine suggests that fan favourites like Black Panther and Captain Marvel may be coming to the game in the future.
Read more: https://www.ign.com/articles/marvels-avengers-15-unannounced-characters-datamine-black-panther-dr-strange-captain-marvel-war-machine?source=Snapzu

'The Witcher' Season 2 Resumes Production in UK

The second season of "The Witcher" resumed production in the United Kingdom today as planned, an individual with knowledge tells TheWrap.
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/the-witcher-season-2-resumes-production-in-uk/?source=Snapzu

'We Can Do It Ourselves': R&B Singers Are Leaving Major Labels

Charlie Wilson, Ledisi, and Anthony Hamilton are the latest R&B veterans to take back control of their careers
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/r-and-b-singers-leaving-major-labels-1042382/?source=Snapzu

MLB TV ratings surge, particularly among younger viewers

After a long layoff, and amid some scheduling issues due to COVID-19, Major League Baseball's TV ratings are improving.Through the third weekend of MLB action, 39 million unique viewers have watched 59 telecasts (661,017 per game), compared to 26 million over 45 broadcasts (577,777 per game) through the same period in 2019
Read more: https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2002255?source=Snapzu

Ultra Slow-Mo Camera Can Record Light Bouncing Off Mirrors

A high-speed camera can pull off all kinds of impressive feats, such as ultra slow-motion action photography in sports or movies. One thing you don’t see too often? An ultra-fast camera that’s so speedy it can actually record light bouncing between mirrors. That’s exactly what Edoardo Charbon at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne recently demonstrated, however — using a camera that’s able to take a mind-boggling 24,000 frames a second.
Read more: https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/ultra-fast-light-bounced-mirrors/?source=Snapzu

GTA Writer, Producer, and DJ Leaves Rockstar After Nearly 20 Years

Lazlow Jones worked at Rockstar for nearly 20 years, writing and voicing many of the Grand Theft Auto series' most famous radio shows.
Read more: https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-rockstar-lazlow-jones-dj-radio-writer-leaves-company?source=Snapzu

Ellen DeGeneres’s Relatability Crisis

The talk-show host was a pioneer, but her brand has taken one hit after another.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/ellen-degeneress-relatability-crisis?utm_source=pocket-newtab?source=Snapzu

Ellen’s Celebrity Defenders Aren’t Helping Her

The comedian’s employees say that fame has enabled callousness and abuse on her show. The warm testimonies of her superstar friends highlight their point.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/08/ellens-celebrity-defenders-arent-helping-her/614998/?source=Snapzu

Cord-Cutting Accelerates. Many Traditional Cable Networks Won’t Survive.

In the first quarter, subscriber counts for the cable, telco, and satellite-TV services fell at about an 8% annualized rate, accelerating from declines of 5.4% last year and 3.3% in 2018.
Read more: https://www.barrons.com/articles/cord-cutting-accelerates-many-traditional-cable-networks-wont-survive-51597249678?source=Snapzu

Are we ready for the big Generation X animation comeback?

Let us take a moment for Generation X, the forgotten middle child buttressed by the primary combatants in the great schism currently defining American culture. Trend-charting magazine articles have left them stuck between the Boomers, desperately clinging to the last vestiges of a disappearing status quo, and the Millennials, ushering in a brave and confusing new world with the help of the ascendant Gen Z.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/aug/10/generation-x-animation-beavis-and-butthead-daria-ren-and-stimpy?source=Snapzu

Cable banked on fleecing sports fans. Now, it’s paying the price

As millions have cut the cord, cable companies raised prices, banking on sports to keep people hooked. During the pandemic, that strategy has started to backfire.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90538224/cable-banked-on-fleecing-sports-fans-now-its-paying-the-price?source=Snapzu

Disney has no Fox left to give as it renames TV studio to 20th Television

Disney is rebranding its TV studios
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/10/21362271/disney-20th-century-fox-television-tv-studio-name-rebrand?source=Snapzu

These books will change the way you think

There are books that entertain you, speak to the brain, change your thinking, your mind. These 10 books absolutely fit those criteria. Read them, but more importantly, do what they tell you. It is your acting not just your reading that will get you the best results.
Read more: https://pyoflife.com/2020/08/05/these-books-will-change-way-you-think/?source=Snapzu

Kanye West “might consider moving to NZ”

Kanye West’s Presidential campaign may have just been bolstered by a few Republican activists in the US, but Mr. West has said he might consider moving to beautiful New Zealand. The hip hop luminary and activist was speaking with Kiwi rapper Lil Mussie (real name Mustafa Sheikh) on a FaceTime call at the end of June after producer Anthony Kilhoffer introduced the pair.
Read more: https://tonedeaf.com.au/kanye-west-might-consider-moving-to-nz/?source=Snapzu

Simon Cowell breaks back falling off electric bike in US

Simon Cowell is said to have undergone surgery after breaking his back in a fall from an electric bike in California. The music mogul’s spokeswoman said he was was in hospital and was “doing fine”. “Simon had a fall from his bike, testing his new electric bike in the courtyard at his house in Malibu with his family. He hurt his back and was taken to hospital. He’s doing fine, he’s under observation and is in the best possible hands,” she said on Saturday.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/aug/09/simon-cowell-breaks-back-falling-off-electric-bike-in-us?source=Snapzu

10 TV Shows Where the First Season Was the Best Season

When shows peak early. Like, really early.
Read more: https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/08/10-tv-shows-where-the-first-season-was-the-best-season/?source=Snapzu

What was the best summer ever for big-budget film?

Planet-killing asteroids! Alien invasions! Sneaky dinosaurs! These were the existential threats that 45 years of summer blockbusters had pre-programmed us to expect. Instead, something rather more insidious wiped 2020’s May-to-August movie slate clean, depriving audiences of their usual buffet of unmissable communal spectacles and/or over-marketed idiotainment. Starved of popcorn entertainment, it seems natural to look back hungrily. So what were the most explosive movie summers of the past?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/08/blockbuster-battle-royale-what-was-the-best-summer-ever-for-big-budget-film?source=Snapzu

ESPN Plus Price Getting Hiked to $6 Monthly for New Customers

ESPN Plus is about to get pricier for sports fans who sign up for the streamer’s monthly plan. Now that sports have started back up after the months-long COVID hiatus, the Disney-owned progra…
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/espn-plus-price-increase-1234728899/?source=Snapzu

‘Friends’: Filming Of HBO Max Reunion Special Postponed Again Over COVID-19

Taping of the untitled unscripted Friends reunion special for HBO Max has been further delayed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2020/08/friends-filming-hbo-max-reunion-special-postponed-again-covid-19-delay-tbd-1203007352/?source=Snapzu

Cameron Diaz found 'peace' by quitting acting

Cameron Diaz has said she found "peace" in her "soul" after walking away from her Hollywood career two years ago. Diaz is well known for her roles in films like There's Something About Mary, Charlie's Angels and Shrek. But the last movie appearance of her 20-year career came in the 2014 adaptation of Annie.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53676783?source=Snapzu

I Saw The World End

Content warning: the following audio contains graphic language and first-hand accounts of the use of atomic weapons so discretion is advised.
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Nagasaki – why did the US drop the second bomb?

The first atom bomb destroyed Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Just three days later, a second atom bomb flattened the city of Nagasaki, even though Japan had long been ready to capitulate.
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