Fringe: The underrated sci-fi drama that deserved more

Another gem from JJ Abrams, Fringe was a high concept sci-fi drama which had a fantastic storyline, executed with precision.
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‘Borat’ Sequel Acquired By Amazon Studios; Sacha Baron Cohen Film Will Bow On Prime Video Right Before Election Day

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the sequel of the 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2020/09/borat-sequel-release-date-sacha-baron-cohen-amazon-prime-presidential-election-1234587077/?source=Snapzu

Why Britney Spears’s fans are convinced she’s being held captive

The #FreeBritney movement, explained.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/culture/21328341/britney-spears-conservatorship-explained-free-britney?source=Snapzu

Chadwick Boseman gave up salary for Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller has praised late Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman for donating part of his own salary to boost her pay packet on 21 Bridges. The pair starred as detectives in the thriller, which was released last year. Miller told Empire: "Everybody understands about the pay disparity in Hollywood, but I asked for a number that the studio wouldn't get to. "And Chadwick ended up donating some of his salary to get me to the number I had asked for."
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54337525?source=Snapzu

It's Official: 2020 Is Cord Cutting's Pivotal Moment

If there was any lingering home for the cable television industry, it's being wiped away this year.
Read more: https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/09/28/its-official-2020-is-cord-cuttings-pivotal-moment/?source=Snapzu

Tampa Bay Lightning capture second Stanley Cup after defeating Dallas Stars

The Tampa Bay Lightning are Stanley Cup Champions for the second time in their franchise history after defeating the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the series 4-2.
Read more: https://www.tsn.ca/tampa-bay-lightning-capture-second-stanley-cup-after-defeating-dallas-stars-1.1531447?source=Snapzu

Agent Orange’s devastating effects on Vietnam

The Vietnam War ended almost 50 years ago, but it’s still killing Vietnamese people. Children are born with severe birth defects due to Agent Orange, a defoliant sprayed by the Americans during the war. While some 5 million in Vietnam live with incurable or chronic diseases caused by Agent Orange, thousands are killed by unexploded ordnance.
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Deep algebra for deep beats: The beautiful sounds of musical programming

Musicians have spent centuries flirting with technology to push the boundaries of the art, from the Theremin to mid-century tape experiments. Despite this fascination, only a tiny niche have gone so far as to programmatically generate music via code. In a span of roughly 70 years, the few who’ve done so comprise a Venn diagram of intersecting programmers and avant-garde musicians.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/09/turning-code-into-music-anagrams-open-source-marxism-and-vr-raves/?source=Snapzu

I Was Bullied for Being Arab. Nine Inch Nails Threw Me a Lifeline.

As a teenage girl paralyzed with fear, one of the darkest albums of the 1990s, “The Downward Spiral,” gave me the guts to rebel against my tormentors.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/arts/music/nine-inch-nails-trent-reznor.html?source=Snapzu

Libraries focus on books challenged during “Banned Book Week”

For nearly 40 years, the American Library Association (ALA) has used the last week in September to celebrate Banned Books Week. The annual event was launched in the 1980s during a time of increased challenges and organized protests against books. The ALA and other groups have been promoting the event each year to celebrate the freedom to read. This year, Banned Book Week runs from Monday, Sept. 27 through Oct. 3.
Read more: https://www.nujournal.com/news/local-news/2020/09/26/libraries-focus-on-books-challenged-during-banned-book-week/?source=Snapzu

Chuck E. Cheese is plotting an animated TV show and a live-action movie starring its mouse mascot

Chuck E. Cheese has just launched an entertainment division, CEO David McKillips said in a recent interview with Business Insider.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/chuck-e-cheese-plots-animated-tv-show-movie-starring-mascot-2020-9?source=Snapzu

Tom Cruise is heading to space for his new film

Project is scheduled to shoot in space in October 2021
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/tom-cruise-space-nasa-elon-musk-spacex-axiom-crew-dragon-b549580.html?source=Snapzu

‘Family Guy’ & ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Get Two-Season Renewals At Fox

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has locked in two of the tentpoles of its Sunday animation block for two more years. The network has renewed flagship Family Guy for Seasons 19 and 20 and the Emmy-winning Bob’…
Read more: https://deadline.com/2020/09/family-guy-bobs-burgers-renewed-two-season-fox-seasons-19-20-12-13-1234582825/?source=Snapzu

Dwayne Johnson rips off metal gate to get to work

A power outage preventing the metal gates in front of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s home could not keep him locked in. The 48-year-old actor shared on social media over the weekend that in order to get to work, he was forced to rip the electric-powered gates off the entrance to his property. Uploading a photo of the broken gate to Instagram, the former wrestler explains how the damaging weather resulted in a system malfunction, unable to be fixed before he needed to leave.
Read more: https://thegrio.com/2020/09/21/dwayne-johnson-rips-metal-gate-work/?source=Snapzu

Magic Mushroom Medical Trial

Over two years we follow the first ever medical trial of psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms) being used to treat a group of volunteers suffering from clinical depression.
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Quibi to Explore Potential Sale After Less Than Six Months (Report)

After less than six months, Jeffrey Katzenberg is exploring a potential sale of Quibi, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/quibi-to-explore-potential-sale-after-less-than-six-months-report/?source=Snapzu

‘Watchmen’ Leads Emmys Winners; HBO Tops Networks and Streaming

“Watchmen” took home more Emmys than any other show of 2020, with HBO scoring the most wins of any network or streaming service. “Watchmen” picked up 11 Emmys in total, including wins on Sunday night for best limited series and best actress in a limited series for series star Regina King. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II also won for best supporting actor in a drama for his work on the show. The show’s 11 wins helped push HBO to 30 wins total, including 19 wins during the Creative Arts Emmys over the course of last week.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/watchmen-emmys-hbo-scorecard-1234776656/?source=Snapzu

Health Care in Ancient Mesopotamia

In ancient Mesopotamia, the gods infused every aspect of daily life and this, of course, extended to health care. The goddess Gula (also known as Ninkarrak and Ninisinna) presided over health and healing aided by her consort Pabilsag (who was also a divine judge), her sons Damu and Ninazu, and daughter Gunurra. Gula was the primary deity of healing and health and was known as the “great physician of the black-headed ones” (meaning the Sumerians).
Read more: https://www.ancient.eu/article/687/health-care-in-ancient-mesopotamia/?source=Snapzu

A side-by-side comparison of Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' trailer to the David Lynch effort

After 26 years, an epic science-fiction story is being retold. Denis Villeneuve, with an all-star cast alongside him, is attempting to breath new life into Dune with an adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert.
Read more: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/denis-villeneuve-david-lynch-dune-comparison/?source=Snapzu

'Schitt's Creek' star Eugene Levy wins his first Emmy in 37 years

Eugene Levy followed his 'Schitt's Creek' wife, Catherine O'Hara, into the Emmy winners' circle.
Read more: https://ew.com/awards/emmys/eugene-levy-wins-lead-actor-comedy-2020-emmys/?source=Snapzu

How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read

At first blush, a book titled How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read (public library) sounds at once sacrilegious in its proposition and wildly meta-ironic. Then again, it gets to the heart of a painfully familiar literary bind — that book about a fascinating sliver of science, written by a breathlessly boring academic; the fetishized Ulysseses of the world, reluctantly half-read and promptly forgotten; the Gladwellian tome that could’ve been, should’ve been, and likely at some point was a magazine article. Must we read those from cover to cover in order to be complete, cultured individuals?
Read more: https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/15/how-to-talk-about-books-you-havent-read/?source=Snapzu

The FBI, The Second Red Scare, and the Folk Singer Who Cooperated

When the FBI went after musicians with alleged ties to Communism, Burl Ives saved his career by testifying, but at great personal cost.
Read more: https://crimereads.com/the-fbi-the-second-red-scare-and-the-folk-singer-who-cooperated/?source=Snapzu

The big winner of Apple’s new One subscription bundle is Apple TV Plus

Apple TV Plus is almost one year old, and it’s getting a big push in the form of Apple One.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/21444057/apple-one-tv-plus-streaming-music-news-arcade-subscription?source=Snapzu

Made in Japan — Ishikawa and Gifu Craftsmanship

A documentary-style film exploring traditional Japanese handcrafts and artists from Ishikawa and Gifu, in partnership with Japan Tourism.
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Our Ability To Perceive Musical Beat Becomes More Refined Through Childhood

If you were to play your favourite song right now, I imagine you’d have little difficulty clapping along with the beat. Our appreciation of beat allows us to clap, dance, march and sway in time with a piece of music — or just with each other. As the authors of a new paper published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General point out, these behaviours occur spontaneously across human cultures. But while moving to a beat seems effortless, it involves all kinds of perceptual processes.
Read more: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/09/18/our-ability-to-perceive-musical-beat-becomes-more-refined-through-childhood/?source=Snapzu

Top ten exquisite places for book lovers to visit

Ever felt the excitement when you smell the pages of a book you just bought?
Read more: https://thebinaryskies.com/top-ten-exquisite-places-for-book-lovers-to-visit/?source=Snapzu

Aston Martin Releases a $74,000 Luxury Racing Simulator

The limited run ARM-CO1 will be one of the most high-end esports racing simulators ever created.
Read more: https://interestingengineering.com/aston-martin-releases-a-74000-luxury-racing-simulator?source=Snapzu

Nine Inch Nails’ 1996 Quake Soundtrack Gets First-Ever Vinyl Release

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ The Social Network soundtrack also has a new vinyl reissue
Read more: https://pitchfork.com/news/nine-inch-nails-1996-quake-soundtrack-gets-first-ever-vinyl-releaseandnbsp/?source=Snapzu

Notorious B.I.G.'s plastic crown sells at auction for almost $600K

A crown adorned with plastic jewels, famously worn by Notorious B.I.G. during his last ever photo shoot, sold for $594,750 at a hip hop-inspired auction in New York on Tuesday evening.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/sothebys-hip-hop-auction/index.html?source=Snapzu

Cardi B Files to Divorce Offset, Wants Custody of Kulture

It's officially over for Cardi and Offset, legally speaking.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2020/09/15/cardi-b-files-divorce-offset-marriage/?source=Snapzu

Apple Unveils Subscription Service Bundle

Apple will bundle some of its subscription services together for discount. Customers who want to buy subscriptions to Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade and iCloud storage will soon be able to do so for a combined price that starts at $15 per month.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/apple-unveils-subscription-service-bundle?source=Snapzu

Wheel of Fortune Spins Into the Coronavirus Era With Wheel Condoms

Okay, it’s a plastic cap.
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/wheel-of-fortune-season-38-covid-19-changes.html?source=Snapzu

The Mandalorian | Season 2 Official Trailer | Disney+

The Mandalorian Season 2 Trailer
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Japanese Actress Ashina Sei Dies Age 36

Ashina Sei, an established actor in high demand for TV dramas and films, was discovered dead in her Tokyo apartment Monday. Both Tokyo police and her agency have confirmed that she died of suicide, age 36.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/ashina-sei-dead-dies-japanese-actress-suicide-1234770126/?source=Snapzu

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Gets 3-Season Renewal at HBO

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver has been renewed for three more seasons — taking the weekly news commentary program into the year 2023
Read more: https://tvline.com/2020/09/14/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-renewed-three-seasons/?source=Snapzu

George R.R. Martin Says Rickon Stark Was Almost Written Out of ‘Game of Thrones’

The original pilot for “Game of Thrones” was virtually unrecognizable compared to the one shown to audiences in 2011. Everything from hairstyles to actors to major scenes had to be reconsidered after the initial pilot failed to land with HBO executives in the early stages of the show’s development.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/game-of-thrones-pilot-changes-1234769153/?source=Snapzu

Sci-Fi Short Film “FTL"

DUST
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US Open 2020 men's final: Dominic Thiem beats Alexander Zverev – live!

Austria’s Dominic Thiem battled back from two sets down to win his first grand slam title in a thrilling contest
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/sep/13/alexander-zverev-v-dominic-thiem-us-open-mens-final-live?source=Snapzu

David Tennant on becoming serial killer Dennis Nilsen

Dennis Nilsen was one of Britain's most notorious serial killers. David Tennant explains why he played him in a new TV drama as "boring". The main mystery in any TV drama about a murder - or murders - is usually whodunit. If not, it's howdunit. Those two questions are cleared up early in the first episode of ITV's Des, which takes its title from the nickname for Dennis Nilsen, who killed at least 15 young men in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54025946?source=Snapzu

Vinyl record sales surpass CDs for the first time since the 1980s

The days of vinyl records being a nostalgic relic of the past are long gone. This year, vinyl sales have outpaced CD sales in the United States for the first time since the 1980s.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/tech/vinyl-records-cd-sales-riaa/index.html?source=Snapzu

Guitars Are Back, Baby!

Painted by some as a boomer relic just years ago, the guitar is seeing a revival that may just extend past the stress-purchase quarantine bounce.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/style/guitar-sales-fender-gibson.html?source=Snapzu

‘The Social Dilemma’ Review: Unplug and Run

This documentary from Jeff Orlowski explores how addiction and privacy breaches are features, not bugs, of social media platforms.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/movies/the-social-dilemma-review.html?source=Snapzu

Vinyl Records Outsell CDs for the First Time Since 1986

As physical music sales wither under the power of streaming services, vinyl records are finally getting their revenge on the compact disc. The Recording Industry Association of America reports that vinyl outsold CDs this year—an achievement that hasn’t been met since 1986.
Read more: https://www.reviewgeek.com/53648/vinyl-records-outsell-cds-for-the-first-time-since-1986/?source=Snapzu

Predator Bay

There is a place in Africa where two ancient predators come face to face - the shark and the crocodile. Usually worlds apart the two are forced to share the waters of a cozy bay and compete for the same prize. For many of the inhabitants this is a dangerous land. For a young crocodile life is particularly challenging. This is his story - a journey into predator bay.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0D7N5JNh8?source=Snapzu

I read all those Trump tell-alls. Here's what I learned

With yet more books offering fresh info on Trump, what do you get when you take them together?
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53970246?source=Snapzu

How to stream NFL football games in 2020 | ZDNet

This is not any ordinary year, but, for now, at least, we do have football to help keep our minds off our troubles.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-stream-nfl-football-games-in-2020/?source=Snapzu

The Truth Game

John Pilger's penetrating documentary which looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, they were code-named Fat Man and Little Boy, and President Truman announced after the event: "The experiment has been an overwhelming success."
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Dr. Phil: "You have to stop commenting 'daddy' on my posts"

TV host and unlicensed huckster Dr. Phil took to TikTok this week to kindly ask his followers to stop calling him "daddy." It did not work.
Read more: https://news.avclub.com/dr-phil-you-have-to-stop-commenting-daddy-on-my-post-1845028341?source=Snapzu

Web Series Review: Unbelievable on Netflix

Unbelievable is a critically acclaimed American limited drama series based on a true story. It's a Netflix original show. Check out our review.
Read more: https://thenextstream.com/web-series-review-unbelievable-on-netflix/?source=Snapzu

The Social Dilemma: Netflix Explores Social Media Ethics and Effects on Mental Health

A recently-released docu-drama on streaming platform Netflix, "The Social Dilemma," examines the abrasive effects of social media platforms on modern society.
Read more: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/27254/20200910/social-dilemma-netflix-ethics-mental-health.htm?source=Snapzu