23 books to read this summer

Whether you’re traveling or catching the sun at home in the coming months, here are books we’ve enjoyed this year that make for good summer reading.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/26/summer-reading-recommendations/?source=Snapzu

‘I’d smoke and run 150 yards’: Bell says he used marijuana before NFL games

Former Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets running back Le’Veon Bell says he smoked marijuana before playing some NFL games
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/may/29/id-smoke-and-run-150-yards-bell-says-he-used-marijuana-before-nfl-games?source=Snapzu

‘Lost’ Illusions: The Untold Story of the Hit Show’s Poisonous Culture

It was a groundbreaking smash, but things got so toxic behind the scenes that even co-showrunner Damon Lindelof now says: “I failed.” A powerful excerpt from the new book ‘Burn It Down.’
Read more: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/05/lost-tv-show-culture?source=Snapzu

Streaming services are removing tons of movies and shows — it's not personal, it's strictly business

Consumers thought streaming would be forever, but library content is disappearing as studios seek to cut costs.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/29/streaming-services-remove-movies-shows-heres-why.html?__source=androidappshare?source=Snapzu

Heatstrokes - Krokus

From the album Metal Rendez-vous (1980). This entire song sounds on its' best with the volume set to maximum. Airguitar-quality-level: 9000.
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Sources: NBA investigating ref over alleged tweets

The NBA has launched an investigation into longtime referee Eric Lewis over a Twitter account that responded to posts on league officiating and defended Lewis, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37748983/sources-nba-investigating-ref-eric-lewis-alleged-twitter-account?source=Snapzu

Illinois to Become First State to Ban Book Bans

The Illinois Senate has passed HB 2789, a bill whose terms dictate that state funding from libraries that remove books will be withheld.
Read more: https://bookriot.com/illinois-to-become-first-state-to-ban-book-bans/?source=Snapzu

David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom

When I have a song in my head for hours on end, I tend to share that with others. Sharing is caring?
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Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers & NBC To Extend Staff Pay On ‘The Tonight Show’ & ‘Late Night’ After Talk Shows Go Dark

Staffers on late-night shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers can breathe slightly easier after the hosts and the networks worked out plans to pay crew after t…
Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-jimmy-fallon-seth-meyers-nbc-to-extend-staff-pay-1235354983/?source=Snapzu

‘Game of Thrones’ Star Richard Madden Recalls ‘A Lot of Crying’ While Filming the Red Wedding Ahead of Episode’s 10th Anniversary

Can you believe that June 2 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the Red Wedding scene in “Game of Thrones”? Richard Madden, whose character Robb Stark met a grisly end in the episode, recalls filming the bloody massacre. “I remember a lot of crying because at the end of it, I was going to be apart from my family that I had lived with for five years — my on-screen mother and my wife and this crew that had spent a lot of time together, so it was traumatic not only to shoot but traumatic because I was losing my family,” the actor told me at the premiere of his Amazon Prime Video series “Citadel.”
Read more: https://variety.com/2023/scene/news/red-wedding-game-of-thrones-richard-madden-1235602224/?source=Snapzu

Steve Austin 'vulnerable' in 'Stone Cold Takes on America'

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin missed out on many seemingly mundane experiences during his legendary, bloodied, broken-bodied rise to becoming one of the most popular wrestlers of all time. But the Texas Rattlesnake is making up for lost time with his new adventure reality series, “Stone Cold Takes on America.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/steve-austin-vulnerable-stone-cold-takes-america-98945616?source=Snapzu

Actor Will Ferrell to portray John Madden in upcoming movie, according to report

Will Ferrell is slated to star as John Madden in an upcoming movie about the Hall of Fame football coach and broadcaster, according to a report.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/05/27/will-ferrell-john-madden-movie/70263377007/?source=Snapzu

Paris to ban single-use plastic at 2024 Games

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Friday the city planned to ban single-use plastic when it holds the 2024 Olympic Games as part of efforts to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis. "We have decided to make the Olympic Games the first major major event without single-use plastic," Hidalgo told a press conference at a session of the International Forum of Mayors against Plastic Pollution.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/37733149/paris-ban-single-use-plastic-2024-games?source=Snapzu

John Wick 5: Lionsgate Exec Confirms It's in Early Development

After some back and forth on the future of John Wick, Lionsgate confirmed it's planning to continue the mainline series with a fifth film currently "in development." Speaking on the franchise's future during Lionsgate's most recent earnings call, the company's motion picture group chair, Joe Drake, said: "What is official is that, as you know, Ballerina is the first spinoff that comes out next year.
Read more: https://www.ign.com/articles/john-wick-5-early-development?source=Snapzu

Alice in Wonderland’s hidden messages

Is Lewis Carroll’s tale really about sex, drugs, and colonialism? Some say yes. Others argue it’s about eating disorders or the Wars of the Roses. Hephzibah Anderson takes a look.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160527-alice-in-wonderlands-hidden-messages?source=Snapzu

Teammates for life: Canadian women's hockey players Poulin, Stacey announce engagement

Olympic gold medallists. World champions. Engaged. Canadian women's hockey teammates Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey announced their engagement in an Instagram post on Friday. "So... This happened," wrote Poulin, alongside pictures from Hawaii that show the couple both wearing engagement rings. "Best question I ever asked... She said OUI."
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/marie-philip-poulin-laura-stacey-engagement-1.6856715?source=Snapzu

Hugely Profitable And Consolidated Streaming Platforms Suddenly Too Cheap To Pay Residuals And Writers, Or Keep Niche Shows Online

We’ve noted repeatedly that as the streaming sector grows and consolidates, it’s revealing many of the same problems we saw inherent in traditional, shitty, cable TV. As in the need to …
Read more: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/26/hugely-profitable-and-consolidated-streaming-platforms-suddenly-too-cheap-to-pay-residuals-and-writers-or-keep-niche-shows-online/?source=Snapzu

Decades Old? No Problem: Publisher Makes a Bet on Aging Books

A company is republishing books that have fallen out of print and finding new ways to market works that are years, even decades, old.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/books/old-books-out-of-print-open-road.html?source=Snapzu

The Tall Lipless Guy Who Runs The Damn World -- Larry Fink & BlackRock

Meet Laurence Douglas Fink, also known as Larry Fink, the current chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest asset management firm. In this gripping video, we take you on a journey into the vast reach and impact of BlackRock, a financial titan that holds the key to shaping economies and the world. We will unravel the Dominator that is Larry Fink, the mastermind behind this financial empire. You'll be able to understand how BlackRock managed to become this powerful under Fink's management while keeping it low.
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12 Badass Sci-Fi and Fantasy Female Heroes Written by Women

These women from popular science fiction and fantasy novels can face down dark lords, aliens, and all sorts of evil to protect the ones they love.
Read more: https://theportalist.com/female-heroes-written-by-women?source=Snapzu

19+ Reading Tips For Turning into a Bookworm In No Time

Are you in a reading slump? Do you want to build a habit of reading on a daily basis? Let my tips help you start!
Read more: https://www.7azarfazar.com/post/reading-habits/?source=Snapzu

Netflix Hires Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chief Action Officer

Netflix has hired Terminator, Predator, and Jingle All the Way star Arnold Schwarzenegger as its chief action officer. Announced in a promotional video on Netflix's YouTube, Schwarzenegger can be seen arriving at the streaming giant's headquarters in a tank. "No one loves action as much as I do," he said in the video. "That's why I've accepted the big new job as Netflix's chief action officer."
Read more: https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-hires-arnold-schwarzenegger-as-chief-action-officer?source=Snapzu

The 10 worst series finales of all time

It’s not easy ending a TV show; wrapping up what can sometimes be several years’ worth of plotlines into one satisfying ending is an incredibly difficult task. So when a truly bad TV series finale rolls around, it’s not always a surprise, but it is always a huge disappointment. Maybe that’s why these 10 finales stick out in our minds: we were rooting for them, but they just couldn’t stick the landing.
Read more: https://www.avclub.com/worst-tv-series-finales-1850456515?source=Snapzu

Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included 'What's Love Got to Do With It,' dead at 83

With admirers ranging from Beyoncé to Mick Jagger, Turner was one of the world’s most successful entertainers, known for a core of pop, rock and rhythm and blues favorites.
Read more: https://apnews.com/a04311130e67459cbade34565eb80662?source=Snapzu

Netflix password-sharing crackdown rolls out in the U.S.

After months of anticipation, Netflix began its password-sharing crackdown in the United States.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/23/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown.html?source=Snapzu

Book Publishers Are Trying to Destroy Public E-Book Access in Order to Increase Profits

A recent ruling against the Internet Archive for copyright infringement threatens a treasured and critical public institution: our libraries.
Read more: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/05/book-publishers-are-trying-to-destroy-public-e-book-access-in-order-to-increase-profits/?source=Snapzu

The Great Rebundling: Who Will Figure Out How to Rebuild Pay TV First?

At this point in the streaming wars, bundling, rather than M&A, is back in the spotlight. During a May 18 investor conference, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav was asked whether he would be interested in exploring a sports- and news-led “skinnier bundle” with content from the streamers.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cord-cutting-bundle-max-disney-netflix-paramount-1235499213/?source=Snapzu

Why Do Wes Anderson Movies Look Like That?

My today's youtube rabbit hole
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HBO Continues to Have the Worst Timing

Somehow Warner Bros. Discovery thinks it’s a good idea to relaunch its HBO Max streaming service as just “Max” in the middle of a Hollywood shakeup.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/hbo-max-launch-bad-timing-wga-strike/?source=Snapzu

Aubrey Plaza Refuses to Use Streamers Because They Make Her ‘Really Angry,’ Buys Films and TV Series on iTunes Instead

Warner Bros. Discovery is on the eve of launching Max, its new streaming service that combines the already-existing platforms of HBO Max and Discovery+. But don’t expect Aubrey Plaza to be among Max’s subscriber base. “The White Lotus” star revealed to Vanity Fair that she refuses to use streamers because she often gets enraged while using them. So no, Plaza never streamed her own season of “The White Lotus” and stays off HBO Max.
Read more: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/aubrey-plaza-hates-streaming-platforms-uses-itunes-1235621386/?source=Snapzu

'John Wick' franchise hits $1 billion mark at worldwide box office

John Wick franchise surpassed the $1 billion milestone at the global box office, fueled by success of John Wick: Chapter 4. The latest installment leads the pack with $425.3 million, followed by John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum at $326.7 million, Chapter 2 at $171.54 million, and the original 2014 crime thriller at $87.8 million. With the release in Japan yet to come, the franchise continues to perform well worldwide, reported Variety.
Read more: https://www.geo.tv/latest/488412-john-wick-franchise-hits-1-billion-mark-at-worldwide-box-office?source=Snapzu

‘Everyone has a story.’ Growing industry makes memoir-writing more accessible

What is our legacy? What do we leave behind after we’re gone? During the pandemic, many of us pondered these questions. Now, more people are passing on their stories in the form of memoirs. As Jeffrey Brown reports, these books — once reserved for the famous — are becoming more accessible than ever.
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/everyone-has-a-story-growing-industry-makes-memoir-writing-more-accessible?source=Snapzu

Harrison Ford Talks Seeing De-Aged Self In ‘Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny’: “That’s What I Looked Like 35 Years Ago”

Harrison Ford is defending the de-aging process he underwent for a flashback sequence in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The fifth installment of the James Mangold-directed film premiered at…
Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/05/harrison-ford-de-aged-self-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-cannes-1235374591/?source=Snapzu

Stacey Abrams on Writing and Her Future in Politics

Stacey Abrams talked to TIME about the role fiction has played in her life, voting rights and whether she will run for office again.
Read more: https://time.com/6275642/stacey-abrams-interview/?source=Snapzu

Online Apple Store to start selling 'Ted Lasso' shirts in June

Apple could capitalize on the third and probably final season of "Ted Lasso" by selling official merchandise for the show via its online store, a report claims. "Ted Lasso" has been a massive success for Apple TV+, with fans able to buy a wide array of products based on the show to support it. With the third season underway, it seems that Apple is preparing to handle some of those sales for itself.
Read more: https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/21/ted-lasso-merch-set-to-land-in-online-apple-store-in-june?source=Snapzu

“Mrs. Davis” Is Weirder Than Anything AI Could Dream Up

The new Peacock series is a testament to human originality.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/172449/mrs-davis-peacock-review-weirder-than-artificial-intelligence?source=Snapzu

Buffy's 20 Best Episodes, Ranked!

Buffy‘s monsters were always a metaphor for growing pains, but in “The Body,” life’s truest and most inescapable horror is death itself. And what a devastating blow it was when Buffy came home to find her poor mother Joyce dead on the couch. Joyce’s natural passing rendered Buffy completely powerless, which is one thing our hero was not accustomed to. With its long silences and even longer takes, the episode fully captured the shock and numbness that a loved one’s death brings, setting up Sarah Michelle Gellar for her series’ best performance. (Her being shunned by the Emmys for this episode was a gross oversight.)
Read more: https://tvline.com/lists/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-best-episodes-ranked-photos/the-body/?source=Snapzu

TV Writer David Simon Says Industry Is Going to “Infantilize Itself” if AI Is the Future for Scripts

"When I sold all the scripts I sold ... I didn't sell them so that they could be thrown into a computer with other people's and be used again by a corporation," 'The Wire' writer said.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-writer-david-simon-negative-impact-future-ai-scripts-1235496804/?source=Snapzu

“Godzilla” 25 Years Later – Was This Version That Bad?

Oh to be back in the late 90s. Video stores were still everywhere, social media wasn’t even in our vocabulary, and big budget disaster movies were the Hollywood tentpoles rather than superhero franchises. There is no conversation about this era without mentioning German-born director Roland Emmerich. In 1996, he captivated audiences with Independence Day. While the movie didn’t review very well critically, it was a massive box office and cultural success, with people still quoting it today and watching it every 4th of July.
Read more: https://halloween-year-round.com/2023/05/20/godzilla-25-years-later-was-this-version-that-bad/?source=Snapzu

Composing Music with ChatGPT - An Inspiration or a Threat to the Musicians

The landscape of music composition, once predominantly traditional and manual, is currently undergoing a transformative process through the intervention of state-of-the-art technology. Along with the torchbearer in this evolutionary transition — the Google’s MusicML, there is none other than OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) model, ChatGPT.
Read more: https://www.ukhdan.org.uk/p/composing-music-with-chatgpt.html?source=Snapzu

Forget Jurassic Park: inside the gorgeous David Attenborough series that’s redefining dinosaurs

Jurassic Park was released 30 years ago, but in those three decades our perception of dinosaurs has largely remained static. In the public consciousness, they were giant, scaly beasts with huge claws and teeth who spent their days chasing down victims and ripping them apart in brutal fashion. Think dinosaur and you will probably picture a primal, primitive force of unbelievable fury.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/19/forget-jurassic-park-inside-the-gorgeous-david-attenborough-series-thats-redefining-dinosaurs?source=Snapzu

Johnny Depp Announces Departure from Hollywood: Criticizes 'Woke' Agenda and Cancel Culture

During the promotion of his latest film, “Jeanne du Barry,” Johnny Depp received a well-deserved seven-minute standing ovation, showcasing the undeniable impact he has made on the silver screen. However, it was Depp’s statements to reporters that truly captivated the public’s attention. When asked about feeling betrayed by Hollywood’s boycott, Depp emphasized the disregard for the fundamental principle of “innocent until proven guilty.”
Read more: https://opinion-canada.ca/johnny-depp-announces-departure-from-hollywood-criticizes-woke-agenda-and-cancel-culture/1168/?source=Snapzu

‘I’m Managing Jeopardy! As Though It’s a Sport’

America’s favorite game show of objective, blue-tinted truth has given us a new spectacle to behold. Jeopardy! Masters reconvenes six of the most prolific champions in the show’s recent history — Amy Schneider, Andrew He, James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Sam Buttrey, and Matt Amodio — many of whom have previously faced off against each other from across the lecterns.
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/article/jeopardy-michael-davies-interview-ken-jennings-mayim-bialik.html?source=Snapzu

Andy Rourke, bassist for the Smiths, dies aged 59

Musician described as ‘supremely gifted’ by bandmate Johnny Marr had suffered long illness with pancreatic cancer
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/19/andy-rourke-bassist-for-the-smiths-dies-aged-59?source=Snapzu

Censorship: lifting the lid on those calling all the shots -- Meet The Censors

From a Kafkaesque office for social media in Germany and a South Sudan military headquarters, to conversations with an Iranian Ayatollah and Chinese news editor, Norwegian filmmaker Håvard Fossum intimately follows the daily working lives of the censors. With remarkable access to a secretive world, we get a rare insight into the ways information is controlled, from the Communist Party in Beijing to the corridors of power in Washington.
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SELLING SICKNESS: THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND DISEASE BRANDING | Big Pharma Documentary

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Graham Nash on writing political songs: “I have a right to speak my mind”

Graham Nash’s new album, Now, comes out Friday, May 19, and he isn’t afraid to sing about what’s bothering him about the current political climate in America.
Read more: https://kslx.com/graham-nash-on-writing-political-songs-i-have-a-right-to-speak-my-mind/?source=Snapzu

Sylvester Stallone reveals what to expect from Cliffhanger reboot

Stallone sat down to chat exclusively with RadioTimes.com about his new reality show and the upcoming Cliffhanger reboot.
Read more: https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/sylvester-stallone-cliffhanger-reboot-exclusive-newsupdate/?source=Snapzu

Arnold Schwarzenegger criticises Terminator sequels: ‘They weren’t well written’

‘The franchise is not done. I’m done,’ said the actor
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-sequel-b2339846.html?source=Snapzu

‘Kitchen Nightmares’ Returns To Fox After 10 Year Absence

Gordon Ramsay is getting back into the failing restaurant game. The celebrity chef is bringing back his long-running series Kitchen Nightmares for Fox. The show ran for seven seasons and nearly 100 episodes between 2007 and 2014.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/05/kitchen-nightmares-returns-to-fox-after-10-year-absence-1235366568/?source=Snapzu