Medical Marijuana Commercial Rejected for Super Bowl

CBS rejected a 60-second Super Bowl ad promoting the federal legalization of medical marijuana. The ad features three people with health issues who say that medical marijuana helped them: Austin, a Florence, CO, boy with Dravet syndrome (a type of epilepsy); Greg Kazmierczak, a man from Buffalo, NY, who has had three back surgeries and was on opioids for 15 years; and Ryan Miller, an Oakland, CA, former Army infantry officer who lost his leg due to a combat injury.
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Nothing Is In Vain - MonaLisa Twins

Music to paint by!
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“Space: 1999” is a blast from a past that never was…

When I was a kid, 1999 was a year of a far-off future where we’d have flying cars, robots in every home, and of course, moonbases. It was a year that seemed poised on the cusp of greatness. One of the most popular songs when I was in high school was “Party Like It’s 1999,” from the late pop star Prince (still sad that I have to say ‘late’). It was a year that promised much in a shiny new millennium.
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Resident Evil 2 Remake is getting three free DLC stories, starting in February

Free DLC is coming to Resident Evil 2 Remake starting in February, Capcom has confirmed. The Ghost Survivors is a trio of ‘what if’ stories following three other survivors of the Raccoon City outbreak. Leon and Claire aren’t the only people doing exciting things amid the zombie apocalypse. No Time to Mourn, Runaway and Forgotten Soldier explore the survivor stories of the gunshop owner, the mayor’s daughter and the soldier, respectively. The first, No Time to Mourn, is due out on February 15.
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Look Back At It [Official Audio]

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Kendrick Lamar - The Mantra (ft. Pharrell Williams)

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EA buckles in Belgium, stops selling FIFA Points following loot box gambling pressure

EA has announced plans to stop selling FIFA Points in Belgium following government pressure over loot boxes. In FIFA Ultimate Team, you can spend real world money on FIFA Points, which can then be used to buy card packs.
Read more: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-29-ea-buckles-in-belgium-stops-selling-fifa-points-following-loot-box-gambling-pressure?source=Snapzu

Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind (terrific guitar break)

Discovery
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The tiny library bringing books to remote villages

“Without a book, so often the child is alone,” says Antonio La Cava. The retired schoolteacher converted his three-wheeled van into a mobile library, the Bibliomotocarro. Driving the hills and mountains of Basilicata, Italy, La Cava is able to reach children in remote villages like San Paolo Albanese, which only has two children of primary school age. “I was strongly worried about growing old in a country of non-readers.” La Cava believes that it’s important to spread the joy of literature to as many children as possible: “carrying out such action has a value, not only social, not only cultural, but has a great ethical meaning.”
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190125-the-tiny-library-bringing-books-to-remote-villages?source=Snapzu

Because of him, 73,000 kids saw 'Black Panther.' But raising funds to get girls to 'Captain Marvel' is posing a challenge

Last year, his #BlackPantherChallenge raised enough money to send 73,000 children of color to see "Black Panther." This year, his #CaptainMarvelChallenge hopes to do the same for girls with Marvel Studios' first female-led film, "Captain Marvel." But Frederick Joseph said he isn't sure the campaign to help young girls will receive as much support as the one for black boys did.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/entertainment/captain-marvel-fundraising-for-girls-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

How that crazy city of Knowhere in Guardians of the Galaxy was made

One of the reasons I enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy so much was because I got to explore a world in which I had no expectations. Take that crazy city Knowhere, which is inside a giant Celestial head, I didn't even know it existed, let alone know what it "should" look like. Here's the VFX reel showing how the city was built.
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Allman Brothers Midnight Rider

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NOW TV want to pay someone £35,000 to binge watch box-sets

A £35,000 salary to watch loads of TV, what's the catch? Well, there is only one position going. The job comes courtesy of NOW TV - and the streaming service will be offering one lucky person the chance to take a 'box-set sabbatical'. Essentially what this means is that they're going to pay someone a lot of money - £35,000 to be exact - to binge-watch box-sets every day for an entire year.
Read more: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/nowtv-binge-watch-shows-job-15729020?source=Snapzu

Birds of Prey teaser

(2020) First Look Trailer | Harley Quinn Movie - Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor
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Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star (Live at the Budokan 1994)

If you play guitar, watch this.
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The top 7 shows on Netflix and other streaming services this week

With the return of "Grace and Frankie" and "The Punisher," and the surge in popularity of "You," Netflix dominated audience demand this week. But don't count out DC Universe or CBS All Access, which debuted the second season of "Star Trek: Discovery" this month. Every week, Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider with a list of the seven most "in-demand" TV shows on streaming services.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.in/the-top-7-shows-on-netflix-and-other-streaming-services-this-week/articleshow/67713238.cms?source=Snapzu

Five Films to Watch If You Like Netflix's 'Polar'

We recommend our top five picks to watch after you’ve seen Netflix’s newest action thriller. It seems that everyone is getting in on the revenge thriller trend nowadays with hyper-violent action films coming out left and right. Netflix decided to dabble in this theme and came out with their own adaption of the webcomic series Polar: Came From The Cold. If you want to read our review of this Netflix Original, click here.
Read more: https://keithlovesmovies.com/2019/01/26/five-films-if-you-like-polar/?source=Snapzu

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

Trashes the World
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Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006

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Why Is TV So Addicted to Crime?

In 1949, CBS started broadcasting a show called Man Against Crime. It starred Ralph Bellamy, and the general idea would be familiar to anybody watching TV in 2019: A crime happens, and then a man “solves” it. Bellamy played Detective Mike Barnett, a beefy, gun-wielding tough who would discover clues and pressure witnesses, rooting out the ne’er-do-wells to return things to the status quo.
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/why-is-tv-addicted-to-crime-shows.html?source=Snapzu

Royalty Free Music ♫ Close To Me (Original Mix) - Deep

No copyright music for your YouTube videos promoted by Royalty Free Music Library.
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After Shelving 'Star Trek 4,' Paramount is Still Working on Quentin Tarantino's Movie

For anyone who was worried about Paramount abandoning all plans related to future Star Trek films, prepared to be calmed down. While the movie giant has reportedly shelved Star Trek 4, the studio has confirmed that development continues on for Quentin Tarantino’s potential Star Trek film. The New York Times released a profile on the Paramount Pictures’ new leadership and their plans to put the once mighty studio back on top following a few rough years.
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Nintendo's Honesty Around Metroid Prime 4 Sets An Important Standard

In a surprising twist this morning, Nintendo made an incredibly transparent announcement. Development on Metroid Prime 4, it read, had halted and was to begin again under Retro Studios, the United States-based developer of the original Metroid Prime games. In a statement delivered by Shinya Takahashi, Nintendo’s General Manager of Planning and Development, we learned that although Nintendo found it very regrettable, the company didn’t feel the current progress of Metroid Prime 4 was up to their standards for the series.
Read more: https://ign.com/articles/2019/01/26/nintendos-honesty-around-metroid-prime-4-sets-an-important-standard?source=Snapzu

One family, two worlds: Viral Peppa Pig video exposes China's deep social divides

A video promoting the once-blocked cartoon pig has gone viral on Chinese social media, striking at the heart of the country's social issues.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-27/viral-peppa-pig-video-highlights-chinas-deep-social-divide/10750586?source=Snapzu

800 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices

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'He's a pedophile' Michael Jackson doc Leaving Neverland stuns critics

Michael Jackson gave his young male victims jewelry in exchange for sexual acts, according to damning new documentary Leaving Neverland which details fresh allegations of sexual abuse against the singer. The explosive four-hour film, which had its world premiere on Friday at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, accuses The King of Pop of even staging a mock wedding complete with vows and a diamond ring with one boy, critics say.
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Валенки

Концертный зал имени П. И. Чайковского с участием Анастасия Тюрина
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Snoop Dogg Wants To Adopt This Abandoned Dog Named Snoop, And It Needs To Happen

The 47-year-old rapper told the Daily Star that, like many others, he was heartbroken after watching surveillance footage from Dec. 17 in which a Staffordshire bull terrier is seen being abandoned by a man in Staffordshire, England. In the video, which has gone viral since it was posted on Christmas Eve, one can see the dog realize he’s being left behind and chase after the person’s car.
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Sir Stirling Moss says women don't have the mental strength for Formula 1

Motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss has landed himself slap bang in the middle of a sexism row after saying he thought women weren't up to the task of professionally racing a Formula 1 car. Sir Stirling admitted that women could handle the physical demands of piloting an F1 car but said he didn't know whether "they've got the mental aptitude to race hard, wheel to wheel." He added: "The trouble is, when you're racing, it's pretty tiring."
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Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry - Skye C. Cleary

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Medieval book coffer shows appetite for mobile reading 'is nothing new'

Bodleian acquires rare box dated to late 1400s, saying it reveals preoccupation with accessing information on the move is centuries-old
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/24/medieval-book-coffer-shows-appetite-for-mobile-reading-is-nothing-new?source=Snapzu

The Heart

Kris Kristofferson
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This Land

Gary Clark Jr
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YouTube's bet against big cable announces nationwide expansion

YouTube TV is expanding to 95 new U.S. markets, to cover 98 percent of households.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/youtube-tv-live-streaming-service-goes-nationwide-.html?source=Snapzu

YouTube TV comes to 95 more US markets in time for the Super Bowl

This year there's more ways to stream the Super Bowl live over the Internet than ever. And if you live in Bangor or Reno or Wilmington, you can now add one more to the list. Starting today, YouTube TV is available in 95 additional TV markets, including those three, and will roll out nationwide soon. Until now the $40-per-month service, which offers a slate of live TV channels streamed over the Internet as an alternative to traditional cable TV, was only available in certain markets. It launched in April 2017 in five US cities...
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne, from Partita in d minor for solo violin, BWV 1004

Kyung Wha Chung
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It’s Unanimous: Mariano Rivera Is a Hall of Famer

Rivera, the closer who helped the Yankees win five World Series, became the first player to be elected unanimously.
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‘Sopranos’ Prequel Film Finds Young Tony: Michael Gandolfini Is Chip Off Old Block

The Sopranos creator David Chase has found his Tony Soprano. Michael Gandolfini has been set to play the future New Jersey organized crime family boss in The Many Saints of Newark, the feature prequel to Chase’s groundbreaking TV series The Sopranos that Alan Taylor is directing for New Line.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-sopranos-prequel-movie-michael-gandolfini-tony-soprano-james-gandolfini-the-many-saints-of-newark-james-gandolfini-david-chase-1202539160/?source=Snapzu

Black Panther is the first superhero movie to earn an Oscars Best Picture nomination

Black Panther is the first superhero movie to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, a move that many critics, industry members, and fans have deemed a watershed moment. It wasn’t too long ago that debates sprung up around Hollywood about whether a superhero movie could or should earn a Best Picture nomination when standing alongside more stereotypical dramatic films.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/22/18192727/black-panther-oscars-nomination-dark-knight-heath-ledger?source=Snapzu

Eminem Is The Only Artist To Have Seven Albums Reach 1 Billion Streams On Spotify

Eminem has broken a slew of records both huge and trivial in the months since releasing his surprise new album, Kamikaze. This time, however, he's broken a record thanks to one of his most beloved classic albums: The Marshall Mathers LP just surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify, making Eminem the only artist to have seven albums cross that threshold , according to Chart Data.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2019/01/22/eminem-is-the-only-artist-to-have-seven-albums-reach-1-billion-streams-on-spotify/?source=Snapzu

HBO to explore Asian horror myths in new anthology series coming next month

As reported by Entertainment Weekly, HBO’s various streaming platforms will be getting a new original anthology show on February 1 called Folklore that explores spooky myths from across six countries in Asia—specifically Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Japan. Each installment of the six-episode series will focus on the “supernatural beings and occult beliefs” of a different country, with each one coming from different directors and being presented in the native language of its country.
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Japan proposes recycled medals for 2020 Olympics

Japan’s Olympic organisers have unveiled a proposal to make medals out of recycled mobile phones and discarded computers. The move is part of the organisers’ efforts to create an environmentally “sustainable” foundation for the summer games, which will take place in the Japanese capital in 2020. The proposal will result in gold, silver and bronze medals being created from recycled precious metals obtained from discarded electronics, ranging from phones to computers.
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/12101033/Japan-proposes-recycled-medals-for-2020-Olympics.html?source=Snapzu

CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana

CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad that makes a case for medical marijuana. Acreage Holdings, which is in the cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing business, said it produced a 60-second ad that shows three people suffering from varying health issues who say their lives were made better by use of medical marijuana. Acreage said its ad agency sent storyboards for the ad to the network and received a return email that said: “CBS will not be accepting any ads for medical marijuana at this time.”
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/Ad-Meter/buzz-meter/2019/01/22/super-bowl-cbs-rejects-ad-benefits-medical-marijuana/2639175002/?source=Snapzu

“The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby”

“Don’t Worry Baby” is a song written by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian, produced by Wilson and first recorded by the American rock band, the Beach Boys. The band’s version…
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Cord-cutting services are following cable TV's footsteps

Internet video stream cord-cutting services started as cheap alternatives to cable television, but now they are duplicating cable's business models with similar costs.
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Bioware tried to revive Knights of the Old Republic ‘multiple times’

Ever since the most recent Star Wars game cancellation at EA, there has been a ton of discussion surrounding the publisher and its use of the license. Over the weekend, an older story began doing the rounds again, reminding the world that at one point, Bioware was working on a Knights of the Old Republic reboot.
Read more: https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bioware-tried-to-revive-knights-of-the-old-republic-multiple-times/?source=Snapzu

Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' has the longest run atop Amazon since 'Fifty Shades'

"Becoming" by Michelle Obama is not just one of the best-selling books of the past year — it is one of the hottest titles of the decade. The inspirational memoir by the former first lady has been on sale for more than two months, yet it is still No. 1 on Amazon's constantly updated list of best-selling books. Amazon said "Becoming" enjoyed the longest streak at No. 1 for any book since "Fifty Shades of Grey" came out in 2012.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/media/michelle-obama-book/index.html?source=Snapzu

Disney is already losing over $1 billion in streaming, and its Netflix competitor has yet to launch

Disney reported losses of more than $1 billion tied to its ownership of Hulu and BAMtech, which powers ESPN+ and other streaming services.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/18/disneys-streaming-efforts-are-already-losing-more-than-1-billion-and-they-havent-really-even-started.html?source=Snapzu

Lady Gaga Slams Mike Pence: He’s ‘The Worst Representation’ Of Christianity

Lady Gaga weighed in on the nation’s current state of affairs during her “Enigma” show in Las Vegas on Saturday, joining an ever-growing list of celebrities to voice their disapproval of the Trump administration. The Grammy winner singled out Vice President Mike Pence, slamming him for thinking “it’s acceptable that his wife work at a school that bans LGBTQ.”
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Fox Nation: A place even more partisan, right-wing, pro-Trump than Fox News

I spent the better part of two days in Fox Nation, and I am in no hurry to return, believe me. The on-demand, subscription streaming service launched at the end of November has promoted itself as a place where for $5.99 a month the most engaged and serious fans of Fox News can get even more of their favorite kinds of shows and hosts. Typical of its more heavily promoted fare: a cooking program with Steve Doocy, one of the hosts of “Fox & Friends,” and “What Made America Great,” a history program hosted by Brian Kilmeade, also from “Fox & Friends.”
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