Zoe Saldana Reacts to James Gunn Being Reinstated on 'Guardians 3'

Zoe Saldana couldn't be happier that James Gunn has been reinstated as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. ET's Ash Crossan spoke with the actress at the Los Angeles press day for her upcoming film, Missing Link, where she opened up about her reaction to Gunn rejoining Guardians. He was fired by Disney in July after controversial jokes he made nearly a decade ago resurfaced on Twitter.
Read more: https://www.etonline.com/zoe-saldana-reacts-to-james-gunn-being-reinstated-as-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-director-122441?source=Snapzu

Sad music and depression: does it help?

Depression and suicide are major concerns in the 21st century. The World Health Organisation estimates that over 800,000 people die by suicide each year, with the 15-29 age group particularly affected. Interestingly, it is also when we are in our teens and twenties that music seems to play its most important role in our lives. Studies show that adolescents listen to music for approximately two to three hours per day, especially when feeling distressed.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/sad-music-and-depression-does-it-help-66123?source=Snapzu

Her's: Liverpool's indie scene reels at death of 'the loveliest lads'

There’s a sense of shock within the Liverpool music community today, as people come to terms with the tragic death of two of its rising stars. Audun Laading and Stephen Fitzpatrick, who made up the band Her’s, were travelling to a gig in California with their tour manager Trevor Engelbrektson on Wednesday night when all three were killed in a traffic accident. The news was confirmed by the band’s record label, Heist or Hit, on Thursday evening.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/29/liverpool-hers-duo-killed-car-accident-us-stephen-fitzpatrick-audun-laading-?source=Snapzu

Borderlands 1, 2 and Pre-Sequel remastered for free

Borderlands 3 wasn’t the only looty shooty announcement Gearbox and publisher 2K had lined up today. They also announced yet another re-release of the original trilogy (including Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel), this time with a few technical improvements, some optional 4k textures and some quality-of-life improvements for the first game. The good news for us PC folks is that if you already own the original Borderlands or either of the sequels, these upgrades will be entirely free. Below, a pair of predictably bombastic trailers for the polished-up loot n’ shooters.
Read more: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/03/28/borderlands-remasters-coming-as-free-upgrades-next-week/?source=Snapzu

It Looks Like Ice-T Will Be In 'Borderlands 3'

Will Ice-T be in the newly announced Borderlands 3? I don't know -- honestly, the possibility never crossed my mind until the 61-year-old rapper, actor, author, and record executive tweeted out there's apparently a rumor he's going to be in the upcoming zany post-apocalyptic looter-shooter. What's weird about this though is that there was no rumor about Ice-T being Borderlands 3, at least none that I saw, and I spend most of my life combing through the rumor mill.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/03/29/borderlands-3-ice-t-character-voice/?source=Snapzu

Breaking Down Seinfeld: 5 things we learned from analyzing every script

Last May marked the 20th anniversary of the finale of Seinfeld. Two decades later, the newly luxurious Upper West Side is nearly devoid of the mom-and-pop businesses crucial to the show’s ecology, and smartphones have fixed the logistical challenges that drove so many plotlines. And yet Seinfeld, both in viewership and cultural memory, endures like few other shows have. Hulu, which has exclusive rights to the show, reports that the average age of their Seinfeld viewer is 27, meaning they were in 2nd grade when the finale aired.
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A Girl Called Johnny

The Waterboys
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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 Expected To Begin Production In February 2021

Earlier this month, it was announced that Disney had decided to reinstate James Gunn as the director of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3. Since then, the question that has been on fans’ mind is when the threequel project would go into production.
Read more: https://pursuenews.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-expected-to-begin-production-in-february-2021/?source=Snapzu

How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings turned baseball into a national sensation

This season marks the 150th anniversary of the first professional baseball team and the start of its eye-popping 81-game winning streak.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/how-the-1869-cincinnati-red-stockings-turned-baseball-into-a-national-sensation-113299?source=Snapzu

The Tick is still perfect TV for an age of superhero saturation

Amazon’s decision to greenlight a 2016 pilot for a new live-action adaptation of Ben Edlund’s superhero spoof comic The Tick is only getting smarter with time. 2019 is expected to see the release of six major superhero films, and caped crusaders can now be found on nearly every major network and streaming service. The original animated version of The Tick was a cult hit in the 1990s on Fox and then Comedy Central, and a subsequent live-action series in 2001 mined some of the same anarchic humor.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18285783/the-tick-season-2-review-amazon-prime-edgelord-overkill-alan-tudyk?source=Snapzu

5 lessons for IT leaders from baseball execs

Enterprise computing isn't the only field in which digital disruption is changing the game. Baseball is affected by analytics, cross-team collaboration, and the continuing desire to hire superstars—not to mention the need for good old-fashioned management skills.
Read more: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/5-lessons-from-baseball-1903.html?source=Snapzu

Members and tour manager of Liverpool band Her's killed in US car crash

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Audun Laading and Trevor Engelbrektson killed in road accident on way to gig in California
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/29/members-and-tour-manager-of-liverpool-band-hers-killed-in-us-car-crash?source=Snapzu

New Book Reveals Stunning Misconduct And Dysfunction At ABC’s 'The View'

For years, the public has known that the ABC television program “The View” is a show (and a workplace) filled with drama and chaos. But a new book alleges a breathtaking level of workplace misconduct, unethical behavior and dysfunction behind the scenes of the top-rated television talk show. The book, Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of “The View,” written by Ramin Setoodeh, the New York bureau chief of Variety, is packed with details about the show, which premiered almost 22 years ago.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-book-reveals-stunning-misconduct-and-dysfunction-at-abcs-the-view_n_5c9c18c0e4b072a7f6047f97?source=Snapzu

Jodie Comer Is TV’s Most Captivating Assassin

A strange man sitting at the table next to — and apparently within smelling range — of Jodie Comer has just leaned a little farther in, his sense of smell activated by an odor wafting his way. “Excuse me,” he murmurs into her ear, unsure if he should. “What perfume are you wearing? Is it … it smells so familiar.”
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/jodie-comer-killing-eve.html?source=Snapzu

Supervillains React to Betsy DeVos’s Proposal to Gut Funding For the Special Olympics

FFS. By Ilana Gordon.
Read more: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/supervillains-react-to-betsy-devoss-proposal-to-gut-funding-for-the-special-olympics?source=Snapzu

Angelina Jolie in talks to play godlike being in Marvel's 'The Eternals'

Angelina Jolie may be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Maleficient actress is in talks to star in the upcoming Marvel Studios film The Eternals, about the endless lives of beings who were part of a genetic experiment that also created life on Earth, sources tell EW. In Marvel lore, the Eternals were ridiculously beautiful godlike beings created by the Celestials as a force for good. And who are the Celestials? Remember the mining city of Knowhere from Guardians of the Galaxy, which is nestled inside a giant floating severed head? That’s a Celestial.
Read more: https://ew.com/movies/2019/03/27/angelina-jolie-marvel-the-eternals/?source=Snapzu

Godzilla: King of the Monsters Trailers

Warner Bros. Pictures
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All hail regular guy Keanu Reeves, king of the airport

Celebrities, the sparkling gods of our age, do not seem like they should be able to operate like normal people. More used to having stuff done for them than doing stuff themselves, we all just sort of assume that, say, Brad Pitt or Matt Damon would be an absolute nightmare to be around if their car broke down and nobody was around to fix it.
Read more: https://news.avclub.com/all-hail-regular-guy-keanu-reeves-king-of-the-airport-1833580176?source=Snapzu

Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Bee Sanctuary To Help The Environment

Morgan Freeman is a lot of things. Apart from being one of the most renowned actors on the planet, the 81-year-old celebrity has time and again raised his incredible voice to call attention to a number of concerning issues. The star added yet another title to his illustrious resume as an actor, filmmaker, and director, in 2014 when he took on the label of a beekeeper. He decided to do so in order to help put an end to the dwindling bee population on the planet and do what he can to revive and conserve their presence on earth.
Read more: https://life.gomcgill.com/morgan-freeman-converted-giant-ranch-bee-sanctuary-protection?source=Snapzu

Borderlands 3 teased in this 'Mask of Mayhem' trailer

Gearbox has released a teaser trailer for a new Borderlands game today, which it is noticeably not calling Borderlands 3, even though we can probably speculate that's what it is. It doesn't give much away, though, does it? There's a lot of familiar faces, however, trapped in the titular Mask of Mayhem. Dubstep aside, it's a bit like the Black Sails intro. Now, I'm not saying Borderlands 3, or whatever this is, will be full of pirates and nautical adventures, but I certainly wouldn't complain.
Read more: https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3-teased-in-this-mask-of-mayhem-trailer/?source=Snapzu

Morning in America

Durand Jones & The Indications
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The Most Dangerous Dams

Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the structure itself still remains. Dams come in all shapes and sizes, but contrary to what you might think, the most dangerous dams are often the smallest, also known as low head dams.
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Criminal charges against 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett dropped

Chicago prosecutors on Tuesday abruptly dropped criminal charges against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a phony hate crime against himself. Smollett, 36, who had faced 16 counts of disorderly conduct, appeared at an emergency court hearing Tuesday morning, where the case was dismissed. The move came as a surprise. There had been no suggestion in recent court filings or media reports that Smollet’s case would be tossed out.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/26/charges-against-empire-actor-jussie-smollett-dropped.html?source=Snapzu

Avicii’s Family Launches Mental Illness and Suicide-Prevention Foundation in His Memory

Nearly a year after his passing on April 20, 2018, the family of dance music artist Tim “Avicii” Bergling are launching a foundation in his memory. The multiplatinum-selling artist and DJ died in Oman of an apparent suicide. The Tim Bergling Foundation “will initially focus on supporting people and organizations working in the field of mental illness and suicide prevention,” the brief announcement reads, noting that it will also be active in climate change, development assistance, nature conservation and endangered species.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/aviciis-family-launches-mental-illness-and-suicide-prevention-foundation-in-his-memory-1203172576/?source=Snapzu

Apple could charge $9.99 per month each for HBO, Showtime and Starz

The Wall Street Journal has published a report on Apple’s media push. The company is about to unveil a new video-streaming service and an Apple News subscription on Monday. According to The WSJ, you’ll be able to subscribe to multiple content packages to increase the video library in a new app called Apple TV — it’s unclear if this app is going to replace the existing Apple TV app.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/24/apple-could-charge-9-99-per-month-each-for-hbo-showtime-and-starz/?source=Snapzu

Apple TV+: less a rival to Netflix, more a smug religious cult

If the shows on Apple’s new TV service turn out to be as smugly evangelistic, self-indulgent and editorially undisciplined as the launch event for the product, streamed from California on Monday, then it will be very bad news for Apple subscribers and very good news for Netflix, the current market leader. The boring, sprawling 100-minute broadcast ended with Apple CEO Tim Cook tearing up as he delivered a namaste to Oprah Winfrey, the last of a string of A-list contributors...
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/25/apple-tv-plus-less-a-rival-to-netflix-more-a-smug-religious-cult-oprah-winfrey-steven-spielberg?source=Snapzu

After ‘Us,’ Jordan Peele Crosses Over to ‘The Twilight Zone’

The woman in the black-and-white program on the flat-screen TV was teetering on the brink of madness, delivering a disjointed monologue about parallel worlds and the possibility that our own physical duplicates might walk among us. As the camera hovered above her troubled face and the decades-old audio crackled with the sound of a persistent rainstorm, Jordan Peele sat captivated on a nearby couch. “Beautiful shot,” he said with quiet awe.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/arts/television/jordan-peele-twilight-zone.html?source=Snapzu

Netflix Releases First Look at Uma Thurman-led Horror Series 'Chambers'

Uma Thurman is coming to Netflix and she’s bringing a new horror series with her. A young heart attack survivor becomes consumed by the mystery surrounding the heart that saved her life. However, the closer she gets to uncovering the truth about her donor’s sudden death, the more she starts taking on the characteristics of the deceased — some of which are troublingly sinister. Chambers will premiere globally on Netflix in 2019.
Read more: https://talkiesnetwork.com/2019/03/25/netflix-releases-first-look-at-uma-thurman-led-horror-series-chambers/?source=Snapzu

YouTube denies report of plans to cancel high-end dramas, comedies

YouTube has denied that it is cancelling high-end dramas and comedies on its paid service platform, refuting the claims made in a report earlier on Sunday. A Bloomberg report said, citing sources, that the platform has stopped accepting new pitches for high-budget scripted shows and that it had canceled high end dramas and comedies.
Read more: https://ca.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1R600P?source=Snapzu

'Star Trek: Discovery' and Picard Series Will Be Very Different Shows

Patrick Stewart's upcoming series reviving his iconic character Jean-Luc Picard will be very different in tone from the currently airing Star Trek: Discovery, executive producer Alex Kurtzman told fans Sunday afternoon at the show's stop at PaleyFest.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-discovery-picard-series-will-be-very-shows-1196765?source=Snapzu

TheFatRat & Anna Yvette & Laura Brehm - Chosen

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Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France

Emulating Star Wars combatants will encourage young people to engage in regular exercise, says French Fencing Federation
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/19/light-saber-duelling-official-sport-france-star-wars?source=Snapzu

An Analysis of Why Modern Music Is So Awful

The video cites a 2012 study by the Spanish National Research Council that concluded that modern music seems to be getting worse every year. Specifically, the researchers took 500,000 recordings of all genres of music between 1955 – 2010. They ran every single song through a complex set of algorithms. These algorithms measured three distinct metrics: (1) timbral diversity; (2) harmonic complexity; and (3) loudness.
Read more: https://stereomonosunday.com/2019/03/23/why-modern-music-is-so-awful/?source=Snapzu

MoviePass Co-Founder Is Using Facial Recognition to Get You ‘Free’ Movie Tickets — With a Catch

PreShow will give customers "free" tickets if they sit through 20 minutes of ads — while their phone watches them back.
Read more: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/preshow-free-movie-tickets-facial-recognition-moviepass-1202053168/?source=Snapzu

Scott Walker, experimental pop hero, dies aged 76

Death announced by label 4AD, who said he had ‘enriched the lives of thousands’
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/25/scott-walker-experimental-pop-hero-dies-aged-76?source=Snapzu

Can Kathy Griffin Come Back from the Dead?

The other night, the comedian Kathy Griffin found herself in the back of a black S.U.V. in Austin, Texas. Attendees of the South by Southwest festival sped by on electric scooters, threatening to mow down anything in their way. “We’re going to mow someone down ourselves,” she said. “I have a couple of names in mind, like Jeff Zucker”—the C.E.O. of CNN. “If I see him—straight to hell.”
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/25/can-kathy-griffin-come-back-from-the-dead?source=Snapzu

Why people use the idea of liking books as a substitute for a personality

And the best of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/23/18277656/liking-books-personality-substitute?source=Snapzu

Apple TV Streaming Service: All we know about the apparent Netflix rival

Apple this week revealed a new iPad Air 2019, iPad Mini 5, AirPods 2 and updated iMacs, but Tim Cook and co are not done yet. Rumours abound that Apple is about to launch its own video streaming service that will take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon. Apple is teasing its March 25 event with the words “it’s show time”, likely in reference to this TV streaming service.
Read more: https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/apples-rumoured-netflix-rival-tv-service-may-be-nothing-of-the-sort-3681914?source=Snapzu

Video streaming beats cable subscriptions for the first time

By the Motion Picture Association of America's count, more people are now subscribing to online video streaming services than cable television.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/video-streaming-beats-cable-subscriptions-for-the-first-time/?source=Snapzu

Kevin Feige Teases 'Captain Marvel' Sequels Set in the Past

Captain Marvel introduced a handful of characters and storylines deep from the Marvel Comics mythos, of which the film barely scratched the surface on. From Mar-Vell to the alien shape-shifters called the Skrulls, there's a lot left to be fleshed out within Marvel Cinematic Universe canon. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige agrees, teasing in a recent interview that additional Captain Marvel sequels could possibly take place in the past, in the chunk of time between her first solo flick and the events of Iron Man (2008).
Read more: https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/03/23/kevin-feige-teases-captain-marvel-sequels-set-in-past/?source=Snapzu

Perfect Coffee

Kate Tempest
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Too Much Video Streaming To Choose From? It's Only Going To Get Worse

Here's the good news: There's a lot of high-quality streaming video available right now, with great scripts and A-list actors. The bad news? Maybe there's just too much content to choose from. It can be frustrating when viewers try to figure out which service has what they want to watch — Netflix, Prime, Hulu? It's about to get worse, as more streaming services launch this year.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/23/702422888/too-much-video-streaming-to-choose-from-its-only-going-to-get-worse?source=Snapzu

Marvel Comics Announces Historic X-Men Milestone with 'House of X' and 'Powers of X'

After weeks of speculation from comic book fans around the world, Marvel revealed the next monumental chapter for the X-Men during this year’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. During Marvel’s Next Big Thing Panel, critically-acclaimed creator Jonathan Hickman announced two new series: HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X, beginning this July!
Read more: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-comics-announces-historic-x-men-milestone-with-house-of-x-and-powers-of-x?source=Snapzu

The Quest to Acquire the Oldest, Most Expensive Book on the Planet

A wooden box containing one of the most valuable books in the world arrives in Los Angeles on October 14, 1950, with little more fanfare—or security—than a Sears catalog. Code-named “the commode,” it was flown from London via regular parcel post, and while it is being delivered locally by Tice and Lynch, a high-end customs broker and shipping company, its agents have no idea what they are carrying and take no special precautions.
Read more: https://lithub.com/the-quest-to-acquire-the-oldest-most-expensive-book-on-the-planet/?source=Snapzu

How Joe Rogan’s Hugely Popular Podcast Became an Essential Platform for “Freethinkers” Who Hate the Left

The former host of Fear Factor is now the Larry King of the Intellectual Dark Web.
Read more: https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/joe-rogans-podcast-is-an-essential-platform-for-freethinkers-who-hate-the-left.html?source=Snapzu

How Actually Strong Is Thor’s Stormbreaker?

How Actually Strong Is Thor’s Stormbreaker? Ι The constants in life are death, taxes, and Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) relationship with his hammer. Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will know that Mjolnir has been the Asgardian’s sidekick for his entire time on-screen, hence the heartbreak when it was destroyed by Hela (Cate Blanchett) in Thor: Ragnarok. Luckily for the God of Thunder, he was fortunate enough to get an all-new hammer thanks to Eitri (Peter Dinklage) in Avengers: Infinity War.
Read more: http://www.mediawatch.pk/2019/03/23/how-strong-is-thors-stormbreaker/?source=Snapzu

The MPAA says streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide

But cable TV still rakes in more money.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/21/18275670/mpaa-report-streaming-video-cable-subscription-worldwide?source=Snapzu

‘Captain Marvel’ Soaring To $800M+ Worldwide Today

Now that Carol Danvers has been lighting up the globe for almost two weeks, she’s headed to the $800M mark worldwide. Disney/Marvel’s Captain Marvel has grossed $797M through Tuesday, including $519.3M at the international box office. With these scores, the Brie Larson-starrer has now surpassed Deadpool ($783M), Spider-Man 2 ($784M) and Deadpool 2 ($785M) to become the No. 18 global superhero pic of all time.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2019/03/captain-marvel-soaring-to-800m-worldwide-today-1202579160/?source=Snapzu

Opinion: Listen Up Fuckfaces, I'll Write Whenever The Goddamn Fuck I Want To

Listen up, you pathetic little nerdy fucklits: my name is George Raymond Richard Martin, and I’ll write whenever and whatever the goddamn fuck I want. I see your little comments on my LiveJournal blog, on your Reddits, on your Twitters, and on your Facebooks. You think you’re so fucking smart with your bitchy replies about my new Targaryen history book, like you’re a real fan for wanting my next book to be The Winds of Winter.
Read more: https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/opinion-listen-up-fuckfaces-ill-write-whenever-the-goddamn-fuck-i-want-to/?source=Snapzu

Translators aim to bring Richard Dawkins’s books on atheism and evolution to a Muslim audience

In the introduction to his 2006 book “The God Delusion,” author Richard Dawkins boldly declares his goal: “If this book works as I intend, religious readers who open it will be atheists when they put it down.” It is a goal that has meant Dawkins’s books have courted controversy ever since. Now, a group of translators wants to get Dawkins’s books in front of a new group of religious readers: Muslim readers, in Muslim-majority countries where atheism is rare.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/03/13/translators-aim-bring-richard-dawkinss-books-atheism-evolution-muslim-audience/?utm_term=.06571b33792e?source=Snapzu