Soon you’ll be able to watch PBS on YouTube

It's the first time PBS will stream live over the internet.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/07/pbs-will-begin-streaming-on-youtube-tv-later-this-year/?source=Snapzu

Lori Loughlin's daughters break silence on her birthday

Lori Loughlin's daughter Bella Giannulli broke her social media silence to wish her mother a happy birthday. Loughlin turned 55 on Sunday and has been keeping a low profile ever since she and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were among dozens of wealthy parents charged in a college admissions cheating scheme.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/entertainment/lori-loughlin-daughters-birthday/index.html?source=Snapzu

Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ Handed Defeat in Trial

Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” infringed on the song “Joyful Noise” by Christian rap artist Marcus Gray, aka Flame, a Los Angeles jury found on July 29.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/katy-perry-dark-horse-trial-jury-copyright-infringement-defeat-1203284355/?source=Snapzu

What Swimming Taught Me About Happiness

One day, a few years ago, I was rushing from the pool dripping wet when a man with a Russian accent stopped me and said, “You must come to svim with the team.” I was in my early 50s — too old for swim team, I thought. But the coach — Igor was his name — persisted: “I see you are good svimmer.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/swimming-happiness.html?source=Snapzu

New Nvidia Shield TV box shows up at FCC

Is Nvidia switching to new Switch processors?
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/26/8931365/nvidia-shield-tv-update-switch-processor?source=Snapzu

Santillan, 23, is second boxer to die this week

Boxer Hugo Alfredo "Dinamita" Santillan, a super lightweight for Argentina, died of cardiac arrest resulting from injuries suffered in the ring Saturday in Buenos Aires. He was 23.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/27255784/santillan-23-second-boxer-die-week?source=Snapzu

Lil Wayne Fans Demand Refunds After Last-Minute Concert Cancellation

Lil Wayne fans aren't happy. The 36-year-old rapper was scheduled to take the stage Friday night at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida; but just several hours before the concert was set to begin Wayne announced he had to pull out of the gig due to an illness.
Read more: https://www.complex.com/music/2019/07/lil-wayne-cancels-florida-concert-fans-demand-refund?source=Snapzu

A Quantum Physicist Told Avengers: Endgame Writers Back to the Future Time Travel Is “Bullsh*t”

A quantum physicist told the Avengers: Endgame writers time travel depicted in Back to the Future is “bullsh-t,” a word of advice ultimately incorporated into a line of dialogue uttered by Ant-Man (Paul Rudd).
Read more: https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/07/28/avengers-endgame-writers-time-travel-back-to-the-future-quantum-physicist-bullshit/?source=Snapzu

Can music unite a young nation?

n the UK it is almost obligatory for a culture minister never to have attended an opera. In Latvia, a small country that takes these things very seriously, the newly installed culture minister hasn’t just seen plenty of operas, he’s starred in them.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/26/can-music-unite-a-young-nation?source=Snapzu

The $60 Gadget That’s Changing Electronic Music

The Swedish company Teenage Engineering has won over kids — and professionals — with a revolutionary idea for a synthesizer: Make it simple.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/magazine/electronic-music-synthesizers.html?source=Snapzu

Tokyo unveils 2020 Olympic medals, made from more than 6 million recycled cellphones

The Olympic medals are made from precious metals extracted from recycled electronics and melted down
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tokyo-unveils-2020-olympic-medals-made-from-more-than-6-million-recycled-cell-phones/?source=Snapzu

Why Navajos Love Their Country Music

An anthropologist who is also a singer-songwriter explores how Southwestern Native bands shake up the notion of “cowboys and Indians.”
Read more: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/navajo-music/?source=Snapzu

In a Heartfelt Interview, Robert Downey, Jr. Discusses His Post-Marvel Future

Imagine doing a huge, life-consuming job for a decade, and then it just… ends. And you’re done. Free to do whatever you want, because in this hypothetical you’re Robert Downey, Jr. and you have that kind of freedom. What comes next?
Read more: https://io9.gizmodo.com/in-a-heartfelt-interview-robert-downey-jr-discusses-1836358138?source=Snapzu

Avengers: Endgame IMAX Blu-Ray Existence Confirmed With Hi-Res Stills

Avengers: Endgame was glorious in IMAX. Now the highest grossing movie worldwide, Endgame was filmed entirely with Digital IMAX cameras in the IMAX aspect ratio along with its predecessor Infinity War. Which is why it’s baffling to hear nothing about a Blu-Ray release of Endgame in the IMAX format. Well, as it turns out, its existence may just have been confirmed.
Read more: http://www.appocalypse.co/entertainment/avengers-endgame-imax-blu-ray-hi-res-stills/?source=Snapzu

'The Walking Dead' season 10 will focus on paranoia and PTSD

We’re still a few days away from AMC dropping the first Walking Dead season 10 trailer at the show’s Comic-Con panel on Friday, July 19, in San Diego. But that won’t stop us from delivering you daily scoop on what to expect.
Read more: https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/15/walking-dead-season-10-angela-kang-whisperers/?source=Snapzu

‘Silicon Valley’ To Return For Sixth & Final Season in October

Silicon Valley will return for its seven-episode, sixth and final season in October, HBO revealed today at TCA. A specific date was not announced.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2019/07/silicon-valley-return-sixth-final-season-october-1202652950/?source=Snapzu

Jody Wilson-Raybould's Book ‘From Where I Stand’ Coming In September

It will be an “optimistic” book about rebuilding Indigenous nations, according to the publisher.
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/jody-wilson-raybould-from-where-i-stand_ca_5d3837ace4b020cd994c2df2?source=Snapzu

If You’re Gonna Kill Off a TV Character, Kill Them Off for Good

Drew Magary on a streaming show that may or may not be 'Stranger Things.'
Read more: https://www.gq.com/story/kill-your-tv-characters?source=Snapzu

‘The Simpsons’ Creator Has ‘No Doubt’ Sequel Movie Will Happen Under Disney

The 2007 movie, released by 20th Century Fox, grossed over $500 million worldwide.
Read more: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/the-simpsons-movie-sequel-confirmed-disney-1202159948/?source=Snapzu

Rebuilding Jane Austen’s Library

What can we learn when imagining the reading habits of beloved writers?
Read more: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/rebuilding-jane-austens-library?source=Snapzu

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ becomes oldest song to hit a billion views on YouTube

“We are honoured that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has just hit one billion views on YouTube,” Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor explained in a statement.
Read more: https://tonedeaf.com.au/bohemian-rhapsody-oldest-song-billion-views-youtube/?source=Snapzu

Team Rocket is now prepared to fight Pokémon Go trainers

We hope you're prepared for trouble, because you can now fight Team Rocket grunts in Pokémon Go. Niantic has started rolling out the update it promised a week ago, adding dark-colored PokéStops with the Team Rocket logo at various locations in the game. Just spin the stop to fight a grunt's shadow Pokémon and capture the poor, abandoned monster with a Poké ball after you beat its heartless trainer.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/23/team-rocket-pokemon-go/?source=Snapzu

Red Dead Redemption Remake Reportedly In Development At Rockstar Games

A new rumor has surfaced claiming that Rockstar Games is currently working on a remake of Red Dead Redemption that will release sometime in late 2020 or early 2021, which presumably suggests it's in development for both PS4 and PS5 and both Xbox One and Xbox Scarlett, and maybe PC as well. It also shares a few interesting tidbits about the remake, alongside revealing that Rockstar is also working on Red Dead Redemption 2 story DLC featuring aliens (more on that here).
Read more: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/07/20/red-dead-redemption-remake-ps4-ps5-xbox-scarlett-rockstar-games/?source=Snapzu

Chornobyl 'liquidator' kills himself after watching TV series about disaster | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice

One of the men who worked amidst high radioactivity levels to quell the consequences of the 1986 disaster at the Chornobyl power station, committed suicide after watching the HBO serialized television dramatization about the world’s worst nuclear accident.  Nagashibay Zhusupov,  a resident of the city of Aktobe in Kazakhstan, died after leaping from the roof …
Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/chornobyl-liquidator-kills-himself-after-watching-tv-series-about-disaster.html?source=Snapzu

Netflix Takes Aim at Facebook With ‘The Great Hack’

A new documentary from Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim (“The Square”), out July 24, explores Facebook’s role in helping get Trump elected and pushing Brexit—among other things.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/netflix-takes-aim-at-facebook-with-the-great-hack-an-eye-opening-doc-on-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal?source=Snapzu

'The Witcher' Showrunner Says Netflix Series Will Never Adapt the Video Games

Netflix’s “The Witcher” is best known in the U.S. for the series of role playing video games by CD Projekt Red rather than the fantasy novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski that inspired the games. But if the show ever moves past the story laid out in the books like “Game of Thrones” did, Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich says fans should definitely not expect it to mine the games for material.
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/the-witcher-showrunner-says-netflix-series-will-never-adapt-the-video-games/?source=Snapzu

Herman Has Superpowers: The Clock is Ticking

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Read more: http://www.thewebcomicfactory.com/comic/herman-has-superpowers-the-clock-is-ticking/?source=Snapzu

Fortnite’s Colossal Monster vs. Mech Battle Was One of the Game’s Least Watched Events on Twitch

In an attempt to top last summer’s in-game rocket launch event, Fortnite’s Season 9 finale over the weekend featured a colossal kaiju monster vs. mech showdown. As spectators watched the two giants fight over key locations on the map, the one-time event ended with the mech driving a sword through the beast’s head in heroic fashion reminiscent of Voltron, Power Rangers, and Pacific Rim.
Read more: https://www.githyp.com/fortnites-colossal-monster-vs-mech-battle-was-one-of-the-games-least-watched-events-on-twitch/?source=Snapzu

‘The Simpsons’ Will Finally Release Season 19 on DVD, Helping Out Purist Collectors

“The Simpsons” DVD collectors who also happen to be obsessive-compulsive can rest a little easier: You’ll finally be able to fill in that missing Season 19.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/simpsons-dvd-season-19-disney-1203274456/?source=Snapzu

Astral Chain could be Platinum's most out there game yet

It's fair to say that PlatinumGames has mastered the art of the action game - but what if this talented studio were to expand in new directions? The phenomenal Nier: Automata offered a glimpse with its RPG trimmings, while the cancelled Scalebound seemed to aim even higher. Clearly Platinum is eager to push new boundaries, which is why it shouldn't be a surprise that Astral Chain is anything but simple.
Read more: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-07-22-astral-chain-could-be-platinums-most-out-there-game-yet?source=Snapzu

Rachel Weisz Reveals She Is Playing Iron Maiden In 'Black Widow'

Marvel revealed who its stars in Black Widow would be playing except for Rachel Weisz's character. But thanks to an interview we now know who her role is. 
Read more: https://fullcirclecinema.com/2019/07/21/rachel-weisz-iron-maiden-black-widow/?source=Snapzu

Beautiful Picture Books For Children

Mathematics this yadda yadda yadda. Language that yadda yadda yadda. Recess time is pretty much the only activity that resonates with the kids. Kids get tired of being bombarded verbally by the lectures their teachers so
Read more: https://boove.co.uk/lists/picture-books-for-children/?source=Snapzu

CBS Stations Go Dark on AT&T’s DirecTV, U-verse Platforms Amid Contract Battle

CBS’ 28 O&O stations are going dark for about 6.6 million subscribers of AT&T’s DirecTV and U-verse platforms as the Eye and AT&T battle over a new retransmission consent contract. The blackout affects CBS and CW-affiliated stations in 14 major markets including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Also off the air are the CBS Sports cable channel and Smithsonian Channel.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/cbs-att-directv-retrans-deadline-1203274288/?source=Snapzu

From Ted Hughes to HG Wells: Jeanette Winterson picks the best books about the moon

Fifty years since Apollo 11 landed, the novelist shares her favourite books and poems about Earth’s mysterious satellite
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/20/moon-best-books-about-earths-satellite?source=Snapzu

I wish Hasbro’s new Boba Fett helmet was available when I was a kid

You’ll soon be able to dress up as Star Wars’ most infamous bounty hunter — or at least get a start on a costume. On Friday at San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro revealed that it will release a new entry in its premium Black Series line of costume accessories: Boba Fett’s helmet.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/20/20701781/star-wars-boba-fett-black-series-helmet-hasbro-costume-cosplay-toy-san-diego-comic-con-2019?source=Snapzu

Goodbye, Alan Moore: the king of comics bows out

The pioneer of serious superheroes – who is retiring – has transformed the genre over 40 years of rebellious invention
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/18/goodbye-alan-moore-the-king-of-comics-bows-out?source=Snapzu

Daughter - Home (Subtitulado en español) ᴴᴰ

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Netflix is losing beloved shows, subscribers, and confidence

As US growth slows, executives look to international markets
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/18/20699037/netflix-earnings-report-q2-streaming-wars-disney-apple-warnermedia-international?source=Snapzu

Netflix: 105 Million Users Have Watched at Least One Episode of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ (EXCLUSIVE)

About 105 million Netflix users have watched at least one episode of “Orange Is the New Black,” the streaming service’s originals chief Cindy Holland exclusively told Variety in the July 18 cover story on the series, now entering its seventh and final season. That makes the series Netflix’s most-watched original ever.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/netflix-105-million-watched-orange-is-the-new-black-1203271524/?source=Snapzu

How Giving Up TV For A Month Changed My Brain And My Life

I’ve never seen Game of Thrones, I don’t know what the Scandal is, and I couldn’t name a single “real” housewife. I thought I didn’t watch much television and that taking a 30-day break would be a piece of cake. I was wrong. The average adult watches 2.8 hours per day of television, according to the American Time Use survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Another study puts this number higher, at four hours and 15 minutes each day. I added up all of the viewing at my house, and we were definitely on the high side.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/3060491/what-happened-to-my-brain-after-a-month-without-watching-tv?source=Snapzu

'Westworld' producers reveal new season 3 details: 'Less of a guessing game' this time

Westworld is getting a major upgrade for its long-awaited season 3. The HBO sci-fi drama has several new locations...
Read more: https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/17/westworld-season-3-interview/?source=Snapzu

Rick and Morty Season 4 Is 10 Episodes, Season 5 Already in the Works

Fans of the popular Rick and Morty animated series have been waiting for quite a long time to see what's next for the titular adventurers, as Season 3 ended way back in 2017. There have been no new episodes of Rick and Morty for nearly two years, but that's about to change in November when the highly-anticipated fourth season arrives on Adult Swim. Fortunately, the wait for new Rick and Morty will never be this long again.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/07/17/rick-and-morty-season-4-10-episodes-season-5-writing/?source=Snapzu

Climate Change Is Scaring Kids. Here’s How to Talk to Them.

Hollywood has produced quite a few fictionalized depictions of dramatic climate change. Scores of people die after Manhattan freezes in 2004’s “The Day After Tomorrow.” In “Geostorm,” released in 2017, the weather goes haywire after satellites malfunction.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/science/climate-change-children-education.html?module=inline?source=Snapzu

R. Kelly Ordered to Jail After Arrest in Chicago on Federal Sex Crime Charges

R. Kelly will remain in custody without bond as he faces child pornography charges stemming from a federal grand jury indictment in Illinois, a judge ruled Tuesday. The singer appeared in a Chicago federal courtroom and pleaded not guilty to the charges in the 13-count indictment.
Read more: https://ktla.com/2019/07/16/r-kelly-ordered-to-jail-after-arrest-in-chicago-on-federal-sex-crime-charges/?source=Snapzu

'Book ripper' on vandalism spree in seaside town

Hundreds of volumes in the library and bookshops of Herne Bay have had pages torn in half, but police remain baffled
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/11/book-ripper-on-vandalism-spree-hunted-herne-bay?source=Snapzu

Scarlett Johansson Says She Has the Right to Portray ‘Any Person’ She Wants

Last year, owing to widespread criticism, Scarlett Johansson withdrew from playing the lead role in a based-on-a-true-story mob drama called Rub & Tub, owing to the fact that she, a cisgender woman, was set to portray Dante “Tex” Gill, a transmasculine man. This backlash echoed another casting choice made by the actress a year prior...
Read more: https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/scarlett-johansson-says-she-has-the-right-to-play-any-person.html?source=Snapzu

England win their first men's Cricket World Cup in dramatic finale against New Zealand

England win the men's World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in a Super Over in one of the most incredible games in cricket history.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/48983890?source=Snapzu

Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees

Morgan Freeman, the actor, film director and philanthropist has added a new title to his name: Beekeeper. The 81-year-old celebrity decided to convert his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary. Freeman's foray into beekeeping began in 2014, where he discussed his new hobby with Jimmy Fallon during The Tonight Show.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/03/20/morgan-freeman-converted-his-124-acre-ranch-into-a-giant-honeybee-sanctuary-to-save-the-bees/?fbclid=IwAR0068bgFcrB23yxxSWVb-01HaHcUtbyKORpCL0A5Tt4gRnkpoy9tNWt9U0#672f45f3dfa5?source=Snapzu

Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers To Fly Flag In Animated Series

Long-time underground comic favorites The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers will become an animated series, with contributions from creators behind "Rick & Morty," "Silicon Valley," and "Workaholics," among others.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2019/07/12/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-to-fly-flag-in-animated-series?source=Snapzu

Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? We Found Them

Bob Ross painted more than 1,000 landscapes for his television show — so why are they so hard to find? Solving one of the internet’s favorite little mysteries.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/100000005865824/bob-ross-paintings-mystery.html?source=Snapzu