Let's Be Thankful for Libraries

This Thanksgiving, let's pledge our support to the libraries and library workers who help sustain our reading culture.
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If you have one of these Roku devices or smart TVs, you’re losing access to Netflix on Sunday

Over the past few months, owners of select smart TVs and streaming players have been receiving warnings that their devices will no longer support Netflix as of December 1st. The brands affected include Roku, Samsung, and Vizio, but the good news is that if you bought a TV or a streaming player from any of these companies within the past few years, it’s unlikely that your particular device will be affected by the incoming Netflix purge.
Read more: https://bgr.com/2019/11/29/netflix-roku-support-ending-samsung-vizio-december-1/?source=Snapzu

GotG's Dave Bautista Shares His New Superhero Themed Tattoos

Guardians of the Galaxy's David Bautista revealed a new set of tattoos paying tribute to a variety of superheroes. In an Instagram post, Bautista posted a series of photos displaying new ink he recently received. He wrote, "New phone, new ink, new start..."
Read more: https://www.cbr.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-dave-bautista-shares-superhero-tattoos/?source=Snapzu

Over 50,000 petition for Danny DeVito to be the next Wolverine

Thousands of fans are getting behind 74-year-old Danny DeVito in a petition which calls for the comedian to be cast as the next Wolverine.
Read more: https://happymag.tv/over-19000-petition-for-danny-devito-to-be-the-next-wolverine/?source=Snapzu

Leonardo DiCaprio Accused Of Bankrolling Amazon Rainforest Fires By Brazil President

Jair Bolsonaro, the populist Brazilian nationalist president sometimes referred to as the “Trump of the Tropics,” has accused actor Leonardo DiCaprio of financially backing the fires that have torched the Amazon rainforest in that country. So far, Bolsonaro’s unsubstantiated attack has drawn scorn from politicians and activists.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2019/11/leonardo-dicaprio-accused-bankrolling-amazon-rainforest-fires-brazilian-president-1202797491/?source=Snapzu

Joe Pesci Brings Goodfellas To The Irishman

The Oscars has a long history of boring, windy, blowhards milking the moment. Hey, I get it… what kind of actor doesn’t like attention? The Oscars is where you have the eyes and ears of all the most influential players in show business. Say the right thing, thank the right people, present the right image, and perhaps the next vehicle gets you right back on that stage.
Read more: https://medium.com/verboten-publishing/joe-pesci-brings-goodfellas-to-the-irishman-afdf959c8dbd?source=Snapzu

‘Anonymous’ vows to unveil identity as 2020 heats up

“Trump will hear from me, in my own name,” said the mysterious author of the famous op-ed and new book in a Reddit AMA.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/27/anonymous-author-identity-074189?source=Snapzu

Hit the High Notes

Take the mic and go up against 27 famous singers.
Read more: https://vole.wtf/high-notes/?source=Snapzu

'A Warning' replaces Donald Trump Jr.'s 'Triggered' as No.1 book on NYT bestseller list

“A Warning,” a behind-the-scenes book authored by an anonymous Trump administration official that takes a critical look at the president, has replaced Donald Trump Jr.’s “Triggered” as the No. 1 nonfiction book on The New York Times's bestseller list.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/472411-a-warning-replaces-donald-trump-jrs-triggered-as-no1-book-on-nyt-bestseller?source=Snapzu

New Batman Game Will Reportedly Be Announced Next Month

According to a new report, Warner Bros.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/11/27/batman-game-new-warner-bros-ps4-xbox-pc-the-game-awards/?source=Snapzu

Could this extra squishy new material mean safer bike helmets?

Scientists say a microlattice design can absorb 27% more energy than the foam helmets on the market now.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90436626/could-this-extra-squishy-new-material-mean-safer-bike-helmets?source=Snapzu

The Mortal Instruments actor Godfrey Gao dies on set aged 35

Taiwanese-Canadian actor and model Godfrey Gao, the first Asian person to be the face of Louis Vuitton, died while filming a TV show in China on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Gao collapsed in the eastern city of Ningbo while on the set of Chase Me, a competitive sports challenge show on China’s Zhejiang Television. A statement from the network said Gao had slowed and fallen to the ground while running during filming, and that a hospital had confirmed it was a sudden cardiac death.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/27/the-mortal-instruments-actor-godfrey-gao-dies-on-set-aged-35?source=Snapzu

Inside ‘America’s Got Talent’: Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture (EXCLUSIVE)

In April of this year, former late night host Jay Leno visited NBCUniversal in Los Angeles to appear as a guest judge on the network’s unscripted program “America’s Got Talent,” a variety show that seeks out undiscovered musicians, performers and other quirky artists.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/americas-got-talent-gabrielle-union-julianne-hough-toxic-culture-ousted-judges-1203417447/?source=Snapzu

Mrs Coulter In 'His Dark Materials' Is The Best TV Villain We've Had All Year

There’s something about the sound of a high heel against a concrete floor. Purposeful. Authoritative. Sharp. Consciously or not, the wearer demands attention and carries with them a stone-cold authority that, even in the hallowed halls of a university ruled by stuffy old men, supersedes everything (and everyone) in its path.
Read more: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/mrs-coulter-his-dark-materials?source=Snapzu

Best gifts: 5 best TV streaming devices of 2019

Forget about smart TVs for streaming. You need a streaming device for your internet video-viewing pleasure.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-tv-streaming-media-devices/?source=Snapzu

Good Sentences Are Why We Read

No one can agree on what a sentence is. The safest definition is typographic. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop—except that some start with quote marks, and some end with question or exclamation marks, so that doesn’t quite work. Let’s try again. A sentence is the largest domain over which the rules of grammar have dominion. Thus it stands grammatically apart from the sentences around it.
Read more: https://lithub.com/good-sentences-are-why-we-read/?fbclid=IwAR3KlA_Yf9LioD_FB59FejrotNJmdjKv5GexSNlq6_YCNbabO4_ceRCqAes?source=Snapzu

Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets

When you get free technology, you can reasonably assume that you’re getting screwed. That’s infinitely truer if you’re in prison.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/bloodsucking-prison-telecom-is-scamming-inmates-with-fr-1840056757?source=Snapzu

Study shows that listening to music everyday improves mental health

A study by The British Academy Of Sound Therapy shows that listening to music everyday can greatly improve your mental health. 
Read more: https://happymag.tv/study-shows-that-listening-to-music-everyday-improves-mental-health/?source=Snapzu

46 famous books you can read for free right now

Just a few years ago, the Kindle was being blamed for the death of the traditional book. Literary analysts circled the publishing and sales figures of giant and independent publishing houses alike, looking to confirm the trend so many expected. Yet the last few years have seen a reversal of fortune for e-books – showing quite a dramatic reversal of fortunes, with sales of ebooks plunging by over 20% since 2016, while sales of physical books increase.
Read more: https://nothingintherulebook.com/2019/11/25/46-famous-books-you-can-read-for-free-right-now/?source=Snapzu

How Rick and Morty became TV’s most unlikely hit

As the sci-fi cartoon beloved by millennials and Kanye returns, its creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon discuss its warped universe
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/20/twisted-grandpas-and-toxic-fans-how-rick-and-morty-became-tvs-most-unlikely-hit?source=Snapzu

'The Walking Dead': Third Series Title Officially Revealed

Prepare to voyage into the 'World Beyond.'
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-reveals-third-series-title-1257511?source=Snapzu

Small bookstores are booming after nearly being wiped out

A growing number of shoppers will be supporting their independent neighborhood bookstores on Small Business Saturday
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/small-bookstores-are-booming-after-nearly-being-wiped-out-small-business-saturday/?source=Snapzu

The Benefits Of Reading To Children

Reading to children has long been recognised as playing a significant positive role in their development, for all sorts of reasons. Numerous scientific and observational studies show that children who have been read to regularly from an early age enjoy a host of advantages, including higher educational attainment, enhanced confidence and even improved cognitive development.
Read more: https://wrigglytoes.com.au/blog/sustainability/the-benefits-of-reading-to-children?source=Snapzu

Doctor Who: Series 12 Trailer

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Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else

Literary analysts have long noticed the hand of another author in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. Now a neural network has identified the specific scenes in question—and who actually wrote them.
Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614742/machine-learning-has-revealed-exactly-how-much-of-a-shakespeare-play-was-written-by-someone/?source=Snapzu

Assassin's Creed Ragnarok World Map Rumored To Be Twice The Size of Odyssey

Some alleged details for the game were shared online coming off from reddit post. This talked about the next Assassin’s Creed being codenamed as Kingdom that was later changed to Ragnarok. It will be released on both current and next-generation consoles. It was also hinted that the game is being planned for a reveal during a PlayStation Event in February 2020.
Read more: https://twistedvoxel.com/assassins-creed-ragnarok-world-map-size/?source=Snapzu

Edward Norton speaks out about saving Leonardo DiCaprio's life

Edward Norton has revealed the truth about saving Leonardo DiCaprio’s life during a diving expedition. It was revealed in 2016 that Norton had come to DiCaprio’s rescue while the pair were nearing the end of a trip with marine biologist Sylvia Earle in the Galapagos Islands. DiCaprio dived back into the water to chase after a group of rays. Norton, an experienced diver, realised that DiCaprio did not have enough oxygen to complete the dive and followed him.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/edward-norton-leonardo-dicaprio-save-life-diving-accident-galapagos-islands-a9214486.html?source=Snapzu

Neil Young Says His Unreleased 1975 Album Homegrown Will Arrive Next Year

Neil Young has announced that his unreleased 1975 album Homegrown will drop in 2020. Young took to his Neil Young Archives website to break the news. “We painstakingly restored the analog masters of Homegrown,” Young wrote, adding that the album “will be our first release in 2020.”
Read more: https://pitchfork.com/news/neil-young-says-his-unreleased-1975-album-homegrown-will-arrive-next-year/?source=Snapzu

Emilia Clarke Speaks About Doing Completely Naked Scenes & Nudity on 'Game of Thrones'

English actress and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” series star Emilia Clarke has made a surprising reveal about how she handled a potentially questionable proposal at one of the projects she worked on. Speaking during an Armchair Expert podcast, Emilia mentioned how she was told that not stripping during some scenes would be a disappointment for GoT fans, adding that she’s actually “a lot more savvy” now with what she feels comfortable with.
Read more: http://www.tersbakis.com/news/17279/emilia-clarke-speaks-about-doing-completely-naked-scenes-nudity-on-game-of-thrones/?source=Snapzu

The 40 Best HBO Series, Ranked

It's not TV, it's HBO -- here's our newly expanded list of the 40 best series to seek out or revisit over and over again.
Read more: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/11/best-hbo-series.html?source=Snapzu

Blade Runner

After studying Alien in intimate detail, it’s time to look at the typography and design of Ridley Scott’s other classic sci-fi movie, Blade Runner. 
Read more: https://typesetinthefuture.com/2016/06/19/bladerunner/?source=Snapzu

Sacha Baron Cohen tore into Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook over hate speech, violence, and political lies

The "Borat" actor Sacha Baron Cohen launched a full-throated attack against tech companies and accused them of allowing hate speech to proliferate on their platforms in a 25-minute speech to the Anti-Defamation League on Thursday night.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/sacha-baron-cohen-adl-speech-mark-zuckerberg-silicon-valley-2019-11?source=Snapzu

'The Walking Dead' will reportedly end after Season 12

'The Walking Dead': the AMC show is reportedly set to finish after its 12th season, with the focus instead falling on its spin-off series'
Read more: https://www.nme.com/news/tv/the-walking-dead-will-reportedly-end-after-season-12-2570267?source=Snapzu

Jeopardy! to host a 'Greatest of All Time' tournament with a $1 million prize

The series of matches, hosted by Alex Trebek, will pit against one another the three players who took home the most cash in the game show's history: Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/18/jeopardy-the-greatest-of-all-time-tournament-to-host-jennings-holzhauer.html?source=Snapzu

‘Sonic’ Redesign Cost Paramount Nowhere Near the $35 Million That’s Been Rumored

A source close to production tells IndieWire the redesign is more in the $5 million range or less.
Read more: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/11/sonic-redesign-cost-paramount-five-million-1202190493/?source=Snapzu

Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' TV show is already renewed for season two

With an early renewal, Amazon could be lined up to shoot the first two seasons of 'Lord of the Rings' back-to-back.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/19/lord-of-the-rings-s2-amazon/?source=Snapzu

The wild story behind the NBA's most unlikely heist

How did an executive in one of the league's smallest markets steal tens of millions of dollars -- and get away with it for years?
Read more: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28078881/how-nba-executive-jeff-david-stole-13-million-sacramento-kings?source=Snapzu

‘Parasite’: How This Year’s Wildest, Buzziest, Most Unexpected Breakout Hit Came to Life

“Parasite,” a twisty look at a poor family’s attempts to insinuate itself into the lives of its rich employers, is a worldwide box office phenomenon, a critical sensation and a bona fide awards con…
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/film/news/parasite-bong-joon-ho-success-next-movies-marvel-netflix-1203408123/?source=Snapzu

Thousands of Disney customer details hacked

Hours after its new streaming service was launched, customer details were sold on the dark web for under £10
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50461171?source=Snapzu

Rumour: Valve is about to announce a VR game called Half-Life: Alyx

Valve are rarely interested in celebrating their own game's anniversaries, so take this rumor with a mouthful of salt. The source is apparently the same leaker responsible for the DOTA Underlords leak, and is quoting from an interview between "Geoff" (Geoff Keighley, in his capacity as the creator of the "Final Hours" documentaries about Valve games), Robin Walker (co-developer of Team Fortress 2 among other games), and an unnamed third person.
Read more: https://www.pcgamer.com/rumour-valve-are-about-to-announce-a-vr-game-called-half-life-alyx/?source=Snapzu

Does your loved one have dementia? Here are five books that can help

Nearly a million people are living with dementia in the UK, towns from Skipton to Falmouth are becoming “dementia friendly” and care homes are engaging residents through poetry classes and pony visits. As the ignorance and stigma begin to fade, studies of the condition proliferate and it has developed from an unspoken possibility in literature – is King Lear a study of declining brain function? – to a major plot device.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/16/further-reading-dementia-emma-healey?source=Snapzu

The future of entertainment

Media giants are battling for viewers’ attention. There will be blood
Read more: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/11/14/the-future-of-entertainment?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/20191114n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/E/343149/n?source=Snapzu

Kodak Black Faces Additional Weapons Charges in Florida

The rapper was sentenced to four years in prison earlier this week
Read more: https://pitchfork.com/news/kodak-black-faces-additional-weapons-charges-in-florida/?source=Snapzu

A mind-blowing 8K holographic display makes 3D look awesome again

Bored of flat TVs? Looking Glass Factory has created the world’s first 8K holographic display: an astonishing 33.2 million pixel beast capable of throwing out images that literally seem to pop out of the screen. For its creators, its the latest step in a dream dating back 30 years.
Read more: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/looking-glass-8k-story-behind/?source=Snapzu

Which is greener, books or e-books? Neither.

There is a third, more sustainable option: the library.
Read more: https://www.treehugger.com/culture/which-greener-books-or-e-books-neither.html?source=Snapzu

Disney Announces 5 New Marvel Movie Release Dates Through 2023

Disney has announced 5 new untitled Marvel movie release dates through 2023, giving a glimpse at the far future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As reported by THR, these new films will be released on October 7, 2022, February 17, 2023, May 5, 2023, July 28, 2023, and November 3, 2023. These unknown projects arrive following Black Panther 2, the last currently known MCU film which hits theaters on May 6, 2022.
Read more: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/16/disney-announces-5-new-marvel-movie-release-dates-through-2023?source=Snapzu

The Killers Announce New Album Imploding the Mirage

Plus a UK tour behind its spring 2020 release
Read more: https://pitchfork.com/news/the-killers-announce-new-album-imploding-the-mirage/?source=Snapzu

PayPal has mysteriously cut its services from Pornhub

PayPal said a recent review had revealed Pornhub had been making 'business payments' without seeking its permission.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/paypal-cuts-off-pornhub-affecting-paid-model-content-2019-11?source=Snapzu

Donald Trump Jr.'s new book may be a No. 1 New York Times best seller only because of bulk orders linked to the Republican Party

Donald Trump Jr.'s new book, "Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us," is No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, but it may be due to bulk buying linked to the Republican Party. The book came out last week and is marketed in the book's Amazon listing as partially a memoir and partially an exposé on the "tricks that the left uses to smear conservatives and push them out of the public square."
Read more: https://amp.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-book-linked-to-bulk-orders-republican-party-2019-11?source=Snapzu

Clive Owen To Play Bill Clinton In ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ On FX

Oscar-nominated actor Clive Owen will star as Bill Clinton in Impeachment: American Crime Story, the third season of FX’s award-winning limited series franchise, which centers on the sex scandal that rocked the Clinton presidency.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2019/11/clive-owen-cast-bill-clinton-impeachment-american-crime-story-fx-sarah-paulson-monica-lewinsky-1202787207/?source=Snapzu