Roku may pull Fox channels just ahead of the Super Bowl

As Roku and Fox fight over Fox channel distribution rights, standalone Fox channels are scheduled to disappear from Roku devices and TVs just ahead of the big game. Fortunately, there are still ways to watch the game with or without Roku.
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How the Father of Claymation Lost His Company

On a rainy autumn afternoon in 2002, Will Vinton sat alone in a board room, reviewing his severance package. His desk, now barren, had once displayed the emblems of a storied career: an Oscar, six prime-time Emmys, a slew of Clios and innumerable other honors. He had brought clay animation back to life. But his creations, once animated on silver screens, were now housed in cardboard boxes, frozen in various states of bewilderment.
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Dune logo unveiled at event; copyright claimants rush to remove it from the 'net

The logo for Denis Villeneuve's forthcoming Dune movie series was revealed at an event in France last night. It appears the movie's producers are rushing to remove it from the 'net, as photos of the logo are disappearing from popular Dune fan accounts with copyright enforcement notices left in their wake.
Read more: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/29/dune-logo-unveiled-at-event-c.html?source=Snapzu

Matthew McConaughey, ‘True Detective’ Creator Re-Team for FX Drama Series

Matthew McConaughey and Nic Pizzolatto are coming together for a potential new TV series at FX. The “True Detective” collaborators have landed a script-to-series order for a drama serie…
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Kobe Bryant and the Sexual Assault Case That Was Dropped but Not Forgotten

A 2003 rape accusation changed how many saw the Lakers star, but it did not change the trajectory of his career.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/sports/basketball/kobe-bryant-rape-case.amp.html?source=Snapzu

Think Goop is bad? It's only the tip of Netflix's pseudoscience iceberg

In The Goop Lab, Gwyneth Paltrow and her colleagues try out energy healing, psychedelics and cold therapy. But plenty of Netflix's documentaries take an equally dubious approach to science...
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Critic's Notebook: TV's Fat Women Are No Longer a Joke

Fat women on TV have traditionally been funny sidekicks or sad sacks obsessed with losing weight, but shows like 'Shrill', 'Work in Progress' and 'Euphoria' have been changing the narrative.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shrill-work-progress-euphoria-tvs-fat-women-are-no-longer-a-joke-1271431?source=Snapzu

We Can't Stay Calm: Season 5 Of Stranger Things Coming Soon

Mysteries unfold and intentions are revealed. Will Stranger things 5 take us on a mind-bending journey?
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Billie Eilish makes history, sweeping all four major categories at 2020 Grammys

Billie Eilish became the second artist ever to win Grammys for song, record, album and best new artist in one year.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-01-26/billie-eilish-sweeps-major-categories-2020-grammys?source=Snapzu

Four Netflix originals are coming to the Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection is adding four Netflix originals, including 'The Irishman' and 'Marriage Story.'
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/25/netflix-criterion-collection/?source=Snapzu

In 2019, more Americans went to the library than to the movies. Yes, really.

The US film industry may have generated revenues somewhere in the region of $40 billion last year, but it seems Hollywood still has plenty of work to do if it wants to compete with that most hallow…
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It turns out that Disney and Apple are real competition for Netflix, after all

In the US, that is. In the rest of the world, Netflix is still booming.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/21/21075873/netflix-disney-mandalorian-earnings?source=Snapzu

Make us pay higher taxes, millionaires and wealthy celebrities demand

A group of billionaires, millionaires and wealthy celebrities are demanding to pay more tax because they are among "the most privileged class of human beings to walk the Earth." More than 120 wealthy celebrities and business figures have signed an open letter, urging their peers around the world to call for tax increases to address economic disparities across the globe.
Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/billionaires-and-millionaires-demand-make-us-pay-higher-taxes-a4342091.html?source=Snapzu

In 2019, more Americans went to the library than to the movies. Yes, really.

The US film industry may have generated revenues somewhere in the region of $40 billion last year, but it seems Hollywood still has plenty of work to do if it wants to compete with that most hallowed of American institutions: the public library.
Read more: https://lithub.com/in-2019-more-americans-went-to-the-library-than-to-the-movies-yes-really/?source=Snapzu

Kobe Bryant Dead, Dies in Helicopter Crash

Kobe Bryant has died.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/?source=Snapzu

I am the 'book murderer', but I tear them apart out of love

Twitter has taken umbrage at my habit of chopping books into smaller units. But isn’t the real violence against culture happening elsewhere?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/22/book-murderer-tear-apart-love-alex-christofi?source=Snapzu

How to watch Super Bowl 2020: Stream Chiefs vs. 49ers for free without cable

The best way to watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV is by streaming. And the only way to watch the game in 4K HDR is through streaming. There are numerous other ways to watch the big game by streaming, too.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-watch-super-bowl-2020-stream-chiefs-vs-49ers-for-free-without-cable/?source=Snapzu

Joaquin Phoenix Comforted Pigs at L.A. Slaughterhouse After SAG Award Win: 'I Have to Be Here'

Joaquin Phoenix took a quick break from the Screen Actors Guild Awards festivities on Sunday to comfort and offer water to pigs at a Los Angeles slaughterhouse. The actor took home the SAG Award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for his performance in Joker and then quickly made his way to the Farmer John Cloughtery Packing Co., where he joined others “bearing witness” to pigs entering the slaughterhouse in an event hosted by Los Angeles Animal Save.
Read more: https://people.com/movies/joaquin-phoenix-attended-pig-vigil-after-sag-awards/?source=Snapzu

This could be the most expensive Super Bowl ever with ticket prices soaring

The Super Bowl matchup is set with the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, and this highly anticipated game has sent ticket prices soaring. On the online ticket platform SeatGeek, the average resale price is currently $6,232. Although, the average price for tickets sold in the past 24 hours was even higher at $6,785.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/us/super-bowl-ticket-prices-spt-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

Why philosophers could be the ones to transform your 2020

Long-dead thinkers from Socrates to Nietzsche are the latest hot property when it comes to self-help books. But can they really make effective gurus, asks Neil Armstrong.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20200114-why-philosophers-could-be-the-ones-to-transform-your-2020?source=Snapzu

Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77

Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77, his agent has said. Jones was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2016. A statement released by his family said: “We are deeply saddened to have to announce the passing of beloved husband and father, Terry Jones.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/terry-jones-death-monty-python-age-cause-a9296546.html?source=Snapzu

X-Men Star Patrick Stewart Spoke With Marvel's Kevin Feige About Professor X Recently

Marvel Studios now controls the future of the X-Men movies through Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios). What that future holds remains to be seen, but it seems Patrick Stewart is at least a part of that discussion. Speaking to Digital Spy, Stewart revealed that he met with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige not long ago and the subject of his X-Men character, Professor X, did come up. "I met with Kevin Feige a couple of months ago and we had long, long conversations," he explained. "And there have been moves and suggestions, which include Charles Xavier."
Read more: https://comicbook.com/marvel/2020/01/20/marvel-x-men-reboot-patrick-stewart-professor-x-kevin-feige/?source=Snapzu

Disney Drops "Fox" From 20th Century, Searchlight Logos

The labels will now be branded as Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Studios on releases.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-drops-fox-20th-century-searchlight-logos-1270685?source=Snapzu

The Merovingian Will Return In 'The Matrix 4,' According To Actor Lambert Wilson

While we know that “The Matrix 4” is set to go into production soon and hit theaters in May 2021, we still don’t have much of a clue about what the story is about. By the end of the third film, ‘Revolutions,’ the story seemed to be pretty well wrapped up. But Lana Wachowski definitely has a story in mind, as she is writing and directing the film. And according to actor Lambert Wilson, the story involves one of the more, uh, interesting characters from the sequels.
Read more: https://theplaylist.net/merovingian-matrix-4-lambert-wilson-20200117/?source=Snapzu

No, the 'Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Series Isn't Canceled

A lot of people fell for an obvious hoax
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/no-the-star-wars-disney-series-about-obi-wan-kenobi-has-not-been-canceled/?source=Snapzu

Videogame subtitles could learn a lot from comic book lettering

Lettering is a difficult job that mixes composition, typography and design. Videogames would benefit from a deeper understanding of this invisible art.
Read more: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/01/16/videogame-subtitles-could-learn-a-lot-from-comic-book-lettering/?source=Snapzu

Yes Minister actor Derek Fowlds dies at 82

The actor Derek Fowlds, best known for starring in Yes Minister, has died at the age of 82. Fowlds played the private secretary Bernard Woolley in the BBC sitcom – a satire of British politics – between 1980 to 1984. He also starred in its sequel, Yes Prime Minister, opposite Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington from 1986 to 1988, and later played Oscar Blaketon in the long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/17/yes-minister-actor-derek-fowlds-dies-at-82?source=Snapzu

Sony Bosses Descend on San Francisco as PS5 Reveal Looms

Excuse us while we go gossip column for a hot minute, but several Sony executives have been spotted in the San Francisco area. Recently minted Worldwide Studios chief Hermen Hulst was the first to post that he was in the area, but then Sucker Punch communications boss Andrew Goldfarb and indie evangelist Shuhei Yoshida were both snapped in the city.
Read more: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/01/sony_bosses_descend_on_san_francisco_as_ps5_reveal_looms?source=Snapzu

‘Jack Reacher’ Series Gets Greenlight at Amazon

Amazon is officially moving head with its “Jack Reacher” series. The streamer has officially greenlit the project, which is based on Lee Childs’ book series about the title charac…
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"MY STICK!"

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HBO space comedy Avenue 5 is an astronomic disappointment

If Armando Iannucci’s genius is founded on anything, it’s his acute worldliness. From his early news media spoof The Day Today to his excruciating political sitcoms The Thick of It and Veep, and films In the Loop and The Death of Stalin, he has set upon the corrupt and powerful with a caustic verve that gives him rightful claim to being the 21st Century’s greatest satirist.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20200109-hbo-space-comedy-avenue-5-is-an-astronomic-disappointment?source=Snapzu

‘Westworld’ Season Three Premiere Date Revealed

HBO’s “Westworld” will return for its third season on March 15, the cabler announced Sunday.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/westworld-season-3-premiere-evan-rachel-wood-1203464679/?source=Snapzu

'Jeopardy: Greatest of All Time' is getting higher ratings than 2019 NBA Finals and World Series

Does this mean "Jeopardy" is a sport now?
Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/jeopardys-greatest-of-all-time-is-getting-higher-ratings-than-2019-nba-finals-and-world-series-221552249.html?source=Snapzu

Agnes Keleti, oldest living Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, turns 99

Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion and a Holocaust survivor, earned 10 gymnastics medals between the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. Keleti is the oldest living Olympic champion and a Holocaust survivor. She won 10 medals in gymnastics — including five golds — between the 1952 Helsinki Games and at the 1956 Melbourne Games.
Read more: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/01/09/agnes-keleti-oldest-living-olympic-champion/amp/?source=Snapzu

How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits

Most of the world knows Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.’s “Blurred Lines” as a half-forgotten hit song from 2013. The music industry remembers it as its worst nightmare. In the five years since a court ruled that “Blurred Lines” infringed on Marvin Gaye’s 1977 “Got to Give It Up,” demanding that Thicke and Williams fork over $5 million to the Gaye estate for straying too close to the older song’s “vibe,” the once-sleepy realm of music copyright law has turned into a minefield.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/music-copyright-lawsuits-chilling-effect-935310/?source=Snapzu

Iran's sole female Olympic medalist says she's defected

Iran's sole female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh announced that she has permanently left her country for Europe. "Let me start with a greeting, a farewell or condolences," the 21-year--old wrote in an Instagram post explaining why she was defecting. "I am one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran who they have been playing with for years."
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/12/middleeast/iran-kimia-alizadeh-defects/index.html?source=Snapzu

'Chucky' TV Series a Go at Syfy

The cabler is also readying a 'Peter Pan' follow-up called 'The League of Pan.'
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/chucky-tv-series-a-go-at-syfy-1268700?source=Snapzu

'Parasite' HBO Limited Series in the Works From Bong Joon Ho, Adam McKay

Talks are underway with HBO, which came out on top of a bidding war with Netflix for the rights.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/adam-mckay-bong-joon-ho-teaming-parasite-limited-series-hbo-1268397?source=Snapzu

John Malkovich interview: 'I get asked wild questions about “my legacy”. What are you talking about? I’m an actor. My legacy is I’m a jerk-off'

Oddballs, schemers and psychopaths: in the course of his long career, John Malkovich has convincingly played them all. But whether this makes him an unusual – or unusually perfect – choice for the role of supreme pontiff in HBO’s The New Pope is something he would rather not consider.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/john-malkovich-interview-the-new-pope-hbo-sky-atlantic-marilyn-manson-a9272151.html?source=Snapzu

Eminem Interviewed by Secret Service Over Trump, Ivanka Lyrics

It turns out that when Eminem rapped in his 2018 song “The Ringer” that he’d been visited by the Secret Service, he was telling the truth. According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Buzzfeed News, the rapper — who has made no secret of his loathing for the 45th president — was indeed interviewed by Secret Service agents in connection with his lyrics about Trump and his daughter Ivanka, specifically in the song “Framed,” from the “Revival” album, and Eminem’s scathing anti-Trump freestyle aired during the BET Awards in 2017.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/eminem-trump-ivanka-secret-service-1203382499/?source=Snapzu

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop show brings dubious health claims to Netflix

Goop has been criticized for its questionable wellness claims, including its advertisement that jade and quartz "eggs" can be used for vaginal health.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/gwyneth-paltrow-s-goop-show-brings-dubious-health-claims-netflix-n1111311?source=Snapzu

'The Witcher' Deconstructed Timeline

The Witcher has received a lot of adulation recently. According to Business Insider, The Witcher is now the most popular show in the world—even unseating The Mandalorian from Disney Plus. Of course, because Netflix has released the entire first season, many fans are already on their second or third viewing. We certainly have seen it many times. The show covers three narratives. Yennefer's story covers over eighty years, Geralt's over thirty, and Ciri's only two weeks! That said, every event leads toward the season's final outcome—Geralt and Ciri meeting.
Read more: https://thewitcher.tv/the-witcher-deconstructed-timeline?source=Snapzu

4,000-Year-Old Guide to the Ancient Egyptian Underworld May Be Oldest Illustrated 'Book'

Archaeologists recovered the remnants of an ancient "Book of Two Ways" from a sarcophagus
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Sacha Baron Cohen satirically described Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a 'naive, misguided child who spreads Nazi propaganda'

The actor Sacha Baron Cohen took the opportunity while presenting at the Golden Globes to take a swipe at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Baron Cohen was introducing "Jojo Rabbit," a satire about Nazi Germany as seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy in the Hitler Youth that was up for two Golden Globes.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/sacha-baron-cohen-tore-into-mark-zuckerberg-again-at-the-golden-globes-2020-1?source=Snapzu

From Soviet to science fiction icon, the weird life of Isaac Asimov 100 years on

As the New Year’s festivities wound down a lot of science and science fiction fans toasted the 100th anniversary of the birth of Isaac Asimov, one of the titans of the profession. Asimov wrote or edited over 500 books and reams of articles on everything ranging from science, psychology, astronomy, biochemistry (which he taught - on and off - at the Boston University School of Medicine) and, of course, science fiction. Even non-SF fans have probably heard of his widely acclaimed Foundation series of books and his three rules of robotics.
Read more: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/06/isaac_asimov_100_years_on/?source=Snapzu

Nipsey Hussle was a bookworm. Now black men are finding inspiration in what he read

Once a month, black men come together for The Marathon Book Club — founded to read the books that inspired Nipsey Hussle, who was killed in South L.A. in March.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-05/nipsey-hussle-marathon-book-club?source=Snapzu

Canada Wins Gold at 2020 World Junior Hockey Championships

Canada has beaten Russia to claim the gold medal at the 2020 World Junior Hockey Championships. This comes after Russia beat Canada earlier.
Read more: https://lastwordonhockey.com/2020/01/05/canada-beats-russia-for-gold-at-the-2020-world-junior-hockey-championships/?source=Snapzu

'Avenue 5': TV Review

Armando Iannucci returns to HBO with a Hugh Laurie-fronted futuristic comedy about a disaster in space.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/avenue-5-review-1264966?source=Snapzu

Netflix’s Cyberpunk Mystery Altered Carbon Will Have 5 Seasons

Richard Kate Morgan has revealed that Netflix’s cyberpunk mystery Altered Carbon, will have five seasons. Set in a world where people can switch bodies on a whim, Altered Carbon is adapted from Morgan’s tri-series based on novel — Takeshi Kovacs — published in 2002.
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Netflix's 'The Circle' Is Reality TV With a 'Black Mirror'-Style Twist

It's like "Big Brother," but all the drama plays out on social media.
Read more: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a30363428/netflix-the-circle-review-reality-show-social-media/?source=Snapzu