Quentin Tarantino Names His Best Movie Of The Past Decade

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino revealed that David Fincher’s “The Social Network” is the best film of the last decade.
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DirecTV Is Losing Customers Fast (And Now They Raised Prices on New Customers)

AT&T absolutely bled subscribers in the first quarter of 2020, even by the standards of cord-cutting that have accelerated. According to one measure, the company lost over a million video subscribers in the quarter, with DirecTV losing nearly 900,000 and AT&T Now losing about 138,000. This makes up for around half of the 2 million subscribers lost in the first quarter by major pay-TV providers in the U.S.
Read more: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/directv-losing-customers-fast-and-now-they-raised-prices-new-customers-163729?source=Snapzu

Russo Brothers Urged Tom Holland to Watch Old Movies After the Spider-Man Star Admitted to Never Seeing Star Wars

Captain America: Civil War directors Anthony and Joe Russo urged Spider-Man star Tom Holland to watch older movies after the actor, at the time 19, admitted he never actually saw 1980's Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. The middle installment of the original Star Wars trilogy is referenced by Holland's rookie superhero, in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, during an airport-set battle between two factions of the Avengers led by Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Captain America (Chris Evans).
Read more: https://comicbook.com/movies/news/captain-america-civil-war-directors-russo-brothers-spider-man-star-tom-holland-old-movies-star-wars-empire-strikes-back-reference/?source=Snapzu

4 lessons software teams can learn from rock bands

You wouldn’t put together a band where all four musicians played the guitar. Somebody needs to drum and sing. Similarly, QA teams need specialists across a range of skill sets and experience. And that’s just one of the rock-and-roll lessons that creative teams can learn.
Read more: https://www.functionize.com/blog/4-lessons-software-teams-can-learn-from-rock-bands/?source=Snapzu

How to move your role-playing game nights online

When the dust cleared, the golem lay in pieces across the dungeon floor. Erik sighed deeply, and though his vision blurred, he could still see the rest of the party coming to his aid. Emmelina, the knight that had first welcomed him into the group, cradled him in her arms as he took his last breath. Our team had come this far only to lose its youngest member. Across five different states, there wasn't a dry eye among our team, but we recomposed ourselves and continued to play our tabletop adventure through the service we’ve used for half a decade now: Roll20.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/how-to-move-your-role-playing-game-nights-online/?source=Snapzu

Universal is reportedly delaying the opening of its Nintendo theme park in Japan

Universal Studios Japan has reportedly postponed plans to open its Nintendo theme park due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While official confirmation of the delay has yet to be made, according to Business Times and sources "familiar with the matter", the developers of the theme park - which is own by Comcast's NBCUniversal - is expected to formalise its plans publicly soon, possibly as early as this week.
Read more: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-06-28-universal-is-reportedly-delaying-the-opening-of-its-nintendo-theme-park-in-japan?source=Snapzu

Sexual violence as a weapon of war

Sexual violence and mass rape have long been used as a weapon of war. It is not only the victims and survivors who suffer trauma - an entire generation of men, women and children are affected. All too often, the perpetrators remain unpunished.
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The studio behind Kill la Kill and Promare is making a Cyberpunk 2077 anime for Netflix

Studio Trigger, the anime production company made up of former members of the legendary studio Gainax, is producing a Cyberpunk 2077 anime for Netflix set to premiere in 2022. Called Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the anime will be a standalone story set in the world of developer CD Projekt Red’s upcoming open-world action roleplaying game.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/25/21303233/cyberpunk-2077-anime-edgerunners-netflix-studio-trigger-2022-release-date?source=Snapzu

Charles Webb, who inspired a Hollywood classic with 'The Graduate,' dies at 81

The first $20,000 went quickly. Charles Webb simply just gave it all away, along with the VIP passes for the premiere of “The Graduate,” the soon-to-be Hollywood classic based on his book. Though Webb kept on writing — sometimes to acclaim, sometimes not — he lived in poverty, a life choice he made by giving away his earnings, his inheritance and the occasional house he bought. After giving away the $20,000 he received for the film rights to “The Graduate,” he gave the copyright for the novel to the Anti-Defamation League, only because he admired the group’s work.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-06-26/charles-webb-the-graduate-dies?source=Snapzu

TikTok App Adds Prince’s Entire Music Catalog

Prince’s entire song catalog is available to use in TikTok’s short-form videos, under a deal with the Prince Estate announced Friday. “Prince was known for breaking boundaries and TikTok has proven to do so as well,” Troy Carter, entertainment adviser for the Prince Estate, said in a statement. “With the addition of Prince’s full catalog on TikTok, it is our hope that a new generation of global fans can find meaning in Prince’s music, and be inspired to create.”
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/tiktok-princes-music-catalog-1234691489/?source=Snapzu

Paul Rudd Says People Laughed at Him When He Was Cast as Ant-Man

In conversation with Chris Evans as part of Variety’s Actors on Actors At Home series, Paul Rudd admitted that some people thought it was a joke when he was first picked to play the lead in M…
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The old 'Twilight Zone' speaks to the strange times we're living in better than the new one

"The Twilight Zone" has returned periodically since its debut over 60 years ago, including a CBS All Access revival beginning its second season this week. Yet in a twist worthy of the show's creepy music, the original series speaks to the strange times through which we're living more directly and profoundly than the new one.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/entertainment/twilight-zone-review/index.html?source=Snapzu

How to turn your Songwriting skills into cash

Are you a talented songwriter? Here are 6 websites and platforms where you can make money writing songs and lyrics.
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People are microwaving library books and masks to kill COVID-19 — and that's bad

A book was returned to Kent District Library after it had been microwaved and burned due to the metal sensor located inside.
Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/06/23/library-officials-warn-stop-microwaving-books-kill-covid-19/3224299001/?source=Snapzu

Brooklyn Nine-Nine to Scrap All Episodes Written for Season 8, Terry Crews Says: 'We Have to Start Over'

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is going back to the drawing board in light of the recent nationwide protests against police violence.
Read more: https://tvline.com/2020/06/23/brooklyn-nine-nine-spoilers-season-8-episodes-police-violence-protests/?source=Snapzu

Black bookstores overwhelmed by orders for anti-racism titles

Books like "White Fragility" and "How to Be An Anti-Racist" have become best sellers, overwhelming independent Black-owned bookstores across the US.
Read more: https://qz.com/1871840/black-bookstores-are-overwhelmed-by-orders-for-anti-racism-titles/?source=Snapzu

Kurt Cobain's 'MTV Unplugged' guitar sells for 'record' $6M

The guitar played by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during his 1993 "MTV Unplugged" performance has sold for $6 million at auction.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/kurt-cobain-guitar-sold-intl-scli/index.html?source=Snapzu

TV Ratings: ‘Perry Mason’ Debut Outperforms ‘Watchmen’ and ‘The Outsider’

It doesn’t take a wily detective to work out that “Perry Mason” premiered to strong numbers for HBO on Sunday night. The reboot of the classic series was watched by a total of 1.7…
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/perry-mason-premiere-hbo-tv-ratings-1234645269/?source=Snapzu

NASCAR drivers join together to push Bubba Wallace's car to front of Geico 500 field

What a moment.
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Pirated editions of John Bolton memoir have appeared online

NEW YORK (AP) — John Bolton's memoir officially comes out Tuesday after surviving a security review and a legal challenge from the Justice Department. But over the weekend, it was available in...
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The Witcher season 2 will finally resume filming this summer, Netflix confirms

The Witcher season 2 will resume filming this August, Netflix has confirmed in a tweet. The fantasy drama has been on-hold since March, when new cast member Kristofer Hivju contracted coronavirus and the production of the series shut down. Shortly after, the entire live-action TV and film industry essentially went into shutdown, save for a lucky few series that finished filming before the global pandemic kicked into high gear (The Mandalorian season 2 and The Umbrella Academy season 2, for example).
Read more: https://www.techradar.com/in/news/the-witcher-season-2-will-finally-resume-filming-this-summer-netflix-confirms?source=Snapzu

Here’s how Will Smith landed the role in Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Will Smith recently revealed the backstory of how he became a part of the iconic sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel Air on his newly formed YouTube channel.
Read more: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/will-smith-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-5175263/?source=Snapzu

THE KING’S MAN

OFFICIAL TRAILER - in theaters September 18
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Public Enemy - State Of The Union (STFU) featuring DJ Premier

From the forthcoming album "Nothing is quick in the desert"
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Angelina Jolie reveals she divorced Brad Pitt for the 'wellbeing' of her family

Angelina Jolie has revealed she split with Brad Pitt for the "wellbeing" of her family as she continues to "focus on their healing". The Hollywood actress said it was the "right decision" to end the marriage after little more than two years, and she praised their children for being "six very brave, very strong people".
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/angelina-jolie-reveals-she-divorced-brad-pitt-for-the-wellbeing-of-her-family-12010620?source=Snapzu

Here's More Proof Comcast's Cable TV Service Is Dying

Speaking earlier this week at the Credit Suisse Virtual Communications Conference - as reported on Twitter by analyst Rich Greenfield of Lightshed - Comcast's chief financial officer Michael Cavanagh said that video subscription losses will increase "at a similar absolute level" as they
Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/heres-more-proof-comcasts-cable-164500775.html?source=Snapzu

Tupac's Final Words: 'F-ck You'

Retired Las Vegas sergeant Chris Carroll was the first responder to rapper’s 1996 shooting
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tupacs-final-words-revealed-by-police-officer-on-scene-of-murder-69433/?source=Snapzu

Jamie Foxx Confirms Playing Mike Tyson In Biopic

The 52-year-old actor confirmed that he will star as Mike Tyson in a forthcoming film.
Read more: https://www.vibe.com/2020/06/jamie-foxx-confirms-playing-mike-tyson-in-biopic?source=Snapzu

PGA Tour records no positive tests for 2nd week

For the second straight week, no positive coronavirus tests were recorded by the PGA Tour, which holds its second event since a 13-week shutdown at the RBC Heritage starting Thursday.
Read more: http://espn.com/golf/story/_/id/29323634/no-positive-coronavirus-tests-second-straight-week-pga-tour?source=Snapzu

Dystopia has arrived: a reality show where men compete to impregnate a woman

Let’s watch, shall we, as a woman struggles with one of the most common sources of distress for the modern middle-aged woman: fertility. She’s got good eggs, some of them frozen, but what she needs is sperm, and the body in which that sperm is contained.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/18/labor-of-love-reality-tv-women-dystopia?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus: MLBPA rejects latest offer, wants MLB to schedule season

MLB players are no closer to agreeing to a new pay deal with the season yet to get underway.
Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-mlbpa-rejects-latest-offer-015025743.html?source=Snapzu

Pokémon Go wants to make 3D scans of the whole world for 'planet-scale augmented reality experiences'. Is that good?

Tech companies have big plans for augmented reality, but all of them involve huge amounts of surveillance of our everyday lives.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/pokemon-go-wants-to-make-3d-scans-of-the-whole-world-for-planet-scale-augmented-reality-experiences-is-that-good-140636?source=Snapzu

13 Virtual Festivals and Events This Summer

Summer festivals are going digital, and that could be an opportunity to tune in to otherwise inaccessible events.
Read more: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/06/13-virtual-festivals-and-events-this-summer/?source=Snapzu

MLB commissioner changes tune, says he's 'not confident' there will be 2020 season | CBC Sports

Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league baseball season after a breakdown in talks between teams and the union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The league also said several players have tested positive for COVID-19.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/baseball-mlb-union-league-grievance-1.5613187?source=Snapzu

Gearbox Software Sues 3D Realms Over Duke Nukem Franchise | Digital Trends

Gearbox Software, the studio behind the best-selling Borderlands franchise, is suing the parent company of 3D Realms, accusing the creator of the Duke Nukem franchise of breach of contract. In a third-party complaint, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Gearbox says Apogee Software (which owns 3D Realms) breached their 2009 contract by failing to deliver the Duke Nukem intellectual property “free and clear,” withholding details of a...
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Run The Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count To F**k) feat. Zack de la Rocha

From the album Run The Jewels 2
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Fourth ‘Matrix’ Film Moves to Spring of 2022

Warner Bros. is moving its untitled fourth “Matrix” film back nearly a year to the spring of 2022. The move comes as the Hollywood studios are scrambling their release schedules due to the theater …
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/matrix-4-moving-2022-1234633641/?source=Snapzu

Internet Archive Will End Its Program for Free E-Books

The nonprofit has said its National Emergency Library was a public service to people unable to access libraries during the pandemic, but publishers and authors accused it of theft.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/books/internet-archive-national-emergency-library-coronavirus.html?source=Snapzu

Taylor Swift Calls for Removal of Monuments That 'Celebrate Racist Historical Figures'

Taylor Swift called for the permanent removal of monuments that “celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things” in her native Tennessee. “Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such,” Swift wrote in a string of tweets Friday.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-tennessee-monuments-racist-historical-figures-removal-1014584/?source=Snapzu

‘Game of Thrones’ Stars to Play Dungeons & Dragons for Charity

“Game of Thrones” stars Daniel Portman, Gemma Whelan, Iwan Rheon, Kristian Nairn, and Natalia Tena are among the Hollywood celebrities who will play virtual games of Dungeons & Dragons to raise money for charity.
Read more: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/game-of-thrones-stars-dungeons-dragons-charity-1202237339/?source=Snapzu

Bob Dylan Details New Album Rough and Rowdy Ways

The 10-track LP features previously released singles “Murder Most Foul,” “False Prophet,” and “I Contain Multitudes”
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Rush - The Spirit Of Radio

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Leaked 'Dead Island 2' copy shows the zombie game that might have been

Dead Island 2 is still in development limbo years after its 2014 reveal, but you now know what it would have looked like if Deep Silver and Yager hadn’t parted ways. A leaked (via Eurogamer and Kotaku) June 2015 gameplay build, reportedly originating on 4chan, shows just how the game was shaping up in its original form. As you might expect, it revolved around creatively shooting and slicing zombies in an overrun Los Angeles.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/dead-island-2-game-build-leaks-010901590.html?source=Snapzu

Google's Wing Drones to Drop Off Library Books for Kids

Google's Wing drones will begin delivering library books to kids in Christiansburg, Virginia, where it has been testing the service for meals and other items.
Read more: https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/googles-wing-drones-to-drop-off-library-books-for-kids/?source=Snapzu

'What We Do in the Shadows' Finale: The Most Stupid-Good Show on TV

The vampires at the heart of this series are complete morons — and that’s exactly why we need them right now
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-2-recap-finale-1011799/?source=Snapzu

10 must-see episodes of The X-Files

The X-Files is one of the most important, influential drama series ever made, but it’s often written off as just another science-fiction series that had an overly complicated mythology and fell apart toward the end of its run.
Read more: https://tv.avclub.com/10-must-see-episodes-of-the-x-files-1798232355?source=Snapzu

Netflix Launches ‘Black Lives Matter’ Collection of Movies, TV Shows and Documentaries

Netflix is promoting a new “Black Lives Matter” collection to U.S. subscribers, featuring over 45 titles about racial injustice and the experience of Black Americans. Movies, TV shows and documentaries in the Black Lives Matter collection include Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” (releasing Friday, June 12); Ava DuVernay’s “13th” and “When They See Us”; “Mudbound”; “Orange Is the New Black”; “Dear White People”; and Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning “Moonlight.”
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/netflix-black-lives-matter-collection-1234630160/?source=Snapzu

Science of 'Seinfeld'

It’s been 31 years since a groundbreaking show about nothing first hit the air and…yada yada yada. What better time to revisit some memorable moments from “Seinfeld” that left viewers shouting, “Get out!”, and see what science has to say about the situation. I was a biology graduate student when “Seinfeld” first hit the air. The show not only provided a welcome reprieve from a tough day in the laboratory, but also fueled fun debates among us students as to whether the inane scenarios were plausible.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/science-of-seinfeld-131606?source=Snapzu

George Carlin Documentary in the Works from Judd Apatow

A documentary about legendary comedian George Carlin is in the works from The King of Staten Island director Judd Apatow.
Read more: https://collider.com/george-carlin-documentary-judd-apatow/?source=Snapzu

Prisoners in Nazi concentration camps made music; now it's being discovered and performed

More than 6 million people, most of them Jews, died in the Holocaust. The music they wrote as a temporary escape, however, did not, thanks in part to the efforts of an Italian composer and pianist.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holocaust-prisoners-in-nazi-concentration-camps-made-music-now-being-discovered-and-performed-60-minutes-2020-06-07/?source=Snapzu