Tokyo 2020: Jamaica's Thompson-Herah breaks Olympic record to win women's 100m

Watch, listen and follow text commentary and video clips from day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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San Marino, a country of 34,000 people, had never won a medal before Tokyo 2020. Now it has two.

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics are underway after the Games were delayed for almost a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Follow here for the latest news on the Summer Olympics.
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HBO Is All in on The Last of Us Show With Massive Budget and Possibly 8 Seasons

HBO is a constant source of amazing content, but nothing as me as excited as The Last of Us does. With Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller, and more, the show is pulling out all the stops to make this a great game-to-TV adaptation. Now it seems as if the show is going out of its way to fill the void that The Walking Dead is leaving behind with a rumored 8-season arc.
Read more: https://www.themarysue.com/hbo-last-of-us-budget-8-seasons/?source=Snapzu

Why Bronze Medalists Are Likely Happier Than Those Who Win Silver

Ah, the sweet, sweet victory of coming in third! Though it may be hard to tell at the Tokyo Olympic Games with athletes forced to wear masks on the medal podium, it turns out bronze medalists are likely happier than those who win silver.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/29/1022537817/theres-a-psychology-lesson-behind-why-olympic-bronze-medalists-are-so-happy?source=Snapzu

MTV Is Turning 40 — Here's How Beavis, Butt-Head And Daria Disrupted Cable

"Animation has been critical to the MTV brand from its inception," says MTV Entertainment president Chris McCarthy. The network helped bring adult and experimental animation into the mainstream.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/30/1022642071/mtv-beavis-butthead-daria-aeon-flux-liquid-television?source=Snapzu

‘Waterworld’ Follow-Up TV Series In The Works With Dan Trachtenberg To Direct

A follow-up to Universal’s 1995 movie Waterworld, starring Kevin Costner, is in the works for the small screen. The project, which hails from original producer John Davis
Read more: https://deadline.com/2021/07/waterworld-followup-tv-series-dan-trachtenberg-direct-1234802666/?source=Snapzu

Herbie Hancock - Chameleon

Enjoy funking out to this uncut studio rendition of "Chameleon" from the 1973 album Head Hunters.
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China lashes out over 'shameless' photo of Olympic gold medallist

Chinese media have attacked western counterparts over a photo of weightlifting gold medallist Hou Zhihui. Read more here.
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‘Sweet Tooth’ Officially Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix

Netflix fantasy series ‘Sweet Tooth’ is officially renewed for a second season. The news comes at a time when pre-production on season 2 is already underway in New Zealand this month. Season 1 premiered on Netflix on June 4 and was seen by 60 million households around the world in its first month.
Read more: https://moviesr.net/p-sweet-tooth-officially-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix?source=Snapzu

How ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Killed 1970s Hollywood

In 1980, the tumultuous filming and release of Michael Cimino’s ‘Heaven’s Gate’ changed Hollywood forever
Read more: https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/7/19/22582814/heavens-gate-1970s-hollywood-auteur-directors?source=Snapzu

Why ‘The Office’ Almost Chose Bob Odenkirk Instead Of Steve Carell

Rejecting Odenkirk for the role was the hardest decision the casting director on ’The Office’ has ever made.
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How the Reality Show ‘Alone’ Got Me Through the Pandemic

Phillip Dwight Morgan became obsessed with the hit History Channel series during quarantine. It inspired him to dive into survivalism and gave him skills to navigate an unprecedented year.
Read more: https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/alone-history-channel-reality-show-pandemic-bushcraft/?source=Snapzu

Big 12 accuses ESPN of trying to 'destabilize' conference

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby told The Associated Press that ESPN is pushing other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the Southeastern Conference without paying a massive buyout.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/sports-college-sports-football-texas-college-football-9141232fbd5ad53fab0c1ad6bb712817?source=Snapzu

‘Arthur’ TV show canceled after 25 years on PBS Kids

The cartoon premiered in 1996.
Read more: https://www.syracuse.com/tv/2021/07/arthur-tv-show-canceled-after-25-years-on-pbs-kids.html?source=Snapzu

Ron Popeil Infomercial King Dead at 86

Ron Popeil has died at 86.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-dead-dies-infomercial/?source=Snapzu

Kevin Smith Wants Angry He-Man Nerds to 'Grow the Fuck Up'

Masters of the Universe: Revelation received critical acclaim ahead of its launch on Netflix late last week, but the animated continuation of Eternia’s finest has been faced with review-bombing and anger on social media thanks to a bad-faith interpretation of what the show’s doing that showrunner Kevin Smith has little time for.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/kevin-smith-wants-angry-he-man-nerds-to-grow-the-fuck-u-1847372990?source=Snapzu

Ovechkin returns to Caps on 5-year, $47.5M deal

Alex Ovechkin, who ranks sixth in NHL history with 730 career goals and is eyeing Wayne Gretzky's record of 894, has signed a five-year, $47.5 million deal to return to the Washington Capitals.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31898280/alex-ovechkin-signs-five-year-475-million-deal-return-washington-capitals?source=Snapzu

Actor Bob Odenkirk collapses on set of 'Better Call Saul' - sources

Television and film actor Bob Odenkirk was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday after collapsing on the set of his AMC cable network show "Better Call Saul," according to sources close to the performer.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/actor-bob-odenkirk-collapses-set-better-call-saul-sources-2021-07-28/?source=Snapzu

Why Simone Biles' withdrawing proves she's the GOAT

It took the lowest vault score of her Olympic gymnastics career for Simone Biles to seal her position as the greatest of all time. She gave up having others judge where she might place and put herself first. After failing to land a vault she's been nailing in competitions since 2018, Biles’ withdrew from the women’s team finals Tuesday. Instead of throwing herself into the air to do a fully extended flip while also spinning around two and a half times, she landed after only having turned around one and a half times.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/simone-biles-withdraws-olympics-team-final-after-vault-miss-proving-ncna1275205?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma?source=Snapzu

Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero

 Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements
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Former Slipknot Drummer Joey Jordison Dead at 46

Slipknot founding member Joey Jordison is dead at 46.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/27/joey-jordison-dead-dies-slipknot-drummer-murderdolls/?source=Snapzu

The 2021 Booker Prize longlist has been unveiled

Lockwood is one of two debut novelists to make the list
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/booker-prize-2021-longlist-b1890861.html?source=Snapzu

LucasFilm hires YouTuber who fixed that Mandalorian cameo

It’s been more than half a year since the finale of The Mandalorian season two. For some, it was a triumph of storytelling and effects. For others, well, it ended with a big deep fake that we’re not sure if we can spoil yet. So allow this to be your spoiler warning.
Read more: https://www.avclub.com/lucasfilm-hires-youtuber-who-fixed-that-mandalorian-cam-1847367091?source=Snapzu

Building an antilibrary: the power of unread books

Unread books are as powerful as the ones we read. An antilibrary is a private collection of unread books capturing the vastness of the unknown.
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The Philippines Wins Its First-Ever Olympic Gold, After Nearly 100 Years Of Trying

Standing atop the podium where no Filipino had stood before, a tearful Hidilyn Diaz, who serves in the Philippine Air Force, snapped off a salute.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/26/1020710023/the-philippines-wins-its-first-ever-olympic-gold-after-nearly-100-years-of-tryin?source=Snapzu

The best streaming services you can sign up for in 2021

These are the best streaming services in 2021 to watch popular shows and movies on, including Disney Plus, Netflix, Hulu, Paramount Plus, and more.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/best-streaming-service#what-we-look-for-in-on-demand-streaming-services-11?source=Snapzu

The Simpsons writers enter season 33 with self-awareness and no signs of slowing down

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con panel for The Simpsons was substantial, but the most telling moment happened during a 20 minute game of “Simpsons Pictionary.” The group of show writers and animators, moderated by voice actor Yeardley Smith, were paired off, with the writers tasked with guessing characters and episode titles from quick sketches by the animators.
Read more: https://www.polygon.com/sdcc/22593026/simpsons-season-33-cast-episodes-guest-stars-comic-con-2021?source=Snapzu

New York Jets assistant coach dies following bicycle accident

New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp, 58, died Thursday after a bicycle accident that occurred five days earlier.
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/564495-new-york-jets-assistant-coach-dies-following-bicycle-accident?source=Snapzu

Showtime Sets ‘Dexter’ Limited Series Premiere Date At Comic-Con@Home

Nearly a decade since everyone’s favorite serial killer moved away and became a logger in 2013, Showtime’s Dexter is back—at Comic-Con@Home, at least.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2021/07/showtime-dexter-comic-con-1234799297/?source=Snapzu

Tokyo Olympics: German gymnasts push back against sexualisation of women with unitards

The team’s outfits looked similar to the others in the room as the arena lights gleamed off crystals crisscrossing their chests and down their crimson and white sleeves.
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/world-news/tokyo-olympics-german-gymnasts-push-back-against-sexualisation-of-women-with-unitards-40688849.html?source=Snapzu

James Franco to pay $2.2m in sexual misconduct case

James Franco has agreed to pay $2.2m (£1.6m) to settle a legal case which accused the star of sexual misconduct. Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who attended Franco's now-defunct Studio 4 acting school, sued him in Los Angeles in October 2019.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57677874?source=Snapzu

The cost of cooling: how air conditioning is heating up the world

As temperatures rise, a new book delves into the environmental toll of America’s favorite way to cool off
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/25/air-conditioning-climate-crisis-global-heating?source=Snapzu

LeVar Burton: 'Jeopardy!' host gig began 'scary,' ended fun

LeVar Burton’s quest to become the new host of “Jeopardy!” has been a confident, upbeat effort by the actor and those who rooted him on with a petition drive. But when the day came to tape the first of his week's share of episodes as one of a succession of guest hosts, the show's pace and the challenge of following in Alex Trebek's much-admired footsteps threw Burton off stride.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-e2e9a78ae999eed5c553e65fb1ce131f?source=Snapzu

Tokyo 2020 Olympics officially open

The Tokyo 2020 Games are officially under way as Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic flame in a poignant opening ceremony.
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Overdue library book returned to Sheffield Cathedral after 300 years

Sheffield Cathedral has just had a book brought back after being taken out by a reader – and it is believed to be 300 years overdue! Delighted staff at the 800-year-old venue opened a parcel that arrived in the first class post this week, to find the book with a note explaining its owner, who had recently died, had left a note asking for it to be returned.
Read more: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/overdue-library-book-returned-to-sheffield-cathedral-after-300-years-3302790?source=Snapzu

‘Dune’ HBO Max Series Enlists Diane Ademu-John as New Showrunner

The “Dune” television series prequel at HBO Max has found its new showrunner. Variety has learned exclusively that Diane Ademu-John has boarded “Dune: The Sisterhood” in the role of writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Jon Spaihts had previously been attached to run the series, but he stepped down in November 2019 to focus on writing the script for the second of the “Dune” reboot films.
Read more: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/dune-tv-series-hbo-max-showrunner-diane-ademu-john-1235024854/?source=Snapzu

'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Season 11, 'Love Life' Season 2 to Premiere by End of 2021

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 11 and “Love Life” Season 2 will both premiere by the end of 2021, AT&T chief Jon Stankey revealed Thursday. The 11th season of Larry David’s HBO comedy was ordered in June 2020, two months after Season 10 concluded. Anthology series “Love Life” was renewed for a second season shortly after it debuted with the launch of HBO Max last May. While the show’s first installment starred Anna Kendrick, the second will be led by “The Good Place” alum William Jackson Harper.
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/curb-your-enthusiasm-season-11-premiere-date-hbo-love-life-season-2-hbo-max/?source=Snapzu

Dune - Official Main Trailer

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Manifest Lives? Netflix, NBC Reportedly Eyeing Series; Rake Responds

What a difference a month makes! Reports are NBC & Netflix are in discussions to bring Manifest back as series creator Jeff Rake responds.
Read more: https://bleedingcool.com/tv/manifest-lives-netflix-nbc-reportedly-eyeing-series-rake-responds/?source=Snapzu

Will The Rock Return To Fast And Furious For The Last Two Movies? Here’s What He Said

Dwayne Johnson has sounded off on whether we’ll see him back in the main Fast & Furious film series.
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White House has held talks with Fox News over its Covid-19 coverage

There have been regular, high-level conversations between the White House and Fox News regarding their coverage of the pandemic and vaccines, a source familiar with the talks tells CNN.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/20/politics/white-house-fox-news-vaccines/index.html?source=Snapzu

First It Was An Assassin's Creed Expansion, Now It's Ubisoft's 8 Year Nightmare

A few people said it was cursed. Others simply had no idea what they were supposed to be making. “Nobody knew what the fuck they were doing,” said one former developer.
Read more: https://kotaku.com/first-it-was-an-assassins-creed-expansion-now-its-ubis-1847326742?source=Snapzu

'Woodstock 99' Documentary Clip: That 'Mud'? It's Shit

HBO’s Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage focuses on infamous music festival
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Robby Steinhardt Dies: Violinist, Founding Member Of Rock Band Kansas Was 71

Robby Steinhardt, the violinist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Kansas, died Saturday several months after seeming to recover from acute septic shock at a Tampa hospital following a case of p…
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HBO's The Last Of Us may be one of the most expensive shows ever made

In a local Alberta CTV news story discussing the filming of HBO’s The Last Of Us and the effect it has already had on small businesses in the province, one line raises eyebrows: a little detail about the massive budget. The post-apocalyptic video game series adaptation will apparently cost much more than $10 million dollars per episode, with a total budget in the hundred of millions, according to IATSE 212 president Damian Petti.
Read more: https://www.avclub.com/hbos-the-last-of-us-series-might-be-one-of-the-most-exp-1847326538?source=Snapzu

Exterminate! Exterminate! Why it’s time for Doctor Who to die

Three series is the usual tenure for an actor playing the Doctor, so rumours are rife that Jodie Whittaker is about to step down. Michaela Coel, Olly Alexander and Richard Ayoade are among those tipped for the role. But what if, instead of a new Doctor, the show actually needs something a doctor might prescribe to an exhausted patient – a rest.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jul/20/exterminate-exterminate-why-its-time-for-doctor-who-to-die?source=Snapzu

Loki is as queer as Disney’s ever been — that’s just math

Disney is notorious for pushing its queer characters to the sidelines. Sometimes you can barely tell if they’re there at all, like Oaken’s maybe-husband in Frozen, or LeFou’s longing for Gaston in the live-action Beauty and the Beast. Then there are more prominent side characters in Disney-owned properties, like Joe Russo’s cameo in Avengers: Endgame, or the background lesbian kiss in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that could be easily edited out.
Read more: https://www.polygon.com/22584338/loki-queer-future-disney?source=Snapzu

CNN announces CNN+, 'most important launch for network since Ted Turner'

CNN is hiring hundreds of people and developing dozens of programs for a subscription streaming service that will launch early next year. The new venture, called CNN+, was formally announced on Monday morning. It will exist side by side with CNN's existing television networks and will feature eight to twelve hours of live programming a day.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/media/cnn-plus-launch/index.html?source=Snapzu

‘Framing Britney Spears’ Filmmakers Peel Back the Layers of Conservatorship Battle: “There’s So Much More to the Story”

"I hope that what our documentary did is contribute to this idea that we should start listening to Britney and believing her," says Samantha Stark who, along with Liz Day, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter after Spears' second court appearance about the pair's ongoing work on the case and possible follow-up to their explosive documentary.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/framing-britney-spears-filmmak-layers-of-conservatorship-battle-more-story-1234983613/?source=Snapzu

Tadej Pogacar wins 2nd straight Tour de France

Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for a second straight year after a mostly ceremonial final stage to the Champs-Elysees on Sunday in cycling’s biggest race.
Read more: https://www.nbcnebraskascottsbluff.com/2021/07/18/slovenian-tadej-pogacar-wins-his-second-straight-tour-de-france/?source=Snapzu