The Walkman, Forty Years On

The gadget that taught the world to socially distance.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-walkman-forty-years-on?source=Snapzu

Time to ride the future

Advertisement that was banned in France.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/kxh/time-to-ride-the-future?source=Snapzu

Why Removing Blackface Episodes Is ‘Just Trying to Band-Aid Over History’

When Tina Fey
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/blackface-episodes-pulled-30-rock-golden-girls-community-1234694796/?source=Snapzu

VanMoof’s e-bike ad banned in France for creating a "climate of anxiety"

VanMoof, the Dutch electric bicycle brand, is officially too hot for (French) television. The company’s first TV advertisement was banned in France for its negative portrayal of car traffic and pollution. The commercial was rejected by France’s advertising regulatory authority, ARPP, because it “discredit[s] the automobile sector [...] while creating a climate of anxiety.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/30/21308117/vanmoof-ebike-ad-banned-france-cars-climate-change?source=Snapzu

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.
Read more: https://www.ibtimes.com/quentin-tarantino-names-his-best-movie-past-decade-2986373?source=Snapzu

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