Dell is unveiling a convertible version of its popular XPS 13 laptop today at the Consumer Electronics Show. While the CES surprise leaked out a little early yesterday, the new Dell XPS 2-in-1 still has some surprises in store for fans of the original. Just like the regular XPS 13, Dell’s 2-in-1 version uses an InfinityEdge display with just a 5.2mm border. Dell is claiming this makes its 2-in-1 the […]
Among 'La La Land's' fellow awards contenders, Denzel Washington's 'Fences,' 'Hidden Figures' and '20th Century Women' continue to impress. Gareth Edwards' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story rocked the relatively quiet New Year's Eve box office, grossing roughly $14.5 million on Saturday as it topped the $400 million mark in North America on its way to becoming the No. 2 release of 2016 behind fellow Disney release Finding Dory. For […]
The Kinks' Ray Davies received a knighthood Saturday for his service to the arts as part of Queen Elizabeth's annual New Year Honours list. "Initially I felt a mixture of surprise, humility, joy and a bit embarrassed but after thinking about it, I accept this for my family and fans as well as everyone who has inspired me to write," Davies said of the honor in a statement (via the […]
From prestige dramas about prejudice and tragedy to Vin Diesel motorbiking off a moving bus, here's what you'll be seeing over the next month Ah yes, January – when Oscar hopefuls platforming into wide release meets the sort of stuff that studios treat like dumpster fires. (Monster Trucks, coming soon to a theater near you!) But this upcoming month has more to offer than you might assume, with a number […]
The daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she carved out her own idiosyncratic career as a truth-telling Hollywood wit. Carrie Fisher, the actress and writer best known for her iconic role as Star Wars’ Princess Leia, died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack four days earlier while onboard a flight from London to Los Angeles. She was 60. Family spokesperson Simon Halls confirmed the news to The Hollywood […]
The performer died of heart failure, according to his longtime manager. George Michael has died of heart failure, according to the singer's longtime manager, Michael Lippman. The English singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame with the group Wham! in the 1980s was found Christmas morning, says Lippman. "It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at […]
No one could ever accuse Spencer Krug of a taking a languorous approach to his music. Over the last decade, the Canadian singer-songwriter’s output has been torrential: he’s released something like 20 albums and EPs, under an impressive variety of names. The most famous is Wolf Parade, a Montreal quartet whose very name can cause a certain kind of Pitchfork-scouring music fan’s heart to skip a beat: look online and […]
Rogue One was the first live-action Star Wars film not to feature an opening crawl, with the filmmakers noting that the movie itself draws inspiration from the crawl to the original 1977 Star Wars. But after viewing Rogue One, one fan felt inspired to create his own, spending about an hour after his Thursday night screening to craft the words and then using an online tool to put it all […]
What do you get the man who has everything? If you're billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, finding a Christmas present might be challenging - so instead he built himself one. Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook back in 2004, has revealed the first version of an artificial intelligence (AI) platform he created to help run his home. Named Jarvis, after the fictional AI in the Iron Man film series, Zuckerberg's assistant was […]
