The movies that were the most pirated in 2015 may not come as much surprise–but how much they got pirated is sure to shock. Some of the biggest blockbusters at the box office this year proved just as popular among torrent users: “Furious 7,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Jurassic World” were the top three worldwide, according to piracy tracking firm Excipio, which monitored activity from the beginning of the […]
While HBO endlessly teases us about Jon Snow’s fate, here’s one of Ned Stark’s sons we can definitely say is coming back to Game of Thrones: Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) will return next season after spending a year off the show and EW has your first look photo below. We last saw Bran meeting the cave-dwelling mystical Three-Eyed Raven (now played by Max von Sydow) in the season 4 finale as […]
For decades, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister was the epitome of a rock and roll front man. He drank and smoked, he “slept with 1,000 women”, and did everything else that a rocker should do. In the end, it all had a toll. On Monday, it was reported that the Staffordshire-born founder and lead singer of the British metal band Motörhead had passed away. He was 70. Agent Andrew Goodfriend told the […]
Nolan wrote the screenplay for the war action adventure film. Christopher Nolan will direct WWII film Dunkirk, based on his own original screenplay. The action adventure film, set during the legendary 1940 evacuation in France, will be led by yet-to-be-cast unknowns but Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hardy are currently in talks to join the ensemble. The large scale film will be shot on a combination of IMAX 65mm and 65mm […]
It might be hard to believe, but the world’s first webpage is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. The inaugural webpage – launched by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web – officially went online on December 20, 1990. The website, which was hosted on Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer, was dedicated to the World Wide Web project and described the basic idea of the Internet as we know it. […]
The movie — relaunching the classic sci-fi franchise — achieves the milestone Tuesday at the North American box office. J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens is celebrating Tuesday by crossing the $300 million mark at the North American box office in only five days, the fastest in movie history. The Disney and Lucasfilm release — rebooting the marquee sci-fi franchise in Jedi-like fashion — finished Monday with a domestic […]
Johnny Depp is the most overpaid actor in Hollywood, according to a new report. The study, conducted by Forbes magazine, found that Depp - who is estimated to have annual earnings of around $30 million (£20 million) - returned just $1.20 for every $1 he was paid. The 52-year-old star took the unwanted crown after a string of box office failures that included Mortdecai, Transcendence and The Lone Ranger. Of […]
The films of Quentin Tarantino usually manage to draw their fair share of controversy, whether it's from the language (in particular, his use of the n-word) or via the stylized violence. Indeed, master composer Ennio Morricone reveals he too had to have a long think about how the director depicted bloodshed in his films. "I’ll say something I said to Quentin when he first came to Rome to visit me: […]
Last month, David Bowie unveiled the first song from his upcoming album, ★ (which is pronounced Blackstar), the nearly 10-minute title track, “Blackstar.” Now, as we approach the release date for the LP, he’s premiering a second song: “Lazarus.” You can listen to the cut, which clocks in at six and a half minutes, above. Like “Blackstar,” “Lazarus” slowly builds as ambient and jazz shadings collide over the musical landscape Bowie and […]
