Spielberg's classic sci-fi film becomes a crime drama Steven Spielberg's Minority Report is being turned into a TV series, and Fox has just released its first trailer. Like the movie, Fox's show is about using people known as "precogs," who can more or less see the future, to help stop crimes before they're committed. However, the series is more of a sequel than a new take on the same material: […]
Fox announced Monday that "American Idol" would end next year after its 15th season, setting off a tsunami of gratitude from those whose lives had been changed by the show. Host Ryan Seacrest, who's been with "Idol" since he started as its co-host in 2002, confirmed that Harry Connick Jr., Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez would be back as judges for the final season and predicted he'd be a little […]
Six hit show creators, from 'House of Cards' to 'Good Wife,' gather for a heated, candid talk that reveals the state of opinion on Hollywood's touchiest subjects. This story first appeared in the May 22 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Just because the television business has made notable inroads in the realm of diversity this year doesn't mean the subject is […]
10 years ago, on April 23, 2005 the first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, showing co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo, was uploaded. Youtube has become the most popular video-sharing website worldwide. These are the three most watched videos on youtube: 1. Psy – 'Gangnam Style' - 2,307,000,000+ views Featuring Psy’s iconic horse-riding moves, “Gangnam Style” went viral overnight to become the most-watched video on YouTube […]
We know Daenerys is on a mission to regain the Iron Throne, and we think she’s totally capable. But we also think Arya Stark has a real shot at being queen too. She’s a warrior. She’s been knocked down so many times but she always keeps fighting. We’d gladly live under her rule. Here are some reasons why we all need to bow down to Arya: 1. She knows how […]
Black Widow gets all the headlines. Marvel’s resident super-assassin has had her honor besmirched twice now by Jeremy Renner; she’s still suffering from an extreme lack of merchandise compared to her fellow Avengers; and most importantly, she still hasn’t gotten her own standalone Marvel movie. But we have a suggestion that might avoid all of these controversies: Give Black Widow’s mystical counterpart and the newest Avenger, the Scarlet Witch, her […]
Historical, musical, and quantitative evidence shows that the rise of rap is the most important thing that has ever happened to the genre. On June 22, 1991, Billboard announced a new album had surpassed Out of Time, by R.E.M., to become the most popular in the country. It was Niggaz4life, by N.W.A., which had debuted the previous week at number 2 and sold nearly a million copies in its first […]
If you had any doubt that Blue Ivy is a mini-me version of Beyoncé, this recent Instagram should clear things up. Bey, who’s celebrating her fourth Mother’s Day as a mommy, shared two side-by-side photos: one throwback to the ’80s in which she’s standing with her mom, Tina Knowles, and a second where she’s with Blue. The similarities between the two are only accentuated by the fact that they’re sporting similar hairstyles, […]
JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is only seven months away from cinemas, and despite the film-maker’s reputation for holding his cards close to his chest, details are beginning to emerge. Thanks to the magic of the internet (and the magazine’s own leaks) we’d learned from the new issue of Vanity Fair thatLupita Nyongo’o plays a CGI pirate, Adam Driver is weird, lightsaber-wielding villain Kylo Ren, and JJ Abrams […]
