It's the end of an era on Sesame Street: The man who has given voice and life to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for nearly 50 years is hanging up his big orange legs. Caroll Spinney, 84, has performed the roles since the show's very first episode in 1969. He had met Jim Henson at a puppetry festival in 1962, and Henson invited him to be a part of this […]
Google has taken the idea of Rock Band and Guitar Hero and pushed it one step further, creating an intelligent controller that lets you improvise on the piano and makes it sound like you actually know what you're doing, no matter how unskilled you are. The controller is called Piano Genie, and it comes from Google's Magenta research project. Powered by a neural network trained on classical piano music, Piano Genie translates what you tap out on […]
e're currently in the dead zone of Marvel films. It's been three months since Ant Man & the Wasp and there are still five months until Captain Marveldebuts. That's a lifetime for MCU fans. In the meantime, all there is to do is debate theories and rumors about what is going to happen next. Over on the r/Marvelstudios subreddit, fans are arguing over the validity of a detailed description of the upcoming Avengers 4 trailer. One […]
The filmmaker behind the $1.3 billion hit is expected to begin penning the follow-up next year, say sources. Ryan Coogler is going back to Wakanda. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the filmmaker behind Marvel's landmark Black Panther has quietly closed a deal to write and direct the sequel. While the move was expected — Marvel wanted to keep the creative team as intact as possible and a sequel was never in any real doubt […]
It has been nearly five years since Disney and Netflix teamed up to launch a suite of Marvel TV series based on characters in The Defenders, and after two seasons Iron Fist is ending its run. There's no word on whether or not the character will come to Disney's (name still TBA) streaming service when that launches, but Deadline reports what the companies said in a joint statement: "We're thankful to the fans who have watched these two […]
Disney fans across the world might be filled with anticipation after watching the new trailer for the live-action Aladdin remake, but not everyone is thrilled. After watching the trailer, one of the original co-writers of the animated film, Terry Rossio, has taken to Twitter to voice his concerns. Noticing something about the trailer that seemed all too familiar for the screenwriter, Rossio couldn't help but feel slighted about the fact that Disney couldn't […]
Brie Larson, who is set to star as Captain Marvel in next year's standalone origin film, has denied reports that she has signed on to a seven-film deal for "multiple franchises" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As originally reported, Brie Larson was said to earn "some $5 million for next year's Captain Marvel movie" and was able to secure that payday by signing on long-term with Marvel. Brie Larson took to Twitter to deny these […]
David and Krystall are still a (secret!) item. In this exclusive scene from tonight’s installment of Criminal Minds, Gail O’Grady reprises her role as Krystall Richards, the ex-wife of David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) who just can’t quit him. And it’s clear that David is in no hurry to share the news with his team. “What I don’t want is the whole team weighing in, just yet,” David tells Krystall in tonight’s […]
With NBCUniversal's help, the struggling social media giant preps more than a dozen original series for its 188 million users as it muscles into a crowded market. It's a sweltering mid-September afternoon in Altadena, California, but the Mountain View Mortuary has come alive with actors dressed in period garb. Director Suzi Yoonessi is about to yell "cut" on a pivotal scene for the new dark comedy The Dead Girls Detective Agency, […]
