Patty Jenkins has never understood why people want to mess with Wonder Woman. To take the glorious Amazonian goddess, with her tiara and bracelets, her breastplate and hot pants, and try to make her modern or human or somehow more “real” simply made no sense. “I always wanted it to stay a very simple origin story,” Jenkins said. “I believe in Wonder Woman and the true spirit of Wonder Woman, […]
Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” is sailing into first place at the domestic box office this weekend, but the story the numbers dictate is not one of swashbuckling heroics. Johnny Depp’s fifth outing as Jack Sparrow is looking at a three-day total of $62.2 million from 4,276 locations, and a four-day holiday weekend sum of $77 million. If not for international appeal, that would be […]
With the prizes given out, the bags packed and the hangovers kicking in, the 70th Cannes Film Festival has drawn to a close. This year's top prize went to surprise winner The Square, a Swedish film about the sometimes bonkers art world and how we can best help others. Cannes has seen dozens of film premieres and parties, and red carpet appearances from the likes of Rihanna, Bella Hadid and […]
Apple is reportedly working on a dedicated artificial intelligence chip that would power AI-related tasks on mobile devices, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The chip, which may be called the Apple Neural Engine, would be used to offload tasks that require sophisticated algorithms related to facial and speech recognition and augmented reality tasks that rely heavily on computer vision. This chip could improve the device’s overall battery […]
Heat Vision went on an early scouting mission to James Cameron's long-awaited attraction, which opens to the public Saturday. If you've passed through the gates of Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom Park, you're familiar with the signposts pointing toward exotic locales like Africa and Asia. Enter the Florida park now, though, and you'll notice those signs have added a new directional arrow, one leading to the fictional land of Pandora. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxVsqngf9yE Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie offer a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their upcoming LP, Buckingham/McVie, in a new short documentary. The album arrives June 9th. The brief documentary shows an inside look at the duo's studio sessions, which also prominently featured bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass, respectively. Buckingham and McVie recorded the album at Village Studios in Los Angeles, where […]
A humanoid Jabba the Hutt? Pink Death Star walls? A galaxy far, far away originally looked just a little different, 40 years ago... as we know, thanks to a Marvel comic. 40 years ago Thursday, Star Wars was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world for the first time. Except, not all of the world was entirely unsuspecting. Indeed, a small number of comic book fans had a good idea of what […]
After 12 seasons, fans of NBC’s “The Voice” know to watch the premiere carefully. Producers stack the first episode of “blind auditions” with exceptionally talented singers — with especially intriguing backstories — to hook viewers as soon as the show begins. It’s a clear signal that contestants in the premiere have a good chance to go far in the competition. On Tuesday night, Chris Blue (a 26-year-old worship leader from Knoxville, Tenn.) walked […]
From fiery feuds to an unexpected romance, the new 'Thrones' trailer comes packed with imagery sure to satisfy until this summer's season seven premiere. The great war is here — and so is the great trailer for Game of Thrones' seventh season. Months and months after Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) set sail for Westeros, viewers are finally getting their best look yet at what the Mother of Dragons' looming arrival […]
