Amazon and Apple may have reached a truce. The tech giants, who are increasingly competing for customers’ time, eyeballs and money, are close to an agreement to bring an Amazon video app to Apple’s Apple TV set-top box, according to people familiar with the two companies. Amazon employees expect the app to show up on Apple’s hardware in the third quarter of the year. That move would allow Amazon Prime […]
Lots of spoilers, as we dissect the latest episode of Doctor Who series 10, Knock Knock... There’s a bit towards the end of the Sylvester McCoy Doctor Who story, The Curse Of Fenric, that always moves me. I don’t want to spoil the exact nature of it, not least because it’s a moment that hits you all the harder if you don’t see it coming. Just that it involves Ace, […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP9lmvrFqWM We’re months out from the premiere of Marvel’s Inhumans in IMAX theaters, but the seeds of betrayal have already been planted. After EW revealed the first look at Black Bolt and the Royal Family in the ABC comic book series, the first teaser trailer has arrived — and it prickles with treachery. “Are we supposed to follow our king and remain as silent as he is?” asks the voice of Maximus, […]
Brad Pitt has opened up for the first time about his divorce from Angelina Jolie, admitting to heavy drinking and pot smoking and a lifetime of cutting himself off emotionally from others. The 53-year-old actor told GQ Style in an extensive interview released on Wednesday that he had quit drinking, was undergoing therapy, and that he and Jolie were committed to resolving matters amicably and privately. “I just started therapy,” […]
“Fate of the Furious” will hit the road after three weekends in first place. Enter “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” which is set to kick off the summer box office with a bang. The latest from Disney and Marvel should blast off to a domestic opening in the range of $150 million to $170 million. A more conservative estimate from the studio pegged the opening at $140 million and […]
May 4 marks "May the Fourth be with you," the official "holiday" dedicated to George Lucas' galaxy far, far away. The pun was first used back in 1979, with Britain's Conservative Party congratulating Margaret Thatcher in print for taking the prime minister post that day. According to Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper, the first organized "Star Wars" event on May 4 took place in 2011 at the Toronto Underground Cinema. […]
For some people, the most painful PC problems are self-inflicted. Ordinary mortals who don't have an engineering degree or 10 years of experience on the help desk sometimes unwittingly install unwanted or even malicious software, and the results can range from annoying to catastrophic. One way to reduce those support calls dramatically is to lock down Windows 10 so users can't install new software unless it comes from a trusted […]
The showdown The Flash fans have been waiting for will finally come to fruition during Tuesday’s episode: Vibe vs. Killer Frost. With Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) on death’s door, Team Flash was recently forced to unleash her villainous alter ego, Killer Frost, thus turning their former ally into an icy foe, hell-bent on making them all pay. “Obviously her meta powers have severely messed with her mind, so it’s not like […]
The wait is over! Netflix just released the first full trailer for House of Cards' highly anticipated fifth season, one month before its May 30 release date, and it is chilling. In the clip above, Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood campaigns to retain his presidency, no matter what. "The American people don’t know what’s best for them,” Underwood says in a voice-over narration to his wife, Claire, played by Robin Wright. […]
