Before television, there was radio. Since the 1920’s until the full development of television, radio has been the biggest thing. It was not only the main source of information, but it was also the main source of entertainment: popular songs, radio plays, comedic sketches and many more. Back then, people use to call the radio a work of sorcery and everybody who was anybody used the radio to promote and […]
HBO’s most-watched series, the medieval fantasy drama Game of Thrones, is likely to continue through three more seasons, a network executive said on Thursday, as he defended the show’s gritty violence. The sixth season is now being filmed. Executives have planned to run at least seven seasons and are discussing with the show’s creators how much longer the show will extend beyond that, according to Michael Lombardo, president of HBO […]
1. Not having read the books because they’re too big, Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) was told his character was going to die by a fan. 2. Dance also appeared in the Ali G movie, Ali G Indahouse, in which he wore a red PVC skirt and a leopard print top. Lovely. 3. Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Snow) made it down to the last two when auditioning for the role of Jon […]
These are the results: Taylor Swift / Emma Watson Emma Watson / Kristen Stewart Arnold Schwarzenegger / Colin Farrell Natalie Dormer / Emma Watson Nick Frost / Simon Pegg Natalie Dormer / Elsa Hosk Megan Fox / Angelina Jolie Elizabeth Olsen / Scarlett Johansson Peter Dinklage / Nikolaj Costa-Waldau (The Lannister brothers) Barbara Palvin / Cara Delevigne Robert Pattinson / James McAvoy Natalie Portman / Keira Knightley Hugh Jackman / Michael […]
Our cover model, Kylo Ren (played by Adam Driver) strikes a pose with his homemade lightsaber. It turns out, his true identity has been masked from us in more ways than one … Old friends, but in a new time and place. R2-D2 seems to have hardly changed, but C-3PO (played by Anthony Daniels) now sports an unexplained red arm. Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux, a cruel leader of The […]
This is the earliest Chinese book printed by the technique of polychrome xylography known asdouban invented and perfected by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言 (1584-1674). The method involves the use of multiple printing blocks which successively apply different coloured inks to the paper to reproduce the effect of watercolour painting. Great skill is required to achieve a convincing result, but the beautiful gradations of colour in this work have led to its […]
From nowhere, Marshall leaked plans for a smartphone called London, which it designed with all of the retro style and texture of one of its classic guitar amps. It's a seriously cool look for a smartphone that no one else has really tried before. That's enough to put it on our wish lists, even if the specs inside of it could use a bump. This is a lower-end phone, with […]
From Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, this new drama series is set in 1970s New York. A ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop, the show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, played by Bobby Cannavale, who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path. Additional […]
Filmed in Malta with a primarily European crew and cast, “By The Sea,” looks and sounds like it is heavily influenced by European cinema from the '60s and ‘70s by filmmakers like Luchino Visconti or Robert Rossellini. Jolie described the film as "an art film, the kind of movie that I like to see but not something I'm usually cast in," but the emotionally taxing relationship aspect of the film […]
