Yesterday, I bought a 12″ MacBook, and after playing with it for 10 minutes, I immediately knew that I made the right decision. 24 hours later, I’m convinced that this is the best laptop for me, and a much better portable workhorse than something like a 12.9″ iPad Pro. Here are 10 reasons why you should consider going with a MacBook if you’re in the market for something powerful, yet portable....
Soap operas are known for being outlandish and at times, unbelievable. It’s what makes them so fun to watch. Amnesia, long lost siblings and characters never really staying dead are all hallmarks of daytime drama. However, in the middle of all the craziness, we do need a few small things to still make sense. As TV’s longest-running soap opera, General Hospital has had its share of surprising super couples, characters returning with new faces and even a visit from an actual alien....
The gang of four on Seinfeld has done some pretty awful things to one another. Being bad roommates sure is one of them. If they gave awards for terrible roommates, Kramer would make the cut. George isn’t so pleasant himself, neither is Jerry. As for Elaine, the less said, the better. Get someone to pee on your couch, fight for your keys, have your neighbor suffer from the red lights, enter a fogged apartment....
The United States Supreme Court is set to take on Samsung’s appeal over Apple’s design patent case in two months, and today Apple has submitted an amicus brief with support from 111 famed designers ahead of the trial. Prominent names featured in the amicus brief supporting Apple include Dieter Rams, Calvin Klein, and Lord Norman Foster who is the designer behind Apple’s Campus 2 project. The Supreme Court is scheduled to take on Samsung’s appeal of the ruling in favor of Apple on October 11th....
[SPOILERS for 13 Reasons Why season 1 ahead.] - 13 Reasons Why will keep the same narrator format for its second season, but Hannah Baker won’t take on that role. The first season of Netflix’s controversial 13 Reasons Why, followed Hannah as she narrated the last few days of her life, documenting the events that lead to her decision to commit suicide. The show was made up of a mixture of scenes that took place in the present, after Hannah’s death, and in the past, with Hannah featuring in flashbacks....
Hollywood is in the superhero business. Sure, other genres are still in the blockbuster mix here and there, but for now, superheroes reign supreme. Comic-book movie juggernauts like the Marvel Cinematic Universe are casting as many stars as they can get for gargantuan superhero team-ups, while 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise is snatching up new talent for more experimental projects like Deadpool, Logan, and The New Mutants. This heavy demand for talent in the superhero genre has led to a steady stream of casting controversies, snafus, and mishaps....
The X-Men have been through countless iterations since their creation by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby over fifty years ago. Serving as an allegory about racism from their inception, the team pushed boundaries as Marvel’s most diverse group. Because mutant powers manifest around puberty, the book was able to explore adolescence in a way as yet unseen in comics. Cast out of society, these misfits formed an ersatz family. With epic storylines traversing generations, often taking us from past to future and back again, the X-Men have never lacked for good stories....
Monster movie fans got a surprise last week when Star Wars: Rogue One director Gareth Edwards dropped out of Warner Bros.’ Godzilla 2, the sequel to the big-budget reimagining of the classic Japanese kaiju feature he had helmed to great success only a few years earlier. The move was received curiously throughout the industry, which had pegged Edwards as a rising new talent largely based on his having turned the notoriously difficult to manage (particularly in the West) Godzilla franchise into a box office success in the U....
The contemporary culture of the 1980s was a whole world of difference away from the 2010s, and Cheers feels incredibly dated when you consider a lot of its jokes. While the series is ageless in its legacy, the younger fanbase of today will definitely have a hard time swallowing some of Cheers’ pills. Mainly, it’s because people have become more sensitive to certain things nowadays, and without the context of living in the 1980s or being aware of the culture at the time, these 10 jokes have aged very poorly indeed....
“Based on a true story” the movie’s blurb reads. Well, there is based on and there is" true to". No movie is going to get it 100 percent right. And sometimes a movie gets the history right, but maybe deviates from the actual story. And it’s true to say that some movies are more accurate than others. Take an iconic film like The Sound of Music. It makes the Reader’s Digest list of the most inaccurate movies of all time....
The original Jurassic Park was adapted from a novel that has a surprising amount of horror in it. Author Michael Crichton studied extensively to practice medicine, and it showed. The source material is full of disturbingly graphic detail. And its 1993 adaptation, though friendly towards younger audiences, was unafraid to display genuine frights. Even though The Lost World: Jurassic Park transformed the DNA of the series, those traces of horror sometimes remained....
Just when you thought that the Marvel Cinematic Universe couldn’t get any more crowded, Disney goes ahead and buys out Fox. Back when Marvel was in dire straits, the company sold off many of their properties. These days, the comic publishing house is a powerhouse and thanks to Disney, most of Marvel’s beloved characters are back under one roof. One of the most exciting teams returning to the fold is, of course, the X-Men....
Since its second season, EastSiders has been featuring drag queens in what was already a very exciting LGBTQ+ cast. For its fourth and final season – which was picked up by Netflix for exclusive streaming rights – EastSiders brought back several beloved drag queens to the small screen, including RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Willam, Manila Luzon, and Katya, Dragula Season 2 winner Biqtch Puddin’, and Peruvian-born L.A. queen Martha BeatChu. Talk about a reunion!...
TJ Hooker ran from 1982-1986, starring William Shatner as the tough titular character. Hooker and his partner, Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed) took on the streets as uniformed patrolmen, frequently alongside Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear) and later, Jim Corrigan (James Darren). They dealt with crime, personal problems and just about anything else you’d expect in a police drama. Still, while this series can blend into its competition from time to time, it’s still worth watching, if only to catch Shatner’s performance which ranged from rugged to witty depending on the episode....
Employee advocacy—the promotion of a company that an individual works at—can supercharge brand awareness, sales leads and talent acquisition on any channel. In this article, let’s dive into why it’s time to start your strategy, and 10 tips to help you get started. Why is LinkedIn employee advocacy right for your social strategy? 10 tips to master advocacy on LinkedIn Tip 1: Optimize your LinkedIn page Tip 2: Set goals for your strategy Tip 3: Sort your stakeholders Tip 4: Curate content and create copy Tip 5: Show employees what’s in it for them Tip 6: Onboard and train employees Tip 7: Set an internal promotion schedule Tip 8: Secure executive buy-in Tip 9: Measure, report and readjust Tip 10: Practice what you preach LinkedIn advocacy metrics...
Christmas came early yesterday for fans of Hellboy. Neil Marshall’s comic book monster flick dropped its first trailer, and the reactions have been mostly positive. Still, some fans couldn’t help but compare the new film to Guillermo Del Toro’s masterful take on the character. After all, Del Toro has one of the most interesting styles in Hollywood; one that earned him an Oscar last year. It’s easy to assume that the Hellboy reboot will be too close to his vision....
The second season of Marvel’s Daredevil may have shown traces of a sophomore slump, but it’s still a slick bit of television (Netflix-vision?) that perfectly encapsulates the MCU’s gritty side with some compelling drama to boot. The many, many ninja fight scenes don’t really hurt, either. But there’s always room to improve. Regardless of whether you loved season 2 or thought it was a pale imitation of what came before, here are 10 Ways to Make Daredevil Even Better in Season 3....
Errol Morris, an American documentary filmmaker and writer, is one of the most innovative and trendsetting narrative storytellers alive today. His documentaries set the standard for evidence-based, truth-seeking cinematic investigations. He has often been compared to German director Werner Herzog, another pioneer whose techniques have been copied and modified time and time again. Morris is responsible for two important contributions to documentaries: dramatic reenactments and conducting interviews with his subjects looking directly into the camera....
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While these top-tier gamers have accomplished impressive feats, there are gamers who fall into a smaller, but growing circle. In this blog post, we’re sharing 13 black Twitch streamers to watch. We’ve created a list of gamers from various parts of the world. They also represent a cross-section of Twitch’s gamer landscape. We’ve included small, medium and large channels, and share a little about what each streamer is all about....
