Martial artist turned actor Steven Seagal (Under Siege, Today You Die) has placed his 12-acre compound home in the Scottsdale, Arizona desert up for sale, according to AZfamily.com. Seagal’s listing is unusual because the custom-built property seems to suggest in reality he believes he’s one of his action-movie characters: The …
Read More »Roku Is Warning Customers YouTube TV App Might Disappear
Roku users may soon have issues finding YouTube TV on their devices. In an email sent to its YouTube TV users, Roku is now warning that the app may go dark. This is due to recent negotiations in which Google allegedly wants conspicuous placement for YouTube in all search results …
Read More »Disney Made A Real-Life Groot
James Gunn, who recently finished The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special script, has also shared on social media another surprise gift–footage of a Disney Imagineering project that has made a lifelike robotic Groot, able to walk and charmingly strut along. On Twitter, the writer/director said simply the invention is …
Read More »Apple Facing Lawsuit Over Who Owns The Rights To The Movies You "Buy"
U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez has rejected a motion to dismiss filed by Apple, who is currently under legal scrutiny from a class-action suit against how consumers “buy” or “rent” movies, TV shows, and other content in the iTunes Store. David Andino, the lead plaintiff in the case, is …
Read More »Generation Z Prefers Video Games To Watching TV And Movies
A new Deloitte Digital Media Trends survey is showing that Generation Z consumers in the United States (those currently between the ages of 14 and 24) are continuing a long-established trend of younger Americans losing interest in or placing less of a priority on watching TV, with 26% of those …
Read More »Hotel Transylvania Is Being Brought To Life In A Theme Park In Russia
After three years of work, Moscow’s Dream Island theme park is opening its Hotel Transylvania attraction for the first time, in anticipation of the upcoming fourth movie in the series, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The attraction will see guests welcomed inside the titular Hotel Transylvania, where they will be guided through …
Read More »Canada To Collect Digital Service Taxes From Netflix, Amazon Prime, And More
The cost of digital services and goods sold by foreign companies like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Spotify in Canada will be rising by 3% starting on January 1, 2022, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The announcement solidifies plans that were being publicly explored by the country’s finance department off and …
Read More »Rapper DMX Has Died At The Age Of 50
Earl Simmons, best known by the name DMX–short for Dark Man X–has died at the age of 50 from a heart attack. His family confirmed the passing Friday morning after a string of false reports circulated across social media Thursday night, with even his manager taking to Instagram to confirm …
Read More »Will.i.am Launches Smart Mask That Looks Like It's From A Cyberpunk Anime
Rapper and entrepreneur Will.i.am has teamed with Honeywell, the California-based multinational conglomerate that manufactures the pandemic-coveted N95 face masks, to roll out the even more coveted Xupermask–a “game-changing, high-concept face technology designed to help you meet face mask guidelines without compromising style.” In non-press release language, Xupermask (pronounced “supermask”) is …
Read More »YouTube Is Experimenting With Removing Public Dislike Numbers From Videos
YouTube’s most disliked videos of all time include classics like Justin Bieber’s Baby, Rebecca Black’s Friday, and the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare reveal trailer–but a new update may take away viewers’ ability to tell how many users disliked any given video. YouTube says it is currently testing the change, …
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