The Interactive Advertising Bureau has slated the NewFronts for May 3 to 6, with Amazon replacing Hulu at the annual week of digital ad pitches. As was the case with last year’s NewFronts, which were pushed to the end of June by the coronavirus pandemic, all presentations this year will be online. The week after
When a user account becomes locked out, the cause is often attributed to a user who has simply entered an old or incorrect password too many times. However, this is far from being the only thing that can cause an account to become locked. Another common cause, for example, is an application or script that
The Cadillac Three frontman Jaren Johnston sits alone on a dark stage in Sturgis, S.D., through most of the trio’s “Long After Last Call” music video. The newly released clip brings awareness to a cause that necessitated this sparse treatment. The “Long After Last Call” video was intended to tell a story and include drummer
Oppo Find X3 Pro is getting a software update that enables an adaptive refresh rate of between 1Hz and 120Hz. Oppo initially teased the presence of adaptive refresh rate on the Find X3 Pro, though it wasn’t provided at the time of the official launch last week. The smartphone is designed to recognise which app
Zach Bryan… singer, songwriter… poet? Lots of people have said that Zach’s songs are really poems set to music (he even sold T-Shirts a while back saying so), but this pivot by Zach to open the doors and let us hear his writing not constrained by melodies, phrasing and music is every bit as unexpected
X-Men ended up being a surprise inspiration for Disney XD’s DuckTales. The executive producer and showrunner for the series, Francisco Angones and Matt Youngberg, told Vulture about how Chris Claremont’s run with Marvel’s mutants influenced their approach. Now, the 90s versions of the superheroes have enjoyed a lot of time in the sun lately with
Breaking News Yaphet Kotto — the longtime actor known for his roles in “Midnight Run,” “Alien” and “Live and Let Die” — died Monday near Manila in the Philippines … according to his wife. Yaphet’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, announced his death on Facebook, saying … “This is a very painful moment for me to inform
Marv Wolfman, the legendary comics writer behind The New Teen Titans and Crisis on Infinite Earths, took to social media today to praise the work of filmmaker Zack Snyder and his team, who brought Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and Deathstroke (Joe Manganiello), a pair of characters Wolfman co-created with collaborator George Perez, to life in the
Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. After years of anticipation and fan-led campaigns, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is finally set to premiere on HBO Max. The thrilling DC superhero
I’ve never successfully figured out what to do with pressed flowers. I don’t tend to save the petals of flowers I buy — and I’m a big believer in treating yourself to a bouquet anytime you please — but flowers from special occasions I have saved. I’m feeling extremely inspired by these pressed flower bookmarks
On Tuesday night, authorities reported that a mass shooter had gone on a rampage in the Atlanta area, targeting three massage parlors and spas in the process. The shooter, Robert Long, killed eight people, including six Asian women. The news was met with an outpouring of grief on social media Tuesday, with many placing the
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is almost here! And you know what that means: it’s time to start thinking about the next project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe canon. Hey, Marvel has no one to blame but themselves for its audience always looking forward to the next thing. You play with post-credit scenes, sometimes
The US central bank has raised expectations of a faster recovery from the coronavirus crisis, signalling it will allow the economy to run hot to drive a recovery in employment. The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate pegged to near zero following its latest policy meeting. But the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) guided,
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to explore enacting a rent freeze on residential units with expired or soon-to-expire affordability covenants like the one at Hillside Villa Apartments, which the city is hoping to purchase to prevent significant rent increases. “The city is at risk of losing thousands of affordability
A man accused of killing eight people at three spas in Atlanta has told police he had a sex addiction and was trying to eliminate the temptation he thought the businesses posed, say authorities. Robert Aaron Long, 21, was arrested and charged after seven women, six of whom were of Asian descent, and one man
The health secretary has played down criticism from Dominic Cummings, who described the Department of Health and Social Care as a “smoking ruin” in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Matt Hancock said the UK’s rollout of COVID-19 jabs was a “huge team effort” by the health department, the vaccine taskforce and the NHS
Korean media group Next Entertainment World has partnered with L.A.’s Library Pictures International, signing a three-year co-financing slate for the production of Korean-language films. A “global local-language content financier focused on industry-leading storytelling,” Library is looking, with NEW, to capitalize on opportunities in the world’s fifth-largest film market, cultivating a diverse set of projects with
Email security firm Mimecast on Tuesday revealed that the state-sponsored SolarWinds hackers who broke into its internal network also downloaded source code out of a limited number of repositories. “The threat actor did access a subset of email addresses and other contact information and hashed and salted credentials,” the company said in a write-up detailing
Amythyst Kiah‘s new “Black Myself” music video finds a bit of universality in her experiences. The singer-songwriter’s new clip shows how the feelings and experiences about which she sings are those of other people of color, too. Directed by Kwaku Otchere and choreographed by Aysha Upchurch, Kiah’s “Black Myself” music video features dancer Des Polk, who masterfully
Samsung Galaxy A52, Galaxy A52 5G, and Galaxy A72 were unveiled on Wednesday. All three phones come with an IP67-certified dust- and water-resistant design. The Galaxy A52 models and Galaxy A72 also feature quad rear cameras as well as a hole-punch display design. Samsung claims that its new Galaxy A-series phones deliver up to two