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io9Books & ComicsThe Arrowverse Brings Back Diggle, But Not in the Way You’d Think
When we last saw John Diggle (David Ramsey), he had regained his family, and come across a mighty mysterious but also mighty familiar box with some sort of glowing green object inside (cough, Green Lantern ring, cough). We’ve known Diggle would be returning to take a tour of the CW’s other DC shows—except now there … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetAT&T and Discovery Are Reportedly in Talks to Combine Content to Take on Disney and Netflix
AT&T and Discovery Inc. may soon join forces to improve their chances against leading competitors like Netflix and Disney in the streaming wars. According to multiple reports, the two companies are in talks to merge Discovery’s reality TV empire with AT&T’s catalog of cable channels and other media holdings to create a new entertainment entity. … Continued
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io9Doctor Who Audio Adventure Starring John Barrowman and David Tennant Canceled
It’s only been two days since the Doctor Who immersive experience Time Fracture announced actor John Barrowman’s role as Jack Harkness would be removed from the exhibition. Now, another upcoming Barrowman project has disappeared. The audio adventure publisher Big Finish has canceled the upcoming series Torchwood: Absent Friends, which would have reunited Harkness and the … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsTCL’s First Absolutely Massive TVs Are Officially Here
After being teased at CES earlier this year, TCL has officially announced pricing and availability for its monster 80-inch-plus displays. You know, for those of us who want our screens to effectively take up an entire wall in our homes. TCL’s so-called XL Collection for 85-inch displays and above is its first for frankly outrageously … Continued
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io9John Barrowman Removed From Doctor Who Immersive Experience in Wake of Allegations
After actor Noel Clarke was accused by over 20 women of engaging in repeated incidents of sexual harassment on set and off during his career—including his time playing Mickey Smith on Doctor Who—fellow co-star John Barrowman was also embroiled in accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior. Now, it seems like the BBC is starting to take … Continued
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io9MoviesAqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse, and The Venture Bros. Are All Getting New Movies
Some of your favorite weird, unforgettable animated shows are coming back in a major way. Adult Swim just announced it’s producing feature length films based on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse and The Venture Bros. The films will first be released on Blu-ray and VOD then, 90 days later, premiere on HBO Max and Adult … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityA Hacker Gang Has Been Trying to Extort D.C. Police for $4 Million
A ransomware gang, Babuk Locker, has been attempting to extort the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. for $4 million, but negotiations between the cops and the criminals recently collapsed, leaked documents appear to show. Several weeks ago, the cybercriminal group announced that it had stolen the MPD’s data—some 250GB that included thousands of pages … Continued
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io9A New Stranger Things 4 Teaser Reminds Us Eleven Isn’t the Only Powerful Being
Hard to believe it’s been almost two years since we spent time with the kids from Hawkins, Indiana on Netflix’s Stranger Things. Harder to believe still that it was over a year ago Netflix released the first teaser for the upcoming fourth season, which saw Sheriff Hopper (David Harbour) in Russia, just where we assumed … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsSlow-Mo Footage Reveals the Unique Way Plasma TVs Displayed a Single Frame of Video
As fun as it is to watch things go boom in slow motion, high-speed cameras are more useful as educational and research tools, revealing phenomena that are otherwise imperceptible to the naked human eye, like the weird way old plasma TVs would display a single frame of video by flashing various parts of the image … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsLegends of Tomorrow’s Jes Macallan Talks Ava Sharpe Stepping Up and Missing Sara Lance
It’s Jes Macallan’s time in the spotlight! As Legends of Tomorrowenters its sixth season, Sara Lance is on a spaceship far, far away as an alien captive. With the team without a leader, Ava Sharpe is stepping up. Much like her character, Macallan, is taking charge behind the camera with her first directorial experience on … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetHulu Finally Gets Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and More New Channels
You’d be forgiven if you had forgotten by now that Hulu announced back in January that a slate of new ViacomCBS channels was coming to its live TV service. They’re finally here. Nine new channels will hit the Hulu with Live TV service beginning today, a spokesperson confirmed to Gizmodo. Those will include BET, CMT, … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetReport: HBO Max With Ads Will Cost You $10 a Month
HBO Max’s ad-supported tier will officially launch in June, according to CNBC. The plan will cost $10 a month, about $5 less than what you’d pay for the ad-free version of HBO Max or what you’d pay to bundle it into a YouTube TV or cable subscription. HBO’s parent company, WarnerMedia, said that it would … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in May
Though movie theaters are starting to allow patrons these days, the safer option remains streaming. Those who choose to stay home and stream are constantly rewarded with so much new content it’s mind-boggling. At the start of each month, most streamers—Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking … Continued
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io9A Black Lady Sketch Show Season 2 Is Surviving the Apocalypse With a Twist
While A Black Lady Sketch Show’s best joke of season one was actually the slow-burn, apocalyptic narrative stringing all of the different sketches together, the finale’s cliffhanger left a rather important question looming over the series’ future: how the hell do you keep that story going? The season two premiere looks like it just answered. … Continued
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io9MoviesRobin Thede Zombie Film Killing It Is Shaun of the Dead Meets Girls Trip
Comedian Robin Thede (former host of BET talk show The Rundown with Robin Thede) and creator of the A Black Lady Sketch Show is teaming up with Amazon Studios for a new horror comedy film, Killing It. Thede wrote the script and will produce it through her production company, For Better or Words. Variety describes … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetThose HBO Max Numbers Aren’t What They Seem
HBO Max would probably very much like you to believe that its subscriber numbers are ballooning, but a bit of fudging on parent company AT&T’s part makes it difficult to pin down exactly how well the service is actually scaling. In its Q1 earnings report released this week, the company cited “first-quarter results that showed … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetWhat Exactly Is Paramount’s Plan for Showtime, Anyway?
So, what the heck is the plan, Paramount? That’s the question being raised by a new investigation from Insider, which paints a picture of uncertainty from within Showtime about the company’s ability to weather the streaming wars. Speaking with two former Showtime employees and three individuals identified as being close to Showtime, Insider reported that … Continued
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io9MoviesAttack the Block‘s Joe Cornish Has Decided to Make Mark Millar’s Starlight Into a Movie, of All Things
The three movies Joe Cornish has directed have been the incredible Attack the Block, the serviceable The Kid Who Would Be King, and the long-awaited upcoming adaptation of Neal Stepherson’s Snow Crash. So, sure, why not have his next movie be about an old, grumpy John Carter wannabe, who’s called in for one last mission … Continued
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