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The quality of YouTube's ad inventory has been a recurring refrain in 2017. Earlier in the year, brands engineered a boycott after learning that some of their spots ran next to videos from extremist groups. Then, in November, the presence of inappropriate, ad-enabled content intended for children triggered the suspension of more YouTube-based campaigns.

One of YouTube's responses to these controversies, according to a report from Business Insider, is a price hike. Sources say the video site will ask brands to commit more money to purchase exclusive space next to vetted content.

Business Insider's report, citing "people in the advertising industry who work with YouTube, help place ads on websites, or buy inventory for advertisers," said that the going rate for spots in the reserved media tier could go up by as much as 20%. In return, YouTube will ensure that the placements those clients pay for will come on videos that...

After Meek Mill was sentenced to two to four years in prison after violating the terms of his probation on a decade-old gun and drug charge by being arrested twice this year, a judge has denied his request for a bail hearing. In return, the rapper’s lawyers have filed additional documents to have the judge removed from the case.

Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court Judge Genece Brinkley made the decision on Friday and Mill’s attorneys filed their motion on Monday, according to court documents obtained by People.

The 30-year-old rapper “is and continues to be a danger to the community in Philadelphia,...

Simon Brew Nov 23, 2017

You may have read about review embargoes on big movies. But what are they, and how do they actually work?

If you’re social media inclined, then you may see ahead of the release of big movies a conversation going on as to when the ‘review embargo’ is going to drop. Furthermore, the timing of a review embargo then has a habit of being translated into an audit of how confident a studio is of a particular production.

But built into this is an inherent assumption about what embargoes are, and what they’re for. Appreciating, therefore, that many of you will know lots of this already, I did think it was worth mapping out the ins and outs of the embargo, and just who it’s for. Because it’s one of those things where one size doesn’t really fit all.

The basics

A review embargo is,...

Few things are better than free beauty products. Which is why we’ve teamed up with Bobbi Brown in order to score People readers three free lip glosses between 11/17 and 12/6. The only requirement? You just have to spend $65 on Bobbibrown.com using the code Peopleholiday.

In return for using the code, the brand’s Mini Lip Set (above), which contains clutch-friendly versions of the brand’s lip gloss in Bare Sparkle, their famous Crystal Lip Gloss, and Art Stick Liquid Lip in Uber Red will be included with your order. So to load your cart up with $65 worth of the best products,...

On Wednesday’s “Late Late Show,” Kim Kardashian told James Corden which of her famous sisters is the least fashionable. In return, the CBS host told her which of them he dislikes the most. All the insults were part of the late-night show’s “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts,” in which one must answer a highly personal question to avoid eating something disgusting, like bull penis. To steer clear of drinking a glass of bird saliva, Kim labeled Khloe Kardashian as the family’s worst-dressed. To avoid the same fate, Corden actually answered her query about his “least favorite” member of her.

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Jennifer Lopez gets down with Dm. On Friday, the singer released her latest track “Amor, Amor, Amor” and decided to promote it in a unique, but very modern way: She asked her fans to post a screenshot of themselves listening to the tune on social media. In return, she’d shoot the lucky few a direct message.

“Tweet #AmorAmorAmor with a screenshot of you listening to the song. I’ll be DMing some people who do!” the Shades of Blue star tweeted Nov.

In order to stop revenge porn in its digital tracks, Facebook is asking potential victims to share their own nude photos with the website.  According to a recent press release, the website is launching a pilot program in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia in which users can submit their intimate images. In return, Facebook can prevent the same photo from being uploaded to the site again.  In Australia, users are asked to fill out an online form on the eSafety Commissioner's website and are then asked to send the pictures to themselves on Messenger while the Commissioner's office alerts Facebook.  Once Facebook is notified, the community operations team will use...

Among all of the settings that I’ve come across in gaming of all kinds, one of my personal favorites is the feudal age of Japan. From the beautiful architecture and manicured gardens to the subterfuge, suppuku and all out war, it’s a time and place filled with intrigue and potential, especially from the perspective of a Westerner. Relatively few tabletop games have captured this theme, but The Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game (Ccg) is set in exactly such a setting (called Rokugan) and has been a popular alternative to Magic: The Gathering for many years.

Recently however, due to its acquisition by Fantasy Flight Games, The Legend of the Five Rings has been reimagined as a Living Card Game or Lcg. Unlike a Ccg which is expanded using blocks of booster packs (alongside starter packs and so on), Lcg’s are expanded in large expansions that remain tournament legal indefinitely.

When Rhonda Casto set out on March 16, 2009, for a hike with her boyfriend, her family had no idea the day would transform into a nightmare — one that ended with Casto’s lifeless body at the bottom of a steep ravine.

The plan was for Casto, a 23-year-old aspiring model, to walk the popular Eagle Creek Trail along Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge accompanied by her boyfriend, Steve Nichols.

Casto handed their 9-month-old, Ava, to her mother that morning and she and Nichols headed off.

“She was so happy,” Nichols tells People. “It was a nice day starting out.”

By nightfall,...

The Weinstein Company is facing its first lawsuit in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal. The suit was filed by former Paramount President of Production Brad Weston and producer Michael Menchel, who claim they produced a movie for TWC called "One Chance." The suit claims they accepted a reduced fee for their work in exchange for back end profits. In return, they say TWC company promised the movie would appear on 800 screens,...

Ever since Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico earlier this month, many celebrities have been stepping up to the plate to help those in need. The latest stars to dig into their pockets on behalf of the victims are Stephen Colbert and Nick Kroll, and their donations are coming with a humorous twist. When Nick appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week, the two kicked off the #PuberMe campaign, asking celebrities to share the most awkward pictures from their pubescent years, all in the name of good old-fashioned charity. In return for exposing their embarrassing snaps, Stephen will donate money to Puerto Rico hurricane relief through his charity, the AmeriCone Dream Fund, and Nick will match each donation. So far, many celebs - from Sarah Silverman to Jimmy Kimmel - have happily posted their acne-ridden, brace-face pictures, and they're beyond entertaining. RelatedHere's How You Can Help the...

"I am the chief servant here. In return for the work I do, I get a place to stay, food and a little affection," says Banupriya, holding a ladle and smiling wryly, as an open-mouthed Urvashi looks on unblinking.

With these words, the actor essaying the role of a homemaker who runs a family in Agra, echoes the lament of women across the country. The smile accompanying this statement proves that little has changed for women since 1994, when the first Magalir Mattum released.

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In an interview for Intelligence Squared, education activist Malala Yousafzai took the stage with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to talk about Sandberg’s book Plan B, and to discuss facing adversity, building resilience and finding joy.

Malala is a living example of how this can be achieved. One moment a 15-year-old Malala was riding in her school bus in Pakistan, and the next she was waking up alone in a hospital in England. She had been shot by a Taliban gunman in an attempt to silence her encouragement of education for girls.

Malala says that to get through the ordeal, she started by accepting herself for who she was and being thankful for the things she still had – her family and friends. “None of us can escape sadness, loss or life’s disappointments,” she wrote, " so our best option is to find our option B."

According to Sandberg,...

Bill O’Reilly was back in a suit and “on the air” via webcast on his website Wednesday night, after having previously launched a “No Spin News” daily podcast in April, following his firing from Fox News Channel. The Webcast got a big plug from CNN, via its show host Michael Smerconish, who also is a SiriusXM host and a columnist. In return, the former Most Watched Host In The Cable TV News Universe promised to be a guest on Smerconish’s CNN show after his new book comes…...

Arya Stark and Sansa Stark may not be Westeros besties on Game of Thrones, but in real life, these onscreen sisters, played by Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner, are total BFFs. Earlier today, Turner took to social media to give her gal pal a low-key shout out to honor a very special day, August 7, 2009, a day that changed their lives eight years ago today.  Posting an adorable photo of the pair wearing matching Halloween costumes (in which they appear to have dressed up as naughty Brownies), the redhead captioned her Instagram post, "Happy 7th August my soulm8 @maisie_williams." In return, Williams posted photos of the friends and wrote on her Insta, "Happy 7th...

It has been a long road to get Stephen King's The Dark Tower to the big screen. There's been a lot of hiccups along the way, but even when it finally went into production, the film was still plagued with problems.

Before I go on, I have to say that I love what I've seen in the trailer for the film and I'm excited about seeing it. I especially like the fact that the movie will serve as a sequel to the books. I have no idea what the finished product of the film will look like, but I hope these reports aren't any indication that it's going to be a hot piece of trash. I hope the movie ends up being as awesome as it looks, but we'll just have to wait and see.

There's a recent report from Variety that details all of the issues that The Dark Tower...

It’s no secret that The Dark Tower is held up as Stephen King’s greatest achievement.

Spanning multiple genres and fantastical worlds, the King classic is an eight-part saga that began life in 1982 with The Gunslinger, and after years of false starts and scrapped plans, we’re now teetering on the edge of Sony’s big-budget adaptation. And though the film’s long, meandering journey to the silver screen is public knowledge, we’re now learning that The Dark Tower was plagued by red tape all throughout production, as Sony Pictures, Stephen King, Media Rights Capital (Mrc), and director Nikolaj Arcel allegedly clashed over story concerns and restrictive vetos.

Variety has the report. Citing the old “too many cooks” adage, the outlet claims that while The Dark Tower has all the trappings of a blockbuster movie franchise – two bankable leads in Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba; cutting-edge visual effects...

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[Warning: This story contains spoilers for the third episode of Game of Thrones' seventh season, "The Queen's Justice."]

Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) are on the same screen (if not on the same page), but it's not all sunshine and rainbows on Dragonstone.

Before the King in the North and the Mother of Dragons' fateful meeting, two other players had an important conversation about destiny: Varys (Conleth Hill) and Melisandre (Carice van Houten), the latter of whom announced her plans to leave Westeros behind for Volantis. Varys, never one to be shy in his disdain for magic, offered Melisandre some free advice: "I don't think you should return to Westeros. I'm not sure you would be safe here." In return, Melisandre offered a chilling promise of her own.

"I will return, dear Spider, one last time," she said. "I have to die in this strange country — just like you."

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It’s always hard to say farewell to our four-legged friends, but Cena the dog received a legendary send-off to honor his years of American service.

According to the Associated Press, the 10-year-old black Lab was a bomb-sniffing canine for the U.S. Marines, serving three terms in Afghanistan, until he retired in 2014. Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung was paired with the dog from 2009 to 2010 while on a combat tour in Afghanistan, and Young adopted Cena upon the dog’s retirement. The faithful pup had kept him warm during cold desert nights and comforted him when he lost seven friends in three weeks.

Following the shocking suicide of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington last week at the age of 41, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst has penned an emotional open letter to his late friend in Variety.

The pair have an extensive shared history, dating back to their status as twin titans of the emerging rap-metal genre in the early 2000s. Just 24 hours after learning of Bennington’s death, Durst shared the following message with the outlet before taking the stage at a Hammond, Indiana concert on Friday.

I’m sitting here with my brother Cory and we were talking about when Linkin Park...

Anna Chancellor, Ivan Kaye join comedy now shooting in London.

Screen can reveal the first image from The Revenger: An Unromantic Comedy, the Samantha Barks (Les Misérables) and Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim) starring comedy now shooting in London.

Anna Chancellor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and Ivan Kaye (Dark Shadows) have also joined the cast of the project, alongside Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan), Edward Speleers (Alice Through The Looking Glass) and Tony Way (Edge Of Tomorrow).

The film is from writer-director Mark Murphy, who is also producing for his company Solar Productions, alongside Alan Latham for Gsp Studios and Eric Woollard-White.

Gsp jointly financing with Birdbox Finance, Goldfinch Entertainment and Premier Pictures.

Kazinsky stars as a tech entrepreneur who discovers that his dream girl only wants him for his money. In return, he enacts a series of pranks on his fiancé (Barks) to see how far she will go to get her hands on his...

Mark Harrison Jul 3, 2017

After the Doctor Who series 10 finale, what might be the future of the Master's character? Spoilers...

This feature contains spoilers for Series 10 of Doctor Who, including The Doctor Falls, from the very beginning.

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Peoples of the universe, please attend carefully. In life, nothing is certain but death, taxes and the Master coming back to Doctor Who every once in a while. First appearing in 1971's Terror Of The Autons, Roger Delgado's original incarnation even appeared in every single story of the eighth season, with various nefarious schemes designed to threaten or simply annoy the Doctor.

Over the rest of the classic series, he menaced later Doctors as the decrepit Peter Pratt, the full-on Kentucky fried Geoffrey Beevers, the wry, murderous Anthony Ainley and the 90s action movie baddy Eric Roberts. He was a master of disguise,...

Things you may not know about Girls star Adam Driver: he started a fight club in high school, he went to Julliard and he was in the U.S. Marine Corps. After 9/11, Adam Driver made the decision to join the U.S. military but broke his sternum in a mountain biking accident just before deployment. This might be the reason why he was able to connect so deeply with John Williams, an army veteran who was injured just before his troop was deployed to carry out Operation Desert Storm. John's daughter, Haley Williams, wrote to The Folds of Honor Foundation to share her father's story in hopes of receiving some kind of aid. In return, she was given more than she could have ever hoped for.  The emotional...

Lindsay Lohan is rolling out her latest project. While she's been living her life out of the spotlight and away from the United States, the actress recently revealed her plan to put her life back in the public eye—for a price. The 30-year-old has launched an exclusive lifestyle page on Preemium, where visitors have to pay $2.99 a month to subscribe and gain access to her content. In return, the child star promises to "tell you all my secrets and breaking news before anyone else." "You will get personal diaries, video updates, exclusive personal photos, fashion and beauty tutorials, shopping guides, behind the scenes content, my favorite products and much more," she...

If you’re remotely familiar with the man John Barrowman is off-screen, then you’re no doubt aware that he’s unashamedly a huge comic book geek. Given that, you’d have to imagine how getting to portray the character of Malcolm Merlyn across five years on hit television series such as Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow had to be a dream come true for him. What’s more is that he actually got to flesh out the backstory of his onscreen counterpart not long ago with Arrow: The Dark Archer, a comic he co-wrote with his sister, Carole.

So, if you enjoyed that or any other past collaborations by the Barrowman siblings, then you should be pleased to learn that they’ll soon be re-teaming for Cursed, a new venture brought to us by Legendary Comics. What’s more is that they’ve brought a friend...

Legendary Comics yesterday announced during its Awesome Con panel that actor John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Arrow) has teamed with his sister and writing partner Carole Barrowman (Torchwood) and graphic novelist and television writer Erika Lewis (Game of Shadows, Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano) to co-create Cursed: an exciting new comic book series that sees Celtic lore masterfully collide with a modern day anti-hero.

"We’ve always wanted to write a story that pulls together our love of history, our Scottish heritage, and our love of sci-fi and the supernatural. Mix these all together and Cursed was born," said John Barrowman.

Carole Barrowman, John’s sister and longtime writing partner, added: “The three of us have been Cursed for a while… and loving every minute of it. We’ve had a great time playing with all the ways we can bring poor Charlie to his knees, and, of course,...

Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso is officially single again, and it hardly cost her anything. We've learned a judge just granted her a divorce from Joel Jarek DeGraff. The couple was only married for a year, and they had an ironclad prenup before marrying in June 2015. Sophia, who is repped by disso queen Laura Wasser, will pay DeGraff $30,000. In return, DeGraff agreed to waive spousal support. She also paid him $18k for rent on his new pad.

A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man who was found living with 11 girls — six of whom described themselves as his “wives” — was convicted Tuesday of multiple sex charges, People confirms.

A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, jury found Lee Kaplan guilty on 17 counts, including including rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault, after nearly nine hours of deliberation following a nearly week-long trial.

In November, Kaplan pleaded not guilty to his charges after he was found in June 2016 living with the girls in his home in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. The girls ranged in age from 3 months to 18 years old. (Authorities previously said...

Deadpool and Logan double feature, Deconstructing The Beatles and Peter Pan make our June events list!Deadpool and Logan double feature, Deconstructing The Beatles and Peter Pan make our June events list!Scott Goodyer6/2/2017 10:02:00 Am It's June and we've got some really awesome events coming up this month! Here are a few highlights for you: 1. Deconstructing The Beatles - June 6th The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of the most influential albums ever created. Rolling Stone described it as “the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of all time.” In Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, composer, musician, and Beatles expert Scott Freiman looks at Sgt. Pepper from multiple angles, exploring the history behind the music. Mr. Freiman conducts an educational journey...

Stars: Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Tilda Swinton, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hayes, Keith Stanfield, Anthony Michael Hall, Topher Grace, Meg Tilly | Written and Directed by David Michôd

The year is 2010. General Glen McMahon (Brad Pitt) is tasked by a committee of civilian leaders with fixing the mess in Afghanistan. What this actually entails is open to debate. Does it mean winning the hearts and minds of the local populous? Or winning the war against the Taliban? McMahon reckons they’re the same thing.

He and his ego-stroking team take a tour of the country, to see the meagre and underfunded efforts being made by the allies to make good on their promise of roads, schools, democracy, and all that good stuff. McMahon finds a desert of broken dreams.

He requests forty thousand extra troops, so that he might exorcise Helmand Province of its elusive evil. In return he gets minimal reinforcements,...

THR is reporting that Sony is making big moves to expand its Spider-Man franchise and have signed Tom Hardy to star in their Venom film. Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer is in talks to direct the pic. The studio has already set on October 5, 2018 release date. Venom has been one of Marvel’s top villains and a Spider-Man fixture since he was introduced in 1988, created by writer David Michelinie and artists Todd McFarlane and Mike Zeck. The character is an alien symbiote that needs a human host to survive. In return, the alien vests its victim with incredible powers. He made his first big-screen appearance in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 and was portrayed by Topher Grace. Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner, the latter of...

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Simon Brew May 15, 2017

Forrest Gump was a huge hit - but it's worth remembering just what a massive, massive gamble it was. Here's just a slice of that story...

Few major Hollywood blockbusters of the 1990s can lay claim to being some kind of cultural phenomenon, but surely Forrest Gump can. Love or loathe the film, its dialogue has slipped into everyday language, it’s inspired a spin-off bunch of restaurants, and it’s one of the top grossing films of the decade. Oh, and it won a bunch of Oscars, including a second consecutive Best Actor win for Tom Hanks.

It’s often said that the most successful films, though, have tumultuous behind the scene stories. I remember when Richard Donner directed Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas in Assassins (based on a heavily butchered script by the pre-Matrix Wachowskis), and it was widely reported that the shoot was a calm and very pleasurable one.

Alex Karpovsky knows his way around an ill-fated working road trip. Back in 2012, the indie multi-hyphenate pulled triple duty on his “Red Flag,” starring in a feature he also wrote and directed about a filmmaker taking his latest work on around the country on a makeshift tour that only did more (mostly amusing) harm than good. In Jeff Grace’s amiable “Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” Karpovsky is mining similar territory in a comedy elevated by pairing up the actor with rising star Wyatt Russell.

As childhood friends who have taken wildly divergent paths in life — Karpovsky’s Paul is a struggling standup comedian who just ended an engagement, Russell’s Jason is a mildly successful folk singer who is having a hell of a time traveling the country and jamming out, with groupies to spare — the pair have a lived-in, believable chemistry that hinges equally on their affection for and disappointment in each other.

Warning: We’re about to freak out over the most jaw-dropping moment from Pretty Little Liars' final season premiere! If you do not want to be spoiled, leave town now! For everyone else…

We're back, bitches!

It's been 231 days since the last all-new episode of Pretty Little Liars, (heck yes we were counting!) and the dark drama returned with a vengeance on Tuesday night for its very last season premiere. There's only nine Pll episodes to go, and if they're each as insane as tonight's bombshell of an hour, then we're in for one hell of a final ride.

Here's everything you need to know…

More: The 13 Biggest Questions We Need Answered Before 'Pll' Ends!

With Noel's head (presumably) still bouncing around that abandoned school, the Liars were foolishly under the impression that their A-related nightmares were finally over.

Yeah right, Little Liars!

Just one week later, Spencer, Aria, Emily...

Jed and Mercedes Castillo have made each other better individuals, and now they get to enjoy the spoils of their work together.

Castillo, 19, was recently released from New York’s Erie County Correctional Facility, reports Wivb. One of the first things she did with her freedom is reunite with a friend from behind bars: Jed the puppy.

During her incarceration, Castillo took part in the prison’s Pups at the Pen program, which pairs inmates with shelter dogs who need a little more socialization before they are ready for adoption. Castillo was partnered with Jed, then a timid lab mix who needed help trusting others.

The Pennsylvania parents accused of “gifting” some of their nine daughters to a man who allegedly impregnated one of them pleaded guilty to child endangerment Thursday.

Savilla Stoltzfus, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of children, a felony of the third degree. Her 44-year-old husband, Daniel Stoltzfus, pleaded no contest to the same charge. The couple could receive sentences of up to seven years in prison and a fine of $15,000.

At the hearing, the Stoltzfuses admitted they were aware that 52-year-old Lee Kaplan, a spiritual advisor figure to the family, was having sex with their eldest daughter when she was a minor.

Another impressive horror restoration! Majestic Pictures pulls together a great cast, including Fay Wray and Lionel Atwill, for a smart gothic horror outing complete with squeaky bats, a flipped-out village idiot (Dwight Frye!), a crazed mad scientist (the worst kind) and a lynch mob with torches that have been hand-tinted in color. Melvyn Douglas is the debonair flatfoot assigned to solve a series of vampire killings.

The Vampire Bat

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1933 / B&W with part-tinted scene / 1:37 Academy / 83 min. / Street Date April 25, 2017 / 19.99

Starring: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye, Robert Frazer, Rita Carlyle, Lionel Belmore, William V. Mong, Stella Adams, Harrison Greene.

Cinematography: Ira H. Morgan

Film Editor: Otis Garrett

Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr.

Produced by Phil Goldstone

Directed by Frank Strayer

Hollywood horror was a hot trend in 1932: with the arrival of Frankenstein and Dracula the horror field boomed.

The Writers Guild of America is inching a step closer toward a potential writers’ strike.

The WGA’s negotiating committee sent a letter to members on Friday, recommending that the guild’s 12,000 members take a vote on strike authorization. It did not give a timetable for such a vote, however, and such a vote would not automatically lead to a strike.

Negotiations between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Pictures & Television Producers started March 13, but without any movement, the guild is looking to take the next step.

Read More: Another Writers’ Strike May Be Looming — Report

“On the last day of these two weeks, the companies’ proposal has barely a single hard-dollar gain for writers,” the letter said. “$51 billion in profits and barely a penny for those of us who make the product that makes the companies rich. But that’s not all. In response to our proposal to...

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The body of Ben Grimes lays lifeless on the ground. Squatting next to him is his Army Ranger brother and close friend, Eric Carter. Eric is holding some of Ben’s belongings: a picture of all the members of their unit and Ben’s dog tags. Eric is pained by he loss of his friend, his brother in arms. He places the picture back in its plastic bag, but keeps Ben’s dog tags for himself.

It wouldn't be 24 without some personal pain for the main character.

With Gabriel out of the picture, CTU can only depend upon the information from his laptop in order to find Bin Khalid’s terrorist cells. As extreme as Eric’s idea was, it all pays off. The CTU Response Team is able to uncover files from the laptop that reveal the aliases of the terrorists, including Jadalla Bin-Khalid, and their current location.

Brazilian Capoeira combines dance, acrobatics, and music to form a deadly martial art – especially when practiced by an expert practitioner such as Eddy Gordo, who joins the roster of Tekken 7 when the game launches in Europe for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on 2nd June 2017!

Eddy Gordo’s connection to the Mishima Zaibatsu began when he pleaded with Jin Kazama to help treat the serious illness afflicting his Capoeira master. In return for the treatment, Eddy would wield his deadly skills at Jin’s command. Unfortunately for Eddy, not even the technology of the Mishima Zaibatsu could save Eddy’s master and he soon swore to take vengeance against the Mishima Zaibatsu led by Kazuya Mishima.

Pre-order Tekken 7 now to get access to Eliza, the famed vampire character from Tekken Revolution, and purchase the Tekken 7 Collector’s Edition containing the Deluxe Edition including the Season Pass (only available in Europe,...

France is losing the piracy battle, suggests report.

The pirating of audiovisual content cost France an estimated €1.35b ($1.42b) in lost tax revenue and earnings in 2016, according to a new study by the French branch of global consultancy and accountancy group Ey.

An estimated 13 million people accessed pirated audiovisual content in France last year, equivalent to 27% of France’s 48 million internet users, the report published on Feb 22 revealed.

“The pirating of audiovisual content in France represents a significant economic and social cost – to the state, creatives, distributors and employees – and is not going down in spite of efforts to develop a legal offering,” it noted.

“This underlines the need to re-enforce the support for the fight against piracy. The government also needs to play its role, in collaboration with international authorities, for it to be effective.”

Breakdown

Breaking down the €1.35bn loss, the study estimated that audiovisual piracy cost the French state €430m in tax and social...

France is losing the piracy battle, suggests report.

The pirating of audiovisual content cost France an estimated €1.35b ($1.42b) in lost tax revenue and earnings in 2016, according to a new study by the French branch of global consultancy and accountancy group Ey.

An estimated 13 million people accessed pirated audiovisual content in France last year, equivalent to 27% of France’s 48 million internet users, the report published on Feb 22 revealed.

“The pirating of audiovisual content in France represents a significant economic and social cost – to the state, creatives, distributors and employees – and is not going down in spite of efforts to develop a legal offering,” it noted.

“This underlines the need to re-enforce the support for the fight against piracy. The government also needs to play its role, in collaboration with international authorities, for it to be effective.”

Breakdown

Breaking down the €1.35bn loss, the study estimated that audiovisual piracy cost the French state €430m in tax and social...

Last Week’S Review: Season 6 Premiere Finds the Light While Escaping It All

Love Her or Hate Her

Hannah is finally getting some traction in her career, and it looks good on her. Although she’s the same self-indulgent, dramatically inclined person we’ve always known, there’s a newfound calmness about her as she settles into something resembling maturity. This week it manifested in a surprising heart-to-heart between Hannah and Bff Marnie, with whom Hannah had escaped the city so that Marnie could partake in some self-indulgences herself (namely in the form of ex-husband Desi). In a poignant moment, Hannah admitted that she’s no longer judging because she’s finally realized no one has it all figured out, and we actually believe her. Even though hours earlier she was lamenting about having to keep Marnie’s tryst with Desi a secret from Ray.

One Step Forward, Two...

The latest horror flick filled with immense badassery to be added to Shudder's library is the fifth sequel in the Phantasm franchise, Phantasm: Ravager. Also in today's Highlights: details on the Clive Barker Reel Fear Contest, Portland International Film Festival's After Dark program, release details for Slasher.com and The Eyes, a new poster for Atomica, and production news and photos for A Haunting at Silver Falls II.

Phantasm: Ravager Comes to Shudder: "Joining Shudder is Phantasm: Ravager- the final installment of the long-running Phantasm series.

In addition to Phantasm: Ravager, streaming exclusively on Shudder is the remaster of Don Coscarelli’s 1979 classic Phantasm, as well as its sequels Phantasm III and Phantasm IV.

Phantasm was recently restored by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Coscarelli, and given both a new 4K remaster and a 5.1 surround sound mix, which will be the version presented exclusively on Shudder."

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Rebecca and Andy are locked up in holding. Eric is cornered inside a police precinct evidence room. Ben is demanding money for the list of sleeper cells that belong to Bin Khalid’s men. Aisha has made a phone call that may create an alliance with one of Isaac’s rivals against Isaac. Nilaa may or may not be aiding the same terrorists…

In other words, the typical type of setting in the world of 24.

Back in the evidence room, Eric is able to win the trust of one of the officers he took hostage. In return, the officer assists Eric in blowing through one of the walls and nearly escaping the precinct before being completely surrounded. As Eric holds a gun to the officer’s head, the police chief orders his men to drop their weapons. He tells Eric that he has Rebecca Ingram...

Earlier this week, GLAAD, the leading advocacy organization for Lgbtq representation in the media, launched glaadgrants, which will offer funding and mentorship to content creators for in-progress works that advance GLAAD’s mission of amplifying diverse voices from the Lgbtq community.

“Our vision is to support and inspire content creators to tell stories that accelerate acceptance of Lgbtq people here at home and around the world,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “With a special emphasis on under-represented Lgbtq people, GLAAD’s work empowers real people to tell stories and amplify their voices, and glaadgrants is our latest initiative towards that goal.”

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GLAAD has allocated $10,000 to be distributed as completion funds for three different projects: First place will receive $5,000, and two additional recipients will receive $2,500. To be eligible, projects must be at least halfway through production and able...

One of the frontrunners for the Oscars, Moonlight finally arrives in UK cinemas. Here's our review...

Settling in to see Moonlight, I ended up sat next to a one-time colleague, who confessed that he was in to see the film for the second time. He’d caught it before at a film festival screening last year, and hadn’t been instantly blown away by Barry Jenkins’ widely acclaimed - and multi-Oscar nominated - film. He realised, though, that Moonlight continued to rattle around in his head, and wanted to give it another shot. He was glad, once the credits rolled, that he had.

I didn’t have the luxury of the second viewing, but instead I deferred to time. I watched Moonlight a few weeks ago, and – appreciating that the internet era demands an instant reaction to pretty much everything – I waited it out. Because if I’d written this...

Relationships between documentary filmmakers and their subjects must balance access and editorial control, which leaves them walking a line between establishing trust and respecting boundaries. It’s a tricky business.

IndieWire recently asked nonfiction filmmakers behind this year’s Sundance documentary features about the understandings they established with their subjects before they started shooting, and if they considered their stars to be collaborators.

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Amanda Lipitz “Step” The process started with discussing the idea with the families, especially the mothers of the young women on the step team. We set up a meeting after school one day and all the parents/guardians were invited to attend. I explained my vision of the story, with the emphasis on wanting to tell a positive story about Baltimore, these young women, and what they were trying to accomplish. I absolutely consider them collaborators.

I was extremely excited when I walked out of the original xXx back in the summer of 2002. Finally, a spy film for my generation. Something that could mix international espionage and the X-Games aesthetic that seemed poised to take over the world. I’ve rewatched xXx recently and it does not hold up at all. Also, I never participated in any extreme sports or watched very much of any X-Games so I have no idea why embracing this culture appealed to me at all. In retrospect, the original xXx was an okay action movie with some fantastic costuming and an awful lot of dated references. 15 years later xXx: Return of Xander Cage is still trying to traffic in counter-culture hipness, but it doesn’t feel like anyone involved in the production has talked to a cool person or a youth in decades. Return of Xander Cage is jam-packed with the...

This year, Amazon has made a bold entrance into the Oscar scene thanks to Manchester By The Sea, a Best Picture contender it has distributed domestically. Manchester originally premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and at the 2017 edition of that event, Amazon is once again courting independent filmmakers. It has offered $100,000 and an increased royalty rate to narrative filmmakers who choose to upload their movies to the less-than-a-year-old Amazon Video Direct service.

The offer also extends to documentarians and world filmmakers, though the payouts -- $75,000 and $25,000, respectively -- are lower. Any creator who takes this deal and uploads his or her Sundance film to Amazon Video Direct will earn 30 cents for each hour of watch time that film generates; that rate is double the 15-cent hourly royalty paid to other Direct uploaders. In return, participating filmmakers must make their work available on Amazon for two years, with at least a year of exclusivity.