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The Southern Bridge that connects the nether end of tony Palm Beach Island to the mainland city of West Palm Beach was once a calm overpass where people strolled alongside Bentleys over the Intracoastal Waterway. But since Donald Trump’s victory in November’s presidential election, news crews have amassed on the West Palm side, while tourists are huddled on a small island adjacent to the bridge, iPhone cameras fully zoomed in and aimed at Mar-a-Lago, which sits just yards away.

All are hoping to catch a glimpse of the bustling activity at the president-elect’s beach club estate home and club, which Trump called the “Winter White House” during his first term. In addition to a steady flow of world leaders, tech moguls once critical of Trump — including Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Ari Emanuel — all have made the pilgrimage in recent days. According to Trump’s social media,...

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One week in November 2008, Dawn Williams-Stewart showed up for work at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association, in Fairfax, Virginia, with bruises on her face. A close friend in the financial services division, where Dawn worked, saw her crying.

“Look at my mouth,” Dawn said, according to notes from a law enforcement investigation. Her husband, Antonio Stewart, had almost broken her jaw, she explained.

Dawn, who was 41, and among the NRA’s few Black employees,...

The datamining leak from last month turned out to be true. NetherRealm Studios head Ed Boon officially announced during MK1‘s Sdcc panel that the upcoming Khaos Reigns Dlc for Mortal Kombat 1 will bring in guest characters Ghostface, Conan the Barbarian and the T-1000. Along with the three guest characters, Sektor, Cyrax and Noob Saibot will also be part of the Khaos Reigns Dlc. IGN broke the news, along with showing off the lineup of characters. Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns is set to release digitally on September 24. Pre-orders are open now.

After repelling the invaders who endangered Fire God Liu Kang’s New Era of peace, Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns expands the story campaign with an all-new cinematic narrative. When a perilous threat arrives from an alternate timeline, led by the ruthless Titan Havik whose sole mission is to throw the realms into khaos, Liu Kang must rally...

After the alleged references indicating that Ghostface would be coming to Mortal Kombat 1, the same dataminer who discovered the sound files has found more indicating that not only is Ghostface planned for MK1, but also Conan the Barbarian and the T-1000!

Per IGN, Dataminer Interloko (who also posted a video showing their findings) has uncovered files in the game that detail six upcoming characters, five new announcers, and two new arenas. Alongside Cyrax, Sektor and Noob Saibot, evidence points to Ghostface, Conan and the T-1000 as guest fighters.

The addition of T-1000 actually falls in line with a leak last year where Reptile’s actor Andrew Morgado dropped news that Robert Patrick was recording lines for the T-1000.

Once again, the addition of Ghostface for Mortal Kombat 1 would fall in line with Ed Boon‘s tease last October. And Conan the Barbarian and T-1000 would follow the Terminator and Rambo...

This post contains spoilers for "The Boys."

There's a reason why "The Boys" keeps Antony Starr's Homelander around while crafting some of its most significant and compelling storylines. One of the most unpredictably dangerous Supes manufactured by Vought, Homelander's presence provides impetus to the titular "Boys" to keep playing such a rigged game, as killing the milk-drinking Supe is a part of the show's endgame. Starr has elevated Homelander into a figure mired in complexities; he imparts the character with a singular brand of desperation-fueled evil that only becomes more twisted with each passing season. Starr's turn as Homelander cements the character's idiosyncratic presence within the "Boys" universe, where almost every iteration of the Supe benefits from the actor's remarkably layered and scene-stealing performance.

Keeping this in mind, it is no surprise that Starr voiced Homelander both in the animated anthology series "The Boys Presents: Diabolical" and the "Call of Duty" games,...

Patrick Gottsch, who dedicated his life to promoting and growing the rural and western way of life, died on Saturday, May 18, at the Fort Worth Stockyards. He was 70 and no cause was given.

Gottsch founded The Cowboy Channel in 2017, which became the Official Network of ProRodeo. Since Tuesday, The Cowboy Channel has been broadcasting a nightly 30-minute special on Gottsch’s life and career, with a one-hour telecast planned on Friday evening.

Yellowstone and 1883 creator Taylor Sheridan issued a statement.

“Patrick Gottsch was a pioneer and visionary in every sense of the word. He created a central entertainment and information outlet that became an essential tool in the lives of all who work in agriculture and live in rural America. He brought horsemanship into the living rooms of America through exposure to clinicians such as Clinton Anderson, Chris Cox, and Ken McNabb. He was a tireless and stalwart protector...

Mortal Kombat 1 may have issues, but its ability to bring together strong individuals from various franchises makes it stand out in the fighting genre. From Invincible‘s Omni-Man to The Suicide Squad‘s Peacemaker, the latest NetherRealm title’s had no shortage of excellent guest characters, and the developer has shared a first look at another supervillain who will be making his Mortal Kombat debut soon.

The absence of Antony Starr’s voice is glaring, but everything else looks faithful to what Homelander’s all about, including drinking milk in a disturbing way.

Mortal Kombat 1 Shares the First Look for Homelander

How else can one get the required nutrition for brutal fights in Mortal Kombat 1?

After Prime Video shared the trailer for the fourth season of The Boys, Mortal Kombat 1 got on the hype train and unleashed its first look at the unhinged supervillain from the show joining the game.

London, July 5 (Ians) Meta (formerly Facebook) will reportedly not launch its new Twitter competitor “Threads” in Ireland or the European Union (EU) in the foreseeable future.

According to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (Dpc) spokesperson, the regulator had been in contact about the new service and that it would not be rolled out in the EU “at this point”, reports Independent.ie.

Threads is expected to launch on Thursday in the US and UK as an alternative to Twitter.

The new platform is designed to import data from Instagram, including behavioural and advertising information.

In its US format, the platform informs users that it will collect a wide range of information about them, including health information, financial information, browsing histories, location, purchases, contacts, search history and sensitive information.

However, in the EU format, the Irish regulator has prevented Meta from launching advertising services on WhatsApp that use data from Facebook or Instagram.

San Francisco, July 4 (Ians) Meta’s Twitter competitor, Instagram Threads, is expected to launch on Thursday, according to an App Store listing for the application.

“Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app. Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” Meta said.

With the new application, users will be able to follow and connect directly with their favourite creators and others.

They will be able to “build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world”, according to the company.

Last week, Meta’s Twitter competitor briefly appeared on the Google Play Store.

Since January, Threads has been under development at Meta under the name “Project 92”.

“We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run, that...

San Francisco, July 2 (Ians) Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly appeared on the Google Play Store.

Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who digs into app code to expose unreleased features, tweeted that Meta’s Twitter-like app had been released into the Google Play store, reports The Verge.

However, it seems that was a mistake, as the app is nowhere to be found now.

Paluzzi also shared screenshots that revealed the Ui elements of the app, including the login screen, which lets users sign in with their Instagram accounts, and another screen that has a list of their followed accounts from Instagram, so that they can select who to follow on Threads.

According to the screenshots, Instagram’s Twitter-like blue checkmarks will also be available in the new application.

Since January, Threads has been under development at Meta under the name “Project 92.”

“We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who...

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are stepping into the ring.

In a clash of the tech giants, Zuckerberg, 39, has seemingly agreed to take on Musk, 51, in a cage fight duel.

The CEO of Twitter recently tweeted that he was “up for a cage match” with the Meta CEO. Zuckerberg took to Instagram on Wednesday night to address the battle: “Send me location.”

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I’m up for a cage match if he is lol

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023

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Musk then announced the fight’s location on Wednesday night, tweeting: “Vegas Octagon.” The Vegas Octagon is where UFC brawls go down. Egging the situation on further, Musk teased: “I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus,’ where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing.”

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New Delhi, June 10 (Ians) As people search for “sanely run” Twitter alternatives, Meta’s upcoming micro-blogging platform will use Instagram’s account system to automatically populate a user’s information.

Meta is in discussions with big celebrities to become early users of its Twitter alternative, like Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama and DJ Slime, reports The Verge.

The new standalone app will be based on Instagram and integrate with ‘ActivityPub’, the decentralised social media protocol,Athe report noted.

The project was first named Project 92. Now, it is also known as ‘Threads’ and Meta employees were recently shown a preview of the app, which will be based on Instagram.

The Twitter-like app will “theoretically allow users of the new app to take their accounts and followers with them to other apps that support ActivityPub, including Mastodon”.

“We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run,...

San Francisco, April 25 (Ians) As tech giants like Meta and Google lay off thousands of employees and more job cuts are on the way, top executives took home hefty bonuses and compensation.

Meta workers grilled CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a virtual Q&a session about the six-figure bonuses given to senior executives amid layoffs, reports Entrepreneur.

According to Meta’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released last week, C-suite executives like chief financial officer Susan Li received $575,613 in bonuses; chief product officer Chris Cox $940,214; chief operating officer Javier Olivan; chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth; Strategy Officer (Cso) David Whener $712,284 and former COO Sheryl Sandberg $298,385.

“Why did the entire executive team get Ee/Ge ratings (top-tier performance reviews at Meta) when they are also directly responsible for the choices that led to us needing to lay off 20+ per cent of the company? Where is the accountability?” one employee asked Zuckerberg,...

Burbank, CA – One of the Man of Steel’s most personal tales in DC history – from the mind of comics icon Grant Morrison, and produced under the expert oversight of animation legends Bruce Timm and Dwayne McDuffie – All-Star Superman will be available to own on 4K Ultra HD for the very first time on April 18, 2023 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.

Grant Morrison’s beloved, Eisner Award-winning vision of Superman’s heroic final days on Earth is brought to exquisite, animated life in All-Star Superman. The film begins as the Man of Steel rescues an ill-fated mission to the Sun (sabotaged by Lex Luthor) but, in the process, is oversaturated by radiation – which accelerates his cell degeneration. Sensing even he will be unable to cheat death, Superman ventures into new realms – finally revealing his secret to Lois, confronting Lex Luthor’s perspective of humanity, and attempting to ensure Earth’s...

San Francisco, Jan 30 (Ians) After sacking 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now reportedly put middle managers at the company on notice.

According to the newsletter Command Line by The Verge’s Alex Heath, Zuckerberg warned managers at a recent all-hands meeting.

“I don’t think you want a management structure that’s just managers managing managers, managing managers, managing managers, managing the people who are doing the work,” the Meta CEO apparently told them.

The statement appears to be indicating that the company, which will make its quarterly results public this week, may sack more employees.

Meta Chief product officer Chris Cox has also spoken about the requirement to “flatten” the organisational structure.

In one of the worst lay-offs ever in the tech industry, Zuckerberg in November sacked more than 11,000 employees — about 13 per cent of the global workforce — and extended the hiring freeze...

San Francisco, Nov 9 (Ians) After Twitter, Meta was set to lay off thousands of employees and the company’s Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told the workforce to be ready for what was coming their way.

According to Wall Street Journal, in his latest meeting with senior executives, Zuckerberg is said to have confirmed “broad cuts” across the company, starting from Wednesday.

Employees who lose their jobs would be provided at least four months of salary as a severance, according to the report.

The mass layoff is the first broad head-count reduction to occur in Meta’s (earlier Facebook) 18-year history.

The Facebook and Instagram parent company reported over 87,000 employees (as of September).

The company declined to comment, referring to Zuckerberg’s recent statement that the company would “focus our investments on a small number of high priority growth areas”.

In June, Meta’s chief product officer Chris Cox...

San Francisco, Nov 7 (Ians) After mass layoffs at Twitter, it is another Big Tech company’s turn as the Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta is reportedly set to lay off ‘thousands’ of employees this week.

The “large-scale” job cuts, to begin from Wednesday, could affect “thousands” of workers, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

“Social-media company’s planned cuts expected to affect many thousands of its workforce. The planned layoffs would be the first broad head-count reductions to occur in the company’s 18-year history,” the report, citing sources, said late on Sunday.

The Facebook and Instagram parent company reported over 87,000 employees (as of September).

The company declined to comment, referring to Zuckerberg’s recent statement that the company would “focus our investments on a small number of high priority growth areas.”

In June, Meta’s chief product officer Chris Cox warned employees of “serious times”, saying that...

Washington, Sep 15 (Ians) The US Senate Homeland Security Committee grilled executives from Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter over privacy and moderation failures on their respective platforms in recent years, saying that they “keep avoiding sharing really very important information with us”.

TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas, Twitter General Manager of Consumer and Revenue, Jay Sullivan, Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox and YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan testified before the panel late on Wednesday.

“I’ll be honest, I’m frustrated that all of you (who) have a prominent seat at the table when these business decisions are made were not more prepared to speak to specifics about your product development process, even when you are specifically asked if you would bring specific numbers to us today,” lamented committee Chair Senator Gary Peters.

TikTok COO Pappas testified for the first time before lawmakers.

According to TechCrunch, the hearing explored the...

San Francisco, July 1 (Ians) Meta, formerly Facebook, has warned employees to expect a tough second half of the year as the tech giant continues to weather challenges related to its core online advertising business amid a weakening economy. A spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that Meta chief product officer Chris Cox detailed the company’s financial […]...

Houston — The National Rifle Association bills its convention hall as “14 acres of guns & gear.” But the hall is less than 300 miles away from Uvalde — where 19 elementary school students were murdered at a “hardened” school by a lone gunman with an Ar-15, while “good guys with guns” reportedly stood down for nearly an hour — and the convention lineup is shrinking.

The big-name musical acts, including Don “American Pie” McLean and Lee “Proud to Be an American” Greenwood, have bowed out of the “NRA Grand Ole Night of Freedom” concert scheduled for Saturday.

Love Death and Robots Season 2 Red Band Trailer — Love, Death & Robots: Season 2 red band TV show trailer has been release by Netflix. The Love, Death & Robots red band trailer stars Scott Whyte, Nolan North, Michelle C. Bonilla, Charlotte Hervieux, Matthew Yang King, Time Winters, and Chris Cox. Crew Love, [...]

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Batman was enjoying a renaissance as the 1970s dawned. Freed from its ties to the ABC series, editor Julius Schwartz worked with writers Frank Robins and Denny O’Neil on rejuvenating the Darknight Detective, returning him closer to his pulp-roots.

In short order, O’Neil would rise to become the premier Batman scribe of the era to be followed by a notable stretch as his editor from 1986 through the early 2000s. His impact is immeasurable. On the side, though, he aspired to be a prose writer as well and among his works from that period was a collaboration with cartoonist Jim Berry on the 1974 novel Kung Fu Master, Richard Dragon: Dragon’s Fists (1974) under the pseudonym “Jim Dennis.”

As the Martial Arts craze was beginning its descent, DC Comics optioned the novel and had O’Neil write and edit the adaptation as Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter. There, he introduced readers to Dragon,...

Features the voices of: David Giuntoli, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu, Michael Jai White, James, Hong, Eric Bauza, Jamie Chung, Chris Cox, Grey Griffin, Josh Keaton, Erica Luttrell, Patrick Seitz | Written by Jeremy Adams | Directed by Sam Liu

Now this is my kind of Batman movie! Part James Bond spy thriller and part Bruce Lee-esque martial arts movie, Batman: Soul of the Dragon is very much like the Batman books I grew up reading. Set in the midst of the swinging 1970s, this Elseworlds adventure finds Bruce Wayne training under a master sensei. It is here that Bruce, along with other elite students, is forged in the fire of the martial arts discipline. The lifelong bonds they form will be put to the test when a deadly menace arises from their past. It will take the combined efforts of Batman and world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady...

The years spent by Bruce Wayne training to become a crimefighter are some of the most fascinating in the Batman mythos, and have been explored in multiple ways across various mediums. A new DC animated feature, Batman: Soul of the Dragon now offers the intriguing prospect of a 1970s-set story wherein a young Bruce embarks on the path to martial arts mastery. We recently received the trailer and first clip from the film, and now have an introduction to Richard Dragon, one of the main characters from the Bruce Timm-produced movie.

In the video, which you can catch above, voice actor Mark Dacascos describes how we meet Dragon in the 1970s as a super spy who trained with Bruce alongside master O-Sensei. We then see Dragon in training, and being pointed out by O-Sensei to Bruce, foreshadowing the partnership between the two depicted in the recent trailer. At this point,...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-ky) introduced a bill that ties $2,000-per-person Covid-19 relief checks to a repeal of Section 230, the provision of a 1996 law that protects social media platforms from liability for the way that they moderate third party content.

In doing so, McConnell has likely added a “poison pill” to the effort to increase the Covid-19 relief payments from the current $600.

Increasing numbers of Republicans have joined with Democrats in support of the $2,000 checks, after President Donald Trump called for them to be increased, putting McConnell on the spot to take some sort of action in the next week.

But by tying the payments to another Trump priority — the repeal of Section 230 — McConnell is likely making the package unsuitable to a number of Democrats in the Senate and the House. Although politicians of both parties have expressed a desire to modify Section 230, it’s a whole other matter to repeal it entirely.

The National Rifle Association is accusing its former top lobbyist of fleecing the organization of more than $1 million from 2015 to 2019. The allegation that Chris Cox benefited from extravagant, unauthorized expenses that were charged to the nonprofit appears in a tax document filed by the NRA in November and provided to Rolling Stone by the organization. Through his lawyer, Cox disputed the allegations.

Until his ouster last year, Cox ran the NRA’s political arm, the Institute for Legislative Action, with a salary of $1.5 million. Cox was forced from this post...

National Rifle Association CEO Wayne Lapierre has returned nearly $300,000 to the gun group, in repayment of illicit personal gains, according to an explosive report in the Washington Post. The Post details new tax filings, obtained from the NRA, in which the gun group reportedly admits to a “significant diversion of its assets” — including in the form of “excess benefits” paid out to Lapierre and a handful of other officers. According to the Post, that term is used by the IRS “to describe executives’ enriching themselves at the expense of a nonprofit.

We just wish Dennis O’Neil were here to see this.

Bruce Timm takes the Dark Knight back to the 1970s for a supernatural-laden martial arts extravaganza in Batman: Soul Of The Dragon, the next entry in the popular series of the DC Universe Movies.

Set in the midst of the swinging 1970s, this Elseworlds adventure finds Bruce Wayne training under a master sensei. It is here that Bruce, along with other elite students, is forged in the fire of the martial arts discipline. The lifelong bonds they form will be put to the test when a deadly menace arises from their past. It will take the combined efforts of Batman, world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner, and Lady Shiva and their mentor O-Sensei to battle the monsters of this world and beyond!

Comics fans are well aware of Richard Dragon, who was created by Dennis O’Neil and...

Solar Opposites is a new animated series coming to Hulu next month, and the streaming service has now released a trailer for the series. The voice cast for season one of the series will feature a number of big names, including Alan Tudyk, Alfred Molina, Amanda Leighton, Andrew Matarazzo, Andy Daly, Calum Worthy, Chris Cox, Christina Hendricks, Echo Kellum, Eric Bauza, Gary Anthony Williams, Gideon Adlon, Jacob Vargus, Jason Mantzoukas, Jeannie Elias, Jesse Mendel, Jon Barinholtz, Karan Brar, Kari Wahlgren, Ken Marino, Liam Cunningham, Maurice Lamarche, Miguel Sandoval, Nat Faxon, Natalie Morales, Neil Flynn, Phil Lamarr, Rainn Wilson, Rob Schrab, Ryan Ridley, Sagan McMahan, Thomas Barbusca, Tiffany Haddish, Tom Kenny, Vargus Mason, and Wendi McLendon-Covey.

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Hulu has launched a new teaser trailer for series ‘Solar Opposites’, from the co-creators of ‘Rick & Morty’.

The story centres around a team of four aliens who have escaped their exploding homeworld, only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America. They are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome.

Korvo (Roiland) and Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) only see the pollution, crass consumerism, and human frailty, while Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse (Mary Mack) love humans and all their TV, junk food, and fun stuff. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living supercomputer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth.

In only the first season, the series has attracted the voice talent of Alan Tudyk, Alfred Molina, Amanda Leighton, Andrew Matarazzo, Andy Daly, Calum Worthy, Chris Cox, Christina Hendricks, Tiffany Hadish and a lot more.

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Honourees include ‘Dirty God’ actress Vicky Knight and ‘Saint Maud’ writer-director Rose Glass.

Bafta has named 20 promising stars of the film, TV and games industries as its Breakthough Brits of 2019.

The initiative, conducted in partnership with Netflix, will see honourees celebrated at a special event in London on November 17.

Those selected are:

● Abubakar Salim - Actor (Raised By Wolves)

● Chance Perdomo - Actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

● Chris Cox - Art Director (Ordain)

● Coco Jackson - Producer (Dancing On Ice)

● Daniel Dewsbury - Director (The Mighty Redcar)

● Gemma Langford - Writer / Indie Games Studio Manager (Overcooked 2)

● Jen Kenwood - Producer...

Honourees include ‘Dirty God’ actress Vicky Knight and ‘Saint Maud’ writer-director Rose Glass.

Bafta has named 20 promising stars of the film, TV and games industries as its Breakthough Brits of 2019.

The initiative, conducted in partnership with Netflix, will see honourees celebrated at a special event in London on November 17.

Those selected are:

● Abubakar Salim - Actor (Raised By Wolves)

● Chance Perdomo - Actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

● Chris Cox - Art Director (Ordain)

● Coco Jackson - Producer (Dancing On Ice)

● Daniel Dewsbury - Director (The Mighty Redcar)

● Gemma Langford - Writer / Indie Games Studio Manager (Overcooked 2)

● Jen Kenwood - Producer...

Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn, Pure creator Kirstie Swain and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actor Chance Perdomo are among the latest crop of BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits.

The award, presented by the TV and film body in association with Netflix, consists of the most promising future stars of film, TV and gaming from the UK. Full list below.

Nunn, who created the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, is currently in post-production for the second series, having become an exec producer. Swain wrote Channel 4 comedy drama Pure and is developing a raft of projects in the UK and U.S., while Perdomo plays Ambrose Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Others on the list include Raised By Wolves star Abubakar Salim, In My Skin writer Kayleigh Llewellyn, Chernobyl Production Designer Luke Hull and Trigonometry director Stella Corradi.

Nunn said, “Being a Breakthrough Brit makes me feel more secure,...

BAFTA and Netflix have raised the curtain on the 2019 class of Breakthrough Brits. The 20-strong cohort, spanning talent from film, TV and games, includes “Sex Education” writer Laurie Nunn, “The Virtues” actress Niamh Algar, “Chernobyl” production designer Luke Hull, and “Saint Maud” director Rose Glass.

The Breakthrough scheme has been run by BAFTA since 2013; this year is the first that the initiative has also had the backing of Netflix. The Breakthrough Brits receive mentoring and networking opportunities as well as entry to BAFTA events. Previous honorees include actors Florence Pugh and Josh O’Connor and director Michael Pearce.

Nunn, who has just seen the second season of Netflix’s “Sex Education” finish shooting, told Variety that being chosen was a sign that her career is on the right track and a moment to reflect on a busy past few years as well on what happens next.

She said she has...

The Illusionists – Magic Of The Holidays will return to Broadway for a fifth holiday season, producers announced today.

The show, which this year will present seven illusionists, will run at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre from Friday, November 29, 2019, through Sunday, January 5, 2020. Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, MagicSpace Entertainment, and The Works Entertainment produce. Neil Dorward directs.

This year’s line-up of illusionists includes: mentalist Chris Cox; “trickster” Paul Dabek; magician Kevin James (“The Inventor”); Hyun Joon Kim (“The Manipulator”); quick-change artists Sos & Victoria; and France’s Got Talent stand-out Enzo Weyne. This year’s show also will include performances by Verba Shadow Theatre.

Washington — Wayne Lapierre, the head of the National Rifle Association, increasingly looks like the last man standing at the powerful gun lobbying group.

Lapierre orchestrated the departures of Oliver North, the former NRA president who raised the alarm about questionable accounting under Lapierre’s watch, and Chris Cox, the former head of the gun group’s powerful political and lobbying groups. Mid-level employees who were not aligned with Lapierre have left the group or been shown the door. Late last week, Jennifer Baker, the longtime top communications aide for the NRA’s lobbying arm,...

The National Rifle Association has suspended its longtime head of political operations, Chris Cox, after filing a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court that fingers Cox as a participant in the failed April coup attempt against the gun lobby’s CEO, Wayne Lapierre.

Cox is a towering figure in the gun world. He has been the executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, the explicitly political arm of the gun lobby, since 2002, and according to the NRA’s latest IRS filing his pay package topped $1.1 million in...

Burbank, CA – A mysterious villain puppeteering Gotham’s most dangerous forces leads the Dark Knight into uncharted waters in Batman: Hush, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length animated film arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting July 20, 2019, and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, , Blu-ray Combo Pack and the DC Universe streaming service on August 13, 2019.

Batman: Hush will be available on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack ($39.99 Srp) and Blu-ray Combo Pack ($24.98 Srp) as well as on Digital ($19.99 HD). The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in 4K with Hdr and a Blu-ray disc featuring the film; the Blu-ray Combo Pack features the film in hi-definition. The 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Combo Pack include a digital version of the film.

An adaptation of the seminal DC classic tale, Batman: Hush...

Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated his call for governments to step in with new regulations governing internet platforms, saying in an ABC News interview that his company needs laws regulating political speech.

“We need new rules,” Zuckerberg said. He was interviewed by ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos at Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. The interview, recorded Wednesday, aired on “Good Morning America” Thursday morning.

“The current laws around what is political advertising don’t consider discussion issues to be political,” Zuckerberg said, referring to attempts by Russia and others to disrupt elections with misinformation campaigns on social media. “It’s not clear to me that we want a private company to be making that kind of a fundamental decision about what is political speech and how should that be regulated. That seems like something there should be a more democratic process around.”

Zuckerberg’s comments are...

Facebook’s time of transition, a seemingly unending phase since last year’s Cambridge Analytica scandal segued to a host of other corporate issues, is continuing with the exits of product chief Chris Cox and WhatsApp head Chris Daniels.

Will Cathcart will take the place of Daniels at WhatsApp. Fidji Simo will be the new head of the Facebook app, the company said. Cox, who has been considered a close confidant of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, will not be replaced. Instead, reflecting the “family of apps” product management structure, Simo at Facebook, Adam Mosseri at Instagram, Stan Chudnovsky at Messenger and Will Cathcart at WhatsApp will report directly to Zuckerberg. Chief Marketing Officer Antonio Lucio will report directly to COO Sheryl Sandberg.

Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who earlier this month announced plans to shift the social media giant toward private messaging and communications, announced the reshuffling in a lengthy memo to employees.

Facebook has hired a veteran chief marketing officer with experience working for such major consumer brands as Pepsi and Visa to help boost the social network’s image.

Antonio Lucio will join leave his job as chief marketing and communications officer at Hp to join Facebook on Sept. 4. He succeeds Gary Briggs, who announced his departure in January.

“He has been outspoken on the need to build authentic global brands with integrity and from places of principle, and also on the importance of building diverse teams at every level in the organization,” said Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox in announcing Lucio’s hire. “From all our interactions with him, he is a force of nature, and we are lucky to have him.”

Lucio will be charged with overseeing Facebook’s marketing strategy at a time when the company is struggling with abuse of its platform and questions about privacy...

Facebook has turned to marketing pro Antonio Lucio to lead its communications strategy after a series of brand-tarnishing episodes.

Most recently, Lucio was Hp’s chief marketing and communications officer and previously was Visa’s global Cmo. At Facebook, he reports to chief product officer Chris Cox, with an official start date of Sept. 4. Lucio replaces Gary Briggs, who stepped down as the social giant’s chief marketing officer in January 2018, saying he would consult for companies and Democratic candidates.

Cox, in a Facebook post Thursday (Aug. 23) announcing the hire, praised Lucio’s “extraordinary reputation in the industry as a leader, a marketer, an operator, and a wise, gracious, and deeply principled human being.”

Lucio comes on board as Facebook continues to deal with the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal that erupted earlier this year, which involved the political consulting firm’s illicit capture of data on millions of users.

Facebook underwent a major corporate reorganization Tuesday, shuffling the executive leadership of key apps including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, and launching a new team dedicated to Blockchain innovation. The reorganization was first reported by Recode, and has since been partially confirmed by one of the Facebook executives involved.

As part of the reorg, Facebook is reportedly structuring its company under three pillars: Apps, product services and new platforms & infrastructure. Apps, which includes both Facebook’s main app as well as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, is being led by the company’s chief product officer Chris Cox.

In that group, responsibilities have also shifted. Former Internet.org VP Chris Daniels is taking over the leadership of WhatsApp. Stan Chudnovsky, who until now headed Messenger product development, will now lead the entire Messenger team. And Adam Mosseri, who previously led the development of newsfeed, will now be in charge of product for Instagram.

Inspired by the the one-shot Elseworlds tale by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, Batman: Gotham By Gaslight puts Batman against the real world serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Take a look at the trailer below as well as additional information about the upcoming DC and Warner Bros. Animation film.

Batman: Gotham By Gaslight takes place at the turn of the century as America’s continued industrial revolution is to be showcased at a World’s Fair hosted by Gotham City. But while the world prepares to witness the glittery glory of Gotham’s technological advances, there is a killer loose in the city’s darkest shadows. Preying on the city’s women, this killer is as precise as he is cruel. As Police Commissioner James Gordon tries to calm the fears of Gotham’s citizens regarding the butcher called Jack the Ripper, the masked vigilante Batman enacts his own detective...

We finally have a release date for Batman: Gotham By Gaslight and those waiting for a physical copy will be able to snag the film beginning February 6th. It is possible to get the film sooner, but that's only for the crowd who wants to own it digitally. Those who don't have a problem with that can pick it up January 23rd.

For those who clicked having no clue what this is, think Batman in the time of Jack The Ripper with a bit of a steampunk vibe. You can see the trailer for the feature below, or find the original comics by doing a quick web search! Here's some additional information on the film from the press release:

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight takes place at the turn of the century as America’s continued industrial revolution is to be showcased at a World’s Fair hosted by Gotham City.

[[tmz:video id="0_fz8a61vt"]] Donald Trump's biker buddies are pumped for inauguration Friday, but want to make it clear ... they're not violent outlaws looking for trouble. Bikers for Trump founder Chris Cox tells TMZ ... his crew is organizing the unofficial 58th inauguration "halftime show" -- which goes down while Trump's lunching with Congress -- and they have quite the show planned. Think Hendrix, bagpipes and patriotism. Cox says he's expecting a safe event and peaceful transition of power,...

The Legend of Gavin Tanner.

We Were Here and Flushed have scooped the nominations for the West Australian Screen Awards.

The West Australian Screen Awards celebraes excellence and achievements in feature film, short film, web series, music videos, television production, documentary, games and interactive productions.

Short drama We Were Here, directed by David Vincent Smith and produced by Joshua Gilbert and Simon Camp, earned six nominations, the most for the awards.

Short comedy Flushed, directed and produced by Richard Eames, also received six nominations.

ABC comedy TV series The Legend of Gavin Tanner, written and directed by Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis and produced by Lauren Elliott received five nominations, as did short drama Sol Bunker, produced by Glen Stasiuk and directed by Nathan Mewett.

Film and Television Institute Wa (Fti) chief executive, Paul Bodlovich, said the WASAs were one of the most important events on the cultural calendar in Western Australia.

Back in October, Facebook announced that they would be changing their “like” button to six different options. Facebook wants to add flair to their simple “like” option. Chris Cox, the chief product officer at Facebook posted this video with the caption, “I’m in Tokyo today to announce the rollout of Reactions in Japan, our sixth […]

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Facebook is making good on a promise to more accurately represent its users’ feelings, launching a test program to evolve the newsfeed “Like” button. Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox announced that a pilot program in Ireland and Spain has given users a range of emojis with which to react to posts, sentiments that include love, laughter, enthusiasm, anger and sadness. “We hope it addresses the spirit of this request more broadly,” Cox wrote in a post about users’ desire for options beyond ‘Like’ in responding to content — especially in situations involving loss, he said. Also Read: Why Hollywood's New Nightmare...

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books and movies are arguably some of the most prominent pieces of media to dominate this century. And now we have further proof of how impactful the series truly was. According to Fortune, the Daily Prophet newspaper in the Harry Potter films was the inspiration behind Facebook’s auto-play video feature.

Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer at Facebook, explained to Fortune in an interview how in 2013, a “new ideas” team of engineers were trying to figure out why people weren’t clicking videos in users’ feeds. Cox, who joined the Facebook team after dropping out of his master’s program at Stanford, said this team’s conclusion was that video thumbnails weren’t compelling enough for people to want to click them, and that even if people did click them, they didn’t wait for a video to load.

Then someone remembered the Daily Prophet from the Harry Potter films,...