TV Aerials Middlesbrough: January 2019

Thursday 31 January 2019

Harvey Weinstein doc 'Untouchable' draws its power from his victim's stories

Harvey Weinstein and Sundance have a history.

The producer had long been a fixture, picking up future hits and hobnobbing with talent. It was also, we learned in 2017, where he perpetrated some terrible crimes. In 2018, Weinstein sat out the festival for the first time since the '80s.

In 2019, Weinstein had a presence at the fest yet again – but not as a power player on the ground. This year, he is the subject of Untouchable, Ursula Macfarlane's 98-minute documentary about the abuses he's waged on others over the past four decades.

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/untouchable-harvey-weinstein-documentary-review/
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Zac Efron's Ted Bundy movie 'Extremely Wicked' is shockingly pointless

If Ted Bundy's real secret weapon was his charm, which helped him reassure people who should've been suspicious of him and win over people who should've hated him, count Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile as just another to fall under his spell.

Directed by Joe Berlinger, who also helmed the upcoming Netflix docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Extremely Wicked starts out looking like a fresh perspective on the notorious serial killer, with his girlfriend Liz Kendall (Lily Collins) as his way in.

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/shockingly-evil-zac-efron-ted-bundy-review/
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You and your dog should watch this 'Saturday Night Live' rap about dogs

Like dogs? Of course you do. You will also love this digital short from the latest Saturday Night Live, which features Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson, and host James McAvoy rapping the praises of their main bitches: their dogs.

Has the "dogs/bitches" joke been made before? Absolutely. Has it been made while Pete Davidson is wearing tiny sunglasses and an enormous fur coat? No. So we will accept it, and we will enjoy it, and we will go perform this track for our own dogs after watching. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/video/saturday-night-live-i-love-my-dog-rap/
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'SNL' imagines what Colton Underwood's run on 'The Bachelor' will look like

The latest season of The Bachelor kicked off on Jan. 7, featuring former NFL linebacker and self-admitted virgin Colton Underwood as the object of the 30 contestants' desires. (Or whatever, The Bachelor is weird.)

This Saturday Night Live sketch recasts the show as Virgin Hunk and completely shreds it, taking potshots at the awkward speed dating vibe, the conniving and manipulative behavior it takes to win, and the IRL show's struggles with diversity.

The whole thing only works as a comedy sketch because the women of Saturday Night Live are so damn funny. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/video/bachelor-colton-underwood-virgin-hunk-snl/
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We really need a new word for binge-watching

In Binged, Mashable breaks down why we binge-watch, how we binge-watch, and what it does to us. Because binge-watching is the new normal.

If you were born a working-class kid near the English city of Leicester before Queen Victoria's reign, then you may have been one of the first people in the world to use the word "binge." Which, back then, meant "soaking wood so it swells and won't leak in the rain."

The first writer to record the word, in 1848, also mentioned Leicestershire locals had started to use "binge" for another kind of soaking: getting wasted. And that's how it spread around the world — from alcoholism (binge-drinking) to excessive food consumption (binge-eating, introduced around a century ago), until finally, around 2014, largely thanks to Netflix, we began to talk of binge-watching. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/binge-watch-alternative-word/
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Steve Martin is Roger Stone in a hilarious 'SNL' cold open roast of Fox News

One thing is increasingly clear anytime Saturday Night Live uses Fox News as a platform for laughs: the Rupert Murdoch network's pro-Trump, anti-progressive approach is so dogmatic and over the top, it's virtually impossible to parody. A jokey news package featuring Fake Tucker Carlson and Fake Jeanine Pirro is just as overrun with half-truths and outright lies as the real thing.

Then Steve Martin shows up. The frequent SNL guest host (he was never a cast member, as an earlier version of this post erroneously stated) made his Trumpworld debut as Roger Stone, who on Friday became the latest Trump adviser and ally to be indicted. Martin is almost unrecognizable at first, and his over-the-top delivery is perfect for a man who seems like an IRL cartoon every time he pops up on TV. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/video/fox-news-roger-stone-snl-cold-open-steve-martin/
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15 pictures that are not at all what they seem

In the age of Photoshop, you never know what photos have been edited beyond belief.

But sometimes, weird optical illusions can occur. These photographic tricks leave our brain filling in the gaps in hilarious, weird, and sometimes raunchy ways.

Let yourself do a double take, because not everything is as it seems.

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Save 15% on the Apple HomePod for the next few days

Fun fact: Microsoft Office's Clippy was among the first smart assistants made widely available to consumers. That same technology has since meandered over into the world of audio, where internet-connected speakers are now capable of pairing with other devices and being controlled by a listener's voice.

With more and more electronics companies dipping their toes into the smart speaker marketplace to meet surging public demand, there are a lot of options for consumers to consider. There's tough competition out there, y'all. But it's a newcomer that's got everyone else beat in terms of sound quality and high-tech features: the Apple HomePod. Read more...

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Want to build the next 'Flappy Bird' from your couch? Start with a course on game development.

February 10th, 2019 will mark five years since Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen pulled the beloved game from the App Store and Google Play, causing worldwide hysteria. Devices with the game pre-installed were even put up for sale for hundreds and thousands of dollars.

Fast forward to 2017, the game has effectively become extinct. iOS 11's shift to 64-bit meant it could no longer support the 32-bit apps. Flappy Bird, as we know it, is now gone...but it will never ever be forgotten.

Convinced you could make a game people would love this much? The 2019 Game Dev & Design Mega Mastery Bundle contains all the tools and training you need to build your very own video game. And you can get it on sale today for only $39. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/shopping/jan-27-video-game-development-course-on-sale/
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New top story on Hacker News: Bloom's Taxonomy

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New top story on Hacker News: How to prepare a Design Thinking workshop for 80 people

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New top story on Hacker News: Flexport Engineering Expands to Chicago

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New top story on Hacker News: Google is discontinuing their free weather API

Google is discontinuing their free weather API
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Moving to a different city or country can be lonely. Here are some things that helped me cope.

The decision to move from Copenhagen to London was an easy one. I was 26, recently unemployed, and single. So when I was offered a job in a cosmopolitan city with a population twice that of my home country, I said yes without much hesitation. I didn’t know anyone there, but shaking things up was exactly what I needed, so I rented out my apartment and left. I was excited.

We’re told that making big changes in life is invigorating. That exposing yourself to new things and new people is the only way to really get to know yourself. That to grow as a person, you must challenge yourself. I find this to be mostly true, but I’ve also discovered that actually uprooting yourself, thrilling as it may be, comes with its own set of challenges. Challenges that have taken time to develop coping strategies for. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/coping-with-loneliness-moving-relocating/
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Strangers on a Train: Gabriel Kahane’s Wrenching “Book of Travelers”

Alex Ross writes on Gabriel Kahane’s album “Book of Travelers,” whose songs are compiled from stories heard while riding trains across the country, after the 2016 Presidential election.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/strangers-on-a-train-gabriel-kahanes-wrenching-book-of-travelers
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Wisconsin’s Foxconn Debacle Keeps Getting Worse

Eric Lach on how the bad deal Wisconsin made with Foxconn to open an L.C.D.-screen factory in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, is only getting worse.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/news/current/wisconsins-foxconn-debacle-keeps-getting-worse
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The Deep Pathology at the Heart of a Scandal at Der Spiegel

Elisabeth Zerofsky writes about Claas Relotius, a reporter who was discovered to be fabricating stories for the German magazine Der Spiegel.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-deep-pathology-at-the-heart-of-the-scandal-at-der-spiegel
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Review: “Villa Air-Bel,” a History of the Safe House That Shielded Artists from the Nazis

Sheelah Kolhatkar reviews the book “Villa Air-Bel,” by Rosemary Sullivan, which recounts the French château that housed artists and intellectuals who were fleeing the Nazis during the Second World War.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/recommends/read/villa-air-bel-a-history-of-the-safe-house-that-shielded-artists-from-the-nazis
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Subtle Behavior Changes When My Roommates Are Out of Town

The writer Jason Adam Katzenstein and the illustrator Nick Thorburn compile a humorous list of ways one’s behavior might change when one’s roommates are all out of town.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/subtle-behavior-changes-when-my-roommates-are-out-of-town
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The Seductiveness of Insta-Nostalgia

Sophie Haigney writes about Timehop and features on Facebook, Spotify, and Instagram that encourage reminiscing.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-seductiveness-of-insta-nostalgia
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Trump Comes Out Strongly Against Intelligence

Andy Borowitz jokes about President Trump taking a stand against intelligence.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-comes-out-strongly-against-intelligence
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Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, January 30th

Lila Ash’s Daily Cartoon starts a new band with a radiator.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/wednesday-january-30th-radiator-band
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Other Definitions of “Wintry Mix”

Kiki O’Keeffe and Ysabel Yates write a humorous list suggesting new definitions for the weather-report term “wintry mix.”

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/other-definitions-of-wintry-mix
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The Hedonic Appeal of “Dreyer’s English”

Katy Waldman reviews “Dreyer’s English,” a book about language usage by Benjamin Dreyer.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-hedonic-appeal-of-dreyers-english
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The Passamaquoddy Reclaim Their Culture Through Digital Repatriation

E. Tammy Kim writes on the Passamaquoddy tribe’s history with its cultural property, and also the growing sensitivity of research institutions across the country toward Native materials.

from Everything https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-passamaquoddy-reclaim-their-culture-through-digital-repatriation
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New top story on Hacker News: A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves

A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves
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Selling fake followers and likes can land you in trouble with the law

Fake followers, fake likes: they've flooded social media in the past few years.

While companies have taken action against fraud accounts, in New York, selling bots and fraudulent social media activity now could land you in hot water. In fact, it's against the law.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Wednesday it had settled with U.S. company Devumi, which had been under investigation following a New York Times exposé which revealed its shady social media practices.

The fake followers, likes, & views that Devumi sold came from bot & sock-puppet accounts.

Devumi also supplied fake accounts that copied real people's social media profiles, and sold endorsements from influencers without disclosing that the influencers had been paid.

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) January 30, 2019 Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/fake-followers-likes-new-york/
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Stephen Colbert offers cold weather tips to the people of Chicago

It's damn cold in Chicago, as the Midwest sits in the midst of a polar vortex.

In fact, with temperatures hitting -22 degrees Fahrenheit (-30 degrees Celsius) on Wednesday, with a wind chill of -49 degrees Fahrenheit (-45 degrees Celsius), it's so cold in the city that in order to keep the tracks running, crews set fire to the tracks.

So, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert donned a Chicago-style moustache to offer up a few cold weather tips for the good people of the Windy City.

"Here's how you keep your Polish sausage from snappin' off," he began. "First. take all your old mustaches, sew 'em into a scarf, OK. In Chicago, you shed one mustache a year, it's like antlers with deer. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/video/stephen-colbert-chicago-midwest-polar-vortex/
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Christina Aguilera serenades unsuspecting donut customers

You're keen for a donut. You rock up to the shop. Christina Aguilera's "Genie In a Bottle" is playing through the speakers. But wait, are those lyrics about... you?

For a new segment dubbed "Undercover Sing," the pop monarch herself teamed up with late show host Jimmy Kimmel. The task? Serenade unsuspecting customers at a Los Angeles donut shop. And it's delightful.

Looks like Kimmel really wants his own singing segment like James Corden's "Carpool Karaoke" or Jimmy Fallon's "Lip Sync Battle." We're into it. Donuts all 'round. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/video/christina-aguilera-donut-prank-jimmy-kimmel/
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Made a typo? Google Chrome tests warning for lookalike URLs

Google Chrome has another solution to help users turn back from dodgy websites.

As spotted by ZDNet, it's testing a way to spot lookalike URLs and help redirect users to go to the right place with the Chrome Canary browser, which is used to experiment with upcoming features.

You can switch on the experimental feature in Canary by entering chrome://flags/#enable-lookalike-url-navigation-suggestions in the address bar, and enabling it.

From there, a dropdown will appear below the address bar if you've entered or clicked through to a lookalike URL, with a link to the correct version. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/google-chrome-lookalike-url/
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Facebook doesn't want to talk about how many people use its app anymore

Facebook's main app has more than 2.3 billion users. We know this because, each quarter, the company reports its user growth, alongside its business updates.

These metrics are a key signal to investors and others about how the company is doing and how quickly it's growing. But that could soon change.

Facebook announced during its quarterly earnings call that it will begin phasing out these metrics for its main app, instead opting to disclose numbers for its "family" of apps, which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/facebook-will-stop-disclosing-metrics-for-main-app/
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Ben Affleck hands over his cape to a new Batman

Ben Affleck is handing over his cape to a new Batman.

According to Deadline, Warner Bros. will release The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, on June 24, 2021. But Affleck won't star as the Caped Crusader.

Affleck, who has played the Dark Knight in DC Extended Universe films Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad and Justice League, will reportedly step down from the role, as the new film will center on a younger Bruce Wayne.

Affleck tweeted the news himself, saying, "Excited for #TheBatman in Summer 2021 and to see @MattReevesLA vision come to life." Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/ben-affleck-batman-matt-reeves/
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More Tesla vehicles are on the way — in 2020, probably

We last heard about the Model Y crossover mid-size SUV car last year and it sounded like it was going to be revealed sooner rather than later.

Well in true Musk fashion, it's looking like later. But not too much later.

During Wednesday's fourth-quarter earnings call, Musk shared more about the newest electric car to complement the Model S, X, and 3 cars. He said it should be here by the end of 2020.

The Y is apparently completed, designed out, and shares 75 percent of its build and design with the Model 3, so it should be easier to ramp up, Musk said. Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/tesla-elon-musk-model-y-semi-pickup/
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