Twitter to test longer tweets
Twitter has announced that it has started tests which could see the end of the service’s long-standing 140 character limit. In a blog post this morning, the company explained some users’ accounts...
Comedian Dylan Moran Brings ‘Grumbling Mustard’ And His Random Precision To The Wilbur
Irish comedian Dylan Moran has a striking way of making broad, abstract concepts oddly understandable. He once described the mind-body split, that most basic human dichotomy, through the metaphor of...
Rick And Morty’s worst fans don’t deserve Rick And Morty
Rick And Morty may just be the perfect sci-fi show. It is certainly, with apologies to Westworld, currently TV’s most ambitious, taking a handful of long-running conceits (the infinite-universe...
Russia turns on Morgan Freeman over election ‘war’ video
Russia has aimed its entire media arsenal at the veteran Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman over his appearance in a video accusing the Kremlin of waging “war” on America during last...
L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt dies at 94
Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to cosmetics firm L’Oreal, has died aged 94, her family has confirmed. A statement said she had died at home “peacefully” overnight. With an...
Comedy legend Jerry Lewis dies at 91
Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even...
Samuel L. Jackson finds comfort and joy in the action comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard
LOS ANGELES — Over 100 films later, Samuel L. Jackson still just wants to have fun. The 68-year-old’s latest exercise in cinematic amusement is playing the hitman to Ryan Reynolds’ bodyguard in the...
Apple’s deep pockets could take on Hollywood and Netflix
The potential move of Apple into streaming video could reshape an industry that is already feeling the impact from new players such as Netflix. While Apple has not revealed any plans publicly, a...
