The original cast and creator are returning for a two-hour holiday movie, “Psych: The Movie,” this December, Variety has learned.
The news comes more than three years after “Psych” went off the air in spring 2014, after airing for eight seasons and more than 120 episodes.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Donald Glover will be writing, producing, and show-running a new animated series based on Deadpool.
The 10-episode series will launch in 2018, with Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory joining the Glover brothers as exec producers. Loeb and his executives are believed to be big fans of FXX’s Archer, and approached FX brass with the idea, not the other way around. FX then approached Glover, a significant talent with increasing geek cred. Following a complex negotiation, the series will hail from Marvel Television, FX Productions and ABC Studios’ cable arm, ABC Signature. A voice cast has not yet been determined.
I am so in.
Ingrid Lunden, writing for TechCrunch:
Today Amazon unveiled the Echo Show, a WiFi-enabled home device with a seven-inch screen that is the newest addition to its Alexa-powered Echo range of home hubs that plays media and responds to voice commands. […] The device, which comes in black and white versions, will cost $229.99 and will be shipped from June 28, with preorders available now. It appears that it will be available first in the U.S. only.
I use my Echo for controlling the lights, playing the daily Jeopardy game, setting cooking timers, re-ordering common items, and playing a “favorites playlist” when I don’t have my phone near. Pretty much in that order. It’s a nice device, I’m glad we have it, but I wouldn’t call it anywhere near essential yet. As they get more powerful and more capable of understanding queries and context, I think this will be an interesting space to watch. This device, however, looks like a bad piece of corporate tech from the ’90s. It’s hideous.
TTNG were arrested in Hong Kong:
Hong Kong police confirmed to the BBC that several detentions had been made at the venue but would not give further details.
Under Hong Kong immigration law, the band members could be charged with working without the required permit, while the concert agency could be charged with hiring the bands as illegal workers.
Our general forum’s infamous “food thread” is putting together a fun little “Chopped/Iron Chef” like competition. If you’re interested in participating, check out the thread and rules:
Anybody can participate as long as you meet the deadlines. If you miss one week don’t worry! There will be more than one opportunity to participate. Anybody can be a contestant or a judge. You can participate every time we do this or come and go as you please.
Former Black Flag bassist, Cel Revuelta, has passed away.
John Oliver ran a new segment on net neutrality last night and has set up a website redirect where you can make your voice heard on this important issue.
If you’re looking for more on this topic Jon Lovett sat down with Tim Wu, who coined the phrase, on this week’s episode of the Lovett or Leave It podcast.
Lena H. Sun, writing for The Washington Post:
The young mother started getting advice early on from friends in the close-knit Somali immigrant community here. Don’t let your children get the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella — it causes autism, they said.
Suaado Salah listened. And this spring, her 3-year-old boy and 18-month-old girl contracted measles in Minnesota’s largest outbreak of the highly infectious and potentially deadly disease in nearly three decades.
Kurt Larson and Daniel Franz of Silver City Brewery are on the latest episode of Mike Herrera’s podcast talking about the upcoming “Secret Weapon” MxPx beer.
Did you see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? Did it leave you craving more? If so, our forum community has put together five comic book recommendations for you to check out. These stories were picked out by some regulars of the comic book thread to help those who loved this film dig into the cosmic world that it was built upon.
Aaron Pressman, writing for Fortune:
It’s official: For the first time, a majority of American homes have only wireless telephones.
The trend to drop landlines has been growing over the last decade alongside the growth in mobile phone use, according to semi-annual surveys performed by the Centers for Disease Control, which wants to monitor how to contact people for future surveys. But it wasn’t until the end of 2016 that a majority of all households relied solely on mobile phones.
Since leaving my parent’s home for college, I’ve never had a landline. I doubt I ever will.
David Pierce, writing for Wired:
Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming services have fundamentally changed how people listen to music. In the process, they’ve changed how artists and songs break. Radio may remain the most popular way of discovering music among casual fans, but unless you’re Drake or Rihanna, it’s hard to get any play. Plus, real fans—the people who go to concerts and buy merch and actually pay for music—use streaming services like Spotify.
“Spotify playlists, and Spotify charts, and Spotify plays, have become the number one tool that labels and artists and managers are using in order to break artists and measure success,” says industry analyst Mark Mulligan. Facebook has more users, YouTube has more views, but Spotify represents more important real estate. “If you get things working on Spotify,” Mulligan says, “that’s going to crank the wheel.”
I’ve heard from labels and managers that specifically target certain regions in the world to boost Spotify plays and hit charts because it may lead to getting onto a featured playlist.
