For a show that doesn’t actually exist yet, Netflix‘s The Witcher is provoking a lot of strong opinions. Some because it’s based on a massively popular video game and book series, some because Henry Cavill just got cast in the lead role, and others because, well… they’re racist. This issue reared its head over the weekend, thanks to a casting … Read more
YouTuber PeeWeeToms has been battling cancer in front of his fans for the past several months, but the video he posted Thursday was one of his most devastating to date. His journey, it seems, is drawing closer to the end. As the British YouTube star suffers from sarcomatoid carcinoma, a rare disease that has properties of two different kinds … Read more
Last month, Netflix made good on a promise to do away with its user review platform and deleted all reviews from the site. Netflix claimed at the time that people weren’t leaving as many reviews. But according to a report from streaming site Cordcutting, the decision might have had more to do with the increasingly bad reviews its original programming … Read more
One look at the complete lineup of DirecTV Now channels and you’ll understand why it’s the most comprehensive live TV streaming service on the market. Even its most basic package still offers more than 65 channels, which dwarfs competitors like Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV, and PlayStation Vue. (You can see a complete list of PlayStation Vue channels here.) But with … Read more
“Typhoid” Mary Walker—not to be confused with the real historical figure Typhoid Mary—is a new lead character in Iron Fist season 2. Played by Alice Eve, she straddles the hero/villain divide in a more interesting way than Danny Rand’s longtime frenemies Joy and Ward Meachum. However, her comic book origins are a sexist and exploitative depiction of mental … Read more
If you start watching The First, Hulu’s latest prestige drama starring Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn in a rare TV role, expecting it to be “Sean Penn in space,” you’ll surely be left disappointed. The first season mostly stays earthbound as it focuses on the political, personal, and scientific stakes of sending the first human crew to Mars, but by … Read more
Netflix’s Magic For Humans, hosted by magician Justin Willman, debuted last month and has already inspired a new way to prank your friends and family. Well, at least the ones who will go along with it. In episode four, Willman assembles a crowd, which allegedly responded to his Craigslist ad, for an “experiment”: They’re going … Read more
Another alleged time traveler has appeared on YouTube channel ApexTV, and this time, a man said he has proof that he visited China during the 16th and 17th centuries. Of course, these stories have become popular YouTube gimmicks in recent months. Here a man with a Russian accent, whose face is shielded by pixelation and … Read more
The U.S. Justice Department has charged North Korean hackers as part of a state-sponsored conspiracy in the 2014 Sony cyberattack. Park Jin Hyok and other unidentified co-conspirators are being charged with hacking on behalf of the North Korea Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country’s military intelligence agency. The operatives are believed to be part of the Lazarus Group, the hacking … Read more
The upcoming Joker spinoff movie has a unique ability to make superhero fans stop in their tracks and ask: “Wait, what?” After casting Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, the latest update is that Alec Baldwin will play Thomas Wayne—although probably not a familiar version of the character. Directed by The Hangover‘s Todd Philips, Joker is set in the 1980s with a gritty, mature tone. … Read more