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Black Panther and Stranger Things dominate MTV’s awards nominations

This year, MTV is attempting to attract viewers by pointing out the ways in which the ceremony is not like other awards shows. While storied awards shows like the Oscars struggle with issues of diversity, MTV continues to emphasize its gender-neutral acting awards that were first implemented last year. → Read More

DC Comics’ new streaming service now has a name and a landing page

The landing page describes the platform as a "first-of-its kind, immersive digital experience designed just for DC fans," with access to exclusive original series. In addition to the animated Young Justice series and the live-action adaptation of DC’s Titans comics, both previously announced, DC Universe has greenlit a series order of a live-action Swamp Thing drama. → Read More

MoviePass is bringing back its unlimited plan

Just a few days ago, MoviePass was offering a plan in which the $9.95 / month fee, billed quarterly, allowed users to see just four movies per month, along with a seemingly random three month trial of iHeartRadio’s All Access Subscription. → Read More

Hulu’s Stephen King anthology series Castle Rock gets a new teaser

Castle Rock will feature themes and characters from across King’s work, as well as a few new characters created just for the TV series and several actors from previous iterations of King adaptations, like Sissy Spacek (Carrie) and Bill Skarsgård (2017’s It), playing new roles. → Read More

Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz is bringing his recut, chronological version of season 4 to Netflix on May 4th

Netflix’s revival of Arrested Development was controversial because of the way its 15 episodes focused solely on individual characters. Now, Hurwitz has recut the season into 22 shorter episodes that tell the story in chronological order — and he says a fifth season is coming “real soon.” → Read More

Amazon is launching a $23 subscription book box for kids

Amazon plans to launch Prime Book Box, a monthly book subscription service for kids. For $22.99 per month, subscribers will receive a box of four board books (for ages two and younger) or two hardcover picture books or novels (for ages three to 12). → Read More

Adi Shankar is crowdsourcing a solution to The Simpsons’ Apu problem

The producer and actor is running a screenwriting contest that asks people to rewrite Apu in a new episode. He says he’ll take the winning script to the Simpsons writers’ room → Read More

Women of Color of Time’s Up asks the music industry to cut ties with R. Kelly

The letter marks the first time the Hollywood anti-sexual harassment collective has called for action against an individual abuser since Harvey Weinstein → Read More

Hank Azaria on voicing Apu in The Simpsons: ‘I’m perfectly willing to step aside’

On The Late Show, Hank Azaria addressed the controversy surrounding The Simpsons’ Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a character he voices that has been accused of being a racist caricature. → Read More

A Match.com glitch reactivated a bunch of old profiles, raising concerns about user data

Match says it plans to update its privacy policy soon to prevent this. → Read More

Netflix has reportedly considered buying theaters to screen its movies

Netflix might be trying to buy theaters or a theater chain, according to a new report. Owning a theater would make it easier for Netflix to make sure its movies are eligible for awards. → Read More

PopSugar allegedly stole “millions” of Instagram influencers’ photos for affiliate link profits

PopSugar was accused of stealing the personal photos of style bloggers and micro-influencers, using them to generate their own affiliate-link commissions. RewardStyle, an invite-only web tool that helps bloggers monetize their content through affiliate links, sent their users an email about it. → Read More

The final Deadpool 2 trailer is all flying motorcycles, slapstick, and snark

The final Deadpool 2 trailer has dropped and as with past trailers, this one shows off a decent amount of Josh Brolin’s Cable, who’s joining the series as the newest evil villain, and X-Force, Deadpool’s group of mutant superheroes. → Read More

MoviePass auditor has doubts about the company’s business model after significant losses

MoviePass is reportedly burning through its funding, even as it continues to grow. An independent auditor for MoviePass’s owner, Helios and Matheson Analytics, said it had “substantial doubt” about the company’s ability to remain in business. → Read More

Amazon is adapting William Gibson’s The Peripheral into a TV series

Amazon is working on a TV adaptation of the 2014 William Gibson novel The Peripheral. The project, still in development, could get a straight-to-series order. → Read More

Ja Rule’s catastrophic Fyre Festival gets a documentary series on Hulu

Hulu has picked up a multipart documentary about the Fyre Festival. The multipart documentary will feature interviews with employees, vendors, investors, and more → Read More

Bumble will allow users to log in without Facebook

Starting tomorrow, users will be able to create an account using a phone number → Read More

Netflix renews Jessica Jones for a third season

Netflix announced that it has renewed Jessica Jones for a third season, about a month after the show’s season 2 premiere. → Read More

AMC orders an adaptation of Joe Hill’s novel NOS4A2 to series

AMC has officially greenlit a series order of the horror drama NOS4A2, based on Joe Hill’s 2013 novel. → Read More

Mac DeMarco made a music video for the cat who lives behind his garage

Mac DeMarco’s most recent album is called This Old Dog, but his most recent video stars a cat. A cat named Pickles, probably. As Mac notes in the song description, “Pickles lives behind the garage.” We’re not given much more biographical information about Pickles the cat beyond that, but maybe Pickles is not the kind of cat who makes these things readily apparent. He’s just a cat who wants to… → Read More