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The era of streaming services being reticent to share viewership information appears to be ending, as Netflix, one of the biggest in the biz, is now touting the arrival of its twice-yearly “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.” 'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI UnlockedThough the streamer has shared “top 10" and “most popular” lists since 2021, this is its biggest and most comprehensive move toward transparency in terms of what its audience is actually consuming; according to a blog post from Netflix,…

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.You can record a conversation in Zoom or whatever other meeting tool you use, but dedicated recording software has a few advantages.First, it tends to preserve the recording more reliably if your connection drops. Second, the software is designed specifically to optimize sound quality. Third, each has some bonus features, noted below. Riverside is the software I use for remote…

Barbie dolls play an unexpectedly catalysing role in Absolution, Alice McDermott’s evocative and masterly ninth novel about the white saviour complex and the social politics of American wives during the Vietnam war. In 1960s Saigon, the docile and conventional Patricia is the newest addition to a cabal of expat wives led by the charismatic Charlene, a Regina George in Betty Draper’s clothing. Charlene is a chain-smoking dynamo of caustic put-downs, vulpine glamour and a barely concealed tranquilliser habit. Impressionable…

Alice Winn, 30, is the author of the bestselling novel In Memoriam, about the illicit love between two public schoolboys on the western front. Already the winner of this year’s Waterstones debut fiction prize, it’s currently on the shortlist for Waterstones book of the year, announced on 30 November. Wartime historian Peter Parker recently called it “horrifyingly visceral a remarkable feel for the complicated emotions of her two protagonists... easily the most affecting novel I read this year”. Raised in Paris and…

Image: NetflixThe 1992 anime adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s YuYu Hakusho is one of those series that hit at just the right time for a generation of animation fans, not unlike Dragonball Z. At a time of live-action adaptations of popular animated material, it wasn’t entirely unexpected to hear the series would be getting one of its own courtesy of Netflix. Nearly a full month ahead of its release, Netflix has released a first look at the upcoming show, which hits on December 14.Yu Yu Hakusho | Official Teaser |…

Even from the safety of her home, the film-maker Alice Winocour’s experience of the Paris terror attacks in November 2015 was terrifying. Her younger brother, Jérémie, was hiding in a back room at the Bataclan concert hall, and forbade her from texting him in case it gave away his location. She had to wait to hear that he made it out alive. Later, he told her about a random thought he had while waiting to die: that he had left a half-eaten yoghurt open in the fridge. What would whoever found it make of his poor kitchen…

I understand that very few people care as much about Interview With the Vampire as I do, but the new season is right around the corner and promo is already getting set up for San Diego Comic-Con—so nobody should expect me to be normal about it. There’s also just... a lot of interesting discussion going on about what’s happening (or not happening) at SDCC this year! Are all you spoilers ready for SDCC?!Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewGodzilla: Minus OneToho International President Koji…

Jason Blum’s Spawn remake is for sure in the works, even though there’s no writing happening due to the producers’ and studios’ continued refusal to bargain fairly. He says 2025—maybe. Regardless, I think we can say with confidence that Barney & Friends will be out before Spawn. Get ready to share the love, and spoilers. Spoilers of the Week: July 29thBarney & FriendsDuring a recent interview with The New Yorker (via The Wrap), Mattel Films executive Kevin McKeon stated the upcoming Barney & Friends movie…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIt takes a lot to make Alice Lowe flinch. As an actor and writer who excels in playing loved-up sociopaths (Sightseers), pregnant widows on killing sprees (Prevenge) and murderous therapists (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch), Lowe, it’s fair to say, is at home in horror. And so it takes something truly awful – truly horrific, even – to frighten her. Like, say, learning from Take That’s Mark…

The phrase “overnight millionaire” may be a vague term to most people in other industries, but in the crypto industry, it’s definitely a real thing. Crypto is one of the easiest industries to become a millionaire in this day and age. Becoming a millionaire has become as easy as investing in a project in the presale stage and holding the tokens until it launches on major exchanges. An example of a cryptocurrency that minted numerous crypto millionaires off the investors who bought in at the presale stage is ALICE. The My…