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Arturo Holmes / Getty Images for FLC Martin Scorsese has become a controversial figure in the industry due to his hot takes on a number of trending issues. After dissing the Marvel Cinematic Universe and asserting that superhero movies are not “cinema,” the legendary filmmaker is now going after the box office itself during his appearance at the New York Film Festival. The Irishman director essentially went on a rant about how cinema is being “devalued, demeaned, belittled from all sides” because it’s no longer…

The fates of Apple and Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSCM have grown inextricably intertwined since the advent of the iPhone. As each subsequent generation of iPhone hurtled past the technological capabilities of its predecessor, the processors that powered them grew increasingly complex and specialized — to the point that, today, TSCM has become the only chip fab on the planet with the requisite tools and know-how to actually build them. In his new book, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical…

Singer Madonna is "obsessed" with sex. The 64-year-old pop icon, who was previously married to Sean Penn in the 1980s and then to Guy Ritchie from 2000 until 2008, also admitted in a new video that she "regrets" both of her marriages. Asked what her current favourite obsession is, she said, "Sex. And (I regret) getting married. Both times." The `Material Girl` hitmaker filmed a new video for YouTube titled `Finally Enough Talk: 50 Questions With Madonna` in celebration of her new compilation album `Finally Enough Love:…

Image via Blumhouse Our fascination with violence, murder and crime stems from an inherent human tendency to be attracted to dangerous situations, perhaps even fantasizing how we — as viewers — would react, should we ever find ourselves in that same situation. The Black Phone director Scott Derrickson explained in an interview with DiscussingFilm about the fundamentals behind the science of fear, and our obsession with being frightened, when it comes to horror and its unsettling themes. According to Derrickson,…

FTC Chair Lina Khan is a big critic of big tech, and she’s stretching her agency’s regulatory power to try and take on the industry’s data gathering practices.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call (AP)Despite years of tech companies tracking users, gathering data on their online activities and selling it for profit, few government entities have done anything tangible to halt the hoarding of people’s online information. But it looks like the Federal Trade Commission is putting on its bright orange vest, thinking it could become…

Twenty-six-year-old Daphne Ferber believes she is worldly wise and a good judge of character. Rather than face up to her shortcomings she runs from them. At the start of Bea Setton’s debut novel, she’s left London for a fresh start in Berlin.As Daphne drip-feeds us information we learn she’s from a privileged background, failed to get accepted on a postgrad philosophy course (despite a degree from Oxford) and is living off her parents. We swiftly realise she is an unreliable narrator.Daphne is a mass of contradictions.…

Since his 1996 murder, Pinkett has often expressed her love for 2Pac on both his birthday and death anniversaries. As a result, Smith has come to symbolise an ongoing joke, with many claiming Pinkett is still in love with 2Pac more than 25 years after his passing. Tony Rock, Chris Rock’s brother, claims that was the reason Smith hit the well-known comedian on live television at the 94th Annual Academy Awards in March. Tony Rock claimed that Smith was fed up with being humiliated in front of his wife when he spoke on…

Stranger Things star David Harbour has revealed that he “played the shit” out of World Of Warcraft, and it took a “vortex moment” in The Sims to realise he was playing it too much. As part of Netflix Geeked Week, an after show for Stranger Things season four saw Harbour and co-star Winona Ryder discussing the latest season and their own hobbies. When Harbour briefly mentioned playing World Of Warcraft (thanks, PC Gamer), host Felicia Day pushed for more details and Harbour bemoaned it was “one of the most embarrassing…

If you look up “fan favorite” in the dictionary, this is the image you will see.Screenshot: LucasfilmStar Wars is full of forgettable side characters that some people refuse to forget. From the man carrying an ice cream maker in Empire Strikes Back (who has a name, and it’s Willow Hood, for some reason) to my editor’s suggestions of Captain Fordo, Ooryl Qrygg, and Voort “Piggy” saBinring, there’s a lot to choose from. If there’s any franchise that has a larger, weirder, and over all stranger encyclopedia of obscure and…

Based on our knowledge and experience, we believe that estimating the percentage of bots on Twitter has become a very difficult task, and debating the accuracy of the estimate might be missing the point. Here’s why.What, exactly, is a bot?To measure the prevalence of problematic accounts on Twitter, a clear definition of the targets is necessary. Common terms such as “fake accounts,” “spam accounts,” and “bots” are used interchangeably, but they have different meanings. Fake or false accounts are those that impersonate…