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Apple's Killers of the Flower Moon has been nominated for Best Picture at this year's Oscars, along with a host of other nominations. The first is Jacqueline West and her part in the Costume Design of Killers of the Flower Moon, as well as Robert De Niro as Best Supporting Role. Killers of the Flower Moon, a Martin Scorsese vehicle, has been one of Apple TV+'s most important movies to date, so to see it do well at the awards will likely make Apple more confident in its platform and newly christened studio.All of the…

Apple TV Plus won’t have much to write home about after the 75th Emmy Awards last night, receiving one award from the streaming service’s 15 main category nominations.Last year’s Emmy Awards were canceled due to the screenwriter’s strikes that came to an agreement in December.Paul Walter Hauser won “OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE” for his role in Black Bird, a miniseries set in prison in which he stars as Larry Hall, a convicted serial killer.The win comes off the back of Apple TV…

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll likely know that one of the movie highlights of 2023 is Killers of the Flower Moon. Available in theaters and to buy or rent right now, and coming very soon to Apple TV Plus, if you’re still weighing up whether to give it a watch, perhaps the fact it just got nominated for 12 Critics Choice Awards might sway you. As announced by Apple, Apple Original Films picked up 13 total nominations, including 12 for the aforementioned Martin Scorsese drama and one for Ridley Scott’s…

Three Apple originals have scooped nominations for the Golden Globes 2024, including its headline new movie Killers of the Flower Moon. The nominees for the 81st Golden Globe Awards were announced early this morning, with a trio of Apple TV Plus shows up for some prestigious prizes. Apple's Killers of the Flower Moon, its new drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, directed by Martin Scorsese, has been nominated for seven total awards including best motion picture, drama, alongside Oppenheimer. It was also…

Just as Apple Music’s Spotify Wrapped rival, Replay, has finally launched for 2023, Apple has also announced the most popular songs of the year to go with it. Surprisingly, Taylor Swift has not topped the list and that spot is filled by Morgan Wallen, just two years removed from an incident that saw his music temporarily removed from the service. The top ten streamed songs in 2023 were: Last Night – Morgan WallenFlowers – Miley Cyrus Kill Bill – SZARich Flex – Drake, 21 SavageSnooze – SZA Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift Idol –…

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced this year's Emmy nominations and there's lots of good news for the team behind The Last of Us. HBO's massively successful series scored 24 nominations, more than any other show this year except Succession (27). The White Lotus (23) and Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso (21) followed closely behind. The Last of Us is the first live-action video game adaptation for film or TV to make a serious dent at a major awards ceremony (League of Legends series Arcane won the Emmy for…

Meta Platforms Inc has hired an Oslo-based team that until late last year was building artificial-intelligence networking technology at British chip unicorn Graphcore.A Meta spokesperson confirmed the hirings in response to a request for comment, after Reuters identified 10 people whose LinkedIn profiles said they worked at Graphcore until December 2022 or January 2023 and subsequently joined Meta in February or March of this year. "We recently welcomed a number of highly-specialized engineers in Oslo to our…

Meta Platforms Inc has hired an Oslo-based team that until late last year was building artificial-intelligence networking technology at British chip unicorn Graphcore. A Meta spokesperson confirmed the hirings in response to a request for comment, after Reuters identified 10 people whose LinkedIn profiles said they worked at Graphcore until December 2022 or January 2023 and subsequently joined Meta in February or March of this year. "We recently welcomed a number of highly specialised engineers in Oslo to our…

Amazon has reportedly picked up Batman: Caped Crusader, the animated series Warner Bros. developed for HBO Max but scrapped last August to cut costs. Despite also drawing interest from Netflix, Apple and Hulu, the upcoming show will have a home on Amazon Prime. First announced in May 2021, Batman: Caped Crusader sounds like a spiritual successor to Batman: The Animated Series, the beloved 1990s weekday afternoon staple. The upcoming show was created by executive producers JJ Abrams, Matt Reeves and Batman: The Animated…

Apple has picked up a surprise TV Plus Oscar nomination, with Brian Tyree Henry in the running for best supporting actor for his role in Causeway, its feature film starring Jennifer Lawrence. Causeway, directed by Lila Neugebauer, is a drama starring the already-Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence as Lynsey, a military engineer to returns from tour on Afghanistan after suffering a terrible, debilitating brain injury caused by an IED explosion. The story follows Lynsey as she learns to walk and remember things, and…