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What was HBO thinking not casting Ellen Page and Kate Mara for the second season of True Detective? With yesterday’s news of Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell landing the starring roles, which excited nearly no one on the Internet, it’s … Continue reading →

SYDNEY — The world’s largest short film festival has decided 7 minutes — its normal time limit per movie — wasn’t nearly short enough. This year Tropfest, which launched in Australia in 1993, decided to launch an even shorter film … Continue reading →

Apple is attempting a do-over of the epic fail that was iOS 8′s first update. The company released iOS 8.0.2 Thursday, following the release — and subsequent removal — of iOS 8.0.1, after widespread reports the update killed users’ cell … Continue reading →

A new NASA image shows the devastation wreaked by the King Fire east of Sacramento, California, which has been burning for the last two weeks NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite took this infrared image on Sept. 19, which NASA artificially colored. … Continue reading →

The world is full of weirdos Consider that a good thing — a certain level of the weird, strange and bizarre things is good for the soul. Otherwise you may find yourself perfectly content drinking pumpkin spice lattes while watching … Continue reading →

Beyonce rules all — even college football recruiting, it seems Shy Tuttle is a 6-foot-3, 315-pound high school football player from North Carolina ranked among the top players at his defensive-tackle position and recruited by some of the nation’s best … Continue reading →

Beyoncé rules all — even college football recruiting, it seems Shy Tuttle is a 6-foot-3, 315-pound high school football player from North Carolina ranked among the top players at his defensive-tackle position and recruited by some of the nation’s best … Continue reading →

Where are software startups these days? In San Francisco, California; Budapest, Hungary; Bangalore, India; Kigali, Rwanda; Skolkovo, Russia; and Shenzen, China. With the cloud boom, geographic boundaries are a thing of the past. Great companies can be built anywhere, selling … Continue reading →

When we first see Maura, the main character in Amazon’s groundbreaking new series Transparent, she’s Mort Pfefferman, having her three grown children over for a chaotic family dinner. Looking new-agey and loving in pink button-down, ponytail and pinkie ring, she reveals … Continue reading →

Thom Yorke really might be a paranoid android The musician released a solo album, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, online for $6 on Friday. The twist? It’s currently only available on BitTorrent. It’s a bit of an unconventional choice, but is in … Continue reading →