NATPE: Facebook has unveiled three commissions for its nascent Watch platform here in Miami, including a reality series with Bear Grylls and a scripted adaptation from True Blood exec producer Raelle Tucker.
Sorgente: Facebook orders Sacred Lies, Bear Grylls
‘Flashpoint’ gives DC Films a chance to do yet another reactionary soft reboot on their ever-reactionary franchise.
Sorgente: ‘Flashpoint’: Another Soft DC Films Reboot Or ‘Justice League 2’?
At a time when anyone can broadcast live or post their thoughts to a social network, we should be living in a utopia of public discourse. We’re not.
Sorgente: It’s the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech
Trump is in the driver’s seat, this time of a semi-truck as he welcomes members of the trucking industry to the White House to discuss healthcare, Washington, DC, March 23, 2017.
Hair, make-up and prosthetics designer Davina Lamont discusses her work on epic Sky and Amazon historical drama Britannia, in which a Roman army faces up to Druids and Celts in 43AD.
Sorgente: Tribes and tribulations
Why Pittsburgh’s predictive analytics misdiagnoses child maltreatment and prescribes the wrong solutions
Sorgente: A Child Abuse Prediction Model Fails Poor Families
It’s crazy bold, or maybe just crazy, but perhaps we could minimize murder by making stars of those who slaughter. Who’s with me?
Sorgente: Stop Murder … by Making Killing a Game?
Little Red tells the true story of young Malcolm Little – decades before he became the civil rights icon.
Sorgente: This Comedy Duo Dares to Turn Malcolm X Into a Cartoon
For some reason, I never really imagined that Quentin Tarantino would ever work with Al Pacino but it looks like there’s a chance that it might happen. According to Variety, the director is interested in casting the actor in his upcoming ninth film that is set in 1969.
Sorgente: Quentin Tarantino is Also Looking to Cast Al Pacino in His Manson Family Movie
Wow, maybe that Change.org petition actually worked.
Sorgente: ‘The Walking Dead’ Renewed for Season 9 With New (Fourth) Showrunner
Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition opening-night film “Loveling.”
Sorgente: Sundance World Cinema Opening Film ‘Loveling’ Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Txt.fyi, with no Like button or Share button, tries to inoculate against the hazards of virality.
Sorgente: Antisocial Media: Not Every Message Has to Go Viral
The recent books by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, and Evan Narcisse have had great character-driven stories.
Sorgente: Complex and Satisfying, You Should Read the ‘Black Panther’ Comics
Opinion: Google, Twitter, and Signal should take steps to ensure their tools aren’t restricting Iranian’s free speech.
Sorgente: Tech Companies Are Complicit in Censoring Iran Protests
Activist investors filed shareholder resolutions asking Facebook and Twitter to take more responsibility for content on their sites, highlighting how concerns about the power of big tech firms is moving from Washington to Wall Street.
Sorgente: Activist Investors’ Next Targets: Facebook, Twitter
The show’s most recent season hinted that its episodes are connected—but it should stay an anthology series.
Sorgente: Please Don’t Let ‘Black Mirror’ Be a Shared Universe
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