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The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon, criticized for being easy on guest Donald Trump last Thursday (tweeted Jeopardy whiz Ken Jennings, “In his defense, Jimmy Fallon just pulled in a 35 share among white supremacists 18-49”), responded to post-Emmys prodding from TMZ. “Have you seen my show?” the NBC late night host asked. “I’m never too […]
Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus did show up, to pick up her record fifth consecutive Emmy and dedicate it to her father, businessman/poet William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away Friday. “I’m so glad he liked Veep, because his opinion was the one that really mattered,” said Louis-Dreyfus. Responding to confused fans, actor Richard Dreyfuss later tweeted, “I’m actually […]
GoPro launched some new toys. The company announced its new lineup of action cameras, cloud services, and, most awesomely, its long-awaited drone. The new Hero 5 Black 4K camera will sell for $399, and the new Hero 5 Session – which comes without a touch screen – will sell for for $299. Both launch October […]
Social media pros rejoice: You now have some precious breathing room on Twitter. The social platform no longer counts videos, photos, GIFs, polls, or quote tweets against its 140-character limit. Twitter is also beginning to test a new feature that will enable users to reply to another user without having that user’s “@” handle count […]
AXS TV has a new fight on its hands, locking in a deal with Legacy Fighting Alliance in a new long-term broadcasting agreement. The pact will now see AXS TV Fights broadcast 30 live LFA events in 2017. The newly formed LFA comes as a result of a merger between Legacy Fighting Championship and Resurrection […]
The Professional Bull Riders inked an entitlement sponsorship for its expansion series, which will now be known as the PBR Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour, which was originally known as the BlueDEF Velocity Tour. The tour will produce 31 events in 2017 with expansion planned to include up to 60 events by 2019. “Real […]
Big winners at the Primetime Emmys last night included: Best Drama Series: Game of Thrones Best Actor in a Drama: Rami Malek – Mr. Robot Best Actress in a Drama: Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black Best Comedy Series: VEEP Best Actress in a Comedy: Julia Louis Dreyfus – VEEP Best Actor in a Comedy: Jeffrey […]
Bruce Rosenblum has joined Disney|ABC Television Group as President, Business Operations, part of a reorganization to increase operational effectiveness and efficiency while optimizing revenue streams. Rosenblum will have direct oversight and responsibility for all aspects of Disney|ABC business operations, including Global Distribution; Affiliate Sales and Marketing; Digital Media, Strategy and Business Development; Media Operations, Engineering […]
If you’re looking to use YouTube as a jukebox, get ready for some good news. Google’s new Google Chrome Beta for Android (version 54) allows users to play YouTube videos in the background. Previously, opening a new app or webpage would automatically pause a YouTube video, with no means of restarting it without returning to […]