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Perhaps after weeks of hearing speculation thatApple will unveil its next-generation iPhones on September 9th, today's news is anti-climatic. Still,  Apple has just made the September 9th date official by sending out invitations to the event, which will be held in San Francisco. The new iPhone models, presumably named the Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus, will be unveiled to the public exactly one year to the day that the current models were introduced. The new iPhones are expected to be constructed with Series 7000 aluminum. This material, used on aircraft, is being employed by Apple to prevent the bending that marred the release of the iPhone 6 Plus last year. We also should see the new handsets offer Force Touch. This feature, already found on the Apple Watch, allows the display to differentiate between a regular tap and a harder tap. Apple also is expected to double the amount of RAM to 2GB, bump the rear camera to 12MP from the current 8MP, and inc...

Jason Alexander Young of Cedartown, Georgia, has just been arrested for having sexual relations with seven women and not revealing his positive HIV status. According to Lt. Glenn Daniel, the 34-year-old was charged with seven counts of reckless conduct by an HIV-infected person. "He has approached his victims through various social media outlets, and we want to see if there are any other victims out there," Daniel told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Investigators believe there are possibly more victims in the area, especially since he pled guilty to a similar crime in October 2011 in Aiken County, South Carolina. Young served 16 months in prison after being charged with two counts of intentional exposure to HIV and was released in March 2013. Authorities are urging anyone who has been sexually involved with Jason to step forward. Young is currently being held without bond.  Source: AJC

Derrick Rose is being sued by an ex-girlfriend who claims the Chicago Bulls superstar drugged and raped her with two of his friends, according to documents obtained by TMZ.   The woman, known only as Jane Doe, says she dated Rose from 2011 to 2013, and in that time the famed basketball star pressured her to engage in various sexual acts. Doe says the Bulls star asked her to have group sex with strangers, masturbate in front of him, and she says Rose also asked her to have sex with her friends.  The woman claims that in August 2013, she was invited to Rose's Beverly Hills house by the famed athlete and his two friends, Ryan Allen and Randall Hampton, who is also the Bulls star's manager. Doe claims they slipped a drug in her drink with intent to rape her, but she left with a friend before anything could happen as Rose's home.  The woman claims Rose later broke into her home with his two friends, and she says that she remembers flashes of the athlete and his friends gang...

Gilbert Arenas was recently the subject of rumors that he fathered "Basketball Wives" star Draya Michele's son, but the former NBA player disputed the claims on Instagram.  The famed athlete told his followers that he was instrumental in helping Draya start her career on Basketball Wives after he gave her money to move to Los Angeles, but he denies fathering her child. He explained that there were strings attached to the deal, and Gilbert asked Draya to not mention his name on Basketball Wives.  Vladtv

Former on-air personality, Bryce Williams, has succumbed to his self-inflicted injuries following this morning's high-profile shooting. Williams - born Vester Lee Flanagan II -recorded himself opening fire on 24-year old reporter. Alison Parker, 27-year old cameraman, Adam Ward, and a third victim named Vicki Gardner this morning at 6.45 a.m. According to several sources, Bryce targeted his former WDBJ7 coworkers after being fired a couple of years back from the news station. "Two years ago, we had to separate him from the company. We did understand that he was still living in the area," WDBJ General Manager Jeff Marks told CNN. Bryce had previously made claims via Facebook and Twitter regarding racist encounters with his colleagues, including the slain Parker. Ward and Parker died on the scene as Gardner was taken to a nearby hospital - she's currently listed in stable condition. Virginia State Police reportedly saw the suspect's car heading east on Interstate ...

      The D.O.C. has ghostwritten for the likes of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg after his own rap career was cut short after his vocal chords were crushed in a 1989 car accident that was covered in "Straight Outta Compton." After putting out only one album, No One Can Do It Better, it seems that The D.O.C. could make a return to music after gaining back his voice.  After a recent appearance on Sirius XM's "From The Press Box to Press Row," The D.O.C. started interacting with curious fans on Twitter. He then revealed that he got his voice back after spending time in jail in 2010 for a third drinking and driving offense.  He wrote, "It came back on its own. Had it almost a year. Came back while I was locked up. Why finally speak now? Why not."   Source: vladtv

      When you're rich, the opportunities are pretty much endless. Take it from Chris Brown, who just got some serious head ink while out in New York City. King Rico of Ink Studio in the Bronx tatted the superstar and his friends last night after hanging out with him in the studio. "It was a pleasure to tatt the new King of Pop and watch him put together another record in front of my [sic]. Dude is a genius. Blessed and Thankful," he captioned underneath a photo of the two. There's been much speculation since Brown uploaded and deleted a photo of his new art, but according to King Rico, it's simply a Greek statue.  Source: vladtv

Rock Band is rising from the dead this fall, and as such we're starting to get finer details about different prices and packages for the forthcoming game. Unfortunately for Xbox One owners, the "disc-only" version of Rock Band 4will cost $79.99, $20 more than the PlayStation 4 version. Harmonix confirmed that's because the Xbox version will come bundled with a legacy adapter that'll let buyers use their old instruments with the new game and hardware. PS4 owners won't need that -- the existing USB adapter that PlayStation owners have always used with Rock Band will continue to work just fine. If you're new to the series and buying one of the bundles that includes instruments as well as the game, though, the pricing will be identical: $249.99 will get you a mic, guitar, drum set, and the game regardless of which platform you're playing on. If you just want the game and a guitar, you'll be shelling out $129.99. Mad Catz also plans to sell the adapter ...

Your smartphone's battery life is no doubt very important to you, but its charging time matters, too -- just ask anyone who's had mere minutes to top up a phone before heading out. So who offers the best recharge rates, then? Tom's Guide might have an answer. It recentlyconducted a charging speed test to determine which phones will deliver the most energy when you're in a rush. In short, you'll probably want to make a beeline toward either ASUS'Zenfone 2 or Samsung's Galaxy S6. The Zenfone 2 is the fastest in short bursts, giving you 32 percent power in just 15 minutes. The Galaxy S6 is faster overall, however, hitting 100 percent after 1 hour and 22 minutes. Of course, the performance depends on not just a phone's technology, but the size of the battery. Samsung wins partly because it has a relatively small 2,550mAh pack compared to the 3,000mAh-plus batteries of other phones with speedy refills, such as the Zenfone, G4,Droid Turbo and Nexus 6....

Weather apps are quite handy, and now Yahoo's mobile software is even more helpful. The app will send you an alert 15 minutes before rain or snow is expected to start so you have enough time to prepare. The new feature offers warnings similar to Dark Sky's weather info. That app takes readings from the barometric sensors in users' iPhones, though. What's more, Yahoo says its Weather software is more accurate too, with the ability to zoom in on small areas should the need arise. Of course, you want to take a slightly different approach to getting your forecast, you could always go the route of an aspiring meteorologist. Engadget Nyourfacetelevision

You know Samsung isn't afraid to taunt Apple with ads. But now, in the name of marketing, the South Korean company is introducing a program that aims to lure users away from the iPhone. With Ultimate Test Drive, Samsung's giving owners of Apple's smartphone the chance to try its new Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+, at no cost and for 30 days. Samsung says the devices will include a data plan and be compatible with any US carrier, though right now it's unclear what customers are expected to use as collateral. "We want to give people the chance to try out Samsung's latest and greatest smartphones firsthand without any obligation through our Ultimate Test Drive," says Elizabeth Solomon, vice president of marketing at Samsung. If you recall, T-Mobile offers a similar option for the iPhone 5s, letting customers try the devicefree of charge for a week. We're trying to find out more details about how exactly Samsung's Ultimate Test Drive works, so we...

Want a closer look at Blackberry's rumored,occasionally leaked Android, keyboard-toting smartphone? Evan Blass (of @evleaks) has unearthed some device videos that offer a closer look at that all-important sliding keyboard, as well as that increasingly obligatory segmented-here's-all-the-parts-of-the-camera-lens-render popularized by Nokia a few years ago. If the return of a physical keyboard wasn't weird enough any more, then how about if the phone, codenamed 'Venice' landing in two different iterations? Certainly, two devices are shown in the video, lining up along each other.Crackberry muses that Android and BlackBerry 10 iterations could land alongside each other, although there's no other hint that back up the notion of smartphone twins. Engadget Nyourfacetelevision

NYPD sergeant Joel Doseau, committed suicide by asphyxiating himself with a bag amid claims that he raped a 15-year-old girl. The 43-year-old sergeant killed himself at his parent's Canarsie, Brooklyn home after being freed on $100,000 bond from his August 5 arrest.  A 40-count indictment revealed that Doseau had an ongoing sexual relationship with the 15-year-old, who is now a woman in her early 20s. According to the NY Daily News, the girl sent Doseau nude photographs after he lied to her about being more than twice her age.  Court papers reveal that the two engaged in sexual intercourse several times, which included oral sex that was initiated "without such person's consent." Source: NY Daily News 

The total number of women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault is now hovering around 50 after two new women stepped forward this week.  Charlotte Fox, who was a 23-year-old aspiring actress when she met Cosby on set of "Uptown Saturday Night," says that the famed comedian took her to the Playboy mansion where he drugged and assaulted her. The woman revealed, "Hugh Hefner came in and said hello but he didn't stay ... We ate and drank. I became ill ... The next thing I remember was that I was sort of awake, in a bed, with no clothes on and there was Mr Cosby, in a robe, crawling from the bottom of the bed. I was incapacitated and couldn't say no. He engaged in sexual activity with me. It was not consensual. I was afraid to call out." The other woman, known only as "Elizabeth," met Cosby on a flight from New York to L.A., and the comedian also invited her to the Playboy mansion. Afterward they ate at a Japanese restaurant where she claims Cosby in...

Hollywood's not done cashing in on the 'hood -- a "Straight Outta Compton" sequel, of sorts, is in the works featuring the rise of Snoop Dogg, Tupac and other West Coast rap legends. Dogg Pound vet Daz tells TMZ the movie will pick up where N.W.A. left off -- following the careers of Snoop, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz and Warren G. We're told the title is "Dogg Pound 4 Life." Tha DPG's music will be the focus, but Daz says the follow-up also won't whitewash gang violence and its impact on the rap industry. As for casting -- we're told Dr. Dre's son, Curtis Young, will take over that role. No decision yet on who will play Snoop and Ice Cube ... but it won't be the same actors from 'Compton.' Dre and Cube won't be producing, but Daz says Cube's given his stamp of approval. There is one huge loose end named Suge Knight. We're told he'll be included in the story -- hard to omit since Deathrow was so huge -- but the ...

Comcast is launching pilot schemes for its low-cost internet service aimed senior citizens, coming to San Francisco and Palm Beach County, Florida. It forms part of Comcast'sInternet Essentials service that launched in 2011,offering cheaper internet connections to low-income families since 2011. Internet Essentials consists of a 10 Mbps connection (recently doubled) for just under $10. The expansion of the scheme should help to cover where are unable to get connectivity, while giving some welcome good publicity to, ugh,this company.Comcast says the scheme has so far "connected more than 500,000 families" to its service. The internet provider also references research from Pew that found that less than half of seniors (aged 65 and older) have high-speed Internet at home. At the same time, alongside improving the speed of the service, Comcast is offering a free WiFi router to existing Internet Essentials customers Engadget Nyourfacetelevision

It's been coming for a long time and now - finally - it's here: Square Enix has officially brought Final Fantasy VII to the iPhone and iPad, and it's a remake of the game that gamers of age will remember from the first PlayStation, as well as PC. The game is ported well, but retains the signature graphics for the times: it looks decidedly retro with all those blocky pixels, but that's part of its charm. Port of the beloved classicThe controls is what gamers will be curious about, and that's one area, where Square Enix has done some extra work with two types of controls: a virtual analogue controlled anda 4-way fixed digital control pad that you can adjust in terms of opacity. Keep in mind that Final Fantasy VII is a large game: it will require at least 4GB of free space on your device, and the list of recommended iOS gadgets it runs on starts withiPhone 5s or later, 3rd gen iPad or later, iPad mini 2 or later, all running on iOS 8.x. All else could run a...

Sony has revealed the SmartBand 2, a new version of its original fitness tracker that brings a much-needed heart rate monitor. That was a notable omission from the first SmartBand, a device that's mostly aimed at the sports set. In fact, the new model looks much the same as the original and keeps the same raison d'etre: it tracks your fitness levels and nearly everything else you do using the Lifelog app. While it lacks a screen, it can keep you abreast of your smartphone reminders via LED and vibration notifications. It might be a tough sell, however. After all, there are smartwatches that do the same functions for not much more, and better fitness trackers for less. However, Sony's pitching the SmartBand 2 as a device you can wear all the time that gives you copious data about your life. The Lifelog app can tell you where you were (and when) when you did certain activities -- like taking photos, swimming, etc. It can then tie it all together in a chart t...

Russell Poole, the lead investigator in the death of legendary rapper Notorious B.I.G., passed away on Wednesday (August 19). According to the L.A. Times, Poole was discussing another cold case with Los Angeles County Sheriff homicide investigators when he had a fatal heart attack. Poole famously accused an LAPD officer of conspiring with Suge Knight to kill the prolific Brooklyn rapper in 1997, and the investigator believed that Biggie's death was made in retaliation to 2Pac's murder. Just two years after heading the case Poole retired from the LAPD in protest to being told to stop his investigation, and he strongly believed that he was close to solving B.I.G.'s murder.  In 2011, Poole told Billboard, "I think I was getting too close to the truth. I think they feared the truth would be a scandal." Poole continued to work on the case as a private investigator after leaving the LAPD, whom he sued for violating his First Ammendment rights after they tried to quie...

Despite the portrayal on the big screen, Suge's lawyer said that the former music exec has done a lot for his Compton community.  "A lot of the media does not realize how many good things he did for people, particularly in his community. He financed athletic facilities in schools, he gave money to the homeless, money to people in need. He tried to arrange truces on the streets so people weren't killed. He funded funerals for families who were devastated by violence. He used to give a dinner every year for single moms in Compton to recognize their courage and their achievement. He's a good person, and this will come out in due time." Suge is currently awaiting a murder trial at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown L.A., while being held on $10 million bail.  Source: The Wrap

Straight Outta Compton has made quite a large impact since hitting cinemas on Friday. And while cities across the United States are currently reveling in the on-screen antics of Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr Dre, DJ Yella, and MC Ren, there is one place that hasn’t been able to see the film yet. Almost cruelly, that place is Compton itself, because the Los Angeles neighborhood doesn’t actually have a cinema in which it can play.  The F. Gary Gray-directed film is primarily set in the titular region, which is situated just south of downtown LA and has a population of around 95,000 people. You’re probably wondering how such a large hub doesn’t have one cinema. Well, according to Manuel Pastor, a USC professor of sociology talking to CBS News, the lack of a cinema is because the area is a "low income area" that has "been heavily dis-invested in." There are already plans afoot to bring an entertainment district to Compton, though, which will include a 16...

After nearly two weeks in theaters,Fantastic Four is a bonafide flop, both critically and commercially. What’s worse is that the film didn’t have to turn out that way. Around the same time that Josh Trank was hired as director, 20th Century Fox recruited Jeremy Slater to write the first draft, but in 2014, Simon Kinberg rewrote most of Slater’s script. Unfortunately, thanks to some new information, it sounds like it might have been a much better film than the final product. According to Birth.Movies.Death., the first act of Fantastic Four in this script moved similarly to the first act of the theatrical film, but there were still many notable differences. While in the theatrical film it’s obvious that Reed Richards and Ben Grimm are good friends, it’s made explicitly clear in this draft that Ben is Reed’s protector. This is why Reed wanted to bring him on the mission to the Negative Zone (changed to P...

When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 5and S6 Edge+, it also revealed a fast wireless charging pad that takes advantage of the smartphones' new, speedier Qi charging spec. Well, you can now pre-order that charging pad... in a manner of speaking. The $70 peripheral is available to purchase on Samsung's website as I write, but dropping it in your cart reveals that it's back-ordered and doesn't have an estimated ship date. You'll be waiting an unspecified number of weeks before this is sitting on your desk, then. If you can afford to wait, however, it could be a good complement to Samsung's latest supersized devices -- you won't have to wait ages to top up your phone just because you hate cables. Engadget Nyourfacetelevision

If you're looking for a deal on a Windows Phone 8.1 handset, the Microsoft Store is offering the AT&TMicrosoft Lumia 640 for $69. That is a $10 savings from the $79 that the handset had been priced at. And in case you're worried about being left behind when Windows 10 Mobile comes along, this phone will be updated to the new version of Microsoft's mobile OS. The Microsoft Lumia 640 features a 5-inch LCD display, carrying a resolution of 720 x 1280 (HD). This works out to a 294ppi pixel density. The Snapdragon 400 SoC is driving the unit, containing a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU and the Adreno 306 GPU. 1GB of RAM is inside, along with 8GB of internal storage. Those seeking additional memory can access the 128GB capacity microSD slot. After all, that is exactly what it is there for. The back to front camera combo weighs in at 8MP/.9MP, and a 2500mAh battery keeps the lights on. According to Microsoft's Scandinavian General Manager Ossi Korpela, the Lumia 640 will be one...

If you are a Verizon Wireless customer, better not count on using Samsung Pay. A tweet from the Samsung Support team confirms that Big Red is not supporting Sammy's mobile payment service. Samsung Pay is set to debut in the U.S. on September 28. It will actually launch in South Korea in just two days, on August 20th. Meanwhile, T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T and U.S. Cellular customers will be able to employ Samsung Pay. Samsung has already announced that it will be partnering in the U.S with Visa, MasterCard and Bank of America. Thanks to Sammy's purchase of LoopPay, Samsung Pay can be used even at retail locations where an NFC wireless network has not been built. In those cases, MST (magnetic secure transmission) allows you to select a card from your virtual wallet, and swipe it along the POS terminal in the same manner as swiping a card. Because Samsung Pay can be used at any retailer that has a machine for swiping credit cards, it is supported by many more stores than other m...

Michael Jordan might not be in the league anymore but he’s still the greatest of all time and gets paid like it.  Jordan actually makes more in endorsements than any current NBA player; yes even King James. Associated Press: An expert in sports economics says Michael Jordan’s endorsement income has grown and still eclipses that of current NBA players, including LeBron James. Smith College economist Andrew Zimbalist testified Monday in federal court in Chicago He says Jordan’s endorsement income was $75.5 million in 2012. Here are the NBA’s top endorsers in the last year, according to Forbes: 1. LeBron James – $44 million 2. Kevin Durant – $35 million 3. Kobe Bryant – $26 million Jordan definitely paved the way for NBA stars to get paid.  They should all pay attention to both him and Magic Johnson Inflexwetrust

In the beginning of July, former Subway spokesman, Jared Fogle, had his home raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigationas they closed in on a child porn investigation. Today, Jared went to court and has plead guilty to child pornography charges and paying for sex with minors. According to court docs, Fogle traveled to New York to have sex with both a 16 and 17-year-old between the years of 2010 and 2013. Prior to the hearing the F.B.I. seized his electronics and found that he had in factpaid $100 to have sex with another 16-year-old back in 2008. In another part Fogle is said to have received photos and videos from Russell Taylor (the former executive director of Jared's foundation) showing children as young as six years of age. Fogle is now expected to pay $100,000 to each of his 14 victims, totaling $1.4 million. He has also agreed to serve at least five years for the charges, while prosecutors are seeking no more than 12 and a half. Source: IndyStar

"If you have known me from when I was in elementary school at Huntertown Elementary until now, you've known me as black or bi-racial," tweeted Shaun King. Shaun King - a Black Lives Matter activist bent on ending police brutality in the United States- began trending on social media after being outed for allegedly being White. Vicki Pate, a woman who has been following the story since the rumors began, obtained his birth certificate (along with several other documents) which state he was born to a White man and White female. A website gathered all of Pate's information and posted it to their site, claiming King lied about the number of children he has with his wife, Rai King, and being assaulted by White supremacists, among other things. "In March of 1995, I was brutally assaulted by a racist mob of rednecks at my school...Guess what, they denied it," he wrote. "But, having no journalistic standards at all, Breitbart decided to use a known white suprema...

      Madame Tussauds recently unveiled a Nicki Minaj wax figure which depicted the Young Money emcee in a provocative pose from her "Anaconda" video, and fans have been getting a little freaky with the display. The museum has released a statement in the wake of scandalous photos of fans posing with the statue surfaced online.  "We have been made aware of the inappropriate photograph that was taken at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas, involving Nicki Minaj's new wax figure...It is unfortunate that this visitor decided to behave so inappropriately and we apologize for any offense this has caused. We do have staff monitoring guest behavior in the attraction and do our utmost to ensure our wax figures are treated respectfully, but on this occasion clearly one of our hosts was not present."  Nicki had some fun reposting some of her fans posing with her statue, which you can check out above.  Source: Twitter  Nyourfacetelevision

While the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton is currently enjoying massive success, rapper and music journalist Dee Barnes believes the film left out some crucial details; namely, all the violence against women perpetrated by the group members and specifically Dr. Dre. Barnes, who was allegedly viciously assaulted by Dr. Dre in 1991 over a segment she hosted on the Fox show Pump It Up!, spoke about the abuse she suffered at the hands of the legendary rap figure in an essay published on Tuesday to Gawker. Barnes, who agreed to view Straight Outta Compton and give her thoughts on the film, immediately recalled the roadside beating of unarmed Black woman Marlene Pinnock by California Highway patrolman Daniel Andrew back in June. "That must have been how it looked as Dr. Dre straddled me and beat me mercilessly on the floor of the women's restroom at the Po Na Na Souk nightclub in 1991," Barnes wrote. "That event isn't depicted in Straight Outta Co...

Regardless of what you may think of Chief Keef or his music, it seems the Chi-town emcee is definitely taking care of his family's pocketbooks. Rashieda Saunders, the drill rapper's alleged third baby mama, filed a paternity lawsuitagainst Keef last year, and in May he was ordered by a judge to appear in court to answer the suit. The outcome seems clear, as Saunders recently posted a screenshot to her Instagram showing her $13,149 bi-weekly child support payment from Keef, real name Keith Cozart. DJ Akademiks also shared a screenshot from Saunders' Instagram of what she's ostensibly been paid in child support, a number which sits at over $22k. This isn't the only child support Keef is paying, as he's currently shelling out to two other women including Erica Early, who posted a $26,500 check back in April. Source: Twitter / Instagram Nyourfacetelevision

We here at VladTV got a chance to catch up with Krayzie Bone, Flesh-N-Bone and Wi$h Bone to discuss how they got their start and their relationship with the legendary Eazy-E. Though the outspoken N.W.A. member succumbed to complications from AIDS well over 20 years ago, the members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony continue to keep his legacy going, as he was the one to help with their mainstream success. "We was a handful in the beginning," Krayzie Bone remembers. "One night everything is regular and then by the end of the week - the week it came out - Eazy [-E] was calling us telling us we had the number one song on the radio," he recalls when asked about the group's breakout track, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone." Eazy-E signed the Cleveland artists to Ruthless Records in 1993, and the crew was there for all the mishaps that went on around the time, including when N.W.A.'s former manager, Jerry Heller, was fired. Backtracking to Eazy-E again, the members were a...

Waiting for a superhero movie can be hard, especially when you’re a comic book fan eager to see certain material translated for the big screen. As a result, many of us obsessively analyze images and trailers to try to figure out plots points in said movie. Occasionally this can produce unusual theories, and in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice’s case, there's a doozy. Over the past several months, it’s been speculated that Jason Todd, a.k.a. the second Robin, is actually the DCCU’s Joker seen inSuicide Squad and possibly a Batman v Superman flashback. Now one fan has stumbled upon new "evidence" that seemingly backs up this idea.  Reddit user DeathByRequest noticed something unusual from the two pictures below: Joker’s Suicide Squad promotional portrait and the Robin suit seen in the latest Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. If you look closely, you’ll notice that there are t...

The collapse of Relativity Media has directly affected many titles, includingJane Got A Gun and Masterminds, but one could argue that The Crow reboot has been hit the worst. The film has been struggling for years and years through development, regularly losing directors and lead actors, and now it appears as though the floor has dropped out completely. But if you think this is enough to shut the project down completely, you may want to think again.  The Crow creator James O'Barr took part in a panel as part of the Twin Tiers Comic Con in Elmira, NY, and according toComicBook.com he is saying that the reboot is still alive. Discussing the troubled project, O'Barr gave a bit of a backhanded slap to Relativity, saying,  It’s still very much a live property. The company, Pressman Films, that owns The Crow film and TV rights, licensed it to a studio named Relativity. And Relativity made like a hundred bad movies and lost money so...

There has been talk of an Aretha Franklin biopic swirling around for years now, with the legendary diva herself previously pitching Halle Berry for the lead role andDenzel Washington for the part of her father. It's possible that the door is still open for Washington to play this paternal figure, but if new reports are to be believed then there may be a new front-runner to play Franklin herself: Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson.  Straight Outta Compton producer Scott Bernstein is developing the movie, and while no deal is in place just yet, The Wraphas confirmation from Jennifer Hudson's people that discussions have been had about the project. Should she wind up signing on the dotted line, she will portray Aretha Franklin as she found herself becoming famous for her music in the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the drama will also come from her relationship with Ted White, who was Franklin's first husband and subjected her to domestic abuse.  Jennifer Hu...

When a movie surprises the industry by tracking well, then exceeding box-office expectations, it’s hardly surprising to hear sequel talk the Monday following opening. However, Straight Outta Compton -- the N.W.A. biopic that just opened to roughly $60M at the box office – doesn’t lend itself easily to a second chapter. Or does it?  One of the mild criticisms aimed atStraight Outta Compton by critics was that they felt it tried to attack too much material during its already substantial 150-minute runtime. As it turns out, though, the young cast who played the founding N.W.A. members already have ideas of where they’d love to see a second movie go. O’Shea Jackson Jr., who plays the younger version of his father Ice Cube, toldYahoo Movies:  I would definitely like to get thatFriday in there. [Or] the ‘Up in Smoke’ tour! The ‘Up in Smoke’ tour would have been hard to have in t...

Amazon is a huge, very successful company that can make headlines with products and services years away from reality. It's also good at selling you stuff you want really cheaply and delivering it to you super quick. According to aNew York Times report, however, the incredible efficiency and continuing expansion comes at the cost of its workers, held to "unreasonably high" standards and demands. The NYT talked to over 100 current and former Amazon workers, across senior management, as well as workers in retail, engineering, HR and marketing. Some nightmare tales outline about how employees caring for relatives or battling cancer soon faced harsh feedback from colleagues and superiors. "What kind of company do we want to be?" said one former human resources exec to her bosses, after she was told to put a woman who had recently returned from serious surgery, and another who had just had a stillborn child, on performance review. Some said the atmosphere at Ama...

Wireless headphones and flawless audio quality don't usually mix (you're usually compressing the sound signal to send it over the air), but Samsung thinks it can give this blend a shot. Its newly introduced Level On Wireless Pro headphones include "Ultra High Quality Audio" that supposedly delivers higher-than-CD fidelity whether or not you're plugged in. That seems promising on the surface, but you may have a hard time hearing the difference unless you're a music producer or otherwise meet some specific conditions. You'll need a device that supports UHQA (such as theGalaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 Edge+), and you'll need to shop at a service like Pono's to get the right source material. These might sound no better than other headphones in typical conditions, even if you listen to lossless music from the likes of Tidal -- that's merely matching CD quality, not exceeding it. Otherwise, you're looking at much of the same experience that you'd...

Did you know that it’s been 21 years since the launch of what’s arguably considered to be the first eversmartphone? The IBM Simon launched on August 16th of 1994, but it was a long way coming, as the phone was originally introduced way back in early 1992 at the COMDEX show in Las Vegas (later to be succeeded by CES). The term smartphone was not widely used at the time, and the IBM Simon arrived as a ‘personal communicator’, but within a year the term smartphone appeared more widely, and it was retrospectively applied to the device. Naturally, it was a huge phone weighing a whopping 1.12 pounds, and measuring 64 x 38mm, with a gigantic for the times 4.7-inch monochrome backlit display. The screen was also touch sensitive and could be operated with a stylus. Here is a quick look at the specs of the IBM Simon: Dimensions: 64 x 38mmWeight: 1.12lbs (510g)Processor: Vadem 16MHz (16-bit) single coreScreen: 4.7-inch (4.5 x 1....

Marvel Comics has announced a new comic called “Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur” which features a young African American female superhero. Read more on the story and check out the photos in the gallery after the jump! Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is a new series from the writers Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare and artist Natacha Bustos. In this new series, Devil Dinosaur will team up with “pre-teen super genius” Lunella Lafayett, a.k.a. Moon Girl. Assistant editor Emily Shaw, says “[Editor Mark Paniccia] and I were talking about how whenever people come in with young kids, or even just for Mark’s own kids, we don’t have that many publications that we can give to people that have that broad reach…Generally, we’re skewing a little bit older with a lot of our titles and we wanted to create something that adults and kids could really love, like a Pixar feel. That’s where the tone jumped off for us.” The original Devil Di...

Crispin Glover has a rough history withBack to the Future While he will live forever in the memory of a certain generation simply for playing the role of George McFly in the original film, his ongoing issues with making the movie is a story that lives in infamy. Turns out he’s still angry about the whole thing. Really Angry. In an interview with The Guardian, Glover doesn’t hold anything back when talking about problems he had with the movie and writer/producer Bob Gale: Me asking the questions that I asked [about the film’s ending] infuriated [the film-makers], and they were angry and they wanted to do something that was cruel, which they accomplished. Bob Gale then specifically lied, and said false things about me. Glover is so angry about the situation that he is apparently writing a book about propaganda in which he will directly address the situation with the movie, saying that it’s "provable that he [Bob Gale] lied" and that the book will prove...

Some interesting details are finally emerging about the anticipated Toy Storyfollowup. After learning that Toy Story 4would involve a love story between the beloved cowboy toy, Woody, and the lovely Bo Peep, it now sounds as though an adventure is in story for Woody and his trusted space ranger pal. After all, if Woody and Bo are going to have a romance, Woody would need to find her first, right?   CinemaBlend's own Eric Eisenberg has reported back from D23 Expo 2015 today that Toy Story 4 will have Woody and Buzz heading out to find Bo Peep. The story is apparently inspired by director John Lasseter's wife Nancy. Lasseter announced that the film is a story about a relationship between Woody and Bo Peep.  As mentioned, we recently learned that the planned love story for Toy Story 4 would involve Bo Peep and Woody. This update is really just one more piece in the puzzle that is the once-unexpected sequ...

Adapting a video game to film presents a hard enough challenge, now imagine creating a successful franchise. Somehow, over the last thirteen years, director Paul W.S Anderson has cultivated a lucrative film series based upon the popular Resident Evil games – however, it appears that will soon come to an end. In a recent interview with IGN, Ali Larter – known for playing Claire Redfield in the series – admitted that the upcoming entry to the franchise – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter – lives up to its name. After thirteen years, six films, and almost one billion dollars at the worldwide box office,Alice and the rest of the Resident Evilensemble will be put to rest. Larter spoke definitively about the nature of The Final Chapter, We are not allowed to say one thing. I am held to secrecy, but what I can tell you is that the script is amazing. They're really wrapping up the whole series, so that just makes it a little more poig...