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Time was, the Twilight movies represented a kind of apotheosis of vampires and their infiltration of a specific moment in popular culture. Remember? Starting with …
Andy Meek is a reporter who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming. Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
Time was, the Twilight movies represented a kind of apotheosis of vampires and their infiltration of a specific moment in popular culture. Remember? Starting with …
The Change.org petition to garner 3 million signatures in support of ensuring $2,000 IRS stimulus payments to Americans for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic …
Most of us, when a TV show we really love gets cancelled, maybe sulk about it for a bit. Or perhaps write a reproachful tweet. …
New stimulus checks were among the signature elements of the March legislation President Biden signed, a $1.9 trillion bill known unofficially as the “American Rescue …
“It feels good to be in the flight suit,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos declares, after having zipped himself into his sleek blue getup. The moment …
Barely ten seconds into the trailer for A Classic Horror Story — one of several new and original horror movies on Netflix to debut in …
Here’s something you don’t see every day. A job description, specifically crafted around the kind of zombie-like state that many of us go into when …
By now, most people are probably aware that a massive new stimulus check program from the IRS began at the end of last week. The …
Here’s the thing: I couldn’t care less about sharks, or the slightly bizarre annual celebration of the ocean’s apex predators known as Shark Week. I …
The federal child tax credit stimulus checks that the IRS started sending out in recent days have attracted significant attention, given how much money they’re …
In the opening moments of the new Netflix docuseries Heist, the door handle of a private plane — which appears to be parked at an …
On Thursday, the federal government transferred the first of several new massive piles of money from its coffers to the bank accounts of tens of …
Deepfake technology continues to get scarily good, making huge leaps forward in terms of realism and plausibility. A really good (and high-profile) example of this …
and Netflix’s new original movie Gunpowder Milkshake, which began streaming Wednesday on the service, is a violent, hyper-kinetic assault on its viewers’ senses. There are …
Today is the day for new stimulus payments. Around four months after the passage of the $1.9 trillion stimulus legislation in March, which already gave …
This week was already chock-a-block with stimulus check-related news, before the IRS went ahead and decided to add something more on top of it all. …
Oh boy, the Manifest people are going to absolutely despise this news. The specific piece of streaming news I’m referring to is the imminent debut …
Here’s a fun bit of trivia about Fear Street Part Two: 1978, one of the most-watched new movies on Netflix right now. This second installment …
Ready for another wave of new stimulus checks? We noted yesterday that this week has already given us a bevy of updates along these lines, …
For anyone waiting on the latest update regarding when more stimulus payments will arrive, this is proving to be the mother of all announcement weeks …
Those of you who haven’t yet sprung for an Apple Card might soon be able to get a taste of what it offers. It will …
Too many people operate under the mistaken assumption that there’s some kind of protective force field around their mobile device, and that they’ll never deal …
It was bound to happen eventually. After its extraordinary, nearly month-long streak as the #1 TV show on Netflix, another show has finally booted Manifest …
The IRS is just days away from updating the stimulus check status for some 36 million families who’ve been waiting on a new payment to …
Next week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is planning to fulfill a childhood ambition, one made possible by virtue of his status as one of the …
Streaming entertainment is increasingly moving beyond apps, to the real world. Netflix, for example, has opened an immersive pop-up experience in Hollywood, through July 18, …
Millions of Americans — around 36 million, according to the IRS — are getting a gift from Uncle Sam later this week. It will come …
There’s one thing that ought to jump out at you right away, when scanning a list of the most watched TV shows right now across …
Next week, one of the top Netflix movies for the month of July will land on the streamer — an action flick titled Gunpowder Milkshake, …
The IRS is just days away now from doing something it’s never done before in the post-coronavirus stimulus era. The tax agency, starting July 15, …