We’re here in Barcelona, fingers lightly resting against our keyboards in anticipation. We know we’re not seeing a flagship phone, but what could that mean? Maybe new tablets, which has always been a strong suit for the company. But nothing’s ever gu…
For the time in what seems like ages, Samsung hasn’t brought a flagship smartphone to Mobile World Congress. It seems like we’ll have to wait until well after the show for our first look at the Galaxy S8, but at least we’ve got a new Android tablet t…
Samsung may not be ready to unveil the Galaxy S8 smartphone just yet, but it still has fancy new hardware for us here at MWC. In addition to the Tab S3, the company is showing off two new hybrids that it’s calling the Galaxy Book. They’re ten- and tw…
Natalie Portman won’t be at the Oscars on Sunday when her name is called as one of the evening’s Best Actress nominees.
The 35-year-old star, who’s nominated for her role in “Jackie,” is skipping this year’s ceremony, and also missed Saturday’s Independent Spirit Awards.
“Due to my pregnancy, I am unable to attend the Independent Spirit Awards and the Academy Awards,” Portman told People. “I feel so lucky to be honored among my fellow nominees and wish them the most beautiful of weekends.”
Portman portrays first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the film, which follows what happens in the hours and days following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. She’s up against Emma Stone (“La La Land”), Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”), Ruth Negga (“Loving”) and Meryl Streep (“Florence Foster Jenkins”).
Portman and her husband, Benjamin Millepied, are expecting their second child. They are also parents to 5-year-old son Aleph.
The Oscars air Sunday, Feb. 26, starting at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
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Motorola is teaming up with Amazon’s Alexa for a smartphone mod, but that’s just one of a bunch of new hardware add-ons set to come to compatible Moto phones. The company’s next wave includes a Moto-made battery extender (rather than the third-party…
Many stars on Sunday paid tribute to actor Bill Paxton, who died this weekend following complications from surgery.
Paxton, who starred in “Titanic,” “The Terminator,” “True Lies” and “Aliens,” was remembered for his compassion and talent.
See how Hollywood remembered Paxton:
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Kim Jong Un’s half brother died just 15 to 20 minutes after he was poisoned, Malaysia’s health minister said Sunday.
Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam revealed that Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader, began showing symptoms within minutes after two women wiped a poisonous liquid on his face at Kuala Lumpur’s airport on Feb. 13. He fainted in the airport clinic and died in the ambulance traveling to a hospital.
“It did it so fast and all over the body, so it affected the heart, it affected the lungs, it affected everything,” Subramaniam told reporters at a press conference Sunday.
“I would think it was about, from the time of onset, from the time of application, 15-20 minutes,” he estimated, according to The Associated Press.
Malaysian authorities confirmed Friday that the poison used in the attack was VX nerve agent, an incredibly deadly and rarely seen chemical classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.
“This is one of those agents that absorbs well through the skin,” Subramaniam said Sunday.
Malaysia has not implicated North Korea in the attack, and the hermit kingdom has denied any involvement. However, Malaysian officials say four North Korean men provided the poison to the two women, one of whom was from Indonesia and one of whom was from Vietnam. The men fled Malaysia the day of the attack, and the women were arrested.
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Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, this year’s Independent Spirit Awards co-hosts, didn’t hold back during Saturday’s ceremony in Los Angeles.
The creative minds behind “The Oh, Hello Show” ripped on politicians and Hollywood stars during the film awards.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kroll said of White House chief strategist Steven Bannon, “The only reason he got that job is because he’s so hot!” Mulaney added, “Those chapped kneecaps!” before Kroll weighed in, “In this country, if you’re that sexy, you can get anything you want. Steve Bannon is so hot. He looks like Nick Offerman drowned.”
President Donald Trump also wasn’t immune to criticism. Kroll called out Trump’s decision to remove bathroom protections for transgender students, sarcastically noting that “transgender children in public schools have had it too good for too long.” Mulaney chimed in, “Hey, Trump, you and Robert Durst are both rich sociopaths from New York, but somehow Robert Durst is more likable.”
Per THR, the hosts also took aim at Mel Gibson, director of the Oscar-nominated “Hacksaw Ridge.”
“We like to think of these awards as the ones without Mel Gibson,” Kroll said of awards show, which honors indie films. “People wondered: How long would it take Hollywood to forgive someone for anti-Semitic, racist hate speech?”
“Eight years!” Mulaney said. “So look out for the 2024 Oscars, when the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award goes to Mr. Steve Bannon.”
The Spirit Awards honored some of the best independent films from the past year. “Moonlight” swept the ceremony with six wins.
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The gadget world is stale and boring now. Phones look the same. Action cameras copy GoPro, headphone companies copy Beats. Most electronic companies are overly cautious about going to far. Vaporware can kill momentum. Yet today Motorola threw its arms in the Spanish air and said fuck it. During its Mobile World Congress press event, the company basically said here are some products we might… Read More
Less than six months after Samsung’s exploding phone debacle the company is at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. MWC has sometimes been the venue where Samsung’s announces updates to its flagship Galaxy phone brand, but after the exploding phones, and with the company’s chief in the clink, a decision was…
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