On Thursday afternoon, Jeff Bezos took to Medium to excoriate David Pecker and his company American Media Inc.—which owns the National Enquirer—for attempting "extortion and blackmail." Rather than comply with their demands, the Amazon founder and CEO (who also owns The Washington Post) has published emails from AMI executives threatening to publish a number of…
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The sister of Thailand’s king entered the race to become prime minister on Friday as the candidate of a populist party, an unprecedented foray into politics by a royal that instantly upended the first election since a 2014 military coup. Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, the elder sister of King Maha…
Image copyright Reuters The world's richest man, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has accused the National Enquirer's owner of trying to blackmail him over lewd pictures.Mr Bezos said the magazine's parent company American Media Inc (AMI) wanted him to drop an investigation into how it obtained his private messages.Mr Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, said last…
Enlarge / Captain Marvel's cinematic adventure will appear on Disney+, not Netflix. MarvelThe more we learn about Disney's new streaming TV and movie service, the more ambitious it sounds. Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors on the company's quarterly earnings call that the service (called Disney+) will host TV shows and movies licensed from other…
SANT CUGAT, Spain (Reuters) - David Aguilar has built himself a robotic prosthetic arm using Lego pieces after being born without a right forearm due to a rare genetic condition. David Aguliar poses with his prosthetic arm built with Lego pieces during an interview with Reuters in Sant Cugat del Valles, near Barcelona, Spain, February…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donald Trump: "Their land is gone" US President Donald Trump has said territory held by the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq could be "100%" liberated as early as next week."It should be announced, probably some time next week, that we will have 100% of the caliphate," he…
Enlarge / In Replicas, Keanu Reeves plays William Foster, a scientist attempting to transfer a human mind into an android. The new science fiction film, Replicas, starring Keanu Reeves, achieved some pretty impressive visual effects, given its relatively modest $30 million budget. The secret: using a suite of game-development animation tools for modeling and motion…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as he appealed for unity, President Donald Trump made it clear in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that his idea of common ground is having Democrats back his policy agenda and stop investigating his administration. For all of Trump’s talk about bridging “old divisions” and pursuing bipartisan initiatives,…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLive: Donald Trump addresses Congress in his annual State of the Union speech US President Donald Trump is about to deliver his annual State of the Union address before Congress. He is expected to use the speech to restate his case for a wall along the border…
What We Do in the Shadows debuts on FX March 27.We had our doubts when FX first announced it was adapting the New Zealand cult hit "mockumentary" What We Do in the Shadows for TV. But the positive buzz has been building since a surprise screening at NYCC last October, and now we have the…
