entertainment culture
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Marvel Comics’ New Logo Kind of Sucks, Actually
In a recent Twitter post, Marvel Comics revealed an updated logo to better differentiate its film, animation and comic book divisions from one another. There can now no longer be any confusion that what you hold your hand is a not a movie, per se, but instead a booklet of still images to pursue at…
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The New Ultimate Marvel is About to Explode With New Heroes and Villains
Marvel’s relaunched version of the Ultimate Universe has been going strong between its current quartet of titles. Between Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, The Ultimates, and Ultimate Black Panther, the line’s writers and artists have been gradually sketching new alternate versions on classic characters. But now that the books all roughly half a year or more…
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YouTube Wants to Give the Internet’s Worst Commenters the Ability to Fact-Check Videos
YouTube will soon be testing a feature that allows users to add notes under videos to correct inaccurate or misleading information, according to an announcement from the video-sharing platform on Monday. And while it sounds strikingly similar to X’s Community Notes program, there are still a lot of questions about how it will work. The…
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Russell T. Davies Isn’t Worried About Doctor Who’s Low Ratings
Despite lofty expectations, the all-new, budget-enhanced Doctor Who has been—to be kind—a bit of a ratings bust. Speaking at a recent BAFTA Q&A, showrunner Russell T. Davies admitted as much, with the caveat the Fifteenth Doctor era has proven to be enormously successful with younger audiences. “In coming back, I wanted to make it simpler…