A powerful satire examining the dark side of suburbia, the critically acclaimed American Beauty was met with both the highest number of nominations and the highest number of awards at the 72nd Academy Awards, including a Best Picture win. After Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, and Mike Nichols all turned down the chance to direct, Sam Mendes helmed the project as his feature directorial debut. His diligent work behind the camera, paired with the efforts of a massively talented cast and crew, resulted in an instant classic that captured the zeitgeist in the late ‘90s....

In November, retail store JC Penney hired Apple’s former retail chief Ron Johnson as its CEO in the hopes of turning the company around. Johnson has continued to make new hires to his executive team at JC Penney, but he never went sniffing in Apple’s territory until today; although, he was rumored to have started. However, JC Penney announced this afternoon the hire of Benjamin Fay, the (now former) Senior Director of Retail Real Estate and Development at Apple....

We learned at the start of the month that actress Gwyneth Paltrow would serve as a mentor on the upcoming Apple-produced ‘Planet of the Apps’ reality TV series, and today we can add Jessica Alba’s name to the growing list of star power behind the show. Variety reports Alba will also serve as a mentor on the series: The upcoming reality TV show will focus on the app development experience from idea to product creation and marketing....

The Johto Throwback Pokémon Go challenge is running from May 8 to May 11. This new challenge is special since players will have the chance to catch Pokémon that appeared with Gym Leaders and the storyline of Pokémon Gold and Silver. Therefore, if you played the aforementioned Pokémon games, the Johto Throwback Pokémon Go challenge is worth checking out. During the special research event, Pokémon from the Johto region will spawn more frequently....

WARNING: Major spoilers for Joker. Todd Phillips refuses to provide answers with regard to Joker’s vague ending. The latest Warner Bros. and DC movie is finally out in theaters and based on its box office performance, people came in droves to check out what the hype was about. Viewers leave the cinema, however, with more questions than answers with how the movie’s ending panned out. And according to its director, it was purposefully designed to wrap up that way....

A new poster for Todd Phillips’ Joker is released as tickets for the film officially go on sale. Although Joker is one of the most well-known Batman villains, Phillips decided to take a different approach to the character’s back story. Joker is a standalone movie not connected to any previous iterations of the character. In Joker, Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a man with mental health problems who succumbs to madness, and in doing so, creates the Joker persona....

Fashion-focused GQ snagged an interview with Apple’s legendary designer Jony Ive to celebrate the launch of Apple’s second-gen AirPods this week. The piece starts off tackling one major issue head-on: AirPods looked a little ridiculous to everyone before they became a cultural lightning bolt. Here’s Ive’s response: In describing the amount of work that went into nailing the current design of AirPods, Ive surfaces not just how the wireless earbuds look but how they interact with the case and how the case itself snaps:...

Today’s best deals include iPad mini 5 up to $99 off, plus markdowns on top-rated Anker essentials, and Apple’s previous-generation MacBook Air. Hit the jump for all that and more in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. iPad mini 5 up to $99 off Best Buy is currently taking up to $99 off iPad mini 5. Deals include both Wi-Fi and Cellular configurations with prices from $330. Today’s offer marks an all-time low on the cellular models, and beats our previous mention across the board by at least $20....

It’s no surprise that the people over at repair guide portal iFixit have already started their ritual teardown of Apple’s new iPad Pro. The new device features a larger 12.9-inch display, the 3rd generation 64-bit A9X chip, and other upgraded internals, but are there any other new surprises inside the iPad Pro? Immediately the team noticed a different layout for the logic board making things a little different when cracking open the new iPad Pro compared to previous generations:...

Foxconn earnings and expectations for the rest of the year suggest that iPhone 12 demand is set to remain high through the first half of the year. Chairman Young Liu said that sales of “all product lines” likely grew in the first quarter of the year, and that Foxconn is “cautiously optimistic” on the outlook for the rest of the year … Bloomberg says this may mean that the iPhone 12 continues to sell in the double-digit millions all the way through to June....

Earlier this year, reports began to suggest that Apple would launch the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in an additional color beyond the Space Gray, Silver, and Gold options that have been available in the popular iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s. Since then, there have been conflicting rumors regarding Apple’s color choice: some (including the Wall Street Journal) have claimed that the new iPhones would come in “pink,” while some analysts have referred to the color as “Rose Gold” (the discrepancy could be attributed to the similarity between colors)....

iPhone 8 isn’t particularly susceptible to a boot loop, but when this happens, there is a good chance that something goes wrong during the boot process, leaving the OS unreachable. you ought to be facing anything from software errors to a significant hardware problem. Here, in this article, we have discussed the simplest and straightforward methods to Fix Boot Loop Issue on iPhone 8 or 8 Plus. A bootloop is a mistake that creates your iPhone restart endlessly and never passes the Apple logo screen....

iPhones running iOS 13 will be able to scan NFC chips in Japanese identity cards. This is as a result of Apple’s decision to allow broader access to the iPhone’s NFC chip by third-party apps. The app will allow Japanese citizens to scan their own cards in order to store the information on their phones … The Verge reports that the ID cards will be one of the first third-party uses authorized by Apple....

Is Marvel’s Namor an Atlantean or a mutant? Marvel’s King of the Seven Seas sits on the throne of Atlantis but has long been characterized as one of the universe’s first mutants, making the situation rather confusing. Born to a human sea captain and a princess of the undersea kingdom of Atlantis, Namor is a definitely human-Atlantean hybrid. Due to his maternal roots, Namor can breathe underwater, can mimic sea life, use sonar, and has superhuman strength....

Mercari is a web service where you can buy or sell products online. You are thinking about buying or selling goods on Mercari, and you are concerned about its legitimacy? There is no such report of any fraud and scam on Mercari. However, there are a few complaints, and you should know about it. The site is quite similar to eBay and Craigslist, Mercari is popular among people because of the huge discounts on goods....

After the successful launch of Realme 2 and 2 Pro, Realme has announced 3 new smartphones recently. Realme 3i is one among them and is currently the est phone you can buy in 8000 INR segment. Because of fo the low price and high specifications, this smartphone is bound to break the smartphone market for other companies. However, before buying the product, most customers want to know whether the new Realme 3i is waterproof or not?...

Bill Skarsgård is open to playing Pennywise in a third IT movie, if the story works. Famed horror novelist Stephen King could hardly have known when he created the gargantuan tale of the Losers’ Club and Pennywise the Dancing Clown that it would endure in such a legitimately terrifying manner. Now, the second part to director Andy Muschietti’s IT adaptation is in theatres and so far, IT: Chapter Two is performing well and scaring plenty of eager fans....

It was revealed that James Corden, the host of The Late Late Show With James Corden, doesn’t actually drive during his Carpool Karaoke segments. The internet is in a total state of shock from this deceitful new information that has surfaced. Most American fans will know Corden, the popular British comedian, from watching him host The Late Late Show on CBS. He is most well known for the show’s hit recurring segment, Carpool Karaoke, in which James Corden, invites famous musical guests to sing along to their songs, where it appears that he’s driving them around....

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John Krasinski has renewed his interest in having a role in the next Fantastic Four film. Over the years, studios have struggled to properly bring Marvel’s First Family over to the big screen. While the two Fantastic Four films released in 2005 and 2007 were moderate successes, they weren’t exactly critically-acclaimed. The 2015 reboot directed by Josh Trank, known as Fant4stic, bombed at the box office and was met with derision from fans....