Writer/Director Kevin Smith has confirmed the existence of the ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League and thinks that it should be released. Smith, who made his big-screen debut all the way back in 1994 with the ultra-low-budget comedy Clerks is returning to his View Askewniverse with Jay & Silent Bob Reboot for the first time since 2006’s Clerks II. After directing both Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zack Snyder was immediately set to follow both of those with Justice League....

Lucasfilm president Katleen Kennedy says that a female filmmaker will direct a future Star Wars. Kennedy, who took over as president of Lucasfilm in 2012, recently oversaw production on the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga, which wrapped up with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Aside from finishing up the stories seeded by Star Wars creator George Lucas, The Rise of Skywalker is also notable for being the first Star Wars feature with a black, female second unit director....

Along with other minor updates to iOS 12 like how Face ID works on the Lock screen, Apple has brought a built-in thesaurus to iPhone and iPad. Follow along for how to turn this feature on. This is another one of those features that isn’t overly exciting, but will prove valuable in day to day use. Particularly if you’re used to using the dictionary and thesaurus on Mac, this addition to iOS 12 will be appreciated....

Apple CEO Steve Jobs told CNBC: “We just didn’t have a chance to close a deal with Russia. And I think you’ll see agreements happen later this year.” Now, reports out of Moscow this morning suggest local networks may be in talks with Apple to introduce the device in Russia, a country where jailbroken first-generation iPhones command as much as $1,000 each, with around 20,000 units smuggled into Russia every month, according to local analysts Local networks s, Mobile TeleSystems and MegaFone have both been described as being in talks with Apple, but both may be trounced by second-largest network, VimpelCom, as that network moves to switch on its 3G network in Russia this year....

Update: Live coverage of the Senate hearing on Apple’s offshore tax practices is above. As things heat up in the row on alleged tax avoidance by Apple, Ireland has denied a claim made by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that it had agreed a special deal with the company to allow it to pay corporation tax of just 2% on its Irish earnings. The denial was made to Yahoo! Finance reporter Conor Humphries:...

Pennywise the Clown hit CinemaCon as Warner Bros. debuted all new footage from the horror sequel IT: Chapter Two. Published in 1986, Stephen King’s novel IT would prove to be one of the prolific horror author’s biggest and most terrifying books. Set both in the 1950s and in contemporary times, the book followed a group of friends as kids and adults, as they battled an ancient evil who walked the earth in the guise of a terrifying clown....

When it comes to streaming video content, YouTube is the most preferred platform out there, with 2 billion logged-in monthly users. The only downside of streaming videos online is that you need to have a high-speed, active internet connection all the time but, that’s not possible when we are traveling, or your data limit gets exhausted. That’s when downloading videos for offline use really comes in handy. While YouTube has introduced a dedicated download button in their app but, there is no such option on a computer and there is more to it....

The biggest success of 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy was how it took a team of five lesser known Marvel heroes and turned them into stars. The film was so confident and fun that audiences immediately warmed to its various weird and wonderful characters despite their relative obscurity. It’s hard to pick the biggest breakout of the quintet, but the most surprising was almost certainly Drax. Played by the former WWE star Dave Bautista, pre-release he looked like he was going to be the group’s joyless heavy....

The Jersey Shore: Family Vacation cast freaked out over “insane” texts about Ronnie from Jen Harley. The whole cast is on pins and needles hoping Jen doesn’t come for them. Ronnie and Jen have had a dramatic relationship since say day, one and over the past two years, the couple has had some violent arguments which have resulted in Ronnie being dragged by a car and having his front teeth knocked out by Jen....

The Jersey Shore cast is scared for Ronnie Ortiz-Magro after Jen Harley hinted that he may not be sober. It is hard to tell who is telling the truth as the couple is known for their public turmoil, always seeming to want to attack each other. Ronnie had only recently reentered the real world from his month away at a rehab center to focus on his depression and alcohol intake. The reality star made the decision to enter a treatment center because he wanted to work on being a better father to his daughter, Ariana Sky....

Joker has achieved the milestone of being the fourth highest-grossing DC film internationally. The iconic clown has been laughing it up at the box office since its release. Joker had the greatest opening in October, surpassing the record held by Venom. Joker has been getting a lot of headlines lately, and that’s not likely to stop anytime soon. The Joaquin Phoenix-starring film has received praise from a number of sources. During its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Joker received the prestigious Golden Lion award....

Todd Phillips’ Joker has reclaimed its #1 spot at the box office, beating out Maleficent: Mistress of Evil by only a slight margin. A massive success for WB and a career-best for star Joaquin Phoenix, Joker functions as both a searing sociopolitical commentary and an unflinching character portrait. It appears to have resonated with audiences in a big (and surprising) way, and its box office numbers are expected to climb even higher than the $800 million the movie has already earned worldwide....

Vanity Fair today has revealed the list of people who will speak at its upcoming New Establishment Summit in October and once again, Apple’s Chief Design Officer Jony Ive will be in attendance. Last year, Ive attended the event and discussed many of his opinions on design and told several stories of designing the various iPhone models over the years. This year, however, Beats cofounder Jimmy Iovine will also be attending the Vanity Fair event....

In this tutorial, you will learn- JSP Syntax of Expression Language (EL) JSP If-else JSP Switch JSP For loop JSP While loop JSP Operators JSP Syntax of Expression Language (EL) Syntax of EL :$(expression) In JSP, whatever present in the braces gets evaluated at runtime sent to the output stream. The expression is a valid EL expression and it can be mixed with a static text and can be combined with other expression to form larger expression....

Nebula is set to join the Guardians in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but after that Karen Gillan is dreaming of a spinoff movie. Gillan first played the cybernetic step-sister to Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and “daughter” of Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy, but ultimately served as the lead henchwoman for Ronan. After chopping off her own arm to stay away from Gamora, Nebula is teaming up with the Guardians in the sequel and will presumably do so again in Avengers: Infinity War and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

There are scattered reports of iPhone 11 GPS tracking problems, some users reporting the issue affecting the exercise tracking app Strava, while others say is it also impacting other apps, like Waze… A Strava user who started a thread on Reddit says that the developer behind the app describes it as an issue with the iPhone 11 Pro. Other users are reporting the same issue with other apps. I’ve been working with Strava directly and they are stating the iPhone 11 pro is not tracking horizontal data correctly....

http://www.apple.com/webapps Bookmark it now – it doesn’t work yet but it will very soon. Apple will be unleashing this new webpage devoted to Webapps. Apple’s web team is gearing up to put the iPhone applications built with the Web 2.0 “SDK” on their new software page that will function in much the same way as the current software downloads page. In fact, it is likely that the two pages will be integrated....

It’s no secret that Apple has run into trouble manufacturing the iPhone X. Numerous reports have highlighted the delays and struggles that ultimately led to the October/November release window Apple announced last week. Now, a new investor note from Barron’s says that Apple has run into even more production issues… According to analyst Christopher Case, Apple has yet to start production of the iPhone X ahead of preorders next month. Case, who has spent the past week traveling through Asia for meetings with supply chain companies, says that his checks indicate “final production of iPhone X has not yet begun....

Now that the iPhone Xs and Apple Watch Series 4 have officially been announced, we can dive deeper into the specifications of each, as well as the changes compared to the iPhone X and Apple Watch Series 3. For both the iPhone Xs and Apple Watch Series 4, Apple briefly mentioned battery life – but looking closer, there are a few changes worth noting. iPhone Xs: For the iPhone Xs, Apple says users will get 30 more minutes of battery life with this year’s device than with the 2017 iPhone X....

WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame might be the end of a decade-long story, but it also results in a new beginning, especially for the Guardians of the Galaxy who now have Thor on their team. After a seemingly never-ending emotional roller coaster, the original Avengers came together to form a plan to beat Thanos and get back those that he took away. For that to happen, a few characters had to pay with their lives....