From its inception, Jane the Virgin pitted the protagonist against the villainous Petra Solano (Yael Grobglas). It was a classic telenovela blonde versus brunette scenario. But Petra was never a one-dimensional villain. She had layers and nuances that made the audience root for her time and again, no matter how much bad she did. Petra grew into a better person over the course of five seasons through her friendship with Jane....

The Marvel Comics family may be growing by one (at least), now that the Japanese superhero Ultraman will be the star of a new alliance between the home of the Avengers and his own creators, Tsuburaya Productions. Marvel Entertainment has officially announced a partnership with Tsuburaya Productions that will bring new Ultraman stories to comics and graphic novels beginning in 2020. Announced during Tokyo Comic Con, the new collaboration will launch in 2020....

The biggest Jeopardy! tournament, Jeopardy! The Greatest Of All Time, brings together the top three contestants ever for an ultimate showdown. Starting Tuesday, January 7, Jeopardy! The Greatest Of All Time set out to officially determine who is the greatest champion in the show’s history. With a whopping $1 million at stake, three of the most iconic competitors – Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings, and James Holzhauer – have duked it out in a riveting battle for game show supremacy....

During his 2020 Oscars acceptance speech for Best Actor, Joker star Joaquin Phoenix gave a shout-out to his late brother, River. The 92nd Academy Awards ended on a major high as Parasite made history by becoming the first film not in the English language to win Best Picture. Director Bong Joon-ho took home no fewer than four Oscars, leading an incredible breakthrough for South Korean cinema at an event that has historically maligned foreign language cinema....

The latest poster for Jordan Peele’s Us was released online. The new movie from the Get Out filmmaker centers on the Wilson family who are enjoying an idyllic summer getaway when they’re confronted by mysterious figures at their vacation home. As for the poster itself? It’s pure nightmare fuel. Expected to be one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Us is set along the iconic Northern California coastline. The film stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe, who is played by Black Panther’s Winston Duke, and their two children for a summer vacation....

Rhys Darby is reprising his Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle role as the NPC and players’ guide Nigel in Sony’s as-yet untitled sequel, Jumanji 3. Technically a sequel to the 1995 Jumanji movie, Welcome to the Jungle hit theaters in December 2017 and went on to become a box office smash-hit fueled by great word of mouth. Unlike the ’90s film and the book that inspired it, the followup added a new twist where the enchanted Jumanji board game transforms itself into a video game that sucks players into its universe....

Apple’s claims that the iPad Air is around twice as fast as the iPad 4 have been validated by Geekbench scores posted by Primate Labs. The iPad’s multi-core performance score increased by 88 percent, while the single-core performance jumped by 90 percent … Geekbench 3 is a set of processor speed tests based on real-world tasks, and so reflecting the performance a user can expect to experience in everyday use....

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break includes iPad deals from $400, an iPhone 11 clear case for $5, and elago’s Apple TV mount is now just $16. Hit the jump for all that and more. iPad deals include the latest models and more Other notable iPad deals include the previous-generation Pro models from $400. You can grab the 10.5-inch model on sale, alongside the larger 12.9-inch version at $530. Apple’s 2017 iPad Pro sports a Retina display, A10X Fusion chip, and 12 MP camera....

Perhaps the most forward thinking phone everyone has ever made, as Apple’s spokesperson described the device, the iPhone 5s will be coming in multiple color variations of the company’s aluminum brushed shell, unlike any other occasion. Moreover, Apple took the time to re-think their entire design and even though this model highly resembles the last Apple flagship, it’s unique in many ways. Meet the iPhone 5s In a world where innovation is considered at the most importance, Apple’s traditionally aluminum design has been preserved in majority and somewhat tweaked, in a beautiful way....

Bloomberg reports that Apple has asked Foxconn to take on additional staff at its Zhengzhou factory, where the only Apple product made is the iPhone – suggesting that production may be ramping up for the iPhone 5S and low-cost iPhone launches … The massive manufacturing facility employes more than a quarter of a million people, with the WSJ citing another un-named source as saying the company has been taking on 10,000 assembly-line workers a week since the end of March....

While Apple has yet to breakdown just how many iPhone X units it has sold so far, that hasn’t stopped analysts from taking a stab at it. Today, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) is out with a new investor note in which it attempts to offer some color on the breakdown of how each iPhone model sold during the first month of iPhone X availability… CIRP’s research, which analyzes the first 30 days of iPhone X sales, shows that the device accounted for roughly 30 percent of total iPhone sales....

The iPhone X officially goes up for pre-order on Friday morning and Apple has dramatically overhauled its homepage tonight to better showcase the upcoming flagship. Apple.com now features nothing but the iPhone X, with a slew of images and animations touting various features of the device. If you head to Apple.com right now, you’ll see a large banner up top with Apple reminding visitors that the iPhone X goes up for pre-order on Friday at 12:01 PT....

CNET’s Josh Miller did a photo and video shootout between the iPhone X and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8. On paper, the Note 8 camera has marginally better specs – wider aperture for wide-angle and selfie lenses, and 8MP against 7MP – but he declared the iPhone X the overall winner … Interestingly, his first test found that the iPhone X oversaturated colors – something Samsung has often been accused of – while the Note 8 gave a more realistic capture....

Luckily for Marvel, Peter Quill and his motley crew proved a big hit with audiences and Guardians Of The Galaxy went on to rank as 2014’s third highest-grossing film. The James Gunn-directed movie got a sequel – Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 – in 2017 and since then the GOTG team has appeared in other MCU movies like Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The reason behind Guardians Of The Galaxy’s absence on Netflix is the launch of the House of Mouse’s new streaming service Disney+ in November 2019....

Once again, Instagram appears to be experiencing an outage. Our photo-focused social media service has been down a couple of times very recently, and today we are hearing from many users that it is down again. However, there is no particular reason why this happens, but still, there are many things that, as a user, you need to know. Yes, that’s the reason why we are here. In this article, we will clarify every single aspect of why Instagram is down today....

For the latest in iTunes software, hit your Software Update. You will receive iTunes 10.6.1, which makes everything better, including: Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view, and syncing photos to devices. Addresses an issue where some iTunes interface elements are incorrectly described by VoiceOver and WindowEyes. Fixes a problem where iTunes may become unresponsive while syncing iPod nano or iPod shuffle....

Christopher Landon is no stranger to horror or supernatural worlds. Having written Paranormal Activity 2, 3, 4 and Happy Death Day. He returns to write and direct Tree in his follow up, Happy Death Day 2U. He and producer Jason Blum (Blumhouse Productions) took a moment to talk to us about death counts and what new elements they wanted to introduce in order to evolve the second story and reinvent itself....

John Stamos and Nick Jonas continue to hilariously troll each other on social media. The Netflix’s You and Full House/Fuller House star has been known to be an avid Jonas Brothers fan, sporting their shirts on several occasions now - the latest of which during the American Music Awards back in October. In response, the youngest of the trio of musician brothers has reciprocated with the same gesture - but with a trippy twist....

Warning! Major SPOILERS for Joker ahead. Joker has been surrounded by controversy, but with the film now released we can see that not only was this completely overblown, but that pushing the backlash suited Warner Bros’ own agenda. Directed by Todd Phillips, with a script from himself and Scott Silver, Joker has so far been divisive. While Joker won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, it’s also faced a major backlash for its apparent violence, which hasn’t been helped by various people involved (especially Phillips) weighing in on the matter....

Joker’s win of the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, proved to be a major industry surprise. When it was initially rumored that Warner Bros. had plans to take Joker, Todd Phillips’s re-imagining of Gotham City’s most iconic villain’s origin story, to the fall film festival circuit, many fans and critics were skeptical. The major movie festivals of the season are typically seen as launching pads for major awards and a certain kind of prestige that comic book adaptations and superhero titles don’t tend to strive for....