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June Squibb Joins ‘Yellowjackets’ Fourth & Final Season
Culturedeadline1mo ago

June Squibb Joins ‘Yellowjackets’ Fourth & Final Season

EXCLUSIVE: June Squibb (Zootopia 2, Nebraska) has joined the cast of Showtime’s Yellowjackets for its fourth and final season. Details regarding her role are under wraps. Created and executive produced by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets tells the saga of a team of talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a […]

The hot Hollywood trend for minute-long TV shows: ‘the sort of thing you’d watch drunk at 2am’
CultureThe Guardian1mo ago

The hot Hollywood trend for minute-long TV shows: ‘the sort of thing you’d watch drunk at 2am’

From fight scenes lasting for one punch to plots resolved in 45 seconds, smartphone-friendly vertical dramas are growing by 8,000% year on year. Here’s a guide to the wild new medium If you haven’t heard of vertical dramas, chances are you will soon. These quick, grabby series – usually split into minute-long episodes – have risen unstoppably over the past couple of years, and now Hollywood is taking an interest. Last year, the former Showtime executive Jana Winograde announced MicroCo, a studio devoted to vertical drama, and claimed that she was shocked by the amount of top-tier talent that has approached her. Two months before, former Miramax boss Bill Block launched GammaTime, which promises original microdramas by CSI creator Anthony E Zuiker. Continue reading...

#KungFu #robots steal show at China’s Spring Festival gala
TechnologyAl JazeeraSCMPFrance 24+2Times of IndiaRappler1mo ago5 sources

#KungFu #robots steal show at China’s Spring Festival gala

Humanoid #robots performing #KungFu routines were among the highlights of China’s Spring Festival gala on Monday. The TV show – the most-watched in #China – is held annually on the eve of the Chinese New Year and is often used to highlight the country’s tech industry advances. This year, China’s fast-growing robotics sector was firmly in the spotlight, with robots also performing dance routines and comedy sketches.