The discontinuation of the iPod Classic back in 2014 gave prices of used models a boost in the following holiday season, some models selling for up to four times the original price. A Guardian report says that collectors are now paying even more for some models, with special editions selling for as much as $90,000. Terapeak, a company which tracks pricing of collectibles on eBay, […] found that classic iPods in their original packaging were priced at collectibles levels – one U2 special edition, Terapeak noted, sold in November for $90,000....

After a strong opening weekend, China saved Hobbs and Shaw at the box office. The first Fast and Furious spinoff movie debuted in theaters earlier this month, placing Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw front and center. Fast and Furious enjoyed a critical and commercial renaissance this decade, firmly becoming one of the film industry’s most reliable cash cows. That’s what encouraged Universal to explore the possibility of expanding the universe, but the initial returns weren’t what the studio expected....

Child’s Play 3 (full title Child’s Play 3: Look Who’s Stalking) has been defended by some, but remains the worst installment in a franchise that is marked with both high highs and very low lows. The 1991 film had the two main ingredients that, for most fans of the series, are an absolute necessity to make a Chucky movie great. Creator Don Mancini wrote the script and Brad Dourif voiced the killer doll, Chucky....

WARNING: Spoilers for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 3. The third season of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina includes more connections to The CW’s Riverdale than ever before, seemingly confirming the two Archie Comics TV shows co-exist in the same universe. Ever since Warner Bros. TV brought the Archie Universe to life through The CW and Netflix, viewers of both properties have been waiting for a potential crossover. Both Riverdale and Sabrina have made their fair share of nods and Easter eggs hinting at them possibly set in the same universe....

Chopped is a cooking television game show that premiered on January 13, 2009. The format of the show pits four chefs against each other for a chance to win $10,000. There are three rounds - appetizer, entree, and dessert. The chefs receive a basket containing four mystery ingredients that they must use to create a dish. One contestant is eliminated at the end of each round until the last one standing wins....

Google is working on adding support to Chrome for dark mode in macOS Mojave. Although the new feature is available now as an early beta, Google has a number of problems to solve to make the new feature work … In a succinct bug report, a developer summarises the situation. One particular challenge for Chrome is that it currently uses its own app-specific dark mode to signal incognito mode. Figure out how dark mode should look in the Refresh look Implement it Additionally, Google can’t use some of the workarounds it has with incognito mode....

If you thought things were messy with U.S. networks, Verizon and Sprint using CMDA and AT&T and T-Mobile using GSM, things are even worse in China – with WCDMA, CDMA2000, CDMA1X, GSM, TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE all in use by different carriers in different combinations. The iPhone 6 may be about to make life a whole lot easier, though, with Sina (via ZDNet) reporting that the model sold by China Telecom at least will support all of the wireless networks in use in the country, based on a Weibo post by the carrier....

Chris Pratt debunks a popular Jurassic World fan theory concerning his character Owen Grady that connected him to Jurassic Park. When it comes to iconic blockbusters of the 1990s, few stand taller in pop culture history than Steven Spielberg’s classic dinosaur adventure Jurassic Park. One of the prolifically successful director’s most beloved films of all-time, Jurassic Park dazzled moviegoers with exciting action scenes, likeable characters, and dino special effects so good that they still hold up all these years later....

In psychiatric literature, gambling is considered a behavioral addiction. A 2017 report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics found adolescent online gambling has become an issue of international concern. In 2018, Fatherly reported the rate of gambling addiction in young people ages 14 to 19 can be up to seven times higher than in adults. And a 2018 report by The Guardian found the number of 11- to 16-year-olds classified as problem gamblers in Britain quadrupled in two years....

BeSound, a company that’s currently running an Indiegogo campaign for Lightning-enabled noise cancelling headphones, has developed an iPhone 7 Plus mockup in a deep blue color to help promote its product. It also teamed up with a popular YouTuber to show off the mockup on video and help spread the word about its campaign. Last week we saw a pair of similar iPhone 7 mockup videos, but this is among the first high quality glances at what the iPhone 7 Plus might look like come launch next month....

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet adds breakout Yesterday star Himesh Patel to the cast. He’s become one of the most successful film directors in the world thanks to movies like The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Interstellar, and now Nolan is coming back with another huge movie project that is sure to generate enormous amounts of buzz in the coming months. First announced back in May, Nolan’s Tenet has already headed into production and already dropped a teaser trailer that ran in theaters ahead of IMAX showings of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw but has yet to appear online....

The original Godzilla is getting a SDCC exclusive collectible figure. TOHO announced recently that the iconic kaiju will be coming to San Diego Comic-Con for the first time next month. Fans can expect movie props, one of the actual Godzilla suits, giveaways, and more. The year 2019 marks the 65th anniversary of the Godzilla series. In the 1954 classic, a giant irradiated dinosaur ravaged Japan before being destroyed by a special weapon called the Oxygen Destroyer....

Netflix documentary series Cheer explores the world of competitive cheerleading by following the Navarro College Cheer team and their intense training for the NCA College Nationals in Daytona, Florida. Here’s what we know so far about the show’s renewal status, and when Netflix viewers might expect season 2 to release. Directed by Greg Whitely and Adam Ridley (Last Chance U), Cheer offers an emotional look at how becoming part of the Navarro team has been a life-changing experience for kids from difficult backgrounds....

Many hours after the allegations of abuse against him surfaced, Chris Hardwick has responded, specifically to the claims made about sexual assault. For those not following the unfolding saga, early on Friday, Hardwick’s long-term ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra went public with pretty horrific accusations of abuse, both physical and mental, by the prolific TV host while they were together. While Hardwick wasn’t named in Dykstra’s online posting, it didn’t take a genius to put together that she was referring to him....

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The movie reviews aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes is about to have some competition - and its name is CherryPicks. The site will be a new aggregate movie rating service that will pull its information exclusively from the opinions of female critics. Rotten Tomatoes may be the most trusted site of the sort, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is largely dominated by male critics. Hollywood has become increasingly aware of the desire for better gender representation both in front of and behind the camera....

Despite its mixed success as a satire of the Digital Age, Child’s Play is an otherwise entertainingly bloodthirsty re-imagining of the slasher brand. As ridiculous as the premise is for the original Child’s Play - a dying, foul-mouthed serial killer transfers his soul into the body of a doll - the 1988 slasher classic mostly played things straight. It wasn’t until later films that creator Don Mancini (who wrote all seven entries in the original continuity) took the series further into the realm of horror-comedy and really played up Chucky the killer toy’s sense of humor....

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 3 taps deeper into the musical side of storytelling by featuring a number of classic songs. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 3 soundtrack features well-known tunes from popular musicals to rock’n’roll hits. The highlight of the season is the fact that the cast performs a good portion of the music featured in the eight brand new episodes. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 3 picks up after Sabrina Spellman and her allies prevent the End Times, which subsequently forces the Dark Lord’s body into Nick Scratch....

Hobbs and Shaw raced into theaters this month, providing fans high-octane car chases and heavy doses of adrenaline. But the Fast and Furious franchise is about more than action set pieces, it’s also about family and the bonds we create. Screenwriter Chris Morgan shared his thoughts on the dynamic between Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, on how he writes action scenes, and on what audiences can expect from their new favorite cameo....

Disney’s Christopher Robin brings Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, and the other beloved animal residents of the Hundred Acre Wood to life in live-action for the first time - and it even goes the extra mile by including an additional scene in the middle of the end credits. While it took a while for the Mouse House’s live-action Winnie the Pooh movie to get an official title, the plan was always for the film to focus on an adult version of Pooh’s human companion, Christopher Robin (a role that Ewan McGregor eventually signed on to play)....