In what many observers might have called inevitable, the Academy has awarded Alejandro Iñárritu with the Oscar for Best Director for The Revenant. The win makes Iñárritu only the third director to take home back-to-back Best Director trophies."I'm very lucky to be here tonight, b … | Continue reading

Amy won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature tonight. The Asif Kapadia-directed documentary, which gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Amy Winehouse's life, beat out Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land, Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence, Liz Garbus' What Happened … | Continue reading

Following up it's "Monotune" commercial, Google is back on another awards show with another new ad for Android. Called "Rock, Paper, Scissors," it has the three historical enemies learning to make friends with each other. It's a story of three soon-to-be friends overcoming school … | Continue reading

Pixar's Inside Out just took home the Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category. The Pete Docter-directed film, which was a critical and commercial hit for the studio, chronicled the emotions of a young girl. Inside Out has picked up dozens awards since its release last summer, … | Continue reading

Ex Machina's subtle sci-fi effects won over Hollywood this year, netting it the 2016 Oscar for Best Visual Effects. It was a bit of a surprise win for the movie. Ex Machina was nominated for two awards tonight, including Best Original Screenplay (which it lost to Spotlight). As a … | Continue reading

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki just won an Oscar for his work on The Revenant, setting a new Oscar record in the process. This is the third year in a row Lubezki has taken home the award for Best Cinematography, having won the last two years for 2013's Gravity and 2014's Birdma … | Continue reading

During an Oscar broadcast that's so far devoted to sending up Hollywood's whiteness, Chris Rock invited none other than Stacey Dash onstage as the Oscars' new director of its "Minority Outreach Program" and to wish the audience a Happy Black History Month. It was about as weird a … | Continue reading

In the first acting award for the night, Alicia Vikander has won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Danish Girl. Vikander beat out Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Rooney Mara (Carol), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), and previous Academy Award … | Continue reading

Chris Rock is hosting the Oscars for the second time tonight, and he used most of his opening monologue to lambast the awards show for its lack of diversity. (This is the second year in the row there is not a single actor of color nominated for an award). He began by giving the A … | Continue reading

Ahead of the Oscars, Microsoft has started airing a series of ads that focus on Windows 10, gross bugs, and the features Windows machines have that Macs don't. The spots all feature a pair of women discussing how Windows 10 helps their business — they highlight Cortana, touchscre … | Continue reading

Fox is setting its sights on March 2nd, 2018 for its next Predator movie. That places it eight years out from that Adrien Brody and Topher Grace Predators film from Robert Rodriquez. Best we forget about that.We don't know much about the next installment, though so far it's being … | Continue reading

This year is filled with important test flights, as private companies like SpaceX get new orbital rockets and vehicles ready for space travel. Space tourism ventures like Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin will continue testing their sub-orbital vehicles too, which could potentially … | Continue reading

One of my favorite William Gibson short stories is called "The Winter Market," and it's about psychic art. The protagonist is the oneiric version of a film editor, handling the potent, nihilistic dreams of a dying prodigy. Midway through, there's a phrase that I've been thinking … | Continue reading

Along with his Apple colleague Jony Ive, Marc Newson is one of the most famous and influential industrial designers in the world. The Australian has put his name to everything from furniture to aircraft cabins, and his design signature is all over the Apple Watch. But although Ne … | Continue reading

Tonight is Hollywood's biggest awards show — and this year, its most controversial one. Some actors and filmmakers are boycotting the show in response to its repeated failure to recognize the work of non-white artists, but you should still expect most of the nominees to drag them … | Continue reading

Control Center was a welcome addition when it was added to iOS in 2013, but if Apple's engineers are looking for some ideas, they may want to take a look at this extremely well-done concept from British designer Sam Beckett. The updated Control Center works with 3D Touch, natural … | Continue reading

Pokemon turns 20 today, and there are a lot of ways to celebrate — but none are as good as watching an entire day's worth of the anime. Starting tonight at 9PM ET, the official Pokemon Twitch channel will be holding an animation marathon, broadcasting 24 straight hours of movies … | Continue reading

Does director J.J. Abrams think there's a place for gay characters in the Star Wars universe? At the Oscar Wilde Awards on Thursday night, his answer was clear: "Of course!" He continued, "When I talk about inclusivity, it’s not excluding gay characters. It’s about inclusivity. S … | Continue reading

Valve has abruptly fired the host of its Dota 2 Shanghai Major tournament, James "2GD" Harding, along with the production company responsible for broadcasts of the games. Company chief Gabe Newell confirmed the dismissal of Harding on Reddit, adding that "James is an ass" and not … | Continue reading

Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column "Ask Leah" ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is Slack’s user researcher, but her views here do not represent her employer. You can write to her at askle … | Continue reading

You might be aware that Kanye West just released a new album, and you also might be aware that West publicly changed his mind over its name multiple times, so you may want to take this news with a balanced-diet-and-gym-three-times-a-week level of healthy skepticism, but here it i … | Continue reading

We all know the myth: Once upon a time, there was a little mermaid, and her mer-family sent her to land to kill the property developer who's destroying their home. Naturally the mermaid and the property developer fall in love. Stephen Chow's The Mermaid is the biggest movie in Ch … | Continue reading

Facebook launched its new-and-improved Like button yesterday, which lets users react with more than a simple thumbs up. They can now love something, or thinks it’s worthy of a wow face, a sad face, an angry face, or a "haha" face.Well, that's how the emoji translate in English. B … | Continue reading

Just one month after quietly discontinuing the option, Sprint has decided to revive two-year contracts. That makes it the only one of the big four carriers in the US still offering the 24-month payment plan. Sprint says it brought the option back after receiving feedback from cus … | Continue reading