Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova calls for Rosenstein’s firing on Fox News after Trump tells people to tune in to the ‘big show’

Screenshot/Fox News The controversial former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Wednesday night that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “tomorrow morning.” Shortly before Hannity’s show aired, President Donald Trump promoted it on Twitter, prompting viewers to tune in. The knives have been out for Rosenstein since […]

Never mind Facebook, Google is the all-seeing ‘big brother’ you should know about

The Cambridge Analytica scandal put Facebook through the wringer in recent weeks, losing the company $ 100 billion in stock value and prompting a global debate on internet privacy. The social media giant was forced to apologize and overhaul its privacy and data sharing practices, but it still remains in the media spotlight and in […]

‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Brings Back Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz

Break out the wine: the Big Little Lies gang is officially getting back together. While we already knew that Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon were officially returning for Big Little Lies season 2, now we have confirmation that Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravtiz are coming back as well. They join new cast member Meryl Streep […]

TV measurement is a ‘big fat mess’ – and billions of ad dollars are at stake

YouTube screencap The TV-advertising industry is wrestling with a massive challenge: how to measure the audience for its shows on digital platforms. Incumbent researcher Nielsen has been working toward a solution, but many network executives are dissatisfied. As more consumers watch shows on devices other than television sets, it only gets more complicated. Having solid measurement […]

Apple signs ‘Big Sick’ writers for a series about immigrant stories

Apple has added yet another scripted series to its lineup: Little America, a half-hour anthology series based on true stories about immigrants in the US featured in Epic Magazine. The company has tapped Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, writers of the Oscar-nominated indie hit The Big Sick, as well as SMILF executive producer Lee […]

Whoa: ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Will Star Meryl Streep

Another A-lister will be coming to the swanky beach town of Monterey, California when Big Little Lies season 2 returns to HBO. Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep is joining Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Shailene Woodley in the drama series, marking the first time she’s returned to a major television show since winning an Emmy in the early 2000s […]

Paul Thomas Anderson Loves ‘Big Daddy’, and More Facts We Learned From a New Interview

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Phantom Thread is now playing in select cities, and pretty soon, it’ll be everywhere. In anticipation of the film’s release, Anderson sat down with The Ringer podcast and took a journey through his career and his approach to filmmaking in general. In the revealing interview, Anderson dishes on his thoughts on trailers, working […]

Is “Big Data” racist? Why policing by data isn’t necessarily objective

Enlarge / Modeled after London’s “Ring of Steel,” the NYPD opened its coordination center in 2008. As seen in 2010, cops monitor feeds from over 1,159 CCTV cameras with the number increasing to 3,000 as the program expands. (credit: Timothy Fadek/Corbis via Getty Images) The following is an excerpt from Andrew Ferguson’s 2017 book, The […]

How Schoolyard Drama and Domestic Violence Converge on ‘Big Little Lies’

Flavorwire is taking the final week of 2017 off, because God knows we need it. But all week, we’ll be reposting some of our favorite pieces from the year. Read them all here. The immediate pleasure of HBO’s Big Little Lies came from its chorus of catty helicopter parents: It’s easy to laugh at Renata’s […]

‘Big win for retail’ as US sales jump 4.9% over holiday, largest increase since 2011

Published time: 27 Dec, 2017 05:16 In a year that saw malls closing their doors across the country, American shoppers spent nearly $ 600 billion over the holiday season, making it the largest increase in holiday spending for the last six years. Retail sales in the US increased by 4.9 percent this holiday season compared […]