Culture in Depth: Top 50 News Headlines on 3/30/15

• Star Wars Bits: Harrison Ford Update, Rogue One Rumors, Force Awakens Contracts and Rebels Pinball
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from /Film
  This is a can’t miss edition of Star Wars Bits with info ranging from The Force Awakens and Rogue One, to Rebels, the books and Celebration. Below, read about the following: Harrison Ford has been released from the hospital after h...
• Google Gets Key Ruling in Battle With Mississippi AG
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Hollywood Reporter
  In a perhaps worrisome ruling for the MPAA, a judge trumpets Google's First Amendment rights. read more
• Zhane Hall Joins Fox’s ‘Minority Report’ Pilot
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Variety.com - Front Page
  Zhane Hall has joined the cast of Fox’s drama pilot “Minority Report,” starring Meagan Good and Wilmer Valderrama. Based on the 2002 Steven Spielberg sci-fi pic, the story will be set 10 years after the end of specializ...
• Disney is working on a live-action Mulan movie
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
  
• Agents of SHIELD - Episode 2.15 - One Door Closes - Promotional Photos
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Spoiler TV
• ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Teasers Are Brief Blasts of Action
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from /Film
  Warner Bros. opens Mad Max: Fury Road in just six weeks, and the studio is experimenting with reminding us all that the movie looks totally insane, as if there was any chance we’d forget it after that first footage. So here are a f...
• The robot from Ex Machina is now a personal assistant on LinkedIn
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
  
• What Jay Z's Tidal Means for the Freemium vs. Premium Debate
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Hollywood Reporter
  Tidal introduced two subscription tiers — a $9.99 standard-definition tier and a $19.99 hi-fi tier — with no free options. read more
• Pentatonix – PTX (2015)
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from New Album Releases
  Artist: Pentatonix Album: PTX Released: 2015 Style: Pop Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC Size: 138 Mb Tracklist: 01 – Daft Punk 02 – Problem 03 – On My Way Home 04 – La La Latch 05 – Rather Be 06 – See Throu...
• Axiom Verge: The Kotaku Review
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Kotaku
  Yes, I gained a new ability! Now where the hell do I use it? Read more...
• Marc Maron on How the Second Comedy Boom Differs From the First
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Vulture
  For my piece on the second comedy boom, I spoke to Marc Maron, undoubtedly one of its greatest success stories. Maron has the perspective of someone who lived through the first boom (when he did a lot of coke with Sam Kinison), and the f...
• Important Answers About Dark Souls II's Expansion On PC
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Kotaku
  Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin launches next week, but PC owners considering upgrading to the game's DirectX11 version should be aware of a few things regarding save transfers, multiplayer, and upgrade pricing. Read more...
• Iceland is a Fairytale for Photographers
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from PictureCorrect Photography Tips
  Where will you travel next? Photographers are known for planning their vacations based on the possible photo opportunities. One country that is often overlooked is Iceland. It’s a landscape photographer’s paradise. Check out ...
• Eight Steam Features You Probably Don't Know About
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Kotaku
  Like the thousands upon thousands of games it hosts, Steam has secrets . Read more...
• Mega Buzz: Will Jamie Believe Claire's Time-Traveling Tale on Outlander?
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  How will Outlander 's Jamie respond when Claire is forced to tell him the truth about where she came from? Surprisingly well! On the April 18 episode, Claire ( Caitriona Balfe ) will fight for her life yet again when she and Geillis ( Lo...
• Deadspin Shayanna Jenkins: I Have No Idea What Was In The Mystery Box I Threw Out | io9 What Would B
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Kotaku
  Deadspin Shayanna Jenkins: I Have No Idea What Was In The Mystery Box I Threw Out | io9 What Would Being In A Bunker For 15 Years Really Do To Your Head? | Jezebel Hotel Worker Earning Minimum Wage Fired for Talking to Washington Post | ...
• Dennis Hopper’s Last Film Reaches $90,000 Kickstarter Goal
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Variety.com - Front Page
  A Kickstarter campaign to complete Dennis Hopper’s unreleased final film has topped its $90,000 fundraising goal in three weeks. The funds will enable director Linda Yellen to finish the comedy “The Last Film Festival,” which...
• Harvey Weinstein Is Under Investigation for Allegedly Groping a Woman
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Vulture
  The New York Police Department has announced it is currently investigating Harvey Weinstein for allegedly groping a 22-year-old woman. According to a complaint filed by the alleged victim, the studio executive "touched her private ar...
• Everything You Need to Know About New ‘Daily Show’ Host Trevor Noah
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Flavorwire
  Last month, … Read More
• Disney’s Mulan Is Going Live-Action
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Vulture
  Let the live-action Disney remakes continue! After Cinderella's box-office success, Disney is planning a live-action version of 1998's Mulan — the cartoon musical that centered around the story of Chinese legend Hua Mulan. Get ready to s...
• Team Fortress 2 Fan Film Is The Best Action Movie I've Seen In Ages
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Kotaku
  Got 20 minutes? Cool, that's enough time to watch one of the funnest action movies I've seen in ages. And yes, it was made in Team Fortress 2 . Read more...
• Jay Z Likely Headed to Trial in 'Big Pimpin' Sampling Lawsuit
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Hollywood Reporter
  A California federal judge on Monday was inclined to reject Osama Ahmed Fahmy's bid for early judgment of his copyright claims against the rapper. read more
• Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Mulan’
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Variety.com - Front Page
  Disney is developing a live-action version of its 1998 animated movie “Mulan.” The project is based on a script by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek focused on the Chinese warrior character Hua Mulan. The project has been set...
• Matthew Weiner: Don Is a ‘Hero of Assimilation’
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Vulture
  In anticipation of Mad Men’s final season premiere on April 5, Matthew Weiner sat down with New York’s Matthew Zoller Seitz at the Museum of Jewish Heritage Sunday night to discuss the series as a story of Jews in America coming into the...
• Breaking: How Can Tidal Help Artists If They’re Already Ripping Them Off?
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Digital Music News
  Jay Z’s is relaunching Tidal, his newly-purchased streaming service, later today. Jay and his celebrity friends launched a social media campaign for the relaunch that... The post Breaking: How Can Tidal Help Artists If They’r...
• Rumor: ‘Star Trek’ Could Return to TV
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from /Film
  Over the weekend, a new rumor cropped up about Star Trek returning to television. We’ve heard similar talk before, with details ranging from a couple possible new series, to a new animated Trek. This time, the report is partially b...
• 10 things composers should do before they die
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Slipped Disc
  When you’re feeling troubled…. there’s always a lawyer at hand. Read the 10 rules for composers to fulfil before it’s too late, here.
• Sony Taps Nielsen Veteran John Restall for Research Post
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Variety.com - Front Page
  Sony Pictures Entertainment has named Nielsen NRG exec John Restall as its chief of domestic theatrical marketing research. He’ll report to Dwight Caines, the president of theatrical marketing for the studio. Restall will collabora...
• Helen Mirren Wants To Be in a ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from /Film
  When Furious 7 opens this weekend, one big question fans will be asking is “How can the franchise possibly top the action in that?” Looking backwards, one of the ways Furious 7 ups the ante from Fast and Furious 6 is by casti...
• My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Kotaku
  This is going up late, so let me just get right into it. My top five Kotaku posts from last week are... Read more...
• ABC Family Orders Drama Based on The Mortal Instruments Book Series
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  ABC Family is branching out from its typical family dramas and making room in its lineup for an epic fantasy saga. The network, most famous for shows like Pretty Little Liars and Switched at Birth , has ordered 13 episodes of Shadowhunte...
• No More MP3s: Native Instruments Wants DJs to Use Their New Audio Format
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Digital Music News
  Beatport may have launched a streaming music service, but they haven’t forgotten about paid downloads… In June 2015 Beatport, Juno, and Traxsource will begin selling song... The post No More MP3s: Native Instruments Wants DJs...
• The Walking Dead Postmortem: Is Rick Really in Charge Again?
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  [WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's Season 5 finale of The Walking Dead . Read at your own risk.] Although Rick Grimes seemed to take control in Alexandria on The Walking Dead 's Season 5 finale, the battle with...
• Record Ratings for ‘Killing Jesus’ on National Geographic Channel
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TV Media Insights - TV Ratings & News - Network TV Show Reviews and Daily Ratings
  National Geographic Channel’s Sunday night premiere of “Killing Jesus” lifted the cable net to a record delivery, with 3.7 million total viewers tuning in to the 8-11 p.m. telecast. The household rating, 2.8, was the second highest in th...
• The Walking Dead's Lennie James on Morgan's Return and What it Means for Rick
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  [WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead . Read at your own risk.] Among the many major developments in Sunday's Season 5 finale of The Walking Dead was the return of fan-favorite characte...
• Film Review: ‘Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, D.C. (1980-90)’
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Variety.com - Front Page
  A solid, borderline exhaustive survey of the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene of the 1980s — possibly the nation’s most influential such milieu, if not tied with Los Angeles.
• ‘Mulan’ Live-Action Remake in the Works at Disney
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from /Film
  Following in the dainty footsteps of Cinderella and Belle, Mulan will be the next Disney princess to undergo a live-action makeover. The legendary Chinese warrior made her Disney debut in a 1998 animated feature. Get all the details on t...
• All the Artists Who Own Tidal Are Secretly the New Avengers
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Vulture
  In case you live under a rock, Jay Z united a bunch of his friends — as in, every multi-million-dollar musician under the sun — this afternoon to launch his new artist-owned music-streaming service, Tidal. And it was quite the spectacle....
• Broadway Box Office: New Musicals, Packed Houses
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Variety.com - Front Page
  New musicals brought new business to Broadway last week, with two of the week’s four new shows playing to full houses. The Broadway transfer of Off Broadway success “Fun Home” ($218,509 for four previews), pictured abov...
• Former Scientologist Leah Remini Shows Support for HBO's Scientology Doc Going Clear
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  Leah Remini , a former Scientologist who famously left the church in 2013 , has applauded the filmmakers behind Going Clear , the HBO documentary that examines the Church of Scientology. "Thank you to the brave who did something abo...
• Chinese Man – Sho-Bro (2015)
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from New Album Releases
  Artist: Chinese Man Album: Sho-Bro Released: 2015 Style: Trip Hop Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC Size: 61 Mb Tracklist: 01 – Sho-Bro (feat. A-Plus, Pep Love & Knobody) 02 – The Reminder 03 – Run Run Run (Scatter) [Chil...
• We Ranked Bravo's New Shows You'll Love (or Love to Hate!)
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  The network responsible for introducing us to NeNe Leakes , Jeff Lewis , the Vanderpump staff and all the other personalities you either love, hate or a little bit of both, revealed its latest slate of programming at the network's upfron...
• Superhero Bits: Avengers Age of Ultron, Suicide Squad, Black Panther, X-Men Apocalypse
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from /Film
  Want to read some new details about Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Is Angel coming back for X-Men: Apocalypse? How long is Avengers: Age of Ultron (officially this time)? Will Arkham Asylum appear in Suicide Sq...
• Download Images From Rad American Women A-Z: A New Picture Book on the History of Feminism
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Open Culture
  The next time story hour rolls around, you can give a mouse a cookie or you can awaken pre-readers (and yourself) to some key figures in women’s history. 26 of them, to be precise. It’s no accident that that number corresponds to the exa...
• Memory Tapes – Fallout / House On Fire (2015)
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from New Album Releases
  Artist: Memory Tapes Album: Fallout House On Fire Released: 2015 Style: Electronic Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC Size: 20 Mb Tracklist: 01 – Fallout 02 – House on Fire DOWNLOAD LINKS: UPLOADED: DOWNLOAD RAPIDGATOR: DOWNLOAD FLAC...
• NBC Has Officially Picked The Wiz As Its Next Live Musical
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Vulture
  Once again, we're getting a live musical from NBC. After the ratings success of The Sound of Music and the more moderate success of Peter Pan, NBC has announced that it's going with The Wiz as its next live musical. The show, an ada...
• Everyone and Their Mother Watched The Walking Dead's Record-Setting Season 5 Finale
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  The Walking Dead has done it again. Sunday's Season 5 finale was the highest-rated finale in series history, AMC announced Monday. The episode delivered 15.8 million viewers and 10.4 million adults in the coveted 18-49 demographic, cappi...
• Bryan Singer Reveals Angel in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Production Art
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from FirstShowing.net
  Last month, director Bryan Singer revealed some concept art from the forthcoming X-Men: Apocalypse, seemingly showing off the title villains ship and a shadowy figure. Now the filmmaker is teasing more of the mutant sequel, this time wit...
• Retoucher Becci Manson on Using Her Skills to Make a Difference in the World
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from PetaPixel » Inspiration
  Retouching gets a bad rap these days due to the way it can distort truth and cause unrealistic expectations of human beauty, but retoucher Becci Manson is working to change that. The 12-minute profile above offers a look at how Manson wo...
• Exclusive: Classical record magazine is declared insolvent
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Slipped Disc
  The death of Barry Irving last month drained his publication of essential support. We have received this final notice: March 30th, 2015 To Whom It May Concern Due to the death of Barry Irving, the sole Director of International Record Re...