As part of its landmark campaign for its 75th anniversary celebrations, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is “opening up a large portion of its archives, making the first 50 years of its published records — more than 117,500 documents dating from 1951 to 2000 — accessible to the public Read more…
Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died aged 79. The Guardian reports: Born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou in 1943, Vangelis won an Oscar for his 1981 Chariots of Fire soundtrack. lepoo: From his early Read more…
The site GeekyTyrant is excited about Amazon’s upcoming eight-episode series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — premiering September 2 and set in Middle-earth’s “Second Age,” thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings.) With the film being set in Read more…
“After they broke up four decades ago, ABBA famously refused all kinds of money for reunion ABBA-tars and performances,” writes Rolling Stone. “But a few years ago, British entrepreneur Simon Fuller pitched an idea that piqued the Swedish superstars’ interest…” “We got sort of turned on by the thought that Read more…
EA Sports will rename their popular FIFA game series after they failed to extend their partnership with world football’s governing body. The Athletic revealed in October that EA Sports were considering renaming their gaming series and it has now been revealed it will be called EA Sports FC from 2023. Read more…
Internet fads come and go faster than a hiccup, but one that’s somehow lasted almost as long as the internet itself is the “Rick roll.” The term refers to an online prank in which the “Rick rollee” receives a URL address and it leads them to the music video for Read more…
“To wake up to one of these things is pretty special — to have a Leonardo at home,” said Joe Kennedy, the director of the contemporary art dealership Unit London, enthusing recently about an elaborately framed LED screen with a digital replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Portrait of a Musician” Read more…