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The cast of BH90210 are earning surprisingly low salaries in exchange for reprising their roles. The meta take on the popular teen drama has been a record-setting ratings success so far, but the show’s seven stars paychecks are reportedly quite modest when compared to actors on other, similar shows. BH90210 was officially announced in February. Neither a revival in the conventional sense nor a reboot with new characters, the show follows original Beverly Hills 90210 stars as they reunite in an attempt to sell a reboot....

Jackson Michie, the recent winner of Big Brother, has clarified some of the comments he made about fellow housemate David Alexander during their time in the house, referring to when he said David was “very sketchy.” After surviving 99 days in the Big Brother house and making it all the way to finale night alongside his in-house girlfriend Holly Allen, Jackson thought his hard work was over, but was seemingly blindsided when host Julie Chen brought up a number of controversial comments Jackson had made during his time in the house....

Netflix’s animated comedy Big Mouth continues to be one of the funniest and most cringe-worthy shows on television. The recent third season continued to explore the misadventures of the young teen characters struggling through puberty. But while the kids might be the main focus of the show, the parents should not be overlooked. As the show has gone on, we’ve gotten to know the parental characters a lot more and we see that some are a better fit to care for children than others....

After getting several delays, Biomutant has finally released from developer Experiment 101 and publisher THQ Nordic for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms. For the PC version players, it’s quite hard to keep playing the game at a higher FPS count consistently. If you’re also one of the victims, you can follow Biomutant FPS Boost: How to increase FPS guide. According to multiple reports online, several PC players are experiencing issues with the frame rate per second count during the hardcore gameplay like fighting with giant opponents, etc....

Security company MDSec has been testing a black box device that manages to gain access to iPhones running up to iOS 8.1 by brute-forcing the passcode over a USB connection to simulate keypad entry. Normally, trying every possible 4-digit PIN would be prevented by automated lockout or data wipe after ten incorrect attempts, but the IP Box manages to bypass this. After each attempt, it measures light levels on the screen to see whether it got access to the homescreen; if not, it restarts the phone fast enough that the PIN counter doesn’t get updated....

What’s better than a good story with an awesome superhero in it? Naturally, the answer is a good story with two superheroes in it. It’s no secret that fans love seeing heroes join forces; the Avengers movie is evidence of that. DC/Warner Bros. is looking to give moviegoers and fans another great team-up movie with the release of Justice League in November of this year. Most of Marvel’s upcoming movies feature more than the titular characters; just look at Thor:Ragnarok....

If it’s going to compete against Google, Bing does need something different. Microsoft is trying to do it by integrating machine-generated videos, from Qwiki, a service that generates multimedia presentations for various types of information, as announced officially today. For now, this will only happen where a Wikipedia entry is present (and only for some of them, according to my attempts), but it should be extended in the future. Basically, you’ll get a video presentation summarizing a lot of info about the respective topic, and the videos are well-made....

Back in March, when the latest installment in the popular BioShock franchise was released on consoles, Mac gaming heavyweights Aspyr announced they would be bringing the game to Mac this summer. Today it has finally announced an official release date for BioShock Infinite, as well as details on pre-order bonuses, DLC, and SteamPlay support. BioShock Infinite for Mac will officially become available starting August 29th and, yes, the title will support SteamPlay, allowing users to purchase the game once and play on both PC and Mac through Steam....

Marvel’s movie game is at an all-time high, cranking out superhero hit after hit. From Avengers to Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s combination of humor and action sequences has audience coming back again and again. The only complaint, really, has been the lack of diversity amongst the heroes, stemming back to decades ago, when the characters were first developed. Marvel Comics has taken steps to address the issue, though, creating new takes on old characters, like Miles Morales as Spider-Man, Amadeus Cho as the Hulk, and Riri Williams as Iron Man....

Black Widow’s primary villain Taskmaster appears to be skillful in handling a shield reminiscent of Captain America, giving fans the impression that this might just be Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) in disguise. However, is that really a possibility? Marvel Studios is opening up their Phase 4 slate with Scarlett Johansson’s long-overdue solo MCU movie this May. Directed by Cate Shortland, the film takes place between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War and will give fans an idea on what Natasha’s life was before she became a prominent member of the Avengers....

It’s not that we particularly believe hints and rumors originating from sources aiming for a little coverage, but we thought you might like to know. Our reader Tommaso turned our attention to Italian-language blog MelaBlog.it that apparently spotted a Michal Kors-designed leather case listed at the online Apple store. The blog speculates how a slight difference between product images gives away a larger screen rumored to debut with iPhone 5. Or it could just be an angle thing....

The Big Bang Theory’s latest episode may have laid the grounds for the eventual reveal that Amy (Mayim Bialik) is pregnant. Returning for their 17th episode out of their final 24 after another short hiatus, the gang helped Howard (Simon Helberg) look after his two kids while Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) went to a weekend conference in San Diego. After initially refusing to help with Howard with Halley and Michael, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) eventually came around and followed the guys to the Wolowitzs’ house with Amy after he stumbled upon a book titled Experimenting with Babies, which lists down a slew of scientific practices that can be done on kids....

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) takes place within the confines of the DCEU, but the movie creates a number of plot holes along the way. The DC Extended Universe was supposed to be a big, interconnected world - similar to the MCU, of course - with the movies dovetailing together. That was the case from Man of Steel through to Justice League, but the poor critical reception of those films has led to Warner Bros....

Although it seems like the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) had a bit of a rocky start (at least in comparison to the runaway success of the Marvel movies), things seem to be looking up for the DCEU. After a string of hit or miss films it seems like DC finally has some breakout successes with their films and with particular characters in those films, and one of the most successful and well received film characters is easily their morally ambiguous villainess, Harley Quinn....

Gurinder Chadha’s latest coming-of-age movie, Blinded by the Light, is about a British Pakistani teenager called Javed who falls in love with the music of Bruce Springsteen - and it’s based on a true story! The real Javed is journalist Sarfraz Manzoor, and Blinded by the Light is based on his book Greetings From Bury Park (a spin on Springsteen’s album title Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.), which was published in 2007 and recounts Manzoor’s formative years and his discovery of Springsteen’s music....

The trailers for Bloodshot reflect some of Vin Diesel’s strongest history on the big screen, combining all the action-pack fun of the Fast & Furious franchise with the gory, sci-fi glory of Chronicles of Riddick. The movie will also continue Vin Diesel’s comics cinema credits (fans might remember his voice, if not his face as Groot in the MCU) with his portrayal of Valiant Comics’ Bloodshot. In the midst of all the actor’s history, however, the question remains: Who exactly is Bloodshot anyway?...

Bloomberg today posted a lengthy report on what it expects Apple to announce in iOS 13, watchOS 6 and macOS 10.15. Apple will officially announce these new operating systems at WWDC on June 3. New information from Bloomberg includes details on the redesigned Reminders app, updates to iMessage and Apple Books, frequent locations options in Maps and more. Apple Watch will get new Calculator, (audio)Books, and Voice Memos apps as well as adding an on-device App Store so users can download apps directly from the Watch....

Bloomberg today reports that of the four new iPhone models in the iPhone 12 lineup, at least two will feature a redesigned chassis with flat stainless steel edges, with flat sides and more sharply rounded corners like the current iPad Pro design. The size of the Face ID notch is also expected to get smaller this year. Echoing previous reports, Apple is also working on a cheaper HomePod that would be about half the size of the current product....

Blumhouse and Universal have released an official synopsis for The Invisible Man reboot. Universal had originally intended to revive the horror property for its Dark Universe, with Johnny Depp starring as the titular character. However, the shared monster movie franchise was cancelled after Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy reboot disappointed in 2017, and The Invisible Man remake moved to Blumhouse instead. Written and directed by Leigh Whannell (Insidious: Chapter 3, Upgrade), Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man is a low-budget, socially conscious take on the classic Universal monster in the vein of the studio’s popular horror films like Get Out, The Purge series, and Halloween....

When it comes to the amazing characters on The Big Bang Theory, fans have a deep obsession with two couples: Sheldon and Amy (“Shamy”) and Leonard and Penny. While Leonard and Penny were friends with Sheldon long before Amy Farrah Folwer was in the picture, she definitely fit the group of three buddies nicely. Now that The Big Bang Theory is over, we’re taking a look at our two favorite couples and what made them so great....