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  • Will Smith Reveals He Is Preparing For Politics

    Actor and musician Will Smith admits he has politics on his mind and believes his grandmother would be proud of him.

    Appearing in a podcast for the first time, Smith opened up about his political ambition in the near future on the Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.

    “I think that that’s what my grandmother always hoped, that I would make myself useful to people in this lifetime,” said the actor who aspires to make his late grandmother proud. Smith believes there might be a future for him in politics. In fact, the actor/rapper has started to polish his skills before embarking on this new challenge.

    “I’m working really hard and my storytelling is elevating, my ability to be eloquent with my body and with my voice and to deliver ideas as an actor is elevating,” he revealed during the podcast.

    Smith also said that this is the first time he has been “incensed to a level that I can’t sleep” and added that he also felt like he will have to use his influence to contribute to shedding light on some important issues.

    For someone like Smith who is constantly reinventing and improving himself, his acting, and his music, it is not surprising to see him try his hand in politics. He is one of those rare celebrities who are able to keep up with ever-changing trends in culture and society.

    “I’m a climber, so if I see a mountain, I have to climb it. I’m not a camper; I don’t like hanging in one place too long,” Smith explained. “At this point, I’m elevating my ability to be useful in the world.”

    Will Smith Stars In Bio-Sports Thriller “Concussion”

    Smith is currently busy with his upcoming film, Concussion where he plays a forensic pathologist who is fighting against the NFL for suppressing his findings about the brain damage suffered by football players. The multi-talented artist is also planning to come back to the music scene with a tour with long-time friends and collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff.

  • Valerie Letourneau: Still Has Black Eyes From Her Defeat At UFC 193

    Valerie Letourneau was literally beaten badly by her opponent and the reigning strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk during Saturday’s UFC fight.

    While Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm have been the main focus from that fight, Valerie Letourneau and Joanna Jedrzejczyk fought really hard and put on quite the show.

    After it was all over, Joanna held on to her champion title and Valerie Letourneau was left to nurse her wounds and rest.

    UFC President Dana White said of Letourneau, “Valerie Letourneau is – oh my God. Her eye was massive. It was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen, her eye. It was so bad.”

    He added, “So then I’m like, ‘How’s your leg?’ Then she looks at me and pulls the covers over and shows me her leg. I’ve never seen anything like that. It was – I’m telling you, (she) is banged up right now.”

    However, as bad as it sounds, Valerie Letourneau seems to have healed rather quickly in the last week.

    Perhaps after watching UFC 193, Dana White is correct in saying, “The women are tougher than the men. Women have babies for Christ’s sake. They’re way tougher than us. Way tougher than the men.”

    Did you watch Valerie Letourneau valiantly fight for the title?

  • Anna Faris and the Road from Narcissists to Chris Pratt

    Anna Faris dated a lot of narcissists before marrying Chris Pratt. During the first airing of her podcast, Anna Faris is Unqualified, the Mom star talked about the road she traveled.

    The actress said she had to date a lot of “incredibly handsome men that treated me like s–t” before she finally learned the essential thing that led her to marrying Chris Pratt.

    Proffering some words of dating wisdom to a young woman who called into her podcast, Anna Faris said, “Relationships in your 20s are kind of the worst. My whole 20s were about relationship learning, and I had so many bad relationships, but I feel like I at least learned what made me feel good and what didn’t make me feel good…”

    Despite those handsome narcissists, Anna Faris learned a thing or two about kindness. She realized she wanted kindness in a man, because those narcissists were void of the important quality.

    “But I did learn, at least, from some of those relationships what kindness was,” she said, “and how I wanted a guy who was actually—who was nice and kind. It sounds simple, but that’s what I hope for you.”

    These days Anna Faris is married, as everyone knows, to Chris Pratt. The two are parents to one very sweet little boy. Without all those narcissists in her past, she never would have realized what she was missing. She’s found it now in her husband.

    Fans can check out Anna Faris’s podcast on iTunes. They can also catch her on Mom on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.

  • Denise Richards: Charlie Sheen Wasn’t “Bad Boy” When She Married Him

    Denise Richards insists that Charlie Sheen hasn’t always been the man people see today. In fact, she claims he wasn’t a “bad boy” when she married him.

    Both Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards are prominent in the news right now since he went public with his HIV-positive status earlier this week. Denise Richards and the daughters she shares with her ex-husband don’t have HIV.

    During a conversation on the podcast Allegedly With Theo Von and Matthew Cole Weiss, Denise Richards says even though she has a history of dating “bad boys,” Sheen wasn’t one of them.

    “Charlie, when I married him, he wasn’t a bad boy. He was sober for almost four years. He was a very different person. His lifestyle was very, very different. He was a former bad boy, I guess,” she explained.

    “I have a lot of empathy for anyone that struggles with addiction,” she added. “I’m not going to judge the choices they made under the influence. I can only judge the person I’m meeting and I think sometimes past experiences make who you are so I just went off the person I had met and gotten to know and fell in love with. He was very different.”

    Denise Richards recalled her public shunning by Hollywood’s elite when she and Charlie Sheen split up. She attributes that to the popularity of Two and a Half Men at that time.

    “I was surprised how much that affected me work wise…I was perceived as being a lunatic and crazy,” she explained. “There are people that have [since] come up to me and apologized for drinking the Kool-aid…It was hard.”

    Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen do their best these days to get along, for the sake of daughters Sam, 11, and Lola, 10.

    “[It’s] up and down,” she said of their current relationship. “I’m always here [for him,] but he’s an addict. I believe we move past your s–t. Don’t sweat the small stuff. For better or worse, he’s going to be in my life for the rest of my life so I personally like to keep the peace.”

    Denise Richards has known about Charlie Sheen’s HIV-positive status for several years. He became infected after they had split up.

  • Heather Dubrow Demands Answers from Vicki Gunvalson About Brooks Ayers

    Heather Dubrow of the Real Housewives of Orange County is demanding answers from cast mate Vicki Gunvalson about former boyfriend Brooks Ayers. She wants to know exactly when Gunvalson learned that Brooks Ayers was lying about having cancer.

    On Wednesday, Brooks Ayers issued an apology–but not for lying about having cancer. He claims he falsified documents “proving” he had cancer so those on RHOC would stop doubting him.

    Heather Dubrow discussed the situation with E! News in an interview that aired Thursday night.

    “The root of it is, Brooks is proven to be a con man. Tamra [Judge] has said this for years. I didn’t believe it until this year; now I see it. But the question for Tamra and Shannon [Beador] and Meghan [King Edmonds] and myself is now Vicki’s involvement in it, and when did she know? Because that’s…You know, he doesn’t affect us. He is who he is. He’s gone from all of our lives, I’m happy to say,” Heather Dubrow says in the interview. “But Vicki is in our lives. And when did she know? I think I said in the reunion, ‘We all agree he doesn’t have cancer but when did you find out?’ I said to her. So, I mean, those are the questions.”

    These are very valid questions indeed–the kind that friends deserve to have answered. Did Vicki Gunvalson ruin many friendships by going along with some of Brooks Ayers lives?

    Will Heather Dubrow get the answers she needs from Vicki Gunvalson?

    If not, it will be abundantly clear that these friendships didn’t mean to her what they meant to her costars.

  • Passion Pit Frontman Michael Angelakos Comes Out

    Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos announced his split with wife Kristy Mucci a couple of months ago.

    Now, Angelakos has come out as gay.

    “I lived in such a group of straight people …not that anybody was going to be not understanding .. it was just not the time,” he said about the last few years, in an interview with author Bret Easton Ellis on his podcast.

    According to Angelakos, his wife was one of the main reasons he decided to be honest with himself about his sexuality.

    “When I decided to really deal with it head on, which was, I don’t know, in June, she was the one who spearheaded it in a way,” he revealed, according to ET. “She said, ‘You need to figure out what’s going on with your sexuality because you can’t hate yourself anymore.’”

    “I just wanted so badly to be straight, because I love her so much,” he added. “I think that was one of the most painful things when we decided to separate.”

    Passion Pit’s Twitter account recently tweeted that “everything’s gonna be ok,” and that Angelakos has “received so many kind and supportive messages.”

    “When you are teetering on the edge of homosexuality, it’s just so much more comfortable to keep going back to what you know because … I didn’t want to deal with other people,” says Angelakos.

    And why did he choose now to reveal it?

    “When this was all happening recently, finally, I just decided it might be best to talk about it here,” he told Ellis. “I don’t really know what happened, but it’s just one of those gut feelings. It’s the same gut feeling I had when I said, ‘OK, I kind of just need to talk to people about the fact that I am.’ I’m gay. And that’s it. It just has to happen. This was exactly the type of situation where I don’t feel like I’m being threatened.”

    You can check out the full podcast here.

  • Heather Dubrow: Vicki Gunvalson Hurting “Real Housewives of Orange County” Brand

    Heather Dubrow is no fan of Vicki Gunvalson. In fact, she thinks Gunvalson is hurting the Real Housewives of Orange County brand with her fabrications.

    The specific scenario to which Dubrow points is Vicki Gunvalson’s recent lie about calling Heather Dubrow’s husband to treat Brooks Ayers with an IV following his alleged cancer diagnosis. On the recent reunion show–that aired Sunday–Gunvalson admitted she lied. She said she never called Heather Dubrow’s husband and that her gut was telling her Brooks Ayers doesn’t really have cancer.

    “I have tried to give her every opportunity to be a supportive person for her,” Heather Dubrow told RHOC cast mates Tamra Barney Judge and Shannon Beador during her new podcast, Heather Dubrow’s World. “I am very disappointed. Why I think this show was so good this season was it was authentic relationships and true storylines. I don’t want to be on a show that is nothing less than authentic. It hurts us all.”

    Dubrow is disgusted.

    “I have no interest in filming with her,” she said.

    “I think when someone comes into a reality show fabricating their reality it damages my authenticity and my credibility,” Shannon Beador added. “I think it damages basally the whole concept of reality television. So I have a huge problem returning and filming with someone who is not truthful.”

    Heather Dubrow admitted she was among those who want Vicki Gunvalson gone for good from RHOC.

    “There is this story bandying about right now that we–meaning the three of us and Meghan (Edmonds)–are banding together so we’re refusing to film with Vicki and we’re going to push her out,” she explained said. “I’m one of the people. I know we have not had a conversation. That has not happened.”

    Do you agree with Heather Dubrow that Vicki Gunvalson has hurt the RHOC brand?

    Do you think reality shows truly display “reality,” though?

  • Kim Richards Talks Relapse, Sobriety on Brandi Glanville’s Podcast

    Kim Richards opened up about her relapse last spring and her current sobriety with Brandi Glanville during a recent podcast of Brandi Glanville Unfiltered. The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, who is 51, was arrested for shoplifting and for public intoxication earlier this year. Richards has since been sentenced to attend 52 meetings with Alcoholics Anonymous, which she is finding to be very beneficial.

    “Everything’s good. Just enjoying life, really, truly. It’s a good time for me right now,” Kim Richards told her friend.

    Brandi Glanville dished about no longer starring on RHOBH, and spoke for both herself and Kim Richards when she said, “It’s relaxing for us. We’re not so stressed out with everything we would normally be stressed out about. We wake up with smiles on our faces and we don’t have to deal with the drama.”

    “One day at a time, sometimes one minute at a time,” Kim Richards tells Brandi Glanville of her sobriety progress. “I’m living in the now, living in the present. If I look too far back or too far forward, it’s kind of crazy and I get fearful. Living in the present for me is just the best way, and the only way for me.”

    Last year’s RHOBH story line featured the turbulent relationship Kim Richards and sister Kyle Richards were experiencing.

    A recent Instagram post proves the two have likely made great strides since then.

    “Spent some fun?quality❤️time with my sister @kylerichards18 ….Life is Good?” Kim Richards captioned the photo of herself with her sister.

    A photo posted by Kim Richards (@kimrichards11) on

    While it certainly sounds like Kim Richards is on a happy and healthy path, it is always a struggle for those who suffer from alcohol addiction. Hopefully she will continue to attend her AA meetings and rely on close friends like Brandi Glanville as sounding boards.

  • Kim Richards Dishes to Brandi Glanville About Relapse, Sobriety

    Kim Richards chatted with Brandi Glanville during a recent podcast of Brandi Glanville Unfiltered, and dished with her fellow former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costar about her relapse last spring, as well as her present sobriety.

    “Everything’s good. Just enjoying life, really, truly. It’s a good time for me right now,” Kim Richards told her friend.

    Brandi Glanville dished about no longer starring on RHOBH, and spoke for both herself and Kim Richards when she said, “It’s relaxing for us. We’re not so stressed out with everything we would normally be stressed out about. We wake up with smiles on our faces and we don’t have to deal with the drama.”

    Kim Richards admits it’s a bit easier, but that it took her a while to realize that.

    “It’s good. It’s better now. It was a rough time for a bit there. Just putting everything back in order and just really focusing on my family and me,” she said.

    Kim Richards was arrested at the Beverly Hills Hotel back in April for public intoxication. She was also arrested for shoplifting at Target. She has since been sentenced to attend 52 meetings with Alcoholics Anonymous, which she is finding to be very beneficial.

    “One day at a time, sometimes one minute at a time,” Richards said of her progress. “I’m living in the now, living in the present. If I look too far back or too far forward, it’s kind of crazy and I get fearful. Living in the present for me is just the best way, and the only way for me.”

    It’s likely that part of Kim Richards’ therapy through AA is to mend fences with her family members. That might be working, too. She was pictured with sister Kyle Richards in a recent Instagram post.

    “Spent some fun?quality❤️time with my sister @kylerichards18 ….Life is Good?” she captioned the post.

    A photo posted by Kim Richards (@kimrichards11) on

    Hopefully Brandi Glanville will check in on Kim Richards again in one of her future podcasts. Fans would no doubt love to keep track of the progress she’s making as she works to stay sober.

  • Eddie Redmayne Spotted Sans Wedding Ring, Trouble in Paradise for ‘The Danish Girl’ Actor?

    Eddie Redmayne was spotted recently sans his wedding ring. Does this mean there’s already trouble in paradise for The Danish Girl actor? He’s only been married to wife Hannah Bagshawe since December.

    According to a recent report from E! News, everything is just fine in Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe’s marriage. The actor simply lost his wedding ring.

    “When you’re filming you have to take off these things and I actually lost my wedding ring so this a new wedding ring that is being worn,” Eddie Redmayne said while promoting The Danish Girl at the Toronto International Film Festival. “I was pinning it to my costume every day and one day it disappeared.”

    Redmayne was a bit hesitant about letting his wife know he’d lost the ring.

    “I sort of skirted around it, but anyway I like the new one,” he said.

    “I’m loving the first year of marriage. I’m a lucky man,” Eddie Redmayne added.

    The couple tied the knot in England on December 15th. It was a small wedding with family members and very close friends in attendance for the nuptials.

    Eddie Redmayne is busy these days filming the Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

    He will next appear on the big screen starting November 27th in The Danish Girl, for which sources say he may very well be an Oscar contender. Redmayne stars as Einar Wegener/Lili Ebe, a transgender pioneer.

    Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor Oscar last year for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

  • Brandi Glanville: Leaving “RHOBH” Was Like Leaving An Abusive Boyfriend

    Brandi Glanville finally opened up recently about those rumors swirling around her departure from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, saying it was not her decision to leave and comparing her relationship with the reality show to an abusive one.

    “No. Bravo said, ‘We’ll have you back part time,’ and that was it. That said, I haven’t filmed yet … I’m actually seeing Yolanda today — we’re not filming it, but we are hanging out … honestly, I’m happier. I feel like I broke up with an abusive boyfriend. Like, ‘Oh my God, I love you, but you’re horrible for me,’” Brandi said during Housewives Happy Hour.

    Glanville first appeared on the show during season two and has had several conflicts with her co-stars, not to mention a very public feud with her ex-husband’s new wife, LeAnn Rimes. For her, the show was always a job rather than a way to be famous, something she apparently takes issue with in her fellow Housewives.

    “They’re all rich already. The only thing that you can’t buy is fame … The network said to me, ‘We think if you sign up again, you’ll just be doing it for the money.’ And that’s the only reason I ever did it, was for the money!” Glanville said.

    While her future with the show is uncertain, Glanville is still busy with her podcast and her own wine label, which is named after her own penchant for saying whatever she’s thinking.

    “I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love my wine. A friend of mine was representing an athlete actually, and this winery came to the athlete and he said, ‘I don’t drink, but wait — I know somebody who drinks and likes white wine. So, he introduced us and this, a year and a half later, is Unfiltered Blonde Chardonnay,” Brandi Glanville told ET.

  • Brandi Glanville Talks Wine Named After Her, ‘Unfiltered Blonde Chardonnay’

    Brandi Glanville, formerly of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, may not be a reality TV star at the moment, but she can at least boast about having a kind of wine named after her.

    During a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Brandi admitted that it wasn’t her idea to leave RHOBH.

    “It wasn’t,” she confessed. “No–[Bravo] said, ‘We’ll have you back part time,’ and that was it. That said, I haven’t filmed ye…I’m actually seeing Yolanda today–we’re not filming it, but we are hanging out…honestly, I’m happier. I feel like I broke up with an abusive boyfriend. Like, ‘Oh my God, I love you, but you’re horrible for me.’”

    Brandi Glanville also dished about the wine she brought along to enjoy during the interview.

    “Well, I think everyone who knows me knows how much I love my wine,” she said. “A friend of mine was representing an athlete actually, and this winery came to the athlete and he said, ‘I don’t drink, but wait–I know somebody who drinks and likes white wine. So, he introduced us and this, a year and a half later, is Unfiltered Blonde Chardonnay.”

    If ever there were the perfect moniker for wine named after Brandi Glanville, then ‘Unfiltered Blonde Chardonnay’ is the one. If you don’t believe it from having watched Brandi on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, then perhaps you saw her on Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump last season. She was rather unfiltered during her goings-on there as well.

    Brandi Glanville still has plenty to do in spite of not filming for RHOBH. She is in the process of writing her third book. She has her own podcast, called Brandi Glanville Unfiltered.

    Don’t forget about the wine. You can be sure that Brandi Glanville is helping advertise her Unfiltered Blonde Chardonnay, too.

    Doesn’t the name make you want to run out and pick up a bottle?

  • Ronda Rousey: Better Buy Each PPV, It Could Be Her Last

    Ronda Rousey: Better Buy Each PPV, It Could Be Her Last

    Ronda Rousey specializes in setting records and breaking barriers.

    A fighter since she was 11, Ronda Rousey has done the unthinkable time and time again, starting with an Olympic medal and subsequently acquiring her famous head coach.

    In fact, that almost didn’t happen.

    According to Edmond Tarverdyan himself, it was a hard sell. He said on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, “I’ll be honest: When she came in, I didn’t want to train her because I had my hands full. I was like, ‘What’s this girl doing? What is she going to do with this? Is she serious? Is she not?’”

    He added, “Within the three, four months she was in my gym, I would tell her to go stay on the bag, and she would hit the bag and really hit the bag until I paid attention to her again.”

    It was a good thing he finally paid attention to Ronda Rousey and took her under his wing. Now, she is a MMA superstar, the first female UFC fighter, and most recently the biggest crowd attraction as she headlines UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia.

    In fact, Ronda Rousey has the chance to break the all-time attendance record for a UFC fight event. In a stadium that seats 50,000 in Melbourne, UFC officials are expecting to bring more chairs in to accommodate 70,000 fans.

    Ronda Rousey said of the event, “Of course it’s a lot of pressure, but you know what, I’ve been able to accomplish things that seemed impossible before and this doesn’t seem like the most impossible endeavor I’ve gone after.”

    She added, “I think that we’re entirely capable of doing that and I’m not done making history yet.”

    However, Ronda Rousey admitted, “I kind of reassess after every fight, but I think it’s good for people to know that I’m not going to be around forever either. I’m going to beat Holly and I’m going to reassess.”

    She added, “There’s going to be a point where I’m ready to move on with my life and I’d rather plan for it instead of fall into it like I did after the Olympics. You better buy every, single pay-per-view because that might be my last one.”

    Will you be watching Ronda Rousey’s fight in Australia via pay-per-view?

  • Bryan Cranston Has James Franco Freaking Out

    Bryan Cranston has had a long and successful career, from his time on Seinfeld as the scene-stealing dentist to his role on Malcolm In The Middle as the well-meaning, hairy dad. But it was his portrayal of a cancer-stricken family man on Breaking Bad that captured the hearts and minds of a nation, and it’s for this reason that James Franco is currently acting like a huge fanboy.

    Franco took to Instagram this week to announce the news that he and Cranston will be starring together in Why Him?, a comedy about a loving dad who takes a road trip to see his daughter only to find out she’s gotten involved with a guy who will compete for his attention. James captioned a photo of himself with Cranston in the only way a true fan would.

    “Could not be more excited to work with my man, WALTER WHITE!!!!” Franco wrote.

    Could not be more excited to work with my man, WALTER WHITE!!!

    A photo posted by James Franco (@jamesfrancotv) on

    James Franco also posted to social media this week about his brother, Dave, who got engaged to actress Allison Brie this month. Dave is an actor as well and saw recent success with the Seth Rogen film Neighbors, in which he played a slightly lost frat boy.

    Congrats Davy and Allison!!! engaged!!! I WUUUUUV YOU

    A photo posted by James Franco (@jamesfrancotv) on

    Bryan Cranston made headlines earlier this month when he appeared on The Nerdist podcast and talked politics, saying he thinks GOP candidate Donald Trump is “refreshing”.

    “I actually like his candor. ‘You’re an idiot. I’m a winner, you’re a loser,’” Bryan Cranston said. “There’s something so refreshing about shaking up that world that is all about being handled and here comes this loose cannon who has terrible ideas and would be a horrible president, but there’s something great about his ‘I-don’t-give-a-shit’ attitude that really kind of keeps others honest. I think it’s a surprise benefit to the country, actually.”

  • Snooki Polizzi Mum on Husband’s Ashley Madison Account, Disses Anna Duggar for Standing by Husband Josh

    Snooki Polizzi of The Jersey Shore fame isn’t saying anything about husband Jionni LaValle’s Ashley Madison account she just learned of in recent days, but she had some rather harsh words for Anna Duggar. Anna, of 19 Kids and Counting fame, recently learned that her husband Josh Duggar had two Ashley Madison accounts. He admitted (but only after being found out) that he has an addiction to pornography and that he cheated on Anna Duggar.

    During Snooki’s Naturally Nicole podcast, the topic of Josh Duggar came up.

    “Yeah, that’s not shocking,” she said of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s eldest. “He actually made a comment, and he called himself a hypocrite, and he said, ‘I’m ashamed of myself.’”

    Even though some pretty explicit details from her husband’s Ashley Madison account were revealed, Snooki Polizzi didn’t bring that up during her podcast, but continued talking about the Duggar family instead. She slammed Anna Duggar for sticking by her husband in light of his most recent scandal.

    “And his wife is still standing by him!” she exclaimed. “It’s like, ‘What the f–k is wrong with you? Like, what are you doing?’ Yep, screw it.”

    An email address used by Snooki Polizzi’s husband matches one on the hacked Ashley Madison site. Maybe the former Jersey Shore star is waiting for further proof before discussing Jionni LaValle’s involvement–or lack thereof?

    Snooki Polizzi and Jionni LaValle are parents of two small children. Lorenzo is two and Giovanna is 10 months old.

  • iOS 9 Fixes an Annoying Wi-Fi Issue

    iOS 9 Fixes an Annoying Wi-Fi Issue

    In gee that’s a simple solution, why isn’t that already a thing news, Apple has built a new Wi-Fi feature into its newest iOS.

    Apple products never want to let go of Wi-Fi. The signal might be terrible, but iOS will cling to any available Wi-Fi – even if it’s so slow as to render your phone a brick.

    Instead of simply switching over to cellular, you’ll sit there with your Wi-Fi spinning, trying to load up Google Maps. Or Spotify. or whatever.

    Unless of course, you turn off Wi-Fi altogether.

    Well, iOS 9 fixes this problem.

    Apple has a new feature called Wi-Fi Assist, and when selected, it automatically switches over to cellular data when Wi-Fi connectivity is weak.

    Of course, if you’re worried about your data you can turn this feature off. It’s not mandatory.

    9to5Mac first spotted the new feature in iOS 9 beta for developers. The new iOS also offers 15 new wallpapers, Beats 1 and Apple Music CarPlay support, Handoff support for the podcasts app, and more. Not a developer? You’ll have a chance to grab it soon.

  • Emily Blunt: Will She Be New Captain Marvel?

    Emily Blunt just might be the new Captain Marvel, if rumors, tales and hopes hold true.

    Everyone loved Emily Blunt in Into the Woods and we got a taste of her action chops in Edge of Tomorrow.

    But does Emily Blunt have what it takes to play the wonderous Captain Marvel?

    Rumors have been swirling for quite a while that Emily Blunt could be attached to the Captian Marvel movie that is slated to come out in 2018.

    In fact, during the Meet The Movie Press podcast, which is hosted by Umberto Gonzalez and Mark E. Reilly, Mark said, “It doesn’t make sense yet because it’s been a rumour but I’ve had somebody tell me that Emily Blunt is Ms. Marvel, that it’s a done deal.’”

    Happy Wednesday! What #Marvel comics are YOU picking up today? #NewComicBookDay #NCBD

    A photo posted by Marvel Entertainment (@marvel) on

    However, there has been zero confirmation on Marvel’s or Emily Blunt’s end.

    Emily Blunt told Vulture last year, when she was asked about her upcoming role as Captain Marvel, “Oh! No one’s offered me that officially, so it’s … very unofficial. I think it’s fan-casting, which is always very nice. But nothing official has been offered, for sure.”

    Emily Blunt turned down roles in Black Widow and Agent Carter because the timing was wrong.

    She said, “…it was never the right time, really, and it just didn’t work out scheduling-wise with those two. It’s always a difficult thing to talk about, because it’s not fair to the actresses who ended up playing them, you know? It just wasn’t the right time.”

    Could the timing be right now for Emily Blunt to work with Marvel as the new Captain Marvel?

    What do you think about Emily Blunt in this role?

  • Spotify Now Offers Videos, Podcasts, Pace-Tracking Running Playlists, and More

    It’s ambitious, but Spotify would like to be your all day media hub.

    The streaming company, with over 60 million users worldwide (about a fourth of them paying subscribers), say it’s “obsessed with figuring out how to bring music into every part of your life, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, whatever your mood.” And it’s just made a bunch of announcements concerning an all-new Spotify that rolling out today for iOS users in the US, UK, Germany, and Sweden.

    Spotify has always offered playlists and allowed users to build their own. Spotify has also suggested music based on users’ activity. But with the new Spotify Now, the service is going to attempt to soundtrack your entire day.

    “From the time you wake up until tonight’s party, the Now start page serves you the right music day and night. Need a Monday morning playlist pick-me-up? Done. The right tunes to help you focus after lunch? We’ve got you covered. And because Now learns what you like, you’ll be sure to hear the right music – selected from our in-house experts and your personal collection – whatever the occasion. Recommendations will adapt over time to fit your taste and mood,” says the company.

    One big emphasis is on running. Spotify says that its new running-specific playlists will “detect your tempo, matching the perfect music in time to your step.” In the future, you can expect new Spotify partnerships with Nike and RunKeeper.

    Smart playlists are great and all, but Spotify’s biggest announcement involves an expanded media presence. Spotify is now doing videos and podcasts.

    “For the first time, Spotify is adding video clips and audio shows to the music mix. We know there are times in the day you want to switch between music to catch up on the latest news, listen to your favorite podcast or simply watch something fun. And with a stellar range of entertainment to choose from there’s something for everyone. Spotify will suggest video and audio shows for you to watch and learn what you love,” says the company.

    This includes original content and videos from partners including ABC, Adult Swim, BBC, Comedy Central, E!, ESPN, Fusion, Maker Studios, MTV, NBC, RadioLab, Slate, TED, TWiT, Vice News, and WNYC.

    Spotify says the new experience will hit other markets and platforms “in the near future.”

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  • Greta Van Susteren Launches New Podcast, Secures Tahmooressi Interview

    Greta Van Susteren has launched a new podcast called Greta Talk, and her aim is to bring in-depth news stories to those who are working out.

    “Listeners get to learn more, plus have something to listen to during 18 minute workouts,” she said during a recent interview.

    Van Susteran’s podcast has just emerged on iTunes, but has already seen five impressive guests. Greta Talk has included interviews with Joe Trippi, Maj. Gen. Bob Scales, Ted Williams, Byron York, and Lt. Col. Oliver North.

    “I love cable news but there is so much more to our newsmakers and guests than you see during a three-minute TV segment or even one-hour news show. This platform allows me to expand the content of On the Record at 7 p.m.,” Van Susteren said.

    In other Greta Van Susteren news, the Fox News host has finally secured a new Twitter handle–@greta–something she has tried for years to acquire. Since 2008 she was known on Twitter as @GretaWire. She has more than 480,000 followers. Hopefully a good number of those followers will check out her new Greta Talk.

    Greta Van Susteren has within the past few hours secured an exclusive interview with Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, the retired Marine who was released Friday after spending 214 days in a Mexican prison. Fox News says Tahmooressi’s “first and only interview” will be with Van Susteran. She interviewed him by phone while he was imprisoned, and spoke frequently with his mother and some of his friends.

    No specific date has yet been given for the interview, but Fox says it will take place this week during Off the Record.

    Between Off the Record and Greta Talk, it seems Greta Van Susteren has her finger firmly planted on the pulse of both U.S. and world news. Will you check out her new podcast–maybe while working out? Do you expect to learn lots more about the former plight of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi’s captivity in Mexico following Greta’s interview with him this week?

  • Chris Jericho: Latest News On His Return To The Ring

    Here are the facts. Chris Jericho is currently scheduled to appear in three WWE shows in Europe this November. There’s the November 10th show in Bournemouth, England, the SmackDown taping in Liverpool, England on November 11th, and finally there is a show scheduled in Frankfurt, Germany on November 15th.

    But could we see more of The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla? He recently teased WWE fans on his podcast, “[My] latest run with the WWE is over for now, but don’t worry,” Jericho said. “I will be back sooner than you think, especially for my friends over in the UK and Germany.”

    For American fans who can’t travel overseas, rumors have been circulating that Jericho could make an appearance at the WWE Survivor Series PPV on November 23rd. The annual live event is held in St. Louis, MO.

    Jericho is one of the most popular names in professional wrestling. He is one of the few WWE superstars that has crossed entertainment boundaries to become successful in movies, music, podcasting, and reality television. Jericho is even a two-time New York Times best-sellling book author with another book on the way.

    The 43-year-old is also one of the most accomplished wrestlers to ever step foot in the ring. He is a six-time world champ and has over 30 championships in WWE, ECW, and WCW. He also holds nine Intercontinental Championship belts and was the WWE’s fourth Grand Slam Champion.

    How many matches Jericho wrestles in the future is still unknown. However, a stateside WWE comeback sounds likely.

  • Adam Carolla Settles Patent Suit With Personal Audio

    Comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla has settled a lawsuit with a patent troll called Personal Audio. The suit emerged roughly a year and a half ago, when Personal Audio also sued HowStuffWorks and Togi Entertainment – all over a patent about a “System for disseminating media content representing episodes in a serialized sequence.”

    TechDirt gets into the patent’s text here, while pointing out that Personal Audio had previously sued Apple multiple times, even claiming to have patents on the concept of playlists. It has also sued CBS, NBC, and FOX.

    The EFF got involved to help the podcasters battle the troll.

    Finally, just a couple weeks ago, Personal Audio put out a press release saying it had offered to dismiss the Adam Carolla suit. It dismissed those against Togi and HowStuffWorks in May and June. It said, however, that Carolla had rejected the offer.

    Personal Audio CEO Brad Liddle said, “We are quite surprised that Carolla has turned down the offer that was accepted by his peers. Perhaps this is because he feels he can simply get his fans to fund his future, and now unnecessary, legal expenses. Or perhaps it relates to how he uses the case as material for his show. The fact of the matter is that Adam Carolla is asking people to donate money to him for a lawsuit that he no longer needs to defend. We would like his listeners to understand this situation when deciding whether or not to donate additional money to his cause.”

    Ultimately, Carolla was able to raise half a million dollars from listeners.

    Carolla and Personal Audio filed a motion to dismiss claims, which has been approved by the judge ahead of a trial, which was scheduled for next month. The suit and Carolla’s counterclaims have been dropped without prejudice.

    The EFF says, “We can assume that Carolla did not pay Personal Audio a penny. We can also assume that, in exchange, Carolla has given up the opportunity to challenge the patent and the chance to get his attorney’s fees.”

    It notes that it has its own challenge against Personal Audio’s patent, which is on a “separate track” and will continue.

    Carolla and Personal Audio are in a quiet period until the end of September, where both parties are unable to make public comment about the settlement.

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