Nielsen is rolling out a number of changes in an effort to make its rating more accurate, including shifts to the way the company captures co-viewing and demographic details. Beginning Sept. 1, the company will incorporate data collected from Nielsen’s smart watch-like devices that are worn on panelists’ wrists. The devices, which were piloted earlier this year, capture audio from TV events, shows and movies, enabling a more passive measurement that doesn’t require panelists to log in. Similarly, Nielsen is boosting its methodology surrounding demographics with its household demographic assignment model (HDAM), a machine-learning tool that determines the makeup of…
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The “Insidious” franchise might not be the longest running in the genre, but hitting your sixth installment isn’t anything to sneeze at. “Insidious: Out of the Further” continues James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s horrific juggernaut 16 years after the original debuted. The world may look a little different than it did back in those simpler times, but you know what they say: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Wan and Whannell may have more or less moved on (they’re still executive producers on the project, but have handed over directing duties in this particular entry to…
A judge has ordered the release of ‘damning’ Jeffrey Epstein files that Ghislaine Maxwell was desperate to keep secret.
Hayden Panettiere allegedly received threatening messages from her on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson after his 2020 arrest. According to court documents connected to Hickerson’s 2020 arrest for domestic battery, which were recently obtained by TMZ, he allegedly sent Panettiere multiple texts about the accusations. “Time to go to war I guess,” read one alleged text shared in a probable cause warrant, with another claiming, “After Wyoming and LA disappears, so do the videos.” A third alleged text said, “Even if I sit in a jail cell for 10 years, all of the stuff that is vaulted overseas with my people will…
Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man’ payday reportedly topped $100 million as ‘Brand New Day’ crossed $2 billion worldwide.
A313 is one of the most popular French pharmacy products, but does it actually live up to the hype? Here, Vogue explores the retinoid’s popularity and gets the inside scoop on its benefits.
Following the sudden death of Hayden Panettiere, a surprising connection has resurfaced between the late actress and Chicago Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong. Crow-Armstrong, 24, grew up in Southern California with his parents, actors Ashley Crow and Matthew John Armstrong, both of whom had recurring roles on the NBC drama Heroes, which starred Panettiere. “Hayden Panettiere babysat me. I had the biggest crush on her,” Crow-Armstrong told NBC Chicago in 2022. “Yeah, I’d say she was probably the coolest one for me.” The center fielder said he would hang out on the Heroes set “all the time.” ‘Heroes’ Creator Remembers ‘Singularly…
Donald Trump’s ubiquitous aide Natalie Harp was accused of having an ‘unhealthy obsession’ with the president.
Lawrence O’Donnell celebrated Florida Congressman Cory Mills’ loss in his Republican primary race, asserting Tuesday night that it proves President Trump has “lost his magical powers with Republican voters, even in Florida.” Trump endorsed Mills’ bid for reelection, even as the Florida representative remains under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for possible domestic violence and campaign finance violations. O’Donnell said Mills’ loss marks a change amongst Republican voters, even though Trump himself claimed in a recent interview that this year’s midterm elections have “nothing to do” with his current thinking. “He is, of course, lying about that,” the MS…
Author Marissa Stapley talks about creating the morally gray heroine and her fight for a free life: “We’re all such a product of where we came from, and part of Lucky is me saying you can fight against that, and you should.”