Snapchat Stories come to the browser with Oscars roundup

Snapchat is immensely popular, but at the moment its plentiful Snaps and stitched Stories are trapped inside the mobile app. If you're on a laptop or PC, or want to share a Snap on another social network, there's no obvious way of doing so. That stat...

Meet the Oscar-nominated sound designers behind Kylo’s lightsaber

Skywalker Sound is home to Star Wars. From the first movie in 1977 to episode VII in 2015, the sound effects for the entire saga have been shaped and mixed within the red-bricked walls of George Lucas' audio post-production facility. The award-winnin...

‘Star Wars’ VFX Oscar nominees on making ‘The Force Awakens’

If there's one thing you can be certain to find in a Star Wars movie, it's glorious special effects. So after The Force Awakens opened last year, an Academy Award nomination for the film's VFX leads seemed inevitable. Roger Guyett and Patrick Tubach...

The Case of the Hugo Awards, Worldcon, and a Litter of Unhappy Puppies


This year’s Hugo Awards ceremony at Worldcon in Seattle involved quite a bit of controversy. NPR reports that out of 85 works, 12 walked away with prizes. Why is that strange? Well, there’s a few...

Jessica Biel Attends Oscars without Justin Timberlake


Justin Timberlake is a very busy man. His tours which he takes very seriously are time-consuming and hectic indeed. And add to that the stress of composing such complex polyphonic songs like “Mirrors...