And a headphone jack! Photo-Illustration: by Vulture; Photo Courtesy of Roku Good news for Ted Lasso fans with Roku devices: You’ll soon be able to watch the show on the Apple TV+ app faster than ever. As part of a refresh to the Roku product line unveiled Tuesday, future Roku remote controls will now feature a dedicated Apple TV+ shortcut button. Roku offers just four such buttons on its remotes, making them incredibly valuable real estate for platforms, which actually pay Roku for the right to be included. Apple TV+ will now share space on new Roku remotes with Netflix, Hulu and Disney+; Sling TVt has been sent to streaming Siberia. The branding agreement with Apple will be seen first on the company’s brand-spanking new Roku Voice Remote Pro, a $29.99 device which goes on sale today at Roku.com and is scheduled to hit retailers next month. While Roku remotes have supported voice commands for some time now, users had to press a button before speaking. The Pro, much like … [Read more...] about The New Roku Remote Has a Fancy Apple TV Button
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Pippa Middleton’s personal trainer reveals pregnancy workouts tips – exclusive
March 17, 2021 - 08:59 GMT Kate Thomas Pregnancy workouts: Is it safe, best exercises and advice from Define London founder Ashley Verma, who has worked with Pippa Middleton, Jourdan Dunn and Poppy Delevingne Congratulations are in order for Pippa Middleton and her husband James Matthews, who have just welcomed their second child together. Duchess Kate 's sister has looked glowing throughout her pregnancy – and we've always wondered how she keeps so healthy and fit. DISCOVER: Gabrielle Union's poolside workout will get you bikini ready for summer Enter Ashley Verma, founder of Define London , Barre enthusiast and personal training expert to the stars. The ex-Broadway dancer has worked with supermodels Jourdan Dunn, Poppy Delevingne and Shanina Shaik in the past, as well as Pippa herself – and is here to bust the myths about working out while pregnant . Here Ashley answers some of your burning questions – … [Read more...] about Pippa Middleton’s personal trainer reveals pregnancy workouts tips – exclusive
Sheryl Underwood Says Sharon Osbourne Fight Was ‘a Trauma’ on
Sheryl Underwood is opening up about her argument with Sharon Osbourne on The Talk ’s first episode since its monthlong hiatus . Underwood began the April 12 episode by promising it would be “unlike any other” and that the co-hosts would “honestly discuss what occurred” — in short, that Osbourne got heated with Underwood over being called racist for defending her friend Piers Morgan as he attacked Meghan Markle , leading the show to go on hiatus. In the time since, more reports of Osbourne’s racism emerged ; while she denied the claims , Osbourne decided to leave The Talk , which she has co-hosted since it began in 2010. Speaking about her televised exchange with Osbourne, Underwood said , “I feel like I’ve been in, like, PTSD, because it was a trauma.” The co-host further said she felt pressure in the moment as a Black woman. “I didn’t want to escalate things with Sharon because I thought I was having a conversation with a friend, but also I knew I had to be an … [Read more...] about Sheryl Underwood Says Sharon Osbourne Fight Was ‘a Trauma’ on
Sharon Osbourne Passionately Defends Piers Morgan on
Sharon Osbourne must really love Piers Morgan. On Wednesday, Osbourne defended her British pal, who recently walked off and subsequently quit the morning show Good Morning Britain after being criticized for his disparaging remarks about Meghan Markle, on The Talk in a conversation with her co-host Sheryl Underwood . Underwood did her best to explain why many found Morgan, who received over 41,000 complaints regarding the way he spoke about the Duchess of Sussex’s bombshell interview with Oprah , and his characterization of Markle to be racist, saying that Osbourne’s online support of Morgan implies that she “gives validation or safe haven to something that he has uttered that is racist.” A defensive Osbourne doubled down on her support for Morgan. “I feel like I’m about to be put in the electric chair,” she said, before launching into an expletive-laden defense of herself as profoundly not racist. “How can I be racist? How can I be racist about anybody or anything in my … [Read more...] about Sharon Osbourne Passionately Defends Piers Morgan on
Antoine Fuqua on Remaking
Fuqua directs Washington in The Magnificent Seven. Photo: Scott Garfield/Courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures From directing 2004’s King Arthur, Antoine Fuqua learned a key lesson about building new movies out of old material. “Make it your own, but be conscious of the things that mean a lot to people,” he says. “When you bend it too far, it gets hard for people to wrap their heads around.” Fuqua drew on that lesson while making the new Magnificent Seven , out September 23, a remake of the 1960 Western about a group of gunfighters who defend a town of innocent Mexican villagers, itself adapted from Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. “I remember looking up the definition of the word samurai when I was younger, and finding out it meant ‘to serve,’ ” Fuqua says. In both the earlier films as well as his own, he says, the characters ultimately risk their lives for the town without having any personal stake: “Sometimes you don’t need a reason to do … [Read more...] about Antoine Fuqua on Remaking