Innholdsfortegnelse for #045 i eNews Magazine

Remember those declarations that teens are done with Facebook? Think again. Facebook remains the most used social media site among American teens ages 13 to 17, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. And, surprisingly, boys visit the site more often than girls. Aided hugely by smartphones and other mobile devices, 71 percent of teens surveyed said they use Facebook, with the same percentage saying they use more than one social network of seven options they were asked about. Half the teens said they also use Instagram and four in 10 said they used Snapchat, according to the study released April 9. Among 22 percent of teens who use just one site, 66 percent use Facebook, 13 percent use Google Plus, 13 percent are Instagram users and…

A Cuban-American actress who attended the same Miami high school as Gloria Estefan and an actor who stars on USA’s “Sirens” have been chosen to star on Broadway as Gloria and Emilio Estefan in a musical based on the groundbreaking entertainers’ lives. Producers said Monday that Ana Villafane, who appeared in the film “Magic City Memoirs” and who initially auditioned via video to play Gloria Estefan, will make her Broadway debut opposite Josh Segarra in “On Your Feet!” Segarra has been seen off-Broadway in “Dogfight” and on Broadway in “Lysistrata Jones.” He has a recurring role on NBC’s “Chicago PD” and a guest appearance on Showtime’s “Homeland.” The musical will begin performances Oct. 5 at the Marquis Theatre after a stop this summer at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, from…

Cherry Bomb Tyler, The Creator The Ladera Heights native and leader of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future offers his take on current social issues with this Stevie Wonder-inspired release. Indictments on both gang culture and rapper consumerism mark out an album that looks sure to build on the commercial success and critical acclaim garnered by his previous long-players, Goblin and Wolf. FIVE FACTS: Home Josh Garrels The 34-year old singer-songwriter continues his work with folk music, symphonic orchestration and sample-based sequencing on his latest full-length album, but also distinguishes it from his past releases by incorporating the current soul sound. The album was produced in Garrels’ fan-funded home studio in his backyard in Portland, Oregon. FIVE FACTS:…

Sam Smith, Nick Jonas and Hozier will take the stage at the Billboard Music Awards. Billboard announced the performers Tuesday. The show will air live on ABC on May 17 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Smith is the second most nominated act with 13, including top artist, Hot 100 song for “Stay With Me” and Billboard 200 album for “In the Lonely Hour.” Taylor Swift is the leading nominee with 14 nominations. Hozier is up for five awards, including top new artist and rock song for “Take Me to Church.” Jonas is riding high off his solo hits “Jealous” and “Chains.” They join previously announced performers Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa. Ariana Grande, One Direction and Katy Perry will compete with Smith and Swift for…

It’s taken six years for Matthew Morrison to get back on Broadway so it’s no surprise he knows a thing or two about where he ended up. The former “Glee” star happily offered a peek at his storied dressing room in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. This was the theater where “The Sound of Music” was first staged, where Carol Channing starred in “Hello, Dolly!” Elizabeth Taylor had a bath in the back when she was here in 1983. “I just imagine her welcome guests back in her pearls and everything,” Morrison said, sipping tea. “It has a really deep history this room.” He hopes to add to the theater’s rich legacy this month as the star of “Finding Neverland,” a new musical about the origin of the Peter Pan story. “I’ve…

RAVE REVIEWS AND A BOX OFFICE TRIUMPH Given that The Fast and the Furious action film franchise has been running since 2001, you would need to have spent the intervening time on Mars to not be familiar with the basic formula that has prevailed since: tire-squealing car stunts, fighting, heists and plenty of macho bravado, as epitomized by its central stars, like Vin Diesel. However, the fact that another of its big names - Paul Walker - passed away during filming was always going to give the seventh Furious a different complexion. Was Furious 7 - to give it its proper title - going to live up to the formidable critical and commercial reputation built up by the previous six installments, despite not only Walker's untimely demise in a car…

If the Church of Scientology was hoping that HBO’s withering documentary on the religion’s practices would pass by with little notice, that turned out to be a miscalculation. “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” has been seen by more than 5.5 million people since its debut two weeks ago. It is likely to wind up being second only to a 2013 movie on Beyonce as the premium cable network’s most-watched documentary of the past decade, HBO said Monday. It has been an extraordinary two months for HBO’s film unit. The six-part series on billionaire Robert Durst, “The Jinx,” was a sensation with its climax reaching nearly 5 million viewers. Durst was arrested for murder on the eve of the series’ last episode, in part due to evidence uncovered…

AN APT TIME TO CELEBRATE THE ICONIC SPACE FRANCHISE It's difficult to think of a more iconic two words in media than Star Wars. The epic space opera that began with a film of the same name - later renamed Episode IV: A New Hope - in 1977 has since spawned a six part film series, soon to be seven after the completion of filming of the J. J. Abrams-directed The Force Awakens. Indeed, those six films have now been put on sale in full digital HD form for the first time. If you fancy finally ditching those VHS tapes and DVDs and taking your Star Wars viewing experience into the 21st century, all that you have to do is browse to the iTunes Store and invest in any one…

Underlining a change across the nation, nearly 9 out of 10 adults now say they have health insurance, according to an extensive survey released Monday. As recently as 2013, slightly more than 8 out of 10 had coverage. Whether the new number from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index turns out to be a high-water mark for President Barack Obama’s health care law, or a milestone on the path toward his goal of getting virtually all U.S. residents covered, remains to be seen. The law’s future is still up in the air, and will turn on factors ranging from an upcoming Supreme Court decision on consumer subsidies to actions by Republican leaders in states opposed to Medicaid expansion. The Gallup-Healthways survey found that the share of adults who lack insurance dropped to…

Milo Ventimiglia is the new big bad villain on Fox’s “Gotham,” beginning an arc Monday (at 8 p.m. EDT) that leads up to the season finale. Ventimiglia plays the Ogre, whose name may be familiar to DC Comics fanatics, but his version is different from the one already in the DC universe. “Gotham” focuses on James Gordon (played by Ben McKenzie) as a detective, before he becomes commissioner and before Bruce Wayne becomes Batman. In this prequel, Gotham City is still corrupt and has plenty of bad guys. That’s where Ventimiglia’s Ogre comes in. He’s an untouchable mad man whom the Gotham City police department won’t go near, because every time someone does, the ogre responds by killing someone that person loves. Ventimiglia said in a recent phone interview that…

John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration. The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, FREE AMERICA, on Monday. He will visit and perform at a correctional facility on Thursday in Austin, Texas, where he also will be part of a press conference with state legislators to discuss Texas’ criminal justice system. “We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country,” Legend said in an interview. “It’s destroying families, it’s destroying communities and we’re the most incarcerated country in the world, and when you look deeper and look at the reasons we got to this place, we as a society made some choices politically and legislatively, culturally to deal with poverty, deal with mental illness in a certain way and that way usually involves using incarceration.” Legend,…

Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection All six installments of the iconic space opera franchise are made available digitally for the first time in this generous set, which also includes various never-before-seen special features. There can surely be no better way to appreciate - or re-appreciate - some of the most momentous films ever made. FIVE FACTS: Wild Based on the 2012 memoir of novelist and essayist Cheryl Strayed, Wild stars Reese Witherspoon as Strayed, with Laura Dern playing her mother. Having already behaved recklessly for years, Strayed rashly decides to embark on a 1,110 solo hike along the rugged Pacific Crest Trail - discovering, strengthening and even redeeming herself in the process. FIVE FACTS:…

HBO says leaked episodes of “Game of Thrones” came from within a group given approval to receive them. The premium cable channel said it is “actively assessing” how the breach occurred, declining Monday to provide further details. Saturday’s piracy occurred the day before “Game of Thrones” returned for its fifth season. Four of the season’s 10 episodes were leaked online to torrent sites. Within an hour, there were reportedly more than 1 million downloads of episode one. Media critics and reporters are among those who routinely received advance copies of HBO programs. The DVDs are marked with serial numbers to identify the recipients. The leak comes on the heels of the launch of HBO Now, a stand-alone streaming service for fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” and other HBO fare.…

Awards nights are usually reserved for showstopping gowns, but it one swoop, Robin Wright resisted the norm in a backless Ralph Lauren custom jumpsuit done in ivory as a contemporary take on the lady tuxedo. It was at the 2014 Emmys back in August, when she was nominated for lead actress as the impeccably dressed Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” She didn’t win, but her twist on the trendy jumpsuit earned her mega-votes for best dressed that night. Jumpsuits are back, for day and evening, at least on the backs of celebrities. Bellamy Young, the first lady of “Scandal,” donned a sleeveless one-piece in a black-and-cream print with a skinny belt when she met actual first lady Michelle Obama on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.” Michelle Rodriguez showed up at…