How Years and Years creator Russell T. Davies sees the future unfolding

Queer as Folk creator and former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies wanted to write Years and Years for, well, years and years. “Twenty years ago, I was talking about a drama like this,” he tells The Verge, “a drama that engaged with the modern world, that engaged what was happening, but in an ordinary domestic context so you felt the changes.”

But Davies didn’t officially move forward with his plans until 2016 when he was inspired by two seismic political moments: Donald Trump’s election and the Brexit vote. The family drama, which arrived on HBO on June 24th, begins in 2019, then leaps forward to reveal how relevant current issues like extremist politics, climate change, and new technological advancements combine to affect one…

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Italy To Host 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced last week, beating out Stockholm as the host city for the upcoming games. What do you think?

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A 911 outage hit AT&T customers around the United States

A 911 outage prevented AT&T customers from calling emergency services for hours this morning, officials in multiple states said.

Several local law enforcement agencies and fire departments said this morning on social media that callers had been unable to reach emergency services after dialing 911. Officials in Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and several other states reported issues.

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Avengers: Endgame fans coming to terms with Avatar remaining the top-grossing movie

It’s not enough that Avengers: Endgame made more than $2 billion at the box office or that it’s heralded as a major accomplishment in film, ending a 22-movie arc that spans 11 years — not for Marvel fans. Their end goal to make Endgame the biggest movie of all time fell short by about $18 million.

Not even Endgame, which grossed about $2.76 billion, can defeat Avatar’s historic $2.78 billion box office revenue.

Marvel Studios attempted to claim the top spot from James Cameron’s Avatar (which is now also owned by Disney, following the company’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox) by releasing a new version of Endgame in theaters last weekend that came with a deleted scene. It was 18 seconds long, and it was largely seen by fans as a waste…

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