The author argues that fertility decline since 2010 is driven by smartphones as entertainment centers, continuing a 200-year trend where increasingly fun technologies (urbanization, movies, radio, television) have made family life less attractive by comparison. Rather than family life becoming less enjoyable, alternative entertainment options have raised the opportunity cost of having children.
'The Cape' was a 1990s syndicated sci-fi drama starring Adam Baldwin that followed USAF astronauts training at Kennedy Space Center. The show aimed for authentic portrayals of astronaut work, filmed on location at Cape Canaveral with technical guidance from former astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Bruce Melnick.
A fan-maintained homepage for the 1970 British science fiction television series UFO, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and starring Ed Bishop as Commander Straker, offering episode guides, photos, sounds, scripts, merchandise information, and fan community resources.
Television's Jane Austen adaptations dominate, but five other 18th-century writers deserve screen attention. Works like Eliza Haywood's Fantomina, Samuel Richardson's Pamela, and Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote contain contemporary themes of reinvention, consent, and fandom that resonate with modern audiences.
AGC CEO Stuart Ford argues that the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery antitrust complaint fails to address threats to independent film and international television production, sectors that face eroding Pay-1 license fees and reduced negotiating leverage with streamers as the number of major buyers shrinks from five to four.