#Viral for the Week of 2/19/16

#Viral for the Week of 2/19/16

August Napolitano, A&E Editor
February 19, 2016

Top 3 Box Office Movies:

  1. Deadpool – $132.4m
  2. Kung Fu Panda 3 – $19.8m
  3. How to Be Single – $17.9m

Top 3 Singles on iTunes:

  1. My House by Flo Rida
  2. Love Yourself by Justin Bieber
  3. Stressed Out by twenty one pilots

Top 3 Albums on iTunes:

  1. 25 by Adele
  2. 1989 by Taylor Swift
  3. Traveller by Chris Stapleton

 

Up & Coming:

Movies Opening this Weekend-

  • The Witch
  • Risen
  • Race
  • Embrace of the Serpent
  • Foresaken

 

Viral:

Grammys – The 58th annual Grammy Awards were held on Feb. 15, the first (and reportedly last) time that the ceremony was held on a Monday rather than a Sunday. Despite the unusual schedule, viewers will still able to enjoy performances by Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Adele, Justin Bieber, the cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton, and more. Lady Gaga also made a fantastic tribute to the late David Bowie, dressed in his famous attire and even copying his dance moves. Some of the big winners included Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, who won Record of the Year for “Uptown Funk,” Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for her 1989, and Meghan Trainor was selected as Best New Artist.

Kanye West – Making headlines for yet another week, the rapper’s new album, The Life of Pablo, is causing some controversy. The issues with Taylor Swift aside, West made the conscious decision to exclusively release his album to TIDAL, with the promise of never making it available elsewhere. A seemingly strange move for a man already publicly speaking about his crippling debt, West now has to fight millions of fans who illegally downloaded the record.

iPhone – Speaking of controversy, Apple issued a statement this week, vowing not to violate their user’s privacy by complying to FBI requests to open a “back door” in iOS. Specifically, for an iPhone recovered at the site of the San Bernardino tragedy. The company argued in their open letter that the software could easily get into the wrong hands, leading to the invasion of the user’s private data. Apple also confirmed that while information is collected by the iOS software, nobody in the company has any access to it.