HTC One M9 Plus to Top Original, Boasts QHD 2K Display

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HTC One M9 Plus to Top Original, Boasts QHD 2K Display
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HTC One M9

Christian Post Report – During the last several weeks prior to the HTC One M9 release date, there were rumors that the Taiwanese manufacturer is preparing not one but two flagships, similar to the scheme Apple and Samsung followed.

However, when the Mobile World Congress began last week, only the One M9 flagship was launched.

Now that the dust has settled, it looks like HTC is actually going to release the ‘other’ model soon.

According to a report by Phone Arena, the device that was previously dubbed as the A55 is actually the One M9 Plus.

So what’s different about this version?

In the report, the HTC One M9 Plus will feature the same 5.2-inch display using an IPS LCD screen. However, the device will have an even better QHD (2560 x 1440) resolution, which is far better than the 1080p screen.

However, the high-end Android device will pack a MediaTek chipset, specifically the MT6795 SoC, instead of the Snapdragon 810 from Qualcomm.

In addition, the smartphone will reportedly come with 3GB of RAM, a 32GB built-in memory, a 20MP primary shooter, and a 4MP UltraPixel camera in front.

According to rumors, the One M9 Plus was also referred to as the One E9, though there is nothing official just yet.

The device is said to launch in China and other neighboring Asian countries. Currently, pricing details are not yet available.

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Buffalo Bills Commit Big Money to Running Back LeSean McCoy

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Buffalo Bills Commit Big Money to Running Back LeSean McCoy
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After being traded to the Buffalo Bills LeSean McCoy gets a big new contract

The Buffalo Bills traded for LeSean M McCoy. The star running back was reportedly upset with that move, so the Bills signed their new acquisition to a huge contract extension to help erase is unease with joining their roster. Even with a soft market for veteran backs the Bills went out of their way to make their new star happy.

Pro Football Talk is reporting the deal is for five years and it increases his 2015 compensation from $10.25 million to $16 million. That is a big number for a running back putting the contract into the realm of what Quarterbacks tend to make in the NFL (in terms of total compensation for 2015). McCoy’s agent released further details. There is a $13.125 million dollar signing bonus. The year one salary is $2.65 million with a $250,000 workout bonus makes his earnings $16 million in the first year of the new deal.

Due to the structuring of the deal McCoy will never count more than $10 million against the cap. That and the fact the base salaries do not spike at the end of the deal make this deal very cap friendly and one that is likely to keep McCoy in Buffalo for the entire length of the deal.

The base salary grows to just $6.175 in year five.

After their head coach essentially quite the Bills have made several big moves. They have hired Rex Ryan to take over the team, and help it build a new identity. They have traded for McCoy, and there is news that they have resigned pass rusher Jerry Hughes.

The Bills also brought in OL Richie Incognito. Incognito was a part of the bullying scandal while with the Miami Dolphins. The team has new ownership and beyond being committed to the Buffalo area, it appears they are committed to building a winner out of the Bills.

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Dame Maggie Smith Confirms Departure From ‘Downtown Abbey’

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Dame Maggie Smith Confirms Departure From ‘Downtown Abbey’
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Actress Maggie Smith in central London, July 7, 2011.

Christian Post Report – Veteran actress Maggie Smith has said she plans to leave British period drama, “Downtown Abbey” after the end of Season 5.

The “Harry Potter” actress has voiced her intention to depart from the critically acclaimed PBS period drama, “Downtown Abbey” when season 5 comes to a close. This news follows rumors the series was preparing to wind down after the show’s writer, Julian Fellowes, had reportedly left the show in preparation for a move to New York.

“They say this is the last one, and I can’t see how it could go on,” Smith, 80, told The Sunday Times. “I mean, I certainly can’t keep going. To my knowledge, I must be 110 by now. We’re into the late 1920s.”

Smith, who is set to permanently hang up her Edwardian costume soon, plays the Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet Crawley, whose tough personality and dry wit have drawn countless viewers to the show. Her character has been with the series since its pilot in 2010.

Show creator, Julian Fellowes is currently working on another period drama, “The Gilded Age,” that’s reportedly set in 19th century New York. Fellowes and “Downtown Abbey” executive producer, Gareth Neame, have not confirmed whether the show will continue past its sixth season.

News has also been released that some of the cast of “Downtown Abbey” have been casting around for work and have sent their agents to look for projects for when the summer season winds down. Others, like Allen Leech, who plays Tom Branson, have moved to the U.S. presumably to work on a Hollywood project.

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‘Fashion Police’ News: E! Eyes Khloe Kardashian and Nene Leakes to Take Kelly Osbourne’s Place

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‘Fashion Police’ News: E! Eyes Khloe Kardashian and Nene Leakes to Take Kelly Osbourne’s Place
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Khloe Kardashian

Christian Post Report – E!’s “Fashion Police” is mulling between the choice of Khloe Kardashian or Nene Leakes to replace Kelly Osbourne, who resigned from the show a few days ago.

Osbourne announced her decision to quit “Fashion Police” following fellow host Giuliana Rancic’s racist comments about her friend, actress Zendaya Coleman’s dreadlocks during a post-Oscars telecast. E! has narrowed down her replacements to Kardashian sister, Khloe and “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reality actress, Nene Leakes.

“Fashion Police” popularity has taken a nose-dive since the death of its lead host, Joan Rivers in September last year. Comedian Kathy Griffin took over Rivers’ post in December, and was joined by Brad Goreski, who replaced George Kotsiopoulos shortly after.

According to rumors, Leakes was a close runner-up for Rivers’ position before it was given to Griffin, while the third Kardashian sister was previously given the slot but turned it down pending what US Weekly is referring to as “the right incentive” from E!

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Nene Leakes on The Real Housewives of Atlanta

“She [Kardashian] may consider doing it again but the offer would have to be really high,” a source told Us Weekly. “It’s a lot of extra work for her.”

Meanwhile, Leakes, who once appeared as a guest co-host in “Fashion Police” in 2013, has been vocal about her intentions to leave “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” for the last two seasons.

With Kelly Osbourne’s departure from the show, the slot remains open for either Kardashian or Leakes to fill. According to E!, “Fashion Police” will be returning on March 30, Friday at 9 p.m. with a new episode, and may introduce Osbourne’s replacement then.

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‘Toy Story 4’ News: Fourth Movie A Rom-Com, Not A Continuation of the Series

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‘Toy Story 4’ News: Fourth Movie A Rom-Com, Not A Continuation of the Series
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Toy Story’s Jessie and Buzz

Christian Post Report – Pixar Studios’ president, Jim Morris, has announced the upcoming “Toy Story” 4 will be a romantic comedy instead of a continuation of the previous film.

“Toy Story 4,” scheduled to hit theaters in June 16, 2017, is geared to being a rom-com, focusing more on the characters romantic story arcs, instead of their relationship with human children. Jim Morris, Pixar Studios’ president revealed the primary focus of the upcoming film in the franchise during an interview with Disney Latino.

“It will be a love story. It will be a romantic comedy,” Morris said. “It will be a romantic comedy.”

John Lasseter, who directed the first two films, will be returning to helm “Toy Story 4” based on the story created by the franchise’s original writing team composed of Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich.

While the fourth outing in the series will pick up where the last film left in the timeline, it will not be a continuation of “Toy Story 3,” but is intended to be a separate story featuring the romantic development between characters in the movie, particularly the growing friendship between Woody and BoPeep, and the blossoming romance between Buzz Lightyear and Jessie.

The last three movies were intended as a trilogy, with 2010 ‘s “Toy Story 3” becoming the highest grossing animated movie in history, winning two Oscars for best original song and best animated feature before Disney’s “Frozen” came on the scene and took the over the record.

The screenplay for “Toy Story 4” will be penned by love story veterans, Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, who wrote the script for the breakup drama-comedy film, “Celeste & Jesse Forever.”

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HBO to Launch HBO Now Streaming Video Service Exclusively on Apple TV and Devices

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HBO to Launch HBO Now Streaming Video Service Exclusively on Apple TV and Devices
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HBO CEO Richard Plepler speaks during an Apple event in San Francisco, California March 9, 2015.

Christian Post Report – Apple and HBO have inked a deal to stream HBO movies and television shows exclusively on Apple TV via HBO Now.

HBO’s first ever standalone digital streaming package, HBO Now, will soon be available on Apple devices like iPhones, iPads and Apple TV by April this year without viewers having to pay for a cable subscription.

“This is a transformative moment for HBO,” HBO Chairman and CEO, Richard Pleper said as published on CNN Money. The news HBO and Apple were in talks to distribute HBO Now was announced in October last year.

The streaming video service, available only in the U.S., will still cost viewers $14.99 in monthly service fees, however. It is also the first time the cable and satellite TV network is offering a standalone service to make HBO’s programming available to people who don’t have a cable subscription.

The agreement takes effects in time for Season 5 of the popular HBO fantasy drama, “Game of Thrones,” which premieres on April 12.

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A photo of Apple TV

HBO has announced it is in talks with Internet service providers like Comcast and Time Warner Cable, to make HBO Now available to viewers as part of their broadband package, ready to stream shows on applicable devices. This means viewers who want to watch HBO shows on PC need to own at least one approved Apple device.

Viewers who subscribe via their Apple devices next month will get one month’s free subscription service, and will get access to HBO’s past and current movies and TV shows.

With the exclusive three-month deal HBO has with Apple, other home streaming services like PlayStation, Xbox, and Roku will be unable to stream HBO shows until July this year.

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‘The Walking Dead’ News: AMC Announces Two-Season Spin-Off Series

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‘The Walking Dead’ News: AMC Announces Two-Season Spin-Off Series
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A promo shot from season 5 of The Walking Dead

Christian Post Report – “The Walking Dead” on AMC is getting a spin-off series of its own in late summer, providing fans of the show with more zombie action in between seasons.

AMC just announced it will soon be premiering a spin-off series for “The Walking Dead” with its pilot to be launched by late summer of this year, followed by two seasons of the new show to be set in Los Angeles featuring a new cast of characters.

The spin-off, codenamed “Cobalt,” is yet untitled but is frequently referred to as “Fear the Walking Dead.”

Conceptualized as a companion series for the popular zombie apocalypse drama on AMC, production began in early 2015 and ended the following month.

“From the beginning of The Walking Dead on AMC, we’ve been asked questions about what was going on in other parts of the zombie apocalypse, and what it looked like as the world really did ‘turn,'” Charlie Collier, AMC President, said in a statement.

The spin-off will introduce “Body of Proof” and “Columbiana” New Zealand actor, Cliff Curtis, who takes the lead role of Sean Cabrera. It will also feature “Gone Girl’s” Kim Dickens as Nancy Tomkins, British actor Frank Dillane, who played Tom Riddle in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” as Nick Tomkins, and Australian “Into the Storm” actress Alycia Debnam-Carey as Ashley Tomkins.

The plot follows a divorced male teacher played by Curtis, a guidance counselor, Dickens, and her two children, Dillane and Debnam-Carey. The storyline for the new show has yet to be revealed.

Season One of the new show will feature six 60-minute episodes to provide fans of the original apocalypse drama more zombie fare in between “The Walking Dead” seasons, with Season 2 set to follow in 2016.

The companion series was written by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson and directed by Adam Davidson.

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‘Teen Mom’ Stars Farrah Abraham and Amber Portwood Feud Over Their Book Covers

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‘Teen Mom’ Stars Farrah Abraham and Amber Portwood Feud Over Their Book Covers
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Farrah Abraham and her daughter Sophia

Christian Post Report – “Teen Mom OG” stars Caitlynn Lowell, Amber Portwood and Maci Bookout were not thrilled upon learning of Farrah Abraham’s return to the show. Now, Portwood and Abraham are engaged in a Twitter war as they feud about their respective book covers.

On Wednesday. March 4, Abraham shared the cover image of her book, “My Teenage Dream Ended” on Twitter and wrote, “Look @ covers as you collect them #ActionsSpeakLouder why aren’t there more children on the covers #TrueStory @MTV.”

In the cover, Abraham is seen getting hugged by her 4-year-old daughter Sophia.

But the tweet was deemed to be inappropriate by Portwood, who appears to have been offended by the tweet as she also took to the social network and wrote, “What does this mean??”

“@F1abraham @MTV I did it out of respect for my 6 year old who shouldn’t be on the cover of a book talking about drugs and sex…love not hate,” Portwood added.

Portwood has written a book while she was serving a five-year jail sentence in 2012 at Indiana’s Rockville Correctional Facility. She served 17 months behind bars was released early in 2013. The memoir, titled “Never Too Late” is described as a book on “hardship, hope, and addiction” and features Portwood’s selfie on the cover.

Speaking to Radar, she explained the reason behind the book cover.

“The selfie has become so mainstream that everyone can relate to it and my story and journey is one that a lot of people can relate to,” she said.

“Teen Mom OG” premieres on March 23 on MTV.

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Nikki and Brie Bella News: Bella Twins Leaving the WWE?

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Nikki and Brie Bella News: Bella Twins Leaving the WWE?
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Brie and Nikki Bella

Christian Post Report – Are the Bella Twins about to leave the WWE?

On the season finale of “Total Divas,” Nikki and Brie are handed their new contracts and are asked to return them signed in a few days. However, neither one of them is certain if they are willing to commit another three years in the WWE.

When the twins meet up with a friend who is expecting a baby, Brie realizes that she also wants to have babies. Brie goes out to lunch with her husband Daniel Bryan and tells him about it. Daniel says he wants children too but they have to make sure that they’re in a place where they can commit to raising a family together.

Meanwhile, Nikki has given a lot of consideration to doing something else in the entertainment industry, like following in the footsteps of her boyfriend John Cena and starring in films. In “Total Divas,” Nikki meets with one of the top casting directors in Hollywood, and the casting director says that Nikki has great potential, but points out that it would be hard for Nikki to be in the WWE and pursue an acting career at the same time.

The girls sit with Mark Carrano to discuss their contracts, and Brie explains that she really wants to start a family, while Nikki says that all the opportunities from the entertainment industry are making her unsure whether she’ll sign her contract or not. When Mark asks them if they’re not going to be WWE Divas anymore, Brie says yes.

It is unclear whether the twins will really push through with their plans as Nikki is the current WWE Divas Champion and has a running feud with AJ Lee.

Recently it has been confirmed that Paige and AJ Lee will team up against the Bella Twins at Wrestlemania 31 on March 29. If the twins choose not to renew their contracts, this could be one of their biggest showings before saying goodbye to the WWE.

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Real Madrid vs Schalke Live Stream Free: Watch Online UEFA Champions League Soccer

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Real Madrid vs Schalke Live Stream Free: Watch Online UEFA Champions League Soccer
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Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos celebrates his goal against Real Sociedad during their Spanish first division soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, January 31, 2015.

Christian Post Report – Real Madrid will try to move one step closer to defending their UEFA Champions League title as they host Schalke 04 in the second leg of their round of 16 tie. The game takes place on Tuesday night from 7.45 p.m. GMT (3.45 p.m. ET), and information about how to watch the game online through live stream can be found below).

In their first meeting at Veltins Arena, Madrid won 2-0 thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo finding the back of the net.

The Portuguese star scored in the 26th minute, while the Brazilian capped things off in the 79th.

Madrid dominated possession throughout the match, holding on to the ball 63 percent of the time. As a result, they were able to attempt eight total shots, converting on their only two that were on target.

Schalke only managed six shots on goal, and despite having four on target could not beat goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

It was also a very physical contest, with 25 total fouls, and four yellow cards – one on Madrid’s Toni Kroos and three Schalke players namely Kevin Boateng, Roman Neustadter and Jan Kirchhoff.

With this return leg to be played at the Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid hold a big advantage.

However, things have not been up to their standards lately as they have failed to win in their last two matches across all competitions.

They drew against Villarreal and lost to Athletic Bilbao in the La Liga, surrendering the lead to Barcelona in the process.

As for Schalke, they are fifth in the Bundesliga and recently ended their four-match winless run with a 3-1 win over Hoffenheim.

The German club will surely try to take advantage of Madrid’s misfortunes if they want to advance to the next round of the Champions League.

Klaas Jan-Huntelaar leads the club in goals scored in the competition with three, but will need help as no other player in the squad has scored more than once so far.

For Madrid, Ronaldo leads the goal-scoring tally with six, while Karim Benzema has also found the touch with five in the competition.

Visit UEFA.com for updates during the match. For live streaming, click here.

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