Hollywood filmmakers looking to maximize their returns at the box office might be interested in taking a look at the results of a newly published study that analyzed the performance of 350 top-grossing movies released between 2014 through 2017. Splitting up the films between those starring women — where a woman is listed as the lead actor — and those starring men, it turns out that the female-led movies did better than their male counterparts at the global box office during that time span.

Examples include Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot, which was released during the study period and raked in $821 million in global box office receipts. A sequel has already been teed up for 2020: Wonder Woman 1984.

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1. Saturday’s 10 best last-minute deals: $329 iPad, $50 slow cooker, $25 Fire TV Stick, $20 earbuds, more
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Movies starring women outperform male-led films, new study shows originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 16 Dec 2018 at 09:31:55 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember last week when we said that great Instant Pot sale was probably the last one of the season? Well we’ve never been more happy to be wrong. Sunday’s top last-minute deals are headlined by an even deeper discount than what we saw last week on the insanely popular Instant Pot DUO80, and the smaller Instant Pot DUO Mini is down to just $59.99. Other top daily deals on Sunday include current-generation Apple iPad tablets for just $249 (that’s an $80 discount!), Anker’s $60 true wireless earbuds for $44.99, $20 off the beloved Philips Hue LightStrip Plus, $10 off Philips Hue color A19 LED bulbs, a 4-pack of Philips Hue white LED bulbs that cuts the price to just $10 a bulb, Amazon’s best-selling Fire TV Stick for $24.99, a huge $450 discount on an Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, gift boxes of Godiva chocolate truffles for $25 and change, and more. Check out all of Sunday’s best bargains below.

Apple iPad (Wi-Fi, 32GB) – Silver (Latest Model): $249.00

Instant Pot DUO80 8 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooke…: $89.95

Instant Pot Duo Mini 3 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Coo…: $59.99

Wireless Earbuds, Anker Soundcore Liberty Lite Bluetooth 5.0 True Wireless Earbuds, Easy-Pair S…: $44.99

Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance LightStrip Plus Dimmable LED Smart Light (Compatible with…: $69.98

Philips Hue Single Premium Smart Bulb, 16 million colors, for most lamps & overhead lights, Hub…: $39.99

Philips Hue White A19 4-Pack 60W Equivalent Dimmable LED Smart Bulb (4 A19 60W White Bulbs Com…: $39.99

Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, streaming media player: $24.99

Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (Mid 2017), 15.4″, Intel Core i7-7700HQ Quad-Core 2.8GHz, 256G…: $1,549.99

Godiva Chocolatier Patisserie Chocolate Truffle Gift Box, Assorted Treats, Great for Gifting, 2…: $25.48

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Sunday’s 10 best last-minute deals: $249 iPad, Instant Pots, Philips Hue, Godiva chocolate, more originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 16 Dec 2018 at 08:18:23 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2019 is already shaping up to be a busy year for Samsung, which has a slew of hardware releases teed up that includes everything from new flagship phones to foldable devices — and, according to a new report, an expansion of its mid-range tablet lineup.

A new Samsung Galaxy Tab A model has apparently been under development and could be coming pretty early in the first quarter. Per 91Mobiles, the tablet will start out with 32GB as the base storage option, it will include black and grey color options, and we could see a launch at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona or also possibly at the rumored February 20th event during which Samsung is expected to unveil its Galaxy S10 series.

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A new mid-range tablet is coming from Samsung in the first quarter of 2019 originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 16:09:45 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With 2019 right around the corner, the year-end retrospectives about how we digitally spent the last 12 months have already started rolling in. Just last week, for example, Spotify rolled out Spotify Wrapped, which tells users which songs and artists they listened to the most over the past year. And earlier this week, Netflix released a list of the most binged shows across 2018.

In light of that, one of the more interesting 2018 retrospectives we’ve seen focuses on which Google searches were the most popular across each state. Specifically, AT&T tapped into data from Google Trends and came up with a rather amusing look at the most popular “should I…” questions on a state by state basis.

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These are the most popular ‘Should I?’ Google searches in every US state originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 14:07:33 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The best thing happening at a theater near you this week is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but I get that there’s a chance you’re not necessarily a fan of superhero movies, or in the mood for one. In that case, I’d point out to you the completely over the top sci-fi adventure Mortal Engines, a Peter Jackson creation.

An even more interesting alternative is The Mule, a Clint Eastwood film about an old man transporting drugs for the cartel, based on a real story. Finally, re-opening this week is Deadpool 2, but it’s the Once Upon a Deadpool, kid-friendly version. Unlike last week, when we hardly had any trailers to show you aside from the one clip we all wanted to see, we’ve got quite a few for you this weekend, so let’s dig in!

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9 new movie trailers you need to watch from this past week originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 12:05:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nest’s lineup of wireless home security cameras are among the most popular options out there, and they’re great. They’re also so expensive though, and there are actually even better options out there that offer more features for much less money. The Wyze Cam Pan is a perfect example. It does everything a $200 Nest Cam can do and more, like remote pan and zoom, or automatic motion-tracking. It also includes 14 days of free cloud storage… all for just $38!

Wyze Cam Pan 1080p Pan/Tilt/Zoom Wi-Fi Indoor Smart Home Camera with Night Vision and 2-Way Aud…: $37.98

Here are the key details from the product page:

• NOTE: Works with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi networks (does not support 5GHz Wi-Fi)
• Works with Alexa: Ask Alexa to show your front door, kid’s room, or anywhere else you have your Wyze Cam Pan
• 110 Degree/sec rotation speed, 360 Degree horizontal range, 93 Degree vertical range for 360 Degree coverage in under 3 sec. Pan Scan feature automatically scans your room based on up to 4 waypoints
• 1080P full HD video and night vision that uses 6 IR LEDs and distinguishes 18 steps of gray to provide clear images up to 30 feet away. Works with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi networks (does not support 5GHz Wi-Fi)
• Motion & sound detection with alert notifications sent to your phone with free rolling 14-Day cloud storage of alert videos, 2-way audio, microSD card slot for continuous recording and time lapse
• Motion tracking feature detects, Tags, and follows motion within the camera’s field of view, as long as motion continues

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Amazon has a $38 home cam with features that make the $200 Nest Cam look like a toy originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 10:28:49 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s an idea for an experiment: Could you go an entire week without ever paying for something with actual paper currency? Without ever having cash in your hand at any point during the week? Because that, it seems, is where things are increasingly headed, according to the results of a new survey that measures peoples’ behavior regarding the use of paper currency versus plastic.

About 3 in 10 US adults, roughly 30 percent of the population, are going a whole week at a time without ever using cash to make a purchase, up from 24 percent in 2015. That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey, which also shows that of those who say almost all their weekly purchases are made in cash, the number has dropped precipitously from 24 percent in 2015 to 18 percent today.

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Survey: More people than ever are able to go a whole week without spending physical cash originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 09:31:38 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Black Friday is long gone, Cyber Week is behind us, and Christmas is just over one week away. All that means sale season is winding down, of course, but there are plenty of killer deals to be found before things wrap up. Today, we’ve rounded up the 10 best last-minute deals we could find, and we really do have some gems for you to check out on Saturday. Highlights include an unprecedented $100 off brand new current-generation iPads, $40 off the Instant Pot DUO80, a popular 6-quart slow cooker for just $49.99, a fantastic Bose sound bar for only $199, Fire TV Sticks for $25 each, hot new Bluetooth earbuds for just $20 and change, and more. Check out all 10 of today’s top last-minute deals below.

Apple iPad (Wi-Fi, 128GB) – Silver (Latest Model): $329.00

Instant Pot DUO80 8 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooke…: $99.95

COSORI Electric Pressure Cooker 6 Qt 8-in-1 Instant Stainless Steel Pot, 16 Program Slow Cooker…: $49.99

Nespresso VertuoPlus Coffee and Espresso Maker by De’Longhi, Red: $75.00

Bose Solo 5 TV Sound System: $199.00

Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, streaming media player: $24.99

Nebula, by Anker, Mars II 300 ANSI lm Portable Projector with 720p DLP Picture, 10W Speakers, A…: $499.99

Ultimate James Bond Collection, The Blu-ray: $94.99

Bluetooth Headphones TaoTronics Wireless Earphones Sport Earbuds aptX in Ear Headset Sweatproof…: $20.29

TaoTronics Wireless Over Ear Headset Bluetooth Headphones with Microphone (Retro Design with Le…: $64.99

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Saturday’s 10 best last-minute deals: $329 iPad, $50 slow cooker, $25 Fire TV Stick, $20 earbuds, more originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 08:18:11 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung unveiled its first ever foldable smartphone last month, but it was hardly a proper announcement. Samsung showed off the phone’s Infinity Flex screen design, revealed the phone would have a large screen on the inside and a smaller one on the outside, and demoed bits and pieces of the new interface it developed with Google for the unnamed phone.

That’s about everything Samsung was willing to tell us about the phone, leaving plenty of things out of this first foldable phone presentation. However, a report that talks in great detail about the future of foldable devices also shares new information about Samsung’s new phone, including camera and battery specs.

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Samsung’s foldable phone rumored to have killer specs and a massive battery originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 23:07:38 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jacob Snow, a technology and civil liberties attorney for the ACLU, has been making the rounds telling media outlets that a newly publicized patent from Amazon paints a picture of a dystopian, “nightmarish” future. Strong words for a patent application that’s starting to make headlines over fears that Amazon could use the Ring doorbell camera company it acquired to build a robust tool for creepy surveillance.

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Amazon patent hints at using doorbell cameras to build a suspicious persons database originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 22:05:59 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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