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It has been several years since The Vampire Diaries wrapped, although the franchise is still going strong with its second spin-off (the first being The Originals), Legacies, currently airing on The CW. That said since the show ended, it seems like there has been a relative shortage of television shows featuring vampires. There are plenty of shows to watch if you enjoy the general tone and characters of TVD, but not as many if you’re specifically after a vampire drama or horror show....

Content marketing’s been around for a while now and that means the landscape is evolving. In his presentation at the Traffic and Conversion Summit this year, CEO of DigitalMarketer, Ryan Deiss, introduced the idea that we have now entered into the 5th phase of digital marketing. What is the 5th phase? It’s categorized as the innovation phase. It’s where brands can either create innovative marketing ideas or watch their competitors take the lead....

Following is a handpicked list of Top Zip File Compression Software, with their popular features and website links. The list contains both open source (free) and commercial (paid) software. Best Zip File Software | Unzip Program | File Compression #1) WinRAR WinRAR is a zip software that allows you to create ZIP and RAR archives. This software allows you to add text comments to archives. The tool is available in more than 50 languages....

Alone is a reality competition show that typically isolates 10 contestants in the wilderness, and the last survivalist to ’tap out’ wins a $500,000 cash prize. The History Channel series makes for some binge-worthy suspense and drama, as well as a few laughs. Alone can be streamed on Netflix, Hulu, DirecTV, History, and more. Outdoorsmen, hunters, scientists, and many other nature-oriented professionals have competed on the show, but several notable contestants have come from unlikely lines of work, so anyone could feasibly have a chance....

Now that the Season 9 finale of Shameless has aired, it seems like as good a time as any to go back into the show’s history and dissect the strongest and weakest episodes. We can learn a lot about the show’s previous triumphs and failures, even if they’re merely the opinion of a couple of unabashed Shameless-nerds on the internet. Doing this is one of the ways that we can tell if we’re still truly engaged with the series or have just gotten used to following the misadventures of the Gallaghers and their South Side neighbors....

The dawn of the 2020s means that the year 1990 was officially 30 years ago. That’s a hard pill to swallow for many. Adulthood is in full swing for most ’90s kids now, which means many of them will be looking for ways to escape into the wonderful world of 1990s nostalgia. What better way to do so than through the magic of movies that have aged to perfection over the past 20-30 years?...

Love him or hate him, Kevin Smith has developed one of the biggest fan bases in cinematic history. The self-proclaimed comic-book nerd and View Askewniverse leader has remained popular since his indie debut feature Clerks in 1994. 25 years and roughly 15 movies later, Smith continues to build on his unique brand. Smith’s newest film, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, opened last week to moderate reviews but poor box-office returns. Which, of course, got us to thinking about what Smith movies are the most beloved....

The films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have produced some epic soundtracks, both with their original scores and compilations. In fact, the franchise’s first and only Oscar to date was awarded to Black Panther’s original score. An opening song is especially important in the soundtrack of any movie. If the element is overlooked by fans, it is only because it blended so perfectly with the rest of the film that it eased into the plot seamlessly, that the story was allowed to take center stage....

The X-Men are a huge part of the world of Marvel Comics and have been a major ongoing franchise for FOX. However, one huge problem also stuck around for the studio and became increasingly worse as the movies progressed. That problem is, of course, the continuity of the films and how many issues it created. Some fans don’t necessarily realize how many issues there are with the continuity but here’s 10 that some people may not have noticed about the mutant franchise....

While Homer Simpson is one of the least intelligent characters on television, his daughter Lisa is well-known as one of the smartest. At the tender age of eight, she already understands concepts that most adults can’t even get their heads around. As well as having a high IQ, she’s also emotionally intelligent and is able to empathize with the people around her. There are several moments in The Simpsons where Lisa demonstrates just how smart she really is....

Cinema is built on creating emotional, visceral reactions in its audience and a definitive way to accomplish this is with a heroic sacrifice. Characters we’ve loved taking one for the team. Giving up their futures in the hopes of securing something meaningful. It can bring an audience more into the world of the film than anything else they’ve sat through. These are the sacrifices that would have even the steeliest heart feeling and the driest eye shedding a tear....

The Office remains one of the most beloved sitcoms in the history of television many years after ending its run on NBC. Like any other iconic show, it is often airing on television with a few different syndication deals. Netflix has made The Office one of their biggest assets even though the show will be removed in early 2020. Characters like Michael Scott, Jim Halpert, Dwight Shrute and Pam Beesley became household names to anyone to fall in love with the series....

When considering the eras of the horror and monster genres, many minds fly to images of the traditional black-and-white era of the Universal Monsters, or the neon-drenched, blood-covered slashers of the ’80s. Still, the beloved monster genre has had some solid entries even in recent decades. The 2000s were an interesting time for the monster genre. It was a time when vampires sparkled and ghosts could come through your TV screen, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t a few seriously scary gems in the mix....

No matter what their level of fan status is, everyone has at least one favorite Disney character they absolutely adore. Whether it’s a classic like Mickey and Minnie, one of the princesses, or something as out there as Hei Hei, Disney has the habit of creating wonderful creatures and characters we hold dear. Disney Parks use this to their advantage by providing Meet and Greets with their characters for all their fans, but not every character is as available as we would like....

It’s about time Keanu Reeves joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to Kevin Feige, Marvel wants it to happen: “We talk to him for almost every film we make. We talk to Keanu Reeves about – I don’t know when, if, or ever, he’ll join the MCU, but we very much want to figure out the right way to do it.” It’s also about time Namor the Sub-Mariner joined the MCU, since he was teased on a S....

The DC Extended Universe is a baby compared to how long countless other DC universes have been around. Having started in 2013, the DCEU seems to now be very slowly picking up the pace with the well-received films of Shazam! and Aquaman. Due to this upturn in both critical and commercial success, it’s time the universe sees more stories from established universes. Since all these universes are set in separate canons, none of them can be considered as non-canon unless explicitly stated by DC themselves....

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a monumental show for all the right reasons. The characters were well drawn out, a willingness to go against the grain of what made Star Trek special and were arguably the alternative for Star Trek fans. It also marked the first time that the lead was an African-American with a far more diverse cast than previous iterations. Despite the accolades the show received for its story arc, there will still some glaring things that have not stood the test of time....

Without bad decisions, most horror movies would be over in about ten minutes. You can shout at the television all you want, but the act of characters making unsound choices in horror is here to stay. By now, fans of the genre know the basic tropes of horror. For instance, people always have a habit of running upstairs rather than out the door. Or, they throw themselves directly into harm’s way by investigating a strange sound....

We’re not even halfway through 2019 yet, but movie studios have to think pretty far into the future if they’re going to get ahead of the competition. The studios set their release schedules months (sometimes years) in advance, especially when it comes to sequels to earlier movies they’ve made that turned out to be really popular with audiences. There are a lot of horror movies to look forward to in the rest of 2019, but looking even further ahead than there, there are plenty to get excited for in 2020, too....

Given the wide reach of emails, a lot of marketers choose to invest in email marketing. However, not all succeed. Emails get lost in crowded inboxes or simply ignored by uninterested recipients. There are a lot of reasons why email marketing fails, but knowing how to do it right can help you avoid them. In this post, we have curated a list of 12 effective email marketing strategies that will help you succeed....