Can Rock Trolls Stop the Feeling?

Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return in Trolls World Tour, an all-star sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s 2016 musical hit. In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they’ve known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Trolls tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.

A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.

Cast as members of the different musical tribes is one of the largest, and most acclaimed, groups of musical talent ever assembled for an animated film. From the land of Funk are Mary J. Blige, George Clinton, and Anderson .Paak. Representing Country is Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn, with Sam Rockwell as Hickory and Flula Borg as Dickory. J Balvin brings Reggaeton, while Ester Dean adds to the Pop tribe. Anthony Ramos brings the beat in Techno and Jamie Dornan covers smooth jazz. World-renowned conductor and violinist Gustavo Dudamel appears as Trollzart and Charlyne Yi as Pennywhistle from the land of Classical. And Kenan Thompson raps as a newborn Troll named Tiny Diamond.

Trolls World Tour is directed by Walt Dohrn, who served as co-director on Trolls, and is produced by returning producer Gina Shay. The film is co-directed by David P. Smith and co-produced by Kelly Cooney Cilella, both of whom worked on the first Trolls.

In Theaters April 17, 2020

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Facebook Pay provides a convenient, secure, consistent payment experience across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp (via Facebook)

Instead of focusing on privacy, political manipulation, and content concerns, Facebook has launched its own payment system.

Introduced on Tuesday, the unimaginatively named Facebook Pay lets users shop, donate, and reimburse via the social network’s various platforms.

“People already use payments across our apps,” Deborah Liu, VP of marketplace and commerce, wrote in a blog announcement.”Facebook Pay will make these transactions easier while continuing to ensure your payment information is secure and protected.”

Rolling out now to Facebook and Messenger users in the US, Facebook Pay can be used for fundraisers, in-game purchases, event tickets, person-to-person payments, and purchases from select Pages and businesses on Marketplace.

Simply visit Settings > Facebook Pay on the main app or website to add a payment method; most major credit and debit cards are supported, as well as PayPal.

Arrange it up app-by-app, or for use across all platforms (where available).

“We won’t automatically set up Facebook Pay across the apps you are active on, unless you choose to do so,” Liu explained.

Facebook Pay is rolling out for fundraisers, in-game purchases, event tickets, person-to-person payments, and purchases from select Pages and businesses on Marketplace (via Facebook)

Users can also add a PIN or employ device biometrics—Touch or Face ID (the latter of which winks at you after completing transactions)—for an added layer of security.

Facebook does not receive or store biometric information.

It does, however, collect data about any purchase, including payment method, transaction date, billing, shipping, and contact details.

“We designed Facebook Pay to securely store and encrypt your card and bank account numbers,” according to the company (which was at the heart of scandals such as Cambridge Analytica and the 2016 U.S. election).

As with any keystroke you make in a Facebook-owned program, actions on Facebook Pay can (and will) be used to help customize content and ads: Buy a baseball glove on Marketplace and expect to be peddled the rest of the kit.

You can also choose whether to opt in for email marketing from businesses with which you shop or nonprofits to which you donate. Activity will not be shared with friends or to your profile or news feed unless you actively choose to.

Facebook Pay is built on existing financial infrastructure and partnerships, according to Liu, and is separate from the Calibra wallet, which will run on the Libra network.

The social media firm this summer unveiled its own stablecoin cryptocurrency, supported by financial companies like Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Uber.

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