Month: April 2021

On April 21, a group of authors released an official response on the PEN American website to the banning of their books by the Leander Independent School District in Texas. On March 8, KVUE-ABC reported that Leander ISD had removed six books from its book club lists in response to parent complaints about the content of
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Jason Reitman‘s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a sequel to the original classic(s), is currently set for theatrical release on November 11, 2021, and as we recently learned thanks to an adorable clip, the movie will feature mischievous mini versions of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man that are being referred to as “Mini-Pufts.” As it turns out, Bill Murray loves them
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Gleb Polyakov Contributor Gleb Polyakov is co-founder and CEO of Nylas, which provides productivity infrastructure solutions for modern software. Gleb studied Physics at Georgia Tech and enjoys chess, motorcycles and space. Previously, he worked in finance and founded an IoT coffee company. When the world flipped upside down last year, nearly every company in every
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Despite AT&T CEO John Stankey’s victory lap today about WarnerMedia’s theatrical and HBO Max release strategy with Godzilla vs. Kong, the studio’s R-rated title, Mortal Kombat, is facing a serious threat at the weekend box office from a traditional theatrical release and rival Asian IP, Funimation/Aniplex of America’s Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen
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Lockheed Martin will do the assembly and integration of Blackjack satellite buses, payloads  and the Pit Boss data processor WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency increased Lockheed Martin’s contract for satellite integration work for the Blackjack program by $27.3 million, the agency announced April 22. DARPA a year ago selected Lockheed Martin as
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Shock G, famous for Digital Underground’s hit song “The Humpty Dance” and his work with Tupac Shakur, is dead. The rap legend was found dead Thursday in a hotel room in Tampa … according to his father, Edward Racker. We’re told the cause of death is unclear but there were no signs of trauma. Shock’s
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Rust is removing a divisive map from the game with next month’s content patch. Word comes the way of Allistair McFarlane, a producer on the game, who revealed to fans, via his personal Twitter, that while the map in question is being removed, it’s not a permanent removal. Right now, there’s no word when the
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Tackling a new adaptation of a beloved video game franchise still going strong since 1992 sounds like a Herculean task. With a little over twenty games across platforms, nearly one hundred characters, decades of mythology, and a cherished 1995 feature adaptation, the intersection to appease both longtime fans and brand new gets blurred quickly. Mortal
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Glen Rabie Contributor Glen Rabie is co-founder and CEO of Yellowfin, a global analytics and BI software vendor. The clock begins ticking on a startup the day the doors open. Regardless of a young company’s struggles or success, sooner or later the question of when, how or whether to sell the enterprise presents itself. It’s
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ORLANDO — NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully made its second flight on Mars April 22, expanding its flight envelope as the project considers more ambitious tests in the coming days. Ingenuity took off at 5:33 a.m. Eastern on the 51.9-second flight, although controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory waited nearly four hours before telemetry and images
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Ever since the Dexter revival was announced at Showtime, fans have pondered whether Jennifer Carpenter could return as Debra Morgan. If you watch Dexter online, you know the character was killed off in one of the most controversial moments of the series, but there are many other ways the actress could be brought back, including
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The 50th anniversary of Lucasfilm continues as last week Hasbro announced new Black Series figures inspired by the fan favorite animated ‘Clone Wars’ series. These show accurate figures include Anakin Skywaler, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Clone Pilot Hawk and Arc Trooper Echo. Each of these highly articulated, highly articulated are packaged on a card inspired by Hasbro’s
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Warning: SPOILERS for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 5 – “Truth,” and John Walker’s storyline as Captain America. John Walker’s furious reaction to the Senate hearing in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 supports Steve Rogers’ belief that Captain America shouldn’t be beholden to any government or organization. Ever since his first appearance, John
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We first told you about the Neil Burger-directed thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter, starring Daisy Ridley, which Black Bear Pictures, Anonymous Content and STX International were selling at EFM. Today, STXfilms is taking U.S. rights to the feature, putting them back in business with Burger who directed the $100M-plus B.O. hit for them, The Upside, which the studio
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