Month: July 2024

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation is an unpredictable shift in winds and currents over tropical Pacific waters that significantly affects climates far and wide across the planet. It now appears it might have a secret sibling. Dubbed the ‘new El Niño’, the Southern Hemisphere Circumpolar Wavenumber-4 Pattern emerges further south in the southwestern subtropical Pacific towards
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“Too bad I never went to detective school,” Francesca Loftfield muses near the end of The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia. On a mission for an international aid group, the 27-year-old arrives in the titular Italian town in 1960, charged with starting a nursery school in the isolated mountain village. Life here couldn’t be more
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Behold the box office feats of Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine this past weekend: Highest R-Rated Opening of All-Time Both Worldwide and Domestic: At $438.3M worldwide and $205M domestic. Deadpool & Wolverine beats previous record-holder Deadpool from 2016 ($264M WW in like for like markets excluding China, $132.4M domestic). Biggest Global opening since Avatar The
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WASHINGTON — SpaceX will move Dragon spacecraft splashdowns from off the coast of Florida to the West Coast starting in 2025, a move the company says is intended to reduce risks from reentering debris from the spacecraft’s trunk section. In a July 26 statement, SpaceX announced that it would shift the splashdown locations for Dragon
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Ketchup Entertainment’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man has been described by its director as a folk horror movie, and a brand new trailer tonight leans heavy on those horror vibes. The new trailer just debuted at Comic-Con. Watch it over on Variety now. Hellboy: The Crooked Man is rated “R” for… “Some violent content, language and nudity.” Jack Kesy (12
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Martin Phillipps, frontman of New Zealand post-punk band The Chills, has died aged 61. The band confirmed on their official social media accounts that he died “unexpectedly”. No cause of death has been given. “It is with broken hearts that the family and friends of Martin Phillipps wish to advise Martin has died unexpectedly,” the
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India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio added 30.5 lakh mobile subscribers in March, accelerating its momentum of February, while Vodafone Idea lost 12.12 lakh wireless users during the month, according to data released by telecom regulator TRAI. Sunil Mittal-led telecom company Bharti Airtel onborded 10.37 lakh mobile subscribers in March, raising its subscriber base to
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Avengers 5 and Avengers 6 will close out the Multiverse Saga. Robert Downey Jr. is still Marvel’s Man in the Iron Mask — just not as Tony Stark/Iron Man. “New mask, same task,” Downey said during Marvel Studios‘ San Diego Comic-Con presentation in Hall H, where the Iron Man star shockingly unmasked himself on stage
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Funko has unveiled a new wave of collectibles inspired by the upcoming video game Funko Fusion! Revealed alongside the game’s new story trailer, the latest Pop! lineup features The Thing, Shaun of the Dead, and Battlestar Galactica alongside Freddy Funko and his villainous counterpart, Eddy Funko. Releasing September 13, Funko Fusion lets fans play through iconic worlds and mashup characters inspired by
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Pharrell Williams was a surprise addition to the Olympic torch-bearing relay in Paris today (July 26), joining Snoop Dogg and others as the flame traveled from Marseille to the French capital. Celebrities including Salma Hayek, MC Solaar, singer Patrick Bruel, and drag queen Minima Geste were among the earlier torch-carriers, with Williams concluding the ritual
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What’s at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We’ll answer these questions and more in this deep dive into the world’s oceans. Come on in: The water’s fine! How Deep Is the Ocean? The short answer is that it depends on where you look.
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
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Welcome to Today in Books, our round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest stories from the last week. The New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century is Moving Units I have gotten emails from booksellers and librarians (and regular book buyers and borrowers too)
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