There’s a new contender for your holiday fireplace video. This one comes from NASA, and features rocket engines and boosters to light up your days with Space Launch System holiday cheer. Say goodbye to the crackling logs in fireplace videos of Christmas past. We’ll miss the anticipation of the fire burning down to embers and
Month: December 2024
Rumours about the Nintendo Switch 2 have been heating up lately with a reveal expected some time early next year. Today, a Nintendo Switch 2 case has been leaked via Chinese company Alibaba Group showing a larger case than its predecessor to make up for the system’s larger screen size which is seemingly similar to
MONDAY AM: Everything is higher: Disney’s Moana 2 is settling its 5-day at $225.2M, while Universal’s Wicked is coming in at $118.2M, and Paramount’s Gladiator II at $44.3M. Disney 3-day for Moana 2 is $139.7M after a $34.7M Sunday, -31% from Saturday. For a project that was originally destined to be on Disney+, and was
Sony has been trying to re-capture the magic of the Marvel Universe with their own titles, but thus far it’s been a bust without Spidey himself. Their next attempt is Kraven The Hunter which opens up on December 13. You can watch the first eight thrilling minutes of Kraven (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) right now and Sony
Will Smith has been confirmed as one of the artists performing at the Positiv Festival in France next year. It comes as the world-renowned actor is returning to his musical roots, and has been booked to play his first concert in the European country. He will take to the stage on July 31, for a
iQOO 13 has launched in India today, bringing the brand’s signature performance credentials at a competitive price. While iQOO 13 brings a host of upgrades over iQOO 12, as per the brand, it is more than a successor. The iQOO 13 is the first flagship smartphone from the brand that gets an ingress protection rating,
WASHINGTON — Varda Space Industries secured a $48 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test military payloads on the company’s reentry capsules. A California-based startup focused on in-space manufacturing, Varda Space developed a factory-in-orbit spacecraft — a compact, 120-kilogram satellite engineered to produce high-value materials such as pharmaceuticals in zero-gravity conditions.
Disney was already dead set on making sequels, but the opening weekend for Moana 2 will have absolutely cemented that decision.
It’s been no secret that Disney has been planning to “lean on sequels” for a little while now, especially in light of announcements like Frozen 3, Zootopia 2, Incredibles 3, and perhaps most
Performing for a camera is far different than performing for a live audience. I mean, that seems like a no-brainer. Any kind of entertainment not done live is always polished to perfection, whether it be for a movie, TV show or music video. If anything is shot live, there’s a distinct kind of fear, because
Neve Campbell is back as Sidney Prescott in Spyglass Media Group’s upcoming Scream 7, and Deadline confirms that Celeste O’Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) has also signed on. Celeste O’Connor played the character Lucky in both Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. They also starred in the 2020 slasher movie Freaky, as well as Madame Web. Isabel May was
Bob Bryar, the longtime My Chemical Romance drummer who played on The Black Parade and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, has died, the band confirmed on Instagram. “It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Bob Bryar, our former bandmate and an important part of the history of
Australia proposed a law on Monday that could impose fines of up to AUD 50 million ($33 million or roughly Rs. 279 crore) on global technology companies if they suppress competition and prevent consumers from switching between services. The centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech’s influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16. The proposed law would empower Australia’s competition regulator to oversee compliance, investigate
A “provocative” new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100,000 years ago. The brains of these extinct humans, who probably hunted horses in small groups, were much bigger than any
More news about Intel’s Arc Limited Edition series of discrete GPUs arrived today. Videocardz, which has been spotting Arc news as it drips out, received the ASRock spec sheets for the Arc B580 and B570 from leaker Gaw. Intel is expected to announce the B-series GPUs Dec. 3, but today we’re getting a preview of
No question that the “story” of the day is that it is *groan* Cyber Monday (is this shopping day the last thing, along with the *double groan* Cyber Truck to use “cyber” as a descriptor?). Like I am sure is true with you, I have had dozens and dozens of emails this morning from companies
MONDAY UPDATE with Moana 2 actuals: Now that Sunday’s actuals are in, Disney’s Moana 2 has surfed even higher across its launch frame domestically, swelling the global start to $389M. That’s a new milestone as Disney confirmed the phenom has posted the highest ever reported animated opening weekend at the global box office, overtaking the previous
Quentin Tarantino, 1995. ph: Claudette Barius / © Miramax/courtesy Everett Collection Generationally, we’re seeing more and more younger audiences resistant to watching older movies, especially older horror movies. The impression seems to be that older movies, despite their best efforts, just aren’t as scary as the newer ones. That’s wrong, of course. There are plenty
Gwenno and rEDOLENT have been announced as ambassadors for the 2025 edition of Independent Venue Week. The seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues is returning, running from January 27 to February 2, with hundreds of live shows to take place across the UK. Singer-songwriter and Mercury Prize nominee Gwenno has been named as
Death Clock, a new app on the block, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to determine when a user will die. It is available for both Android and iOS as a free app. It asks users to fill out a questionnaire and guesses people’s life expectancy on the basis of the answers provided. Despite its morbid overtones,
Venus‘s reputation as a cautionary tale of an Earth Gone Bad may have been somewhat exaggerated. We’ve thought that, before it became the toxic hellscape we know today, Venus could have once been habitable, with oceans of liquid water shimmering on its surface. New research reveals that Earth’s so-called sister planet may never have had
Developer Summitsphere has announced that its upcoming Wario Land-inspired platformer Antonblast will be further delayed on the Nintendo Switch. Although the game is still scheduled to launch on Steam on 3rd December 2024, it’s been determined that the Nintendo Switch version simply isn’t quite up to scratch. In a social media announcement, director Tony Grayson
First, I want to apologize for taking so long to finally watch Lisa Frankenstein. You know how it goes – tons of movies released on the 2024 movie schedule, and it’s sometimes hard to keep up with every single one of them, but Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein was on my list, especially since the story
The actor who played the killer in The Slumber Party Massacre in 1982, Michael Villella (aka Villela), has died He was 84. Villella will forever be immortalized on the movie’s poster, wielding a huge drill bit symbolic of the male libido, towering over a group of submissive and terrorized young women. The Slumber Party Massacre
Drake is going on tour in Australia and New Zealand. The Anita Max Win Tour kicks off on February 9, in Melbourne, Australia, at Rod Laver Arena. See all of Drake’s tour dates below. On February 9, in New Orleans, Drake’s rival Kendrick Lamar will play the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. Due to time
Tecno Phantom V Fold 2 and Phantom V Flip 2 will launch in India this week, the Transsion Holdings subsidiary announced on Monday. Amazon has listed the new foldable handsets on its India website, disclosing the key features of the phones. The Tecno Phantom V Fold 2 and Phantom V Flip 2 were launched in select global
WASHINGTON — The new European Union commissioner responsible for space says he will focus on improving European competitiveness and security in space, including passage of a long-delayed space law. Andrius Kubilius formally started his tenure as the European Commissioner for Defence and Space on Dec. 1 after members of the European Parliament confirmed him among
Motorsport Games announced on X that several NASCAR games will be pulled from all digital storefronts on December 31, 2024. It includes NASCAR Heat and NASCAR Rivals on the Nintendo Switch eShop, as well as NASCAR 21: Ignition on other platforms. All DLC will also be delisted. Owners of these games will continue to have
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. “Out And Proud” After the fall of Krakoa and the destruction of Orchis, mutants have returned to the human world of prejudice and distrust. As the news media and federal agencies play a complex game of disinformation, there is only one mutant who can mend the divide.
When it came to opening a sequel to a classic animated movie, Disney didn’t rest on their laurels in selling Moana 2. Already, the original 2016 2x Oscar nominated movie has a built-in faithful; the pic being one of the most viewed Disney movies on Disney+. Expanding the brand to a worldwide audience, the Burbank,
In September 2018, journalist and bestselling author Otegha Uwagba tweeted, “Men should be glad women want equality and not revenge.” Espoused in response to the #MeToo Movement, her statement reflects justifiable rage for a world that seems intent on taking away female rights and treating women as less than human. Shortly before this collective culmination