Month: April 2026
Nedra Talley Ross, a founding member of the seminal girl group the Ronettes, has died. The group’s official social media accounts confirmed the news on Sunday, April 26. Ross was the final living original Ronette—her cousins and bandmates, sisters Estelle Bennett and Ronnie Spector, predeceased her in 2009 and 2022, respectively. Ross was 80. “It
Imagine holding a wine glass up to a candle (of course I had to pour a glass to try this.) The curved glass bends and distorts the flame, stretching it into arcs and rings of light. Now scale that up to the size of a galaxy, replace the glass with a trillion solar masses of
A movie leaker says that Nintendo is currently in the process of pitching a movie based on the beloved Metroid franchise. Naturally there’s a lot of interest from various parties and currently Sony and Universal Pictures are in a close race to obtain the rights for the movie. Both studios are apparently leaning for a
There’s nothing like advice from an older, wiser cousin. That’s what Supergirl star Milly Alcock thought, anyway, when she sought advice from the DCU’s Superman, David Corenswet, about “everything” to do with playing Kryptonian (although, of course, Kara Zor-El is technically older than Kal-El…) “David was on set, and I asked him for advice about
During the Action Brands panel at CCXP Mexico, Hasbro unveiled two new entries in the popular STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES product line, including a 6-inch scale IMPERIAL REMNANT WARLORD & POLAR MOUSE DROID figure set inspired by the upcoming film STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, and an all-new FX ELITE MAUL LIGHTSABER™. Both will be available for pre-order on April
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ season 4 trailer is smart to play it safe. The last new Star Trek TV content to celebrate Star Trek‘s 60th anniversary year, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres on Thursday, July 23, on Paramount+, with 10 new episodes running until September 24. Going by what’s featured in Star Trek:
A feeling of being safer than one really is. On April 26, 2026, coinciding with Alien Day, Sega released the first teaser video for the sequel to Alien: Isolation. The brief teaser marks the first official footage of the project following its earlier confirmation, signaling that development has progressed beyond its initial announcement phase and
The Mysterines guitarist Callum Thompson has launched his new project AKA and shared the infectious single ‘It Grows On Trees (Money)’. The Liverpool-based musician and producer’s new solo moniker sees him releasing his first track, a bleary, fuzzed-out, melodic psych rock jam that finds him satirising the process of making money in the modern world. It arrives alongside a video
WASHINGTON — NASA is reserving a small amount of space on a Mars telecommunications spacecraft for science, which could be one or more cubesats. NASA issued a draft request for proposals April 2 for the Mars Telecommunications Network, or MTN, a mission to serve as a communications relay at Mars for other spacecraft there. A
Square Enix has revealed that its long-running MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this August – yay! But, there’s a catch: to play it on Switch 2, you will need to buy a separate subscription even if you already have one to play the game on other platforms. Yes, playing
A handful of moderate and limited releases showed some pep at the specialty box office but it’s a tough weekend with Michael dominating the dance floor. Independent Film Company’s R-rated action comedy Over Your Dead Body had the no. 8 opening in North America at $1.425 million on 1,550 screens — its third wide release
Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jayne Anne Phillips (Night Watch) deploys unique depth and eloquence, and in Small Town Girls: A Writer’s Memoir, she distills her goal: “Surely our hope in holding a world still between the covers of a book is to make that world known, to save it from vanishing.” Small
Vince Staples is back with his first new solo song in two years and it’s a dark one. Over a noise-rock beat, “Blackberry Marmalade” seems to be about modern anti-establishment views aligning with horseshoe theory, and includes the refrain “Promise me you won’t gun me down” along with references to Kanye West crashing out and
There’s one particular challenge facing the crewed missions of the near future that scares mission planners more than almost any other: fire. A new paper from researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Johnson Space Center and Case Western Reserve University details a planned mission to test the flammability of materials on the Moon‘s surface
Developer Creative Assembly has released a short teaser trailer for something related to Alien: Isolation. Titled ‘False Sense of Security’, the short video showcases a door opening into a rain-drenched exterior location, with the iconic save station visible in the background. The Creative Assembly logo displays before we’re treated to a close-up of the save
The Legend of Zelda timeline was a matter of intense debate in the forums I frequented as a young Nintendo fan, but by the time it was ultimately revealed in the 2011 Hyrule Historia book, I had moved on to caring about topics other than whether there were multiple Links and Zeldas. But Nintendo had
This was a rare big week for non-comic-based Marvel Legends fans, as it brought us a unique trifecta of Disney+ figures, GamerVerse video game figures and now MCU movie-based figures. It feels like an eternity since Fantastic Four First Steps hit theaters, but finally we are just about 3 months out from the next MCU
There are plenty of things one expects to hear when an author talks about major book-to-screen adaptations of their work. You know, stuff about story changes, casting choices, maybe even how weird it is seeing their characters come to life on screen. What I didn’t expect was Ryan Gosling‘s good looks to get such amusingly
Courtesy of Lions Gate FilmsLions Gate Films There’s something a lot of people don’t know about me, but if you’ve been following along here with me for a while, it won’t come as a surprise: I read American Psycho when I was 15 and instantly became a lifelong Bret Easton Ellis fan. In retrospect, even
Michael Stipe has suggested that Billie Eilish could play him in a future R.E.M. biopic. READ MORE: NME meets R.E.M.: “We needed swagger – to be loud and raw” His pitch came during his appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Thursday (April 23), when Colbert raised the topic of a potential R.E.M. film, given the slew of
HELSINKI — China took its total launches this year to 26 over the weekend, with a trio of flights of legacy and newer Long March rocket models. The activity saw the launch of a remote sensing satellite for Pakistan, the lofting of four new satellite internet technology test satellites, and a further launch carrying an
The online MMO Final Fantasy XIV is jam-packed with content with a number of expansions all fleshing out the narrative. However, Yoshi-P says that he sometimes considers making a single player standalone Final Fantasy XIV for those who are adverse to MMOs. He told media at a press conference during Final Fantasy Fan Fest in
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. “The Blue Orchid” Conan, Atta, and a slave girl named Zaria have escaped the clutches of Prince Yezdigerd’s guard only to find themselves outcasts in the Mountains of Night. One thing haunts their thoughts. Who possesses the mystical gem known as the Blue Orchid Diamond. A treasure
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Games from The Legend of Zelda series are easily some of the best and most iconic adventure games, including The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Similarly, games that have taken inspiration from Zelda‘s gameplay, like Tunic, can provide incredible puzzles and adventure or ARPG elements. But to top it all off, adding in elements of
Audiences are invited to explore one of Vermont’s most mysterious regions in From the Beyond: High Strangeness in the Bennington Triangle, arriving later this month on streaming platforms and DVD. The documentary will debut on April 28, 2026, on platforms including Apple TV, Prime Video, and Google Play. DVD editions will be available exclusively through the Small
On The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night, Michael Stipe returned to the studio to chat and perform an unreleased song called “The Rest of Ever.” The track is set to appear on his debut solo album, which, he revealed, is coming at the end of this year. Watch the performance and the pair’s
Flying is already the safest mode of transport and keeps getting safer, but a new study suggests another way for airlines to protect passengers. According to the research, the most efficient way to evacuate a plane is to distribute elderly individuals strategically throughout the aircraft. It’s something all air travelers dread, but if a plane
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