The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced the 2024 nominees for induction into the Rock Hall. Leading the class of 2024 nominees are first-timers Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor, Sade, Mariah Carey, and Ozzy Osbourne. Repeat nominees include A Tribe Called Quest, Eric B. & Rakim, and Mary J. Blige. See the full list
The great libraries of the ancient classical world are legendary. From Alexandria to Rome to Athens, Baghdad, and Constantinople, these vast archives of times gone by are said to have contained stacks of texts on religion, politics, philosophy, poetry, literature, and the sciences. Only one’s collection has survived to the present day, and we can
Add up all the smartphones, tablets, watches, and other assorted gadgets running Android, and you have the largest computing platform on Earth. The prevalence of Android has fostered the development of great apps, some of which aren’t available on iOS. Even in this age of giant phones, you might occasionally want to use those apps
Showrunner and director, David Fincher (Se7en, Panic Room), of Netflix’s crime procedural Mindhunter explains why he thinks the popular series was canceled by Netflix. According to a post on X from FincherAnalyst (translated from Première magazine) Fincher says unlike his other series, House of Cards, Mindhunter wasn’t derivative of other shows of its type, and
Google Pixel 9 series is expected to launch as the successor to the Pixel 8 lineup, which launched in October 2023 with a base Pixel 8 and a Pixel 8 Pro model. The purported series is expected to launch with three new models, including a vanilla and a Pro model. The third model has not
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. “Jen-Sational – Part 02” Why She-Hulk follow? Why She-Hulk following Hulk?! That’s what Jennifer Walters was trying to figure out as her gamma-grump of a cousin continued yelling into her face at hurricane force. Hulk insists he can smell her blood no matter where he goes. Hence
It’s a weekend of well-reviewed indie openings with Bleecker Street’s Out Of Darkness, The Monk And The Gun (from the directors of Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom) and limited openings for The Taste Of Things, Perfect Days (Best International Feature nominated), Anthony Chen’s Drift, Bas Devos’ Here and Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore, which premiered
Lulu has announced her farewell tour and intentions to retire from touring after 60 years in music. The Scottish singer is best known for her song ‘Boom Bang-a-Bang’, which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969. She also released her smash hit ‘Shout’ in 1964. Now, she has announced her final tour ‘Champagne For Lulu’,
There’s an old trope in science fiction about someone suddenly getting X-ray vision and looking through solid objects. It turns out to be a physical impossibility with our Mark I eyeballs. However, astronomers have found a way around that challenge that lets us study the Universe with X-ray vision. It’s called X-ray astronomy and it’s
“We are hoping this will be an easy transition”. If you’re an Android user and are still playing Pokémon GO regularly, as of next week, Niantic will be changing how trainers with these particular devices redeem “offer codes”. After 13th February 2024, Android devices will be “unable to redeem offer codes within the app”. From
The Clinic Celebrities in rehab: Newsworthy, if not especially surprising. Celebrities dying in rehab: front page, above the fold for at least a day, maybe even a week. But what about celebrities murdered in rehab? That’s the “what if” at the center of Cate Quinn’s deft new thriller, The Clinic. Let’s start with The Clinic
Last year’s R.L. Stine-based Disney+ series “Goosebumps” will return for Season 2, we’ve learned this weekend, but the cast and setting will be switched up this time around. Variety reports, “The announcement was made during the Disney Branded Television presentation at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. As part of the announcement, it was
Google has enabled support for transferring eSIMs — an embedded, digital SIM that can be used to activate a mobile plan — across Android smartphones, according to a report. The feature first appeared when some users were able to transfer their eSIM from an older Pixel phone to the Pixel 8 last year, and now
Over the last week, Hasbro has put two more Marvel Legends products up for pre-order. Last week, it was the Deluxe Angel figure; this week, it’s the Psylocke & Ninja Wolverine two-pack. All these figures were revealed during the Wolverine 50th Anniversary livestream just before Christmas. It’s been a few years since Hasbro released an
The 1980s produced a ton of amazing movies, and with that, ushered in a crop of directors who still wow audiences today. Directors like Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, and Tim Burton all found their groove in that radical decade (even if a few technically started before 1980). Other directors came out of the
Damo Suzuki, the Japanese musician who spent a handful of memorable years as the lead singer of Can, died yesterday (February 9) at the age of 74. Can’s label, Spoon Records, did not disclose a cause of death in its announcement, but Suzuki had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014. “His boundless creative energy
WASHINGTON — A private astronaut mission that will feature the first spacewalk from a Crew Dragon spacecraft has suffered another delay, this time to at least the middle of this year. The Polaris Program, a series of private astronaut missions backed by billionaire Jared Isaacman, announced Feb. 8 that its Polaris Dawn mission was now
A new report by news site Reuters discussing Nvidia says that the successor to the Nintendo Switch is expected to arrive later this year and will feature a Nvidia custom design. The information comes from one of the news site’s undisclosed sources. Nintendo has yet to announce the successor to the popular Nintendo Switch family
With the full release of Sons of the Forest just weeks away, I wanted to sit down with the Endnight Games folks and ask them a bit about the journey and changes they are excited for fans of the game to see with their huge update coming February 22nd. Sons of the Forest follows the
Apple plans to settle a lawsuit that accused tech startup Rivos of stealing its trade secrets related to computer-chip technology, according to a joint court filing on Friday in California federal court. The companies told the US District Court for the Northern District of California that they had “signed an agreement that potentially settles the
Could Halo be going in a new direction? A new Halo tease has caught the attention of Xbox fans on Xbox Series X|S and PC. As you may know, it’s been an underwhelming many years for Halo fans. More specifically, it’s been an underwhelming 14 years since the release of Halo: Reach, the final game
Courtesy of our friends at Hasbro – new pictures of the upcoming triple changer Sandstorm and the Cybertronion mode of Wheeljack have been released. The triple changer Sandstorm is a Leader class toy and converts from robot to dune buggy (19 steps) to a helicopter (32 steps) and will have a suggested price of $54.99.
Ed Mintz, the founder of the motion picture industry’s tried-and-true audience polling service CinemaScore, died February 6. He was 83. Known for its mathematical “Coca-Cola” algorithm developed by Mintz, CinemaScore has been prized by studios and exhibitors since its inception in the early 1980s as a domestic box office barometer for movies when it comes
After much delay, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have finally released their controversial new collaborative album, ‘Vultures 1’. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? The pair have been teasing their new album for some months, after news first circulated in August 2023 that West
Sometimes it’s the simplest solutions that get lost in the kerfuffle of scientific progress. Since the advent of vaccines more than two centuries ago, researchers have studied all sorts of ways in which inoculation with a weakened pathogen (or parts thereof) can prepare the immune system for a full attack – exploring different dosages, vaccine
Developers Ludosity and Fair Play Labs announced today that Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants will join the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 roster next week. The Bikini Bottom resident joins his neighbors SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mecha Plankton, who were all part of the platform fighter’s launch roster. Mr. Krabs arrives on February 15 as the
Many 1970s horror films had a raw and gritty feel, partly due to lower budgets and less polished production style. This contributed to a more realistic and unsettling atmosphere, immersing viewers in a visceral experience. Films from this era also invested time in developing characters and iconic villains! The 1970s was a time of cultural
WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform Meta owns, has rolled out a new feature allowing users to block spam directly from their lock screens. This update aims to combat the rising prevalence of spam messages and give users greater control over their messaging experience. Spam messages have long been a concern for messaging networks such as
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. “Jen-Sational – Part 03” Someone call Damage Control because Columbus Avenue is about to need a fresh coat of paint! In a gamma powered rage, April Booth tosses OG Hulk through several brownstone buildings, then proceeds to pin his face to the sidewalk nearby. As Jennifer springs
Just on Thursday Marvel Legends revealed another Spider-Man The Animated Series two-pack Daredevil & Hydro-Man. The Hydro-Man is cast in clear blue plastic and the Daredevil has cel-shading to replicate the look from the Animated Series. I have to say both figures look fantastic the Daredevil figure has grown on me and I like the