For most horror franchises, a decent fifth film seems to be harder to find than a Necronomicon and usually about as dumb as the guy who’d read it out loud. According to those who have seen Evil Dead Rise (now playing in theaters!), however, it looks like the franchise is now home to the rare fifth
WASHINGTON — Astra Space won a task order worth $11.5 million to launch experimental payloads for the Defense Department’s Space Test Program. Astra, a small satellite launch company based in Alameda, California, was awarded the contract under the U.S. Space Force’s Orbital Services Program OSP-4, the Space Systems Command announced April 21. The OSP-4 program
EU lawmakers in the European parliament are closing in on how to tackle generative AI as they work to fix their negotiating position so that the next stage of legislative talks can kick off in the coming months. The hope then is that a final consensus on the bloc’s draft law for regulating AI can
Lisa, Rosé, Jisoo, and Jennie of BLACKPINK perform at the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, April 15, 2023. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella) News Blackpink Perform at Coachella 2023 Weekend 2 The K-pop group once again took the stage to headline the second weekend of the festival By
Join hosts Wesley LeBlanc and Kyle Hilliard as the two take a quick look at Afterimage, a new 2D action-adventure Metroidvania from Aurogon Shanghai. Featuring gorgeous hand-drawn art, Afterimage is sure to be a pretty game to play through soon. And fortunately, you don’t have to wait long because it hits PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and
The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX. The brutal sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali (Splice, In the Tall Grass, NBC’s “Hannibal”) stayed on as a creative advisor for the Japanese
Elephant seals drift downwards into the ocean in a “sleep spiral” to catch up on sleep while on months-long foraging trips but are programmed not to drown, according to a new study. The seals fall into sleep during deep dives of up to 377 meters, which is around 1,235 feet, to avoid predators. They spiral
At a certain point, the market will, indeed, stabilize. It has to. Demand for new smartphones has been consistently down for some time now, but the phones themselves are, obviously, here to stay. This is how we arrive at surveys that suggest people would give up shampooing or lose a finger rather than go without
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are living out the plot of ‘Ted Lasso’ in real life — ’cause their British soccer team just got bumped up to a whole new level of competition. Wrexham won their match Saturday against Boreham Wood to come from behind and secure a 3-1 victory — which guarantees them a
Steve Martin and Charlie Sheen are but a handful of celebs who seem to really want their blue checkmarks back on Twitter — and they’re making their concerns known, publicly. The two Hollywood heavyweights took to the bird app over the past couple days to express their dismay at not being verified anymore — and
Like puzzle games? Then you’ll love the Steam Puzzle Fest because plenty of titles in the genre will be on sale for an entire week. Kicking off Monday, April 24, Steam Puzzle Fest will run until the following Monday, May 1. During the week, you can save plenty on tile matching, hidden objects, physics-based, exploration,
James Cameron climbs the ladder to cut the net for winning Deadline’s 2022 Most Valuable Blockbuster Movie Tournament after Avatar: The Way of Water cleared over a half-billion dollars in profit after all ancillaries. Given the sleeper nature of this sequel, and given the overall boom expected from this year’s global box office to $32
The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX. The brutal sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali (Splice, In the Tall Grass, NBC’s “Hannibal”) stayed on as a creative advisor for the Japanese
The sense of how to shift our position on a playground swing tends to come naturally as part of growing up – a bit like learning how to ride a bike – and now scientists have put together a mathematical model for the ultimate swinging technique. In particular, the model identifies how riders adapt how
As Twitter’s legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network’s new paid-for verification system is causing more than a little chaos, with CEO Elon Musk himself stepping in to pay for some celebrities’ verification when they refuse to do so. However, another little nugget to emerge from the carnage today
Beginning this Sunday on MGM+, director Jack Riccobono will take horror-loving fans on a journey into the origins of The Amityville Horror. The four-episode docuseries studies how the film captured the zeitgeist of the era as interest in the paranormal increased and how the real-life crime that occurred in the house fed into the lore.
Gorillaz and Bad Bunny, photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Coachella News Gorillaz Bring Out Bad Bunny, Beck, More at Coachella 2023 Weekend 2 De La Soul, Little Simz, Thundercat, and Yasiin Bey also joined the band onstage By Nina Corcoran April 22, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Gorillaz returned to the main stage at
Vashti Harrison, creator of Little Leaders, the bestselling illustrated nonfiction series, makes her fiction debut with Big, a simple yet immensely significant picture book. Harrison marshals her considerable talents for a story that celebrates a young Black girl’s aspirations and highlights how words have the ability to empower or to cause suffering. The book opens
Image: Nintendo Life Nintendo has always been one for pushing the boat out with its hardware designs, and no more so is this the case than with its controllers. Yes, those of the NES and SNES were pretty conventional by today’s standards (though they were remarkably innovative at the time) but in the ensuing years,
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Warner Bros Discovery CEO and President, David Zaslav, will be teeing off Warner Bros studio presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday AM, April 25. While it’s standard for the heads of motion picture studio divisions, read Sony’s Tom Rothman, Universal’s Donna Langley, and former Warner Bros chief Toby Emmerich to share
Released on back in 2021 to Steam, ESDigital Games and Ludus Future’s hack’n’slash action RPG Demon Skin finally arrives on consoles this summer. The title will make its way into PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch on May 5th for $9.99. It will also debut on the Epic Games
You learn from your mistakes. At least, most of us have been told so. But science shows that we often fail to learn from past errors. Instead, we are likely to keep repeating the same mistakes. What do I mean by mistakes here? I think we would all agree that we quickly learn that if
If someone said “startup” while we were playing a word association game, I’d respond with “fundraising.” (I bet you would, too.) Asking people for money is a key aspect of every founder’s journey, but Techstars Managing Director Collin Wallace says it can also “accelerate your demise.” For example, raising a round to rev up engineering,
Drake Bell is at his breaking point with internet trolls calling him a pedophile, saying they’re driving him to the point of suicide, and will have “blood on their hands” if things don’t stop. Bell’s been replying to various Twitter accounts over the last few days — specifically, those calling him “pedo” and claiming he’s
The latest Nintendo eShop charts have come through and the newly released Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection has arrived at No,2. Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection couldn’t quite beat the unstoppable Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which has proved to be the best selling game on the Nintendo Switch since the enhanced version of
New Line and Warner Bros’ Evil Dead Rise freaked out $2.5M last night from previews that began at 7PM at 3,000 locations. The Sam Raimi executive produced R-rated horror movie directed by Irish director Lee Cronin is eyeing a start between $15M-$20M+ as Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie swats any newcomers away from No. 1
Episode five of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Two Truths and a Lie,” presents a dramatic transition. To what, exactly? The destination remains obscured, but this episode makes it abundantly clear that whatever is coming, it’s terrible news for the Yellowjackets. “Two Truths and a Lie” thrillingly marks the slow beginning of converging plotlines, setting up the potential for
It’s the end of an era, at least for the Perseverance rover on Mars, who has lost a long-time friend. For 427 sols or days on Mars, Perseverance has been carrying around a rock in one of its wheels. We’ve been following the saga of this pet rock, which for over a year has stuck
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Shannen Doherty is pulling the plug on her 11-year marriage, filing for divorce from Kurt Iswarienko … and we’re told things are nasty behind the scenes. Shannen filed docs, obtained by TMZ, Friday in L.A. stating the two have been split up since back in January … they were married in October 2011 and did