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EXCLUSIVE: The most critically acclaimed John Wick of all-time, Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, is seeing the franchise’s best Thursday previews of all-time at around $8M per industry estimates tonight. Previews began at 3PM today for the R-rated pic. Tracking had the Chad Stahelski-directed sequel heading for a $65M-$70M opening weekend, which would rep a
Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton‘s duet is inappropriate for elementary school kids to sing … at least according to a Wisconsin principal who’s banning “Rainbowland” from a spring concert. Here’s the deal … first-grade students at Heyer Elementary in Waukesha started the week preparing for their upcoming concert, with “Rainbowland” as part of the initial
The Ghost Next Door was originally published in August 1993 (Spine #10). The two-part series adaptation aired on Monday, September 28 & Tuesday, September 29, 1998 (runtime: 22 minutes and 22 minutes). From whispers in the hallways and stories told at recess, when word of it first reached me as a kid, I felt like
Despite a recent wave of cast exits, Grey’s Anatomy will continue on ABC into the 2023-24 TV season. The network on Friday renewed Grey’s Anatomy for an unprecedented Season 20. As ABC’s longest-running series, Grey’s Anatomy has still commanded strong ratings, meaning that a renewal was inevitable. Typically with longer-running shows, renewals are more complicated
Looking to the stars for constellations that preside over birth and life has a long and complex history, and archaeologists have just uncovered a small piece of it. A spectacular series of relief paintings on the ceiling of an ancient Egyptian temple depict 12 signs of the zodiac, and you might be surprised to recognize
Last week, we asked you to use your green thumbs to share green-themed moments from your favorite games using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: scottoka1 shares Cloud in green lighting from Final Fantasy VII Remake. kani3_sun shares a green-tube experiment in Observer: System Redux RM7_GoWR_VP shares Atreus shooting green Runic arrows in God
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Much maligned Richard III finally gets the royal treatment in Stephen Frears’ The Lost King as amateur historian Philippa Langley unearths the monarch’s five century-old remains in a parking lot in Leicester, England in 2012. Two books and a documentary later, IFC Films presents the feature film version in 750+ theaters. “It took eight years
Navy Blue in “The Medium / Pillars,” directed by Devlin Claro News Navy Blue Shares New Video for “The Medium” and “Pillars”: Watch The songs are taken from Navy Blue’s Def Jam debut, Ways of Knowing By Matthew Strauss March 24, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Navy Blue just dropped his first Def Jam album,
We haven’t heard much about Focus Entertainment and developer Tindalos Interactive’s upcoming RTS title Aliens: Dark Descent since it was announced last summer. That’s all changed now, as not only do we have a new gameplay trailer, but also a June release date! The new trailer walks players through the basics of gameplay, which involves
A newly proposed propulsion system could theoretically beam a heavy spacecraft to outside the confines of our Solar System in less than 5 years – a feat that took the historic Voyager 1 probe 35 years to achieve. The concept, known as ‘pellet-beam’ propulsion, was awarded an early-stage US$175,000 NASA grant for further development earlier
Everywhere (not to be confused with Everything) was a big fat question mark at last year’s Gamescom Opening Night Live. It comes from Build A Rocket Boy, the studio founded by ex-GTA boss Leslie Benzies, and despite its cryptic reveal trailer, AliceB theorised it was some kind of Robloxlike. Turns out her hunch was correct
Tekashi 6ix9ine should get the hell out of Dodge or at least up his security after his brutal gym beatdown — that’s what most people think — but we’ve learned that ain’t the case. Sources close to Tekashi tell TMZ … he’s actually been going out in public without his hired muscle pretty regularly over
With overseas rollout having begun Wednesday, Lionsgate/Thunder Road Films/87 Eleven’s John Wick: Chapter 4 is off to a strong start at the international box office. Across just a handful of markets, figures we’re hearing put the early estimated cume at roughly $3.9M through Wednesday and including Australia and New Zealand’s Thursday launches. As Anthony reported,
David Gordon Green‘s The Exorcist is set to be a legacy follow-up to the original classic, and Above the Line reports this week that Linda Blair is involved in some capacity. Jeff Sneider reports, “Linda Blair will reprise her role as Regan MacNeil, Above the Line has exclusively learned. Sources say that Blair was only on set for
Pat Sajak was simply being funny when he showed off his wrestling skills on a contestant … so says the guy who took it on the chin, and now he’s urging folks to cut the “Wheel of Fortune” host some slack. We spoke to Fred Jackson who tells us … as a pro wrestler and
Dani’s drab days are revived by color and beauty when a tree is planted in the “sometimes dusty, sometimes puddly” hole in the sidewalk in front of her home. Now, instead of waking each morning to the clamorous cacophony of city traffic, Dani greets her day with birdsong from nesting friends outside her window. Dani
The world will cross the key 1.5 degree Celsius global warming limit in about a decade, the United Nations (UN) said Monday, warning that devastating impacts of climate change are hitting faster than expected. In the final instalment of a major series of reports, delivered in a crucial decade in human history, the UN’s climate
A video game based on the hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novel The Last Ronin is in the works, Polygon reports. The news comes from Polygon‘s interview with Doug Rosen, senior vice president for games and emerging media at Paramount Global. According to Rosen, The Last Ronin video game will be a single-player action role-playing
A brown macroalgae native to the Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea is increasingly a menace to coastal ecosystems and communities across the Gulf of Mexico, ever since mats of the normally beneficial seaweed (known as sargassum) exploded in numbers in 2011. This is the backdrop for Carbonwave, which recently raised $5 million to put the hulking algae
Drake (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage). News Ticketmaster Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Drake Ticket Prices The Montreal-based firm LPC Avocat Inc. claims that the ticketing behemoth “intentionally misleads consumers for their own financial gain” By Madison Bloom March 23, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter A Canadian law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against
The media news cycle is in a frenzy today over a Bloomberg piece that Apple will shell out a $1 billion to produce big screen features annually. That’s great news for exhibition, yes. But, in reality, doing the math, the streamer was already bound to spend in the billions on a feature slate. Apple’s deep
David Gordon Green‘s The Exorcist is set to be a legacy follow-up to the original classic, and Above the Line reports this week that Linda Blair is involved in some capacity. Jeff Sneider reports, “Linda Blair will reprise her role as Regan MacNeil, Above the Line has exclusively learned. Sources say that Blair was only on set for
Stranger Things is one of the biggest TV shows still on the air, so it makes sense that fans would be interested in new projects set in that universe. We’ve known for a while now that the show is ending with its upcoming fifth season and that there are plans for spinoffs. One spinoff we
During GDC 2023, CI Games studio Hexworks revealed a technical showcase for its dark-fantasy action-RPG Lords of the Fallen as part of Epic’s State of Unreal keynote. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, the showcase revealed one of the reboot’s early locations, character customization, adaptable armor, and the Lumen Global Illumination lighting. Lords of the Fallen
Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s bodyguard is denying social media rumors he was the one who orchestrated 69’s beatdown in a FL gym … instead challenging his attackers to a pricey fight. Miami-based bodyguard Bam-Bam lashed out in a fiery IG message, offering $10k to the goons who carried out the attack if they’ll fight him — even
Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” returns for Season 2 beginning tomorrow, March 24, 2023, and today Showtime has kickstarted a brilliant new campaign that’ll hit your nostalgia bone. Showtime heads back to the 1990s for a faux MTV News broadcast featuring Kurt Loder(!), and they’ve also launched a retro website that’s ripped right from the time period. Both
EXCLUSIVE: The John Wick franchise has flourished in its post theatrical market, and strong the Keanu Reeves action series will remain in that sector. Ahead of John Wick: Chapter 4‘s opening tomorrow, Lionsgate has unveiled its largest consumer products program to date for the film. Together with the studio’s global consumer products representative, licensing giant
Earlier this week Hasbro revealed two new figures, one for the Vintage Collection and for the Black Series. For The Vintage Collection, they revealed Cad Bane from The Book of Boba Fett, and for the Black Series a Luke Skywalker & Grogu two-pack from The Book of Boba Fett. It’s really nice to see a