News John Kezdy, Effigies Singer, Dies at 64 A staple of Chicago’s music scene in the 1980s, Kezdy died from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash By Nina Corcoran August 28, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter John Kezdy, the singer in Chicago punk band the Effigies, has died, reports Streetsblog Chicago, citing the Cook County
The double-whammy success of Barbie and Oppenheimer – released on the same day July 21 – has propelled the UK box office to a height not seen since December 2019. The Guardian newspaper reports that cinema admissions for July have reached more than 17.6million, with predictions of figures reaching 13.5million for August. Between them, the
Larian Studios has confirmed that Baldur’s Gate 3 will feature cross-saves between PS5 and Xbox Series X|S when it launches on Microsoft‘s platforms later. The game is set to release on PS5 next week on Wednesday, September 6. Why Baldur’s Gate 3 is launching on PS5 first Following quite a bit of hoopla, Baldur’s Gate
“You left us on quite the cliffhanger,” teases insipid light-night talk show host Mr. Door, as he playfully admonishes his guest for the glacial pace of their output. Said interviewee happens to be none other than pulpy crime novelist (turned unwitting adversary of evil) Alan Wake, who is more than a little perplexed by the
Never let it be said that scientists don’t have an eye for the sublime. Encoding and deciphering a Chinese symbol for duality and harmony into the quantum states of two entangled photons, physicists recently demonstrated the superior efficiency of a new analytical technique. Researchers from the Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Ottawa
Sam Asghari has his sights set on his acting career in the midst of his divorce from Britney Spears … and we’re told his family’s been a pretty big priority, too, in recent weeks. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Sam, who’s a SAG-AFTRA member, is planning on continuing with acting gigs when the
Last week, we asked you to share moments from the fantasy MMORPG Tower of Fantasy using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: call_me_xavii shares a white haired woman and man jumping away from a two-headed dog dpruttz_vp shares a player riding a motorcycle across a neon-lit street chic2ky shares a lake-view landscape surrounded by
Time was, Hollywood filmmakers would regularly travel to China in support of their movies, attending premieres and holding Q&As to drum up buzz in the massive box office market. The pandemic halted that ritual — until this week when Christopher Nolan became the first major Hollywood filmmaker since Covid to stroll a red carpet in
In the wake of scaring up $66 million worldwide earlier this year, the 20th Century Studios horror movie The Boogeyman is now headed home in time for Halloween. Be the first to watch Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman at home when it arrives exclusively on Digital August 29 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 10, 2023. While you wait, Bloody Disgusting
For the first time, researchers have been able to extract DNA fragments from an ancient clay brick, demonstrating how these building blocks from times long past could be used to catalog flora found in the environment at the time. When this brick was made some 2,900 years ago in what is now northern Iraq, the
Mitchel Musso — famous for playing Oliver Oken on “Hannah Montana” — was arrested this weekend in Texas, and according to cops … it was all that and a bag of chips. The ex-Disney star got hauled off to jail Saturday evening in Rockwall, TX — this after officers say they responded to a call
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News Watch Aphex Twin’s Entire Field Day 2023 Set NTS Radio has 360 video and spatial audio of the headlining performance in London from earlier this month By Evan Minsker August 27, 2023 Facebook Twitter Aphex Twin at Field Day 2023 (Danny North) Facebook Twitter On August 19, Aphex Twin headlined Field Day festival at
During SDCC, Diamond Select Toys had four of their upcoming Lord of The Rings Select figures in their booth display. The next two figures are Boromir and Lurtz which are due to be released soon and the following two figures are Samwise Gamgee & Saruman The White which they had revealed earlier this year in
I like Warframe, Digital Extremes’ shockingly enduring free-to-play action RPG, but I do find its sci-fantasy direction a bit much. The mashing together of tinted alloys and astral flame, the blend of over-the-shoulder shooting and swordplay, the environments that occasionally look like GPU boxart on steroids – it’s impressive, but a lot to digest. The
Emma Seligman’s Bottoms is looking at an estimated weekend gross of $516k on ten screens with a possible leading $51,625 per-theater average for the raunchy, teenage high school girl take on Fight Club. That’s a win for MGM, its Orion Pictures label and Brownstone Productions, producers on the modestly budgeted ($11.3 million) film written by
The dead rise for revenge in Puppet Combo’s retro-style zombie video game Night at the Gates of Hell, which we’ve learned is coming to consoles on September 8, 2023. From Torture Star Video (Night at the Gates of Hell, Rewind or Die) and Black Eyed Priest (Bloodwash, Tonight it Follows), the game was previously available
Seismology has been ubiquitous on Earth for decades, and missions such as InSight have recently provided the same data for the inside of Mars. Understanding a planet’s inner workings is key to understanding its geology and climate. However, the inner workings of Venus, arguably our closest sister planet, have remained a mystery. The sulfuric acid
Well, this is a bummer. Disney+ has pulled the plug on its TV adaptation of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Deadline shared the unfortunate news over the weekend, revealing that all eight episodes had been completed prior to the decision. That means the show will become like the countless projects scrapped by streaming networks this year, including
Play video content Taylor Swift‘s international popularity was pretty obvious Saturday night in Mexico … not only did she fill the venue, there were hundreds of fans who sat outside on bleachers … just to get an earful. Taylor performed in Mexico City Saturday night — she’s had 4 shows in the country — and
Alan Wake 2 will feature a familiar face in actor Shawn Ashmore. While movie/comic fans likely know him best from his portrayal of Bobby Drake/Iceman in the X-Men film series, Remedy fans were previously acquainted with Ashmore as protagonist Jack Joyce in 2016’s Quantum Break. Ashmore will play a character named Tim Breaker. Who is
August has been a significant month for SCREAMBOX, which celebrated the anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, took a look back at the classic 1985 Clue in Who Done It: The Clue Documentary, got creature feature crazy with the sci-fi horror Subject, and had a blast with the Ghostbusters-inspired sci-fi horror comedy The Ghastly
In 1997, a lone wolf crossed an ice bridge that briefly connected Canada with the remote Isle Royale, which lies off the coast of Michigan in Lake Superior and is renowned for its rich biodiversity. His arrival revived the flagging fortunes of the wider wolf population, which had been hit by disease and inbreeding, and
News SZA Stars With Justin Bieber in New “Snooze” Video: Watch Benny Blanco, Young Mazino, and Woody McClain also feature in the new SOS visual By Hattie Lindert August 25, 2023 Facebook Twitter Justin Bieber and SZA in “Snooze,” directed by Bradley J. Calder Facebook Twitter SZA has shared a new video for SOS’ “Snooze.”
Just when the world thought they’d seen the last bit of Warframe news from Tennocon 2023, Digital Extremes revealed a short tease for Warframe 1999. Coming in 2024, it’s a drastic new setting for the MMORPG. A blast from the past, we see a black-haired fella fending off various bio-tech monsters as he hunts down
Rush Week is about to get even more cutthroat in Slotherhouse, the new horror comedy from Gravitas Ventures. Bloody Disgusting has been provided with an exclusive clip giving a closer look at Alpha the Killer Sloth in action as she culls the competition among her sorority sisters. Slotherhouse will slash its way into theaters nationwide on August
Scientists at Stanford University have designed a new paint that could help reduce our growing reliance on air conditioners and heaters. It comes in an array of colors, and if used properly, it could seriously slash electricity bills and emissions. The paint is capable of reflecting up to 80 percent of mid-infrared light from the
Barack Obama‘s kids are just like us — hitting the grocery store on their own to stock up on grub … which is exactly what Sasha Obama was doing this week. The ex-First Daughter — who’s 22 years old now — was spotted out in WeHo Friday doing a little supermarket pop-in at a Trader
Dalton Gomez has remained out of the spotlight since he and Ariana Grande split — but now, he’s starting to pop up in public … and the dude’s looking blue. The celebrity realtor — who’s now single after separating from his estranged pop star wife, and almost certainly headed for divorce — was spotted at
Before SDCC this year Mezco revealed their first Indiana Jones One:12 figure with Temple Escape Indiana Jones which was a Mezco Store Exclusive and I unfortunately missed out on it, not knowing that it was available on Props and Replicas at the time. Then during SDCC itself, Mezco revealed two more Indiana Jones figures from