To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello, and welcome to the beginning of another week. As mentioned last Friday, Haje is off scuba diving, leaving the rest of us to pick up the Twitter and FTX pieces. No
Indiana Jones 5 is one of the most anticipated films of 2023, so it’s no wonder that fans have been speculating about what’s to come for the franchise. While some Indiana Jones 5 details have been confirmed, like Harrison Ford’s return as the titular adventurer and Phoebe Waller-Bridger playing Indiana Jones’s goddaughter, much of the
This new DLC feels well timed. In a week where EA decided to call it time on Project Cars, the world wondered whether there was still room for racing titles. Forza Horizon aside, the genre has shrunk over recent years. Then Assetto Corsa Competizione is here with two new DLC packs to remind everyone it
Nas and Hit-Boy just released their new “King’s Disease III” album … but to hear 21 Savage tell it, it’s all just a formality. During a heated Clubhouse debate about rappers’ longevity, 21 questioned Nas’ relevancy as a whole … in addition to why fans still dissected hip hop music like it was anatomy class.
Everything in the Universe has gravity – and feels it too. Yet this most common of all fundamental forces is also the one that presents the biggest challenges to physicists. Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been remarkably successful in describing the gravity of stars and planets, but it doesn’t seem to apply perfectly
A major race is coming up in the next few weeks, a race between two rockets. But the rocket that’s the clear winner is being hobbled by the government. It’s SpaceX’s Starship. Starship’s alleged competitor is NASA’s Artemis Moon Rocket. NASA has been working hard to focus all the media attention on the Artemis Moon
TLC is ringing in the new year with eight returning fan-favorite series, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cabler revealed on Monday. Starting things off is 1000lb Best Friends, which returns for its second season Wednesday, January 4 at 10 pm ET/PT. “BFFs Vannessa, Meghan, Tina and Ashely return with heart, humor and waistline struggles as they
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! Terrifier Shirt from Terror Threads Halloween may be Art the Clown’s holiday of choice, but this year he’s ringing in Christmas
Science fiction and horror: two great tastes that taste great together! Genre mashups are a blast. (Not “pew-pew” blast, but “rollicking good time” blast.) And there are so many great sub-genres: dystopian fiction, medical experimentation, robots, space travel, aliens. Sometimes a few of those things at once. There’s so many great books to choose from.
The Fabelmans grossed an estimated $160k this weekend at four theaters in NY and LA. That’s a $40K per screen average, on par with recent strong (for post-Covid) specialty openings like The Banshees Of Inisherin (at $45k PSA) and Tár (also $40k), both on four screens too, reflecting a definite pickup in the specialty space. Spielberg’s written, directed
After beating Resident Evil Village the first time, I was extremely satisfied with how the horror story played out from start to finish. When Capcom announced it was making an expansion, I knew it would be a tough act to follow. Unfortunately, the three parts of the Winters’ Expansion aren’t up to it. Its new
News Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss Debuts at No. 1, Dethrones Taylor Swift’s Midnights Their joint record had the biggest week for a hip-hop/R&B album in 2022. It is Drake’s 12th LP to top the Billboard 200. By Madison Bloom November 13, 2022 Facebook Twitter Drake, 21 Savage (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage). Facebook Twitter
Evidence of tattoos found adorning the mummified skins of two women from an ancient town on the bank of the Nile River suggests the lower back has been a trendy tattoo spot for more than 3,000 years. One of the female mummies described by researchers in a recent paper was excavated from the site of
Bloody Disgusting and the entire Terrifier team can’t even begin to express our appreciation to all the fans who showed up to see Terrifier 2 in theaters this past month, and while the film is still playing at select theaters as of this writing, it’s also now available at home! Terrifier 2 is now on our SCREAMBOX streaming platform, but
California voters shot down a plan to make electric vehicles more affordable for some residents, dealing a blow to Lyft and the EV industry alike. Proposition 30 would have taxed residents making more than $2 million a year to subsidize electric cars and public charging stations as well as funded wildfire prevention programs. Even with
If you scroll through Joseph Baena’s Instagram you’ll see photos of him at the gym, holding his dance partner on one arm, riding a horse shirtless, and explaining how he keeps his arms swole, because Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son is in impeccable shape. Or if you watched him on Dancing with the Stars you would have
Former Dragon Age producer and BioWare veteran Mark Darrah believes that Microsoft Activision merger is “probably a bad thing in the long run” but he hopes that it’ll have some short-term benefits for Activision Blizzard. The company suffered quite a fall from grace under CEO Bobby Kotick‘s leadership, who stands accused of fostering a hostile
Nas‘s home was burglarized this weekend — and it sounds like a lot of crap was jacked. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … two men broke into the rapper’s Calabasas property Saturday around 8:30 PM PT, apparently having smashed through a rear door to gain entry. We’re told Nas’s team became aware of their presence
We finally have the technological means to detect interstellar objects. We’ve detected two in the last few years, ‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, and there are undoubtedly more out there. As such, there’s been a lot of interest in developing a mission that could visit one once we detect it. But what would such a mission look
Dolores Hughes, known affectionately as Mema, the unlikely/likely breakout star of the hit show, “Hollywood Hillbillies,” has died … TMZ has learned. The exuberant grandma on the reality show died of heart failure at a hospital in Grayson, Georgia last Wednesday, according to her manager, David Weintraub. “Hollywood Hillbillies,” the #1 show on Reelz at
2022 marked the tentative, occasionally unwise return of full physical attendance to the international convention circuit, with shows like the Penny Arcade Expo, Gamescom, the upcoming Dreamhack, and more. Those shows, in turn, have turned into a series of showcases for the upcoming horror games of 2023, with big projects finally going public, new companies
Imax CEO Richard Gelfond is opening up about how important the theatrical window is and how he thinks some streaming services are realizing it now. “The debate is over,” Gelfond said in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live. “The argument that you can skip a theatrical window and make up for it on streaming just
Last week we put out the signal requesting photos of the Bat Fam from Gotham Knights. Players patrolling the city streets took up the call, and we’re happy to share a selection of exciting and stylish photos featuring the caped and cowled crimefighters. Can you tell which playable hero was a clear favorite among Share
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise 1 percent in 2022 to reach an all-time high, scientists said Friday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Emissions from oil, fueled by the continuing rebound in aviation, will likely rise more than 2 percent compared to
News Quavo Pens Emotional Tribute to Takeoff: “I Love You With All My Heart” “He created his triplet flow and the rest was HISTORY. He never worried about titles, credit, or what man got the most shine, that wasn’t him. He didn’t care about none of that as long as we brought it back home
In an ideal world, Jason, Sonny, Ray, and the rest of the team would have time to mourn the death of one of their closest friends before returning to work. SEAL Team Season 6 Episode 9 aimed to capture the aftermath of Clay’s untimely death and how it affected those around him. It was a
Being outshone is never fun. That was unfortunately the case for Resident Evil Zero when it was released the same year as the acclaimed Resident Evil remake. Having to follow up the latter’s success, especially when taking into account that RE0 was in development for far longer than the remake, it seemed that the prequel
Walk through any public park these days and you will see a hell of a lot more dogs than you might have three years ago. The loneliness of the pandemic lockdowns led to an explosion in pet ownership. Plus, The demographic of pet ownership has shifted. Whereas previously it was Granny or Grandpa who tended
How important are individuals in the shaping of history? Twentieth-century Europeans knew leaders whose decisions, good or ill, transformed their countries, the continent and, in some cases, the world. Ian Kershaw, one of our leading historians of the period, focuses on 12 of them in his enlightening and stimulating Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers
Before the infamous Oscar slap happened, it was reported that Will Smith would return for the I Am Legend sequel, with Michael B. Jordan set as his co-star. Unfortunately, not much more was said after that initial piece of news was revealed. However, an update has now arrived, courtesy of the original film’s director, Francis