Being the face of a franchise is not easy. In my lifetime book to movie, adaptations have skyrocketed actors to a level of fame that not many reach, like Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter or Kirsten Stewart in Twilight. This is also true for Jennifer Lawrence, who starred as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games
Roller Champions Season 2, Dragon’s Way, is out now for all Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One players. Dragon’s Way is inspired by martial arts and age-old traditions from Asia, bringing new themed maps including the Bangkok Arena, Zen Temple, and Dragon Temple. The new season is also introducing additional cross-platform features, allowing players to
WASHINGTON — Engineers have restored normal attitude control of a cubesat bound for the moon nearly a month after suffering a problem during a maneuver. Advanced Space, the company that owns the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft, said Oct. 7 that it was able to restore normal three-axis attitude
Before Mortal Kombat hit arcades 30 years ago, the arcade was dominated by Street Fighter II, and rightfully so. Capcom’s fighter had rejuvenated the arcade scene, and multiple developers were looking to cash in with their own creations, no matter how much they ripped off Street Fighter II‘s concept. Midway was one company, which had
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I think it took maybe three days after I roasted our rather dry M&A season for the news cycle to prove me wrong. This week we saw Naver acquire Poshmark, Duolingo buy
Daniela Ruah has enjoyed playing Kensi Blye, the most enduring female agent in the popular NCIS franchise. NCIS: Los Angeles returns for its 14th season at 10 p.m. Sunday on CBS, and Ruah has been there from the beginning, as have LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell as partners Sam Hanna and G Callen. In
News Watch Killer Mike Perform “Run” on Fallon The July single was his first new solo material since his 2012 album R.A.P. Music By Allison Hussey October 8, 2022 Facebook Twitter Killer Mike on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, October 2022 (Todd Owyoung/NBC) Facebook Twitter Killer Mike appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy
SATURDAY AM: Refresh for more analysis and chart Some parts of the weekend box office are alive, and some are dead, and that which is vibrant is Paramount’s second weekend of Smile, which — as we mentioned during the weekend preview — was apt to steal No. 1 away from newcomers Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and
It’s easy to draw lines between The DioField Chronicle’s sweeping story of war, magic, and shady politics and those of Game of Thrones or Fire Emblem. I’d have to write off the whole fantasy genre if borrowing were a deal-breaker, but they still have to figure out how to assemble those parts into something that
In 1887, Australian Museum scientists undertook a pioneering expedition to Lord Howe Island, a tiny patch of land off the east coast of Australia. Among their many discoveries, they recorded “a large Blatta” – a type of cockroach – under a decaying log. This was later described as Panesthia lata, the Lord Howe Island wood-feeding
Shudder & Studio71’s Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting-produced V/H/S/99 isn’t even out yet and we’re already rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85! The news was announced out of the New York Comic Con where Shudder is putting our V/H/S/99 on display ahead of the October 20th release date. Directors are already locked
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. Friday! How’s that for brevity in newsletter introductions? Let’s get to it so we can crack open a Liquid Death and let the week sag off into the murky distance of memory
Founder of the Nap Ministry Tricia Hersey has created a startling, generous new work in Rest Is Resistance. Grounding her debut book in Black liberation theology, abolitionist traditions and Afrofuturism, Hersey provides a blueprint for rejecting the demands of modern capitalism in favor of our collective health and social progress. Hersey delineates American society as
Justin Bieber believes Kanye West has gone way too far to carry on their friendship, after Ye attacked his wife, Hailey, claiming she got a nose job. If you missed it, Kanye went after Hailey on social media after she defended Vogue Editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, whom Kanye attacked. Ye called Hailey “nose job Hailey Baldloose”
We already knew Vanessa Hudgens had moves since she got her start in the High School Musical movies on Disney Channel, but did you know Vanessa Hudgens knows her way around a pole too? Pole dancing has become a popular form of dance exercise as of late for many, including for Hudgens, who took up
You’ve probably heard that Activision Blizzard games are frequently among the best-selling third-party titles, particularly the Call of Duty franchise, on PlayStation platforms. And now we have a chart that backs this up, showing how five of the publisher’s games are listed in the Top 20 for the highest monthly daily active users around the
Built by the last of Spain’s Muslim rulers, the Alhambra is a regal palace that has shimmered over the city of Granada for 800 years. Throughout the day its colors seem to shift, standing out as a terracotta orange beacon under a midday Sun before giving way to red-pinkish hues in dusk’s fading light. On
Shudder & Studio71’s Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting-produced V/H/S/99 isn’t even out yet and we’re already rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85! The news was announced out of the New York Comic Con where Shudder is putting our V/H/S/99 on display ahead of the October 20th release date. Directors are already locked
Play video content TMZ.com Sharon Osbourne doesn’t totally understand the controversy with Kanye West and his “White Lives Matter” shirt … but she agrees with his view on BLM being a “scam.” We got Sharon shopping at YSL on Rodeo Drive in Bev Hills and asked her about Kanye’s controversial shirt … and she told
News Beyoncé Shuts Down Right Said Fred’s “Erroneous” Sampling Claims Fred and Richard Fairbrass claimed they were not told that “I’m Too Sexy” would be interpolated on Renaissance. Beyoncé said the brothers’ publisher was informed and gave approval. By Matthew Strauss October 7, 2022 Facebook Twitter Beyoncé, July 2019 (Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter
Today Focus Features opens Tár, the strikingly original return of Todd Field, in four locations in NY and LA. The film premiered at Venice winning star Cate Blanchett Best Actress as musician and conductor Lydia Tár. Early this week, it seemed to mesmerize a sold-out Alice Tully Hall at the New York Film Festival. A 97%
Last week, we asked you to share your best character and weapon customizations using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s custom highlights: gamingbyframe dons some heavy duty total coverage armor in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. MrNeverNeverman shares Ellie wearing a Jak and Daxter set of goggles and a God of War t-shirt in The
Are we free or are our actions determined by the laws of physics? And how much free will do we actually want? These questions have troubled philosophers for millennia – and there are still no perfect answers. But it turns out that a character from a children’s TV series can provide a clue.Thomas the Tank
Much like Winnie the Pooh, the Grinch is getting his own horror movie this year, with XYZ Films announcing today that they’ve picked up The Mean One for a December 2022 release. Director Steven LaMorte‘s outrageous slasher parody will release for free everywhere in the U.S. on December 15th, gifting the film to all horror
FlyFeed claims it signed more than $10 million worth of contracts and closed a $3 million round of investment to launch its first insect farm in Vietnam, in its push to produce low-cost, high-nutrient protein for human consumption. The company was founded less than a year ago and is targeting the three billion people who
ABC’s Thursday primetime line-uo finally got underway this week. Station 19 kicked things off with 4.6 million viewers and a 0.6 rating. If those numbers hold in the finals, the series is picking up on a steady note. Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 Episode 1 followed with 4.2 million viewers and a 0.6 rating. Like its
Play video content Brooklyn Nets Freddie Gibbs is putting his side hustle skills on display — while chilling courtside for a Brooklyn Nets preseason game, he made it clear he’s ready to check in to the game at a moment’s notice! The “Too Much” rapper showed off his quick reflexes when a loose ball bounced
Academy Awards winners and snubs this year have largely been overshadowed by a moment in which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a joke he’d made about Jada Pinkett Smith. He went on to win the Best Actor award, taking an emotional stance during his King Richard-oriented speech. People stood and clapped for the actor
Sci-fi survival sim No Man’s Sky sees the launch of its next major update today, and it’s about making things easier to do and doing them the way you want them. Key to this are custom game modes, auto-saves, dynamic difficulty, and inventory streamlining. There’s also a new relaxed mode for the particularly chilled among
The very first stars might have appeared when the Universe was only 100 million years old, or less than 1 percent of its current age. Since then, the rapid expansion of space has stretched their light into oblivion, leaving us to seek clues about their existence in cosmic sources closer to home. By analyzing the