You wouldn’t miss one of Australia’s musk ducks if you saw it. The name comes from the musky smell the ducks waft around during the breeding season, and the males have a large, black lobe below their bill. But if the musk duck you’re hanging out with is called Ripper, the other dead giveaway is…
Elvie, the women’s health tech pioneer behind a connected breast pump and smart pelvic floor exerciser, has topped up a Series C which it announced earlier this summer (July) — adding a further £12.7m to bring the total raised to £70 million ($97m). The 2013-founded, UK-based startup previously raised a $42M Series B in 2019, and
News Michael K. Williams, Actor Who Played The Wire’s Omar, Dies at 54 The Brooklyn-born actor is actively nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on Lovecraft Country By Matthew Strauss September 6, 2021 Facebook Twitter Michael K. Williams, January 2012 (Jeff Vespa/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Michael K. Williams, the actor best known for his
Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, IGN premieres the official art for Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series that teases some killer soul-swapping and takes a stab at telling a classic coming-of-age rage story. Brad Dourif is back as Chucky and Jennifer Tilly is back as Tiffany in “Chucky,” which will continue the storylines from the *original* movies and their recent
It was the worst kept secret in Hollywood that Sony was bound to vacate Venom: Let There Be Carnage from its Oct. 15 release date, but after the enormous $90M Labor Day weekend success of Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Culver City lot has decided to go earlier with their own
Hey everyone, I’m Pete Bottomley, Designer at White Paper Games, and I’m excited to be back on PS Blog with some big news. We’re thrilled to announce that Conway: Disappearance at Dahlia View is launching on PS5 and PS4 on November 2! Play Video For those of you unfamiliar with our latest game, Conway: Disappearance
After opening applications in June, Twitter is rolling out Super Follows, its premium subscription option, starting today. The feature, first revealed in February, will allow users to subscribe to accounts they like for a monthly subscription fee in exchange for exclusive content. For creators, Super Follows are another useful tool in the emerging patchwork of
The Food Network wants to make it clear … it has NO relationship anymore with the former FN host who went on a rant over the Texas anti-abortion law and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to punt. Josh Denny — a comedian who hosted Food Network’s “Ginormous Food,” and has described himself as a “canceled”
Cardi B‘s baby No. 2 is finally here!!! Cardi gave birth to her baby Saturday at a hospital in the New York area. She posted a photo of the special moment with Offset in the hospital. She also added the blue heart emoji so … baby boy?!? As we reported … the “I Like It”
Shockingly sad news today, as we’ve learned that Primetime Emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams has passed away at just 54 years old, reported by Variety tonight. “The New York Police Department confirmed to Variety that the actor was found dead on Monday at 2 p.m. inside of his Brooklyn residence,” the site reports this evening.
Konami’s eFootball 2022 previously had an early autumn release window, but the publisher has now narrowed it down to a set date: September 30th! For those unfamiliar with the game, eFootball 2022 represents a new direction for Konami‘s Pro Evolution Soccer series. The free-to-play game will debut on consoles, mobile, and PC in a format
I think the film version is superior mostly because of the performances by Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter. The book actually feels kind of sparse on content in comparison, and the ending of the novel is extremely different from that of the film (Read: Not as good). Visually and viscerally speaking, though,
Hello folks. Hope you’ve all been keeping well. It’s been another busy month here at RPS, wot with Gamescom and Geoff Keighley’s megamix taking over the internet for a spell. But we’ve also had a few big changes of our own in recent weeks, which I’d thought I’d relay to you here in my second
Poverty Point in northern Louisiana is one of the first US civilizations on record, inhabited by a community of Native Americans as early as 1700 BCE. In a new study, researchers have shown these inhabitants to be highly skilled engineers, rather than the simpler hunter-gatherers they’re often portrayed as. The massive earthen structures put up
When did indoor air become cold and clean? Air conditioning is one of those inventions that have become so ubiquitous, that many in the developed world don’t even realize that less than a century ago, it didn’t exist. Indeed, it wasn’t so long ago that the air inside our buildings and the air outside of
Showtime’s LGBTQ series The L Word: Generation Q returned on August 8th, and we talked with Leo Sheng, the trans actor who reprised his role as Micah Lee. On the Sept 5th episode, Micah realized he was interested in women and kissed his friend Maribel for the first time. We chatted with Sheng about his
News Cardi B and Offset Announce Birth of Second Child Cardi B revealed that she gave birth to her second child on Saturday, September 4 By Matthew Strauss September 6, 2021 Facebook Twitter Cardi B and Offset, February 2019 (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Cardi B has given birth to her
Sometimes fashion can be murder. One of the year’s goriest and wildest horror-comedies comes home on September 7, 2021. Slaxx is a slasher that features a pair of designer jeans as the bloodthirsty killer. While locked inside a trendy clothing store overnight to prepare for a huge event to unveil a new line, the staff fall victim
When Marvel’s Midnight Suns was unveiled last week at Gamescom, developer Firaxis promised to share gameplay from the tactics RPG the following week. As expected, the gameplay trailer premiered today during an IGN live stream, showing off the combat system and characters who will appear in Midnight Suns. You can watch it below. [embedded content] Firaxis
Two days after announcing a $10 upgrade path between the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of Horizon Forbidden West, Sony is changing course and will now offer the upgrade for free. The announcement was made today on PlayStation Blog by Jim Ryan, the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. In the statement, Ryan
It was only supposed to fly five times. And yet NASA’s helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, has completed 12 flights and it isn’t ready to retire. Given its stunning and unexpected success, the US space agency has extended Ingenuity’s mission indefinitely. The tiny helicopter has become the regular travel companion of the rover Perseverance, whose core
Factorial, a startup out of Barcelona that has built a platform that lets SMBs run human resources functions with the same kind of tools that typically are used by much bigger companies, is today announcing some funding to bulk up its own position: the company has raised $80 million, funding that it will be using
Machine Gun Kelly‘s first time directing a movie is already eventful — a parking lot attendant is accusing him of battery … something folks on the movie set say simply did not happen. Law enforcement sources tell us the L.A. parking attendant filed a police report claiming MGK was upset over a delay in getting
Ever since the film’s release way back in 2007, Rob Zombie‘s polarizing Halloween remake has reigned supreme over the Labor Day Weekend box office, pulling in $30,591,759 domestically back in 2007. Zombie’s Halloween went on to make $58 million domestically and $80 million worldwide, making it a massive hit that helped kick-start the franchise back to life.
Rick and Morty finally explained Rick Sanchez’s full, and tragic back story at last with the final episode of Season 5! As promised by the executive producer and showrunner for the series, Scott Marder, the final episodes of the fifth season had finally delivered on the major canonical and character shifts that fans had been
Tango Shalom — where a female Tango dancer (Dancing with the Stars champion Karina Smirnoff) invites an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi (Jos Laniado) to enter a televised dance competition — was an arthouse standout this weekend with a per screen average of over $4,000 at four theaters in New York and LA. The solid performance in a
Gematsu reports that a listing on the shop page of Rakuten Taiwan for Alan Wake Remastered suggests an October 5 release date as well as appearances on the PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X|S, furthering speculation that the franchise is coming back soon. [embedded content] To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie
The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe, a milestone that will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths and save world economies over US$2.4 trillion annually, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said Monday. Nearly a century after doctors first issued warnings about the toxic effects of leaded petrol, Algeria – the
Kalepa, an insurance underwriting platform based out of New York, has raised a $14 million Series A funding round led by Inspired Capital, with participation from previous investor IA Ventures. Also participating was Gokul Rajaram of Doordash, Coinbase, and formerly of Google, Jackie Reses, formerly of Square, and Henry Ward of Carta. Founded by Paul
Bette Midler has a solution to get Texas legislators to reverse course on their anti-abortion law — just stop banging them … as in, women should. The actress tweeted out her thoughts for the proposed plan earlier this week, writing, “I suggest that all women refuse to have sex with men until they are guaranteed