2nd Update, Friday Midday: Wow, Focus Features. Universal’s specialty arthouse label is looking at their first No. 1 opener in nine years, the last one being George Clooney’s The American, has Downton Abbey looks to reap a $14.5M Friday (including $4.3M over two previews) for a 3-day of $33M. That will also double as Focus Features’
Following a post by indie creative Zoë Quinn alleging that Night in the Woods co-creator Alec Holowka sexually abused them, the game’s team has taken to Twitter to announce that they are severing ties with Holowka. This week, allegations of past abuse have come to light regarding Alec Holowka, who was coder, composer, and co-designer
Afterparty, the next game from Night School Studio, hits PlayStation 4, Xbox One (including Game Pass), and the Epic Games Store (for PC and Mac) on October 29. Night School Studio is the team behind Oxenfree, a story driven adventure filled with choice. Afterparty looks to mix the small moments in life with unspeakable horror
As it looks increasingly unlikely we’re going to meet our climate mitigation targets, scientists have been investigating more and more extreme solutions, such as geoengineering. Examples include spraying huge amounts of sunlight-reflecting particles into the atmosphere, or dumping trillions of tons of fake snow onto glaciers to stabilise them. These ideas are untested, incredibly risky,
Facebook has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps connected to its platform which it suspects may be collecting large amounts of user profile data. That’s a sharp rise from the 400 apps flagged a year ago by the company’s investigation in the wake of Cambridge Analytica, a scandal that saw tens of millions of Facebook
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that the lawsuit brought against HBO by Michael Jackson’s estate must be moved out of the court system and into arbitration, according to Billboard. U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu ruled that HBO must adhere to a 1992 arbitration agreement, which stated that the network could
Greetings Exalted One Just revealed by Instagram user Jeremy B has just revealed a brand new Luke Skywalker figure . This one is from Return of The Jedi Jabbas Palace scene. As you can see Luke Skywalker is dressed in his outfit from the Jabba’s Palace Scene. I have to say since the Black Series
One of the most pure domestic traditions is gathering the kids around the television for family movie night… until things on screen get very unpure. We all have stories of awkward situations from our childhoods where we were trapped in a room with our parents while watching a show or movie where people were doin’
6 minutes ago At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, the Rebel Alliance was understandably in celebration mode, as Luke Skywalker had blown up the Death Star and delivered the first significant blow to the Empire. But that was still just one victory; three years later (both in real life and in the
Disney is breaking new barriers with its roster of princesses later this year, as the first princess of Jewish heritage will be introduced on Disney Junior‘s popular series, Elena of Avalor. News broke this week that Elena of Avalor will have a special Hanukkah-themed episode this December, and it will feature a princess from a
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 20 September 2019 20:25 GMT Two new experimental features in the works at Steam can be tried by users. Valve has announced two additional work-in-progress experiments through Steam Labs. Each of the experiments in Steam Labs are a way for users to test experiments and provide feedback which could “help shape
Sounds like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was just kicked out of mom’s basement. In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA asked for help finding “commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities able to host research and experimentation.” And nobody knows why. The ideal space would be a human-made underground environment spanning several city blocks w/
Google today announced its largest package of renewable energy deals yet. Worth a total of 1,600-megawatts, the package includes 18 deals in the U.S., Chile and Europe. This brings Google’s current set of wind and solar agreements to about 5,500 megawatts (MW) and the company’s number of total renewables projects it’s involved in to 52.
Jennifer Lopez is here with a flashback Friday for the ages … bringing back THAT dress — y’know the one from the 2000 Grammys, and this time it stole the show at Milan Fashion Week. J Lo hit the runway at Versace’s Spring 2020 show Friday in a recreated version of her iconic Versace grown
X-Men Dark Phoenix ended up being a catastrophe at the box office, but by the time merchandisers knew that for absolute certain, there were already quite a few collectibles for the character in the pipeline. Luckily, even if the movie was a total dud, Dark Phoenix toys are almost always popular. Or at least, that’s
[embedded content] Patricia Heaton might know a thing or two about second acts. After The Middle, the second show she’s starred in for nine seasons, Heaton, age 61, entered a period of self-reflection, pondering exactly what she wanted to do next. “My kids are pretty much out of the house…and I was feeling a bit
Lin Shaye and Demián Bichir are terrorized by malevolent ghosts in the first-look images from The Grudge reboot. An Americanized take on the Japanese Ju-On franchise, The Grudge series was part of a wave of Hollywood J-horror re-imaginings that flooded theaters in the 2000s, following the success of Gore Verbinski’s The Ring in 2002. The first Grudge film,
Whether it’s a post-apocalyptic zombie wasteland or a lifeless rock at the end of space and time, actor Ross Marquand is no stranger to uncomfortable situations — which is probably why when he (former Red Skull that he is) encountered a Captain America cosplayer, he decided to stop and take some pictures on Instagram with
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Valve has launched a wave of bans against abusive DOTA 2 players, including players who attempt to cheat the game’s matchmaking system. The news was rolled out as part of a DOTA 2 update blog post. Regarding the ban wave,
WAILEA, Hawaii — With satellite operators doing a poor job complying with guidelines to deorbit their satellites, incentives or even regulation may be inevitable to address concerns about orbital debris and satellite collisions. During a Sept. 19 presentation at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies, or AMOS, conference here, Francesca Letizia, an engineer
You don’t see a startup get a $50 million seed round all that often, but such was the case with Vianai, an early stage startup launched by Vishal Sikka, former Infosys managing director and SAP executive. The company launched recently with a big check and a vision to transform machine learning. Just this week, the
DC Collectibles has revealed the latest statue in the popular Batman Black & White series – Armored Batman by Frank Miller. This is the 101st statue in the series and is based on the iconic designs from Frank Miller’s 1986 series, The Dark Knight Returns. This armored Batman perfectly encapsulates the worn-out, dystopian vibe from the comics
Months after the conclusion of The Big Bang Theory, two of its stars have joined forces to work on a new comedy series. Deadline is reporting that Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons will work on Carla, a brand new series in the works at FOX. Bialik will executive-produce alongside Parsons, and will also star as
Universal had already reserved Aug. 14, 2020 on the calendar, and today they announced that the title opening on that date will be the Bob Odenkirk feature Nobody, which is described as John Wick meets Falling Down. Odenkirk plays Hutch Mansell, the guy you don’t notice. A suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor. A nobody.
In one of the most shocking moments in recent comic book history, writer Brian Michael Bendis–a staple at Marvel Comics for years–is headed to DC Comics, signing an exclusive deal with the publisher. The mind behind Ultimate Spider-Man, House of H, Secret Invasion, Powers, and Spider-Men–some of the best comics at Marvel over the past
[embedded content] Sure, today sees the release of the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and even a brand new console in the form of the Nintendo Switch Lite, but there’s another title out today that’s stolen our hearts (and probably everything from the garden, too). Yes, Untitled Goose Game is finally out
If you had to name a creature in the ocean with sharp teeth, you’d probably say “shark”, right? I’d be thinking shark. Obviously, the answer is shark. But what about the humble sea urchin? These strange, prickly orbs dwell on the bottom of the seabed and don’t even look like they have mouths, let alone
Google has completed a controversial take-over of the health division of its UK AI acquisition, DeepMind. The personnel move had been delayed as National Health Service (NHS) trusts considered whether to shift their existing DeepMind contracts — some for a clinical task management app, others involving predictive health AI research — to Google. In a
Raunchy Chicago rapper CupcakKe has released more new music. Today, she shared a new track titled “Grilling N—-s.” Listen to it below. [embedded content] CupcakKe, who released two albums last year, has issued a handful of singles in 2019: “Whoregasm,” “Ayesha,” “Bird Box,” and “Squidward Nose.” On top of that, she added to the “Old
Horror has never been network TV’s strong suit. Outside of a few notable exceptions (Hannibal, The Exorcist), the big networks have been content to let cable and streaming TV dominate the darker side of horror ever since Mulder and Scully first fired up their flashlights on The X-Files. But CBS’ new fall drama Evil —