The Strangers’ First Trailer Reminds You Not to Answer the Damn Door

Image: Lionsgate Every horror movie has The Moment: where you see the main characters do something that both kicks off the plot and is often also an extremely boneheaded move. Usually, it involves a door and someone making the choice to open it or go in there, which they should never, ever do. So it … Read more

The economy looks ‘pretty damn good right now’

Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel. David A. Grogan | CNBC The market has managed to put behind the “economic anxiety” it faced as recently as the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Citadel CEO Ken Griffin.  The hedge fund manager said Tuesday that a soft landing could happen this year, with recent data … Read more

Teddi Mellencamp Undergoes Major Melanoma Surgery: ‘A Lot of Damn Pain but Worth It’

Teddi Mellencamp recently went under the knife after a previous attempt to treat her melanoma proved to be ultimately unsuccessful. However, Mellencamp has revealed that her latest surgery “went well” and she’s now on the mend. “I specifically went through a ‘wide excision melanoma, soft tissue defect reconstruction with adjacent tissue rearrangement,’” Mellencamp explained in a post on Instagram, alongside … Read more

DC’s Jungle League is a Team of Damn Heroic Apes

Image: Dan Mora/DC Comics DC Comics sure likes releasing goofy alternate takes on the Justice League. Last year, they were mech pilots, and not long before that, they were anthropomorphic dinosaurs. Next up on the gimmick list? Why apes, of course! La Borinqueña’s Collab With DC Comics on Hurricane Relief | io9 Interview Earlier in … Read more

Ten Thousand Makes Damn Near Perfect Pants

I am looking for the perfect pants. Well, not the perfect pants for you; the perfect pants for me. Let’s be real, there are no pants that are perfect for everyone. But maybe we overlap, you and I. This is not a fashion magazine. When Perry Ferrell nasally sneered, “He doesn’t even understand fashion,” he … Read more

‘The Fall of the House of Usher’s tiniest Poe reference is damn well hidden

Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher has so many references to the story’s author, Edgar Allan Poe, you’d be hard pressed to miss the more overt ones. Some are character names, others are narrative parallels, some are embedded in prop design. But there are some references so tiny, so hidden, we can’t … Read more