If you’re a fan of indie horror, chances are you’re well familiar with the work of Larry Fessenden—both as a director (Habit, The Last Winter, Beneath) and an actor (Session 9, You’re Next, Jakob’s Wife, The Dead Don’t Die). His latest movie, werewolf tale Blackout, arrives today, and io9 got a chance to ask him … Read more
James Mangold’s upcoming Star Wars movie has officially found its writer, with THR reporting that Beau Willimon has been tapped to work on the script. The movie, operating under a working title of Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, is said to focus on the origins of the Force, and will be set “25,000 years … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. The startup train just keeps on rumblin’ down the tracks, and I’m back with a smattering of “what happened in the world of startups this week.” … Read more
OpenAI’s mission is to develop a god-like artificial intelligence, but it might never get there without the help of Microsoft. U.S. regulators are reportedly clamoring over who can investigate OpenAI and Microsoft’s relationship over antitrust concerns, according to Politico on Friday. If the partnership is broken up, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman may fall short of … Read more
Zachary Levi holds up a figurine of his character while attending a special screening of his upcoming new movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget held at The Bay Theater on Saturday (December 9) in Los Angeles. The 43-year-old Shazam! actor takes over the voice role of Rocky, who was previously voiced by Mel Gibson … Read more
An Amazon worker delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. An estimated 182 million people are planning to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, the most since 2017, according to the National Retail Federation. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC … Read more
Two OG members of Danity Kane are speaking out following the news that Cassie has filed a lawsuit against ex Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing him of rape and physical abuse. Aubrey O’Day and Dawn Richard, who were formed in the girl group by Diddy on MTV’s Making the Band season three and signed to his … Read more
Get ready for the return of Chicken Run! Over 20 years after the first movie hit theaters in 2000, Netflix has debuted the first teaser trailer for the new stop-motion animated film Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. Miranda Richardson is reprising her voice role of Mrs Tweedy, alongside her fellow OG co-stars Jane Horrocks … Read more
VENICE — Firefighters worked until dawn Wednesday to remove the wreckage of a bus that crashed in a borough of Venice, Italy, across the lagoon from its historic center, killing 21 people and injuring at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby camping site. The victims included at least four Ukrainians and a … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Two Mexican migrants were shot to death on the Mexican side of the U.S. border in the early hours of Friday morning, Mexico’s National Migration Institute said. Another three suffered gunshot wounds, but were assisted by one of institute’s emergency rescue teams, along with other nine people who were not injured. Rescue … Read more