Val Kilmer’s character Madmartigan was one of the most iconic parts of 1988’s classic Willow. Unfortunately, he won’t be appearing in the first season of the new Willow TV series. It’s not for lack of trying on the studio’s end; Val Kilmer has had some major health challenges in recent years. He has been battling throat cancer since 2015.Despite reprising hs role in Top Gun: Maverick, it doesn’t seem that he’s really in a state to be making many onscreen appearances. (Maverick had to modify Kilmer’s speaking voice for clarity.) Since he was immunocompromised during the pandemic, he also couldn’t be booked for anything made…
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Shadow of Death? Shadow of Death is a companion novel to the Gems of Fire series. It’s the backstory of Jack, who is Anna’s love interest. When writing the other books, I kept extensive notes for Jack’s character, and I decided that the story of his life before he met Anna needed to be told. It brings greater depth and richness to the overall series and helps the reader understand his motivations and heart-wrenching decisions later. I fell in love with him all over again! If you had to…
The Many Saints of Newark lead Michael Gandolfini will star alongside Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio in the upcoming Marvel revival series, Daredevil: Born Again, coming to Disney+ in 2024. According to Deadline, Gandolfini is set for a major role in the superhero series, possibly playing “an ambitious guy from Staten Island referred to as Liam.” Neither Marvel nor Gandolfini have commented on the news at the time of writing. The 18-episode season of Daredevil: Born Again is written and executive produced by Matt Corman and Chris Ord (Covert Affairs). It will revolve around Cox’s title character Daredevil, aka Matt…
Before Mars dried up, an asteroid slammed into one of its oceans and caused a colossal megatsunami, and now researchers have found the crater where it hit Space 1 December 2022 By Leah Crane An image of the Martian surface taken by the Viking 1 Lander includes a rock on the rim of an ancient degraded craterNASA/JPL About 3.4 billion years ago, an enormous megatsunami swept over the face of Mars after an asteroid slammed into one of the planet’s oceans. Now, researchers think they have found the crater where the megatsunami began. The size of the crater hints that…
[]This letter, written by Charles V in 1547, contains long sections of mysterious symbols used to encrypt top secret information. (Image credit: Stanislas Library) (opens in new tab)Researchers have finally cracked a complex code used in a top secret letter from 1547 that the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, Charles V, wrote when he was fearing for his life. In the encrypted letter, which was sent to one of his ambassadors in France, Charles V writes about tensions with the French king Francis I, who he thought might be plotting to assassinate him. Charles V, the King of Spain…
The writer at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Louis Vuitton goodies in her hotel room. Graphic by Leo Tapel Annika Lautens discovered that clothing was the perfect emotional armour for attending the LV 2023 Cruise show, where battle-ready garments blended past and future. By Annika Lautens Date November 28, 2022 It took me three weeks to plan my outfit for the Louis Vuitton 2023 Cruise show, and all I wore was a white shirtdress. But it was an elevated white shirtdress with voluminous sleeves, a black overskirt and a silver chain belt. I felt cool enough to…
Changes to the way Google handles search rankings are intended to push up content from real people, not content farms optimizing content for search engines, and that works in tandem with other efforts like improving results for product-review pages, Sullivan says.Not that there’s anything wrong with SEO, the practice of optimizing web pages so they’ll rank higher in search engines. “It helps us locate and understand relevant content,” Sullivan says, “SEO isn’t some special method to appear in the top results. The key thing is what our advice to anyone has long been: Create helpful content for people, not search…
The Kimberella fossil. Credit: Dr Ilya Bobrovskiy/GFZ-Potsdam. Credit: Dr Ilya Bobrovskiy/GFZ-Potsdam The contents of the last meal consumed by the earliest animals known to inhabit Earth more than 550 million years ago has unearthed new clues about the physiology of our earliest animal ancestors, according to scientists from The Australian National University (ANU). Ediacara biota are the world’s oldest large organisms and date back 575 million years. ANU researchers found the animals ate bacteria and algae that was sourced from the ocean floor. The findings, published in Current Biology, reveal more about these strange creatures, including how they were able…
Janet Jackson has set the dates for her 2023 “Together Again” tour, and tickets will lift The Velvet Rope for fans to her first tour in four years. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Janet Jackson’s Next Tour? The “Together Again” tour will launch in Hollywood, Florida on April 14th. Jackson will hit Orlando; Savannah, Georgia; and Birmingham, Alabama in the first week, then performs in Columbia, South Carolina; Atlanta; and Memphis in the second. She closes April in St. Louis, then opens the next month in Kansas City, Missouri. Jackson will play…
The holiday season is a good time of the year to rewatch some Woody Allen movies. Allen is one of the most recognizable Hollywood directors thanks to his unmistakable sophisticated style. After making his directorial debut with 1966’s What’s Up, Tiger Lily?, Allen explored the dramas of mid-upper-class people. Over the years, the New Hollywood wave director received much recognition from the cinematographic industry, taking home four Academy Awards, among a plethora of other accomplishments. In his more-than-50-year-long career, Allen has worked with all of Hollywood’s major actors and actresses with noticeable results. He also directed several appreciated movies, getting critical approval and the…
Benghazi by Salah El Moncef What’s it About? A fictionalized version of Mussolini’s fascist reign, told from the perspective of a young Libyan girl whose family is forever changed by the presence of this oppressive patriarchal rule. On the cusp of the Second World War, Mussolini held Libya in the grips of his fascist rule. His dictatorship aimed to colonize the country which sustained anti-capitalist and anti-fascist sentiments. Salah El Moncef’s Benghazi(Penelope Books) is a fictionalized version of this historical event, told from the perspective of a young Libyan girl whose family is forever changed by the presence of this…
Won’t Be Silent is coming to Discovery+. The streaming service announced today that it is beginning production on the new music documentary feature produced by singer, actress and activist Selena Gomez and author, entrepreneur and political leader Stacey Abrams, and directed by Kristi Jacobson (“Solitary,” “A Place at the Table”). Won’t Be Silent “will celebrate songs that have impacted the world on a variety of issues and the incredible female artists behind them,” according to a press release from Discovery+. “The film is a love letter to the women in music who have used their voices to change the course…
Social media platforms are where billions of people around the globe go to connect with others, get information and make sense of the world. The companies that run these sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit, collect vast amounts of data based on every interaction that takes place on their platforms. And despite the fact that social media has become one of our most important public forums for speech, several of the most important platforms are controlled by a small number of people. Mark Zuckerberg controls 58 percent of the voting share of Meta, the parent company of both…
Photography courtesy of Imaxtree The red nail theory suggests that men are attracted to red nails because it reminds them of…their moms. Amanda Demeku took a set of crimson tips out on the town for a week to put it to the test. By Amanda Demeku Date November 28, 2022 If you’re not familiar with the theory sweeping the nation (a.k.a. TikTok), the lore of the red nail theory alleges that crimson nail polish is the most appealing colour to men. Apparently, men like red nails so much, the very sight of it leads them to ask you out, shell…
Elon Musk became Twitter’s owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.The CEO of electric car maker Tesla has said he wants to “defeat” spam bots on Twitter, make the algorithms that determine how content is presented to its users publicly available, and prevent the platform from becoming an echo chamber for hate and division, even as he limits censorship.Yet Musk has not offered details on how he will achieve all this and who will run the company. He has said…
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Egg Meat, duendita,…
It has only been about two years since Amnesia: Rebirth. However, Frictional Games has just announced another new entry in the series called Amnesia: The Bunker. This horror game got its first trailer and is coming out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in March 2023. No PS5 port was mentioned, however. The trailer sets the tone by showing lone character wandering around in a bunker with a revolver while unknown noises echo within its concrete walls. Players inhabit the boots of an amnesiac French World War I soldier stuck in the titular bunker while being…
“Beyond the Heart” is a brand-new podcast hosted by renowned Cardiologist, Women’s Health Advocate and Author, Dr. Nieca Goldberg. Weekly, she explores essential conversations with doctors, thought leaders, health practitioners and game-changers to help you redefine how to view your body and the healing process. This groundbreaking conversation series is a cross-generational exploration of all aspects of women’s health so that you can become your own best health advocate. This Week’s Episode Cheryl Stokes is the CEO of CNEXT, a diverse global community that helps connect, develop and advance high-impact leaders. For more than 30 years Cheryl has helped leaders…
Call Me Kat executive producers Maria Ferrari and Jim Patterson have opened up about the tragic passing of Leslie Jordan, whose final episode on the popular Fox sitcom aired last night, Thursday, December 1. Jordan, who died in a car accident on October 24, starred in the hit series as Phil, a newly single gay man who works as the head baker at Kat’s (Mayim Bialik) café. In the currently airing third season, Phil finally finds love as he meets his new boyfriend, Jalen (John Griffin). In Thursday’s episode, which saw Phil and his closest friends celebrate Friendsgiving with a…
Slate plaques from about 5000 years ago engraved with images of what look like owls may have been children’s artwork rather than funeral offerings, but not everyone is convinced Humans 1 December 2022 By Carissa Wong Could slate plaques like these (the one on the left is a replica) have been made by children?Juan J. Negro Slate plaques engraved with owl-like features may have mainly been children’s artwork rather than funeral offerings as previously proposed, but the idea is controversial. For over a century, researchers have debated the meaning of thousands of palm-sized slate plaques mainly found at burial sites…
From cosy, shearling-lined hiking lace-ups that could compete for the number one spot in your winter boot wardrobe through to sophisticated, knee-high silhouettes with a subtle shearling detail here or there, your options are endless. And some girls—like Chrissy Ford—are embracing the top-to-toe winter look by wearing with a chunky puffer coat and leggings. Read The Full Article Here
What defines luxury? For years, the world looked to Coco Chanel for florid descriptions of what is or is not luxurious. That would seem most unwise today, considering it has been recently reported that she was a Nazi intelligence operative and an anti-Semite.Perhaps the most WIRED view would chime with that of American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder, who said that “the future is the most expensive luxury in the world.” For me, though, Oscar Wilde put it best (naturally): “I’m a man of simple tastes. I’m always satisfied with the best.” It’s a yardstick I thoroughly endorse—and, for those of…
People with cluster headaches may be more than three times more likely to have other medical conditions such as heart disease, mental disorders and other neurologic diseases, according to a study published in the December 14, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Cluster headaches are short but extremely painful headaches that can occur many days, or even weeks, in a row. The headaches can last anywhere from 15 minutes to three hours. “Around the world, headaches have an incredibly negative impact on people’s quality of life, both economically and socially,” said study…
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Mr. Charismatic by Lisa L. Feggans-Odom If it seems like something is off, it probably is. That’s something to keep in mind now more than ever, especially in these days of online dating and friend requests on social media. In Mr. Charismatic, the latest psychological thriller from Lisa L. Feggans-Odom, popular social media influencer Latavia discovers to a dangerous degree just how much something can be off — and how much somebody can conceal. In this recent Q&A, Feggans-Odom discusses the background for Mr. Charismatic, where the story and characters originate, and her journey into the world of writing in…
The desperate mission to save Amber (Jessica Ann Collins) continues on Echo 3 Season 1 Episode 6, airing Friday, December 16, on Apple TV+. TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the pivotal episode, which shows Prince (Michiel Huisman) and Bambi (Luke Evans) plotting their next move. Unfortunately, they know the net is closing, and their window to save Amber is closing. They turn their attention to the sibling of someone associated with the people holding Amber captive, forcing them to question how far they will go to save her. Bambi looks shocked as he hears Prince’s thoughts on…
There is a frozen soup of viruses, bacteria and fungal spores lurking beneath the frigid Arctic soil. Unlike the icy leftovers in the back of your freezer, some of these microbes haven’t interacted with a cell since well before ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids of Giza. As climate change continues to cook the planet, however, these permafrost-locked germs are beginning to thaw. But can newly defrosted microbes “wake up” and infect anything? And how much of a potential threat do they pose to human and environmental health? Those are the questions an international team of scientists began to probe in a…
Julia Roberts paid not-so-subtle tribute to longtime friend George Clooney at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC on Dec. 4. She arrived to the gala wearing a black gown entirely covered in photos of her “Ticket to Paradise” costar, whose humanitarian efforts were celebrated during the ceremony. The tongue-in-cheek dress was custom-made by Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott and adorned with pictures of Clooney throughout his decades-long career, including old professional headshots, magazine spreads, red carpet moments, and even several screen grabs from his “ER” days. Each snapshot was surrounded by a decorative gold frame as a nod to…
Overspending on Twitter for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore) was the easy part. Now, Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk must prove why he believes that Twitter is worth 10 times that amount and turn around a social media platform that he has spent months ridiculing. Earlier this month, the outspoken billionaire said: “Myself and the other investors are obviously overpaying for Twitter right now. The long-term potential for Twitter in my view is an order of magnitude greater than its current value.” Musk has provided few concrete details about his plans, and what he has shared appears far-fetched…