Ghost frontman Papa Emeritus IV threw out the first pitch today (September 22) at the White Sox game in Chicago. The band is currently on tour after releasing its fifth studio album, Impera, in March, and after performing Wednesday night in Peoria, Illinois, the vocalist found himself at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, where the White Sox played the Cleveland Guardians. Watch video of Papa Emeritus IV’s pitch below.Impera isn’t the only recent success that Ghost have been celebrating. Earlier this week, the band’s 2019 song “Mary on a Cross” skyrocketed onto the Billboard Hot 100 after gaining traction on…
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2022 marks the 30th anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series, the landmark cartoon from Warner Bros. that rewrote the rules of superhero animated series when it debuted in September of 1992. After decades of Batman the Super Friend, the guy who hung around with Scooby-Doo, the dude who talked like your favorite uncle, Batman: The Animated Series gave us a Dark Knight who lived up to that nickname. He was grim, he was angry, he always knew how to find a shadow to stand in, and he sounded (thanks to actor Kevin Conroy) like gravel rubbed on sandpaper.Another thing that made B:TAS different from every other previous…
Drugs like enzalutamide that inhibit male hormones from activating the androgen receptor have been used to treat advanced prostate cancer for more than a decade. While successful in most cases, these drugs can eventually stop working, but there is a limited understanding about how this change occurs. A new study from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center suggests androgen receptor inhibitors can fundamentally rewire and reshape how prostate tumors function, and in certain cases even make them more aggressive. These findings will be published in Nature Communications on Sept. 15. Male hormones function as fuel, turning on the androgen…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. There are dozens of songs out there inspired by literature. Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” takes the perspective of Cathy, wailing at Heathcliff’s window, The Ramones beg not to live again in their long “Pet Sematary,” a reference to King’s novel of the same name, and there are even entire albums tackling works of literature like Rebellion’s “A Tragedy in steel Part II: Shakespeare’s King Lear” inspired, of course, by King Lear. Lines of beloved novels, titles stolen from the pages of kids’ books:…
House of the Dragon’s pace has increased considerably as the season has progressed. Looking ahead to House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 7, it seems like things are getting gnarly between Rhaenyra and Alicent. Everyone looks set to unite for — spoiler alert — Laena’s funeral, but there’s a lot of angst from many of the characters. Since the original trailer for the series, we’ve known that Alicent would pull a knife on her one-time friend, and it looks like that will happen at the funeral. It does make us question what happens before we get to that point.…
Nothing passes gas quite like a dying star.When a star roughly the size of the sun approaches the end of its life, it expels its outer layer of gas into a bright and beautiful bubble known as a planetary nebula. At the center of each bubble, a weakened star continues irradiating its surroundings, sculpting the gas into colorful shapes that astronomers have likened to crabs, reptiles and terrifying screaming faces.One of the strangest and most baffling of these cosmic cloud paintings is the Cat’s Eye Nebula, located about 3,000 light-years from Earth. Seemingly made of several overlapping bubbles of blue…
Photography by Stéphanie Branchu/Netflix Ahead of season three, we break down Emily Cooper’s style rulebook and how to get the look for yourself. By Natalie Michie Date September 23, 2022 Getting the “Emilycore” look showcased in Emily in Paris is pretty simple: think understated pieces, straight-cut silhouettes and versatile neutrals that capture the essence of Parisian chic. Just kidding. For two seasons, the Netflix dramedy has made headlines for its chaotic, impractical costumes – a reflection of the show’s messy plotlines and clunky clichés. And through it all, the titular lead, played by Lily Collins, has earned a questionable sartorial…
Singapore’s financial regulator has accused embattled crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital of exceeding its assets threshold and providing false information.Three Arrows Capital (3AC) is one of the highest profile investors hit by the sharp sell-off in crypto markets and is being liquidated, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.On Thursday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it had “reprimanded” 3AC and accused it of providing misleading information concerning its relocation to the British Virgin Islands in 2021. It did not detail any penalties.Three Arrows Capital did not immediately respond to enquiries sent outside business…
Grand Theft Auto continues to be one of the most successful gaming franchises, but gamers got an unexpected look at some of the elements for the next iteration of the game when a leak uncovered 90 videos of clips from the game, along with the debug code and interfaces to help verify that the images were legit. Now Rockstar Games, the company behind Grand Theft Auto, have commented on the leak.The hacker, going under the moniker “teapotuberhacker,” posted the materials Sunday morning (Sept. 18) within the GTAForums. The hacker also threatened to “leak more data soon,” which could include source code,…
Just a couple weeks ago, it seemed like Warner Bros. had finally found its answer to Marvel’s Kevin Feige: The person who would oversee and guide its sprawling multiverse of DC movies and shows. The guy who was in line for the role, according to media reports, was Dan Lin, the producer of movies like The LEGO Batman Movie and and Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes.But now, just a few weeks later, Variety reports that talks between Warner Bros. Discovery and Lin have broken down, and he is “no longer in contention” to become the point man at DC Films.According to their report, a big…
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Wow. Talk about a wild hour. 9-1-1 Season 6 Episode 2 took you on a ride, as each storyline this week was a bit gut-wrenching and made for a rather emotional hour. From Hen’s struggles to Athena and Bobby’s trip and Buck’s awakening, my emotions were all over the place. It may be too early to say this, but it feels like 9-1-1 is back. Now, you may be thinking, but 9-1-1 never left? And you would be correct because we’ve gotten episodes, emergencies, character arcs, and the like. But 9-1-1 Season 5, in many ways, didn’t feel like the…
Diatoms are microscopic unicellular algae occurring in natural waters worldwide. During photosynthesis, they take up large quantities of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities, and convert it into biomass. The carotenoid fucoxanthin enables diatoms to efficiently harvest the blue-green part of the sunlight for photosynthesis. In collaboration with an international research team, researchers of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany now discovered how the algae produce this important and widely used pigment. Their work has recently been published in a scientific paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). New insights into the…
Taylor Swift loves a theme. After winning video of the year at the 2022 MTV VMAs, the artist casually confirmed her next album, “Midnights,” is coming soon on Oct. 21. Backstage at the award show, Swift swapped her striking Oscar de la Renta naked dress for a midnight-blue silk romper from Moschino for the Republic Records afterparty on Sunday evening. Featuring sequin star embellishments and a sweetheart bust lined with crystals, the singer’s celestial look was appropriate considering “Midnights” will include “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout [Swift’s] life,” according to her album artwork, which also shows Swift…
The PSLV-C53/DS-EO mission has been successfully accomplished, said Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday.The launch was scheduled for 6 PM from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space, Sriharikota, added ISRO.The countdown of 25 hours leading to the launch started at 5 PM on Wednesday.PSLV-C53 is the second dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). It is designed to orbit the DS-EO satellites along with two other co-passenger satellites from Singapore.This is the 55th mission of PSLV and the 15th mission using the PSLV-Core Alone variant. It is the 16th PSLV launch from the second launch pad.The mission…
Amon Amarth’s Johan Hegg was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie’s weekend radio program. The veteran death metal group just released their new album, The Great Heathen Army, which the vocalist discusses, but he also touched on the “no-brainer” decision he and his wife made to host Ukranian refugees at their home in Sweden.The record is the group’s twelfth as they stare down what will be the 25th anniversary of their Once Sent From the Golden Hall debut next year. Stylistically, Amon Amarth have been keen on evolving without straying too far from their core and on The Great Heathen Army, they fittingly recruited…
The return of Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, and his official addition to the mainstream Marvel Cinematic Universe, opens the door to adding a slew of other Marvel heroes to the MCU who previously only appeared in Marvel’s series for Netflix: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, The Punisher, and The Defenders. All of these series were supposed to be set in the MCU, but in practice they only vaguely alluded to events from other movies and shows, and the characters never crossed over into outside projects — until Cox’s Matt Murdock appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home.Now the character is starring in a second Daredevil television series, this one…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Note: I mention a lot of books in this piece that I do not want to read. Please understand this is not intended as a criticism of said books. In fact, that’s the whole point. A few weeks ago, I listened with glee as several of my fellow Rioters talked about how much they love Emily Henry. They were talking about which books of hers are their favorites, what order to read them in, the best book to start with if you’re new…
Family secrets and expectations are a burden. On The Cleaning Lady Season 2 Episode 2, Thony’s in-laws hurled accusations and expectations, which overwhelmed the entire family, especially Thony and Chris. It’s only a matter of time before the guilt-ridden and stressed-out teenager cracks. From the minute Lolo and Lola, aka Jacinto and Alma, arrive, the atmosphere in the De La Rosa family changes. Usually, the sisters are laid back with Chris, Jaz, and Luca, but the grandparents are old-fashioned and strict. Marco was their golden child, and Jacinto blamed Thony for getting the police involved. She should have known what…
As we age, our faces change, becoming slowly different from images used for facial recognition – so new photos may be needed more frequently to maintain accuracy and security Technology 24 August 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Our face changes faster when we are young or oldBase image: Karras, T. et al. Age processing: Alaluf, Y. et al. We can age as little as five years before face-recognition algorithms begin to struggle to identify us as the same person. This means systems that rely on facial recognition may need to get new images of users periodically or risk being unable to…
Conan Gray served ethereal main-character energy for his first in-person appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28. The “Yours” singer arrived to the award show wearing a romantic black-and-white ensemble paired with perhaps his most daring platform shoes yet. Plucked from Harris Reed’s spring 2022 collection, Gray’s outfit consisted of a white blazer-style top with a sheer, lace-trimmed train that his team held up as he floated down the black carpet. The set also included black high-waisted pants with an extreme flare. Peeking out from underneath Gray’s wide-leg trousers were the real stars of the show: a…
Google has announced a new update for the Google Password Manager that will now allow users to manually add password on Chrome and Android. The new update will also provide a consistent and unified user interface experience on Chrome as well as Android. Users can now add a Google Password Manager shortcut on the home screen of their Android phone. Google claims that this new update will bring more powerful password protection by creating strong passwords for users across platforms and will ensure that credentials aren’t compromised.In a blog post, Google has announced that starting Thursday, June 30 the internet…
Ozzy Osbourne’s latest album Patient Number 9, which was released on Sept. 9, has landed him the highest U.K. chart position of his career after debuting at No. 2 on the chart.The record is Osbourne’s second solo release in the last decade, following 2020’s Ordinary Man, which peaked at No. 3 on the U.K. chart. His 2007 effort Black Rain, 1986’s The Ultimate Sin and 1980’s Blizzard of Ozz are the only other Top 10 U.K. charting albums of his career, but Patient Number 9 has placed the highest of them all. It only lost the top position to Robbie Williams’s XXV.Patient Number 9 has proven to be a chart success in the U.S.…
Erin Moriarty is fed up with the trolling that the fanbase for The Boys keeps throwing at her. It’s extremely unfortunate to hear that so many people are missing the point of the show entirely. Most of the characters in the show are a deconstruction of typical superheroes, usually pulling apart a specific superhero trope. It also tackles themes of power, police brutality, white nationalism, and extremist politics. It’s not particularly subtle either. One of the characters is an actual Nazi.Despite criticism aimed toward the very kind of people Moriarty is calling out, people continue to miss the satire entirely. One look…
Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able to understand and accurately predict their occurrence. But the historical records of these remarkable astronomical spectacles are more than mere curiosities — they provide invaluable information on changes in the Earth’s movement. In a new study in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Japanese researchers combed through records from the Byzantine Empire to identify and locate total solar eclipses observed around the Eastern Mediterranean in the 4th-7th centuries CE, a period for which previously identified solar…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Comic books went digital a while ago. It began with webcomics. Then Comixology came along and made some print comics available digitally. The big two have been in the digital fray for a while, particularly Marvel Comics with Marvel Unlimited. Launched in 2007 (after a few other, less-successful platforms), it is the go-to digital platform for Marvel Comics. If you’ve been on the fence about Marvel Unlimited for the last 15 years or haven’t looked at it in a while, you might be…
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wedding Season Season 1 Episode 8 finale.] Hulu‘s Wedding Season takes the thrill of falling in love literally. When Katie (Rosa Salazar, Parenthood) and Stefan (Gavin Drea, Vikings: Valhalla) meet at a wedding, they spark an instant connection. The only problem is, Katie’s engaged to someone else. Three months (and more wedding run-ins) later, Gavin crashes Katie’s wedding declaring his love for her. She rejects him, the wedding continues, but then her new husband and his family are murdered during the reception, and Katie and Stefan are the main suspects. Still in…
Better satellite coverage of wildfires and improved climate models are giving scientists a more accurate view of smoke plumes as they drift across the country. These kinds of advances, they say, can help provide earlier warnings to residents endangered by wildfire smoke. A breakthrough in the field occurred during the deadly 2018 Camp Fire in California that killed 88 people, destroyed 19,000 structures and exposed 8 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area to some of the world’s most polluted air for two weeks. Research published in June by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society outlines how a new tool helped make…
While scrolling through all the new-in sections of my favourite brands, it’s hard not to get excited about the onset of autumn. Slowly but surely, knits, boots and coats are popping up again, and all I can think about is crisp walks and cosy layers (ironically, as I sit sweltering in this final heatwave). Recently, though, there’s been one outfit in particular I’ve spotted both Arket and H&M backing (and you know it’s good if those brands are on it). It’s the knitted trouser co-ord—flared trousers to be exact—and I’m pleased to report I already know it’s going to be my most-worn look for the season.…
It’s important to consider the interests of donor-conceived people, says Gardner, who learned at 35 years old that she was conceived via a sperm donor. When a parent’s medical background isn’t known, the donor-conceived person “is often the one most directly impacted—either by developing a condition that possibly could have been prevented with the right screening and the right information, or just not knowing a complete medical history of their family,” Gardner says. This then “reverberates down through generations, and not only impacts us, but it impacts our children as well.”Politicians have started to listen. On July 7, Chris Jacobs,…