-We are also introduced to Queen Latifah as Hattie McDaniel… and she’s in a three way with a man and woman?! This is based on speculation and rumors that she was part of the alleged Hollywood Sewing Circle where stars in “lavender marriages” (married to gay men) secretly had lesbian and/or bisexual trysts. McDaniel was
Reports from Venturebeat and Eurogamer indicate that Nintendo will delay its previously planned June Nintendo Direct stream which was originally scheduled to serve as the company’s E3 2020 presentation. Those reports indicate that Nintendo is experiencing some first-party development delays related to the spread of COVID-19. Like so many others during this time, the company
Disney+ hit 50 million subscribers globally in early April, shortly after it finally launched in the UK and other regions, and while the platform has still got a way to go until it gets close to Netflix’s 167 million-strong base, it’s not a bad result so far for a streaming service that only originally got
That’s an interesting deviation from what we saw in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. That game also lets you choose a female or male protagonist, but there, the character you didn’t choose ended up playing a different role in the game. Odyssey attempted to be vague about which character was the canonical one, but it was later
Looking for the UK Amazon Prime new releases? Click here instead! It’s been awhile since the world has seen a new comedy from Greg Daniels, co-creator of The Office (U.S.) and Parks and Recreation. That all changes this month with Amazon Prime’s new releases for May 2020. That’s right, leading the pack of Amazon originals
Jim Lee, the legendary comic artist turned publisher turned DC Comics executive, has spent most of his social distancing putting up huge for local comic shops. He’s been furiously sketching some awesome characters, then auctioning them off on eBay. The BINC Foundation, the charity that supports book stores in times of crisis, has seen an
The success of Star Wars Battlefront 2 cast some doubt regarding when DICE would return to the Battlefield series and if they had any interest in essentially replacing Battlefield with Battlefront in the long-term. While the prospect of them abandoning Battlefield entirely has always been a long-shot, Battlefield 5‘s sales struggles did cast some reasonable
IMAGE: The researchers’ H-cell setup used in developing their hydrogen peroxide production method. view more Credit: Zheng Chen Lab A team of researchers has developed a portable, more environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. It could enable hospitals to make their own supply of the disinfectant on demand and at lower cost. The work, a
IMAGE: The cellulose nanofiber-derived bulk CNFP structural material and its characterization. (a) Photograph of large-sized CNFP with a volume of 320 × 220 × 27 mm3. (b) The robust 3D nanofiber… view more Credit: Shu-Hong Yu Plastic is a kind of widely used artificial material. The invention of plastic gives us a lightweight, strong and inexpensive
IMAGE: Bose-Einstein condensate comagnetometer, formed by two distinct atomic internal states of 87Rb which are contained in the same spatial wavefunction. view more Credit: ICFO/ P. Gomez & M. Mitchell Scientists have been able to observe the universe and determine that about 80% of the its mass appears to be “dark matter,” which exerts a gravitational
IMAGE: Researchers from Drexel University have discovered a way to grow hollow crystal spheres, and pause they’re symmetrical growth so they form with holes — a significant advance for their use… view more Credit: Drexel University The new development, recently reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications, was led by Christopher Li, PhD, a professor in
Both Legends continuity and the Disney canon feature Jedi who, one way or another, survived past the end of the Clone Wars. Major Jedi characters like Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi went into exile until the Original Trilogy, in which they tried to keep the traditions of the Jedi alive by training Luke Skywalker. Revenge of
More than six weeks after comics ceased shipping because of COVID-19 disruptions to production and distribution, Diamond Distributors, the former monopoly that once distributed all single issues to shops around the country, has announced that they’re back. May 20th sees the return of new single issue comics from Image, BOOM!, Marvel, Dark Horse and others
EA and developer Respawn Entertainment have revealed the first details about Apex Legends Season 5 – Fortune’s Favor. As before, this season will feature a combination of new characters, items, and gameplay alterations. It will also see the return of the recently introduced “Splits” ranked play system. Essentially, that system sees players compete to improve
IMAGE: Nanostimulators bind to the surface of stem cells, delivering agents that spur the cells to release factors that promote blood vessel growth and modulate inflammation in damaged muscle. view more Credit: Image by Janet Sinn-Hanlon, Veterinary Medicine at Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In regenerative medicine, an ideal treatment for patients whose muscles are damaged from
IMAGE: Researchers at The University of Tokyo and Yokohama City University create elastic fluorescent crystals that reversibly change color when bent or deformed. This work may lead to the development of… view more Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, part of The University
IMAGE: The twist angle between the layers governs the crystal symmetry and can lead to a variety of interesting physical behaviours, such as unconventional superconductivity, tunnelling conductance, nonlinear optics and structural… view more Credit: Luojun Du et al. Aalto University Two-dimensional (2D) materials, which consist of a single layer of atoms, have attracted a lot of
We collectively yearn for the distraction of a Met Gala, or of any socialization really, so in a way the show’s countless scenes of live music, shopping and bar-hopping feel like pandemic porn. Katy Keene has truly become the escapist saga it has always yearned to be…albeit due to tragic real world events that have
Stream your Star Wars favorites on Disney+ with a FREE TRIAL, on us! As we say goodbye once again to one of Star Wars‘ greatest villains, let’s take a look back at the former Sith’s best moments from The Clone Wars, Rebels, the comics, and beyond. Duel of the Fates The Phantom Menace is not
Finally… the playoffs are set to begin. Those are words all sports fans, particularly basketball and hockey fans, would love to hear right now. For baseball fans following MLB The Show’s Players League, a taste of playoff action is on the way and it can’t come soon enough. On Friday, May 1, the eight-team playoff
{FEATUREDTYPE}: {FEATUREDCAPTION} view more Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} A discovery that long eluded physicists has been detected in a laboratory at Princeton. A team of physicists detected superconducting currents — the flow of electrons without wasting energy — along the exterior edge of a superconducting material. The finding was published in the May 1 issue of the journal
I enjoy the relationship between the three young women because they are so different and they balance one another. What happens to one affects them all, but they’re all uniquely affected. The writing gives them space to exist as individuals while still treating them as a unit. My only real—not issue, but note—is that Abigail
Final Fantasy 7 Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase has indicated that future chapters of the remake will stick fairly closely to the original game. “I’ve talked about this extensively with [co-director Tetsuya] Nomura, but I’m sure fans of the original are expecting to revisit familiar locations and scenes, so we have strong feelings to not stray
IMAGE: Researchers suggested using machine learning methods to predict the properties of artificial sapphire crystals. It is a unique material widely used in microelectronics, optics and electronics. view more Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues from Southern Federal University and Indian Institute
What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 is here! Bust out the creepy crepe paper! In case you’ve been stuck in your coffin for the last hundred years or so, What We Do in the Shadows is a documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds
Ubisoft has revealed this year’s highly-anticipated installment in the Assassin’s Creed series. The game is called Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and moves the action to the era of the Vikings. The game will be fully unveiled when Ubisoft drops the game’s first trailer on April 30 at 11 am ET. The announcement was made by the
IMAGE: An early tumor (in green are tumor cells) with nanoparticles (in red) in them were used to quantify the mechanical properties using microrheology. The first image from a video taken… view more Credit: Bryan Smith A first-of-its-kind nanoparticle-based in vivo imaging technique that may one day be used to help diagnose and even treat cancer
Marianne’s sexual proclivities have a slightly different treatment in the book as well, where word gets out about the images. The issue of consent is far murkier here, since the book doesn’t depict Marianne straightforwardly asking for a dom/sub relationship or a clear violation of those boundaries, but rather an entire relationship built on the
For the past 20-plus years, ever since Blade and the first X-Men film opened the floodgates for superhero movies, some of Marvel Comics’ most iconic characters have found their way to the big screen. Spider-Man, the X-Men, Captain America, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, Captain Marvel…but the very first Marvel superhero has yet to
The Elder Scrolls Online‘s next big chapter takes players back to one of Tamriel’s most beloved regions: Skyrim. While the region has appeared in the MMO before, the new chapter, titled Greymoor, fully unlocks the western part of Skyrim, which is under the rule of a vampire lord that players will likely have to defeat