Month: August 2020

The US Defence Department’s decision to set up a new UFO task force is less about aliens and more about superpower rivalry on Earth, according to a security expert. Last week, the Pentagon announced it was creating the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) to “detect, analyse and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a
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Hinds and CHAI have joined forces for a new collaborative single titled ‘UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB’. After teasing their latest collaboration for the past few weeks, the Spanish and Japanese groups have also unveiled an accompanying music video directed by Mariano Schoendorff. Check it out below. “‘UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB’ is a song that screams
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The Chicks turned in a pitch-perfect rendition of the National Anthem on the final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention (Aug. 20). The country trio’s performance was remote, as those from other artists have been throughout the event’s four days. Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer performed all of “The Star-Spangled Banner” together,
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Sony Pictures Classics has scheduled Azazel Jacobs’ drama French Exit for a Feb. 21, 2021 release in time for Oscars. The pic, which stars Oscar nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, is making its world premiere as the Closing Night feature at the 2020 New York Film Festival.    Directed by Jacobs and written by award-winning novelist Patrick deWitt, based
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Sun protection, but make it fashion Whether you’re popping out to run errands or spending the day at the beach, sun protection is a must. While you should wear SPF every day (yes, every day!), dermatologists say sunscreen simply isn’t enough on its own. Enter: sun hats. A stylish hat will not only shield you from harmful UV rays, but
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While it has its moments, Monster Seafood Wars wears its central joke much too thin, and pads itself with inane sequences. Our Culture reviews the film here for its selection as part of the 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival.  Told in flashback, Monster Seafood Wars features a giant squid, a giant octopus, and a giant crab wreaking
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California based actress and musician Daniella Monet (real name Daniella Monet Zuvic) gained mediocre fame in the early 2000s after she landed small roles on shows like “Zoey 101,” “iCarly” and “Listen Up” … but Monet’s stardom really began to shine after her breakout role as the entertainment-driven big sister Trina Vega on the 2010
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Ross Ellis‘ single “Love Blind” is a prayer about his real-life relationship, with his girlfriend Brittany. The couple met at a festival in 2019 — Ellis was playing, and while her friends headed off to watch another artist’s set, she stuck around to see him — and despite the distance between his home in Nashville and
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Karen is going Hollywood … with an upcoming suspense thriller starring Taryn Manning!!! The “Orange Is The New Black” star just signed on to play a “Karen” on the big screen … in a story about a racist, entitled white woman in the South who terrorizes her new African-American neighbors. Sound familiar? The movie, from
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Sandra Mansour’s job is turning dream worlds into dresses. She pulls clouds down to earth via billowing tulle; she sews dawn dew from gardens into glass-beaded gowns. It’s a gift, as they say, but it comes with a cost—like, literally—because the hand-crafted pieces by the Swiss-born, Beirut-based designer are roughly (and rightly) the cost of
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Written by Pat Mills and illustrated by Clint Langley, the American Reaper and Reaper Files graphic novels are getting a feature adaptation from Amblin Partners, we’ve learned. Ciarán Foy (Citadel, Sinister 2, Eli, “The Haunting of Bly Manor”) has been set to direct and also co-write the script with Kyle Ward for Amblin and Intrepid
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The HBO series I May Destroy You has drawn acclaim for its gritty and gripping depiction of a young woman’s journey to piece together what happened the night she was drugged and raped. The brainchild of writer-performer Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You is one of the year’s best shows, not only because of its smart handling of the subject
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Singer-songwriter Katie Pruitt shares childhood home movies in the new music video for her song “Normal.” The clip juxtaposes what appears to be the fairly typical kid’s life with the artist’s internal struggles, expressed in the song’s lyrics. Throughout “Normal,” Pruitt examines her struggle with her sexuality, religion and fitting in. While the verses speak directly to
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PUBLISHED: 18:00 15 August 2020 Stacia Briggs and Siofra Connor Weird Suffolk: The tale of the Rendlesham mermaid pond. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Archant Rendlesham in Suffolk has more than its fair share of strange stories, but this one concerns a mermaid rather than little green men Britain’s most celebrated UFO encounter, Anglo-Saxon warrior kings,
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The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers has assembled one hell of a cast for his next movie, a viking revenge film titled The Northman. Known cast includes Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Skarsgård and Willem Dafoe, and it seems to have leaked this week that musician Björk is also part of the ensemble. Björk, who starred
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