Month: May 2024

He Jiankui Photo: YouTube screenshot Controversial Chinese scientist He Jiankui was punished when, in November 2018, he claimed to have used CRISPR gene editing technology to create a pair of HIV-resistant newborn twins. He now says he’ll use a different technique, called “base editing,” to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a degenerative brain disease that affects 55
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It was announced two years ago that filmmaking team Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream, Scream VI, Abigail) were working on bringing Snake Plissken back to the screen for a brand new movie based on John Carpenter’s Escape from New York for 20th Century Studios, with John Carpenter himself on board as an executive producer of the upcoming
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In The Ministry of Time, an unnamed narrator serves as “bridge” (read: guide and guardian) to Victorian polar explorer Graham Gore, who’s been transported from his doomed mission to present-day London. From there, what at first seems to be a fish-out-of-water comedy unfolds into a meditation on the lure of bureaucracy, an exploration of both
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This is The Masked Singer‘s Poodle Moth. A beloved member of the This Is Us family was revealed as the fuzzy flyer during the Fox singing competition’s quarterfinals on May 8, with judge Ken Jeong visibly moved by the contestant’s personal journey as the underdog. After all, Poodle Moth—who had been saved from elimination earlier in the season—was very candid
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Fellas, we know it can be tough out there on the dating scene. The main thing you’re usually worried about is whether or not you and your date are vibing together. Are your jokes landing? You hope so. A couple of twenty-two dollar cocktails in, and suddenly you’re worrying about the bill. You look down
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This week has brought a lot of confusion about “Crystal Lake,” A24, Peacock and Bryan Fuller’s (“Hannibal”) television series expansion of the Friday the 13th franchise. While reports and rumors spread about A24 pulling the plug on the series, we told you on Monday that that’s not exactly the case. Rather, the project is being retooled behind the
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Before Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling shared top billing in the latest big action movie playing in theaters, The Fall Guy, the two movie stars shared the same movie release date in 2023 when the phenomenon known as Barbenheimer shook cinemas across the globe. Gosling, of course, played Ken in Greta Gerwig’s neon pink comedy
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Last year, movie theaters catered to two major fan bases by bringing concert films to the big screen with Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour and Beyoncé’s Renaissance documentary. Since each of their commercial successes, it has us thinking about what other artists should make concert movies next. Enter Billie Eilish. As the Oscar-winning No Time
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Welsh author Carys Davies (West) is still breaking into American readership, but it won’t take her long. Her latest historical novel, Clear, which thoughtfully explores a passionate friendship set against religious and civic changes in mid-19th century Scotland, is bound to expand her audience. John Ferguson is a poor Presbyterian minister struggling to provide for
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Travis Kelce is kicking off his Hollywood career. The Kansas City Chiefs player—who has been dating Taylor Swift since last year—has landed in his first major TV role, joining the cast of Ryan Murphy‘s upcoming FX series Grotesquerie. His costar Niecy Nash confirmed the news in a behind-the-scenes video with Travis on May 7. “This is what happens when WINNERS link up‼️” the Dahmer actress
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Mango, one of Europe’s leading fashion groups, continues its expansion and brand consolidation plan in the UK with more than 20 store openings planned for 2024. Growth is focused on expanding its presence in London and Scotland, as well as the arrival for the first time in several cities in Northern Ireland and central and
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Sophie Allison is ditching her Soccer Mommy band for a handful of intimate shows in the spring. The concerts take place in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Nashville, and they’ll find Allison playing old and brand new songs with just her voice and guitar. See Allison’s tour dates—including full-band Soccer Mommy shows—below; scroll down
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As Gadd soon found out, Netflix viewers are even more interactive than theatergoers. Hearing the story was rooted in fact, Internet sleuths weren’t going to sit idly by while possible real perpetrators were out there, somewhere, unexposed. And unlike Gadd, who has never publicly named the people on whom Darrien and Martha are based, Reddit users, X
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