Have you ever heard of Rose Red? She’s apparently Snow White’s sister — but not the Snow White best associated with an evil stepmother, seven dwarfs and poisoned apples. You see, Rose Red and Snow White are actually sisters in an entirely different story by The Brothers Grimm. Their fairy tale involves a wicked dwarf and [SPOILER] a bear that turns into a prince, and it’s not about the Snow White […]
Musicians from Perry Farrell to Bettye LaVette descended on Carnegie Hall Thursday night to pay tribute to the late David Bowie. The concert, part of an annual charity series produced by Michael Dorf, wasin the works well before Bowie’s January death, but gained additional notoriety when the New York Timescoincidentally announced its lineup the morning that news of the rock icon’s passing broke. “I’ve been trying to get permission from […]
House of Cards star Robin Wright is in final negotiations to star in Alcon Entertainment’s sequel to Blade Runner. The actress will join Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in the sci-fi project, being directed by Denis Villeneuve, the acclaimed filmmaker behind drug drama Sicario. Other plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is known that the story takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original […]
This guy is simply amazing! Watch him solving 3 Rubik's Cubes in under 20 seconds whilst Juggling Mills Mess! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF9WbaJ0GZ4
The rumor that Twitter will scrap its 140-character limit for tweets just won’t die. In an interview with NBC, CEO Jack Dorsey has gone on record to say that the limit is staying. In September 2015, we first heard Twitter was experimenting with tweets longer than 140 characters. Then in January, the rumor came back, suggesting the company was hoping to launch a feature internally referred to as “Beyond 140” […]
Shots of Michael Fassbender in costume as 15th century assassin Aguilar may sell the action in Justin Kurzel’s Assassin’s Creed, but he also plays the very contemporary character of Callum Lynch in the movie. This divide between worlds and personalities is a huge part of the Assassin’s Creed video game franchise mythos. How it will play out in the big-screen adaptation remains to be seen, but if the images are […]
Back in 2012, a team of experts determined that Leonardo da Vinci's only universally recognized self-portrait was damaged beyond repair, breaking the nerdy little hearts of art history buffs around the world. The delicate red chalk drawing, created in 1512, was accidentally exposed to sunlight while being framed for an exhibition in 1929, which is believed to have led to what scientists call "foxing" -- simply, unwanted marks manifested on the […]
Apple's next-generation iPhone 7 Plus may feature a 256GB storage option and larger 3,100 mAh battery as two differentiating features over the smaller iPhone 7, according to Chinese website MyDrivers. The report does not specify if the iPhone 7 Plus will still have 16GB base storage, or if Apple will opt for larger storage options such as 32GB, 128GB and 256GB, compared to the iPhone 6s Plus lineup of 16GB, 64GB […]
Harrison Ford will crack that whip again. Disney officially announced today that Indiana Jones 5 is coming in summer 2019, with Ford back as the world’s coolest archaeologist and Steven Spielberg, who helmed all four previous installments of the franchise, returning to direct. Indiana Jones 5 has officially been set for July 19, 2019. It’s currently the only film slotted for that date. The Marvel adventure The Inhumans scheduled for […]
