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Popcorn Bucket Craze Pops Off With Skyrocketing Scalper Prices, Director Approvals and Imax’s First-Ever Movie Merch
Popcorn buckets have become a booming merchandise category for cinema chains, with limited-edition designs tied to blockbuster releases like Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” selling out within minutes and being resold by scalpers on eBay at inflated prices. The trend matters commercially because cinemas typically keep only about half of ticket…
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Samsung’s discounted smart monitor is $349.99, its lowest price yet
Samsung’s M80F smart monitor has dropped to $349.99 at Amazon and B&H Photo, matching its lowest recorded price and offering a route for shoppers wanting both a computer display and TV-style features in one screen without needing extra space. The 32-inch 4K device blends monitor and smart TV functionality, making it appealing for anyone limited…
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10 Near-Perfect Space Opera TV Shows No One Remembers Today
Collider has published a listicle highlighting ten space opera television series that critics regard as excellent but which have largely faded from public memory. The piece focuses on shows in the space opera tradition—epic, character-driven adventures set against interstellar conflict, rather than hard science fiction—arguing that despite the genre’s popularity since Star Wars, many strong…
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The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases
A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, left drifting in space for 18 months after delivering two lunar landers, is set to crash into the Moon on Wednesday, producing a debris cloud that may be visible from Earth through a telescope. Researchers say the event offers a rare opportunity to study the risks that space…
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Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model
Lego has released a new, more detailed model of the Hubble Space Telescope as part of its Icons line, marking a fresh tribute to the observatory 35 years after its launch. The set is notable for being the first Lego Hubble model built to minifigure scale, complete with removable panels revealing internal instruments, making it…
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Newlywed couple’s honeymoon is almost ruined after groom left behind at Gatwick when easyJet overbooked the flight
A newlywed groom was left behind at Gatwick Airport after easyJet overbooked his honeymoon flight, threatening to disrupt the couple’s trip together. The incident highlights the ongoing problem of airline overbooking, where carriers sell more seats than a plane can hold on the assumption that some passengers will not show up, occasionally leaving paying customers…
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Final Volume of ‘Space Brothers’ Tops Billboard Japan Book Hot 100
Chuya Koyama’s Uchu Kyoudai (Space Brothers) Vol. 46, the concluding volume of the long-running manga serialised in Morning magazine since 2008, has topped the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 on the chart released 30 July. The volume achieved a clean sweep, ranking first across brick-and-mortar, e-commerce and e-book sales, underlining the popularity of the award-winning…
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Love and Deepspace Valko furor leads to game’s worst month ever
Love and Deepspace, the hit romance gacha game from developer Papergames, has suffered its worst month of revenue since launching in 2024, following a bitter fan backlash over a cancelled character named Valko. The controversy exposed a deep split between the game’s Chinese and international player bases, and even drew intervention from the Chinese government,…
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‘Battlestar Galactica’ Officially Sets New Release for August 11
“Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series” is being reissued on Blu-ray by Universal on 11 August 2026, giving fans a way to own the entire acclaimed reboot in one collection after years of it shifting between various streaming services. The 2004 series, created by Ronald D. Moore, reimagined the campy 1978 original as a darker, post-apocalyptic…