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Yaga’s first Comic-Con clip teases Hudson Williams’s eerie transformation
A first clip from Crave’s forthcoming mystery thriller “Yaga” was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con, giving audiences an early look at Hudson Williams in the series. The preview drew attention to Williams’s altered blue-eyed appearance and to the show’s deliberately eerie, sexualised tone, positioning the adaptation as a darker reimagining of Slavic folklore. The series…
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10 Most Influential Horror Books of All Time
Collider ranks ten horror novels it considers especially influential, tracing the genre’s development from Gothic fiction to modern psychological and supernatural horror. – ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ is praised for making terror emerge from isolation, distrust and ambiguity. – ‘The Exorcist’ combines demonic possession with questions of faith, suffering and scepticism. – ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’…
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Biden ghostwriter tapes to be released
Former President Joe Biden has dropped his legal attempt to prevent the release of audio recordings and transcripts of conversations with the ghostwriter of his memoir. The decision clears the way for the Trump Justice Department to provide the material to a Republican-led congressional committee and the conservative Heritage Foundation, following an appeals court ruling…
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Ridley Scott’s Terrifying Sci-Fi Sequel Is Being Wiped From Streaming
Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s 2017 science-fiction horror sequel and prequel, will leave HBO Max at the end of July. Its removal matters to subscribers because it narrows access to a divisive but visually ambitious entry that connects Scott’s Prometheus with the original Alien. Set at the start of the 22nd century, the film follows a…
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An animator at Ghost of Yotei studio Sucker Punch just released his own action RPG on Steam, and he can’t believe its success: “36,000 COPIES SOLD IN 24 HOURS”
Sucker Punch senior animator Jean Nguyen has released Dinoblade, his dinosaur-themed action RPG, on Steam and says it sold 36,000 copies in its first 24 hours. The unexpectedly strong launch highlights the demand for the game’s unusual premise, in which dinosaurs fight using enormous swords held in their teeth. Dinoblade began as a joke project…
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 confirms release date and it’s closer than you think
Cold Iron Studios has confirmed that Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will launch on 25 August 2026, making the sequel’s release substantially closer than its previously broad third-quarter window suggested. The announcement matters because it confirms the return of the co-operative Aliens shooter with expanded four-player squads, cross-platform play and new tactical options. The game was…
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FC 26 FC Pro World Championship Mystery Nation revealed (Knockouts Day 2)
Austria has been revealed as the Mystery Nation for the second Knockouts day of the FC 26 FC Pro World Championship. Ultimate Team players can complete the associated objective by scoring three Finesse Shot goals with Austrian players, earning free packs that may help strengthen late-season squads. The objective can be completed in any Ultimate…
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Biden backs off lawsuit over ghostwriter interview audio
Joe Biden has withdrawn his lawsuit to prevent the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with his memoir ghostwriter, clearing the way for them to go to a Republican-led House committee. The decision follows an appeals court ruling against him and ends his immediate legal effort to keep the private conversations confidential. The…
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TV tonight: hit British comedy Ghosts gets a fun new twist
The Guardian’s television guide highlights Ghosts Australia on BBC Three, an Australian adaptation of the British sitcom in which a couple inherit a rundown mansion inhabited by spirits visible only to Kate after a near-death experience. It presents the programme as a fresh but faithful variation on a popular comedy, while also recommending quiz shows,…
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‘I thought, I’ve tried everything else, why not give AI a shot?’: the long-lost family reunited by ChatGPT
Avtar Singh, who grew up in Canada believing the woman raising him was his mother, discovered as an adult that he had been born to his father’s first wife and left with his grandparents in India. Decades later, after conventional searches had failed, he turned to ChatGPT and was reunited with previously unknown family members,…