Joker Among Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay Nominees
Not long after Joaquin Phoenix won a Golden Globe for best performance in Joker, the clown prince himself is officially on the nominee list for the Screenwriters Guild of America award for best adapted screenplay, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Joker is joined in the nominee list by similarly high-profile movies of 2019, including Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Tom Hank’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.
Bill & Ted 3: New Image Released From Face the Music
Orion Pictures has released a new image from Bill & Ted Face the Music, featuring Bill (Alex Winters), Ted (Keanu Reeves), and their daughters (Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine).
The new image shows the quartet in a garage filled with music equipment. You can check out the new image, as well as the three previously released screens, in the slideshow below.
Here's the official synopsis for the series' long-awaited third film, courtesy of Orion:
The stakes are higher than ever for the time-traveling exploits of William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. and Theodore "Ted" Logan. Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle aged best friends set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends - to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe.
Doctor Who’s The Master Explained: Who is the Doctor’s ‘Best Enemy?’
Full spoilers follow for "Spyfall: Parts 1 & 2," the first two episodes of Doctor Who's new season.
“I am usually referred to as the Master…universally.”
With this month's launch of the second year of Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor (in the 12th season of the modern series), we also got the surprising return of the Master, as played by Sacha Dhawan, as well as the resurgence of the mystery around the "Timeless Child." But who exactly is the Master, and what is he up to this time around...?
Sacha Dhawan as the Master
NBA Jam, Burger Time and More Arcade1up Cabinets Announced
Retro arcade cabinet maker Arcade1up introduced several new cabinets at CES 2020, including NBA Jam, a sit-down Star Wars, special edition Burger Time, as well as a partnership with Zen Studios for 3/4 scale digital pinball machines.
The NBA Jam cabinet features online functionality "allowing users to play with other Arcade1Up cabinets in drop-in style games" in North America and features NBA Jam, NBA Jam Tournament Edition, and NBA Hang Time.
According to Arcade1up, its pinball partnership with Zen Studios "includes titles from Bally/Williams and other yet to be announced, big names in the pinball space."
The new Burger Time cabinet also includes arcade classics Karate Champ, Bad Dudes, and Caveman Ninja, and features art from Burger Time, as well as a light-up marquee, special edition riser, and "rounded side panels" to keep it "true to the original."
Disintegration Hands-On Preview: A New Kind of Shooter
At first glance, Disintegration looks like a whole lot of ingredients from different genres stylishly mashed together: one part futuristic first-person shooter, one part action-focused airship piloting, a heavy dose of strategy elements like troop commands, abilities combos, and cooldown rotations. It can seem like a lot.
On paper, that's the core of Disintegration – a game of many different layers. You’d think those elements might clash, that they'd cannibalize one another: the precision gunplay, the frantic aerial dodging, and the careful issuing of orders from on high. But all those pieces, somehow, working harmoniously is what supports V1 Interactive’s grand design – thanks, primarily, to V1's actual design.
How I Learned to Grieve and Heal Through Star Wars
Warning: this article contains minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker!
While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker delivered some big revelations that rocked the foundations of the Skywalker Saga, it was one innocuous, blink-and-you-miss-it moment featuring two unnamed characters that left me reeling. It came as the Resistance congregated after their victory: two women shared a celebratory kiss.
Though it may not seem like much, for me it meant the world because it helped me find closure after years of trying to process the loss of my best friend Drew Leinonen. He was among those killed during the 2016 shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. That little kiss marked the end of a long journey involving an online petition, thousands of Star Wars fans, and the head of Lucasfilm itself.
Realistic Breakfast Made in Dreams Will Make You Ravenous
Hungry? You will be after you see a realistic breakfast made by a game designer in upcoming PS4-exclusive Dreams.
You can blame senior principal designer John Beech for the hunger pains. He works at Media Molecule on Dreams, and posted his cooked breakfast project - what he calls “Full Beech Breakfast” - on Twitter to bring in the new year. It’s astoundingly realistic.
The project is simple in concept in that it’s merely a rotatable view of a plate of breakfast, featuring sausages, eggs, bacon, beans, mushrooms, toast, a grilled tomato, a hash brown, and a black pudding. But the execution on this is absurd - it looks like a photograph.
Aliens Exist and Could Be on Earth, Says Astronaut
Dr Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut to go into space, has claimed aliens exist and it is possible they are already living among us here on Earth.
Speaking to the Observer magazine, Sharman reflected on her collective years in the field of science and technology, including her milestone mission to the Soviet modular space station Mir in May 1991. During the interview she claimed that extraterrestrial life exists somewhere in the universe.
"Aliens exist, there's no two ways about it," she said, adding, "there must be all sorts of different forms of life" among the billions of stars in our galaxy. She also noted that aliens may not be made up of carbon and nitrogen like humans, and as such "it's possible they're here right now and we simply can't see them."
Leaked PS5 Devkit Photos Reveal New Controller
More photos of the PlayStation 5 devkit have appeared online that give a better look at the new controller design.
An office cleaner has shared photos they claim to have taken of a devkit for Sony’s next-gen console that was left overnight at their workplace (via ResetEra).
They don’t say which office they took these photos in, but presumably it belongs to a game developer working on projects for the PS5. “My first cleaning of prototype 1 of PS5,” reads the post. “Yes my job is a cleaner occasionally at U...” they add.
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