CIA Releases X-Files-Like UFO Documents

Scully and Mulder take notice. The CIA is highlighting a few documents from its Freedom of Information Act UFO collection, in efforts to help the public "navigate the vast amount of data."

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Initially declassified in 1978, the CIA has "hundreds" of documents detailing unidentified flying objects open to the public. The documents date back primarily from the late 1940s and 1950s, and contain information that "both skeptics and believers will find interesting."

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Grimm: Bitsie Tulloch Talks Building a New Character in Eve

Spoilers for Grimm's Season 5 midseason premiere, "Eve of Destruction," continue below.

Bitsie Tulloch is back, and certainly more badass than ever on Grimm. After being unceremoniously shot by Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) at the end of Season 4, viewers learned that Juliette wasn't actually dead but instead being reconditioned by the kind folks at Hadrian's Wall.

In the Season 5 midseason premiere, we were introduced to Eve, the harder, tougher and wholly less villainous character that Juliette has been turned into. If her heart-to-heart with Nick (David Giuntoli) didn't clue you off, she's not feeling the same sort of love that Juliette once felt for her former beau. So what role does she have to play in the show now?

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All the Awesome Cosplay from PAX South

PAX South is in full swing, and IGN is committed to bringing you photos and videos of all the coolest cosplay on the show floor and beyond. Sean Finnegan will be shooting all three days and updating this very page with new photos and videos, so make sure you bookmark it so you don't miss a single awesome costume.

Sean Finnegan is a producer for IGN. You can talk to him all about movies and photography on Twitter.

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Netflix Gilmore Girls Revival Confirmed

Following reports last year that Netflix was looking to revive Gilmore Girls, the popular streaming service has confirmed the beloved show is indeed making a return.

Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham on Gilmore Girls

According to Netflix's announcement, the revival will star Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Scott Patterson and Kelly Bishop. Other original cast members including Sean Gunn and Keiko Agena will return as well. That said, the show's official title, episode count and premiere date have yet to be revealed.

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Justice League vs. Teen Titans Home Release Detailed

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that Justice League vs. Teen Titans will be released on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on April 12.

The Blu-ray Combo Pack will be available for the suggested retail price of $24.98 and include a digital version of the movie on Digital HD with UltraViolet. A special Blu-ray Deluxe Edition will also be available for $29.96, which includes everything in the Combo Pack, as well as an exclusive Robin figurine. Meanwhile, the standard DVD version will be available for $19.98. Additionally, fans will be able to get the Digital HD version early on March 29 through digital retailers.

Check out the gallery below for a look at a few stills from the film, as well as the official cover art and exclusive Robin figurine.

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Black Sails: Why Flint is So Dangerous Now

Black Sails returned last week for Season 3 with a big episode that caught us up with the characters and showed that Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) is in a very dark place, following the murder of Miranda Barlow (Louise Barnes) last season – grimly moving from port to port and killing those he sees as his enemies, with no mercy for anyone who gets in his way.

I spoke to Stephens about Flint’s mindset, his current peace with his former enemy, Vane (Zach McGowan) and more, including a massive storm sequence in the next episode of Black Sails, airing Saturday night.

A year ago, I was on a visit to the set of Black Sails in South Africa, watching Stephens get absolutely drenched, as machinery shot a never-ending deluge of water at him, backed by huge fans to blow the water forward, and I was very curious what it was like to film such an intense sequence - one that took many days to complete.

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Why a Smash Game at NX’s Launch Makes Sense

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IGN's Nintendo show is back with another episode! This week, Meghan Sullivan joins host Jose OteroBrian Altano, and Peer Schneider to talk about Final Fantasy Explorers and Linkle in Hyrule Warriors. Then, after the break, the core trio tackles the rumor of a Smash NX launch title (made by Namco) and why we're OK with the changes coming to Fire Emblem Fates in the West.

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More Details About Conan Exiles Game Revealed

"Barbarism," said Conan creator Robert E. Howard, "is the natural state of mankind." Civilization is a fluke; a "whim of circumstance." It's a theme Howard wove into virtually every paragraph about his raven-haired Cimmerian, and it seems to manifest itself in undiluted form in Conan Exiles, Funcom's upcoming open-world survival game set in Howard's Hyborian Age. That, at least, is the impression I got from Conan Exiles' creative director Joel Bylos and executive producer Lawrence Poe in an interview earlier this week.

Funcom's no stranger to this world — it was, after all, behind 2008's ambitious but troubled massively multiplayer online RPG Age of Conan. But Age of Conan found us far along in Conan's years, when he was already sitting semi-comfortably on the throne of Aquilonia. Conan Exiles finds him in a younger, wilder age, when he's roughly 26 and in between the events of Howard's "Xuthal of the Dusk" and "A Witch Shall Be Born."

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The Force Awakens Retold in Adorable 60 Second Animation

An animation studio has distilled the entire plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens into a minute-long animation.

1A4 Studio produced the “Speedrun” video, seen below. Warning: Adorable renditions of spoilers follow.

You might recognize the art style from its popular retelling of the original Star Wars. It’s produced similar videos for movies ranging from Back to the Future to The Big Lebowski and Die Hard, but A New Hope remains its biggest hit.

The non-animated, big-screen Force Awakens featured several cast members from the Clone Wars cartoon. The animation studio will have plenty of material to work with for the foreseeable future, since Disney boss Bob Iger said more movies are on the way even after the four that are currently in production.

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Watch IGN on Your Apple TV With The Official IGN App

Good news, everyone! IGN is on Apple TV and named one of the Best New Apps for you to download and enjoy.

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With the Apple TV IGN App, you'll be able to access all of IGN.com's video content directly on your television. That means game reviews, previews, special features, gameplay clips, IGN Plays, live event coverage, and all the latest from your favorite movies and television shows, too.

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