In preparation for our American, remotely-produced honoring of television, how about some British, remotely-produced honoring of television? The 2020 BAFTA TV Awards took place on July 31, honoring the best and brightest not just in UK-specific television (though there is plenty of that, with plenty of delightfully British-sounding names) but of international TV as well,
Month: July 2020
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — With school reopenings just a few weeks away, a report on how the new coronavirus spread rapidly through a summer camp in Georgia suggests kids transmit the virus very well. Nearly 600 young campers and counselors attended the camp in late June, and
[Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy Season 2 and The Umbrella Academy comic books. Read at your own risk!] The Umbrella Academy returned to Netflix with an outlandish new adventure that saw the Hargreeves siblings trying to save the world (and JFK) in 1963 Dallas. The second season drew strong inspiration from
X-Men is, in many ways, one of the most influential movies of the 2000s. It helped kick off the current era of superhero movies that are still dominating Hollywood. And, as it turns out, it could have been a whole lot different had things gone another way. Michael Jackson, the pop star behind Thriller, had
You may not be in high school, college, or figuring out your early 20s anymore, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the awkward, thrilling, memories of those times. Coming of age is a universal experience, which is why there’s a young adult movie for every genre to remind us of those bittersweet days of
Jason Momoa is no stranger to water, as he played the King of Atlantis in DC Comics’ huge blockbuster hit Aquaman, and fans appear to love watching the man get wet. The hulking superhero brought some heat to this otherwise muted summer, sharing new Instagram photos that instantly went viral. The man was out on
Amazon’s four-part docuseries The Last Narc is now available on the streaming service, for which director Tiller Russell took great risks in telling the story of the most notorious murder in the history of the DEA — the 1985 kidnapping and murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. The Last Narc follows Hector Berrellez, a highly
– [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers through the Season 2 finale of Umbrella Academy, “The End of Something.”] So, how about Emmy Raver-Lampman’s performance in Umbrella Academy Season 2? There’s a lot to love about the new season overall, and really, every Hargreeves sibling gets a quality storyline that makes an impression, but Allison’s journey is key
A brand new synopsis for The New Mutants has made its way online. We recently got a good look at the upcoming X-Men spin-off during [email protected], with the opening scene and a new trailer revealed. Now, Disney’s 20th Century Studios has revealed a very thorough synopsis that confirms a major link between Anya Taylor-Joy’s character
In 2003, Ubisoft released Beyond Good & Evil, a unique near-future sci-fi action-adventurer featuring Jade, a photojournalist who teams up with an underground resistance movement (which, yes, includes an anthropomorphized, fighting pig) to stop an oppressive, alien-controlled society. The game wasn’t a huge, smash hit, but was critically acclaimed, and has earned enough of a cult
Sir Alan Parker the acclaimed British director behind Oscar nominated classics Mississippi Burning and Midnight Express, has passed away at the age of 76. The news was confirmed by the British Film Institute. The filmmaker died following a lengthy illness. Parker, whose career spanned three decades, was a two-time Oscar-nominee. Alan Parker was born in
Amy Adams has lined up her next project, and it is a doggone bizarre one at that. The Oscar-nominated actress is set to star in Nightbitch, an adaptation of the upcoming novel of the same name by Rachel Yoder. In it, Adams will play a woman who begins turning into a dog. Or at least
After revealing on social media he’d been diagnosed with Covid-19, Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston is asking for his fans to continue with the necessary safety measures to help keep all of us healthy. Famous for his many acclaimed movie and television roles, notably including Breaking Bad drug lord Walter White, Cranston posted a video on
Stand-up comedian and actor Bryan Callen, known for playing high school gym teacher Rick Mellor on The Goldbergs, has been accused of sexual assault and misconduct by four women. The allegations, which range from assault to misconduct to inappropriate comments, span over two decades, according to a Los Angeles Times investigation. Callen, who appeared regularly on ABC’s The
When you think about what visionary Polish physicist and chemist Marie Curie accomplished during her extraordinary life, it’s impossible not to be impressed. Not only did she (with her husband Pierre) discover the elements Radium and Polonium, coin the term “radioactivity” to describe the emission of uranic rays, and become the first woman to ever
We haven’t seen the last of Gale Weathers. It has been revealed that Courteney Cox will indeed be reprising her role in Scream 5. The announcement was made by Spyglass Media, who gained control over the franchise and have been planning a sequel since last year. Now, we have confirmation that another fixture of the
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The after effects of COVID-19 are numerous, and now British researchers report that many patients recovering from infection with the new coronavirus have lingering hearing problems. For the study, 120 U.K. patients who had been hospitalized for
An unexpected encounter forces a bereaved widower to remember a fateful summer with his father. Out Stealing Horses vividly captures the transition from innocent adolescence to hardened adulthood. Adapted from the prizewinning novel by Norwegian author Per Petterson, Out Stealing Horses is a deeply spiritual, beautifully shot coming of age drama. It examines how tragic
Netflix hasn’t exactly released the first images from Ben Wheatley‘s gothic thriller Rebecca, but the Daily Mail got their hands on some intriguing photos of stars Armie Hammer, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas. Rebecca isn’t quite a remake of Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1940 film of the same name, but it is based on the same Daphne du Maurier
[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy. Read at your own risk!!] The Hargreeves siblings cannot catch a break on The Umbrella Academy. At the end of Season 2, the reluctant heroes successfully evaded another apocalypse and made it back to 2019 in hopes of returning to their normal lives.
July 31, 2020 — Buddy, a 7-year-old German shepherd, that was the first dog to test positive for the coronavirus in the United States, has died after being sick for three months, CNN reported Thursday. Whether the dog died from the coronavirus or lymphoma isn’t clear. Buddy got sick in April but it wasn’t until
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to be spending a lot more time at home. In the initial days of quarantine and social distancing, the time at home meant you could catch up on things gathering dust on the DVR or the stack of programming in your various streaming service queues. However, it’s been
The late Naya Rivera’s final television appearance is now available for fans to stream, as the former Glee star appears as a guest judge in a new episode of the Netflix baking series Sugar Rush. Now available to watch on the streaming service as of July 31, the third season of Sugar Rush — dubbed
Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Oscar-winning actress Regina King’s feature directorial debut, One Night in Miami, written by Olivier-nominated Kemp Powers, based off his 2013 stage play. Producers are Jess Wu Calder and Keith Calder of Snoot Entertainment (Blindspotting, Anomalisa) and Jody Klein of ABKCO (The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus), King
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