The controversy was over Sky News Australia replaying footage from the infamous video streamed by the murderer during the rampage.
New Zealand police advised people not to show the footage in a tweet sent on Thursday. “Police are aware there is extremely distressing footage relating to the incident in Christchurch circulating online,” it read. We would strongly urge that the link not be shared. We are working to have any footage removed.“
Nevertheless, News Corp’s Sky News Australia continued showing the footage, which prompted the pulling of the plug.
Fans and viewers were quick to take to the comments section, voicing their displeasure.
“I honestly found it very disappointing when you said you care more about parties and tailgates rather than your education. If you hate school so much why go to college?” one commenter said, according to People magazine. “And it’s honestly insulting when tons of people can’t even afford to go to college but want to.”
“Dang must be nice to only go to school for the game days, or to party…,” another user wrote sarcastically, the outlet reported. “Here I am going cause I would be the first of my family’s generation to have a degree and better opportunities.”
After reading the backlash from the comments to the video, she posted a second video apology titled “im sorry,” saying she was “disappointed in herself.”
WHY JAMES GUNN WAS FIRED!
According to Deadline, James Gunn, years before working on the Disney-Marvel franchise, tweeted, “I like when little boys touch me in my silly place” and “The best thing about being raped is when you’re done being raped, and it’s like ‘whew, this feels great, not being raped!” Gunn, at the time, must have somehow perceived these tweets as humorous; however, how he could think so bewilders most..
social media… will… get you …
James Gunn even went on to post inappropriate tweets about the Holocaust, AIDS, and the 9/11 attack. Looking for humor in the wrong places, Disney went on to fire the director from Guardians of the Galaxy. According to Deadline, the Walt Disney Studio Chairman Alan Horn stated:
Accused Christchurch massacre gunman Brenton Harrison Tarrant makes a white power gesture from behind a glass window..
… during a brief appearance in court..
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At the beginning of the hearing he appeared to have a faint smile on his face, but it faded into a neutral expression as the hearing continued.
Security was tight, with about six security guards and police in total, the guards wearing black protective vests.
No members of the public were allowed to attend except for media ‘in the interest of public safety’, the judge said.
Tarrant was remanded in custody. His duty lawyer did not apply for bail. Nor did he apply for suppression on information of the proceedings.
The hearing was all over in just a few minutes, with Tarrant taking one final look at those gathered and marched away. Some victims’ relatives were waiting at the front doors to the court.
At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”
One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Police also defused explosive devices in a car.
Two other people were being held in custody and police said they were trying to determine how they might be involved.
This reporting from the U.K. DAILY MAIL:
The gunman, who identified himself as Brenton Tarrant from Grafton, NSW, Australia, stormed the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on the country’s South Island about 1.30pm, opening fire with a semi-automatic shotgun and a rifle on about 100 defenceless worshippers attending Friday prayers. A sickening 17-minute video of the unfolding horror shows the self-confessed white supremacist dressed in army fatigues firing mercilessly at people scrambling to flee, and calmly reloading when he runs out of bullets. At about the same time, there was a second shooting at Masjid mosque in Linwood, where seven more were killed. In the aftermath of the bloody attacks, three men and one woman were arrested, with police charging ‘one man in his late 20s’ with murder. He is expected to face court on Saturday. Three of the arrests are believed to be directly related to the attacks, with the fourth’s involvement still being determined.
Mind orgasms associated with ASMR..
The subgenre’s velvety qualities have some people dubbing ASMR sexual: China began censoring it last year, saying web users were releasing porn under its veil.
But experts have likened ASMR to massage or yoga, saying it’s not inherently sexual, but can be suggestive.
Seismologists said a third small earthquake happened Wednesday across the state line from the Panhandle area, even as questions continue about a mysterious rumble that rattled some homes across the Space Coast on Friday.
The latest earthquake took place about 1:27 a.m. in Flomaton, Alabama, which sits along the state line, just north of the town of Century and 175 miles south of Montgomery.
The incident, a magnitude 2.3 earthquake, had a depth of about 3 miles and shook the small town Tuesday night, making it the third earthquake to be detected in the area in less than a week. A 3.1 magnitude earthquake hit near the same Alabama town on Monday. No damages were reported in either case.
A fourth child has been diagnosed with cancer at a San Joaquin County elementary school, and parents believe it’s because of radiation caused by a cell phone tower.
The towers are spread throughout the community, but it’s this particular one that parents say needs to go.
“We had a doctor tell us that it’s 100 percent environmental, the kind of tumor that he has,” said Monica Ferrulli.
Cali is the first mob boss to be slain in New York City since a fresh-faced John Gotti ordered the murder of then-Gambino boss Paul Castellano in 1985 at Sparks steakhouse in Midtown.
“Even Gotti had more respect,” one police source told The Post. “He did it out in Manhattan.”
Cali was rushed to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was declared dead.
A 911 caller reported hearing six or seven shots at the scene, but it was unclear how many bullets struck Cali, police sources said.
Residents in the neighborhood were spooked by the old-time rub out in the quiet neighborhood.
“I’ve seen the [mob] movies . . . but I’ve never seen any activity that we feel at all that there’s something strange about this area,” said Prashant Ranyal, 39, who lives blocks from the scene.
Captain Marvel surpassed expectations this weekend and easily clinched the best opening weekend of any movie in the U.S. this year.
The latest Marvel feature, led by Brie Larson, brought the domestic box office a boost during a typically low sales time of year, with a whopping $153 million in ticket sales since its Friday premiere.
The movie's opening weekend was the seventh best of any in the 21-film Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.
The film—the first in the franchise with a female protagonist—also raked in an estimated $455 million globally.
Talk about sensitive!
Facebook just banned some ads that presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren placed on its service.. apparently the insult hit too close to home for Mark Zuckerberg's comfort...
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Facebook has removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.
The ads, which had identical images and text, touted Warren's recently announced plan to unwind "anti-competitive" tech mergers, including Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp and Instagram.
“Three companies have vast power over our economy and our democracy. Facebook, Amazon, and Google," read the ads, which Warren's campaign had placed Friday. "We all use them. But in their rise to power, they’ve bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field in their favor.”
A message on the three ads reads: “This ad was taken down because it goes against Facebook's advertising policies.”
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the ads had been taken down and said the company is reviewing the matter. The person said, according to an initial review, that the removal could be linked to the company's policies about using Facebook's brand in posts.
All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa have been killed, the airline said on Sunday morning.
The plane, en route to Nairobi, Kenya, lost contact at 8:44 a.m. local time, six minutes after taking off from Bole International Airport in the Ethiopian capital.
The spokesperson said 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Americans, eight Italians and seven UK nationals were among the passengers.
Eight Chinese passengers were also on board, said Li Liang, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy to Ethiopia.
It was a new plane.. and reports indicate a pilot with impeccable flying record..
A major power outage hit crisis-stricken Venezuela on Thursday, according to Reuters witnesses, a problem the government of President Nicolas Maduro quickly blamed on “sabotage” at a hydroelectric dam that provides much of the country’s power. Electricity outages are frequent in Venezuela, where the economy is collapsing under hyperinflation, with chronic shortages of food and medicine and a mass emigration of more than 3 million citizens. Critics say corruption and under investment have left the country’s power grid unable to function, while Maduro says the problems are intentionally created by political adversaries.
The House of Representatives adopted a resolution condemning all forms of bigotry (including anti-Semitism) after a long day of linguistic gymnastics that saw it morph from censuring Rep. Ilhan Omar to frowning on… intolerance.
The thrice-rewritten bill was barely recognizable as a rebuke of the alleged anti-Semitism of the Minnesota Democrat, instead bristling with denunciation of bigotry against every imaginable minority group in the US – a process that began when Omar's supporters requested the language be modified to include Muslims
The final resolution veered close to self-parody after Democrats insisted Latinos, Asians, Pacific-Islanders, and LGBTQ people be added to the “traditionally persecuted peoples” list, pushing the vote back an hour on Thursday afternoon. Internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and even the Dreyfus affair – which took place in 1800s France! – were name-dropped in the final version of the bill.
Making A Murderer subject Steven Avery will have his case re-examined by a Wisconsin circuit court, his lawyer Kathleen Zellner revealed Monday. Avery officially won his motion to appeal on Monday, when the Wisconsin Court of Appeals filed their decision. Avery was found guilty of the murder of Teresa Halbach, who he claims he did not kill. He is currently serving life in prison. If he is exonerated, it will be his second extended prison sentence for a crime he claims he did not commit. Zellner told Newsweek it's a big win for Avery. "The appellate court granted our motion to supplement the record with the evidence the bones were destroyed," she explained. "The case is being remanded back to the circuit court to conduct proceedings, which can include a hearing. The circuit court can grant a new trial, or if not, back to appellate court who can reverse the conviction and/or grant a new trial. Either way, the State opposed this motion and lost. This evidence has the potential to undo the whole case, so it is a big win."
“We actually have a gas pump that every once in a while we take out,” manager Ben Hughes told KVUE. “The Coca-Cola machine that’s exactly the one from the movie, we take out.” There’s also memorabilia for purchase inside the building and a replica van from the movie is parked outside. “If you’re a fan of the movie to begin with, then coming out and actually getting to be in a place where it was, it really heightens it for you,” Hughes said. Roy Rose and Lisa Rose moved from Cleveland to Bastrop, Texas, and opened the restaurant in 2016. The property includes four mini cabins and campsites for fans who want the full experience. Nearly three years in, the tourist attraction is a hit.
“It’s a place of enjoyment,” Hughes said. “You have people who are not just horror film people, but just movie people in general. Just go and have a good time, see some cool things, eat some good food and just talk with people.”
Do you hear what I hear? Not a sequel.. ... but going back in the past to see where Mr. Wing got his creature..
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The potential series is said to be a period piece that would follow Mr. Wing, the Chinese grandfather played in the films by Keye Luke, as a young man as he goes on adventures with the friendly Mogwai Gizmo.
The series will be produced by Warner Bros. Television and Amblin Television. Both Warner Bros. and Amblin produced the films on which the show will be based.
HBO's JOHN OLIVER of Last Week Tonight featured a hit on physics this week -- the episode brought back old clips of people like Sylvia Browne on Montel Williams and John Edwards in embarrassing clips..
ABC reports that 29.6 million viewers tuned into the Oscars, scoring a 7.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That makes it TV’s most watched entertainment telecast in two years, and the first rise in viewership since Ellen DeGeneres hosted in 2014.
It’s also up in total viewers versus last year’s 26.5 million—an all-time low for the Oscars—and up 13% in the demo.
Good news for the ACADEMY ...
Now if only they could do something about movie theater audiences..
DEVELOPING..
????? ??????.. Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia
investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller's confidential report, according to people familiar with
the plans...
MORE! "Yes, we definitely have [discussed it]," the producer confirmed with CinemaBlend when asked about
the two specific properties. "We're looking - there's nothing happening with either one of those things - but we're definitely looking at it, and
it's definitely something I'd be open to."..
The New York Police Department is investigating allegations that a precinct commander threatened rapper and actor 50 Cent...
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The New York Daily News reported Sunday that Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez, who is commander of the city's 72nd precinct in Brooklyn, allegedly told officers to shoot 50 Cent "on sight" during a roll call in the station house.
New York police did not confirm the date the alleged comment was made.
The Daily News reported the incident was not recorded and that Gonzalez tried to pass off the comment as a joke.
50 Cent responded to the story:
"This is how I wake up this morning, This guy Emanuel Gonzales (sic) is a dirty cop abusing his POWER," 50 Cent said on Twitter. "The sad part is this man still has a badge and a gun. I take this threat very seriously and im (sic) consulting with my legal counsel regarding my options moving forward."
Sony Pictures Imageworks has made the color management tool OpenColorIO—which was used to create the recent hit animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse—available to the open source community.
The tool has now become the second software project of the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), a Linux Foundation-owned open source association.
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"We want to contribute OpenColorIO back to the community that relies on it, and the Academy Software Foundation is a natural fit," Sony Pictures Imageworks vice president and head of software development Michael Ford said.
"The developers and companies that use it every day will guide the project roadmap, starting with the features and release cadence for a new 2.0 version."
Soon: Robots will be harvesting the produce that ends up in your local stores.. The robotic revolution, in full swing, will be coming to a farm near you..
The future of agricultural work has arrived here in Florida, promising to ease labor shortages and reduce the cost of food, or so says the team behind Harv, a nickname for the latest model from automation company Harvest CROO Robotics. Harv is on the cutting edge of a national push to automate the way we gather goods that bruise and squish, a challenge that has long flummoxed engineers. Designing a robot with a gentle touch is among the biggest technical obstacles to automating the American farm. Reasonably priced fruits and vegetables are at risk without it, growers say, because of a dwindling pool of workers. "The labor force keeps shrinking," said Gary Wishnatzki, a third-generation strawberry farmer. "If we don't solve this with automation, fresh fruits and veggies won't be affordable or even available to the average person."
The article goes on to report that the current state of electronic farm worker is clumsy.. But the future coming may feature must more dutiful robots that don't harm the crops they pick..
While the company says that the robotics will actually INCREASE jobs (...??..) some aren't sure..
More from POST reporting.
"I see the robot and think, 'Maybe we're not going to have jobs anymore,' " said Antonio Vengas, 48, one of the about 600 employees on the farm with Harv. Vengas moved to Florida 15 years ago from the Mexican state of Oaxaca and makes about $25 an hour. About 75 percent of his co-workers are Mexicans on seasonal work visas. They all make good money, he said. They're motivated. "People can pick strawberries without hurting them," he said. "They know which ones are too little or rotten. Machines can't do that."
The six-episode season will feature a variety of writers, with one episode being based on the Stephen King short story “Survivor Type” from the collection Skeleton Crew. The other episodes include:
“Silvery Waters of Lake Champlain” by Joe Hill ( NOS4A2 )
“House of the Head” by Josh Malerman ( Bird Box )
“The Companion” by Joe Lansdale ( The Bottoms )
“The Man in the Suitcase” by Christopher Buehlman ( The Lesser Dead )
“All Hallows Eve” by Bruce Jones ( The Hitchhiker )
“Night of the Paw” by John Esposito ( The Walking Dead: Webisodes )
“The times we’re living in deserve an orator who can identify all the quacks in the system – a straight-shooter who won’t leave us holding the bill. Thanks to Marvel & Hulu, I get to do fowl things to one of my all-time favorite comic book characters in animation! Let’s be honest: I’m not talented enough to handle any of the Avengers, but Howard is definitely in my wheelhouse! However, the real brains of our operation is a legit cartoon genius: the great Meatwad himself, Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s Dave Willis! So prepare to get Ducked hard!.” Willis: “I’m looking forward to working with Kevin on bringing Howard to the flat screen,” added Willis. “And I know if I screw this up, I’ll never be able to show my face at Comic-Con ever again. Nerds will hunt me the rest of my days.”
FEN 17 2019: POLICE NOW LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY THAT JESSIE SMOLLETT ORCHESTRATED THE ATTACK .. THE ATTACK HE CLAIMED WAS DONE BY TRUMP-MAGA-HAT WEARING FANS WHO SHOUTED HATEFUL WORDS TO HIM...
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CNN, NBC News, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today are now all among the mainstream news media publications who have sources in the police stating Smollett planned it all out himself..
Actor Jussie Smollett orchestrated an assault against him, Chicago police say
He has furiously denied the claims saying 'nothing is further from the truth'
Issued a statement through his lawyers Saturday night who now say one of the suspects was Smollett's personal trainer for a music video
'It is impossible to believe that this person could have played a role in the crime against Jussie or would falsely claim Jussie’s complicity', they say
Attorneys say Smollett 'has now been further victimized by claims'
Both men, Nigerian brothers, are friends of Smollett and said to be anti-Trump
The brothers were reportedly paid $3,500 and were promised additional $500
Smollett has hired high-powered defense lawyer Michael Monico
Smollett said last month that he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack
Initial reports said two noose-wielding men yelled 'this is MAGA country'
Police say new evidence emerged in interrogations that requires investigation
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is cutting its payouts in half for some and by as much as 70 percent for others, as the fund faces a surge in claims ahead of its expiration date in December 2020. The fund, which was opened in 2011, compensates for deaths and illnesses due to exposure to toxins at the sites of the Sept. 11 attacks. The $7.3 billion fund has already paid out about $5 billion to 21,000 claimants. But it still has about 19,000 additional unpaid claims to address. With resources rapidly dwindling, the fund said any pending claims will be paid at 50 percent of their prior value. Claims received after Feb. 1 of this year will be paid at 30 percent.
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"Most Americans have moved on over the last 18 years, and rightfully so," Feal told NPR. "But for those who are deeply effected by 9/11, and are waiting for claims, this day hasn't ended for them. 9/11 continues"
Nearly 40,000 people have applied to the federal fund for people with illnesses potentially related to being at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon or Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after the 2001 terror attacks there, and about 19,000 of those claims are pending. Nearly $5 billion in benefits have been awarded out of the $7.3 billion fund.
Scientists can't say definitively whether toxins at the site gave people cancer. One study published last year found that overall mortality rates among nearly 30,000 rescue and recovery workers weren't elevated. But researchers have raised concern an unusual number of suicides among first responders and more deaths than expected from brain cancers and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
BLOODY DISGUSTING is among the sources reporting that a new Michael Myers collectible toy will feature the bloody tears image from HALLOWEEN 2 along with the mask that Ben Tramer wore in the second film..
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John Squires writes,
If you’ve been dying for new figures of classic Michael Myers, oh boy does NECA have you covered. On display at Toy Fair today, Halloween II‘s Michael Myers is soon on the way! NECA’s Halloween II Myers will include THREE different heads, one of which depicts his “blood tears” look from the finale. The third head? Blonde-haired Ben Tramer!
....flashback .. the 90s.. a time of peace, scandal, cigars and blue dresses.. Seinfeld.. and yes, for kids and even young adults of a certain age, "SNICK".. Saturday night NICK..
Included with the train of shows`is ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK!
“We have a laser focus on who kids are today, and what they want, so we are making a wider variety of shows and series for them, and we’re working with brand-new kinds of talent and producers,” said Nickelodeon President Brian Robbins, in a statement. “We have a new creative team in place and a renewed energy that we’re harnessing to bring the buzz back to Nick.”
Are You Afraid of the Dark? will come back as a miniseries in October and a new version of All That will premier this summer.
There was mass chaos in the audience at the Friday night performance of Hamilton at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco after someone confused a woman’s medical emergency with an active shooting and shouted “gun!” CBS Sacramento reporter Shirin Rajaee was watching the show when, she reports, people ducked and ran out of the theater.
Police told Rajaee that a woman was having a heart attack when someone in the theater saw her and thought she had been shot.
In a matter of seconds, nearly everyone in the theater took cover, Rajaee reports. During the ensuing chaos, some people even jumped into nearby police patrol cars, fearing an active shooting was in progress. The theater was evacuated and a woman was taken out in an ambulance.
The actress was reportedly on a flight headed to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico when her plane circled back and landed at an airport in Ontario, California, according to People magazine, citing a source. Per TMZ, Aniston's close pal and former "Friends" co-starCourteney Coxwas also on the flight.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told TMZ that a flight departed Los Angeles International Airport around 11 a.m., and, during takeoff, lost a wheel or a tire.
Pope Francis has expelled Theodore E. McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, from the priesthood, after an expedited canonical process that found him guilty of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians over decades, the Vatican said on Saturday. “The Holy Father has recognized the definitive nature of this decision made in accord with law” — making it final — the Vatican said of the sentence handed down by its doctrinal watchdog. It appears to be the first time that a cardinal or bishop in the United States has been defrocked, or laicized, from the Roman Catholic Church, and the first time any cardinal has been laicized for sexual abuse. Laicization, which strips a person of all priestly identity, also revokes church-sponsored resources like housing and financial benefits.
Authorities identified the gunman in the mass shooting Friday as 45-year-old Gary Martin... he was let go from his job at the manufacturing business the Henry Pratt Co and went on a shooting rampage at his workplace in Illinois, leaving five workers dead and five officers injured..
The business is located in the Chicago suburb of the Aurora..
All the five employees who died in the shooting were men, police said. The shooter was killed during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officials, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said.
He was "running down the aisle" with a pistol that had a green laser sight on it, he said. "As soon as I saw the green thing and heard the shots, we left," said Probst, who's worked at the plant for 40 years.
"He started opening up on the room and he was just shooting everybody."
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Ian Punnett, host extraordinaire , is returning to Coast to Coast AM this weekend to end the week with Charles Pellegrino Friday night, and paranormal and pop culture topics for Saturday..
Journalist, columnist, author and pundit, Aaron Sagers is an expert historian and lecturer on the field of paranormal-themed entertainment, also known as "paranormal pop culture." He joins Ian Punnett (Twitter) to discuss doppelgangers in folklore, paranormal theory, and his interview with director Jordan Peele on his upcoming horror film "Us," as well as Netflix's massively popular "The Haunting of Hill House," and the theories it gets correct.
THE WEEKEND SEEMS SET..
Sunday offers a great ending to the weekend for Coast to Coast, as George Knapp interviews Linda Moulton Howe on air for the first time in his occasional hosting duties..
After all these years--15 to be exact--the Mars Rover is dead.
Gone..
Transmission last..
But it was a miracle in nature!
After all, NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on the red planet in January 2004 for what billed as a 90-day mission. The robot was still going until a dust storm on Mars last summer killed it.
From 2004 until now.. Many of you reading this today were just born in or around 2004.. from your youth until this final message from the Red Planet, we have been hearing from a distant friend, in a way..
Tuesday’s communication attempts began with a “wake-up song” played at mission control. The mission’s principal investigator, Steve Squyres, had chosen “I’ll Be Seeing You,” as performed by Billie Holiday. At 8:10 p.m., Holiday’s wistful voice floated up from the command floor. “I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places that this heart of mine embraces,” she sang. Tears welled in my eyes.
Opportunity — or Oppy, as we affectionately call her — has been in my heart since she touched down on Martian soil 15 years ago, in January 2004. I was 16 and a high school student at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md. I loved space, and I couldn’t believe my luck when the Planetary Society offered me the chance to watch Opportunity land at JPL through its Red Rover Goes to Mars program. I was with the science team when we saw Oppy’s first images of Mars pop into view on large projection screens that surrounded the room. Instead of the rocky volcanic plains previous Mars landers had seen, Opportunity revealed a sea of sand with a strip of white bedrock poking through.
Opportunity was, actually, the second rover that NASA managed to land on Mars back in 2004. The tests and data found concludes that Mars was once able to hold life.. that waterways once roams around the now dusty dirt.
But today, Valentine's Day, a heartbreak: The final words of the Mars Rover.. seemingly painful to read, even though a machine beamed them..
A science reporter, Jacob Margolis, scientists at NASA said the last message they received from Opportunity effectively translated to, "My battery is low and it's getting dark."
NASA published their "Opportunity, Wake Up!" playlist on Spotify. It contained hits like "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!, "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles, "Life On Mars?" by David Bowie, "Telephone Line" by Electric Light Orchestra, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty.
HALLOWEEN producer Jason Blum that he doesn't want to stop at just one sequel and hopes the film's success could inspire 10 more sequels.
"We had talked about it but right now we’re not shooting any Halloween movies right now because we don’t have deal rights to the sequels," Blum admitted to Moviefone. "But I certainly hope to make 10 more but I’ll start with one more."
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"We had talked about it but right now we’re not shooting any Halloween movies right now because we don’t have deal rights to the sequels," Blum admitted to Moviefone. "But I certainly hope to make 10 more but I’ll start with one more."
Some may hope for the Shape to continue.. which if so would make him clear in his 70s when Blum finally concludes his wish of another decade of Halloweens..
Multiple sources have told ABC7 Eyewitness News that police are investigating whether Smollett and the two men staged the attack allegedly because Smollett was being written off of "Empire."
A source familiar with the investigation told the ABC7 I-Team that Smollett failed to appear for an interview with detectives earlier Thursday, but has since spoken with police.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson contacted ABC7 to say they are continuing to treat Smollett as a victim and the investigation remains ongoing.
Chicago police told ABC News, "Police are investigating whether the two individuals committed the attack - or whether the attack happened at all."
At that time, the reports from the scene indicates that it was a Trump-laden attack on the actor..
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Chicago police now say during a follow-up interview with Smollett, he recalled the suspects shouting about “MAGA Country.”
10:45 AM PT: Police are currently searching for video evidence of the alleged attack.
8:59 AM PT: — Smollett told police the chemical substance thrown in his face was bleach. We’re told officials are currently running tests to verify the chemicals.
Imagine the scene: A naked herd or folks dancing while the sacrifice of animals takes place..
There are smiles and cheers, and hopes that the burning animals will get the gods to give the dancing nudes fertility..
Oh, and then while the Romans would continue in their deadly pagan rituals, men would draw names from jars and, for the duration of the festival, be 'coupled' with them.
And just as Christians always took on pagan traditions to make them their own, the same occurred here as reported by Seipel:
The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine's Day.
Later, Pope Gelasius I muddled things in the 5th century by combining St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical interpretation of what it had once been. Lenski adds, "It was a little more of a drunken revel, but the Christians put clothes back on it. That didn't stop it from being a day of fertility and love."
Around the same time, the Normans celebrated Galatin's Day. Galatin meant "lover of women." That was likely confused with St. Valentine's Day at some point, in part because they sound alike.
There is more to the story besides the NPR article..
Countless news bits from history showcase the reason for the season.. the Roman Festival of Lupercalia is the heart of the whole thing, no pun intended. One highlight of the many things that occurred there: Two high-born young men stripped naked and sacrificed a dog and a goat. They smeared blood on their foreheads, then wiped it off with wool dipped in milk.. Sounds somewhat like the Bohemian Grove, don't you think?
I am a romantic at heart.. of course when you have a child, your romance takes a little bit of a back seat to the more practical parenting moments. But regardless, I still think love in the air is one of the most beautiful things ever--but Valentine's Day? Lust seems to be in the air.. fake emotions, and fake flowers.. the offensiveness of men ordering giant bouquets of flowers and sending it to women at work always made me chuckle at its ridiculousness. It's all for show--and more of a modern way of dancing to the gods of fertility..
Restaurants will be filled tonight with the hopeless dopes who will spend way too much money on a dinner they'd much sooner make themselves to save time and effort. That’s not how we used to do it ... paganism was much more raucous of a show...
STRANGER THING'S first companion novel entitled 'Suspicious Minds' just came out a few days ago....
Netflix has announced a second one called Darkness on the Edge of Town. The second novel will drop on June 4th, a full month before season 3 becomes available for streaming//
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Suspicious Minds takes us back to the summer of 1969 and tells the tale of how Eleven's mother (and Hawkins, Indiana, where the series is set) got involved with government project MKULTRA. Meanwhile, Darkness on the Edge of Town tells the origin story of Chief Hopper as a homicide detective in New York City back in 1977.
Halloween 5 was abyssmal .. it was one of the most atrocious Halloween movies.. horror movies.. movies.. ever made..
But in the era of nostalgia, there is an apparent hunt now taking place for LOST FOOTAGE of the fifth installment of the film..
From SCREEN RANT:
Halloween 5 isn’t a particularly beloved entry in the series, featuring nonsensical story beats like Jamie’s psychic connection to Michael and a mysterious Man In Black who appears throughout the story. It’s also laden with bad dialogue and annoying teenage characters, but it has some charm as a low-budget slasher movie too. A fair amount was trimmed from Halloween 5prior to release, but now the HalloweenMovies Twitter account has revealed they’re actively searching through the original footage for these missing scenes.
The most famous Halloween 5 deleted scene was the original opening, which took place in the immediate aftermath of the fourth movie. Michael escapes from pursuing cops and his unconscious body was originally found by a devil worshipper named Dr. Death. He takes Michael back to his place, tattoos the cult of Thorn tattoo on his wrist and resurrects him the next year with a spell. Michael isn’t particularly grateful though and gruesomely kills him upon awakening. Other missing footage includes deleted gore, such as Michael wiping out an entire S.W.A.T team and Jamie being stabbed in the leg. There are also reports Michael’s burned face was seen during his brief unmasking.
INCLUDING THE HORROR REPORT. but not for reasons you'd think..
Here is yet another image circulating the world wide web of Will Smith starring in the new film:
E ONLINE writes that people are making memes and expressing laughter and expressive revulsion at Smith in costume..
But why is the HORROR REPORTERS freaked to the core?
Because of HOW MUCH this Will Smith creation looks like another one that never was real in this reality.. Smith looks a mighty bunch like the memories so many people had of the movie SHAZAM with comedian Sinbad. The movie that did not exist.. right?
So many on Twitter came to find out the hard way that they had just entered the Mandela Effect zone.. the location where memories became false and truth becomes distant..
“The project is not on the slate at the moment and is not for sale at the European Film Market in Berlin,” a spokeswoman for Avi Lerner’s studio said.
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The latest development comes two weeks after Lerner, the longtime Millennium chairman, brushed off a report in the Atlantic in which Singer was accused of inappropriate groping and sexual relationships with four young men...
He is battling against the charges..
But it appears some want distance and cover during this controversial time..
Georgia lawmakers are pushing for a tax on digital video, books, music and video games...
That means residents of the states would Netflix, Chill, and pay ... they would pay more for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Kindle e-books, iTunes music, Spotify and internet phone services.
Those who are already connected would pay the price: They’d bear the cost of the 4 percent tax, but its benefits would go toward rural residents who lack high-speed access to online products..
And who, you may ask, also wants the tax?
LOBBYISTS!
Nearly 60 lobbyists for cable, TV and cellphone companies are making an argument that it’s only fair that every service be taxed equally. Currently, various taxes and fees cover cable TV and phones but not satellite TV and internet video.
The resistance comes from legislators who oppose new taxes, consumers who would pay the tax and Dish TV, which doesn’t stand to benefit from government funding of rural internet since it already provides satellite-based online access to those areas. Before a similar digital tax proposal failed last year, Dish TV ran TV ads urging viewers to “Stop the Georgia TV tax!”
Meanwhile if you, as a viewer and service purchaser, ends up paying taxes for viewing hit bingeworthy shows, consider this:
...your dream place! The end of the world flourishing with doom and gloom.. and you're safe to read the books of your choice in the doomsday bunker you always dreamed of.
Your dream can now be a reality..
Built 26 feet underground, the structure was designed to make you feel right at home with a lawn, pool, and trees. Landscape murals decorate the home with beautiful scenery and a fake sky mimics day and night, complete with constellations.
Perhaps you can call it ..your little $18 mil tomb away from home.
3970 SPENCER StreetLas Vegas, NV 89119
It's got spirit, though.. that it does.
Just some tender loving care, and the end times, may be all you need to make it your own!
The series gone, but not forgotten.. Crazy Dave is still growing the garden!
EA chief operating and financial officer Blake Jorgenson announced to investors that new Plants vs. Zombies and Need for Speed games are in the works, due out by April 2020.“We’re making adjustments to improve execution and we’re refocusing R&D,” Jorgenson said in a news release attached to EA’s third-quarter fiscal 2019 earnings. “Looking forward, we’re delighted to launch Anthem, our new IP, to grow Apex Legends and related Titanfall experiences, to deliver new Plants vs. Zombies and Need for Speed titles, and to add Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to our sports titles in the fall.”
If you played much of Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, you may have some fond memories of the "fan favourite" Wall-nut Hills map — its the one with the mansion, park and pool and a treehouse. If the thought of playing on that map fills you with warmth, developer PopCap has a nice surprise in store for Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 players, as they've revealed on Twitter that it will be added to the game in the next update.
Marvel’s next big superhero movie is Captain Marvel, and unlike most of the franchise’s films, this one’s set in the 1990s. Accordingly, Marvel has launched a website that fits the timeframe, a throwback to web design of the era, complete with awkward animations, fonts, and colors.
I don't know why so much shade is thrown at 90s website.. they were cutting edge and inventive, they heralded in a new age of the net.. and yes, retro in a sense.. but in the modern age we crave it ..
Everything was awesome.. not so much for the second run!
According to Variety, The LEGO Movie 2 is still expected to top the box office at the end of this opening weekend, but with an estimated domestic gross of $31 million from 4,303 theaters.
If the movie does open at this dollar figure, it would amount to a 50% drop off of its 2014 debut..
It has been a number of years since that original film.. Kids who saw it grew up.. parents who saw it then stepped on enough legos to movie on..
While the film will still be the number 1 film of the weekend and make money, it's not what was hoped for..
There have been four LEGO movies in the current film franchise so far. For comparison, here are the domestic box office openings:
The LEGO Movie - 2014 - $69 million The LEGO Batman Movie - 2017 - $53 million The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part - 2019 - $31 million (estimate) The LEGO Ninjago Movie - 2017 - $20 million
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