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Jurassic crocodile fossil named after Lemmy
Lemmy died in 2015, and now his name lives on not only in his bone-shaking music, but in the bones of a terrifying monster. He also used to be something of an L.A. The exact relationship between Lemmysuchus and its close relatives had been misunderstood as scientists had previously wrongly assigned some other fossil finds to the same species. [Full Article...]
New Star Wars: The Last Jedi images and details shared
Writer-director Rian Johnson confirmed in an interview from May that the story for Star Wars 8 wasn't "mapped out" when he signed on to the project, with the director revealing that the first step in this writing process was figuring out why Luke had exiled himself in the first place. [Full Article...]
Netflix and Amazon on edge as Disney plans own streaming service
In order to fund the services, Disney is buying a majority ownership of BAM Teach, worth $1.58 billion. Nevertheless, according to a statement Disney CEO Bob Iger made to CNBC , Disney had a "good relationship" with Netflix . [Full Article...]
Watch Kesha's Emotional First Live Performance of "Praying"
Luke . "Well, I think this record, quite literally, saved my life", Kesha said on GMA . "I feel so much [love] right now, I can't even". Kesha rocks a killer colorful ensemble while making her way out of Good Morning America after making an appearance on Wednesday (August 9) in New York City. [Full Article...]
If you see Bigfoot, don't shoot
But police in nearby Greenville said on its Facebook page: "If you see Bigfoot , please do not shoot at him/her, as you'll most likely be wounding a fun-loving and well-intentioned person, sweating in a gorilla costume". "The eyes were farther apart than human eyes", Bruner said in his Facebook post. Nor did it smell, Bruner added. There is a wealth of circumstantial evidence backing the exis... [Full Article...]
More details on Coen brothers western series for Netflix
The streaming giant has picked up the pair's Western anthology series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs . Titled The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , the series will star Tim Blake Nelson and will be released in six parts. The Netflix project happened to be announced on Wednesday just as FX president John Landgraf was holding court at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. [Full Article...]
How THE GIFTED Will and Won't Connect to X-MEN
A lifelong X-Men fan, Nix said the show takes place in a time frame when the X-Men are gone. They were, however, keen to know to what degree the series will be tied to the X-Men movies. There's a whole historical mythology and that relationship. "One of the things we were really thinking about was how to make this original". There's not going to be a situation where the television show is driving ... [Full Article...]
'Insecure' Renewed by HBO for Third Season
PT. HBO also announced it had renewed acclaimed drama Insecure , created by and starring Issa Rae . It follows Rae as a version of herself navigating friendships, relationships and work life in Los Angeles. It stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a former American football superstar as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other players through the daily grind of the business... [Full Article...]