George Miller’s 2015 movie Mad Max: Fury Road is considered by many to be the greatest action film since The Matrix. With such an iconic piece of pop culture, the legends surrounding its making have also taken on an outsized dimension. One popular rumor that persists is that the film was made without a script.
I miss reading a book, alone, at a bar. I miss sitting in crowded movie theaters, watching horrible film adaptations of wonderful novels. I miss listening to authors read their books, packed in shoulder to shoulder with a small crowd around me, inhaling a writer’s every word. I really miss bookstores. Where I live in
On the second day of the 6th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) held online, Huawei’s Executive Director and President of the Carrier Business Group Ryan Ding gave his keynote speech “Intelligent Experiences Unlock New Value”. Over the past five years, Huawei, along with its partners, has worked together to define the industrial value that gigaband and premium
Hating your own songs is like hating your own children — surprisingly common. In this gallery, we’ll offer you the stories behind rock and metal’s all-time biggest tracks and the songwriters who regretted some of their most popular cuts. “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Stairway to Heaven” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” are all household song
“SNL” mocked the dueling Presidential debates, and it was pretty funny. Jim Carrey played Joe Biden, who showed his numerical age with some dad/granddad references to pop culture and a penchant for reminiscing WAAY back. The cold open ping-ponged from Biden to Trump, who of course was hilariously played by Alec Baldwin. Kate McKinnon, who
Late last night, DJ Sam Black, formerly engaged to Ekali, posted a horrific account of her experiences with the producer in which she claims he put her “through hell by gaslighting, lying, cheating, and abusing me, abusing drugs,” and more. According to the statement, Black decided to finally post about his actions after he slept
Photography courtesy of Fendi. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date October 15, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Fashion tech fans have a reason to celebrate this weekend; the new collab from Fendi and the personalization-centric utility accessory label, Chaos – founded by renowned stylists/fashion directors Charlotte Stockdale and Katie Lyall – launches on Saturday. “The inspiration for the
Scream Factory has announced their replacement disc program for their long-awaited Friday the 13th Blu-ray box set. Every single installment from the franchise is included in the set and horror fans have been clamoring for it ever since it was officially announced. However, when it arrived earlier this week, fans soon found out that there
The studio is larger than a studio; though you sleep on a fold-out futon that you do not fold out, there is a separate room with a kitchen and a small table, one you’ve bought for yourself by yourself not with or for him from whom you’ll soon be divorced. The book is on the
Twitter and Facebook blocked a NY Post report that was damaging to a US Presidential candidate, leading to renewed calls to remove their Section 230 protection. The Post report alleged corruption on the part of Joe Biden, the Democrat Presidential candidate. Almost immediately Facebook moved to ‘reduce its distribution’ and Twitter even went so far
The year was 2000, nu metal was starting to dominate radio and Limp Bizkit were “rollin’, rollin’, rollin'” with plenty of momentum as they made the jump from supporting their Significant Other album to working on what fans would come to know as Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. “We had this huge
One of the biggest additions in iOS 14 has to be the built-in translation app, which Apple simply calls Translate. While Siri did have the ability to offer translations, the results were nowhere near as good as a dedicated translation app such as Google Translate. However, that changes with Apple’s new Translate app, that offers
The highly anticipated, genre-bending first album from Whethan is finally here, bringing his full musical vision to life with FANTASY. Pop-rock and alternative trap lace the entire release, but every track brings a different, distinct vibe. Whethan has made it known from the jump he will never put himself into the box — we can
Photograph courtesy of Lorenzo Lewis. Design by Danielle Campbell.This is Texture Talk, a column that celebrates and deep dives into the dynamic world of curly hair and the profound significance it can hold. By Natasha Bruno Date October 15, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Lorenzo P. Lewis isn’t a barber, but his mental health organization, The Confess
The Frog Brothers live! This Halloween, Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander, perhaps best known together as Edgar and Alan Frog, will suit up once again, returning for what is teased as a free special on Youtube. Corey Feldman isn’t releasing all the details yet, but this should prove to be a fun Halloween treat for
TODAY: In 1927, Nobel Prize Laureate Günter Grass is born. “You can feel Daniel Mendelsohn’s own delight in how this project gives him license to wander and roam.” James K.A. Smith on the radical interconnectedness of Three Rings. | Lit Hub Criticism Maybe the secret to writing is… not writing? Johanna Hedva takes an unconventional approach to putting
SK Telecom has teamed up with Uber to launch a new joint venture in the taxi market in South Korea that will also look ahead to future mobility technologies, such as flying cars. Uber will invest a total of US$150 million in the as-yet unnamed venture and in SKT’s broader mobility business. SKT is spinning
AC/DC are getting ready for the release of Power Up, their seventeenth studio album, and have just launched a logo name generator that will style your initials in vein of the Australian rock powerhouse’s classic logo. The official Power Up name generator can be used here, where the band first commands you to click on the “Pwr Up”