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Watch the Freaky Trailer for Blumhouse's Killer Pool Movie
Blenders, lawnmowers, kitchen knives. These are common household items you expect to see featured in a horror film. You don’t expect to see the serene things. You don’t expect to see things known for their beauty. You don’t expect to see a killer pool. Read more... #press
Designer Spacesuits: Axiom Space Partners With Prada for Upcoming Lunar Mission Fits
Astronauts traveling to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program will go there in style as Axiom Space taps luxury brand Prada to assist in the design of its spacesuit.Read more... #press
Everything You Need to Know About Amazon’s Next Prime Day in October
Following a successful debut last year, we’re getting a second Prime Day from Amazon this year as well. Amazon is referring to this second event as the Prime Big Deal Days and it will run from 3 a.m EST on Tuesday October 10 through 3 a.m. EST on Wednesday October 11. The first, bigger, Prime Day sale ran... #press
Leprechaun's Director Looks Back at 30 Years of Four-Leafed Horror
Released in 1993, horror comedy Leprechaun featured a post-Willow Warwick Davis playing against type as the title monster, and introduced the world to a pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston. It spawned an eight-film franchise—all of which are now on Hulu—and io9 was excited to chat with Mark Jones, who wrote and directed... #press
Watch Live as NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Returns Asteroid Samples to Earth
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way to Earth to drop off rocky samples from asteroid Bennu on Sunday, marking NASA’s first attempt to retrieve a piece of a pure space rock.Read more... #press
If You Resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets, the IRS Is Watching
Two of the hottest concert tours of the summer, Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour and Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, sparked a national conversation on the way online marketplaces and ticket resellers exploit diehard fans looking to have some fun. Now, the Internal Revenue Service is tightening its grip around... #press
NASA's Plan to Return Samples From Mars Is Pure Science Fiction, Report Finds
The findings from an independent review board suggest that NASA’s quest to return samples from Mars is riddled with challenges and seemingly impossible to accomplish under the current cost and schedule expectations.Read more... #press
Fox News Founder Rupert Murdoch Is Retiring
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced he is stepping down as chairman of News Corp. and Fox in a memo to staff on Thursday. He will officially retire in November and will pass the torch to his son, Lachlan Murdoch, who will also remain as CEO and executive chairman of Fox Corporation.Read more... #press
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A Guillermo del Toro Directed a Star Wars Movie Was Once In the Works
Few directors seem better suited to a galaxy far, far, away than Guillermo del Toro. The Oscar-winning director of The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim, and so many others, thrives on practical creatures, sweeping romance, and large-scale adventure. He’d be perfect for Star Wars so,... #press
Updates From The Toxic Avenger, The Marvels, and More
Ballerina director Len Wiseman teases Ana de Armas’ turn in the John Wick spinoff. The cast and crew of Saw X talk about bringing back a horror legend. Netflix teams up with Takeshi Miike for a new Onimusha anime. Plus, what’s coming on the last episodes of Fear the Walking Dead. Spoilers, away!Read more... #press
Three Amazon Execs Added to Lawsuit, FTC Say Top Brass 'Okay' With Dark Pattern Trickery
Amazon is under fire in a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission over the company’s alleged workflow to trick customers into signing up for a Prime membership. Now, the FTC is amending that June lawsuit with additional information that three company executives were aware of the plan and were... #press
https://gizmodo.com/ftc-amended-amazon-antitrust-lawsuit-1850860415?utm_source=press.coop
New Exorcist: Believer Featurette Puts Ellen Burstyn in the Spotlight
The last time we saw movie star Chris MacNeil, she’d just been through quite an ordeal in Georgetown involving a demon and her tweenage daughter. That was back in 1973—so what’s she been up to since then? That’s a question Ellen Burstyn asked herself when reprising the character for The Exorcist:... #press
Loki Season 2 Will Now Air on Thursday Nights
When Loki returns for a second season next month, it’s doing so a couple of hours earlier than expected. Disney has now confirmed that the sophomore season of the Marvel series will air on Thursday nights, starting October 5.Read more... #press
Phantom Liberty's Cinematic Brings Idris Elba to Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 seemed like it would be the big new thing when it released in 2020, and for the most part, it wasn’t to many. The developer’s spent the years since turning it into a truly solid first outing for a larger franchise, helped by the fact that the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners series was pretty…Read... #press
Just in Time for Halloween Check Out This Wednesday Merch Drop
If you dream of being accepted into Nevermore Academy with Wednesday Addams this spooky fandom collection is for you.Read more... #press
SpaceX's Vacuum Raptor Engine Aces Cold Space Test for Artemis Moon Missions
In preparation of landing humans on the Moon as part of the ongoing Artemis program, SpaceX recently ran a test of one of its lunar lander engines while simulating the cold temperatures of space.Read more... #press
Tim Burton Doesn’t Seem Happy His Superman and Batman Appeared in The Flash
As impressive as it is when filmmakers like J.J. Abrams or James Gunn direct films in two, opposite, massive franchises, in the 1990s, Tim Burton almost beat them all. We all know he directed two Batman movies starring Michael Keaton but he also got very close to directing Nicolas Cage in Superman Lives,... #press
Arkansas Resident Killed by Brain-Eating Amoeba Caught From Splash Pad, Officials Say
A brain-eating amoeba has recently killed someone in Arkansas, local health officials reported this week. The unidentified victim seems to have contracted the incredibly rare, often fatal infection from a pool or splash pad at a country club. The club has since shut down these facilities, and health... #press
https://gizmodo.com/arkansas-resident-killed-by-brain-eating-amoeba-1850843949?utm_source=press.coop
TikTok Slapped with $367 Million Fine Over Bungled Kids' Data
Everyone’s favorite app is definitely not in the good graces of the European Union. Irish regulators just hit the massive video-sharing platform with a $367 million fine for mishandling child users’ data and gave the app three months to fix it. Read more... #press
Jonathan Frakes Wants to Be the Charlie's Angels of Rikers If a Picard Sequel Happens
Picard’s final season wrapped up earlier this year with a fond farewell to the cast of The Next Generation, but that hasn’t stopped audiences—or the cast themselves—pondering what ever could be next. Now it’s the turn of Riker himself, Jonathan Frakes, to imagine what might be next for him and... #press
