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Cinema is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on “Her Private Hell”
Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn shared with audiences at the Cannes premiere of his new film “Her Private Hell” that a near-death experience inspired his return from the streaming desert to the world of making movies. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark and partly raised in New York City, filmmaking is in Refn’s blood. The son of…
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Cinema is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on “Her Private Hell”
Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn shared with audiences at the Cannes premiere of his new film “Her Private Hell” that a near-death experience inspired his return from the streaming desert to the world of making movies. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark and partly raised in New York City, filmmaking is in Refn’s blood. The son of…
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Relive the Launch That Changed Gaming in “Halo: Campaign Evolved”
It’s no exaggeration to say that 2001’s “Halo” changed the entire gaming landscape. A launch title for the original Xbox a quarter-century ago, “Halo: Combat Evolved” not only started its own still-running franchise (that included a recent Prime Video original adaptation) but influenced so much of the shooter landscape. It’s not only difficult to imagine…
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Relive the Launch That Changed Gaming in “Halo: Campaign Evolved”
It’s no exaggeration to say that 2001’s “Halo” changed the entire gaming landscape. A launch title for the original Xbox a quarter-century ago, “Halo: Combat Evolved” not only started its own still-running franchise (that included a recent Prime Video original adaptation) but influenced so much of the shooter landscape. It’s not only difficult to imagine…
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HBO Max Spin-Off “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” Wastes Clever Concept
It feels like something that came to creators Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, and Bill Brady after a couple drinks: What if we took characters from our show named after the beginning of the universe and hurled them into the end of it? The answer to this hypothetical “The Big Bang Theory” spin-off is HBO Max’s…
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HBO Max Spin-Off “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” Wastes Clever Concept
It feels like something that came to creators Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, and Bill Brady after a couple drinks: What if we took characters from our show named after the beginning of the universe and hurled them into the end of it? The answer to this hypothetical “The Big Bang Theory” spin-off is HBO Max’s…
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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Keeps Boldly Swinging in Tone in Season 4
As a “Star Trek” fan, it’s hard not to feel the bittersweet sting of another set of Wilderness Years coming. With Paramount feeling the sweet sting of budget cuts and an impending merger with Warner Bros., it feels like the higher-ups at the Big Blue Mountain are closing up shop on the Final Frontier. Its…
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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Keeps Boldly Swinging in Tone in Season 4
As a “Star Trek” fan, it’s hard not to feel the bittersweet sting of another set of Wilderness Years coming. With Paramount feeling the sweet sting of budget cuts and an impending merger with Warner Bros., it feels like the higher-ups at the Big Blue Mountain are closing up shop on the Final Frontier. Its…
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Four Young Mathematicians Receive Prestigious Fields Medals
The awards are bestowed only once every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40.
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What Were the Lotus-Eaters Eating in Homer’s ‘Odyssey’?
In Homer’s epic, Odysseus’s men eat something so powerful that they forget about home. Which plants could have produced such a soporific, narcotic and amnesiac effect?