Hammers

Every year, tens of thousands of people gather here in the Mojave Desert with two goals: to see some incredible off-road racing and to lose their minds in the kind of unbridled debauchery their mothers always warned them about. King of the Hammers is often described as “Burning Man for rednecks,” and while the drug of choice is usually Coors Light and the cars are valued for performance rather than artistic sensibilities, the description works. This year, nearly 80,000 people came to the camping area on Means Dry Lake,…

A view of the Walt Disney World theme park entrance on July 8, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.Octavio Jones | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Walt Disney Company isn't the only business in Florida that operates within a special district, CEO Bob Iger reminded investors Wednesday.He noted that the Daytona Speedway and the retirement community The Villages reside within two of nearly 2,000 special districts in the state and have not been under the same scrutiny Disney has experienced in the last year."The case that…

Image via Marvel Studios Knives have been getting gradually sharper ever since The Marvels was first announced, which was to be expected when Captain Marvel proved to be the single most polarizing of the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s 31 feature-length installments to date. It’s time to buckle up for a wild ride if the trailer rumors prove to be true, even if the superhero genre as a whole is staring death in the face after the one blockbuster guaranteed to revive and resuscitate the flagging artform suffered a…

Yesterday, it was reported that powerful bursts of coronal mass ejection (CME) clouds were released during a farside explosion on the Sun and some of it were deflected towards our planet due to shock waves. The resultant solar storm was found to peak at G2-class, which is considered a powerful event. The highly charged particles have ionized the atmosphere around the Arctic Circle and have caused a shortwave radio blackout condition. Check details.The incident was reported by SpaceWeather.com which noted in its website,…

Audiences open to an ecological ocean drama that’s gentler, more grounded and certainly more ‘Strayan than James Cameron’s squillion-dollar screensaver can find an appealing – if slight – companion piece in the latest Tim Winton adaptation, brought to the screen by writer-director Robert Connolly.Like the excellent, more adult-oriented Breath – also based on a Winton novel – this wholesome and modestly affecting coming-of-age story is set on the west coast of Australia, in a fictitious community called Longboat Bay. It’s…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeArmie Hammer’s father Michael Armand Hammer has died at the age of 67.A source confirmed to People that Michael died on Sunday (20 November) after a cancer battle.Michael, an American businessman, was the son of Julian Armand Hammer and the grandson of industrialist Armand Hammer.Best known for his ties to his late grandfather’s company Occidental Petroleum, Michael oversaw the Hammer…

Quite a few celebrities with controversies are currently making headlines, and actor Armie Hammer is certainly in that category. A number of sobering allegations have been made about the Call Me By Your Name actor, and they’ve even been made into a documentary series featuring the accusers. And as the public continues to follow each twist and turn, Hammer’s ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers has moved on with a new beau.While the public is still reeling from the contents of House of Hammer, which included some of his accusers…

More than a year following his text message scandal, Armie Hammer now finds himself back in the news due to the situation. The actor, who reportedly sent out sexually explicit messages involving cannibalism and more to various women, is now the subject of a docuseries. As evidenced by House of Hammer’s trailer, it sheds light on the controversy as well as other alleged issues within the Hammer family. Amid the series’ release, Hammer’s aunt, Casey, has been vocal about her family, making a number of claims about their…

Armie Hammer’s ex-girlfriend Courtney Vucekovich has claimed that she was left traumatised following a sexual incident with the actor, in a new documentary.Last year, the Call Me by Your Name star stepped down from his role in the forthcoming film Shotgun Wedding, after being embroiled in a social-media scandal in which an anonymous account leaked illicit messages that Hammer allegedly sent to different women.The messages, which were not verified, include graphic accounts of sexual acts and references to fetishes such as…

Armie Hammer checked himself in at a rehab facility outside of Orlando on May 31 amid several months of sexual abuse allegations and has been getting treatment since then Robert Downey Jr. Pic/AFP Actor Robert Downey Jr. reportedly helped Armie Hammer in covering his rehabilitation expenses last year. As per People, the 'Avengers: Endgame' star, who has been open in the past about his own battle with addiction, paid for a…