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Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, and more hit movies saved from horrible names

In the history of movies, there are some pretty horrendous names for some good films, but some hugely successful films were able to avoid such disaster. Back to the Future, and Beetlejuice were both nearly victimized by their respective studios who strongly suggested really bad movie titles. There’s a really good 1954 comedy film starring Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon titled Phffft!. The sad part is, the name likely prevents it from being a movie that today’s audiences would want to check out, despite the fact that the…

Woman Gets Rejected By Widower, Calls Him A Horrible Dad

Being a single parent is not easy, especially after losing a significant other. And while no one can ever replace them, a close friend or a family member can become a significant figure in the child’s life.A widower and a single dad to three girls, redditor ‘Humble-Piccolo9513’, was happy that they had their grandmothers and aunts as strong female role models. But he was seemingly not looking to add any more women to the list, despite one trying quite hard to become a “mother figure”.No one can ever replace a parent,…

‘Helldivers 2’ boss apologies for devs “horrible” response to fan comments

Arrowhead Game Studios’ CEO has apologised after things got heated between the team behind Helldivers 2 and players, following a controversial update. Earlier this week Arrowhead released a new patch for Helldivers 2, designed to balance a number of weapons and make the Eradicate missions harder. As always with these updates, some players weren’t happy that their favourite loadout had been nerfed and they were happy to let the team know. Helldivers 2 just pulled a (insert a ton of games here) where they nerf what the…

41 Horrible Mistakes People Made At Work That They Can Never Forget

In childhood, we’re conditioned to think that mistakes will always get us into trouble. But, throughout the years, we learn that there are varying degrees of mistakes that lead to an even wider variety of consequences. And it’s all very dependent on a lot of things.So, even if you manage to destroy a very expensive machine at work, nothing might happen or a lot of things can happen. It all depends on the manager, the boss, the insurance, the age of the machine and loads of other things.But it’s because of how we were…

Being famous after `Titanic` release was horrible, says Kate Winslet

Oscar winner Kate Winslet says she chose to do smaller projects after the global success of "Titanic" as life became "quite unpleasant" with fame. The 48-year-old star reflected on the media pressure and body image scrutiny she was subjected to after the release of James Cameron`s 1997 romance-tragedy epic. "I felt like I had to look a certain way, or be a certain thing, and because media intrusion was so significant at that time, my life was quite unpleasant. "Journalists would always say, `After `Titanic`, you could…

Tesla worker died in horrible crash on Full Self-Driving beta, but he was also drunk

The horrible fatal crash of a Tesla employee using Full Self-Driving Beta has been reported in detail for the first time to highlight responsibility in those accidents. The Crash The Washington Post released a new report on the crash today, which happened back in 2022. Hans von Ohain, a recruiter at Tesla, and his friend Erik Rossiter set out outside Denver, Colorado, in the former’s Tesla Model 3 to go golfing. During the drive there, Rossiter says that von Ohain was driving on FSD…

47 Horrible And Creepy Travel Experiences These People Wish They Hadn’t Had

In India our bus rounded a corner in the mountains and another bus was on the other side of the curve. Both busses skid to a stop about 1 foot from one another. Both drivers started laughing and poking fun at each other. We saw a bus from the '80s that fell down the mountain about 15 minutes later. Hella intense. Anal_Mouse , Pawel Kalisinski/pexels Report On a train in Athens traveling alone, a group of men tried to push me off the train with them at a stop. Three women started yelling at them

Tatum O’Neal and the horrible backstory behind the youngest ever Oscar win

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFor many actors, an Academy Award is the final frontier. They are often treated as things to be earned through years of glad-handing and hard graft – a prize to be yearned after for years, even decades. But not everybody has to wait a lifetime. Just ask Tatum O’Neal.It was 50 years ago, in 1974, that O’Neal became the youngest ever Oscar winner, for her performance opposite her father…

‘Being Famous Was Horrible’ Kate Winslet Gets Real About Experiencing ‘Seismic’ Shift In Popularity After Titanic Made A Billion Dollars

Back in 1997, Titanic was the biggest (and most expensive) thing happening at the movies. James Cameron’s blockbuster was half-historical disaster film, half-romance, skyrocketing its stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio to an unexpected level of fame. For the young actress who portrayed Rose, however, that “seismic” shift in her popularity was not a welcome surprise. Winslet recently got real about why being so famous at 22 years old was “horrible” and affected what jobs she accepted after.Neither Kate Winslet nor…

Two Nations, a Horrible Accident, and the Urgent Need to Understand the Laws of Space Right Now

Representing Xenovia, the Leiden team took full responsibility for the explosion but said their client repossessed Candidia’s satellite in full accordance with the Outer Space Treaty. Having given notice to the Candidian company that it was late on payments, they argued, the Xenovian creditor had satisfied the treaty’s requirement for “appropriate international consultations.”Katsande felt as if she was hearing a rough version of her own winning argument thrown back at her. After about 15 minutes of deliberation, the…