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Vanessa Hudgens & More Kick Off Halloween Season

Halloween season is officially here and Hollywood stars welcomed the season in a special way. Several stars from the entertainment industry took to their social media and celebrated the start of October by sharing Halloween-themed photos. Several A-list stars, including Kourtney Kardashian, Kyle Richards, Vanessa Hudgens, and Nicky Hilton, celebrated the beginning of the month by dressing up and decorating their homes in anticipation of the holiday. Kourtney took to her Instagram stories and showed off a chic…

MoviePass’s beta relaunch will kick off in Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City

We knew MoviePass was gearing up to relaunch its beta service on September 5th, now Insider reports that it's targeting Chicago, Kansas City and Dallas as its first major markets. Waitlisted customers in those cities will be able to sign up for one of the company's plans: $10 a month for up to three movies, $20 a month for a maximum of four, and $30 monthly for five films. It also sounds like the company's waitlist was wildly successful. According to CEO and original co-founder Stacy Spikes, over 775,000 people signed up…

Lupe Fiasco to Kick Off ‘The Cool’ 15-Year Anniversary Shows

Lupe Fiasco is giving his longtime fans a special moment of nostalgia over the next month as the Chicago rapper lined up several shows to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his 2007 album The Cool by performing the critically acclaimed release in its entirety with a live band. The platinum-selling album includes the hit single “Superstar” along with lyrical feats like “Dumb It Down” and “Hip-Hop Saved My Life.”The first performance scheduled will take place at NYC’s SummerStage in Central Park next Wednesday (Sept. 7),…

Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM review – pioneering 90s indie radio remembered | Film

This account of the rise and fall of radio station XFM (by Ray Burdis and co-director Ian Jefferies) will bring rheumy tears of nostalgic wistfulness to the eyes of Gen Xers and older millennials who were living in London in the 1990s. Not that it’s especially sad: if anything it’s a classic story of cool kids who get to live the dream then either sell out to the man or be betrayed by the guys who sold out, but still end up doing all right in the end. Nobody dies, apart from poor Princess Diana who was killed the morning…

It’s Ruffalo vs. Norton as MCU Fans Kick off the Battle of the Banners

via Marvel Studios Mark Ruffalo has been our Hulk for the past decade now, having made his debut as Bruce Banner in 2012’s The Avengers, but some long-in-the-tooth Marvel fans still fondly remember Edward Norton’s take from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. And with Ruffalo back on our screens weekly in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, the old debate between MCU lovers over which is the better presentation of the Jade Giant has now reawoken on Reddit. User BlackDabiTodoroki smashed open the conversation by quizzing the…

MultiVersus Season 1 will kick off next week following delay

MultiVersus has announced the new start date for Season 1, which will begin on August 15. We’re excited to announce Season 1 will begin on August 15 with a brand-new Battle Pass for you to earn in-game rewards! We can also confirm Morty will join the character roster on August 23 as part of Season 1. We look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks! #MultiVersus — MultiVersus (@multiversus) August 11, 2022 Originally scheduled to begin earlier this month, Season 1 of the new free-to-play platform…

Apple to kick off latest round of App Store Sessions August 1

Apple has this week announced that its next round of App Store sessions will take place starting August 1, running the entire month. Apple's App Store sessions are live presentations that can be attended by developers as they connect with Apple's experts on all of the latest App Store features, as well as ask any questions. Registration is now open (opens in new tab) for the August program, and you can also view the schedule of sessions on Apple's developer website. "Want to make your product pages even better? Have…

NASA Launches DART Mission Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Kick an Asteroid Off Course

NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a $330 million (roughly Rs. 2,460 crore) project with echoes of the Bruce Willis movie Armageddon.If all goes well, the boxy, 1,200-pound (540kg) craft will slam head-on into Dimorphos, an…

Google files a lawsuit that could kick Tinder out of the Play Store

Google has counter-sued Match seeking monetary damages and a judgement that would let it kick Tinder and the group's other dating apps out of the Play Store, Bloomberg has reported. Earlier this year, Match sued Google alleging antitrust violations over a decision requiring all Android developers to process "digital goods and services" payments through the Play Store billing system.  Following the initial lawsuit in May, Google and Match reached a temporary agreement allowing Match to remain on the Play Store and use its…

‘Star Wars’ Fans Use the Force to Explain Awful ‘Return of the Jedi’ Kick

via Lucasfilm You can’t really expect a movie from 1983 to live up to the insanely high production standards of today’s cinema, but thanks to George Lucas’ clever space magic, Star Wars fans now have a perfectly reasonable explanation for this dreadfully choreographed Return of the Jedi scene. The original Star Wars trilogy has been re-released multiple times over the years, mostly in an effort to minimize all the technical mistakes fans have unearthed through almost four decades of living with these iconic…