Murphy

| The historically important DC Comics series Strange Adventures was launched in 1950 and ran for 244 issues before ending in 1973.  The title introduced a number of well-remembered DC Comics characters over the years, including Captain Comet, Animal Man, and Deadman. Largely remembered as one of a number of 1950s comic book titles during this early Cold War era that featured weird science fiction, the debut of the series also included a healthy dose of science fiction history while remaining a fascinating artifact of…

Credit: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Vulture/Paramount Pictures Today is a big day for fans of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. Not only is the movie getting a new sequel, but now we’re learning that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylour Paige are joining the cast. The new movie is called Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley and production on the film is currently happening, according to Deadline. Comedian and actor Eddie Murphy is back as the titular character and he’s also listed as a producer on the film alongside…

Salma Hayek, Annie Murphy To Join ‘Black Mirror’ Season 6 ( Photo Credit – Salma Hayek, Annie Murphy / Instagram ) Salma Hayek and Annie Murphy are in talks to star in the new season of “Black Mirror”. According to ‘Variety’, the dystopian Netflix series is slowly assembling a star-studded roster of talent for its long-awaited Season 6, with Salma Hayek and Annie Murphy the latest actors set to join the cast. Variety previously revealed that the new season has signed Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh…

An Australian judge recently ordered Samsung to pay 14 million Australian dollars ($9.8 million) in penalties for misleading advertising over how water-resistant some models of smartphones are. Federal Court Justice Brendan Murphy gave Samsung Electronics Australia, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co., 30 days to pay the fines. Samsung must also pay AU$200,000 ($140,000) toward the costs of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the consumer watchdog that initiated an investigation of…

Sunday breakfast? I don’t partake in breakfast much. The kids have porridge on a school day, but help themselves to rubbish cereal at the weekend. I play tunes in the background, annoying the kids, because we don’t have the same taste in music.Sundays growing up? I grew up in Arklow in County Wicklow, in a house with no central heating. We’d have two fireplaces going on a Sunday, which made things more homely. I remember watching Wonder Woman with Lynda Carter. I’d be in heaven with a yoghurt and a biscuit and Wonder…

Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle, published in 1965, is now as much a historical document of a gone world as a travel book, but its feeling of release, cycling towards a wide future while running away from a confined past, still exhilarates. Like notable 19th-century women travellers such as Isabella Bird Bishop, when at last released from a cage of domestic duty Murphy travelled, riding through the cold, snowy winter of 1962-63.She went armed with a .25 pistol and basic instruction from the…