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It’s December so that means it is time to bust out all of your favorite holiday movies to watch to help you get into the spirit of the season. One of these might be The Polar Express, based on the children’s picture book of the same name. One Reddit user has a theory about this Christmas film that might just change the way you view it. He believes that the character the Hobo is actually the ghost of the original Santa Claus. “In many renditions of Santa, it’s usually a mantle passed from father to son or by dudes who…

John J. Ray III, CEO of FTX Group, testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Investigating the Collapse of FTX Part I, on December 13, 2022 Photo: Nathan Howard (Getty Images) The House Financial Services Committee began one of its most dramatic hearings in recent memory Tuesday, while its main subject, disgraced crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sat behind bars in a cell nearly 1,000 miles away.Instead, lawmakers questioned court-appointed FTX CEO John Ray III who said he had never…

Wrapping up a year that’s given us a small handful of singles, freestyles and an EP, PS Hitsquad has saved the best ‘til last. His new single, “Freedom”, is not just another shining example of his underappreciated pen, it may also be the best one yet—and the presentation is stunning.This is more than street bravado and shock tactics. Between the slightly ominous synth melody on Kid Spryal’s production and the matter-of-fact way PS breaks down the risk-it-all mentality, there’s a disarming and actually quite shocking…

“It all looks sweetly narcissistic,” says veteran underground and indie film-maker Robert Downey Sr at one stage in this documentary about him, produced by and prominently featuring his movie star son Robert Downey Jr. That’s a fair comment on the whole proceedings, but there is definitely something sweet, sad and affectionate about this home-movie portrait, which Downey Jr began as an open-ended project in 2019 as his dad was beginning to submit to Parkinson’s in his 80s.The idea – which maybe always existed more in…

LONDON–Qatar Airways Ltd. has accused Airbus EADSY 0.48% SE of being too close to its safety regulator in a multibillion-dollar legal dispute over paint chipping on the body and wings of one of its flagship aircraft.The airline made the accusation Friday in a statement to a London court as part of a case in which it claims that surface-paint issues on its fleet of A350s present a safety risk. Qatar Airways has grounded 29 aircraft over the issue, reducing its capacity as…

California is experiencing more wildfires, illness and drought as the impacts of climate change accelerate, according to a report released Tuesday. The state’s fourth edition of “Indicators of Climate Change in California” finds that such impacts are hitting California sooner and more forcefully than previously expected. Published by the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the report says that half of the state’s 20 largest wildfires occurred in 2020 and 2021, heat waves have doubled in frequency in…

A quietly powerful and dignified performance from Cliff Curtis is the heart of Tearepa Kahi’s New Zealand action-thriller Muru: a film that’s in no way quiet or subtle, and not intended to be. Curtis plays Taffy Tāwharau, the kind of cop who is, as they say, one of the good guys, filling in as a school bus driver and standing up to racist and misinformed colleagues.Taffy is torn between different worlds and laws: his Māori heritage and remote Te Urewera community on one hand, and on the other, the uniform and badge to…

The researchers also found that a new membrane demonstrated powerful filtering effects.Researchers from the University of Bayreuth have examined two standard dispersion paints and found that they contain numerous solid particles that are barely a few micro- or nanometers in size.Dispersion paints are often used in homes to paint walls and ceilings. An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Bayreuth has recently examined the chemical makeup of two common dispersion paints and identified a substantial number…

Digital artists have quite a few art and photo programs to choose from, but one of the most-widely used, other than Adobe Photoshop, is Clip Studio Paint.Photo: MarbellaStudio (Shutterstock)In general, it’s a very poor idea for any company to upset the artistic online community. If enough regular internet users were able to drag the Sonic the Hedgehog movie’s old design through the proverbial mud enough so that the studio completely redesigned it, how do you think you’ll get on when the people behind the pencil become…

Machine Gun Kelly didn’t get quite the welcome he was looking for when someone vandalized a tour bus as his tour stopped in Omaha. So Thursday morning, the rapper-turned-rock star logged on to address a “fan” who spraypainted genitalia, along with a homophobic slur, on a bus that was part of MGK’s entourage. Photos obtained by TMZ show the vandalized pink bus in more detail, including the words “Rap Devil F—" along the side of the bus.But MGK managed to get the last laugh. “You’re so dumb,” MGK said on Instagram. “You…