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From the moment he completed his 12th save of the season on Monday night, Dodgers closer Evan Phillips started thinking about Tuesday’s game.The six-year veteran had never pitched three days in a row in his major league career. Monday had been only his ninth time this year pitching on consecutive days.But after going to bed feeling strong, and waking up Tuesday physically refreshed, the right-hander arrived at the ballpark, went through his pregame work, and informed manager Dave Roberts he “felt great” to pitch, if…

If you've enjoyed the English dub of the animated Netflix series "Trese," you have heard Lou Diamond Phillips in another of his comic book voice acting roles, as Mayor Sancho Santamaria. "Trese" is based on the comic book series of the same name by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, meriting its inclusion here. "Trese" Season 1 hit Netflix in 2021, and the following year, Phillips voiced one of the DC universe's most fearsome heroes. Phillips took on the role of Spectre in "DC Showcase: Constantine – The…

Not long after his cryptocurrency hedge fund collapsed last year, spawning a market meltdown that devastated the industry, Kyle Davies got on a plane and left his troubles behind.He flew to Bali, Indonesia. As his company was liquidated and law enforcement authorities opened investigations on two continents, Davies spent his days painting in cafes and reading Hemingway on the beach. He also went sightseeing. He traveled in Thailand, where the fried oysters cost only a few dollars, and admired the architecture in Malaysia.…

After collaborating together for over two decades, I don’t think more needs to be said that hasn’t already about the the multiple Eisner Award winning duo of writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips. Today Image Comics announced their latest project, Where the Body Was. Featuring colors by Jacob Phillips, this original graphic novel is a murder mystery with “ripples that echo through decades of love and loss and passion and violence after one fateful killing.” Here’s how Image Comics describes the graphic novel: A…

The ancient seas of the Late Cretaceous period would’ve been scary places to swim. Between 66 million and 100 million years ago, the world’s waterways were chock-full of real-life sea monsters. Not least of which were the sometimes bus-sized, possibly venomous, predatory lizards known as mosasaurs.Get Ready For Another Summer of Invasive Lanternflies | Extreme EarthThe marine reptiles, which went extinct in the same catastrophic event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs, are thought to have been a diverse group of…

Filmmaker Todd Phillips has wrapped up the production of his Joker sequel, Joker: Folie a Deux. Notifying fans of the titular characters, the director shared two pictures of actor Joaquin Phoenix and actor-singer Lady Gaga. The pictures are of Gaga as Harley Quinn and Phoenix in full makeup as the film’s titular villain. The director wrote in the caption, “That’s a wrap. Thanks to these two and the best crew that the film industry has to offer. From top to bottom. Gonna crawl into a cave now and put…

Meta Platforms Inc became the first Big Tech firm to embark on a second round of mass layoffs, as Corporate America continues to cut costs in anticipation of a global economic downturn. Interest rate hikes by global central banks to tame stubborn inflation have weighed on consumer and corporate spending, affecting the outlook for companies from Amazon.com Inc and Walt Disney Co to Wall Street heavyweights Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley. This has sparked widespread job cuts. Layoffs by U.S. companies between…

Can Washington come to the rescue of the depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank? Is it even politically possible?That was one of the growing questions in Washington Sunday as policymakers tried to figure out whether the U.S. government - and its taxpayers - should bail out a failed bank that largely served Silicon Valley, with all its wealth and power.Prominent Silicon Valley personalities and executives have been hitting the giant red "panic" button, saying that if Washington does not come to the rescue of Silicon…

The crypto industry's woes continued on Thursday as plunging deposits, layoffs and a lawsuit added to the tumult of 2022, which was dominated by sinking prices and high-profile bankruptcies. The fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and criminal charges leveled against its founder Sam Bankman-Fried weighed heavily on the sector this week. Among those hit were Genesis Global Capital, which laid off staff, and crypto-focused Silvergate Bank, which reported a large fall in deposits. Bankman-Fried on Tuesday…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTodd Phillips, the director of Joker: Folie à Deux, has shared a first look at the upcoming film on social media.The filmmaker, who also directed the 2019 film, Joker, posted a picture of Joaquin Phoenix as the eponymous Joker, Arthur Fleck, on set.The image, shared on Sunday (11 December), shows Phoenix lying back in a chair while someone shaves his face. Phillips simply captioned the…