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Taking on the role of James Bond has fallen to seven separate actors over the years, but viewers largely only remember three. No offense to David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, or Timothy Dalton, who all admirably took on the 007 mantle at one point or another, but this trio of actors has elevated Bond to a level of on-screen immortality that will be difficult to top. Sean Connery is and always will be the titular Bond, but Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig also undeniably impressed viewers with their portrayals. They…

Saber Interactive Have you ever just wanted to run away from it all? When you’re dealing with mounting problems at home, the idea of jumping in a car and driving away as far as possible sounds appealing. What better way to leave the past in the dust than to hit the open road and go wherever your wheels take you? That idea is at the heart of Heading Out, a new narrative racing game that’s unlike anything I’ve played before. Inspired by classic road films like Easy Rider, the upcoming game combines racing, visual novel…

Universal Music Group and Republic Records have announced the launch of Boombox, a new product being integrated into Roblox to allow players to stream in-game music that artists can monetise and have count toward Billboard charts. This collaboration will start in the Twice Square experience, a level in Roblox where players can leave messages for the K-pop girl group, play minigames, and collect virtual items. With Boombox, players will be able to “share and collectively enjoy” Twice‘s music, with each playback being…

A former professor from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had a rather harsh message to Harry Potter fans.Miriam Margoyles, also known as Professor Sprout, who taught the then second-year students of Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger how to re-pot mandrakes during her Herbology class, has told Potterheads to “f*****g grow up.”The English-Australian actor isn’t a fan of nostalgia, as she has expressed while speaking to New Zealand journalist Hilary Barry for 1 News.In a viral clip shared on X (formerly…

There are some horror movie characters — including some of the scariest villains or even the resourceful heroes they chase after — who are so well defined by the performances that brought them to life, that you cannot imagine any other actor in the role. However, history shows that things could have gone differently had other actors previously considered landed the part instead. Take a look at just how different some of the all-time best horror movies could have been by sifting through some of the fascinating and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeI’m slightly embarrassed to speak about it under this circumstance,” Paul Dano winces. “Is it gonna lead somebody to listen?” The actor might hate me for mentioning it, but he used to be in a band. Found today in the deeper recesses of Spotify, Mook released two records. They were strange, muddy psychedelic things, made back when Dano was in his early twenties and a reluctant movie…

This week, the world had a collective freakout over “Willy’s Chocolate Experience,” an event in Glasgow, Scotland that ended in tears. Organizers used AI-generated ads that promised $45 Wonka wonderland, but when parents and children arrived, they found a barren, filthy warehouse. Several actors involved with the production came forward to share horror stories, including one woman who said she played a sinister character called “The Unknown.” But now, internet sleuths uncovered a darker truth: this would-be Unknown was a…

The children and parents of Glasgow had the opportunity to be part of an “immersive experience” of being transported into the world of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. But instead of being “in a world of pure imagination,” attendees allegedly felt they were inside a “meth lab.” As if the Roald Dahl movie adaptation event wasn’t disaster enough, the actor who played Willy Wonka in Glasgow is going viral reading “AI generated gibberish” he had to say at the event.If you remember The Chocolate Room scene from Willy Wonka…

Robert Randolph was tooling around Florida when the call came. The musician, whose sacred steel slide guitar has powered his own Family Band albums and has popped up on records by Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Thomas, Santana, and Dave Matthews Band, was behind the wheel when his office phoned to tell him that Beyoncé wanted him to record with her. “I said, ‘Record what — you sure you have the right person?’” Randolph recalls, noting his own jam-band style. “I’m the kind who plays and plays and plays on. It was…

You have probably ended up with your foot in your mouth after saying something like “How is it going?” to a friend who is currently using crutches. A very human mistake. But sometimes people in positions of authority are a little more “blind” to others’ limitations and end up making worse mistakes.An assistant to a blind student witnessed a creative and clever bit of malicious compliance when the student did exactly as the professor asked. Netizens thought the tale was a hilarious case of a person getting exactly what…