Slayer

Pedro Pascal at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images)Pedro Pascal is currently living his absolute best life; after rising to fame on Game of Thrones and Narcos, he’s now an A-list star of screens big (Fantastic Four) and small (The Mandalorian, The Last of Us). But things weren’t always golden for the affable star, who recently spoke about his long, long road to fame.Why Was Now the Right Time To Return to Buffy?In a lighthearted red-carpet interview with…

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a wildly popular '90s show, one that has remained a cult classic part of pop culture in the decades since it ended. Buffy's cast included Anthony Stewart Head as the title character's Watcher Rupert Giles, who appeared in a whopping 123 episodes throughout its run on TV. And there are 32 great pieces of advice Giles gave during that time.While Buffy changed networks for its final two seasons on the air, the starring cast stayed the same. Giles was a father figure to the entire Scooby Gang,…

An agar plate containing colonies of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria, one of the drug-resistant strains the synthetic compound cresomycin has shown to combat. Credit: Myers Research GroupCresomycin, a groundbreaking antibiotic developed by Harvard scientists, targets drug-resistant bacteria with improved binding to ribosomes, offering hope against global antimicrobial resistance.A new antibiotic created by Harvard researchers overcomes antimicrobial resistance mechanisms that have rendered many modern drugs ineffective and…

While Dawn's place in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was a bit rocky following her pivotal Season 5 arc, these are decidedly bad choices, partially because of the real-life details that came out in 2022 involving behind-the-scenes allegations of inappropriate behavior on the part of Joss Whedon. Of particular note is that the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator has said many times that Xander is meant to be his avatar in the franchise, sharing his obsession with pop culture and other key aspects of Whedon's…

February is blooming and the Demon Slayer‘s spark is sparkling with a new film. Japanese theaters have already witnessed the buzzing debut of the second compilation film of Demon Slayer, but the West had yet to catch up — until today. This new film, titled To the Hashira Training, has been progressively debuting in theaters all over the world, but only today did it finally land on U.S. ground. As a compilation film, Demon Slayer: The Hashira Training will allow you to rewatch the climax of the Swordsmith Village arc and…

Whether or not Tanjiro ascends to the ranks of a Hashira is due for a longer adventure in Demon Slayer season 4. For now, we know our sword warrior has begun training under Himejima as the latest Demon Slayer movie To the Hashira Training graces big screens. The third film adaptation of the popular dark fantasy manga, To the Hashira Training is now running on the silver screens around you. Though a compilation film, the anticipation for a theatrical screening of the fan-favorite anime was a huge event for fans. The film…

Film: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba- to the Hashira Training (Japanese with English sub-titles)(Original title: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kizuna no Kiseki, Soshite Hashira Geiko e)Cast (voice): Natsuki Hanae, Kengo Kawanishi, Akari KitoDirector: Haruo SotozakiRating: 2/5Runtime: 104 min A confounding comic strip-happy storyline, with fascinating manga-styled visuals expanded to Imax screen size presented in episodic fashion, this Japanese animation film feels more like a TV series than a feature film. Telling this story in…

Four years after Slayer wrapped up their farewell tour — and two weeks after guitarist Kerry King said a reunion was unlikely — the thrash metal legends will return this fall for a couple of headlining festival gigs. The quartet — bassist/singer Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt, and drummer Paul Bostaph — have so far booked Chicago’s Riot Fest on Sept. 22 and Louisville’s Louder Than Life on Sept. 27, the band’s first gigs since their goodbye tour concluded in November 2019. “Nothing compares to…

The second compilation film in the popular anime series Demon Slayer has hit the Japanese screens to kick start the month of love with action. Offering the final glimpses of the Swordsmith Village arc and a stunning preface to the subsequent story, To the Hashira Training is now set to awe the global audience. Unarguably the most revered dark fantasy anime of the current decade, Demon Slayer is nearing the release of its second last arc before the grand finale of Tanjiro Kamado’s story in season 5. The anime adaptation…

Kerry King moved on from Slayer, whose breakneck-paced declarations of destruction redefined metal for a generation, a long time ago. In 2018, as soon as frontman Tom Araya told him he was done with the band, King says he “shifted gears.” “I’m like, ‘Well, I’m not done,'” he tells Rolling Stone with a piercing gaze. “The only regret I have is that we finished when we finished. But it’s also like, ‘Hey man, we’re Peyton Manning: We won the Super Bowl and we left.’ And unfortunately the world went to shit right…