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Insane Clown Poopy We now have our first in-episode footage of Peacock’s upcoming live-action adaptation, Twisted Metal. As debuted during this afternoon’s Summer Game Fest, the clip featured our ragtag protagonist (Anthony Mackie) squaring off against serial killer clown and poster villain Sweet Tooth (Samoa Joe). And honestly… it was pretty fucking rough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mn4RBWv03A For some reason, the decision was made to showcase a clip from the show that doesn’t actually feature any cars…

A German startup has secured its first investment to scale a bizarre twisted-looking fusion machine that could power the world with abundant, clean, and limitless energy.    Proxima Fusion raised €‎7mn in funding to build a device known as a stellarator, a little-known fusion reactor that could hold the key to unlocking the potential of atom-fusing power within our lifetime.   While the initial funding round was small, it is noteworthy because the startup is the first spinout from Germany’s…

Twisted fields around a mysterious fast radio burst. An international team has made significant progress in understanding the origins of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) – some of the most intense millisecond-duration cosmic explosions in radio bands. Credit: Di LI/ScienceApe/CASScientists led by Dr. Di Li from the NAOC have discovered an extreme field reversal around Fast Radio Burst FRB 20190520B, indicating the signal may pass through a turbulent, magnetized <span class="glossaryLink"…

Photo via Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Deadline Hollywood Isabel May, the breakout star of Yellowstone prequel series 1883, has joined the cast of Lionsgate’s upcoming hostage thriller Sunflower. According to Deadline, May will star in the film opposite Lovecraft Country actress Jurnee Smollett, with Misha Green on board to direct in her feature film debut. Sunflower will follow two women struggling to escape from a college professor holding them hostage on an isolated sunflower farm.  Deadline previously…

San Francisco Pride is not gonna take any transphobia, not even from Twisted Sister’s singer Dee Snider. On Wednesday, SF Pride announced that Twisted Sister and its hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” were supposed to have major parts in its June festivities — until a recent social media post from Snider. “When we were notified about the tweet in which Dee expressed support for Kiss’s Paul Stanley’s transphobic statement, we were heartbroken and angry,” SF Pride in a statement on Facebook. “The message perpetuated by that…

Over the last few years, Sony has made it quite clear it wants its PlayStation games to pull double duty as TV/movie successes. So far, that’s given us the Tom Holland-led Uncharted from 2022, and the recent HBO adaptation of The Last of Us. But there’s plenty more adaptations on the horizon (Zero Dawn), from recent blockbusters like Days Gone and Ghost of Tsushima to...Twisted Metal.The Hunger Games | The Last of Us Episode 8 ReviewJust before the weekend started, Peacock released the first trailer for the show ahead of…

Last Updated: April 30, 2023, 13:50 ISTMaruti Suzuki Jimny by Twisted will be a two-seater Light Commercial Vehicle (Photo: Twisted)This will be the first time in its history that Twisted will carry out modifications on a vehicle other than the Land Rover DefenderYorkshire-based off-road specialist Twisted has announced that it plans to create a modified version of the Suzuki Jimny. This will be the first time in its history that Twisted will carry out modifications on a vehicle other than the Land Rover Defender. The…

An Argentine ant tending aphids, plant parasites that secrete a sugar-rich substance the ants consume. Credit: UCLA/Noa Pinter-WollmanIn a twist that surprised <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>UCLA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. It is organized into the College of Letters and Science and 12…

x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjLFHwhEuog Anthony Mackie is revving his engine in the exciting teaser trailer for Peacock’s upcoming video game adaptation of the iconic Twisted Metal.  As Mackie’s character, John Doe, gears up for travel — …er… battle — he gets everything ready for a one-of-a-kind road trip, including loading his weapon with ammunition and grabbing the right road mix for an epic jam session. Those familiar with Twisted Metal know that the game takes players on a demolition derby style of…

After decades of middling results, video game adaptations are finally the hottest thing in entertainment, especially after those . Streamer Peacock is joining the video game adaptation wars with a live action comedy based on the PS1-era vehicular warfare simulator Twisted Metal and it just dropped the first trailer. For the uninitiated (anyone under 30), Twisted Metal was a hugely popular franchise that is sort of a riff on the Battle Mode from the Mario Kart series, with a heavy emphasis on comical violence and absolute…