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"Lost" is one of the biggest and most important TV shows of the 2000s. It forever changed the way we think about network TV, helping bring about an era of serialization, high-concept genre shows, and mystery box storytelling. Before we all got glued to social media discussing the latest "Severance" theory or sharing our shock at the latest big "House of the Dragon" death, it was "Lost" that had the whole world obsessing over theories, ships, and twists. By the time it ended, "Lost" went out with one of the most discussed and analyzed finales in modern TV history.

This is a show with a big legacy. Michael Giacchino's score remains the best TV soundtrack, its characters are memorable and the cast diverse, marking a genuinely good stride for representation on TV. Yet the legacy of "Lost" is also problematic, with that same diverse cast also being, in some cases,...

Salem Horror Fest has announced the initial wave of programming for its 8th annual event, running April 30-May 4 in nine venues across Salem, Massachusetts.

Over 60 Official Selections — shorts, interludes (15-60 minutes), and feature length — will screen, in addition to repertory screenings, live podcasts, and other special events.

The annual opening night celebration at the Peabody Essex Museum will feature a Q&a with horror icon Ashley Laurence moderated by Rue Morgue‘s Andrea Subissati; a screening of Hellbound: Hellraiser II; keynote speaker Professor Tananarive Due, author of The Reformatory and executive producer of Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror; announcement of jury prizes; and a screening of the winning short.

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Local Mass Hysteria – A collection of shorts from New England filmmakers (April 30) Opening night with Ashley Laurence, Tananarive Due, and a screening of Hellbound: Hellraiser II (May 1) Book signing and panel with five horror authors including Tananarive...

Corny NFTs and scammy meme coins apparently aren’t enough to scratch the Trump family’s crypto itch.

According to a Thursday report from The Wall Street Journal, World Liberty Financial (Wlf), the Trump family’s fledgling crypto venture, has explored taking a financial stake in the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange Binance. If it wasn’t shady enough, the discussions are reportedly taking place as Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has been courting the Trump administration for a presidential pardon.

The Trump family has been cashing in at every opportunity since the...

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With the death of Saint Jaygarcia Saturn and Figarland Garling replacing him to become the next Warrior God of Science and Defense, the One Piece manga has seen a major shift in the power of the World Government. This change can prove to be a big problem for the Straw Hat Pirates, as Garling is rumored to be even more ruthless and brutal than Saturn.

Figarland Garling | Credit: Viz Media

While One Piece fans are excited to see how Garling performs his duties as the newly appointed Elder, the one thing that is even more anticipated by fans is his Yokai form. As fans know, every Elder in the series possesses a demonic Yokai form with terrifying abilities that make them the biggest danger in the One Piece universe.

Thus, it is possible that, just like the others, Imu also gave him a Yokai form when...

Black Myth Wukong has been released and it did not take the gaming community long to power through the campaign and reach the ending. Players did not waste any time and finished the story, but discovered multiple endings embedded by the developers of Game Science. The game is now available on the PlayStation 5 and PC platforms and had a stellar launch for a game made by independent developers amidst the fierce competition in the modern age of video games.

The ending is much more complicated than one might expect. Image Credit: Game Science

The other ending will be unlocked depending on the series of side quests a player has accomplished. It is a testament to the game developers’ skill in crafting a story by staying true to the mythology.

There Is More to the Lore Than Meets the Eye in Black Myth Wukong

The developers of Game Science did not...

[This story contains spoilers from season two, episode two of Pachinko, “Chapter Ten.”]

Pachinko, Apple TV+’s ambitious series adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel about a Korean family’s fight for survival during and after the Japanese occupation of Korea, has never used episode titles. But if creator and showrunner Soo Hugh had to assign a title to the latest chapter of her breathtaking multigenerational saga, she would call it “The Boogeyman.”

Written by Hugh, Christina Yoon and Melissa Park, the second hour of Pachinko’s sophomore season reintroduces Isak (Steve Sanghyun Noh), the pastor husband of protagonist Sunja (Minha Kim), who, in the season one finale, was arrested in 1938 for trying to fight for labor unions — an effort seen as an affront against the Japanese emperor. Seven years later, Hansu (Lee Minho), Sunja’s wealthy first love who abandoned her while she was pregnant with their child, is able to negotiate the safe passage of a Japanese official’s family...

Although many of us here at /Film insist that "Lost" was far better at answering its many mysteries than it gets credit for, there's admittedly one loose end that still haunts us 14 years after the series concluded: what was the deal with Walt (Malcolm David Kelley)? Although the kid himself never got his own flashback episode, we saw in his father's episode that there was something strange going on with him.

"Things happen when he is around," Michael (Harold Perrineau) is told by Walt's step-dad Brian. When Walt's reading a book about birds pre-plane crash, a bird crashes into a nearby window; when he's reading a book about polar bears post-crash, a polar bear shows up. As showrunner Damon Lindelof would put it in on the season 1 DVD, "Walt is psychic."

Back during season 1, most fans assumed the show had something planned for this. They figured Walt would turn out...

Black Myth: Wukong is the latest action RPG to release and players are quickly learning that there are multiple endings to the game's story.

Black Myth: Wukong continues the story of Sun Wukong, which was made famous in the classic Chinese tale, Journey to the West.

Picking up after the events of the original adventure, players will find themselves controlling not the fabled Sun Wukong but instead a similar anthropomorphic monkey character, the Destined One.

Read full article on The Direct.

One Piece chapter 1114 has finally revealed the alleged weapon, Mother Flame, and it has shocked the One Piece fandom. The Mother Flame, when introduced, had a lot of renditions that were supposed to be used for different purposes, like an unlimited energy source, but being controlled by Imu and the World Government, it is only being used for destruction.

The Mother Flame in One Piece | Viz Media

Not much is known about the mysterious power except the fact that it is incredibly strong and could wipe out entire planets. However, since its revelation in the latest One Piece chapters, many new theories have been devised by One Piece fans about the origin of Mother Flame and its overall role in the One Piece narrative.

One such theory connects the Mother Flame to Luffy’s Devil Fruit and points out that Luffy’s Devil Fruit is not a Devil Fruit but the opposite of it,...

Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow is an animated noir mystery set in 1934, featuring an intricate web of lies and a brilliant huntsman spider detective. The film draws inspiration from classic detective and noir stories, including Agatha Christie novels, Poirot films, and The Maltese Falcon, blending humor and mystery to maintain a lighthearted tone. The movie's main message revolves around the importance of nature and the significance of even the smallest creatures in changing and saving the world.

Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow is an animated noir mystery set in 1934. When Inspector Sun, a brilliant huntsman spider, boards a plane on his way to vacation, things take an unexpected turn when an enigmatic millionaire's life is threatened. Inspector Sun will take on the case as he parses through a web of lies to discover the culprit.

Inspector Sun stars a powerhouse voice cast led by Ronny Chieng,...

Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow turns classic film noir themes into a fantastic animated murder mystery with anthropomorphized insects. Ronny Chieng voices a celebrity arachnid policeman who's more lucky than skilled, and despised by his law enforcement colleagues in 1934 Shanghai. A humiliated Inspector Sun takes an impromptu trip to San Francisco with his biggest fan, Janey (Emily Kleimo), a young jumping spider, tagging along. The pair must find a killer while contending with bug gangsters, a villainous locust, and angry ants while under the feet of human passengers on a seaplane.

Spanish director Julio Soto Gúrpide discusses adapting the film from Rocco Pucillo's script, which won the 2013 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award. This was "the first time for an animated movie." The "regulations" were changed because of "how much they liked it." Gúrpide "convinced" Pucillo to make the movie after Tim Burton "dropped the project." The...

Independents are out in force with high-profile fall festival fare from Pricilla to The Holdovers, a big Viva Pictures push with Inspector Sun (voiced by Ronny Chieng), Cannes documentary winner Four Daughters and Waikiki, the debut feature by Hawaiian filmmaker Christopher Kahunahana. the first homegrown feature to be shown there.

Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla from A24 is playing New York and Los Angeles this weekend including sold out Q&a’s with the director and star Cailee Spaeny, Best Actress winner at the Venice Film Festival where Priscilla premiered, see Deadline review. Jacob Elordi stars as Elvis.

The story of the singer’s romantic partner and only wife told from her perspective is based on the book Elvis And Me by Priscilla Presley following her early years as a teenage army brat stationed in West Germany to her surreal arrival at Graceland. Rolls out nationwide next week.

Exclusive: Public Relations and marketing vet Melissa Sun has joined Rosenfield Media Group (Rmg PR) as SVP, Purpose.

The addition of Purpose joins Rmg PR’s existing divisions that focus on Entertainment, Business, Sports and Live Events.

Sun counts close to two decades of experience in agency and in-house comms and marketing roles. She will spearhead the new Rmg PR division that will focus on representation of non-profits, brands, talent

and entertainment companies who live and activate within the social impact and political space. This includes brand communications, media strategies, talent and partner activations, and special projects (ie: building advisory councils and covert campaigns).

Sun brings over to Rmg PR an impressive roster that includes Sierra Club, the largest environmental org in the US; Good Energy, the climate script consultancy; Beyond Advisers, the social impact architects

behind The Clinton Foundation and Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation; United Nations Association of New York,...

Mubi has unveiled their November 2023 lineup, featuring notable new releases such as Ashley McKenzie’s Queens of the Qing Dynasty and Alain Gomis’ Thelonious Monk documentary Rewind & Play. Also in the lineup is three stellar earlier films from Christian Petzold––Yella, Jerichow, and The State I Am In––along with John Cassavetes’ Husbands and Gloria, a Hayao Miyazaki short, and a retrospective dedicated to Argentinian-born, French-educated filmmaker and theorist Nelly Kaplan.

Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.

November 1

A Very Curious Girl, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan

The Pleasure of Love, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan

Charles and Lucie, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan

Papa the Little Boats, directed by Nelly Kaplan | A Mischievous Rebellion: Films by Nelly Kaplan

Yella, directed by Christian Petzold | Phantoms Among Us: The Films of Christian Petzold

Jerichow,...

Two titles which debuted at Cannes this year were named as the major prize-winners at the seventh edition of the Pingyao International Film Festival in China.

Wei Shujun’s black comedy-thriller “Only the River Flows” won the festival’s Fei Mu prize for best Chinese film. “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” by Vietnamese feature film debutant Pham Thien An, won the Roberto Rossellini prize for best international film. The picture is a Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain co-production and won Cannes’ Camera d’Or for best first film.

Other prizes went to Hong Kong-based Norman Wang, a veteran consultant, marketeer and festival scout, and to Huang Jianxin, a leading mainland Chinese director-screenwriter and producer whose directing career has ranged from satire to propaganda. He also produced Sun Zhou’s Gong Li- and Tony Leung-starring “Zhou Yu’s Train.”

The festival, originally conceived by Jia Zhangke and Marco Mueller, is held in the Unesco-heritage,...

Durban (South Africa), May 28 (Ians) Fan Zhendong of China retained the men’s singles title with a 4-2 victory over compatriot Wang Chuqin at the Ittf World Table Tennis Championships (Wttc) Finals here on Sunday.

In a clash of the top two seeds, world No.1 Fan outplayed the first-time singles finalist 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10, 11-13, 11-3.

It is China’s 10th straight men’s singles crown in the table tennis world championships, a run dating back to 2005.

Before their duel on Sunday, Fan and Wang had claimed the men’s doubles title together. The two paddlers will leave Durban with two titles each. Wang partnered with Sun Yingsha to emerge victorious in the mixed doubles.

China’s Ma Long and Liang Jingkun shared the men’s singles bronze medals.

Meanwhile, China’s Sun Yingsha made a career breakthrough by lifting her first World Championships singles trophy in the women’s singles here on Sunday.

Durban (South Africa), May 27 (Ians) Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin helped China reclaim the men’s doubles title after overcoming the South Korean pair Jang Woo-jin and Lim Jong-hoon in straight games at the Ittf World Table Tennis Championships (Wttc) Finals here on Saturday.

Facing last edition’s runners-up, who had fallen to Sweden’s Mattias Falck and Kristian Karlsson two years ago in Houston, the Chinese pair emerged victorious 13-11, 11-6, 11-5 in the title showdown.

Lee Sang-su and Cho Dae-Seong of South Korea and the German duo of Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Patrick Franziska shared the bronze medal.

On Friday, Wang Chuqin partnered with Sun Yingsha as they retained their mixed doubles title.

In a repeat of the tournament’s final in Houston two years ago, the top-ranked Chinese pair overwhelmed world No.2 Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata of Japan 11-6, 11-2 and 11-7.

It was also China’s...

Durban, South Africa, May 27 (Ians) Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha retained their mixed doubles title, while China has confirmed the men’s singles title at the Ittf World Table Tennis Championships (Wttc) Finals following Friday’s action.

In a repeat of the tournament’s mixed doubles final in Houston two years ago, the top-ranked Chinese pair overwhelmed world No. 2 Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata of Japan 11-6, 11-2, 11-7, reports Xinhua.

“We had encountered some challenges in previous matches here, but today we encouraged each other on the court to win,” commented Sun.

It will be an all-Chinese affair in deciding the men’s singles winner after four paddlers swept semifinal berths in the event.

Liang Jingkun scored an emphatic 4-2 victory over fourth seed Harimoto. After two players shared the spoils in the first four games, Liang won 11-9 in both of the following two to advance.

“It was not an easy win.

Warning: Potential Spoilers for Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder #2After years of writing fan-favorite Marvel and creator-owned comics, creator Kelly Thompson is making her DC debut. Thompson and artist Annie Wu are teaming up on a new Harley Quinn story that may just help Harley escape her own origins.

DC Comics and Thompson announced that she would be making her debut with the publisher upon the release of DC's August 2023 solicitations. The official text for Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder #2 confirms that this will be Thompson's first foray not only into Harley Quinn territory, but also DC. Kelly Thompson also announced the news herself on Twitter and other social media sites. Check out the full solicit for the Harley Quinn anthology series below:

Boom. I had such a good time writing Harley Quinn for the first time -- made all the cooler thanks to the incredible talents of @AnnieW and @whatthe_shea.