Posts

Cabinet of Curiosities came out on Netflix the week before Halloween to give horror fans an exquisite selection of works from several acclaimed directors, and some lesser-known ones, all curated by del Toro. The anthology series received mostly great reviews, and it just happens to be the first of the director’s productions under the streamer’s brand, with the arrival of del Toro’s stop-motion take on Pinocchio becoming available on Netflix starting December 9....

Only four months ago Guinier was an obscure law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Now when she enters a hotel lobby, cameras go off, hands reach out for her autograph, strangers approach to tell her she has changed their lives. Last month Guinier won The Crisis Magazine’s Torch of Courage award. Vanity Fair is considering her for its year-end “Hall of Fame” issue. The NAACP has offered to create a job for her....

Stars of the Match: Man of the Match Award: Aaron Finch 50 (36), Gujarat Lions Maximum Six Award: Faf Du Plessis (RPS) Top Fielder of the day: RP Singh (RPS) GL VS RPS Match Highlights Sixth match of the Indian Premier League 2016 was played between Gujarat Lions(GL) and Rising Pune Supergiants(RPS) at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. MS Dhoni won the toss and RPS decided to bat first....

Of course, at the beginning of the day yesterday, I still felt like a somebody. I was invited to the annual publicist’s gala luncheon at the Beverly Hilton, where I sat at the Warner Bros. table next to my NEWSWEEK colleague John Horn. This event was so swank, even my validated parking cost $8. The awards for the year’s best PR were given out by a bevy of industry bigwigs, including Brad Pitt (with Grizzly Adams-style beard), Matt Damon, Warren Beatty (who acknowledged his history of not being “cooperative” with Hollywood’s PR machinery), Edward James Olmos and “The West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin (who’s had his share of bad PR lately)....

Speaking about the Junior Hockey World Cup final, Manpreet said, “I was speaking to him (Gurjant) during the league stages and asked him about scoring goals. He told me that the best has been saved for the last and he will show that in the knockout matches. So when he scored that cracking goal in the final, I was not too surprised. Gurjant is a fantastic player and he had to come good....

In a highly attritional first quarter, neither team managed to break the deadlock. Despite attacking efforts from both sides it was the two defenses that stood out, holding fort to ensure the scoreboard was untouched at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, India took control of the game and won a couple of Penalty Corners in the opening minutes forcing smart saves from Maddie Hinch. Soon enough it was Great Britain’s turn but in India’s goal Savita pulled off a smart save to deny their opponents an opener....

The other Indians in the Rapid Fire pistol event, former Olympic Silver medalist Vijay Kumar and Pemba Tamang ended with scores of 573 and 563 to be placed 27th and 41st respectively. In other news from the Indian participation in the day, Gagan Narang and team mates Chain Singh and Surendra Sinh Rathod also could not make it to the finals of the 50m Rifle Prone event. Olympic Bronze medalist Gagan Narang, who has also secured a quota for Rio, shot 623....

It was Teachers’ Day some years back when Rajkumar Sharma found his doorbell ringing and it was a smiling Vikas Kohli standing at his door. He requested coach Sharma to come down with him and on the road was a gleaming red Honda City, the keys of which was handed over to the coach. Vikas then handed over the phone to Sharma and it was his younger brother and Sharma’s favourite student on the line....

H1Z1 has been out on PC for some time, where it enjoyed some success for its last-man-standing approach to gunplay and vehicle combat. Daybreak Games has now ported the game to PS4 under the title H1Z1: Battle Royale, and, given the fact that no end date has been announced for the beta, it seems it will be available for free for an extended period of time. The success of the beta on its first day - clocking over 200,000 concurrent players - marks a promising turn of events for H1Z1....

The €20million signing from Salzburg scored three goals on his debut as Dortmund came from behind to beat Augsburg 5-3 on Saturday and Favre said there is a chance Haaland could break into a team that started with Jadon Sancho, Marco Reus and Thorgan Hazard in attack last time out. Prior to his 34-minute appearance against Augsburg, Haaland had not played a competitive game since Salzburg’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool on December 10 and Favre reminded those calling for him to play from the start against Cologne that he is short of fitness....

Speaking in an interview with RN365, team principal Guenther Steiner said: After a miserable 2021 season, during which the team spent most of their time lapping at the rear end of the grid, Haas is once again hoping to recreate their success from 2019-18. Haas’s controversial collaboration with Ferrari Haas is one of the leanest F1 outfits in the sport’s history and follows a unique approach to racing. Usually, most teams could be split into two vital groups – the racing part, and the design and manufacturing part....

RELATED: Hades: The Best Aspect Of Arthur Build A boss fight that makes players fight two entities at once is automatically difficult in any game, but especially in Hades, where taking damage and losing lives adds up. Here are some tips on not only how to beat this fight, but how to make it through in a condition good enough to take on the final boss himself. Gearing Up Although the Coronacht is the most popular weapon, and with good reason, it’s the perfect shield build that is ideal for taking on the two eternal friends....

The exposure that Hades has been getting of late is more than deserved. Developer Supergiant Games put an immense amount of detail into the game’s mechanics and narrative, and the fact that Hades will be coming to Xbox Game Pass will help a lot of people discover that level of care. While this exposure is great, however, there is one console that has become the ideal place to run through the Underworld....

For those not in the know, the Hugo Awards are a series of literary awards given to novels, editors, artists, etc. revolving around the science fiction and fantasy genres. As such, the games nominated were some of the best released in 2020 falling into those categories, including The Last of Us 2, Spiritfarer, and Hades. RELATED: Hugo Awards Reveal First Annual Best Video Game Nominees Out of five games with exceptional gameplay and story, the latter of which is most important for a literary award, it was Hades that emerged victorious....

Chemotherapy and Hair Loss Chemotherapy is the most common type of treatment for blood and marrow cancers like leukemia and lymphoma. However, these powerful cancer-killing medications are not able to tell the difference between cancer cells and your body’s healthy cells. They attack any rapidly dividing cells in your body and unfortunately, this includes your hair follicles. The result? Hair loss that can range from a little thinning on the scalp to total body baldness....

Halep’s victory over Duan Ying-ying on Wednesday guaranteed she will be the top seed at the Australian Open this month and the Romanian moved a step closer to starting the season with a title a day later, beating Sabalenka 6-2 6-2. The 26-year-old took just 57 minutes to defeat the world number 73 from Belarus, breaking five times and failing to hold just the once to set up a meeting with Irina-Camelia Begu, who beat Timea Babos 7-5 7-5....

Patch Notes for the game’s 1.1 Update were posted to its Steam Community page by Valve employee Robin Walker. The major addition to Half-Life: Alyx is a preference option for continuous turning at a number of speed options, as well as the ability to disable controller turning. RELATED: Half-Life: Alyx Was Scarier at First This update also renamed the “Quick Turn” option to “Snap Turn,” improved the hand-over-mouth pose usability for Windows MR controllers, and fixed issues with crashing and sounds not playing....

Gil Brandt was put into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year. He was the chief talent scout for the Cowboys from 1960-1988 and was integral to the team’s drafting of Roger Staubach, Herschel Walker and Bob Hayes. What he says matters and he believes the Bears should try out Lloyd. “Honestly, I don’t think it will be long before we see a woman break through this NFL barrier,” Brandt wrote on Twitter....

This means that customers who purchase the game will get a huge discount of 75% and save $45 on the price of the full game. Fans should note that only the Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PS4 editions seem to be in stock. However, gamers who buy the PS4 version of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy can upgrade to the PS5 edition at no extra cost. RELATED: Best Black Friday Video Game Deals 2022...

Since this untitled Mass Effect sequel’s announcement, rumors and speculation have been relatively quiet. The reveal of an official poster for the new Mass Effect allegedly contains surprises for fans to dig into, with many fans perceiving a Geth in the crater’s environmental focal point. It will likely be awhile before anything else of meaningful impact will be shared about content from the game itself, but BioWare has recently revealed a new name being brought aboard to work on the untitled Mass Effect installment that should excite fans about its narrative potential....