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The Ultimate Lawn Ornament Is This Life-Size $75,000 Alien Queen Statue
If your neighborhood has a home owner’s association that tirelessly works to ensure everybody’s lawn is neat and presentable, you might find yourself dealing with a few angry letters when you install this 16-foot tall replica of an Alien Queen in your front garden. But it’s still more tasteful than a ceramic gnome or…
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Wesley Snipes Battles Aliens in the Crazy-Looking Scifi Action Film The Recall
Aliens are invading Earth. Who better to keep you safe than Wesley Snipes?
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Chris Pratt Had a Very Bad Idea for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Nostalgia is a huge part of the charm in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. There’s the classic pop music, of course, but also the reverence Chris Pratt’s character Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord, has for the pop culture of his childhood, things the character loved before he was snatched off Earth. This posed a problem…
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The Gunslinger and the Man in Black Reveal the First Two Snippets from The Dark Tower
The first trailer for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower will be here tomorrow. And in anticipation, stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey just revealed the first two pieces of footage.
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This Unbelievable Mr. Nancy Scene Is Why Everyone Needs To Be Watching American Gods
Mr. Nancy—played by Orlando Jones—makes his debut on the next episode of American Gods, and his fiery introduction is one of the season’s best scenes. He manifests in the cargo hold of a slave ship, bluntly telling the kidnapped Africans about the future that they and their descendants will inherit.
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Well, We May Have an Answer About Which Side Elektra Will Take in The Defenders
We’ve known for a while that Elektra (Elodie Young) will be making an appearance on The Defenders, but exactly what that will mean for the show has been something of a mystery. A very short teaser released by Marvel and Netflix has a bit more of an answer.
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This Is Our First 'Sound' From the Creepy Void Inside Saturn's Rings
Today, Cassini prepares to once again boldly go where no spacecraft has gone before: into the gap between Saturn and its rings. While we’re all excited to see the the results of Cassini’s second dive, astronomers are still parsing through the findings from her first. And some, including a soundscape generated from the…
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The Green Turtle, the First Chinese American Superhero, Is Back in Shadow Hero Comics
When MacArthur Genius Gene Luen Yang revived the Green Turtle in his 2014 book The Shadow Hero, he both reimagined the little-known hero’s origins to truly make him the first Chinese American superhero and breathed new life into the character. Now, thanks to a collaboration between Yang, artist Sonny Liew, and Panda…
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This Crazy Person Loves to Cover His Hand With the World's Grossest Bugs
Do you have hobbies? Maybe cycling or carpentry or something low key? Well, this guy has a cooler hobby than you.
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This New Featurette Makes Me Care More About The Mummy More Than Any of the Trailers Did
I was totally ready to let the upcoming reboot of The Mummy pass me by. The trailers seemed to offer yet another installment of “Tom Cruise Running From Things.” But this new look at the movie focuses on just why Princess Ahmanet wants to break stuff, and now I’m quite intrigued.
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Good News, Logan's Black-and-White Version Will Get a Home Release, Too
Can’t make it to the May 16, one-night-only showing of Logan in the black-and-white-Johnny-Cash-music-video style it always dreamed of being? Well, don’t worry on missing out: it looks like the film’s home release will include the alternate version of the film, too.
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Today's Best Deals: Custom Indochino Suits, Anker Lightning Cables, Harmony Remote, and More
$350 made-to-measure suits, $25 Casio watches, and the best Lightning cables lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
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J.K. Rowling Apologizes for Killing Snape and Harry Potter Fandom Promptly Self-Immolates
Since 2015, J.K. Rowling has made it an annual tradition to apologize on the anniversary of the fictional Battle of Hogwarts for killing off a Harry Potter character. This year’s selection was not met with the usual mourning.
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Celebrate Austin Powers' 20th Anniversary With This Shagadelic Deal
I read this oral history of Austin Powers last night, and it really made me want to rewatch the movie. Lo and behold, the entire trilogy is just $10 on Blu-ray today.
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Our First Fleeting Look at the Villain of Justice League
There are more rumors about who’ll direct the next Bond movie. James Gunn has big plans for Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Could an old friend be joining Peter Capaldi in his final episode of Doctor Who? Plus, a new look at Once Upon a Time’s musical episode, and new King Arthur clips. Spoilers now!
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Marvel Joins Comixology's All-You-Can Read Subscription Service
When Amazon and Comixology first announced Unlimited last year, two of the biggest comics publishers around were conspicuously absent from the list of comics available in the read-what-you-want service: Marvel and DC. But today, one of them has finally gotten on board.
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The Best Lightning Cables Are Back On Sale
Anker’s PowerLine Lightning cables have long been our readers’ favorites, and two different models are on sale today on Amazon.
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LIGHTSPEED Presents: "James, In the Golden Sunlight of the Hereafter" by Adam-Troy Castro
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue, and this month’s selection is “James, In the Golden Sunlight of the Hereafter” by Adam-Troy Castro. You can read the story below or you can listen to the podcast.
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The New Wonder Woman TV Spot Kicks All Kinds of Ass
With every new piece of footage released from Wonder Woman, the movie just looks better and better. The latest is a 60-second TV spot that aired during Monday’s Gotham and, well, it might just be the best thing we’ve seen yet.
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Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's First DLC Adds Some Very Cool Stuff
First announced back in February, Nintendo has just detailed what exactly we’ll be getting with the first batch of DLC that’s being offered for Breath of the Wild in the Summer. From new armour to a fancy “smart map”, it all sounds pretty great.
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