U.S. Paralympic swimmer Jamal Hill has big goals. “I set out upon this journey to become the LeBron James of swimming – to just become the greatest that I can be, but also the most recognized swimmer in the world,” Hill tells Den of Geek. Hill was just 10 years old when he first experienced
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SNES games might not be much to look at now, but in many ways, they were a massive improvement over any console games that came before. SNES developers could create massive worlds with detailed sprites that actually looked like what they were intended to represent. New advances in technology also meant that games could take
Romance authors are teaming up to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by offering signed copies of bestselling books, manuscript critiques, Zoom chats, and more in the Romance for Haiti Auction. Bids are open now through 11:00 PM EDT on Friday, September 3, and all proceeds will go to local organizations working on the ground
In 1992, I begged my father to take me to see Candyman. He had already turned me into a horror fanatic so he needed to follow through and take me. After the film was over, I was terrified for weeks. My brain would manifest Candyman in the shadows of my room while I slept. As
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Marvel Studios has begun filming the sequel to their 2018 smash hit Black Panther in Massachusetts. Director Ryan Coogler is back at the helm, and much of the cast of the first film are returning. Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, and Angela Bassett will all be back in Black Panther:
Have you been waiting eagerly for news of when the second season of Netflix’s adaptation of The Baby-Sitters Club is coming? Great news — we have a release date. Even greater news — it’s soon! Netflix and author Ann M. Martin confirmed that season two will land Monday, October 11. Netflix also released a handful
This article contains spoilers for Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 8 episode 5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 8 Episode 5 NBC is hellbent on burning through the final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine for some reason. Each week the show has aired one traditional season 8 episode mixed with another peppered with political commentary. It’s an odd move, creating
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This article contains spoilers for What If…? episode 3. The third episode of Marvel’s What If…? goes in a different direction than the two that preceded it. Instead of switching roles like Captain Carter and T’Challa as Star-Lord, the third episode hides its turning point under a murder mystery. It’s an episode about the Avengers
James Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, died last Thursday, August 19 in Bethesda, MD. Loewen was a highly respected sociologist and racial justice activist, as well as the author of several textbooks that challenge the white, Eurocentric history taught in most schools. He attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he studied
While the new Death Stranding Directors’ Cut trailer was supposed to showcase the game’s new items, modes, and missions, the thing that people can’t seem to stop talking about at the moment is that bizarre “whale” creature whose brief appearance has people dreaming of the next Hideo Kojima game. To make sure that we’re all
I read Isaac Asimov’s Foundation as a sci-fi obsessed teenager, but I didn’t think I was interested in watching the show adaptation … until I saw the recently released trailer. And now, we need to talk. Go ahead and watch it, I’ll wait! The Foundation Trailer [embedded content][embedded content] Can we just take a moment
This review contains spoilers for What If…? episode 3. Episode 3 of Marvel Studios’ What If…? animated series is an enjoyably ridiculous, twisty whodunnit revolving around SHIELD boss Nick Fury as he tries to work out who exactly is taking out his Avengers Initiative candidates before they’ve had a chance to join the team. At
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week, though, so stick around until the end for some more Book Riot resources for keeping
It’s safe to say that when Guy Beahm, better known as the uber-popular (and controversial) streamer Dr DisRespect, was permanently banned from Twitch last June, it set the internet ablaze, with fans left to speculate why the gaming influencer had been kicked off the service. To this day, neither Twitch or Beahm have revealed why
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It’s finally here. We truly never thought it would arrive for awhile. But sure enough, the first Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer has arrived. And just as you might have expected from the veil of secrecy that surrounded it, it would appear that at least SOME of the crazy multiversal rumors about this movie are
In the past several weeks, the world has watched as the Taliban have once again seized control of Afghanistan. In a rapid-fire coup that culminated with the takeover of major cities, up to and including Kabul, and with President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country, this terrorist group has accomplished what experts have dubbed a “masterpiece,”