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https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hulk-hogan-dead-wwe-wrestler-actor-1236469089/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyqq7z2z2wt https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzyr4d2rzo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k7kry6pd6o https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cq6m696lgr8o Rest In Peace. :(

Today past a Legend away Ozzy Osborne was godfather of Heavy Metal He and guys from Black Sabbath defined it sound for decades His life was rollercoaster trip to Haven and Hell and back. Ozzy drug use was same level as legendary Lemmy Killmister, both were good friends like Lemmy manage...

Passed away on the 2nd of July. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0705/1521987-fantastic-four-actor-julian-mcmahon-has-died-aged-56/ https://www.ign.com/articles/fantastic-four-and-niptuck-actor-julian-mcmahon-dies https://deadline.com/2025/07/julian-mcmahon-dead-1236449999/...

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-madsen-dead-reservoir-dogs-1236446983/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michael-madsen-dead-reservoir-dogs-1236306069/ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wBdqEKp4A...

I didn’t realise Mel Brooks was 98. Announcement trailer: View: https://youtu.be/WsK-KPi_w3w?si=rKW5QGsoIEeFOF7d More details including returning cast members. https://www.ign.com/articles/spaceballs-2-plots-a-course-for-2027-with-mel-brooks-in-first-teaser-trailer

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xx998102o https://www.instagram.com/cheersboston/?hl=en Rest in Peace. :(

Stumbled upon this the other day: an epic 3rd episode of Legendary movie Tron, first released in 1982, where the Digital world permeates the real one. Seems Filming wrapped on May 1st (see wiki link below). Without any doubt, a must see. (release date October 2025) View...

I realize this is a pretty niche topic but it's at least moderately uplifting how, sometimes, imagined capabilities drive technological development and once mature end up cycling back into props and replicas that inspired them. Tricorders, such as here, are an example though many professional...

This was unexpected. Probably also what the guy who found the can said. The article is not behind a paywall at the moment, but let me know if it becomes inaccessible. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/nyregion/willy-ley-rocket-ashes.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/02/val-kilmer-death-age-65-pneumonia

This old movie has some chilling echoes today https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II

In the mould of Colin Chapman, Bruce McLaren, Sir Frank Williams etc but the last of his kind we shall see in F1. Always outspoken and never short of an opinion I think he polarised with F1 fans but tbh, always managed to be a fine Irishman, pundit and genuine human being. RIP to that great...

We live in dark times and in the forum we no longer laugh much since the humor section was canceled. I recommend this film.;) View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1G1X3piMY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja_(1985_film)

Beloved singer and unparalleled French aerospace historian/writer died yesterday, the 2nd of March 2025, at 80 after a long battle with cancer: For those that are unfamiliar with his top selling history of Soviet and German aircraft, might you find in the below titles a glimpse of what was his...

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/robert-eggers-labyrinth-sequel-1236260412/

A Marx toy TSR2 lookalike on sale on Ebay UK...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gxk6V50xx8 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uLAi-Y1XrI

An appropriate subject for the night that is in it, methinks. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVlnER8SxfQ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjmQXDhyps

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ISSBaXSyc

Sunday, October 27, 2024 marked the 70th Anniversary of the theatrical premiere of Gojira or Godzilla in Nagoya, Japan on October 27, 1954.