KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Saturday that it was pulling back troops from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week.

One of Pixar’s most acclaimed films is getting a sequel. “Inside Out 2” is in the works from director Kelsey Mann, it was announced at the D23 Expo on Friday. Amy Poehler is retur… Via

Despite warnings Biden’s speech would backfire, it’s had a galvanizing effect — and it’s helping wake people up

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged allies on Friday to supply Kyiv with winter gear such as clothing, tents and generators to enable Ukrainian troops to keep on fighting Russia’s invasion in the cold season.

Online art communities have started banning AI-generated art, while others are facing public pressure from their own members to take a stand.

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“[Trump] is seeking to flaunt a … political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him.”

Group was put in place to address potential downsides of the company’s products; Meta says efforts will continue

Trump pardoned his former adviser on federal charges relating to the fundraising scheme, but he’s now been indicted by the state of New York

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Bernard Shaw, a pioneering Black TV broadcast journalist and CNN’s first chief anchor, died of pneumonia not related to COVID-19. He was 82.

Games Done Quick has canceled its in-person event in Florida, citing the state’s covid-19 protocol and Parental Rights in Education Act (“don’t say gay” law).

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Republicans in Michigan are working to take control of election proceedings by stocking polling places with “undercover agents”

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch whose rule spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 96. Get live updates here.

Fall: Directed by Scott Mann. With Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves at the top of a 2,000-foot radio tower. I think going into this movie I had low expectations, but by the end of the movie I was impressed with how everything played Read the full article…

Last weekend, Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman was honored posthumously by the Emmys for his voiceover work on Marvel’s Animated “What If…?” series. Now, LEGO has just unveiled its own tribute to the actor: an elegant life-size bust of Black Panther featuring over 2,900 pieces, its hand posed in tribute to the iconic Wakanda Forever Read the full article…

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Out today is another book, titled “Star Trek #400“, by . Celebrate IDW’s 400th issue of Star Trek comics with this monumental issue highlighting fan-favorite eras of the acclaimed series. This collection of minis brings together Star Trek comics veterans in an equal celebration of IDW’s Star Trek comics past and future. Join little Keyla Read the full article…

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The photographers were “so creepy.”

A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county’s election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows.

A hard-nosed federal prosecutor was determined to figure out who killed the 27-year-old Democratic National Committee staffer. But someone with access to the case file had a different agenda

Diego Reyes, court martialled Starfleet commodore and disgraced former commander of space station Vanguard, discovers that his role in deciphering the truth about the Taurus Reach is not yet over. As friend and foe join forces in a separate peace against the threat of the Shedai — the godlike alien The Diego Reyes drama comes Read the full article…

One Charlotte, North Carolina pole dancer received hundreds of messages calling her a pedophile after a video surfaced of her holding up a kid on a pole at a Pride event

Checking whether plant-based burgers may have lighter environmental footprints.

The Taurus Reach is in turmoil.With tensions mounting between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, Ambassador Jetanien works frantically on Starbase Vanguard to halt the escalation toward war. Commodore Diego Reyes, the station’s former commander, awaits trial for treason, while the shattered I completely missed doing a writeup on this one, I finished it and Read the full article…

This month’s ebook deals have landed with 22 books on sale for $0.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold: Absolutely massive sale this month, I’m looking forward to finally reading those New Frontier books, as well as the movie novelizations, or maybe I’m more excited about Rogue Elements or Shadows….let’s Read the full article…

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Look Away: Directed by Assaf Bernstein. With India Eisley, Jason Isaacs, Mira Sorvino, Penelope Mitchell. Maria, an alienated high-school student, has her life turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister mirror image. The idea that there’s another darker version of you on the other side of the mirror is nothing new, but Read the full article…

  “Star Trek: The Art of Neville Page: Inside The Mind of The Visionary Designer” has been pushed from coming out next week to all the way until April 11, 2023, a full 8 months later.  If you’ve pre-ordered it, you’ll want to temper your expectations on when you’ll actually be able to check it Read the full article…

Missouri organizers, who tried and failed to get a ranked-choice system on the ballot this year, should keep trying.

Resident Evil: With Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph. Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation’s dark secrets. Why they decided to split the typical Resident Evil insanity with a teenage commentary on modern society, I’ll never know, but they did themselves a disservice by Read the full article…

The Republican governor made the statements during a local radio programme, scheduled to be aired on Sunday

John Harwood is out as the company’s new head signals shift away from liberal-leaning political coverage

Brian Stelter’s very popular and commerically successful show was axed. The reason? Follow the money

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town: Directed by Jeremy LaLonde. With Jewel Staite, Ennis Esmer, Lauren Lee Smith, Katharine Isabelle. When “town slut” turned sex columnist Cassie Cranston returns for her mother’s funeral it spices things up in the small town of Beaver’s Ridge when a group of eccentric town folk, each Read the full article…

The Visitor: Directed by Giulio Paradisi. With Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, John Huston. The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of good and evil. I started this one becuase I was drawn in by the amazing artwork on the Kanopy page for it: Read the full article…

Your Fairy Modmother has oiled up their roller skates and is ready to do what they do best: strengthen communities on Twitch. SUBtember is everyone’s favorite made-up holiday because it’s a chance … I’m currently running two twitch channels: One for fish and gaming: www.twitch.tv/tgiokdi One for just fish: www.twitch.tv/myconfinedspace hurry up and get to Read the full article…

Marriage Story: Directed by Noah Baumbach. With Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer, Azhy Robertson. Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. It’s hard to see this movie as anything other than a direct attack on ethics, and while I love her as an actress, the Read the full article…

“Democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election, either they win or they were cheated,” the president said Thursday

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During an interview with the Wendy Bell radio show, the former president also said government officials “were afraid that things were in there.”

Last Night in Soho: Directed by Edgar Wright. With Thomasin McKenzie, Aimee Cassettari, Rita Tushingham, Colin Mace. An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and Read the full article…

Hook: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins. When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. At long last, my Robin Williams journey has brought me to one of my Read the full article…

Samaritan: Directed by Julius Avery. With Sylvester Stallone, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco. A young boy learns that a superhero who was thought to have gone missing after an epic battle twenty years ago may in fact still be around. Initially written as a movie, then released as a comic, then adapted for Read the full article…

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The Fisher King: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Jeff Bridges, Adam Bryant, Paul Lombardi, David Hyde Pierce. A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake. If you want to know what 90’s film making Read the full article…