How appropriate that one of the oddest pop stars of our time, whose loyal fans refer to themselves as her monsters, should join the genre revitalising anthology series American Horror Story for season 5. Lady Gaga announced that she had joined ...
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The future of the Spider-Man franchise has been up in the air since the dismal Amazing Spider-Man 2. Would Marvel buy back the rights? Would Sony finally kill Spider-Man? Or will they just re-boot it yet again? News is in ...
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Everyone has been talking about the new pornography laws in the UK being untenable for the industry, which I agree, it is. However, I’ve not seen anyone up in arms about the sexism inherent in the laws – male ejaculation ...
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The topic of equal rights for women has been in the media a lot recently. Spurred on by Emma Watson’s brilliant HeForShe launch speech at the UN, asking everyone – no matter what their gender – to fight for equal ...
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Following in the footsteps of other authors who have used Twitter as a storytelling medium (such as Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, and Jennifer Egan), Mitchell has begun publishing a 6,000 word story on Twitter. The story will play out over ...
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The World Cup in Brazil has spread sport fever all over the world… and in other worlds. JK Rowling has been writing about the Quidditch World Cup to coincide with the Muggle football (or soccer, depending where you’re from) World ...
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The cult sitcom Community was cancelled by NBC after the show’s fifth season and for a while it looked like the show’s cheeky references to “Six Seasons & a Movie!” were not to be. Thankfully, the fans prayers have been answered and Sony ...
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The first teaser trailer for Mockingjay Part 1 has dropped. For those of us who have read (and loved) the books, the clip might mean a bit more. There’s very little given away in the clip, a Presidential address to ...
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Roland Emmerich is having a bit of a nostalgia trip at the moment. Work on Independence Day 2 is well underway and now he has announced that he will be rebooting Stargate. The original 1994 film was envisaged by Emmerich ...
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Good news for all SFF short fiction fans – Tor.com has launched a new digital imprint. Like all their previously published free content (which will continue), the new imprint will publish digital products internationally that are DRM-free. While the focus ...
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