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It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to clue us in on who is the Queen of Jazz. It’s Ella Fitzgerald, my dear Watson, Lady Ella. William Basie began to boogie-woogie piano keys at a Harlem club catering to “uptown celebrities.” After a quick stomp through Kansas City, he came back as Count Basie. There are few

Warning: contains major spoilers for The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil To a childhood friend, he’s Bunsen. To his sister, he’s Dick. To the colleague whose life he saved, he’s Bob, and to his ex-fiancee, he’s Bluey. In the US, they know him as C.B. Strike, but in the UK, he’s Cormoran

Den of Geek is hosting this giveaway in partnership with  This is the year of Dune! Not only is the Denis Villeneuve-helmed film reboot set to come out in December, but we have a new book in the epic science fiction world author Frank Herbert first created in 1965 set to be released in October: Dune:

“Despite all that’s happened, and despite all that’s still happening, there’s still possibility,” David Byrne tells us in the first David Byrne’s American Utopia trailer. Directed by Spike Lee, the upcoming adaptation of Byrne’s acclaimed Broadway show premieres on HBO and to stream on HBO Max on Oct. 17. David Byrne’s American Utopia is a

The reveals of Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and WB Montreal’s Gotham Knights at DC Fandome was certainly exciting but resulted in quite a bit of confusion regarding how (or if) these games share the same universe. The heart of this confusion can be traced back to the reveal of Gotham Knights. The

The following contains spoilers for NOS4A2 season 2. The first season of NOS4A2 ended with ambiguity. Charlie Manx is left injured and brain-dead, permanently trapped in the hospital. Vic McQueen discovers that she’s pregnant, putting a damper on her attempts to escape Haverhill and her old life. Bing Partridge is on the run from the

Since early promotion for Wonder Woman 1984, one look has captured everyone’s attention: Diana’s golden suit of armor, with its fantastical set of wings. The Gal Gadot incarnation of Wonder Woman has broken the grimdark doom-and-gloom black leather superhero look from her very first appearance in Batman v. Supermam: Dawn of Justice, and she’s only

The long-awaited reveal of the Gotham Knights trailer not only confirmed years of suspicion regarding the game’s title, villains, and release window, but it verified that Gotham Knights will at the very least take some inspiration from 2015’s Batman: Arkham Knight. While the trailer may make it seem at first like Gotham Knights is a

Earlier on Saturday (Aug. 22), director Zack Snyder beefed with Forbes film critic Scott Mendelson after the latter apparently saw a leaked copy of the trailer for the Snyder Cut of Justice League, ahead of its premiere at the DC FanDome event (a copy of the trailer made its way online that morning). Mendelson opined

While DC Fandome hasn’t officially kicked off yet, the hype machine is in full effect. One of the key panels on the schedule for the first day of the DC Universe-spanning event will focus on Black Adam, the long in-development movie starring Dwayne Johnson as the notorious Shazam villain. Black Adam is the story of

Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is officially this year’s installment in the popular first-person shooter franchise. Revealed in a teaser in late August after days of teasing the game’s announcement, the sequel focus on the tensions between the United States and Russia during the height of the Cold War. Yet, although the teaser

Coronavirus has halted production on many projects in Hollywood, but not animation. Animated series have been largely unaffected by shutdowns, with animators and voice artists alike being able to perform their duties from home. Though Netflix claims that their 2020 slate will go ahead uninhibited, it’s fair to assume many other networks and streaming services

Sony Pictures is reportedly in talks with director J.C. Chandor to helm a movie based around the Marvel Comics villain Kraven the Hunter, according to Deadline. If this goes forward, it would make Kraven the third Spider-Man villain to make the jump to a solo movie after Venom and next year’s Morbius. Chandor is a

This THE 100 review contains spoilers The 100 Season 7 Episode 12 Early on, the episode gets down to business and notches up another death with Sheidheda killing Nelson after shooting all of the Children of Gabriel for refusing to kneel. It’s been a relatively bloodless season, which means we’re either poised for a bloodbath or The

AMC has released the Fear the Walking Dead season 6 key art, which confirms that Morgan Jones, who’s fate was left unclear last year, will return this season. In what shape Morgan will appear next season remains to be seen, though. The key art teases dark times for the characters, whose startlingly bloodshot eyes pierce

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the video game lobby group that also organizes E3, was forced to take down a tweet that users accused of being sexist. The tweet in question promoted a list first published by the site Parade titled “25 Online Games That Women Enjoy,” which has also now been taken down by

Untitled Goose Game, one of the best “meme games” in recent years, is getting a new free-to-play co-op mode. As revealed during Nintendo’s recent Indie World showcase, this co-op mode will arrive in the form of a free update currently set for release on September 23. It will support up to two-local players, and there’s

“There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it, anything more than a whisper and it would vanish.” These were the words spoken by Richard Harris at his most regal in Gladiator, adding some blockbuster poeticism to the democratic ideals of the Roman republic—a dream lost long before Gladiator begins. But

Blizzard has released the patch notes for Hearthstone‘s upcoming 18.0.2 update, and they include some major changes to some of the most notable cards in Hearthstone‘s Constructed and Battlegrounds modes. Let’s start with constructed where the dominant Kael’thas Sunstrider will soon suffer the biggest nerf. Previously, Sunstrider made every third spell you played in a

This NOS4A2 review contains spoilers. NOS4A2 Season 2 Episode 9 There’s a certain sadness that comes along with parenting. As a first-time parent of a toddler, I’ve been spared most of it, but even though my child is still in the early stages of learning to speak and developing higher motor functions, there’s already a

DC FanDome is coming on August 22, and they’ve released an incredible schedule of DC superhero focused programming. Whether it’s DC Comics, video games, kid stuff, fan-focused activities, or DC TV, it looks like DC FanDome is aiming to fill the comic con sized void in your heart while we wait impatiently for it to

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a cult classic amongst ‘90s pop culture enthusiasts and Power Rangers fans. Even with its fairly standard ‘90s adventure movie plot, wherein the Rangers lose their powers and have to go on a mystical quest to gain new ones, the film still sticks in the mind. Main baddie

This article contains Project Power spoilers. You can read our spoiler-free review here. Netflix’s new superhero movie, Project Power, merges historical abuses of power in science and medicine, and melds them with an action-packed crime movie centered around a new street drug that gives its users powers. Robin (Dominique Fishback) is our hero, a young

In Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 2, “Envoys,” Ensign Rutherford faces a new version of the famous no-win scenario from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. During a holographic command training program, Commander Ransom puts him in several situations in which it seems like there’s literally no way to save the ship. After the

This Teenage Bounty Hunters review contains no spoilers and is based on the first five episodes. When it comes to television shows about teenagers who stumble into a purpose greater than that experienced by their peers – something both dangerous and occasionally thrilling – Teenage Bounty Hunters is in some very good company. Whether it’s

47 Ronin may not have made an impact as an action flick—released in 2013 headlined by a post-Matrix, pre-John Wick comeback Keanu Reeves—but someone over at studio Universal apparently has enough love for the medieval-Japan samurai film to greenlight a sequel—specifically a cyberpunk sequel set in the far-future. Now, said sequel has a director.  

Before Dirty John, the Netflix dramatisation, came Dirty John the wildly popular LA Times podcast featuring the real voices of Debra Newell and her family and hosted by award winning journalist Christopher Goffrey. The podcast has been downloaded over 50 million times and while the Netflix version starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana had a

In 2018 we first heard word that the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite Avatar: The Last Airbender series was being adapted into live-action with Netflix. Fans were excited, especially since original creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino were attached as showrunners and executive producers. Konietzko and DiMartino were public about how Netflix was committed to honoring their

Sharks look out. People are far more vicious, especially when it’s hot. ID is inviting audiences to chill out with America’s most prolific and elusive machines on “Serial Killer Week.” Starting Aug. 30, ID will premiere all-new specials every night at 9 p.m. Over the course of five days, ID will air over 12 hours

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is set to once again make the television landscape into its kingdom. However, it will do so in a tonally-divergent fashion from the classic 1990-1996 sitcom. The reboot will be based on the 2019 viral short, Bel-Air (which you can view below), by Morgan Cooper. Said short was a parody