Author: Amy Davis

On May 11th, an Arby’s employee in New Iberia, Louisiana made the horrific discovery. It was a dead body in the walk-in freezer. The police were quickly dispatched to the restaurant located at 1120 E. Admiral Doyle Drive in New Iberia’s Lagniappe Village shopping center. “So it was an employee that discovered the female deceased inside the cooler, (and) the deceased is an employee of the restaurant,” Police Captain Leland Laseter said. While the woman’s identity has not been released to the public, it has been confirmed that she was a manager at the store. While foul play was never…

Netflix’s 2018 film “Bird Box” took the world by storm. Because a social media challenge is the new gauge for hitting critical mass, right? The streaming giant revealed they’ve been secretly working on a second film, “Bird Box Barcelona.” Adapted from a Josh Malerman novel of the same name. The first film tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world, inhabited by horrific entities that force anyone who sees them to kill themselves. With the story taking place 5 years after the initial invasion. The 2018 film follows Malorie (Sandra Bullock) as she embarks on a blindfolded journey through the woods,…

Hasbro’s Entertainment One (eOne) plans to launch a new streaming channel devoted to the beloved tabletop game “Dungeons & Dragons.” Planning to launch this summer, it will be a 24-hour free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel. While it doesn’t seem like eOne has cut any distribution deals, yet. They do expect “The Dungeons & Dragons Adventures” channel to be available on “a number” of platforms. “This is an amazing opportunity to create and highlight exciting, engaging Dungeons & Dragons content, to both serve our wide audience of existing fans and welcome a new wave of fans to the community,” Dan…

Actors Tom Hiddleston (“Thor”) and Mark Hamill (“Star Wars”) will star in an upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Life Of Chuck.” It will be directed and written by Mike Flanagan (“Doctor Sleep,” “The Haunting Of Hill House”). This project is expected to be a hot package at the upcoming Cannes film market. “The Life Of Chuck” will be based on a short story from King’s 2020 anthology “If It Bleeds.” It follows three separate storylines that all come together to tell the biography of Charles Krantz, in reverse. The story begins with his death from a brain tumor at…

The upcoming MAX animated series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” just got a new trailer. This half-hour animated series will be a joint effort between WB Animation and Amblin TV. It will serve as an origin story for Joe Dante’s “Gremlins” horror-comedy franchise.  “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” is set in 1920s Shanghai. It tells the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing, who becomes the shop owner Mr. Wing in 1984’s “Gremlins,” first meets a young Mogwai named Gizmo (AJ LoCascio). Sam, Gizmo, and a street thief named Elle become lifelong friends while they try to return the Mogwai to…

While he is best known for his acting and meme status, Keanu Reeves is also a founding member and bass player for the grunge band Dogstar. After the band reunited last summer, they have just confirmed they will be releasing new music and performing for the first time in over 20 years! Formed in the mid-1990s Dogstar released the EP Quattro Formaggi in 1996. Which was soon followed by the albums Our Little Visionary also released in 1996, and the fittingly titled, Happy Ending in 2000. The band played its last show in October of 2002 and broke up shortly…

Season 2 of the thriller series “Cruel Summer” just got a new trailer and a release date. The first season of “Cruel Summer” takes place over three summers in the 1990s. It tells the story of a beautiful and popular teen girl, who goes missing in a small town. While another seemingly sweet and awkward teen takes her place as the most popular girl in school. That is before she spirals into being the most despised person in America. Season 2 will be set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest. It will follow the rise and fall…

Bravo just dropped a trailer for “Project Runway All-Stars” as well as set a premiere date. This season will see the return of 14 of the most beloved designers across the show’s 19 year run. Judges for this “All-Stars” edition of “Project Runway” include Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell, and Elaine Welteroth, with Christian Siriano as a mentor. Guest judges include actress Alicia Silverstone, actor Billy Porter, fashion designer Zac Posen, CEO/founder of “alice + olivia” Stacey Bendet, creative director of Carolina Herrera Wes Gordon, actor/producer/Emmy Award-winning writer Lena Waithe, image architect/celebrity stylist Law Roach, and Jennie Garth. But wait, there is…

Actress Alisha Weir (“Matilda: The Musical”) will be a part of the new currently untitled Universal Monsters movie. She will be joining previously announced actress Melissa Barrera (“Scream”). The project is being helmed by the filmmaking collective Radio Silence (“Scream,” “Scream 6”). Radio Silence is made up of filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villell. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett will be directing the new film, with Villella producing. William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, and James Vanderbilt of Project X Entertainment are also producing along with Tripp Vinson. Jay Polidoro, Holly Goline, Kelly Cannon, and Jacqueline Garell will be overseeing the project for…

In 1985, the punk band Dead Kennedys demanded “MTV Get Off The Air.” In 2023, at least one part of MTV has done so- their news segments. Shutting down their news department is part of a larger string of layoffs due to budget cuts at MTV’s parent company, Paramount Global. “MTV News” originally launched in 1987 as “The Week in Rock,” hosted by former Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder. It soon became a touchstone for Generation X and older Millennials who didn’t feel that more traditional news outlets were covering the issue that they cared about. Correspondents like Loder, Tabitha…