Author: Amy Davis

What is old becomes new again. After the successful re-launch of the “Scream” franchise in 2022, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” will be getting the same legacy treatment.Jennifer Kaytin Robinson will be directing the next installment of the late 90s/early 2000s meta horror franchise. The original film follows a group of four friends who hold a dark secret that comes back to haunt them. This time, in the form of a killer with a hook-hand stalking them in a small seaside town. The murderer being, an obvious play on an old urban legend. The film spawned 2 sequels…

In season 4 of Netflix’s hit show “Stranger Things,” there is a scene where fan favorite Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) shreds to Metallica’s classic “Master of Puppets.” This scene was immediately a cultural touchtone, and made “Stranger Things” somehow a bigger phenomenon than it already was. The episode even got the song into the Billboard Top 100 for the 1st time ever, 36 years after its release. Metallica was so impressed with Quinn’s performance, they even invited him to jam backstage at their Lollapalooza gig. It was later revealed bassist Robert Trujillo’s son Tye recorded the riff playing in the…

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, many of us are reminded of the immortal words of the The J. Geils Band, “Love stinks, yeah, yeah.” An animal shelter in Hamilton, Ohio is taking this literally, and offering patrons smelly revenge on their ex’s. For just a $5 donation, The Animal Friends Humane Society will write your ex’s name in a liter box and give it to the cats. To let them do what they do best, be tiny, adorable, little poop machines. Not only do you get to have a cute kitten literally shit on your ex, you’ll also get the…

American home video distribution company Vinegar Syndrome is launching a publishing label! Vinegar Syndrome Publishing was announced alongside the acquisition of legendary horror-comic publisher, Eibon Press. Eibon’s co-founder, Stephen Romano will even be acting as Creative Director for Vinegar Syndrome Publishing.  This new publishing branch will continue the company’s commitment to protecting and preserving genre films. Heck the company even takes it name form a specific type of film deterioration, know for its strong vinegar smell. This new venture will just expand that to the literary world. They will be specializing in original comics as well as comic adaptations and…

Actress Viola Davis won a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording, for her memoir “Finding Me.” This win also nabbed her the coveted EGOT title, reserved only for performers who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award. While winning just 1 of these awards is rare, all 4 is a feat very few artists pull off.  The multihyphenated performer took home her first Tony in 2001 for her portrayal of Tonya in “King Hedley II.” Davis won another Tony in 2010 as Rose in August Wilson’s play, “Fences.” A role that played double…

Actor Jason Momoa has launched a new line of vodka with his BFF/artist/entrepreneur, Blaine Halvorson. Meili Vodka is based not only around making good tasting booze, but also on sustainability. They structure their tenants around the four elements water, earth, wind, and fire. Water Is at the base of our existence, and Meili Vodka. They source their H2O from an ancient aquifer formed over 300 million years ago. It ushers alpine snow and rainfall through miles of vast underground caverns, filtering and infusing itself through the veins of natural springs. According to their website, this regenerative water source is considered…

Add “cars in elevator shafts” to your “fears I didn’t know I had until now” file. In West Palm Beach, Florida, a Ferrari fell down an elevator shaft after a dealership’s car lift malfunctioned. Not only was the costly vehicle severely damaged, but it was also a bit of an odd situation for fire rescue crews. Palm Beach Fire and Rescue (PBFR) were called to the dealership on Tuesday around 4:30 P.M. for a reported commercial structure fire. What had actually happened was a car elevator malfunctioned while moving the vehicle, and it became stuck in the hoistway. While this…

The Pentagon is currently tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over the USA. The balloon has been spotted over Montana, which houses several sensitive nuclear sites, and other northern states. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder confirmed the US government has been tracking the balloon for several days now.   But it is “traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.” President Joe Biden was briefed on the situation. He was strongly advised by senior military leaders, including the Chairman of the Joint…

Following the success of his “To Kill A Mocking Bird” stage adaptation, TV writing icon Aaron Sorkin has an another notable Broadway adaptation on the way. He’s tackling the musical “Camelot,” and we have a first-look image and video. The show, which will be housed at Lincoln Center Theater, also announced the full cast. It will be lead by “Hamilton” alum Phillipa Soo in the role of Guenever. “Camelot” is Sorkin’s take on the classic 1960 Lerner & Loewe musical. Lincoln Center describes this reimagining as “epic and timely tale.” In true Sorkin fashion, it’s a “quest for democracy, the…

Hollywood legend Danny Trejo (“Machete”) and Joel McHale (“Community”) have officially joined the cast of a new sci-fi comedy, “Tim Travers & The Time Traveler’s Paradox.” The film will expand upon writer/director Stimson Snead’s award-winning short of the same name. Principal photography took place in and around Spokane Washington in late 2022. In the film, Samuel Dunning (“Blue Bloods”) stars as a narcissistic, genius scientist, who is also very broke. He is on a mission to solve the paradox of what happens to your past self when a future version of you travels back in time. Work that doesn’t apparently…