Author: Amy Davis

LEGO has just announced a brand new EPIC The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell set. This set is based on the award-winning film adaptations by Sir Peter Jackson of the beloved J.R.R. Tolkien novels. This highly detailed set consists of a staggering 6,167 pieces. Once assembled, they transform into the iconic Elven stronghold from Middle-earth.  Because it is home to the house of Elrond, Rivendell is a key location. During the Council of Elrond, The Fellowship is formed, and the quest to destroy the ring begins. It even comes complete with 15 LEGO minifigures, so you can reenact all your…

Video game developers Velan Studios have teamed up with toymaker Mattel on the new mixed reality game, “Hot Wheels: Rift Rally.” It will combine the thrill of a AAA racing game with the fast-paced reality of RC racing. “Hot Wheels: Rift Rally” will include the Chameleon RC car, four Rift Gates for track building, and a charging cable. The game itself offers two different ways to play, in Campaign mode where players set up the Rift Gates to create a mixed-reality race track. This allows you to explore different challenge maps with multiple challenges and races to complete. Or you…

Creators of popular children’s series “PAW Patrol” recently celebrated the show’s 10th anniversary. They also recently launched their first spin-off series, “Rubble & Crew,” and opened up about the development process. “PAW Patrol” debuted in 2013 as both a toy line and tv series aimed at preschoolers. Both were created by Canadian company Spin Master, who distributed the series in the US through Nickelodeon. It centers around a group of six puppies who go on high-stakes rescue missions. Of course, all while teaching kids about things like problem-solving and teamwork. It has been a nonstop phenomenon from the series to…

Young actress Olivia Marcum (“Matilda The Musical”) has joined the cast of the next installment of “The Exorcist” franchise. She will be working alongside the previously announced cast of Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Lidya Jewett (“Good Girls”), and Academy-Award nominee Leslie Odom Jr. (“Glass Onion”). Ellen Burstyn reprising her role as Chris MacNeil from the original 1973 film. Blumhouse, Universal, Peacock, and Morgan Creek’s new addition to the franchise will be the start of an all new trilogy. It also seems to be retconning “The Exorcist” two and three, and directly follows the first film. Essentially providing an alternative…

When Nick Castro, founder of Nick’s Extreme Pest Control in Santa Rosa, got called to an Airbnb in Sonoma County, he thought it was going to be business a s usual. After over 20 years, he has seen everything from bats to raccoons, to wasps and more. Though somehow, none of that prepared him for what was in this home. “There were some worms that appeared to be coming out of the wall, and the worms looked like maggots,” Castro said. “Everybody kind of thought there was a dead animal inside the wall.”  When Castro and his team arrived to…

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…