Author: Ada Blood

In 2003, Oscar-nominated Aaron Blaise’s hand-drawn animated feature film “Brother Bear” hit theaters. 22 years later, and Blaise is back with the hand-drawn short film “Snow Bear,” which is already going viral on YouTube. This is wonderful news considering the entire project is being done to support Polar Bears International and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). “Snow Bear” This 11-minute animated film tells the story of a lonely polar bear who is desperately seeking companionship. When several attempts to buddy up to whales, birds, and other creatures fail, he makes a friend out of snow. The two romp around…

Over 20 years after the release of “Kill Bill Vol. 1” and “Vol. 2,” director Quentin Tarantino is still bleeding that well dry. The filmmaker has also been vocal about an important story known as “Yuki’s Revenge,” which didn’t make it into the original two films. Now, after years of railing against streaming films, he will be releasing an animated version inside the video game “Fortnite.” “Yuki’s Revenge” follows Yuki, the sister of Gogo Yubari (Chiaki Kuriyama), as she tracks The Bride (Uma Thurman) to avenge her sister’s death. Thurman will be returning to voice her character. The short is directed…

We have some good news from DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s “Shrek 5.” Marcello Hernández (“Saturday Night Live”) and Skyler Gisondo (“Superman”) have joined the voice cast as Shrek and Fiona’s sons, Fergus and Farkle aka the Brogers. They’ll be joining the ogre’s brood alongside Zendaya, who plays their sister, Felicia. Franchise mainstays Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz will all be returning as Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona, respectively. “Shrek 5” is co-directed by Conrad Vernon and Walt Dohrn. Vernon directed “Shrek 2” and voices the Gingerbread Man. Dohrn wrote and did art for the 2nd and 3rd installments, gaining…

35 years later, actor Macaulay Culkin is still best known for playing Kevin McCallister in Chris Columbus’s “Home Alone.” Aside from returning for the 1992 follow-up “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” he has spent decades trying to distance himself from the franchise. But now, Culkin says he’d be open to coming back. During his “A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin” tour, he said he “wouldn’t be completely allergic” to returning for a sequel. “It would have to be just right.”  Culkin even pitched what the right story might look like.  More “Home Alone”? “I kind of had this…

In May, an executive order was signed that slashed public subsidies to PBS and NPR. These massive cuts to funding were justified with allegations of “bias” in these institutions. Now, several organizations are desperately trying to raise funds to help mitigate the loss of federal funding.  “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” has just closed on an auction that raised $1.54 million for Public Broadcasting. It also set a new record for the Bob Ross estate, with the painting “Cabin at Sunset” selling for $1,044,000. During the 2025 finale of “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver asked Ross’ estate to…

“I’m back, baby!” is a very, very Dr. JD Dorian (Zach Braff) way of opening a teaser, don’t you think? But yes, “Scrubs” is indeed back for a reboot set 15 years after JD left Sacred Heart. ABC just gave us the first teaser trailer for the new series.  The gang is all back together with the teaser showing JD (Braff), Dr. Christopher Turk (Donald Faison), and Dr. Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) walking back into the hospital. JD abruptly greets some new faces who have no clue who he is. His friends suggest that he make an entrance more like…

In 2017, Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, passed away. On November 8th, 2025, the band was finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In an interview right before the ceremony, his surviving bandmates say they are “pretty close” to finishing the last album they recorded with Cornell.  “…yeah, I’m really excited for people to hear it, have our fans hear it,” said drummer Matt Cameron. “It’s fun for us to be working on it. And sometimes listening to it, it’s overpowering. But, yeah, I’m super proud of the music that we did put together. And we’re…

In 2014, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured Peyton Leutner into a park where they attempted to stab her to death. They believed the heinous act would win the favor of the fictional character Slender Man. The girls were all just 12 years old, and their depraved crime shook the town of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the nation.  On November 22nd, 2025, Geyser cut off her ankle monitor and escaped the group home she is staying in. She was found at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, about 20 miles south of Chicago. In 2014, Geyser and Weier told Leutner they…

We are sorry to report that British actress and theater producer Jill Freud has passed away. The 98-year-old was also a former housekeeper for author C.S. Lewis, and served as the inspiration for Lucy Pevensie in his “Chronicles of Narnia” series.  Her passing was announced earlier today by her daughter, Emma Curtis, via Instagram.  “My beautiful 98 year old mum has taken her final bow,” she writes. “After a loving evening — where we knew she was on her way — surrounded by children, grandchildren and pizza, she told us all to f*** off so she could go to sleep.…

So Warner Bros. is still in the middle of a lawsuit with Michael Crichton’s estate over “The Pitt.” The show stars Noah Wyle, and aims to be a realistic examination of the challenges facing modern-day health care workers in a Pittsburgh hospital. Tthe show bears striking similarities to the medical drama “ER,” including its star and several members of the creative team. Crichton’s estate, which holds the collective copyright to “ER,” filed suit and attempted to block “The Pitt” hitting the air at all.   Warner has unsuccessfully tried to have the case thrown out twice. And now HBO chief…