Author: Mary Anne Butler

If you’re looking for the perfect competition series to fill your days this week, may we recommend Netflix’s fabulous “Blown Away?” Focusing on the arform of glass blowing and sculpture, the second season of the show just hit the streaming giant last week.We sort of fell in love with the show’s first season- how methodical the contestants were, how creative, and their resulting works of art that left us just astounded. It’s like….”The Great British Bakeoff” but with molten glass.Season 2 of “Blown Away” looks to be even BETTER than season 1, and we highly, HIGHLY suggest you watch it.…

Imagine being a geologist and finding one of your favorite childhood characters staring back at you in the form of an agate geode. That’s exactly what happened to Mike Bowers, who shared a recent discovery that looks exactly like “Sesame Street” star, Cookie Monster. California native Bowers found the stone in November of 2020 in Brazil. Reports from various outlets have priced the Cookie Monster agate anywhere from $8,000 (USD) to a possible $10,000 (USD). We think he’s adorable, and it makes us want to watch all the Cookie videos.

Hunting is a huge part of certain states and county’s tourism economy, and one Oklahoma lawmaker wants to add Bigfoot to the usual licenses. Just imagine explaining that to your buddies- “yeah, so I’m huntin’ sassquach this season.” Rep. Justin Humphrey, Republican House member of the state’s legislation branch, has proposed a “Bigfoot hunting season” for the heavily forested Ouachita Mountains in southeast Oklahoma. This isn’t exactly as crazy as it sounds, as the area already has an annual Bigfoot festival that takes place near the Arkansas border. “Establishing an actual hunting season and issuing licenses for people who want…

At long last, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have released a trailer for the epic showdown of colossal proportions, “Godzilla vs. Kong.” The official Legendary Twitter account has been teasing the trailer all week with small snippets of absolutely batsh*t footage- Kong in chains, Godzilla breaching under the King’s barge- and we are thrilled to see more. Please enjoy the new trailer below: In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a…

Here’s a crazy thought- maybe we SHOULDN’T read from this newly discovered 13-foot Book of the Dead scroll, ok? Things are finally starting to get a little bit better than they were in 2020, minus those cocaine hippos. We’re looking at you, Evie. This scroll was part of the massive find uncovered at the Saqqara Necropolis, where Queen Naert, a previously unheard of monarch from the New Kingdom, has been identified. Naert was the wife of King Teti, first of the Sixth Dynasty rulers of the Old Kingdom (2680–2180 B.C.), in 2010. Zahi Hawass shared his always infectious excitement with CBS News about…

No one could wear red suspenders like Larry King, and we are saddened to share the news of the venerable news man’s passing. King had been battling Covid-19 in December of 2020, but no cause of death was given in this morning’s announcement. No cause was given, however.King’s son Chance confirmed the news of the famed interviewer’s passing through Larry’s official (and verified) social media accounts. With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.For 63 years and…

Marvel Comics teased a brand-new series coming, called Heroes Reborn, with a series of covers and a cryptic “more info coming next week” message. We have to say, we’re seriously interested in some of the possible storylines teased with these pieces of art. Ok, let’s start with the easy covers- Agent Coulson, Running for President Obviously we’re not sure what all is going on here, but who HASN’T run for President in the Marvel roster? Hulk, kicking some space lizard’s ass Oh, Hello Thanos Thing-less Ben Grimm with Reed Richards Now for the “weird ones”….. Wanda, as Enchantress? Peter Parker…

If you haven’t watched the first two seasons of “Eli Roth’s History of Horror” on AMC, you absolutely should. Eli Roth, director of “Hostel,” knows a thing or two about the film genre, and the people to talk to about it. AMC just renewed the series for a 3rd season, and we can’t wait to see who joins Roth at the table, and what films they discuss. You can watch seasons 1 and 2 of “Eli Roth’s History of Horror” on Shudder.

Just as we were in the process of writing (what we thought) was an AWESOME article about how the new Hostess Twinkie release meant that “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” ectoplasm was gonna be blue, “MasterChef Junior Spain” goes and breaks the news for us. In a recent episode, the young cheftestants get tasked with a “Ghostbusters” themed challenge, wherein the hosts all dress as the classic 1984 film’s heroes. The camera pans away from the youths, showing an ECTO-1, as well as a new blue spectral pal, who apparently is named Muncher? Anyhow- this tracks with the whole story we were gonna…

Just when we thought those “Game of Thrones” prequel serieseseseses had stalled, it sounds like yet-another one is coming from HBO. “The Tales of Dunk and Egg” is reportedly being developed for the cabler, and we’re pretty excited by this news.In a report from THR, the outlet claims exclusive knowledge of the series based on the works of George R. R. Martin, and HBO thus far has not commented. Dunk and Egg refers to the adventures of  hedge knight and later legendary Kingsguard member Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire Egg, who would become King Aegon V Targaryen of Westeros. In Martin’s novels, the Dunk and…