Author: Monica Williams

Paramount+ is lining up a new music documentary about boy bands, featuring Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, 98 Degrees, and New Kids On The Block. These groups dominated the 90s and early 2000s, creating quite the interesting cultural phenomenon. This untitled documentary is being produced by Johnny Wright and Van Toffler. Tamra Davis (“Billy Madison,” “Half Baked”) is set to direct. Wright was the former tour manager for New Kids On The Block. He then went on to manage Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Toffler is the current of Gunpowder & Sky, which is producing with MTV Entertainment Studios. He…

October 3rd is known as “Mean Girls” Day for fans of the 2004 movie. Paramount Pictures actually released the movie to TikTok in 23 parts. To think if October 3rd wasn’t directly mentioned in the movie, we may not have “Mean Girls” Day. Traditionally anyone who celebrates the unofficial holiday spends the day vigorously quoting the film, written by Tina Fey. Wearing pink (even though it may not fall on a Wednesday) and watching the film are also part of the celebration. “Mean Girls,” stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Fey, Amy Poehler, Lizzy Caplan, and Daniel…

Zelda Williams, daughter of the late Robin Williams, is speaking out against the technology being used to recreate the actor’s voice. She finds the technology disturbing, something we highly agree with. “I am not an impartial voice in SAG’s fight against AI,” Williams said in an Instagram Story. “I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad. This isn’t theoretical, it is very very real.” “I’ve already heard AI used to get his “voice” to say whatever people want and while I find it personally disturbing, the ramifications go…

“Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake” just finished airing on MAX, and there is a lot going on in this spinoff series. Series creator Adam Muto took everything fans loved about “Adventure Time” and built upon it. In a way, kids who grew up watching the series can now watch the series grow up with them. WARNING: There are light spoilers down below, read at your own risk! “Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake” starts off with a more modern version of the titular characters. Fionna (Madeleinne Martin) is a broke twenty-something trying to keep a job and pay rent. Cake (Roz…

Michael Oher’s ties to the Tuohys is officially over, as a Tennessee judge has ended the conservatorship over him. The conservatorship previously allowed the Tuohys control of the former NFL player’s finances. In August 2023, Oher alleged Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy tricked the football player into the conservatorship under the guise of adopting him. Oher’s petition to the court alleged that the Tuohys had authority over business deals in his name. He also claimed he was deprived of profits from the Oscar-winning movie, “The Blind Side.” Oher signed what he believed to be adoption papers when he was 18…

The highly anticipated adult animated series “Hazbin Hotel” is finally coming to viewers thanks to Prime Video. The original YouTube series was created by Vivienne Medrano. This version is bring produced through A24 and Fox’s Bento Box Entertainment. “Hazbin Hotel” follows the princess of Hell, Charlie, as she attempts to rehabilitate sinners in hopes of reducing the overpopulation. There is a yearly purging of Hell, where the angels of Heaven come down and exterminate most of the overcrowding. While Charlie’s goal seems entirely unachievable and majority of Hell openly mocks her idea, she does have the support of a few.…

Netflix is being hit with a lawsuit over the axing of a contract to develop a video game based on Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon.” Evil Genius Games filed the lawsuit in federal court on September 28th. They claim they were working closely with the streamer to have a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) to be released with the “Rebel Moon” film. Evil Genius Games alleges that for months there was nothing but positive collaboration, before it went downhill. “Nevertheless, just weeks after the work was finalized and turned over to Netflix, Netflix did a complete about face, and accused Plaintiff of…

27 years after his tragic murder, Las Vegas Police have arrested the man they believe murdered rapper Tupac Shakur. A Clark County grand jury have indicted Duane “Keefe D” Davis with murder. District Judge Jerry Wiese ordered the 60-year-old Davis, a reputed gang member, be held without bail. Davis, who has been long tied to the Shakur shooting, was taken into custody September 29th. This arrest comes two months after police served a search warrant in Henderson, Nevada. During the search, police were looking for items “concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur.” Davis admitted in interviews, along with his 2019…

Epic Games, the studio behind Unreal Engine and popular video game “Fortnite,” is laying off roughly 830 employees. That’s 16% of their workforce! Epic CEO, Tim Sweeney, released a memo to employees on September 28th outlining their new business strategy. The company plans on shifting “Fortnite” to being a “creator-driven” platform. “For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn, investing in the next evolution of Epic and growing ‘Fortnite’ as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators,” Sweeney wrote. “I had long been optimistic that we could power through this transition without layoffs, but in retrospect I…

A 13-foot, 8.5-inch alligator was killed by Florida authorities after it was witnessed with human remains in its jaws on Friday, September 22nd. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said authorities responded to a report of a human body seen in the water in unincorporated Largo around 1:50pm local time. The alligator was “humanely killed” and removed from the water with the help of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The human remains were identified as 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office.. The Medical Examiner’s Office says her cause of death is still pending.…