Tim Burton Almost Made a ‘Goosebumps’ Movie in the ’90s, But ‘Superman Lives’ Got in the Way

In the 1990s, Tim Burton almost told audiences to say cheese and die with a Goosebumps movie. While a film based on the popular horror series for young readers would eventually splatter monster blood on filmgoers in 2015, writer R.L. Stine recently revealed that a Tim Burton Goosebumps movie was a real possibility in the mid-90s, but never came to pass. […]

‘The Walking Dead’ star says another actor almost lost their arm on the show years ago

Gene Page/AMC Ross Marquand’s Aaron had his arm amputated on “The Walking Dead” early on season nine. At a panel during New Jersey’s Walker Stalker Con on Saturday, Marquand said it was almost another character which received that fate back on season seven. He didn’t name anyone, but it’s likely it could have been Carl […]

Trump's lawyers want almost $800k from Stormy Daniels after her failed defamation suit

After an October ruling found porn actress Stormy Daniels responsible for legal fees in her failed defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the president’s lawyers have come to collect – and they’re hungry. Attorney Charles Harder is seeking almost $ 390,000 in lawyers’ fees and tacking on another $ 390,000 in sanctions to stop Daniels […]

‘The Predator’ Almost Had Predator-Monkey Hybrids, But Some Things Aren’t Meant to Be

Remember The Predator? Shane Black‘s sequel/reboot hit theaters this year, but it seems like everyone already forgot about it already. Maybe we’d all still be talking about The Predator right now if it had kept one of the script’s early ideas intact: Predator-monkey hybrids. That’s right – at one point, The Predator was going to feature Predator DNA mixed […]

Trump’s appointment of Whitaker is almost exactly like one of Nixon’s most brazen acts before Watergate, only worse

Steve Pope/Getty Images The interim appointment of a man unknown and unqualified, except for his open loyalty to the president, to one of the top law enforcement jobs in the federal government has happened before. In May 1972, President Richard Nixon elevated Patrick Gray III to the directorship of the FBI a month before the […]

The New Retirement Plan: Save Almost Everything, Spend Virtually Nothing

A group of younger workers, devotees of the FIRE movement, are seeking ways to leave the workplace decades ahead of the norm, ducking mistakes made by previous generations. One woman’s grocery budget is so detailed she knows how much she will pay each month for oatmeal: five pounds for $ 3.

Hill House's Annabeth Gish Talks 'Playing With the Dark Arts' on Set and the Easter Egg That Almost Wasn't

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Haunting of Hill House Season 1. When Annabeth Gish agreed to join The Haunting of Hill House‘s cast, she didn’t know she was signing up to play a buttoned-up caretaker’s wife with a deep history related to the ghost-filled abode. She had no idea the horror-tinged drama would […]

Superhero Bits: Long Range ‘Aquaman’ Box Office Forecast, ‘Titans’ Almost Didn’t Have Robin & More

Is Lewis Tan playing Batman in the Titans universe? What are the long range box office forecasts for Aquaman right now? Which other Marvel franchise does Karl Urban want in on? Did you know Titans almost didn’t feature Dick Grayson at all? Have you heard about what Tim Burton‘s version of Batman Forever would have […]

The Women Who Were Almost Royals

Some 750 million people around the world tuned in to watch the royal wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Charles, Prince of Wales, nearly 37 years ago. But before His Royal Highness married the “people’s princess” on July 29, 1981, he spent more than a decade searching for a suitable partner, a quest that reportedly […]