Harry Potter character’s HEARTBREAKING creation story revealed by J.K. Rowling

Speaking as part of a bBC documentary set to air this weekend, Rowling admitted that Professor Sprout – played by Miriam Margolyes in the films – holds a particularly special place in her heart. She recalled staying at a friend’s house in 1990, after having started work on the first book about six months earlier. […]

McLaren F1 25 years later: Designer Gordon Murray reflects on his classic creation

It’s been a quarter century since the introduction of the McLaren F1. In honor of this anniversary, McLaren caught up with Gordon Murray, the car’s designer, to talk about it and the development process. In the above video, Murray reveals a number of fascinating facts about the freakishly fast F1. For instance, the center seat […]

The ‘It’ Preview Playing with ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Is Unsettling, See Some New Photos

Audiences heading to see Annabelle: Creation this weekend (which is surprisingly good) will be treated to a sneak peek of the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s It. The preview consists of an entire scene, one of the most iconic moments of the book, and it sets the stage for what promises to be an unsettling […]

‘Annabelle: Creation’ Review: A Relentlessly Frightening, Superior Horror Follow-Up

(This review originally ran following an early screening at Comic-Con. Annabelle: Creation is in theaters today.) While sequels tend to have trouble measuring up to the originals, in the horror world, there are plenty of occasions in which a follow-up, no matter how deep into the franchise fans have gone, turns out to be a surprisingly […]

‘Annabelle: Creation’ Clips: You Probably Shouldn’t Open Secret Doors in Locked Rooms

We’re still a couple months out from Halloween, but the folks at Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line want to get the scares started early by expanding The Conjuring cinematic universe. Annabelle revealed more of the story behind a possessed doll that was first introduced in The Conjuring in 2013, but it wasn’t quite up […]

Ian Rankin: The crime writer celebrates three decades of his best-known creation – Rebus

HAMISH BROWN Ian Rankin celebrates 30 years of his best-known creation – Rebus The award-winning author, 57, has only seen his brief cameos in the two previous ITV adaptations, one with John Hannah and the other with Ian Stott as the tough detective. “I have never watched an episode because I did not want an […]

US contributed to ISIS creation, now tries to claim victory over it – Iraqi VP talks tough

The recapture of Mosul is an achievement of the Iraqi people while the US is trying to highjack it and claims it was them who “led that war,” Iraq’s Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has told the RIA Novosti news agency. “Yes, they supported us with aviation, but the main credit goes to the Iraqi soldiers, […]

‘Digital freedom shouldn’t mean impunity’: Putin calls for creation of universal cyberspace norms

President Vladimir Putin has praised the G20 push against cybercrime and urged the leaders of major economies to draft international norms and regulations, under the auspices of the UN, that would not infringe on civil liberties. The G20 summit taking place in Hamburg will see an unprecedented drive by the world’s largest economies to establish […]

Modders deserve to be paid — but Bethesda’s Creation Club isn’t enough

OPINION: Arguably, no company in modern games has benefited from the work of modders more than Bethesda. My first experience with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind role-playing game over a decade ago involved installing it, meeting the first few inhabitants of Seyda Need, shaking my head in horror, and then typing “morrowind face mod” into […]

‘Batman and Bill’ Trailer: The Truth About the Creation of Batman Explained in a New Documentary

Everyone thinks Bob Kane is the sole creator of Batman. What the new documentary Batman and Bill presupposes is, maybe he’s not. Even though Bob Kane is frequently and historically associated with the creation of Batman, the more educated comic book fans now know that many of the signature elements of Batman’s long comic book […]