You may not have known the name Richard Alan Greenberg, but you almost certainly know his work. Greenberg was an Oscar-nominated effects artist who created memorable title sequences for films, including Alien and Superman. Greenberg died this week at the age of 71. In 1977, Richard Alan Greenberg and his brother Robert founded R/Greenberg Associates, designing film titles […]
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‘Left behind’: The struggle people can face after a loved one dies by suicide
The death of a family member or friend by any cause is devastating. But for people who have lost a loved one to suicide, emotions such as guilt or anger are often layered on top of grief.
X-Men Dark Phoenix plot LEAK after test screening? ‘[Spoiler] DIES and MORE’
WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR X-MEN DARK PHOENIX The fourth entry into the X-Men prequel series has been pushed back to February next year, but a test screening allegedly happened last year. An anonymous Reddit user – who has since deleted their account – has shared what could be the plot for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, with […]
Home and Away legend Cornelia Frances dies aged 77 after battle with cancer
The Australian actress passed away surrounded by her family and friends after a battle with cancer. Cornelia had a number of television roles, including a part in The Young Doctors, Son and Daughters and Kingswood Country. She also hosted the Australian version of game show The Weakest Link between 2001 and 2002. However, she was […]
Child dies in horror Indian Ferris wheel crash (GRAPHIC)
A young girl has been killed and at least six others injured in a Ferris wheel crash in India. The wheel operator was arrested after the fatal incident and stands accused of negligence. The accident happened Sunday night in the town of Anantapur in the state of Andhra Pradesh, reported the Times of India. A cabin […]
Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean dies
It’s a somber day for spaceflight, as NASA astronaut Alan Bean has died at the age of 86 after falling ill during a trip. He was the fourth person to walk on the Moon, flying aboard Apollo 12, and proved crucial to humanity’s understanding of its closest celestial neighbor. He was the only geologist to […]
Atari co-founder Ted Dabney dies
The game industry has lost one of its most influential early figures. Ted Dabney, who co-founded Atari along with Nolan Bushnell, has died after deciding against treatment for esophageal cancer. He and Bushnell created Atari’s predecessor Syzygy in 1971 and produced Computer Space, the first commercially available arcade game. They then used that experience as […]
Jlloyd Samuel dead: Former Aston Villa star dies in car crash, club to pay tribute tonight
The horrific news broke this afternoon – just hours before Aston Villa’s play-off semi-final second leg with Middlesbrough. Samuel made 240 Premier League appearances for Villa and Bolton Wanderers and was capped twice at international level for Trinidad and Tobago. The news was confirmed in a statement from the Trinidad and Tobago FA, who described […]
Net neutrality dies June 11th
Net neutrality officially dies June 11th, almost three years to the day after it was put into law. In a press release (PDF) from Ajit Pai’s office, the former Verizon counsel (above) repeated his rhetoric that the internet was never broken and bemoaned Title II rules as being “heavy handed” and “outdated.” “On June 11th, […]
Billionaire banking heir and cryptocurrency investor Matthew Mellon dies in rehab at 54
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Dom Perignon Billionaire Matthew Mellon is dead at 54. He died at a rehab facility in Mexico after struggling with an addiction to painkillers. Mellon is a descendant of the founders of Mellon Bank and investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert. In recent years he made a reported $ 1 billion investing in […]