LGBT Animated Short ‘In A Heartbeat’ is a Tender Love Story That Could Rival Pixar Shorts

Love can’t be contained in the animated short In a Heartbeat, a sweet and affecting love story told in four minutes. It has all the trappings of a story of first love — lovely, funny, and touching — only it’s about a young schoolboy who has a crush on another boy at school. Funded on Kickstarter […]

‘I Do…Until I Don’t’ Trailer: A New Comedy From ‘In A World…’ Director Lake Bell

Writer/director Lake Bell‘s second feature, I Do…Until I Don’t is her follow-up to the delightful 2013 film, In a World… While her first film was about the world of voiceover actors and a daughter and her father, her second is about marriage and a documentary filmmaker creating a little chaos. Bell (and the doc filmmaker) follows a trio of […]

Cool Stuff: Scott C’s ‘Twin Peaks’-Inspired “In the Warmth of the Great Northern” Print

It’s hard to believe, but more than 25 years after David Lynch and Mark Frost’s surreal, influential TV series Twin Peaks went off the air, we’re about to head back to the town that started it all with a batch of brand new episodes on Showtime later this month. But before we do that, artist Scott C. […]

‘In Mexico there is a lot of curiosity about Russia’ – Mexican embassy official

Mexican Embassy Official Jorge Reynoso says that despite the significant distance and culture difference between Russia and Mexico, the two countries are bonded by a love of football and curiosity. READ MORE: ‘We hope to put on a show!’ – New Zealand official on 2017 Confederations Cup opener vs Russia Mexico has a deep footballing […]

Spider silk genes used in… venom gland?

Enlarge (credit: National Park Service) According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, about 300 different species have had their entire genomes sequenced. Us, obviously, but also rats, puffer fish, fruit flies, sea squirts, roundworms, chickens, dogs, yeast, honey bees, gorillas, chimpanzees, sea urchins, a bunch of bacteria, and many assorted other birds, plants, animals, […]

Wicked movie: Guess which popstar is ‘in talks’ to play Elpheba?

It’s none other than Nicole Scherzinger, according to reports today. The Sun claims that the X Factor judge is in early negotiations to belt out Defying Gravity for Hollywood. “Nicole has held early discussions with film bosses who think she’s perfect for the role of Elphaba,” a source said. “She’s been eyeing a career in […]

TV Bits: ‘Outlander,’ ‘Let the Right One In,’ ‘Trust,’ Keanu Reeves, and ‘Grace and Frankie,

In today’s edition of TV Bits: Keanu Reeves signs up for a recurring role in his first TV series. FX hires Donald Sutherland for Danny Boyle‘s limited series. Hulu renews The Path. TNT cancels their Let the Right One In pilot plans. William Hurt and Bob Balaban join Three Days of the Condor-inspired series. There are two projects in the works right […]