Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Remakes, reboots, and sequels, oh my! There have been six Transformers films and somehow Hollywood still wants more. It’s not just the
The highly anticipated new horror film “The Bleeding Dark” directed by Jason Hawkins (American Bully, Tuesday Never Comes) and produced by Joseph Kelly (Clown Motel, A Star Is Born, Bumblebee) with Angela Joseph( Clown Motel, Blind, 13 Fan Boy) has just launched it’s official KICKSTARTER campaign. The film stars Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist) with special
Chicago indie band The PondHawks have just released their highly anticipated new single “Invisible Stranger” worldwide. The PondHawks have been making chart-topping music since 2010. They have a fan base of over 600,000 and have repeatedly topped the global Indie chart on Reverbnation’s 4 million artists platform. Several of their releases have made the Grammy
The Trump administration on Thursday weakened Obama-era regulations designed to reduce climate-warming methane gas emissions from oil and gas fields. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule, which has been in progress for over a year, would eliminate federal requirements for oil and gas companies to monitor and repair methane leaks from pipelines, storage facilities and
Would you use a pick-up line composed by a machine-learning algorithm? Perhaps something like You Look Like a Thing and I Love You, which is a machine’s attempt at an amorous icebreaker and the title of a book by Janelle Shane. Shane is an optical engineer with a blog that chronicles the absurdities that are
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures will be hosting a high-end dual big screen drive-in experience on the Culver City, CA lot starting this Friday, Aug. 14. They are the first major studio ever to turn their lot into a drive-in. The drive-in will be located in the studio’s Thalberg parking lot and showcase several Sony classic catalog
The GEM 63XL motors will fly on ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket in 2021. WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman on Aug. 13 completed the first qualification test of a new strap-on rocket motor developed for United Launch Alliance’s future vehicle Vulcan Centaur, the company said. The static firing of the 63-inch-diameter graphite epoxy motor known as GEM
A view from Sterling Library at Yale University. Stan Godlewski | The Washington Post | Getty Images Yale University’s undergraduate admissions process “illegally discriminates” against White and Asian students, the Department of Justice said Thursday. A two-year investigation into the Ivy League school found that “race is the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions
Exclusive Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson have officially called it quits on their relationship … TMZ has learned. Sources close to the former couple tell us they split within the last few weeks, and it’s unclear right now what led to the breakup. Miley and Cody started dating in October 2019, shortly after Miley’s split
Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. Kevin Dietsch | Reuters If the U.S. allowed the coronavirus to spread unchecked in an attempt to try to achieve so-called herd immunity, the
Project Power is the big-budget popcorn flick you’ve been aching to see. The superhero actioner provides a much-needed cinematic jolt to a barren summer. Star lead performances, a better than expected plot, and truly impressive visual effects add up to a high entertainment value. Minor drawbacks, mostly centered on the poorly defined antagonists, are negligible.
The first week of All-Stars has come to a close in Big Brother Season 22 Episode 4, and someone’s gone home. Leading up to the eviction (after the veto ceremony), each of the houseguests weighs their options. Cody knows it would be beneficial to his own game to keep Kevin, but he doesn’t want to push
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?” we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the
A powerful push in innovation is creating excitement among venture capitalists. Early stage angel investor Nidhi Chadda of Enzo Advisors finds the coronavirus fallout is producing a seismic shift in how the world does business, and she believes much of it will be permanent. “Over the past several years regardless of which industry we’ve been
The World Health Organization said Thursday there is “no evidence” the coronavirus is being transmitted through food. Researchers in China are studying the issue, and the international agency is tracking their findings, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program, said during a press conference at the agency’s Geneva headquarters. But right now
EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway production company behind the upcoming Michael Jackson musical MJ and the stage adaptation of the hit 2000 film Almost Famous has hired The Old Globe Theater’s Travis LeMont Ballenger as producer to help oversee both high-profile projects. Ballenger, most recently the Associate Artistic Director at the Globe in San Diego, also will
WASHINGTON — Mike Griffin, the former NASA administrator who stepped down as undersecretary of defense in July, has joined the board of directors of small launch vehicle company Rocket Lab as that company seeks to grow its government business. The company announced Aug. 12 that it added Griffin to its board, joining company founder Peter
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that the United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations in a development that will put on pause Israel’s efforts to annex parts of the West Bank claimed by Palestinians. The president released a joint statement from the two countries and the