All eyes are on the Oscars tonight, and many are using the opportunity to advocate for a ceasefire and draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid ongoing protests. As the stars hit the red carpet, a large crowd gathered outside the Dolby Theatre to protest in support of Palestine, causing a traffic jam…
Poor Things production designers do a deep dive with Mashable’s Kristy Puchko into the inspiration behind the surreal film. Stars William Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo describe how the production design helped them develop their own characters in the film. Production Designers Shona Heath and James Price took home the Academy Award for Production Design for…
Welcome to Oscar night! The 96th Annual Academy Awards has arrived to honor the very best of 2023 cinema, ranging from animated wonders like Nimona and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to live-action hits like Poor Things, The Holdovers, and Oppenheimer, the last of which boasts a whopping 13 nominations. But who will win big on…
Do you ever feel hopelessly stuck? Like no matter what you do, you keep ending up in the same shitty place? That’s the conundrum facing the heroine of Desert Road. After crashing her car in a remote desert, no matter what Clare Devoir (Kristine Froseth) does, she ends up back where she started. The pieces…
No surprise here, but one of the biggest animated movies of all time is getting a sequel. The only sort of interesting part is that the news was confirmed by Nintendo themselves. The company’s official account on X (formerly Twitter) posted a personal message purportedly from Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto confirming that a…
When Instagram releases a new feature that is a direct copy of another app, its users fear the worst. In a 2022 essay for Digital Trends, writer Cristina Alexander lamented the “TikTok-ification of Instagram” because it “takes away the type of content people love most about the platform: photos from friends and family, as well…
The rumors are true: You can change your read receipts on Instagram. The feature rolled out recently and allows you to turn read receipts on or off for an individual chat or all chats, depending on your needs. For instance, you might want your read receipts off for your situationship who keeps sending you unsolicited…
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who…
The Pentagon firmly discredited several claims that the U.S. government has covered up evidence of space aliens and extraterrestrial material following a sweeping new investigation. A persistent theme in pop culture since the 1940s has been a belief that the government, or a secret program within it, has collected alien bodies and spacecraft and is…
TL;DR: As of March 10, get a Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows at just $44.99 (reg. $219.99). Though much divides students, working professionals, and business owners, they do share one thing in common: reliance on Microsoft Office tools. Whether it’s typing an essay in Word, organizing budgets in Excel, or organizing communication with Outlook,…