Food stylists’ wizardry brings memorable culinary moments to life, from Brad Pitt’s lollipops to Meryl Streep’s ducks.
The World Is Finally Giving Up Coal — Almost
Coal is in a death spiral, but it’s far from clear when the final coal plant will close.
Halsey Reveals She’s Pregnant: ‘Surprise!’
The singer shared a series of snapshots unveiling her pregnancy on Instagram and sending fans into a tizzy.
Old Acquaintances Of U.S. Capitol Attackers Are Narcing On Their Worst Facebook Friends
Finally, a reason to justify those hate-follows.
Biden Ousts White House ‘Spin Doctor’ Who Treated Trump For COVID-19
Dr. Sean Conley issued conflicting statements about Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis last fall. He’s been replaced.
CD Projekt Red Bans Cyberpunk 2077 Keanu Reeves Sex Mod
A mod that allowed players to sort of have sex with Keanu Reeves’ character Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 has already been disabled by CD Projekt Red.
The mod, created by modder Catmino and hosted on Nexus mods, allowed players to swap skin textures onto different models in the game. By swapping Johnny Silverhand’s skin texture onto one of the robot sex workers (joytoys) around Night City, players could have sex with what looked like Silverhand. Swapping textures would do nothing for the robots’ voices, and they remained clothed, so the mod wasn’t exactly a great replica, but it garnered enough attention to be reported on by Eurogamer earlier today. Soon after that post was published, the mod was removed from Nexus.
In a statement to PC Gamer on why the mod was removed, CD Projekt Red said: “Our most important rule regarding user-generated content, game mods in particular, is that it can’t be harmful towards others. In the case of model swaps, especially those that involve explicit situations, it can be perceived as such by the people who lent us their appearance for the purpose of creating characters in Cyberpunk 2077.” Basically, they don’t want modders putting Keanu into NSFW situations he didn’t sign on for.
Pokemon Go Team Rocket Celebration Event Kicks Off February 2, Adds New Shadow Pokemon
Pokemon Go is following its ongoing Johto Celebration with a Team Rocket-themed event. The Team Go Rocket Celebration kicks off next Tuesday, February 2, and it features new Shadow Pokemon to catch, special Team Go Rocket-themed Research tasks to complete, and other in-game bonuses.
The event begins at 10 AM local time and runs until 8 PM local time on February 7. Throughout that time, the following Pokemon will be appearing more frequently in the wild than usual:
- Golbat
- Koffing
- Ariados
- Qwilfish
- Sneasel
- Houndour
- Nuzleaf
- Stunky
- Skorupi
- Venipede
In addition, a variety of new Pokemon will be hatching from the recently added Team Go Rocket eggs. These Pokemon will be available even after the event ends:
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson On Recreating ’70s Wrestling For Young Rock
When Young Rock premieres on NBC in February, the half-hour comedy series will tell the story of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s life at three formative ages–10 years old, 15 years old, and 18 years old. Of course, The Rock’s life is a pretty unique one, making it the perfect setting for a weird and wild love letter to pro wrestling that recreates the industry as it was in the 1970s.
The son of WWE Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson and a descendent of the legendary Anoa’i wrestling family, The Rock was practically born into professional wrestling royalty and surrounded by the industry from a very young age. The wrestling industry as he knew it, though, is quite a bit different from today’s sports entertainment. In portraying that, Young Rock is able to give an honest look at the industry that made Johnson famous, for better or worse, and the impact it had on his life.
“From my perspective, this was truly a love letter to professional wrestling, which is a business that I grew up in and a business that I’ve loved all my life and learned some of my most valuable, while very unorthodox, lessons coming out of the world of pro wrestling,” he explained during the TCA winter press tour. “So to highlight and showcase these men who were, in essence, my superheroes–they didn’t wear capes when I was a little boy.”
Guitar Hero Oral History Reveals Devs Thought The Guitar Controller Was Stupid
The original Guitar Hero team reportedly thought the guitar controller was a “stupid” idea. We gained this and other insights from Vice’s report on the game’s history.
RedOctane and Harmonix were the dynamic duo responsible for Guitar Hero. RedOctane started as a video game rental service in the vein of GameFly, but made the pivot to manufacturing peripherals, specifically DDR dance mats, after the dot com bubble burst. Harmonix was the brainchild of two MIT grads who wanted to create ways for anyone to make music, regardless of their talent or ability. The two companies came together to merge RedOctane’s peripheral manufacturing experience and capabilities with Harmonix’s game development skills to create a new kind of guitar game.
Zendaya Is Grateful For Her ‘Disney Kid’ Past: ‘I Learned So Much’
The Emmy-winning actor reflected on her career, saying it’s been a “slow progression” and that she’s taking her time.