Asteroid 2004 BL86, one of the biggest asteroids to pass close to Earth until 2027, was spotted earlier this morning (around 11:19 EST). Scientists in Goldstone, CA were able to capture 20 images of the astroid using NASA’s Deep Space Network Antenna. What was especially striking was that the 1,100 ft asteroid appeared to have a...
Archive - January 2015
Cross your fingers, Legion. EW.com announced this morning that Fox is in early talks to develop an X-Men TV series for next fall. No details have been officially confirmed yet, so at this point most news is speculation. In a time when superhero television is more popular than ever, it would be a very smart and very cool move. In addition to...
Raise your hand if David Tennant is your favorite Doctor! Now, keep it up if you thought his portrayal of Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire wasn’t creepy enough. Okay! Those of you still waving your hands around (and most likely confusing your co-workers) are about to be delighted: David Tennant will be playing...
This morning, Emma Watson made an official announcement from her Facebook page: “I’m finally able to tell you… that I will be playing Belle in Disney’s new live-action Beauty and the Beast!” At the Legion, we’re big fans of our dear Hermione, especially with the work she’s been doing promoting gender...
Opening quote: “May the God of Vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked” The episode opens with the Wesenrein still chanting and getting ready to “purify” Monroe. Extracting blood from a skull, they splash him with it, telling him that in order to cleanse the blood, there must be blood shed. Monroe is charged with violating...
Just. Great. According to The Guardian, Wikipedia’s arbitration committee (Arbcom) “has banned five editors from making corrections to articles about feminism, in an attempt to stop a long-running edit war over the entry on the ‘Gamergate controversy'”. Additionally, Arbcom also banned five Pro-Gamergate users, but critics...
At the World Economics Forum in Davos yesterday, Impact 10X10X10 was launched by UN women with Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson to push for more momentum in achieving gender equality across the globe. It is a one year pilot effort that, as Watson states in the video below, aims to engage governments, corporations and...
NBC’s Constantine has given a fair share of time shining the spotlight on supporting characters Chas (Charles Halford) and Zed (Angélica Celaya). As the season continues on, viewers are able to get to know the two a little bitter, but those unfamiliar with the DC comics aren’t entirely sure as to why Chas has the power to recover from...
Back in the ’80s Hanna-Barbera created a couple of straight-to-TV movies for their hit television show The Jetsons, but the space age family had yet to make their big screen debut until now. Warner Bros is taking the beloved animated television show and looking to bring it to theaters. Deadline reports that Matt Lieberman is currently...
There hasn’t been too much momentum going on in the Doctor Strange casting front, and that’s all right because it’s still fairly early on in that phase of the project. One name has recently popped up on the list of hopeful casting candidates, and that name is Chiwetel Ejiofor. The Hollywood Reporter claims that the 12 Years a...