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EXCLUSIVE: Vertical’s early bid for the sci-fi thriller Simulant, currently in post-production, paid off for the company with US and UK/IRE distribution rights. Vertical will release the film on May 5th beginning with a DIRECTV On Demand exclusive followed by the day & date release on June 2nd. Myriad Pictures will be selling international distribution rights.

CBS Sports has simulated the outcome of Super Bowl LVII. And if you’re a betting woman or man, you should pay attention.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has today named the eight scientific and technical achievements, on the part of 19 individuals, to be honored at its Scientific and Technical Awards presentation for 2023, which is taking place in-person for the first time since 2019 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on February 24.

In 2008, psychologists Jennifer Whitson and Adam Galinsky scared people into seeing things that weren’t there. In a study, they simulated loss of control in one group of participants, then showed their subjects a series of distorted black-and-white images.

A surge in farming costs along with the effects of climate change could leave an extra 100million people starving around the world, a study by Scots scientists found. Researchers at Edinburgh University said up to a million more people could die in the coming decades due to malnutrition - chiefly due to high fertiliser prices.

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A new behind-the-scenes look at the making of Virgin Media's newest ad campaign featuring a Highland cow has been released.

An artist who forced a girl to kill her pet gerbil with an axe has been jailed over a horrific catalogue of sexual, physical and mental abuse. Chris Maginn, a sculptor who also spent years working on community projects, tormented children and animals. A court heard he kicked pet cats, threw a kitten at a door and drove nails into a goat's head.

Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s latest film White Noise is his most ambitious project yet, with a production budget reportedly north of $100 million and a wacky plot featuring elaborate car chases and a fully staged train crash.

Super Stevie May completed St Johnstone’s comeback to net a crucial three points at Easter Road.

Manchester United will be hoping to get back to winning ways on Wednesday night, as the Reds take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

Elon Musk has a "theory" that Grimes "isn't real". The 51-year-old billionaire has dated the 'Genesis' singer on and off since 2018 and has two children, son X Æ A-12, two, and 10-month-old daughter Exa with the pop star - whose real name is Claire Boucher - but he said to have told people that he believes he has created a "simulation" to serve as his "perfect companion". Vanity Fair journalist Devin Gordon claims Grimes shared the theory with him herself.

A new documentary series about Elon Musk recently debuted on British television, and unveiled some pretty wild revelations.

Manchester United will be looking to break into the Premier League top four on Sunday when they face Newcastle at Old Trafford.

Manchester City face a trip to Anfield on Sunday afternoon, where a win against Liverpool could potentially send City to the top of the Premier League.

Elon Musk, the tech titan believes that ex-girlfriend Grimes is so perfect that she must be a simulation he created in his mind, according to a new BBC documentary.  The same documentary, called The Elon Musk Show, then goes on to say that Grimes actually agrees with the theory. The Canadian singer was already 31 when she met Musk but those three decades in existence appear not to have swayed her too much when considering the theory.

I spent 20 years in the SEAL Teams and I am personally guilty of conducting, directing, and overseeing vast amounts of brutal training. The training I led was advanced Unit Level Training that prepared SEALs for combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.  It required the SEALs to hike long distances in 100+ degree temperatures in the desert. Once at a simulated target, the SEALs would be engaged by Opposing Force (OPFOR) SEALs acting as enemy fighters.

Zack Sharf Billy Eichner’s “Bros” nearly featured a “$30,000 butt rig,” director Nicholas Stoller recently confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. The device, first teased by cast member Luke Macfarlane as a “very expensive prop,” was used to simulate rimming during one of the film’s sex scenes. However, the butt rig was left on the cutting room floor. “We were going to shoot a rim job moment, but then ‘The White Lotus’ beat us to the punch, so we cut that,” Eichner added, referring to the viral sex scene in the Emmy-winning HBO series. The “$30,000 butt rig” was used during an extended sex scene between Aaron (Macfarlane) and Bobby (Eichner) in which the characters passionately embrace each other’s sexual quirks. Macfarlane said “two puppeteers” operated the butt rig off camera.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ed Helms has managed to find the amusing parts of impending nuclear Armageddon. The actor, writer and comedian hosts “Snafu,” a nonfiction comedy series in which he’ll dissect some of history’s most notorious screw-ups. In the inaugural season, set to premiere Oct. 5 on major podcast platforms, Helms tells the story of Able Archer 83, the NATO military exercise that may have almost triggered a real nuclear war in November 1983. “It kind of felt like a story that needed to be told, and it also seemed like a story that would be fun to tell – it’s loaded with drama and spy-thriller intrigue,” Helms told Variety. “There’s a lot of comedy baked in. But ultimately it’s an intense and somewhat mortifying chain of events.”

Warning: This post contains numerous spoilers about the ending of “Don’t Worry Darling.” Do not read unless you have seen the film. “Don’t Worry Darling” had plenty of publicity before it was released, from director Olivia Wilde’s remarks about Shia LaBeouf to the Harry Styles-Chris Pine “spitgate” incident and various other dramas. But through all the pre-opening drama, the film’s storyline stayed unknown. After the trailer premiered, audiences could see the premise was a “Stepford Wives”-like society where women had traditional roles in a sunny utopian society. Once viewers saw the film, they saw this story expanded as Florence Pugh’s Alice character begins to realize that something isn’t right in the placid community of Victory. But as events progress, it becomes a little harder to tell what’s really going on, and the ending has left more than a few filmgoers scratching their heads.

Katy Perry believes that the world is a video game. The pop superstar has been studying Simulation Theory, which proposes that all of existence is a simulated reality like a computer simulation, an idea that is explored in the sci-fi film series 'The Matrix'. Katy, 37, said: "I have some freaky thoughts that I entertain.

Tiffany Haddish was accused of child sexual abuse, along with fellow comedian Aries Spears. Accusations have been thrown by both sides, with Haddish's side calling the case a "shakedown" and one of the accusers calling for Haddish's arrest. But now it looks like a possible path to a conclusion may have begun, as the two sides may be willing to talk settlement.

Serious allegations. Tiffany Haddish was accused of child sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, August 31.

Manchester City will be looking to continue their incredible goalscoring form on Saturday, as they face a struggling Aston Villa side in the Premier League.

Manchester City face Nottingham Forest at the Etihad on Wednesday, with Pep Guardiola's side looking to continue their unbeaten start to the Premier League season.

Manchester United will face fierce rivals Liverpool on Monday night, as Erik ten Hag's side look for their first win of the 2022/23 Premier League season.

Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the series finale of “The Rehearsal,” titled “Pretend Daddy.”“I started to feel like I was solving a puzzle of my own design,” Nathan Fielder says in the series finale of “The Rehearsal.” He’s dropping off his fake son at a Jewish school. Driving right behind him is the kid’s real mom, who immediately picks him up to take him to his real school.Nathan wants to feel like he’s dropping his kid off at Jewish school so that he feels like a “good Jew,” an insecurity stemming from an issue with his former co-parent, Angela, for whom the entire simulation was originally built.

Nathan Fielder will be staging some more real-life interactions.

BreAnna Bell HBO has ordered a Season 2 of Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal.”Per the official description, “The Rehearsal” explores the lengths one man will go to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design.

Manchester United are reportedly considering a move for Borussia Dortmund defender Thomas Meunier in the final weeks of the transfer window.

Manchester United are reportedly considering a loan offer for Chelsea's Christian Pulisic, with the winger being the latest name linked with Erik ten Hag's side.

Manchester United are considering a move for Lyon forward Moussa Dembele, with Erik ten Hag reigniting interest shown by United earlier this year.

Ethan Shanfeld Nathan Fielder brought “The Rehearsal” to new heights with this week’s episode, tackling the issue of raising a (fake) child in an interfaith household on his HBO social experiment series. Angela, the subject of the show’s primary rehearsal, addressed the episode’s heated religious discussions, as well as why she chose to exit her rehearsal, in a video posted to the “Nathan for You Businessposting” Facebook group, named after Fielder’s previous Comedy Central show.Angela, who has now appeared in four episodes of “The Rehearsal,” is a devout Christian who approached her childrearing simulation with an interest in faith-based education.

After losing their opening Premier League game, Manchester United will be looking to bounce back when they face Brentford on Saturday.

The Sims ushered in a new era of self-expression for queer gamers

Note: The following contains spoilers for “Westworld” Season 4, Episode 7.“Westworld” viewers know well enough by now that “dead” doesn’t always mean dead in the HBO sci-fi series, but Episode 7 of Season 4 sure seemed to seal the fate of one of the series’ most beloved characters.Since returning from the Sublime, Bernard has maintained that after running simulations, there is only one way to save the world – and in that scenario, he doesn’t make it out alive. After teaming up with a revived Maeve (Thandiwe Newton) to take on Charlotte Hale (Tessa Thompson) and her tower that has human citizens of New York City under control, Bernard was confronted by the William host (Ed Harris) and subsequently shot to death.When asked by TheWrap if Bernard is dead in a recent interview about the episode, Wright replied simply, “It seems so.”The actor wouldn’t let on more than that, and in a season that has seen the return of James Marsden’s Teddy, Wright’s answer seems to leave the door open a smidge for Bernard’s survival – either in the real world or in the Sublime.