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Reuters
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Reuters
China's online literature expands overseas readership in cultural export push
HONG KONG, June 17 (Reuters) - China counted over a half billion consumers of online literature last year - a record - according to an official report, while the number of overseas users also jumped as authorities promoted the industry as a cultural export and soft power tool. China's online literature, which includes web novels in a variety of genres accessible via smart phones, tablets and e-readers, has seen a boom over the past decade with the number of authors and readers soaring. A report by the Chinese Literature Institute, under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said on Sunday that the growth was driven by younger consumers. Readers aged 26 to 45 accounted for half the total readership, the report said. The number of online literature consumers in China grew 10.6% year on year in 2024 to 575 million, or nearly half of all citizens. The number of overseas users, meanwhile, reached 352 million, including readers from more than 200 countries, with the market growing 16.5% year on year to a value of 5.07 billion yuan ($706.12 million). The report called online literature a new channel for "telling Chinese stories well and deepening exchanges and mutual learning among civilisations", adding that it had improved the "country's cultural soft power." Science fiction in particular was developing rapidly, it added. With a growth rate of 180%, Japan was the fastest developing foreign market. Britain, Greece, Spain, Brazil, France and Germany also showed strong growth, it said. Chinese online literature has the largest readership in Asia, which accounts for about 80% of all readers globally and over 50% of global market share by value, the report said. China Literature Ltd ( opens new tab, a leading Chinese online literary reading and writing platform owned by Tencent ( opens new tab, has turned many of its online literature works into television and web series, movies and games. Its Hong Kong-listed shares have climbed 23% so far this year. ($1 = 7.1801 Chinese yuan renminbi)
Geek Girl Authority
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
MURDERBOT Recap: (S01E05) Rogue War Tracker Infinite
Murderbot Season 1 Episode 5, 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite,' sees our SecUnit's secret come to the fore. It's intriguing to see how the PresAux group reacts to the news of its SecUnit always being in rogue mode. The outing also focuses on the state of Artificial Intelligence and how much we can rely on it. Is it really good? Can it be ethical? It's a relevant topic. 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite' is a delightful blend of biting humor and action that maintains a steady clip until that cliffhanger ending. RELATED: Read our recap of the previous Murderbot episode, 'Escape Velocity Protocol' Murderbot, 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite' We open with the PresAux crew talking while Murderbot (Alexander Skarsgård) looks zonked out. We learn they must remove the wires from the override device implanted by the Black SecUnit, which are still protruding from our titular bot. Then, we rewind to the final minutes of episode four, in which SecUnit shoots itself before the override to its combat module, courtesy of the Black SecUnit, takes effect. Naturally, Mensah (Noma Dumezweni), Pin-Lee (Sabrina Wu), Ratthi (Akshay Khanna) and Arada (Tattiawna Jones) go into panic mode. They decide to take SecUnit back to the PresAux habitat for Gurathin to examine. Mensah asks Arada to keep an eye out for any other hostiles. One woman, Leebeebee (Anna Konkle), calls out to the group from afar. Her reflexes kicking in, Arada fires at her. Thankfully, she stops before she truly harms Leebeebee. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 5, 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. Leebeebee We fast forward to the PresAux habitat, wherein Murderbot tells us that, once it wakes up, it'll instantly kill the humans because of the tendrils left from the combat module override. Bharadwaj (Tamara Podemski) offers to extract said tendrils. RELATED: Alexander Skarsgård Goes Rogue in Murderbot Trailer Then, we're back on the hopper, with Ratthi at the helm. We learn Leebeebee is the only survivor of the DeltFall massacre. Arada asks her questions to ensure she doesn't go into shock. Leebeebee tells Arada that she's from Industrial Junction 151523. Corporation Rim. Mensah asks Leebeebee if she has any idea as to whose SecUnit attacked DeltFall. Leebeebee finds it intriguing that Murderbot shot itself to save the group. She remarks that it's quite handsome for a sentient construct. Then, Leebeebee goes on a tangent about its potential genitalia and how it would use its peepee. Leebeebee and the peepee. Sorry, I'm a 13-year-old boy. Also, this monologue made me snort, and it feels like something Konkle's Pen15 character would say as an adult. All Amateurs Next, we zero in on Ratthi and Pin-Lee. Ratthi asks about having children. Have Pin-Lee and Arada broached the subject? There's something about a massacre and a near-death experience that makes one think about the future. Pin-Lee admits they haven't thought about kids. RELATED: David Dastmalchian Joins Apple TV+ Murderbot Adaptation Back in the present, Bharadwaj removes the wires from the override device. Huzzah! Leebeebee is naturally triggered by seeing SecUnit. She learns our group hails from the Preservation Alliance and remarks that her DeltFall bosses referred to them as amateurs. Murderbot dryly states that only amateurs would risk their lives to save a rogue SecUnit. It sees more footage of it attacking and killing humans in its past. How ominous. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 5, 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. After Bharadwaj finishes pulling out the wires, she declares that it's time to reboot SecUnit's system. She asks Gurathin (David Dastmalchian) to plug into its system to check for any bad codes. Uh-oh. Unfortunately for Murderbot, Gurathin's search yields results — he learns that our bot has hacked its governor module and gone rogue. Gone Rogue Later, Murderbot wakes up to all our PresAux crew's smiling faces. It's grateful that it's out of med bay and it didn't kill all its human clients. Gurathin informs the group that SecUnit is immobilized from the neck down thanks to HubSystem. RELATED: New TV Shows This Week (June 1 – 7) Then, Gurathin informs the group about Murderbot's rogue state and that it hacked its governor module prior to working for the PresAux crew. Double uh-oh. Leebeebee starts panicking. She insists SecUnit is undoubtedly plotting its next move. Murderbot admits it was … sort of. Leebeebee leaves. Bharadwaj defends SecUnit, claiming that, despite hacking its governor module, it's been acting within the group's best interests. She believes they should trust it. Gurathin insists they have every reason to be cautious. After all, they've been sabotaged since they first set foot on this planet. The missing hazard reports. The gaps in the map. He places the blame squarely on our bot. And what about the DeltFall massacre? It could be connected somehow. Seccy Is One of Them Ratthi and Arada counter Gurathin, defending SecUnit. It told them to kill it after the Black SecUnit overrode its combat module. Why would it do that if it wanted to hurt them? Seccy is good! (I hope this nickname sticks.) RELATED: On Location: The Lighterman in Apple TV+'s Slow Horses Bharadwaj adds that if the Company wanted to use SecUnit to kill them, they'd be dead by now. Murderbot finally speaks up, contributing its two cents. It reveals that the Company would poison their supplies using the recycling system. However, the Company has a financial interest in keeping the PresAux crew alive. Then, the conversation pivots to how SecUnit spends its time — downloading thousands of hours of TV shows. Gurathin assumes it's using the downloads to send encoded messages to the Company. Ratthi references a deep cut of a Sanctuary Moon episode, which Murderbot instantly comments on. It's watched every episode. Also, Season 19? Any show going past Season 3 these days is a miracle. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 5, 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. Trigger the Emergency Beacon After this, Murderbot proves it's not truly immobilized as Gurathin planned. It hacked HubSystem to override it. SecUnit begins choking Gurathin, pinning him to the wall. The others urge SecUnit to let him go. Murderbot tells Gurathin it doesn't like him. Once SecUnit releases Gurathin, Mensah insists it remain part of the team. She doesn't want to send it away. She promises not to disclose its rogue state, nor will anyone else in this room. RELATED: On Location: The Phoenicia Diner on Apple TV+'s Severance Mensah makes SecUnit promise it'll protect Gurathin as much as it does the others. SecUnit begrudgingly vows to honor her wish. Gurathin reminds Murderbot that HubSystem has been recording their conversation. Murderbot fires back that it fed HubSystem 'an hour of mundane activity from the logs.' So, take that. Then, SecUnit informs Mensah that HubSystem may have been compromised by an outside agent. Do not trust it. SecUnit also advises that they trigger the emergency beacon. Mensah agrees. Later, SecUnit finds Leebeebee staring at it, just like actors do in its favorite shows. Leebeebee reveals that she doesn't know if DeltFall launched their own beacon. She worked in maintenance and cleaning as part of her seven-year indenture to InterTrav Mining Solutions. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 5, 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. Sometimes, You Gotta Do It Manually Gurathin remarks that he can't reach the emergency beacon. Neither can Murderbot. That can't be good. Leebeebee asks how the beacon works and how long it'll take the Company to get here. Ratthi reveals that it'll take them five days. Leebeebee wonders what'll happen if whoever orchestrated the DeltFall massacre finds out they're here. RELATED: Apple TV+'s Neuromancer Series Uploads 3 New Cast Members Murderbot volunteers to take the hopper to the emergency beacon to activate it manually. Mensah offers to accompany it since she's the best pilot. Later, Leebeebee apologizes to Murderbot for claiming it would kill them all. She didn't realize it was so nice. Then, she awkwardly kisses its chin for good luck. Hilarious. 'Melt me down now,' Murderbot thinks to itself. Meanwhile, Gurathin vows to analyze the data from the combat module override, reboot HubSystem and try to figure out why all this is happening. Mensah grabs Gurathin's hands and reveals she's glad he's here. Gurathin expresses the same sentiment. Then, SecUnit interrupts to tell Mensah that it's time to go. I'm still curious about the Mensah/Gurathin relationship. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 5, 'Rogue War Tracker Infinite.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. An Enemy in Disguise Later, Leebeebee asks Gurathin if she can assist him. 'I highly doubt it,' he replies. Ouch. Elsewhere, in the hopper, Mensah tells Murderbot all about her kids. Humans love to do that unprompted, don't they? RELATED: Read our Murderbot recaps The conversation pivots to how DeltFall fell prey to rogue SecUnits. Perhaps the enemy pretended to be the PresAux crew, making DeltFall believe they're lending a helping hand to another team. SecUnit observes that Mensah would've let an impostor like that in, no questions asked. It's the human way. Murderbot thinks to itself that it's strange to have an exchange like this without receiving orders. Then, our duo sees the emergency beacon ahead. Mensah tries to launch it with a burst communication. When the launch fails, Murderbot shares that they'll have to reboot it by hand. It encourages Mensah to land close by so it can plug in and start the sequence. They'll have four minutes to clear the area prior to launch. Fly Through the Fire Mensah tries to ask Murderbot about it choking Gurathin earlier. What was that about? Has it ever hurt a client before? Suddenly, SecUnit orders them to turn around. It gets an alert about a significant threat. The emergency beacon explodes in a fiery blaze. It engulfs the hopper as it nosedives toward the ground. Murderbot drops new episodes every Friday on Apple TV+. TED LASSO Season 4 Is Officially a Go at Apple TV+ Contact: [email protected] What I do: I'm GGA's Managing Editor, a Senior Contributor, and Press Coordinator. I manage, contribute, and coordinate. Sometimes all at once. Joking aside, I oversee day-to-day operations for GGA, write, edit, and assess interview opportunities/press events. Who I am: Before moving to Los Angeles after studying theater in college, I was born and raised in Amish country, Ohio. No, I am not Amish, even if I sometimes sport a modest bonnet. Bylines in: Tell-Tale TV, Culturess, Sideshow Collectibles, and inkMend on Medium. Critic: Rotten Tomatoes, CherryPicks, and the Hollywood Creative Alliance.
Associated Press
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
A Look at the Value of Dystopian Fiction as Cautionary Lessons This Memorial Day
Final Blackout, by L. Ron Hubbard, is recognized as a forerunner of dystopian fiction, providing cautinary lessons for Memorial Day. 'Before dystopian fiction became a genre unto itself, 'Final Blackout' set the standard.'— A.G. Riddle, Author 'Atlantis Gene' LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, May 19, 2025 / / -- As we approach Memorial Day, we recognize the sacrifices many have made to guarantee our continued freedom as a country. It also provides a time to reflect and look at alternate futures that could have been if not for the dedication of our armed forces. L. Ron Hubbard penned ' Final Blackout ' as a three-part novel, which was published in the April - June 1940 issues of Astounding Science Fiction and became one of the most influential military science fiction works of the twentieth century. Science fiction is a very special genre of fiction. Its value is often as a cautionary tale, posing what-if questions with their potential outcomes. 'Final Blackout' is one such case and was considered by Robert A. Heinlein 'As perfect a piece of science fiction as has ever been written,' penned as it was well before any of the horrors of WWII ... yet predicting much of what transpired and even more of what could have come to pass.\ The novel's lasting appeal lies in its timeless themes of sacrifice, resilience, and the human spirit. Themes as relevant today as when first written 85 years ago. Hubbard served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy and, as a World War II veteran, was familiar with war and its oft-required ultimate sacrifice. And so, when 'Final Blackout' was republished as a novel in 1948‒after the completion of WWII‒ Hubbard added the following dedication, 'To the men and officers with whom I served in World War II, first phase, 1941-1945.' And in the 1948 newly written Preface, Hubbard opens with, 'When FINAL BLACKOUT was written there was still a Maginot Line, Dunkirk was just another French coastal town and the Battle of Britain, the Bulge, Saipan, Iwo, V2s, and Nagasaki were things unknown and far ahead in history.' [ Click here to read the Preface in full. ] Interestingly enough, science fiction thriller author A.G. Riddle ('Atlantis Gene') wrote, 'Before dystopian fiction became a genre unto itself, 'Final Blackout' set the standard. Hubbard's grim vision of a war-ravaged Europe remains as powerful and cautionary as when it first stunned readers decades ago.' Before becoming an international bestselling science fiction author, Craig Martelle ('Battleship Leviathan') spent over two decades as a US Marine, retiring as a Major. He wrote, 'Who has a soldier's best interest at heart? Who can protect them from the machinations of the political class? The Lieutenant is born into the role fighting through a dystopian world, taking unto himself the hardest task of all with the cold logic of military precision.' The Lieutenant, the central figure of Final Blackout, states as he meets with a delegation from the United States attempting to seize control of additional lands as the World War continues in a dystopian future, 'I am neither a politician nor a statesman; I am a soldier. I know nothing of the chicanery which goes by the name of diplomacy. But I learned long ago that there is only one way to rule, and that is for the good of all.' What makes Memorial Day so important is its recognition of duty, honor, courage, and sacrifice. 'Final Blackout' recognizes these principles while also making it clear what life would be like if we didn't have those individuals who made the right choice to protect their ideals and their country. Learn more about Lt. L. Ron Hubbard by visiting John Goodwin Galaxy Press +1 323-466-3310 email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube X Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Geek Girl Authority
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
MURDERBOT Recap: (S01E02) Eye Contact
Murderbot Season 1 Episode 2, 'Eye Contact,' offers some terrific scenes with Alexander Skarsgård and David Dastmalchian. They really go toe-to-toe in scenes as tense as they are hilarious. Skarsgård continues to be painfully relatable as our antisocial, sardonic SecUnit through which we view this world. 'Eye Contact' is a fun, action-packed episode — surprisingly so for its short 26 minutes. RELATED: Read our recap of the previous Murderbot episode, 'FreeCommerce' Murderbot, 'Eye Contact' We open with Gurathin (Dastmalchian) informing the group that the SecUnit is in stasis. He's killed all the security cameras in the area, too. Mensah (Noma Dumezweni) believes they must travel to one of the blanked-out areas on the maps to figure out what's going on. Again, why wasn't the creature that attacked Bharadwaj (Tamara Podemski) and Arada (Tattiawna Jones) categorized as 'hazardous fauna'? Well, Mensah means herself. After all, she's a terraforming expert. She can take samples and measurements and leave quickly. Pin-Lee (Sabrina Wu) asks about taking proper safety measures. Gurathin volunteers to accompany her, citing that he has weapons training. Mensah insists he must remain behind in the habitat for monitoring purposes. Arada suggests that Mensah take Murderbot. Gurathin vehemently opposes this. Ratthi (Akshay Khanna) realizes this is why Gurathin asked them to meet in the hopper — to get away from the SecUnit. Stupid F*cking Humans Mensah remarks that the SecUnit seems to be going through something. Gurathin reminds her that those bots are killing and maiming machines. He insists he'll see to Murderbot's liquidation personally when they return it to Port FreeCommerce. Bharadwaj boards the hopper, surprising the gang. She's healed quite miraculously thanks to her time in med bay. Bharadwaj volunteers to accompany Mensah to the survey site. RELATED: Alexander Skarsgård Goes Rogue in Murderbot Trailer Later, Murderbot (Skarsgård) realizes its clients are going exploring without it. 'Stupid f*cking humans,' it mutters to itself. True that. We are. Meanwhile, Mensah wonders aloud if this is stupid of them to do without the SecUnit. She also wonders if Bharadwaj should've stayed behind. Bharadwaj insists she feels better. She needs to get back out there. Murderbot watches them from stasis. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 2, 'Eye Contact.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. Then, Gurathin calls our titular bot into the other room. Once it complies, Gurathin asks it to remove its helmet. Perhaps because this somewhat humanizes it. Gurathin orders it to sit. He observes that the SecUnit has an issue with eye contact. Murderbot forces itself to connect with him, as uncomfortable as it is. Listen, eye contact sucks. Hate it. 97 Percent Gurathin pivots, asking the SecUnit how its system is doing after the attack from that two-mouthed creature. Our titular bot remarks that its efficiency is at 97 percent and rising. Gurathin wonders what it's like to be a SecUnit. Murderbot reveals that it's always been a SecUnit — it doesn't know anything else. RELATED: David Dastmalchian Joins Apple TV+ Murderbot Adaptation Bored and unstimulated by the conversation with Gurathin, Murderbot checks in with Pin-Lee and Arada. The couple is too lovey-dovey for Murderbot, though. Gurathin asks the SecUnit if it knows why he advised Mensah not to take it along for the survey trip. 'Because I look at you, and I feel something's wrong,' Gurathin says. Uh-oh. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 2, 'Eye Contact.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. Later, Mensah and Bharadwaj land the hopper at the survey site. Mensah urges Bharadwaj to stay aboard and keep watch in case they need to escape. Gurathin logged the creature's sound footprint, so if Bharadwaj hears one coming, she should let Mensah know. Threesomes and Interrogations Elsewhere, Pin-Lee admits that almost losing Arada scared the crap out of her. So, if Arada wants to have a threesome with Ratthi, Pin-Lee gives it the stamp of approval. However, it must remain above board. They'll have him sign a consent form. Meanwhile, Murderbot tries to escape Gurathin, but the latter lures it back in. Did you know that the Preservation Alliance doesn't have SecUnits? Murderbot must tip its figurative hat to Gurathin for his impressive interrogation techniques. RELATED: New TV Shows This Week (May 11 – 17) According to Gurathin, in the PA, they view AIs and constructs as people. He joined the PA six years ago after befriending Mensah. He adds that the Corporation Rim considers it property. It must do everything the PreservationAux team says — unless this endangers them. So, Gurathin orders it to make and maintain eye contact. Ouch. Murderbot slowly turns to face Gurathin. It's uncomfortable. You can feel it. Then, Bharadwaj asks Mensah for an update as the latter braves dangerous terrain to the survey site. A drone from the hopper monitors Mensah. No hostiles detected … yet. At the habitat, Gurathin continues to make Murderbot uncomfortable by mentioning that SecUnits aren't designed to be empathic. Comfort Units, on the other hand, are made for *whispers* sex . What Planet Are You From? Gurathin finds it curious that the SecUnit comforted Arada the day before. How would it know to do that? Our eponymous bot responds that it has a combat trauma module for just such a situation. RELATED: On Location: The Lighterman in Apple TV+'s Slow Horses Then, we learn that Murderbot learned quite a bit from watching Episode 537 of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon , its favorite show. 'What planet are you from?' 'Do you have children? Tell me their names.' It's dialogue plucked verbatim from this episode. Also, 537 episodes of a show? If this is the future, I'm in. Gurathin is a tough nut to crack. He doesn't fall for Murderbot's 'I must check the perimeter' bit. Worse, Gurathin tries to probe Murderbot's recent files. So, our SecUnit shows him something different. We see Arada, Pin-Lee and Ratthi sign a consent form before getting it on. Threesome time! A Ping Murderbot asks Gurathin if he's alright after watching his fellow expedition mates start having sex. Then, the SecUnit pivots, reassuring Gurathin that if there were a threat, it would be eliminated. However, their verbal sparring session is (mercifully, for Murderbot) cut short when our bit gets a ping from the hopper's sensors. RELATED: On Location: The Phoenicia Diner on Apple TV+'s Severance Mensah continues climbing a steep hill with her supplies during a storm. She contacts Bharadwaj, revealing that something in her equipment is glitching, making her sensors 'go crazy.' The SecUnit notes that Mensah is having another panic attack, but she's too stubborn to turn around. Mensah orders Bharadwaj to send a drone ahead to scan the area. Murderbot contacts Mensah, informing her that it detected a potential threat. It asks her to return to the hopper. Gurathin chimes in, revealing that the SecUnit is using satellite comms to conduct surveillance. Behind Mensah, we see the creature burst through the surface before diving beneath it again, like a giant sandworm. Mensah hears it growling. Murderbot contacts Bharadwaj, who reveals she's detecting a vibration identical to the attack the day before. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 2, 'Eye Contact.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. Map Lacuna Suddenly, the two-mouthed creature emerges behind Mensah. She cowers before lying flat on the ground. Thankfully, it soars above her, heading toward the center of the map lacuna. It grounds to a halt beside others of its kind. These other creatures are either dead or asleep. RELATED: Apple TV+'s Neuromancer Series Uploads 3 New Cast Members The drone flies ahead of Mensah, but when it lowers into the atmosphere above the creatures, it explodes. A peculiar — and inexplicable — type of force field seemingly absorbs the drone debris as it scatters. What could make the drone explode like that? Murderbot informs Gurathin that Mensah is returning to the hopper. It asks for permission to patrol the perimeter, which Gurathin grants. Gurathin encourages Murderbot to recover its missing memories, the ones the Company wiped when it was refurbished. He offers to do it himself. 'No,' Murderbot replies. This takes Gurathin aback. 'I mean, I'll try,' the SecUnit adds. Aliens, Y'all Next, after Mensah and Bharadwaj return, Gurathin expresses his relief that they're back and unharmed. Later, the gang reunites to discuss their findings at the survey site — the one the Company didn't want them to explore. The consensus is that those creatures aren't connected under the surface. They're also not alive. So, confirmation that they are, indeed, corpses. RELATED: Severance Renewed for Season 3 by the Will of Kier (and Apple TV+) Gurathin surmises there's something beneath the surface that drew those creatures in and killed them. The discussion pivots to aliens. Like the ones on TV! Ratthi explains that alien synthetics could have glitched the survey satellites, causing those gaps or blanks in the maps. This could be old alien remnants from millions of years ago that shot their drone out of the sky. Does this mean they stop surveying? Or is the Company aware of the alien synthetics, marking them as invaluable and preventing anyone else from having a stake? Pin-Lee remarks that it's illegal to exploit something like this. MURDERBOT Season 1 Episode 2, 'Eye Contact.' Photo courtesy of Apple TV+. DeltFall Is DeltDead Mensah reveals there's another survey team on the other side of the planet, DeltFall survey. Should they ping them? Murderbot observes from afar as the gang tries to contact the other team. Mensah introduces herself and urges the team to respond. Unfortunately, the DeltFall team can't come to the phone right now … or ever. We see they're all dead in their hopper, including their SecUnit. Mensah assumes their comms are down, so she proposes they check in on the other team in person and bring Murderbot along. What could possibly go wrong? RELATED: Apple TV+ Sets Premiere Date for The Buccaneers Season 3 and Shares First Look Murderbot drops new episodes every Friday on Apple TV+. TED LASSO Season 4 Is Officially a Go at Apple TV+ Contact: [email protected] What I do: I'm GGA's Managing Editor, a Senior Contributor, and Press Coordinator. I manage, contribute, and coordinate. Sometimes all at once. Joking aside, I oversee day-to-day operations for GGA, write, edit, and assess interview opportunities/press events. Who I am: Before moving to Los Angeles after studying theater in college, I was born and raised in Amish country, Ohio. No, I am not Amish, even if I sometimes sport a modest bonnet. Bylines in: Tell-Tale TV, Culturess, Sideshow Collectibles, and inkMend on Medium. Critic: Rotten Tomatoes, CherryPicks, and the Hollywood Creative Alliance.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Brand New' coming to the Blue Cross Arena this summer
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The pop punk band 'Brand New' will be making its way to the Blue Cross Arena this summer! In 2017, after releasing the album Science Fiction, Jesse Lacey, lead singer of Brand New, told the crowd that the band planned to break up. The group has now reunited for their first tour in seven years. Doors for the event are set to open at 6:30 p.m. on June 27 before the concert kicks off at 8:00 p.m. You can register for early access to tickets at this website here. Presale will run from April 2 at 12:00 p.m. until April 3 at 10:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 4 at 10:00 a.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
