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Body horror is a genre that can be repulsive at the surface with its graphic images and indifference to blood, gore, and violence. There have been films like the Saw franchise, which commercially made the genre accessible, garnering a somewhat niche following worldwide. However, for its sheer power of creating a language through impossible images, body horror was all along harboring the potential to become a genre that can house symbolism, dystopia, and even altered perceptions. In Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future we see the human body as a vessel for evolution, art, and utility. It is a radical shift for a genre that used to deal with surface-level graphic violence to evolve into one heavy with symbolism that wishes to be interpreted. The French horror-fantasy film Else is quite a mature addition to the genre in terms of how it approaches its protagonist’s psychology and pairs it...

Prince Harry’s African charity, called African Parks, has been linked to numerous human rights abuses carried out by park rangers.

African Parks Issued A Formal Apology To The Victims

The Duke of Sussex was President of the charity from 2017 until 2023, when he was promoted to the governing board of directors.

An investigation conducted by the Mail, in January of last year, discovered evidence of abuse in the rainforest by guards working for the conservation organization who subjected indigenous people to a bevy of crimes, including rape, torture and beatings.

The charity admitted to these abuses that took place in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, which African Parks manages.

These findings are a fresh blow to Harry after his Sentable charity became immersed in scandal when he resigned from the board, along with co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lethoso. The board of trustees also quit.

Chairwoman Sophie Chandauka accused Harry of harassment and bullying,...

Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts is celebrating not one, but two anniversaries! This year marks the 10th anniversary of the original light novel's conclusion, while 2026 will mark the 15th anniversary of the anime adaptation's debut. To commemorate this one-two punch of major events, the series is launching a special anniversary project. To kick things off, there's both an anniversary website and an X (formerly Twitter) account to go with it. Through these sources, we know that the project's first initiative will be a crossover with tabletop RPG Satasupe: Asian Punk RPG . Satasupe: Asian Punk RPG Book Cover Related: Saint Tail Manga Inspires Sweet Collab Café in Osaka First published in 1996, Satasupe (short for "Saturday Night Special") is one of the first games from Japanese Ttrpg creator Toichiro Kawashima. The game is an over-the-top shoot-em-up game using d6 dice pools, set in an alternate Japan where Osaka is now the capital.

You must have watched out the one of the smash hitting blockbuster movie titled as Baahubali 2 in which Prabhas has set all the bars high becoming the one to reign the supreme on the hearts of millions. Not only just Baahubali but Prabhas has also conferred us with number of cinematic masterpieces which are absolutely spectacular.

Like always now Prabhas is all decked up to bring to us a new mythological drama which is going to be directed by none other the director of renowned work HanuMan who is Prasanth Varma. Today we are here with an afresh blog post to sneak peek into the teaming up of the South Indian star Prabhas with the director of movie HanuMan, Prasanth Varma. Let’s see what this duo is going to uncover out. So, let’s start!

Overview of the Project

As far as talking about the project, which Prabhas and...

Techland are once again bringing festive cheer to Dying Light 2 with the return of Winter Tales, coinciding with the release of patch 1.20. On now until January 2nd, Winter Tales: Gifts From Above 2024 sees Dying Light 2 players completing bounties for new cosmetics, weapons and more. Not only that, but players can also grab the Above the Law Bundle completely for free during the event.

Villedor has been hit by frosty weather, and its citizens are ready to celebrate the festive season. Players must complete bounties from Baka or loot containers to gather trinkets, ornaments, and decorations to dress the tree and spread holiday cheer. As a reward for their hard work, players will get presents like the Killer Krampus Outfit and Winter Sweets, which can be spent at Baka’s stall.

Speaking of Baka, the Halloween stand has been exchanged for something more festive, offering up some great and unique items,...

The Philippines’ Quezon City Film Commission and QCinema have revealed the lineup for the second edition of the QCinema Project Market (Qpm).

Twenty projects were selected from 63 submissions across the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The market aims to connect filmmakers with international partners and offers approximately $300,000 in grants and prizes.

Notable projects from last year’s Qpm have made significant progress. Rafael Manuel’s “Filipiniana” and Woo Ming Jin’s “Fox King” are in post-production, while Duong Dieu Linh’s “Don’t Cry Butterfly” is world premiering at Venice Critics’ Week.

Southeast Asian Projects from the 2024 selection include:

“The Beer Girl in Yangon” – Director: Sein Lyan Tun, Producer: Yulia Evina Bhara. Synopsis: A 17-year-old girl works in a Yangon beer station after her father’s political arrest, navigating love and hallucinations.

“Picturehouse” (Vietnam) – Director: Minh-Nghiem Nguyen-Vo, Producer: Johann Chapelan. Synopsis: In 1960s Vietnam, a family-run movie house becomes a sanctuary for a boy amid war.

What Does Otokonoko Mean in Senpai Is an Otokonoko? Title and Meaning Explained - Main Image

Senpai Is an Otokonoko is a romance and coming-of-age series that stars an anime character who says he’s an "otokonoko." Makoto Hanaoka dresses and behaves like a girl, but what does "otokonoko" mean in Japanese and in the series?

What Does Otokonoko Mean in Japanese?

In Japanese, the word “otokonoko” refers to “boy, male child, or baby boy.”

In other words, otokonoko, in its most straightforward meaning, directly translates to “boy” in English and is commonly used in everyday Japanese without any additional cultural or subcultural connotations.

However, in the realms of anime and manga, the word “otokonoko” has taken on a more nuanced meaning, as it has become a Japanese anime slang for male characters who dress and look like girls, which most of the anime community interestingly labels as “trap” characters.

When Drake and Kendrick Lamar decided to go at each other, we knew that there was a chance for low blows; we just didn’t know we’d end up subterranean. The four tracks they exchanged on May 3 and 4 — Kendrick’s “Meet the Grahams” and “Not Like Us,” as well as Drake’s “Family Matters” and “The Heart Pt. 6” — have taken their rift into a dark place. Drake is calling Kendrick a domestic abuser, and Kendrick is calling Drake a pedophile. Now, we’re wondering how a war that was...

We know Kendrick Lamar and Drake will throw more shots, levy more seedy allegations, and might even drop more all-out diss songs from here. But the bulk of the war has been fought, and the crown goes to Compton. In hindsight, the way Drake poked the bear with Instagram Stories provocations and his “Taylor Made” freestyle seems masochistic. Over the past week, Lamar hit Drake with a relentless volley of diss songs that comprehensively dismantled his opponent’s character and, with “Not Like Us,” may make him the punchline of the summer.

Drake compels the masses like a seasoned advertising director. He knows sharing something as simple as a new hairdo will strangle social media for days on end. So when he called for Tory Lanez’s freedom on his Instagram story, he knew it would garner similar visibility as activists screaming “Free Meek Mill” from the streets of Philadelphia. On Monday, Drake posted a picture of Tory and “3 You,” a version of “Free You” where the three were set to represent open handcuffs.

“Free [Insert Person”] is standard cultural parlance in communities of color.

Any topic that can seize the attention of the audience is rare these days. We used to make aspirational stories where there were clearly defined roles for the hero and the villain. Then came the relatable phase of storytelling, where mundane stories were being told with such care that the audience could see their daily struggles in them. The new miniseries Hustlers wants to combine the two approaches to storytelling. It’s a story about an ordinary boy who hustles his way to the top, hence the name. It’s an aspirational story, as everyone connects to a ‘hero’ figure who fights his way through and succeeds in whatever endeavor he aspires to. But keeping in with the trends, Hustlers tries to keep it relatable, giving us characters that are so well known to the Indian middle class.

We have the insanely authoritarian dad who compares his two kids and...

What would you do if things weren’t going exactly the way you’d planned? Would you work harder, or would you do what Bito in Akuma Kun did and make a deal with the devil to get things to go your way? You’d go with option one to avoid all that soul-sacrificing stuff the devils are known for. However, this wasn’t the case with Marcus (Jesse Suntele) and Lloyd (Kiroshan Naidoo) in In Your Dreams. While in the process of saving their dying business, they unleashed something that they shouldn’t even have touched in the first place. They heard from an old friend who said she had the answer to all their problems. Unfortunately, they ended up stirring up a whole new pot of problems.

Spoilers Ahead

Who Are Lloyd, Marcus, And Dineo?

Episode 1 of In Your Dreams takes flight with Dineo (Didintle Khunou) making the discovery of her life,...

After 2017’s Loving Vincent and Toronto International Film Festival world premiere The Peasants, it is clear that Dk Welchman and Hugh Welchman have developed a gorgeously distinct, personal, ludicrously involved style of filmmaking. Loving Vincent, a clever biography of Vincent Van Gogh, was sold as “the world’s first fully painted feature film,” and indeed it was. The painting process returns in The Peasants, an adaptation of Władysław Reymont’s early 1900s, Nobel Prize–winning novel. A staggering 40,000 frames of film were painted to bring The Peasants to life.

That is an incredible achievement, one that should give the filmmakers and all involved in the production a sense of pride. Unfortunately, watching the finished product inspires difficult questions. Was it worth it? Does the final product warrant the years of painstaking labor involved? Both questions must be answered with a firm no. The Peasants is a visually breathtaking, dramatically inert misfire.

“The Ten Commandments” is the 1956 epic religious drama feature produced, directed and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, based on the 1949 novel “Prince of Egypt” by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, the 1859 novel “Pillar of Fire” by J. H. Ingraham, the 1937 novel “On Eagle's Wings” by A. E. Southon and the “Book of Exodus”, found in the ‘Bible’, starring Charlton Heston (“Planet of the Apes”):

“…the ‘Ten Commandments’ dramatizes the biblical story of the life of ‘Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of the enslaved ‘Hebrews’ and leads the ‘Exodus’ to ‘Mount Sinai’, where he receives the ‘Ten Commandments’…”

Cast also includes Yul Brynner (“Westworld”) as ‘Rameses’, Anne Baxter as ‘Nefretiri’, Edward G. Robinson as ‘Dathan’…

…Yvonne De Carlo (“The Munsters”) as ‘Sephora’, Debra Paget as ‘Lilia’, John Derek as ‘Joshua, Sir Cedric Hardwicke as ‘Seti I, Nina Foch as ‘Bithiah’, Martha Scott as ‘Yochabel’, Judith Anderson as ‘Memnet...

The post-covid era of Survivor is packed with new twists, and host Jeff Probst has found himself explaining the "Knowledge Is Power" advantage to the show's fans. Survivor season 43, episode 9, called “What About the Big Girls,” had viewers confused. James Jones went home with the "Knowledge Is Power" advantage in his pocket. However, he could have used it for Noelle Lambert’s "Steal a Vote" advantage, after she announced at Tribal Council that she was using it. According to Jeff Probst, this is not possible.

Survivor's "Knowledge Is Power" advantage allows a player at Tribal Council to ask another player if they have an idol or advantage. If so, the "Knowledge Is Power" holder becomes the new owner. Jeff clarified to Entertainment Weekly that the "Knowledge Is Power" advantage must be used before the other player announces that they are using their idol or advantage. In other words, as...

And then there were seven. “Survivor 43” is getting closer and closer to crowning its winner in the season finale, which is scheduled for Wednesday, December 14 on CBS. In the meantime, we want to hear from You on this all-important question: Who deserves to win “Survivor 43”? The Top 7 castaways have outwitted, outplayed and outlasted all of the others to make it this far, but which person are you rooting for to ultimately prevail? Vote in our poll below and then defend your choice down in the comments section.

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The Top 7 contestants are made up of two people from the old Vesi (Cody Assenmacher and Jesse Lopez), three from the old Baka and two from the old Coco (Cassidy Clark and Karla Cruz Godoy). Whoever wins the title will add a cool 1 million to their bank account and, perhaps more importantly, will...

Luck is a key element to a winning game of Survivor, and unfortunately, Jeanine Zheng doesn't have it. As the jury phase begins for the Gaia tribe, it has become apparent to fans that Jeanine is the season's unluckiest player. Even when good fortune comes her way, it is quickly squandered in ways not previously seen on Survivor.

Fans have taken to social media to discuss exactly what makes Jeanine unlucky. Reddit user Eniotnacram95 created a thread breaking down, episode by episode, all the moments that haven't gone her way, beginning with episode 5, "Stop With All the Niceness," when she risks her vote and subsequently loses it. Following Survivor 43's unpredictable twist in episode 6, "Mergatory," Jeanine was on the winning side and immune to the upcoming tribal council. Unfortunately, her closest ally, Elisabeth "Elie" Scott, over-strategized and not only got herself voted out, but also dragged Jeanine to the bottom...

Following the trajectory of seasons 41 and 42, “Survivor 43” enters the home stretch of the game this Wednesday when the final 11 players will begin voting each other out and onto the jury. Only three players will sit in the final seats at the last tribal council, meaning eight others will take their place on the jury that decides the winner. This stage of the game is defined by individual immunity, trust in what alliance you’ve built, who plays what advantage when, and padding your résumé with jury-impressing moves.

Two weeks ago we delivered our first power rankings of the season, naming Karla Cruz Godoy, Cody Assenmacher and Sami Layadi as the top players from each of the three original tribes entering the merge. All three remain in the game, but our assessment of who has built the best path to the final tribal council has changed. Take a look below at...

Baka is the worst-positioned tribe after the merge on Survivor 43. After voting out Morriah Young in the first elimination, the tribe has remained strong in challenges. However, their social game is a much different situation. While the tribe tried to appear open with each other, many competitors were keeping secrets and playing multiple sides. Once the merge came into play, the underlying tension in the tribe came to the surface for the Coco and Vesi tribes to see right before the tribal council.

Before the merge, many viewers would assume that Baka would be in the best position out of Survivor 43’s three featured tribes considering they had a numerical advantage. However, Baka was arguably the most divided tribe before the merger. Jeanine Zheng and Elie Scott did not want to work with Mike Gabler, and the feelings were mutual. While Sami Layadi and Owen Knight appeared to be leaning toward working with Gabler,...

During the sixth episode of “Survivor 43,” viewers saw how the Coco and Vesi tribes reacted to their tree mail messages telling them to “drop your buffs.” But what about Baka? CBS has now released a secret scene in which Mike “Gabler” Gabler, Owen Knight, Sami Layadi, Elisabeth “Elie” Scott and Jeanine Zheng read their parchment and react in understandable confusion. In fact, Gabler even asks what everyone at home was wondering: “Did we make the merge?” Watch the “Survivor 43” deleted scene video above.

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The clip starts with Jeanine bringing the tree mail message to the group of three guys on the morning of Day 12. Elie is still sleeping, so they all go to the shelter to wake her up and read it together as a group.

“So this morning we wake up and we get a surprise early tree mail,” narrates Owen. “It’s like Christmas morning.

The sixth episode of “Survivor 43” aired on Wednesday night and concluded with host Jeff Probst snuffing out the torch of Elisabeth “Elie” Scott. The 31-year old from Salt Lake City, Utah was the sixth castaway sent home after being voted on Day 13. Did the tribe make the right decision by voting out Elie? And what were the dumbest, most shocking and most exciting moments of the last episode?

See Elie Scott (‘Survivor 43’ exit interview): ‘I think it was a good move on them’

Below, read our “Survivor 43” Episode 6 Top 5 moments. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the 1 million grand prize.

See ‘Survivor 43’ winner predictions: Karla Cruz Godoy takes the lead ahead of Episode 6

Top 5 Moments of...

The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Survivor 43.

Survivor‘s Baka tribe may have entered the pre-merge with a numbers advantage, but that didn’t mean the battle between Elie and Gabler was over. Not by a long shot.

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With just six players vulnerable to the vote, Gabler saw an opportunity to sink Elie’s game by sharing information that she had gone...

While Jeanine Zheng was left stunned by the elimination of her closest ally Elisabeth “Elie” Scott on Wednesday’s sixth episode of “Survivor,” Elie was in good spirits, exclaiming, “They got me!” Read her “Survivor 43” exit interview below.

As a confident and strategic player from the jump, Elie fully admitted that it wasn’t dumb for the newly merged players to vote her out. She said, “I think it was a good move on them — I had a lot more game left to play.” Out of the gate at the merge, Elie had more intel than many of the other players, already knowing who at her former Baka camp had the advantages and fiercely aligned with the Baka idol holder, Jeanine. She also learned through conversation with Noelle Lambert that Cody Assenmacher likely had the idol from Vesi.

See Everything to know about ‘Survivor 43’

But all the game knowledge in...

Merge, baby. Merge! After Geo’s elimination last week, it was time to bring Baka, Coco, and Vesi together as one. The annual merge was announced quickly in the beginning of Survivor Season 43 Episode 6 on October 26, and the squabbling tribes were all smiles meeting their one big team. But there was apprehension behind the grins. With no official merge buffs, the players knew a twist was coming. While they waited for an update some gleefully shared their advantage intel with select players. Here’s the roundup of idols and advantages, plus those without a vote heading into the merge: Gabler: Idol for One Tribal Noelle: Steal-a-Vote Jeanine: Hidden Immunity Idol, No Vote Jesse: No Vote Karla: Hidden Immunity Idol Noelle trusted Owen with her Steal-a-Vote secret, and then inadvertently revealed to Elie that Cody had the bracelet immunity idol at Vesi. Is she too quick to trust people, or could...

Drop your buffs… it’s time to merge! Well, sort of.

With only five players ousted from Survivor 43 thus far, it feels a bit early for the three tribes to unite as one, which means something is definitely afoot! While host-master general Jeff Probst has already confirmed that the Hourglass of Doom (a.k.a., one of the show’s worst twists ever) has gotten canned (at least for now), the players were still forced to “earn the merge” on Wednesday’s episode.

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Following last week’s elimination of Geo Bustamante from “Survivor 43,” only 13 players remained in the running to win the 1 million grand prize — five on Baka, four on Coco, four on Vesi. However, at the start of Wednesday’s sixth episode, the game was shaken up by the promise of a merge. After all the dust had settled, who ended up having their torch snuffed by Jeff Probst at tribal council?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 43” Episode 6 recap/live blog of “Mergatory” to find out what happened Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the 1 million grand prize.

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After the shocking blindside of Geo Bustamante on the fifth episode of “Survivor 43,” viewers were blindsided themselves when the “Next time on Survivor” promo showed all three tribes coming together on the same beach and what looked like an upcoming challenge for a potential “merge.” It’s an odd and early turn of events since only five contestants have been eliminated, but fans can remember from watching the last two seasons that making the merge will not come easy to the players as they will likely have to earn their way to it by surviving at least a vote. With Season 43 no longer having the controversial hourglass twist and promising another game-changing twist to making the merge, it will be interesting to see what events will occur in the sixth episode. But now that the players have all come together, let’s break down the three tribes and the odds...

As we head into merge territory on “Survivor 43,” the tribal alliances formed at the three original beaches will face their biggest test of the game. Who in these first alliances will hold tight to their word and which players will jump ship and form new bonds with people they’re playing with for the first time? Below we dive deep into everyone’s game so far for our first power rankings of the players. Check out our thoughts and then sound off in the comments below.

To assess where each of them stands going into the merge, we’re taking a quick look at where they’re at in their current tribe after Episode 5 and the likelihood that they stick to the plan or go rogue, and then contemplate what their chances will be for surviving to the end of the game. Read on for our “Survivor 43” power rankings.

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It’s “Drop your buffs” time on “Survivor 43,” aka the merge, and in CBS’s newly released sneak peek video (watch above), the Coco tribe reacts to the news after reading it via tree-mail. While the entire tribe celebrates what the future may hold, Karla Cruz Godoy remains (smartly) skeptical. She tells the camera, “While it’s exciting, yes, oh my god, the merge is coming … it’s ‘Survivor,’ right? And for the last two seasons we’ve seen that the merge doesn’t come easy.”

What she’s referring to is that during “Survivor 41” and “Survivor 42,” the castaways had to earn their way into the merge for the first time ever. First, they drew random colored rocks and one person with a grey rock had to go to Exile Island and live alone. Then, the remaining players competed in a challenge where the winners would earn a merge...