"This was a piece of culture, it wasn't just a video game." Prime Video has revealed an official trailer for a documentary series called It's In The Game: Madden NFL, streaming at the end of November this fall. Sports fans shouldn't miss this! It’s one of the biggest video games of all time, a groundbreaking brand that became a worldwide phenomenon, spanning generations—but it almost never happened... This is the true story. This doc series is about the beloved, mega popular Madden NFL football video game series - which originally launched in 1988 with the classic John Madden Football (for MS-DOS & Apple II). Now, 36 years after the first game's original release, EA Sports gives viewers unprecedented access to the makers of game that changed the game, and our culture too. Presented by Prime Video and A+E Factual Studios group. "You can learn everything from playing a video game." So much footage in here. This looks like it will cover not only the cultural impact and extraordinary legacy the game has, but also the origins and how hard it was to create the first few versions of Madden games many years ago. It's a 4-part doc series event to […]

https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/11/04/a_kamala_victory_means_green_new_deal_lawfare_1069885.html By Jason Isaac Expect Kamala Harris’ Justice Department to wage Green New Deal lawfare if she is elected president on Nov. 5. As with every last issue pertaining to this election, Harris has not said much about the substance of her climate policy. But a review of her record suggests she’d be amenable to unleashing […]

Climate hoaxers are not taking things well. Here is bitter fake Nobelist @michaelemann. pic.twitter.com/iAmVwU3FDk — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) November 6, 2024

To prevent the gravest human, ecological and economic toll, it is crucial to cut emissions before it’s too late. Without investing in adaptation measures that fortify nations against the impacts of climate-driven events such as hurricanes and droughts, widespread damage becomes inevitable. The greater the damage, the more it will cost countries to rebuild. Prevention is preferable to cure, but our planet is already ailing. Immediate action is crucial to halt further decline.

Not only is such funding necessary, it is possible. This has been done before: when struck with another crisis, Covid-19, advanced economies marshalled $8tn over the course of just 48 months to support their citizens and businesses. The challenge of the day was met. We must treat climate change with the same urgency.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/11/light-horizon-american-energy-allies-europe/ By Linnea Lueken – Monday, November 11, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory may spell doom for the anti-freedom, anti-prosperity international movement that is the push for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. It is difficult to put into words the bullet we dodged regarding a Kamala Harris presidency and the energy policy that would likely have come […]

"Death, Instead of Cartier" - “Octopussy” tribute artwork by Gerald Wadsworth

Issue 4 of "Layered Butter" - a magazine dedicated to cinema and alternative art. This issue is about James Bond.

Cameron Diaz has made a lot of movies, but there's one title that stands above the rest, at least according to Rotten Tomatoes.

The animated series Futurama has a very unique look, so much so that the color supervisor gave the show's color scheme a specific name.

Plus 12 more new releases to watch at home this week on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD!

Blu-Ray/DVD Release date: November 19, 2024 (Rated R)

Go to FilmJabber.com to see The Killer's Game movie information.

I've never quite understood the concept of "James Bond Day" (or "Global James Bond Day?"). But maybe that's because since I was 11, I don't think there's been any day I haven't thought about James Bond! Maybe there are people out there who need reminding? Anyway, to mark this year's James Bond Day, MGM and EON have released the first poster for Daniel Craig's final outing as Bond, No Time To Die. No Time To Die, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas, Jeffrey Wright, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Billy Magnussen, David Dencik, and Rory Kinnear, opens in the U.S. on April 8, 2020.

EW shared the first teaser today for Bravo's upcoming reality competition series Spy Games. According to EW, the show "features 10 contestants living together in a large house and attempting to gather intel on their fellow players while competing in challenges designed by three former spies, alumni of the CIA, Secret Service, and FBI. Players will be eliminated until one remains to claim a $100,000 prize." Apparently the format is in some ways based on a real-life World War II-era scheme known as Station S, "in which civilians were recruited and relocated to a 'remote estate' to be trained as spies." Spy Games, which is hosted by model and martial artist Mia Kang, premieres on Monday, January 20, 2020, at 10/9c. I tried to embed the video, but Bravo's own awful, awful video platform (which is really quite terrible) automatically plays a Real Housewives promo instead. So check out the trailer here.
Thanks to Jeff for the intel alert!

It's here! The trailer we've been waiting so long for! And our first lengthy look Daniel Craig in action as James Bond since SPECTRE in 2015. (I'm a little surprised at how direct a sequel to that movie No Time To Die appears to be.) Check it out:

Wow! We're so close to the release of a new Bond movie now that a new James Bond theme song has been released into the world! Listen for yourself to Billie Eilsish's title track to the twenty-fifth EON 007 movie, No Time to Die. Eilish recently won all the Grammies, pretty much, and performed at the Oscars. It seems pre-ordained that this track will shoot to the top of the charts. Eilish reportedly wrote the song with her brother, Finneas. Hans Zimmer composed the film's score.

This week MGM has ramped up the campaign for Daniel Craig's long awaited and highly anticipated fifth James Bond movie, No Time To Die. And as fans are painfully aware, this is actually the film's second campaign. No Time To Die had a whole advertising campaign back at the beginning of this year leading up to a hoped for April release, including many posters and even the much publicized, chart-topping release of the movie's excellent theme song by Billie Eilish. But, as we all know, the global pandemic came along and the April release was scrapped. Since then the film has been set for a November release, though even that has been uncertain given the unpredictable nature of the novel coronavirus. Now it certainly looks like EON, MGM, and distributors United Artists and Universal are doubling down on that November release! The date is proudly proclaimed across this brand new poster (frankly a little uninspired compared to the less typical previous campaign's 1-sheet) and in the brand new second trailer. And it's quite a trailer! As far as I can recall, this marks the first time a Craig Bond movie has had this kind of text tagline: The mission that changes everything begins! 

No sooner has Anthony Horowitz completed his trilogy of excellent, period-set James Bond novels than the next iteration of Ian Fleming Publications' literary continuations appears on the horizon via HarperCollins: Double or Nothing, by Kim Sherwood. And this one forsakes 007 (for the moment, anyway) to put the crosshairs on 003, 004, and 009... and the whole Double O Section! It should be unsurprising, given the name of this site, that I find that prospect tantalizing. Since I was a kid, I've been very curious to read about the adventures of the other 00 agents! 

Usually when we meet them in the movies, they're already dead or just about to die. The only other active agents we've ever really gotten to know well were Suzie Kew and Briony Thorne in Jim Lawrence's Daily Express James Bond comic strip, Nomi in No Time to Die... and I suppose we ought to also count Scarlett Papava in Sebastian Faulks's thoroughly disappointing Devil May Care. (Read my review here.)

Now, I know. You might ask, "What's the point of a James Bond continuation novel without 007?" To which I would point out that this has actually worked very successfully in the past! Some of my very favorite Bond continuation novels ever are Kate Westbrook's (aka Samantha Weinberg's) Moneypenny Diaries trilogy. (Read my review of the second one, Secret Servant, here, and read my in-depth interview with Weinberg about writing the series here.) Weinberg put the spotlight on Moneypenny, and created thrilling and original narratives in the familiar setting of Fleming's Secret Service. 

Kim Sherwood has already demonstrated her bona fides in her Twitter feed and on her website, and it sounds like she knows her spy stuff. (Not only is she well versed in Fleming, but she's also a Modesty Blaise fan!) I can't wait to see what she does with Fleming's supporting characters and the new 00 agents she creates in her Double O Section trilogy! The first book, Double or Nothing, is due out September 1 in Britain. A signed edition with stenciled page edges is also available exclusively from Waterstones (pictured below). No U.S. publication date has been announced so far, but Sherwood recently hinted on Twitter that such an announcement might be imminent. 

Game of Thrones showrunners initially wanted to end the show with a movie trilogy, but even this wouldnt have saved its controversial ending.

FX's new series American Sports Story features a robust and relevant soundtrack full of 2000s hip-hop classics and collegiate fight songs.

Americans under 30 are the only age group where a majority think the military has a negative effect on the country. Younger Americans are also likelier to say the military doesn’t make the world safer. And fewer than one in five of us under 35 say they’re “extremely proud” to be American — compared to half of those 55 and over.

Readers offer a variety of reasons Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris -- gender bias, the presentation of Harris' policies and Democrats' track record under Joe Biden.

Gatorland introduces rock-climbing wall, Winchester the rescue alligator, three baby goats and future crocodile spot.

Theme Park Rangers Radar takes a Disney Springs Art Walk, looks at Cinderella Castle change, hears a Tron ride musical moment

As it faces criticism from conservatives, the Walt Disney Company has appointed its first chief brand officer.

MSC Cruises has been sailing from Port Canaveral for less than two years, but it’s set to bring in its third vessel in a new class this month.

Spectators at Disneyland’s popular “Fantasmic” show got a shock this weekend when the feature’s fire-breathing animatronic dragon suddenly burst into flames.

Wheel at Icon Park brings back onboard game, this time called Great Florida Road Trip with retro feel, faux cameras

On this episode of Theme Park Rangers, Orlando Sentinel tourism reporters Dewayne Bevil and Katie Rice discuss the fire that damaged the Maleficent dragon at Disneyland and its impact on Disney World shows.

The Home and Lifestyle author talks with keepsakes photographer Shana Novak about how she takes the poignant items in people's lives and elevates them.

UnitedHealth is seeking to add Amedisys to Optum, its subsidiary that provides care as well as pharmacy and technology services.

With Pom Pom’s Mama Ling Ling off our cravings menu for good, it’s time to review some of Orlando’s best options for a classic “leftover sando.”

The scholarships would send graduates of two local high schools to community college. County Mayor Jerry Demings blasted the decision as an "inappropriate" use of county money.

Marlins returned to a season-best three games over .500 as Luis Arraez, who drove in two runs, logged at least one hit for the 25th time in the season's 29 games.

Playoff Jimmy led Heat with 25 points and 11 rebounds, but those final five minutes told a sum-of-their-parts story

Stephen Curry scored a playoff career-high 50 points and answered time and again to will on the defending champion Golden State Warriors in their quest for a repeat.

The Boston Bruins set NHL records with 65 wins and 135 points in the regular season but became the second Presidents’ Trophy winner in five years to lose in the first round.

Appendix I - Software "EMF-estimator" v8.0.32 and v8.64

Carriage of JPEG XS in MPEG-2 TS

Scenarios, framework and metadata for digitalized artwork images display system

Requirements and framework for ICT sleep management service models

Resolution 11 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Collaboration with the Postal Operations Council of the Universal Postal Union in the study of services concerning both the postal and the telecommunication sectors

Resolution 32 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Strengthening electronic working methods for the work of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

Resolution 47 - (Rev. Dubai, 2012) - Country code top-level domain names

Resolution 48 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - Internationalized (multilingual) domain names

Resolution 49 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - ENUM

Resolution 52 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Countering and combating spam

Resolution 68 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Evolving role of industry in the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

Resolution 69 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Non-discriminatory access and use of Internet resources

Resolution 77 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Enhancing the standardization work in the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector for software-defined networking

Resolution 80 - (Rev. Hammamet, 2016) - Acknowledging the active involvement of the membership in the development of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector deliverables