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For a new Superman movie, the temptation is to recreate Richard Donner’s first Superman: The Movie (1979). There, Christopher Reeve encapsulated the cornfed sincerity of both bumbling Clark Kent and smiling Superman. Superman: The Movie holds up wonderfully in many ways, especially Clark’s romance with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), but it’s undoubtedly a product of its ‘70s era and many other aspects (including its goofy streak and bonkers time-travel ending) have aged poorly....

While early polls of the gubernatorial race have indicated that current Governor Kathy Hochul is a favorite among Democratic voters, James’s departure as the most formidable opponent has opened up the slot for a second-place choice. Although de Blasio has yet to announce his candidacy for governor, the mayor’s second term will end this year and some suspect his desire to remain in public life may fall to statewide office, especially now that former Governor Andrew Cuomo has been ousted and won’t seek re-election....

De Ligt has become one of Europe’s most sought-after players amid Ajax’s fairytale run in the Champions League, which dramatically ended in the semi-finals at the hands of Tottenham. The 19-year-old centre-back has been linked with Barcelona – who will sign team-mate Frenkie de Jong at the end of the season – Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Juventus. Van der Sar dismissed a transfer to Serie A champions Juventus as he talked up England and Spain prior to Ajax’s stunning 3-2 loss on Wednesday, which eliminated the Dutch giants 3-3 on away goals....

“International and domestic criminal drug networks are mass-producing fake pills, falsely marketing them as legitimate prescription pills, and killing unsuspecting Americans. These counterfeit pills are easy to purchase, widely available, and often contain deadly doses of fentanyl,” the DEA said in the public safety alert issued on Monday. “Pills purchased outside of a licensed pharmacy are illegal, dangerous, and potentially lethal.” The DEA said over the past year, it has already seized 9....

The Trickster (Ji-Woon Hak) was first introduced into Dead by Daylight in the Chapter 19 DLC called All-Kill. Since March 30 of this year, he has been terrorizing survivors with his throwing knives and polished head-smasher. Garbed with a K-Pop-inspired aesthetic, his backstory tells a tale of murder and music until he was brought by The Fog to do his dirty work on survivors. There’s already loads of Trickster fan art and other inspired pieces about the K-Pop killer, and now Reddit member Typical-Leave6926 has added another cosplay for fans to admire....

Wellington joined the list of more than 6,000 Brazilians under 18 who, according to police statistics, have been murdered in the past four years. More than half are being killed by the country’s increasingly powerful drug gangs. The rest are victims of death squads hired by local merchants wanting to “clean” the streets of criminals and Artful Dodgers like Wellington. Investigators have identified 180 such squads in Rio de Janeiro state alone....

The last news we heard regarding the game was that Dead Island Beta 2 was going to occur on the Play Station 4. According to a report on Videogamer.com we believe that the game has been pushed back as far as autumn and that Deep Silver representatives are not issuing any kind of statement. With the ‘spring’ release window getting narrower, i fail to understand why Deep Silver has not announced the delay already....

The standard issue apparel for engineers, the Resource Integration Gear (RIG) engineering suit is a special exosuit that covers the entire body. Whereas other personnel have more commercialized RIGs, the engineering suit has special features catered specifically for heavy-duty maintenance operations. Isaac Clarke’s face makes him look like an everyman, but once he puts on his RIG, Dead Space players know who he is and what he can do....

As the recently released 20 minutes of Dead Space gameplay footage plainly showed, the game is a substantial visual upgrade to the 2008 original. Built on top of EA’s often-used Frostbite engine, the new Dead Space title is going to enjoy all the modern bells and whistles that modern audiences are used to, and with the ability to choose whether to favor performance or graphical fidelity. RELATED: John Carpenter May Have Leaked the Dead Space Movie...

According to VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb, who leaked the Dead Space remake well before it was officially announced, the game is aiming for a fall 2022 release as part of EA’s 2023 fiscal year lineup. Grubb doesn’t provide a more specific release window beyond that, but smart money would be EA trying to get the game out in time for Halloween; maybe the Dead Space remake will be one of the company’s big releases for October 2022....

The cetacean, a female Cuvier’s beaked whale measuring a little over 5 meters in length, washed up on a beach in Messanges in south-west France, which is on the Atlantic coast. The whale’s partially decomposed corpse was discovered by passers by on Saturday, May 8, and an autopsy carried out by environmental conservation groups Pelagis Observatory and Itsas Arima concluded that its ingestion of an enormous quantity of plastic products led to its death....

However, those were the old days, and while Disney has committed to keeping Deadpool’s R-rated mutant DNA mostly unaltered, it’s still expected that the big mouse’s ownership will have an effect on the end product. This is especially true because now that Mr. Pool is formally a part of the larger MCU, with Kevin Feige and all the creative staff at Marvel Studios probably eager to see him fight alongside the likes of the Avengers, Spider-Man, and -eventually- the X-Men, but how exactly are those plans moving along so far?...

Activision is no stranger to remasters either, for not long ago the publisher indicated they would be revamping Prototype 1 and 2 for next-gen consoles, and now they are promising that their hack-and-slash title centered around Marvel’s “Merc with a Mouth”, Deadpool, will get the same treatment. As it happens, Deadpool is set to be an HD re-release with its availability on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One slated for the fall....

In an interview with WBTV in Charlotte, Williams said defensive end Greg Hardy was the only member of the organization to attend his mother’s funeral after she died from breast cancer in May 2014. MORE: Thomas Davis receives key to the city | Byron Bell cut | Early power rankings The funeral was held May 24 in Arkansas, just 11 days after Hardy was arrested on domestic violence charges....

When you saw Carney as Norton, it was hard to believe you were watching an actor at work, exposed to the pitiless eye of a single camera trained on a single cheesy set. He was Norton, the Fool to Jackie Gleason’s low-rent Lear, Ralph Kramden. As Kramden redlined between rage and self-pity, Norton cruised in a private world defined by his innocent appetites–that refrigerator at the right of the stage exerted a gravitational pull on him–and an absurd dignity (he called himself an “underground sanitation expert”) masking a radical humility....

The quid-pro-quo between Midland County State District Judge John Hyde and then-Prosecutor Weldon Petty was in violation of Clinton Young’s right to a fair trial, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled. Young was sentenced to death in the shooting of a man during a 2001 drug crime spree that hit Texas. The judge died in 2012, but Midland County prosecutors uncovered the paid agreement between Hyde and Petty, who was also working for another district judge....

Legendary developer Hideo Kojima, the man behind Death Stranding, has been fairly talkative since yesterday’s announcements. From his Twitter account, Kojima revealed a bit more behind the scenes details for both characters based on Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn. Surprisingly, while both actors had their faces and bodies scanned to bring their in-game persona to life, Kojima used completely different actors to animate and voice them. Based on yesterday’s lengthy story and gameplay focused trailer, it appears likely that this procedure wasn’t done for everyone....

Deathloop has a “real” ending, denoted by the fact that it unlocks the last story-related trophy, but there are two other endings that fans can check out as well. Even after players manage to kill all of Deathloop’s Visionaries and complete the game, they can keep going back through all of the stages to see the other possible endings. Those who don’t feel like replaying significant chunks of the game may still want to know what happens in Deathloop’s endings, however....

Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined Democrats in voting Haaland out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday, setting up her final confirmation vote in the upper chamber. “I have decided to support this nomination today, to support the first Native American to hold this position,” Murkowski said, adding: “I am going to place my trust in Representative Haaland and her team despite some very real misgivings.”...

After taking a sizeable 177-run first innings lead, Delhi left Assam in tatters at 60 for 3 in their second essay with another 117 runs required to avoid innings defeat. Navdeep Saini (2/13 in 8 overs) bowled at brisk pace, removing openers Pallav Das (5) and Rishav Das (9). Both deliveries were sharp incutters trapping one leg before and knocking the off stump of the other. Left-arm pacer Kulwant Khejroliya (1/1 in 4 overs) also removed rival skipper Gokul Sharma....