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Prime number: A very scary year for cinema

Prime number: A very scary year for cinema

Horror movies are on track to claim a record share of the annual US box office. So far this year, they account for 14.4% of domestic ticket sales, breaking the previous high of 12.9% set in 2021, when Halloween and A Quiet Place Part II came out, according to Sherwood News’s analysis of data from The Numbers. Sinners did a lot of…

Trump is looking into reclassifying weed

Trump is looking into reclassifying weed

Finally, something to talk about with your quiet cousin who’s always wearing a Phish shirt. President Trump confirmed in a press conference yesterday that his administration is looking into reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule 1 drug, a classification that includes substances like heroin, to a less dangerous category, like Schedule 3, which includes everything from hormones like…

UFC is tapping out on PPV with Paramount+ deal

UFC is tapping out on PPV with Paramount+ deal

Skydance acquired exclusive US rights to stream UFC fights on Paramount+ with a seven-year deal valued at $7.7 billion in the company’s first major move since a merger with Paramount that cost Stephen Colbert his job closed less than a week ago. That doubles what Disney has paid UFC annually to show fights on ESPN+ and signals the end…

AOL is finally disconnecting its dial-up internet, 34 years on

AOL is finally disconnecting its dial-up internet, 34 years on

It’s probably been a long time since you thought about AOL and the shiny trial CDs that once proliferated our mailboxes.  But now, after 34 years, it’s really over. AOL said it routinely evaluates its products and has decided to discontinue its dial-up internet service and associated software on Sept. 30.  AOL… … was founded in 1983 by…