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A Florida teen has been hospitalized for three weeks after going swimming and being infected by a brain-eating amoeba. Caleb Ziegelbauer’s family told CBS News their 13-year-old son was at Port Charlotte Beach Park on July 1, where they believe he came in contact with the organism. Five days later Caleb was taken to the hospital—where he has remained […]
A lake in southwest Iowa has been closed after a Missouri resident who recently swam there was infected with a brain-eating amoeba. The Iowa Department of Public Health shut down the beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County after the person was diagnosed with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection that is usually fatal […]
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside recently discovered a rare species of worm that kills tarantulas, and naturally, named it after actor Jeff Daniels, Variety reports. The inspiration behind the “Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi” is Daniels’ character Dr. Ross Jennings in the 1990 film Arachnophobia about a town overrun by a new species of spiders. Even […]
Bong Joon-ho believes that directors and creators should be more daring in their work when it comes to addressing issues like anti-Asian attacks. According to Deadline, the Parasite director did concede that because he is so far removed from what’s going on in the U.S., he has an outsider’s point of view. “But as someone […]
Awkwafina, Zendaya, Constance Wu, and Atlanta stars Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, and Brian Tyree Henry are among the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new invitees for membership. In an attempt to diversify the Academy after years of criticism, the latest potential inductees (if they accept) are 45 percent women and 36 percent people of color. According to the Hollywood Reporter, […]
February 9 was a beautiful day for cinema. It was on this night that Parasite became the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars. It was the night that the Academy dared to be progressive by giving a film from South Korea the ceremony’s top award. Now, Donald Trump wants to throw all those good feelings […]
In an effort to capitalize on becoming the first non-English-language film to snag an Academy Award for Best Picture, Parasite will now be available to watch in as many as 2,000+ theaters across North America. This wide(r) release was brought about by the company that bought the movie’s North American rights, distributor Neon. In doing […]
Chrissy Teigen has never been one to hold her tongue, especially when she catches wind of people being overtly discriminatory to others. At Sunday’s Oscar Awards, Parasite took home the award for Best Original Screenplay. For some reason, TV host Jon Miller, took Parasite‘s success as an attack on America. A man named Bong Joon Ho […]
As expected, Laura Dern—whose turn in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story as attorney Nora Fanshaw was indeed great—took home the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2020 edition of the Oscars. The win is not only the first Oscar victory for Dern, but also make history for the Netflix platform. Dern’s Marriage Story distinction gives […]
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite won big at the 2020 Oscars—despite purported opposition. And it did it in historic fashion. The South Korean black comedy/thriller ended the night with four prizes: Best Original Screenplay (Joon-ho and Han Jin Won), Best Director (Joon-ho), Best Foreign Language Film, and the top award of the night, Best Picture. “We never imagined this […]
