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Outlander Has Finally Cast Its Brianna

Ever since it was confirmed that Outlander’s second season would follow the plot of the second book in Diana Gabaldon’s series, all fans have cared about is who would be playing Brianna. We finally have our answer in Sophie Skelton, a relative newcomer with credits in Doctors and Foyle’s War. Spoilers follow. The reason the…

Do Not Use Amazon Prime to Ship Bottled Water to Flint

Michael Moore says don’t send bottled water to Flint. The group that pushed to have Flint’s water tested in the first place says don’t send bottled water to Flint. But still, people are using their Amazon Prime accounts to send pallets of bottled water to Flint. Don’t do this. In addition to corporations trucking their…

Neil Gaiman’s American Gods TV Series Has Cast Its Shadow Moon

The Starz TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s award-winning fantasy novel American Gods just cast its lead, Shadow Moon: English actor Ricky Whittle, who’s probably best-known as Lincoln on The 100. According to a Starz press release: The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of mythological roots from around…

Hot Toys’ Next Batman v Superman Collectable Is Armored and Awesome

Admit it. The first time you watched the trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, you fell in love with the Frank Miller-inspired, armored version of Batman. I know I did, and now Hot Toys is making me drool with their latest creation. Of course, it’s 1/6 size of Armored Batman from the Zack…

Kevin Smith’s Dogma Hasn’t Aged Well, But It’s Still a Minor Miracle

Kevin Smith’s Dogma is a star-studded, religious themed, highly offensive, violent and gross R-rated road trip comedy about a descendant of Jesus Christ saving the world from two fallen angels. That madcap collection of ideas worked on me as a teenager. Now, not so much. When I first saw Dogma, I was totally and utterly…

Moto 360 Sport Review: Horrible Software Sinks It

There are smartwatches, and there are fitness trackers. If you want any combination of the two, you’ll have to accept the compromises inherent in cramming a lot of sensors into an attractive, wrist-sized package. This is the problem the Moto 360 Sport comes tantalisingly close to solving. The Moto 360 Sport is a cousin of…

Seeing a First Person View of Hockey Tricks Is So Damn Cool

I don’t really realize the skill of professional athletes until I see them up close. The speed in which they do things, the control they have over their bodies, the hand eye coordination, it’s all ridiculously superhuman. Just check out this video of hockey players running through exercises and tricks. You get to see some…

How Drones Could Become an Airline’s Best Friend

Usually when you hear “drone” and “airplane” in the same sentence, what comes next is a moralistic tale about how irresponsible drone pilots pose serious threats to airlines. That’s why it’s kind of weird when one of Europe’s largest airlines partners with arguably the biggest civilian drone maker in the world. German-operated Lufthansa and DJI…

Star Wars Rebels Went Full Western in a Mandalorian-Filled Episode

Made famous by Boba Fett, the Mandalorian race has long been a Star Wars mystery. On the latest episode of Star Wars Rebels, not only did we learn more about them, we learned more about our new favorite Mandalorian, Sabine. The episode was called “The Protector of Concord Dawn” and featured the Rebels trying to…

Makers of Marlboro Laying Off Workers to Invest in More Vaping

Altria Group, America’s biggest tobacco company and makers of the iconic Marlboro brand, is laying off workers to save $300 million per year. Where are they going to put all that money? Into a true growth market: Electronic cigarettes. Today Altria, formerly known as Philip Morris, controls just over half of the traditional cigarette market…

Hadoken Your Foes With a Pair of Over-Sized Ryu Street Fighter Fists

If your weekend plans include stopping by PAX South in San Antonio, you might want to a make a beeline for Capcom’s booth to get your hands on—and in—these over-sized plush Ryu fists that let you Hadoken and Shoryuken anyone who dares cross you. The official Street Fighter collectibles are just $25 for the pair,…

Cygnus Is the Cutest of the Space Station Cargo Craft

The new Cygnus spacecraft is the cheeriest of the cargo tugs hauling gear to the International Space Station. Those new round solar panels are effective, efficient, and adorable! Solar panel on a new Cygnus spacecraft high over Africa. Image credit: NASA/Scott Kelly When the S.S. Deke Slayton II launched in December, it was the first…

The X-Files Theory That Makes Mulder and Scully’s Relationship Make Sense

The X-Files is the type of show that breeds odd theories, but we have one that’s not so much odd as it’s obvious: Mulder and Scully were having sex the whole time. Haley Mlotek first wrote about this theory last year for The Hairpin, pointing out that Scully’s saintly tolerance for Mulder’s hijinks is a…

Why Your Exercise Routine Might Suddenly Stop Helping With Weight Loss

A new gym-goer finds an exercise routine, sticks with it, and the pounds start coming off at a regular clip—until something changes. Not the person; they’re still exercising as hard as ever, sometimes harder, but the weight loss has stopped. What happened? A new study in Current Biology looks at the problem that’s plagued some…

Snapchat Makes Adding Friends Easy With Personalized URLs

Adding friends on Snapchat can be a pain in the ass: You have to open the app, pull down the menu bar to reveal your personalized Snapcode, have your friend open their Snapchat app, focus the camera on your (more than likely) smudged screen, and have them take a photo. Now, you can just send…

Apple Recalls Power Adapters That Might Zap You

Today, Apple announced a recall of AC wall plug adapters found in several countries, due to risks of electrical shock. The two-pronged plugs in question were shipped to Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Argentina, and Brazil, and are liable to break and shock you if you touch them. It’s a huge window not just…

Netflix Is Making a Stretch Armstrong Show for Some Astonishing Reason

Netflix’s foray into original programming has gone pretty well for them. This one seems a lot more suspect. Apparently, Netflix thought it didn’t have enough original content for kids, so it partnered with Hasbro to come up with a new Stretch Armstrong. Because Stretch Armstrong has good name recognition amongst the youth. To be fair,…

If Planets Only Had One Environment, Which Would You Want to Live on?

Science fiction loves itself some single-biome planets. Tatooine from Star Wars. Dune from Dune. Hoth from Star Wars. That water planet from Star Trek: Voyager. Coruscant in Star Wars. The Library in Doctor Who. Mon Cala in Star Wars. But which one would you pick to live on? I’m going to go with the ice…

The Trolls Movie Trailer Will Murder Your Soul

I don’t want to sound hyperbolic, but this trailer for Dreamworks’ CG Trolls movie is the worst thing I have ever personally seen. It is painfully unfunny and excruciating unoriginal. It is soulless and joyless. It screams “HERE IS AN OBESE CARTOON CHARACTER TWERKING, AND THAT IS ALL YOU PATHETIC GARBAGE PEOPLE DESERVE.” It not…

OnePlus’ $250 glass-and-metal OnePlus X is finally off the invite system, meaning you can now buy it like any other phone. Read our review from last November to see if the OnePlus X is the cheap smartphone miracle you’ve been looking for.