Names

April 19th 2023

Dimension 20 and Critical Role‘s Matthew Mercer Come Together for The Ravening War

The TTRPG series winds back the clock and returns to the world of A Crown of Candy.

Television Justin Carter Apr 19

April 13th 2023

Marvel’s Blade Movie Has Found a Surprising New Star

Plus, there's more casting for Disney's live-action Lilo & Stitch .

io9 Gordon Jackson Apr 13

April 12th 2023

HBO’s The Last of Us Might Not Follow the Second Game’s Story Exactly

Showrunner Craig Mazin suggested as much in regards to Pedro Pascal's character Joel

Television Germain Lussier Apr 12

February 10th 2023

The Last Of Us Just Had Its Most Terrifying, Zombie-Filled Episode Yet

Episode 5 of the HBO show, "Endure and Survive," stars Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, and Melanie Lynskey.

Television Germain Lussier Feb 10

December 30th 2022

A Chatty Rock Meets a Reckless Soldier in This Gory and Delightful Fantasy Short

Creator Eron Sheean describes The Rock of Ages as "the mutant love child of Jim Henson, Terry Gilliam, and Ingmar Bergman (if he were high on painkillers)."

Movies Cheryl Eddy Dec 30

December 27th 2022

Strange World‘s In-Universe Card Game Is Fully Playable

Combining Catan and Magic: The Gathering , the writers created a complete card game for the Disney movie's Clade family.

Movies Linda Codega Dec 27

December 25th 2022

Kindred Sets Up a Potentially Great Second Season

Solid storytelling and Mallori Johnson’s incredible performance hold up this drawn-out FX adaptation of Octavia Butler’s seminal novel.

Television Linda Codega Dec 25

March 25th 2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once Centers Love Amid the Multiverse

The Daniels have created a science-fiction masterpiece that never loses sight of the family at the center of the bagel… er, the universe.

Movies Linda Codega Mar 25

April 10th 2021

Photo: (Left Quirk Productions), Cindy Ord

My Best Friend’s Exorcism Film Finds Lead in Eighth Grade Actress Elsie Fisher

Another book to screen adaption is in the pipeline. This time it’s a book that’s actually worth reading—Grady Hendrick’s 2016 novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism. Breakout star Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade, Castle Rock) leads, with Cathy Ang, Rachel Ogechi, and Amiah Miller as co-stars. The Hollywood Reporterconfirms Damon Thomas, known for his directorial work on…

Movies Valerie Complex Apr 10

May 5th 2020

Darth Names, Ranked

Star Wars, a franchise barely anyone talks about these days, is primarily known for three things: stars, the existence of wars among them, and some really incredible (and incredibly silly) naming conventions. The fearsome Sith Lords of the Dark Side are no exception, and in light of their own equally silly day of celebration—Revenge of…

Movies James Whitbrook May 5

April 13th 2020

Now’s Your Chance to Name a Color

Humans have names, plants have names, animals have names, even terrifying diseases have names, so why shouldn’t colors? Crayola has always been great at coming up with creative names for its crayons, but now’s your chance to help give a unique name to all 16.7 million colors represented in the 24-bit color space. Head on…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 13

March 6th 2019

President Trump Praises His Good Friend ‘Tim Apple’

Look at the photo above. “Why that’s Donald Trump and highly recognizable tech CEO Tim Cook!” you might think. But you’d be wrong, because below is video of the President calling the magnate by his true name during today’s Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting. “We appreciate it very much, Tim Apple,” said Trump. Early in…

Tech News Avery Ellis Mar 6

October 7th 2016

How Did the 12 Months of the Year Get Their Names?

The simple and obvious answer: they come from the Romans. But the whole story on how the months of the year got their names is a little bit more interesting and includes bits about how the calendar first started in March, how they just started naming months after numbers after June, how there were month-less…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 7

August 23rd 2016

Does Director Gareth Edwards Know Why His Star Wars Movie Is Titled Rogue One?

We’re not entirely sure. We’re not even sure if we know why Rogue One is called Rogue One. Does anyone? Speaking to Empire Magazine for their Rogue One cover story, Gareth Edwards was asked how the Rogue One name came about. His answer, posted in full below with commentary from the magazine, was… not exactly…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 23

March 25th 2016

It Really Sucks to Be Named Jennifer Null

Once upon a time, the worst names to be named were things like Hugh Jass and I.P. Freely. But that all changed when we started living our lives on the internet. A BBC story looks into some names that you don’t want to have in our hyperconnected world, and topping them all is the name…

Tech News Alissa Walker Mar 25

November 25th 2015

Phuc Dat Bich is a Massive Phucking Faker

The man claiming to be “Phuc Dat Bich”, the Facebook user who had been denied access to the social network as its “Real Name” policy had deemed him a fake, has revealed that the episode was indeed a prank. Real name Tin Le, a 23-year-old from Melbourne, posted to Facebook, explaining how his screenshot of…

Social Media Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK Nov 25

November 6th 2015

How Popular Are Your First and Last Names?

One of the best things about the internet—for those of us obsessed with names and history—is that there are a bunch of tools out there for tracing the popularity of your name. Here are three of my favorites. Fair warning: two of the three of these are US-centric. The Popularity of First Names From 1900…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Nov 6

July 30th 2015

Germany Has Ordered Facebook to Allow Fake Names

The issue of using fake names on Facebook has been long-raging. But for Germany, the case seems pretty clear: a national privacy watchdog has told Facebook that it may not prevent the use of fake names. Reuters reports that the Hamburg-based data protection authority, which polices Facebook in Germany, “could not unilaterally change users’ chosen…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Jul 30

July 14th 2015

Places on Pluto are Being Named for Your Darkest Imaginings

Welcome to the excellently weird world of informal naming systems: here’s how we’re naming all the newly-discovered places on Pluto after Cthulhu, Balrog, Meng-p’o, and other dwellers from the underworld. When exploring a whole new world, it’s important to come up with a shared vocabulary for naming the new geography. As mission scientist and (“wow^wow”…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jul 14

April 21st 2015

Why is It Called a ‘Medicine Ball’ Anyway?

Medicine balls, for those of you who haven’t been to a gym or never accidentally kicked one thinking it was like a soccer ball (true story), are heavy weighted balls coming in a variety of sizes and weights (with the biggest we could find ringing in at a whopping 150 pounds) with a diverse range…

Tech News Karl Smallwood - TodayIFoundOut.com Apr 21

Names

Dimension 20 and Critical Role‘s Matthew Mercer Come Together for The Ravening War

Marvel’s Blade Movie Has Found a Surprising New Star

HBO’s The Last of Us Might Not Follow the Second Game’s Story Exactly

The Last Of Us Just Had Its Most Terrifying, Zombie-Filled Episode Yet

A Chatty Rock Meets a Reckless Soldier in This Gory and Delightful Fantasy Short

Strange World‘s In-Universe Card Game Is Fully Playable

Kindred Sets Up a Potentially Great Second Season

Everything Everywhere All at Once Centers Love Amid the Multiverse

My Best Friend’s Exorcism Film Finds Lead in Eighth Grade Actress Elsie Fisher

Darth Names, Ranked

Now’s Your Chance to Name a Color

President Trump Praises His Good Friend ‘Tim Apple’

How Did the 12 Months of the Year Get Their Names?

Does Director Gareth Edwards Know Why His Star Wars Movie Is Titled Rogue One?

It Really Sucks to Be Named Jennifer Null

Phuc Dat Bich is a Massive Phucking Faker

How Popular Are Your First and Last Names?

Germany Has Ordered Facebook to Allow Fake Names

Places on Pluto are Being Named for Your Darkest Imaginings

Why is It Called a ‘Medicine Ball’ Anyway?

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