Anya Wassenberg

‘Alien: Covenant’ – new poster reveals hellish space odyssey

“Alien: Covenant” — 20th Century Fox released a brand new poster for the highly anticipated new film late last week via the movie’s official Twitter account. While star #Michael Fassbender is absent from the poster, one terrifying figure lurks in the corner — the Alien Queen.

15 Disturbing Facts About Mexican Drug Cartels

Mexican drug cartels hit the headlines on a pretty regular basis, usually for some outrageously violent act or another. But if you only look at isolated incidents, you don’t get the full picture. There were 20,766 murders in Mexico in 2016. Reported kidnappings jumped from 428 to 1,128 over the last decade. Most of those numbers are blamed on the work of the Mexican cartels. According to the 2015 Congressional Research Service report, more than 80,000 people were killed between 2006 and 2015 because of drug cartel violence.

15 Countries You Didn’t Know Were Muslim

When you think of Muslim majority countries, you’re probably thinking about somewhere in the Middle East or North Africa. Veiled women and terrorists. But, the Muslim world is a lot bigger than you’d ever suspect if you only followed the mainstream news. In North America, Islam is pretty much automatically associated with the Arab world and its typically very strict and fundamentalist version of the religion. It’s probably not a coincidence that most of what is thought of as the Islamic world by the West has to do with oil producing nations.

‘Wonder Woman’ – new trailer and poster

“Wonder Woman” doesn’t come out until June of this year, but #Gal Gadot’s portrayal as the strong and sexy superhero has been making waves since her appearance as the bright spot in last year’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”. Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment just released a new poster and brand new trailer for the movie that fans are lapping up.

15 Uber Horror Stories That’ll Send Chills Down Our Spine

Uber burst on the scene in 2009 and became a very visible pioneer of the so-called sharing economy. The app allows anyone with a car, or who can rent a car, to become a driver after a screening process, and has become hugely popular with customers fed up with high regular taxi fares. All that hasn’t come without a price, however. There have been protests, employee complaints, and horror stories from both customers and drivers. There’s been corporate drama, sinister allegations, and most recently, a string of damaging stories in the press related to corporate culture.

Exclusive Interview: Steve Strongman

You could say that Canadian blues guitarist, singer and composer Steve Strongman is mid-career. “This is my sixth release. I’m certainly not a beginner,” he chuckles. His latest- “No Time Like Now”- is available March 10th.

Want Meaningful, Original Journalism? Then Start Paying For It

I teach a course in non-fiction writing and one of the topics we discuss in an online forum is what sort of publications students read, and why — hoping for a discussion of various types of journalism and creative non-fiction writing. Nowadays, however, I tend to get a curious response. People say something like, I don’t get my news from newspapers, I just read what’s trending in my feed.

The ‘Nightwing’ movie: the latest news and who will play Dick Grayson?

Nightwing, a.k.a. #Dick Grayson, made a splashy return to Gotham City in 2016 as part of DC Comics highly successful Rebirth series. Now he’s set to take over movie screens in a live action version that has been given the green light by DC and Warner Bros. Director Chris McKay, currently in the spotlight with the release of his “The LEGO Batman Movie,” has been slated to direct as his live action feature film debut.

15 Photos Of The Most Polluted Cities In The World

Which cities in the world are the most polluted? That depends on who you ask, and what exactly you are looking for. Some of the data is from the 2016 WHO (World Health Organization) report. Air quality data from 3,000 cities worldwide was used to create a list of urban areas most affected by air pollution. But air pollution is only one part of the puzzle when it comes to environmental contamination.

15 Disturbing Facts About Rasputin — The Mystic Who Destroyed Imperial Russia

Demon, holy man, or simply a depraved charlatan? Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, commonly known as simply Rasputin, was one of those larger than life characters who will continue to fascinate scholars and pop culture lovers alike through the centuries. He was a Russian mystic with a shady reputation — although he definitely had his believers, including Tsarina Alexandra, who saw him as her most important adviser.