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News Star Wars: Starfighter Star Wars: Starfighter Cast Adds Amy Adams, Flynn Gray, and More The Shawn Levy film has just started production in a galaxy far, far away. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on August 28, 2025 Screenshot: Searchlight Pictures Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Searchlight Pictures Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter is starting production today, and to celebrate the occasion, Lucasfilm announced who will be joining Ryan Gosling in the film’s cast, presumably on the light side of the Force. (We already know that Mia Goth and Matt Smith have joined the film in villainous roles.)  In addition to Gosling, Goth, and Smith, we now know that the movie will star Flynn Gray, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams. What roles they’ll be playing remains unknown, though Lucasfilm also released a very artsy black-and-white photo of Gosling and Gray, in character, sitting on a landspeeder on set (included below).  “I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter,” Levy said in a statement. “From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime.” The movie is a standalone story in the franchise, and takes place roughly five years after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The studio has promised us that no Skywalkers will return in this film, and I’m holding them to that. (If Palpatine shows up, I will riot.) Star Wars: Starfighter is set to premiere in theaters on May 28, 2027. [end-mark] The post <i>Star Wars: Starfighter</i> Cast Adds Amy Adams, Flynn Gray, and More appeared first on Reactor.

News Robin Hood Sean Bean Doesn’t Look Happy to Be Here in New Robin Hood Teaser Trailer Bean plays the Sheriff of Nottingham in the MGM+ series. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on August 28, 2025 Screenshot: MGM+ Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: MGM+ There’s a Robin Hood television show heading to MGM+, and the series, deftly called Robin Hood, now has a teaser trailer and an official release date.  The series is described as having a “modern energy” though it takes place in olden times. It also boasts an impressive cast, including Jack Patten as Rob (short for Robin… Hood, I assume), Lauren McQueen as Marian, Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Lydia Peckham as Priscilla of Nottingham, Steven Waddington as the Earl of Huntingdon, and Connie Nielsen as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. The teaser trailer released today doesn’t give us much of that modern vibe, and, maybe I’m projecting, but it seems like the actors don’t seem that excited to be there. I could be wrong! Prove me wrong, Robin Hood! Here’s the official synopsis: From Lionsgate Television, Robin Hood brings a modern energy to the classic tale of the roguish outlaw hero who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, and the epic love story between him and a courageous and daring Marian. It is a smart, sweeping, romantic adventure that brings historical authenticity, psychological depth, and a heightened focus on the relationship between Rob and Marian to the beloved story. Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob—a Saxon forester’s son—and Marian, the daughter of a Norman lord—fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, as both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land. The 10-episode series will launch with a special two-episode premiere on Sunday, November 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on MGM+, with episodes releasing weekly leading up to the season finale on Sunday, December 28, 2025. Check out the teaser below. [end-mark] The post Sean Bean Doesn’t Look Happy to Be Here in New <i>Robin Hood</i> Teaser Trailer appeared first on Reactor.

Excerpts Young Adult Read an Excerpt From The House of Quiet by Kiersten White To save her sister, she must enter the House. By Kiersten White | Published on August 28, 2025 Comment 0 Share New Share We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from The House of Quiet, a young adult dark fantasy novel by Kiersten White, out from Delacorte Press on September 9. In the middle of a deadly bog sits the House of Quiet. It’s a place for children whose Procedure triggered powers too terrible to be lived with—their last hope for treatment. No one knows how they’re healed or where they go afterward.Birdie has begged, bargained, and blackmailed her way inside as a maid, determined to find her missing sister, Magpie. But what she discovers is more mysteries. Instead of the destitute children who undergo the Procedure in hopes of social advancement, the house brims with aristocratic teens wielding strange powers they never should have been burdened with.Though Birdie wants to ignore them, she can’t help being drawn to stoic and silent Forest, charmed by clever River, and concerned for the youngest residents. And with fellow maid Minnow keeping tabs on everything Birdie does, danger is everywhere.In her desperate search for Magpie, Birdie unearths terrifying threats and devastating truths, forcing her to confront just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to save her own sister. Because in the House of Quiet, if you find what’s lurking beneath… you lose everything.Unravel the mystery. Ignite the rebellion. Asleep in an Unquiet House The darkness breathes in and out, softly sighing. Up ahead is the only light: a candle, held by a girl. She’s pale, skin practically white, hair blending and bleeding into the darkness around them. In the flickering, desperate illumination, she’s small and fine-boned, plain-featured except for her bold eyes turning up sharply at the outer corners. Her face is a determined mask over absolute terror as she moves forward, unable to see beyond the tiny circle provided by her candle. The flame is sputtering, about to go out.  But she keeps walking without hesitation. Out of sight, taking the light with her. The darkness shifts. It becomes contained in four cramped walls of rotting gray wood that lets in weak, smoke-filtered light. A sour prickle of anxiety permeates the tiny shed as a freckled, red-haired girl tries to gather several tiny, mewling kittens into her arms. Every time she has almost all of them, they tumble free and she has to start over. “Please,” she whispers with tears in her vivid brown eyes as she looks over her shoulder at the door. “Please, he’s going to drown you.” Sometimes things can change. With a very great amount of effort, an apron appears over the girl’s dress. She laughs with relief as she quickly loads all the kittens into her apron and runs out of the shed. The light outside cuts through the dream, splitting it in two, so bright it hurts, so loud it turns into a roar. The ocean, roiling and gray and infinite. A girl is sitting on a rock, perched as pretty as a picture, staring at the infinite waves. She’s soaked in blood. No. No, thank you. Buy the Book The House of Quiet Kiersten White Buy Book The House of Quiet Kiersten White Buy this book from: AmazonBarnes and NobleiBooksIndieBoundTarget Spinning, spinning, spinning into the arms of a tall, pale boy. His eyes are as blue as cornflowers. He has full lips, cheekbones like monuments, and a charmingly boyish nose in the middle of such striking features. He’s dazzlingly, distractingly beautiful. Until he opens his mouth. Tar sludges out, sticky and black. He’s choking on it, silent tears streaming down his face. His chin is stained, then his chest. The tar pools around his feet, reaching for everything around him. No. A different boy prowls ahead, mouth cruel, eyes narrowed, stalking through an endless forest of perfectly straight trees. In his hand is a knife. Whatever he’s hunting, it doesn’t sound like something scurrying, or something on four legs. It sounds like someone running. There are cries, too, soft, pathetic ones. Soon he’ll catch up, and then— Blood. Blood is better. At least the blood was only on the girl. And there’s the ocean, too. The ocean is nice. But the girl, sixteen, maybe seventeen, tall with light brown skin and long black hair and gray eyes so round they look like the smooth stones of the shoreline, isn’t looking out at the waves. She’s looking down at something beneath the rock she’s sitting on. Her dress is soaked in blood. Even her feet are dyed red, like she’s been wading through the stuff. But she doesn’t move toward the water to wash it off. She keeps staring at the space under the rock she’s perched on. “Have you heard the story of the Fool and the Bog Mansion?” she asks. Her voice is low and melodic, soothing in the same way the waves are. “There once was a man who had only enough food to keep from starving, only enough peat to keep from freezing. But he wasn’t starving, and he wasn’t freezing. One night he had a dream. In this dream, he was a wealthy man who lived in a beautiful mansion. It felt more real than real life, because he wanted it more than he wanted anything he already had. He became convinced the mansion was out there somewhere, waiting for him. Leaving everyone who loved him, he wandered into the wilderness in search of the life he now felt was his due. One night he came upon a peat bog with a light burning deep beneath it. He dived into the brackish, hungry water, tangled in roots and plants and dead things. And there, beneath the bog, he found it at last: his mansion. But the roots and the plants and the dead things had hold of him. He was stuck. He couldn’t get back up, and he couldn’t dive any deeper. All he could do was stare at what he was owed until he starved and froze to death.” The girl lifts a hand and points. There, at her feet, where there should be only shoreline, is a pool of murky water. And somewhere deep inside, a light burns. A red light, behind a circular window, in the middle of a black, quiet house. “I think it’s been waiting for me all along.” She looks up at last, and her eyebrows, fierce and expressive, drawn downward. “What are you doing here?” “Am I real?” “Aren’t you?” “I never know. I’m just visiting.” “Me too.” “Whose blood is that, on your hands?” The girl on the rock shrugs her broad, sharp shoulders. “I don’t know yet. We’ll find out soon.” Her head is tugged downward, the lure of the house beneath the water too much to resist. But then, surprisingly, she does. She turns toward the ocean as though noticing it for the first time. “You can sit with me, if you want.” She sounds tentative. Almost hopeful. She’s not as striking as the boy, but she’s lovely in a way that triggers a shiver of warmth and longing. If one can get past the sight and scent of so much blood. At least no one’s vomiting tar or killing kittens. It’s as good a place as any to spend the night. Dreamers can’t be choosers. Excerpted from The House of Quiet, copyright © 2025 by Kiersten White. The post Read an Excerpt From <i>The House of Quiet</i> by Kiersten White appeared first on Reactor.

FOX News contributor and former congressman Trey Gowdy launched his new crime thriller on Tuesday, marking the first novel published by FOX News Books. “I want people to know what it’s like to be a homicide prosecutor. I did it for 20 years, and if you are interested in homicide crime from start until the courtroom lights go dim, this book gives you a driver’s seat,” Gowdy said during an interview on FOX’s “America’s Newsroom.” As a former state and federal prosecutor and a New York Times best-selling author, Gowdy wrote this book, his first fictional story, “The Color of Death,” based on his legal experience in South Carolina. “Throughout my years as a prosecutor, I’ve learned that those who do this work best don’t just argue cases, they endure the fear, anger, pain, and loss of innocence of the victims they are fighting for,” he said in a news release about the book. “This book is a rare window into how the pursuit of justice doesn’t end with the verdict; it lingers long after the courtroom lights have dimmed.” “The Color of Death” focuses on the fictional story of Assistant District Attorney Colm Truesdale, who struggles to regain control over his already shattered life since the death of both his wife and daughter. Despite having no desire to return to the courtroom, Truesdale agrees to investigate the murder of a young woman, the owner of a small-town beauty salon in South Carolina. In this story of intrigue, readers have an opportunity to witness the intricate, psychotic mind of a killer and the assistant district attorney who is determined to prosecute him. According to FOX, the novel is based on a real-life case that Gowdy was involved in surrounding the murder of a Spartanburg beauty salon owner in 1995. During his legal career, Gowdy prosecuted scores of murder cases, including seven death penalty trials. He then served in Congress for eight years, helping to uncover former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s private email server and shedding light on the disastrous Benghazi attack on two U.S. government facilities in Libya in 2012. Gowdy opens the story with a dedication to both “the victims of crime who give prosecutors and cops a reason to wrestle the demons and pursue justice” and prosecutors “who speak up for those too scared, too injured, or too dead to speak up for themselves.” Gowdy currently serves as host for the weekend FOX News show “Sunday Night in America” and “The Trey Gowdy Podcast.” His co-author for the book is Christopher Greyson, an award-winning, bestselling author of mystery, action, and thriller novels. The post FOX News Publishes Its First Novel, a Crime Thriller by Trey Gowdy appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Ghoulishly keeping with the liberal media’s new enthusiasm of bashing Catholics and hating on those who pray following a transgender terrorist’s attack on a Catholic church and killing children during mass, CNN co-host Pamela Brown sat down with anti-gun rights extremist David Hogg on Thursday’s The Situation Room and cheered the notion that “thoughts and prayers rhetoric” was on the decline. Looking for possible avenues to push for any form of gun control, Brown cited one Fox News host who seemed to be amenable to gun grab policies. She used this to suggest that there was a major shift that could be exploited: I want to talk about what we are actually hearing from politicians on both sides of the aisle, not just Democrats, but even conservatives. You had the conservative Fox News host, Trey Gowdy suggesting this morning that it may be time for a national reckoning on guns, that this is, you know, not the sort of thoughts and prayer's rhetoric that we're used to hearing after these tragedies. “So, are you seeing a turn in terms of how politicians on both sides of the aisle are now responding to school shootings like this?” she asked Hogg. “Yeah, I mean, I think there has been some of a turn on it,” Hogg touted. “As I mentioned, there were you know, I think it was ten Republican senators that voted for the Safer Communities Act after Uvalde. First federal gun law in 30 years, but it's still not enough, obviously, as given the fact that I'm speaking on this show right now, after this happened.”     Hogg, who flopped as a member of the Democratic Party apparatus as vice chair, had a blue print for those politicians who wanted to strip guns rights away from law-abiding Americans: I think what Democrats and Republicans need to do is they need to go and meet behind closed doors and talk with each other and say, ‘all right, what can we actually do here that we can both politically survive with but actually does something about this?’ Even if it's not super huge, even if it's not super, you know, sexy and out there for either political side and seen as a win for either of them. What can we do to save lives? Even if it's just one or two or three or 100 lives? That's still worth it because the answer here, regardless of whether or not you completely agree with me on this issue or you completely disagree with me, I think we all can agree that we have to do something. And the answer cannot be inaction as it has been for decades. Prior to cheering on the supposed decline of prayer, Brown spoke with the police chief of Minneapolis and scoffed at FBI Director Kash Patel for saying they were investigating the incident as a biologically male transgender shooter committing an act of domestic terrorism: I want to go to what we heard from the FBI Director Kash Patel, who wrote that his agency is investigating the shooting “as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics.” Have you learned anything in the hours since that press conference that you held shortly after the shooting indicating that this could be a hate crime, specifically targeting Catholics? Chief Brian O’Hara started off by saying the right thing, noting that “there's absolutely no question that the shooter intended to terrorize those children, those parishioners, the members of the school staff that were in that building, as well as their parents and the larger community here.” But he soon pivoted to ridiculously claiming “we have not been able to narrow it down to one specific motivation.” On the shooter’s equipment were scrawled hate toward numerous groups, including Christians, Jews, and Republicans (to name a few). O’Hara seemed to be suggesting that since the shooter only targeted one of the groups he hated, it couldn’t be classified as a hate crime. O’Hara also said it was “unfortunate” that “the public is expecting answers” because “the reality is this is completely senseless and just an unthinkable tragedy.” The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: CNN’s The Situation Room August 28, 2025 10:36:13 a.m. Eastern (…) PAMELA BROWN: Breaking news this morning, chilling details about the 23-year-old shooter who fired on a Minneapolis catholic school yesterday killing two children and wounding 14 others and three elderly parishioners. We're learning more now about the bravery of bystanders and law enforcement at the scene. And joining us now is the chief of the Minneapolis police department, Brian O'Hara. Chief, thank you for taking the time to speak with us. I know how busy you are. I want to go to what we heard from the FBI Director Kash Patel, who wrote that his agency is investigating the shooting “as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics.” Have you learned anything in the hours since that press conference that you held shortly after the shooting indicating that this could be a hate crime, specifically targeting Catholics? CHIEF BRIAN O’HARA (Minneapolis Police Department): Good morning. Will I can tell you there's absolutely no question that the shooter intended to terrorize those children, those parishioners, the members of the school staff that were in that building, as well as their parents and the larger community here. What we have found are really just hundreds of pieces of evidence that we continue to go through with our investigators, with the help of the FBI and all of our law enforcement partners. What we have found so far unfortunately, is what has been all too common in this country, is sort of a classic pathway to violence for an active shooter or a mass shooter. This is an individual that harbored a whole lot of hate towards many people and many groups of people. And clearly intended to commit an act of violence with as much carnage and trauma as possible for the purpose of their own personal notoriety. So, that is what we have found so far. There's obviously other writings and pieces of evidence that our investigators continue to go through with the help of the FBI. And we were open to every possibility in terms of what a potential motive may be. We're trying to see if there was some sort of triggering event that may have caused him to commit this act but as of this time, we have not been able to narrow it down to one specific motivation, but our investigators are continuing on that path. But I think what is unfortunate is the public is expecting answers and in some way expecting us to try and make sense of this and the reality is this is completely senseless and just an unthinkable tragedy. (…) 11:22:58 a.m. Eastern BROWN: I want to talk about what we are actually hearing from politicians on both sides of the aisle, not just Democrats, but even conservatives. You had the conservative Fox News host, Trey Gowdy suggesting this morning that it may be time for a national reckoning on guns, that this is, you know, not the sort of thoughts and prayer's rhetoric that we're used to hearing after these tragedies. So, are you seeing a turn in terms of how politicians on both sides of the aisle are now responding to school shootings like this? DAVID HOGG: Yeah, I mean, I think there has been some of a turn on it. As I mentioned, there were you know, I think it was ten Republican senators that voted for the Safer Communities Act after Uvalde. First federal gun law in 30 years, but it's still not enough, obviously, as given the fact that I'm speaking on this show right now, after this happened. I think what Democrats and Republicans need to do is they need to go and meet behind closed doors and talk with each other and say, ‘all right, what can we actually do here that we can both politically survive with but actually does something about this?’ Even if it's not super huge, even if it's not super, you know, sexy and out there for either political side and seen as a win for either of them. What can we do to save lives? Even if it's just one or two or three or 100 lives? That's still worth it because the answer here, regardless of whether or not you completely agree with me on this issue or you completely disagree with me, I think we all can agree that we have to do something. And the answer cannot be inaction as it has been for decades. (…)

During a press gaggle this week, President Trump casually announced that the United States would allow 600,000 Chinese nationals to enter the country as college students. He has long focused on improving relations with China, but the idea of importing and educating such numbers runs against the America First instincts of his voters.When Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was asked why these students were so important, he admitted that many U.S. universities would go out of business without foreign enrollment. For the right, that sounds less like a warning and more like a promise.Republicans once opposed bailouts for failing businesses. Why make an exception for universities that train activists and foreigners to despise America?Ending large-scale immigration from a rival power while letting bankrupt institutions fail should be an easy win. Instead, the Trump administration seems poised to prop up anti-American universities by training the children of our most dangerous adversary.Why import students from our greatest rival?Every conservative politician and pundit insists that China is America’s foremost threat. It has a massive population, vast economic leverage, deep investments in resources, and ambitions to expand its sphere of influence. Its military is large, its weapons advanced, and its spies operate regularly on U.S. soil. A hot war may be unlikely, but it is fair to call China our greatest economic and geopolitical rival. So why are we welcoming Chinese nationals into the country, much less into our most prestigious schools?America’s broader immigration crisis has already ravaged our job market, housing market, health system, and education system. Illegal immigration rightly comes first: Illegal aliens are unvetted, often smuggled in by cartels and gangs, and begin their stay by breaking the law.But the public is waking up to the damage caused by legal immigration as well. The administration recently admitted there are 55 million active visa holders eligible to enter the United States — a number equal to the combined populations of Florida and Texas. Voters want both illegal immigration ended and legal immigration slashed.Chinese nationals should be first on the block. If China is truly our enemy, why would we let any of its citizens inside? The Chinese state is infamous for espionage. Its spy network has penetrated American government, military, corporations, and universities. These spies don’t just chase classified secrets; they steal research and technology from labs and departments. Commentators like Eric Weinstein have suggested that universities slow their own programs for fear that breakthroughs will be stolen by foreign students. America is holding back its own scientific progress to import spies. That’s insane.Educating tomorrow’s rivalsThe danger goes beyond espionage. Universities don’t just teach skills; they confer the credentials that grant access to elite institutions in business, science, and government. A Chinese student who returns home brings knowledge and prestige that strengthen a rival nation. One who stays uses that same credential to climb into elite corporations or agencies that shape American culture, policy, and economy. Why would we seed our leadership class with foreign nationals from our chief adversary?This also raises the question of whom our universities exist to serve. In a Fox News interview, Howard Lutnick admitted outright that these Chinese students would displace Americans from top universities. That isn’t speculation; it’s an open admission. Under an America First agenda, displacing native students for the children of foreign rivals is indefensible. Taxpayer-backed institutions must put American children first.The bailout excuseLutnick argues that Chinese students keep universities solvent. Foreign students pay higher tuition and receive less aid. So what? The idea that universities are too big to fail and must be bailed out with foreign visas is laughable. Many schools already hoard enormous endowments. If others collapse, that’s the market working. Republicans once opposed bailouts for failing businesses. Why make an exception for universities that train activists and foreigners to despise America?RELATED: ‘Paperwork Americans’ are not your countrymen Blaze Media IllustrationThe truth is that universities are ideology factories. They churn out left-wing radicals who hate America and despise Christianity. Yes, we still need doctors and engineers, but there is no reason to subsidize this industry with mass immigration. Republicans should be forcing universities to purge their bias or lose government funding. Instead, they are keeping them afloat with students from a hostile foreign power.America First means Americans firstTrump often makes sweeping statements he never intends to enact. This may be a bargaining ploy in negotiations with Xi Jinping. But sovereignty should never be a chip in trade talks. Chinese enrollment peaked at 372,000 in 2020 and fell to 277,000 in 2024. Now the administration is talking about more than doubling it. The correct number isn’t 600,000. It isn’t 277,000. It’s zero.The United States should stop importing enemies to enrich its ruling class. American universities should exist for Americans. That is what America First must mean.