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When a driver for Uber Eats humbly asked for a little generosity in order to give his wife-to-be the wedding of her dreams, the world responded. TikToker Paul Slobodzian has been driving Uber Eats as a side hustle for over a year to save for his wedding. One evening, Erica Hernandez ordered dinner from Chipotle, […] The post Honest Uber Eats Driver Working to Pay for Wedding Earns Hundreds After Viral Leaving Letter in Chipotle Bag appeared first on Good News Network.

News SDCC 2024 Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw Will Star in the Doctor Who Spinoff Series The War Between the Land and Sea The sea devils will also make their return By Molly Templeton | Published on July 29, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share It’s not quite a shocker on par with Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU—after all, actors have returned to the world of Doctor Who before (hi, Peter Capaldi!). But it is kind of funny that the just-announced Doctor Who spinoff series The War Between the Land and Sea is set to star two actors who previously had small but key roles in the main Doctor Who series: Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The five-part The War Between the Land and Sea, which was announced at San Diego Comic Con, seems to be the UNIT-focused spinoff that was announced last year. The BBC’s synopsis says, “When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT step into action as the land and sea wage war.” Sea devils? Yep, sea devils. Jemma Redgrave returns as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, as does Alexander Devrient as Colonel Ibrahim. Tovey and Mbatha-Raw, on the other hand, are playing different characters than they did in the past. Mbatha-Raw played Tish Jones, Martha Jones’ sister, in the third season of new Who. (More recently, she’s been in Loki, pictured above, and The Morning Show.) Tovey, who starred in the original British Being Human, played Alonso Frame in “Voyage of the Damned,” the third Christmas special of the Who revival era. Both actors appeared in episodes written by Russell T. Davies, who was the Who showrunner then and, of course, is the showrunner now. He’s the creator of this spinoff series, which he wrote with Pete McTighe (who has two previous Who episodes to his name). It’s directed by another Who vet, Dylan Holmes-Williams. The War Between the Land and Sea begins filming next month; no premiere date has been announced. [end-mark] The post Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw Will Star in the <i>Doctor Who</i> Spinoff Series <i>The War Between the Land and Sea</i> appeared first on Reactor.

News SDCC 2024 Lestat is Everything You Want Him to Be in Interview with the Vampire Season 3 Teaser “Do I look like I need you?” By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on July 29, 2024 Screenshot: AMC Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: AMC We’ve only officially known for a month that there would be a third season of Interview with the Vampire, the AMC series based on the books by Anne Rice that follows a group of queer vampires that just can’t get enough of each other, for better and, oftentimes, worse. We also knew that Season Three of the show would center on Rice’s second book in her series, The Vampire Lestat, and follow Lestat (Sam Reid) as he starts a band and goes on “a sexy pilgrimage across space, time and trauma.”    Until this weekend, we haven’t seen Reid’s portrayal of Lestat as a rockstar. At San Diego Comic-Con, however, AMC released a teaser showing the moody vampire sitting down, (kind of) agreeing to an interview with Molloy (Eric Bogosian), and being the drama queen that he is. The video is fun in its own right, in no small part that some folks on the interweb have noticed that some of the vampire’s rockstar poses mirror some of Taylor Swift’s, something Swifties have a lot of thoughts and feelings about. We also, however, get the full song that Lestat/Reid sings at the end of the teaser. That tune is called “Long Face,” and you can listen to it here.   We don’t know when Season Three of Interview with the Vampire will make its way to AMC and AMC+, but the first two seasons are streaming there now for your enjoyment.   You can also (re)watch the teaser for Season Three in all its glory below. [end-mark] The post Lestat is Everything You Want Him to Be in <i>Interview with the Vampire</i> Season 3 Teaser appeared first on Reactor.

Books Science Fiction One Is the Loneliest Number: Five Stories About Being Left All Alone Misanthropy is all very well, but being the last human left alive is not as relaxing as one might imagine… By James Davis Nicoll | Published on July 29, 2024 Credit: CBS Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: CBS When you’re trying to get something done, other people often get in the way. “If only an ill-fated physics experiment, deadly space cloud, or liberally wielded Phantom Zone Projector would rid the world of all humans but me, I could definitely finish that bathroom spackling project without interruption!” one might muse. Be careful there. A world without people would be worse than a world with interfering people. You might want to consider the following five cautionary tales. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (1949) While doing fieldwork alone, Isherwood “Ish” Williams is bitten by a rattlesnake. After a solitary convalescence, Ish returns to civilization, only to discover towns and cities empty save for corpses. A deadly new strain of measles has swept the world. The human race is extinct… almost. Although Ish is comfortable enough by himself, he knows that a lone person can die from otherwise minor mishaps. Groups are safer. Groups (or at least the right group) might even possess the means by which civilization could be rebuilt. But as Ish discovers, survivor communities may be too small to preserve vital skills. Stewart’s narrative could be called The Social Equivalent of Island Biogeography: a Novel. Although the focus is on Ish and the rest of his Tribe, there are other groups of survivors. Each of them possesses a different tiny subset of pre-collapse skills. The resulting societies are, from the brief glimpse we get of them, very different from each other. “Time Enough at Last” by Lynn Venable (1953) (Originally published in If, January 1953) Meek bank clerk Henry Bemis loves reading. But he has little time to read. His demanding wife Agnes is very active; she socializes, watches lots of TV, and wants Henry to share her pursuits. She does not love or value reading. If the vigilant housewife notices Henry reading, she redirects his efforts to something she deems more productive or amusing (to her). Enter the solution to all work and marital problems: global thermonuclear war. Henry is in the bank’s vault when the bombs go off. He alone survives. Too bad for everyone else, but Henry finally has all the time he needs to read. Except there’s one small complication. Fans of the old Twilight Zone episode based on this may have wondered, as I did, why Henry didn’t just (apologies for spoilers…) hold the books very close to his eyes? This is actually addressed in the original story. His particular condition is so odd and difficult that there is only one specialist who can supply glasses that work for Henry. Or, there was one specialist, until the bombs fell. Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien (1974) The valley in which the Burden farm lay was spared incineration due to isolation. It escaped fallout by a quirk of geography and weather. Fifteen-year-old Ann Burden’s family did not return from an ill-fated attempt to find survivors in the wasteland beyond the valley. Ann alone remained in the valley. Ann alone survives. Then one day, Loomis appears, clad in a radiation-proof suit. At first, Loomis tries to ingratiate himself to Ann. His superficial charm is a façade. Loomis covets the valley and all in it, including Ann. If Ann does not want to cooperate? Loomis will make her cooperate. If only Ann’s family were still with her to help. Yes, this book is by the same author who wrote Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Don’t expect the same humor or positive worldview. At least this book is more upbeat than Old Yeller or Barefoot Gen… but not by much. The Big Snit by Richard Condie (1985) In this animated short film, the Husband could (and does) list the Wife’s many flaws, not least of which is her habit of removing and noisily shaking her eyes. The Wife could (and does) respond with an even longer list of the Husband’s flaws: his incessant sawing, cheating during board games, and worst of all, refusal to admit cheating even when caught. Small wonder the angry couple retreats to different rooms. But… just as Scrabble is no fun as a solitaire game1, life isn’t much fun spent alone. It does not take the Husband long to miss the Wife. Can sentiment and terrible concertina music win her back? Or will the terrifying events transpiring around the oblivious couple render his effort moot? The Husband and the Wife own a cat and a bird, neither of whom made it into the synopsis above. Too bad, because the cat, whom I guess is named the Cat, gets a lot of amusing business, even if it does not get many lines2. The Big Snit can be watched here, if you happen to be in Canada, courtesy of Canada’s National Film Board. Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale by Kikori Morino (2016 onward) Child protective services would no doubt disapprove of Nagi’s father, who left  twelve-year-old Nagi alone… were there any child protective services remaining after a never-explained apocalypse. Most humans are dead. No government will intervene to retrieve lonely Nagi from rustic isolation. Enter Giant Spider. Giant Spider probably isn’t a spider, but it is certainly giant, the size of a small bear. Fortunately for Nagi, the arachnoid is not anthropophagus. For others, the Giant Spider might be the stuff of nightmares. For Nagi, it is what she craves most: company. The Giant Spider has huge fangs and some sort of trunk or tentacle. Definitely not a spider. Also, definitely sufficiently spider-like to trigger phobias. Too bad, because this is the most heart-warming manga about a young girl and her WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! that readers are likely to encounter. Of course, this is a very small sample of stories underlining solitude’s drawbacks. I didn’t even mention London’s “To Build a Fire.” Feel free to mention other such works in comments below.[end-mark] I have a dark feeling of foreboding, as if a million solitaire Scrabble fans were about to comment angrily. ︎Because it is a cat and cats cannot speak, no matter what their owners think. Wow, there’s that dark foreboding again. I wonder if there was a change in atmospheric pressure? ︎The post One Is the Loneliest Number: Five Stories About Being Left All Alone appeared first on Reactor.

Another two man show as Adam catches up with Kevin as they share their latest finds from thrifting and garage sales including vinyl records, tons of VHS tapes, audio cassettes, 80’s toys, trading cards and CONTINUE READING... The post Thrift Store Horde: Season 3, Episode 10 appeared first on The Retro Network.

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