Static Media/Getty Images With “Gladiator II,” Sir Ridley Scott will make something rare in his filmography: A direct sequel. This is something he has only done before in “Alien: Covenant.” But unlike that movie, “Gladiator II” has been decades in the works, with the script evolving from a bonkers…

The pilot of the plane that ‘fell out of the sky’ in Brazil killing all 62 people on board has been identified as a 35-year-old with ten years of experience.  Captain Danilo Santos Romano was named today as the first victim of the horror crash in the city of Vinhedo on Friday, local news has reported. …

CHICAGO — Early in the first dugout news conference of his interim managing career, Grady Sizemore was asked lightheartedly whether he ever envisioned being the Chicago White Sox manager back when he was an All-Star outfielder for a division rival. Now that certainly would be an oddly specific career goal for a guy from Seattle…

Shudder The film industry around the world is currently at a crossroads: How can audience interest in the theatrical experience possibly be rebuilt, when everyone’s become so accustomed to the immeasurable convenience of streaming? A good first step, of course, would be to let films actually play in…

The solitary Allied B-17 bomber was an easy target. Down to one working engine and riddled with flak and bullets, the aircraft would struggle to stay in the air over Germany let alone cover the 300 miles back to England.  Cannon fire had blasted away the aircraft’s nose cone, causing a 200mph wind to howl…

They went out slow and came home fast, and when it was over, and Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia was sprinting through the plaza and Invalides, the Olympic marathon once more proved why it can be that most captivating of races. On a bright and clear morning in Paris, 80 of the world’s best distance runners…

Static Media The Marvel Cinematic Universe did not invent the post-credits scene, but it did popularize and standardized it in superhero blockbusters to the point where audiences are now expected to stay through the credits lest they miss out on some surprise, some tease of what is to…

A father who deliberately drove his twin two-year-old daughters off a cliff to ‘send them to heaven’ has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Robert Duane Brians, 51, will be imprisoned for 31 years next month in a plea bargain four years after they plunged from Sunset Cliffs in San Diego after Brians initially pleaded not guilty…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Grinning last month, Louis Rees-Zammit shared just how much he wanted to experience his first full-contact hit as an NFL player. Rees-Zammit, the Welsh former rugby star who joined the Kansas City Chiefs in March, knew he was just a few days away from his first training camp practice in full…

Static Media/Studio Ghibli/Marvel Studios “Avengers: Age of Ultron” climaxes with the Marvelous heroes fighting the titular tin man and his army of duplicates in fictional European nation Sokovia. Ultron has built a giant engine beneath a Sokovian city to lift it off the ground, intending to slam it…