The Usual Suspects set Hollywood on fire when it was released in 1995. It quickly became a modern classic, winning Oscars and taking its place in the pop culture. The movie boasts one of the most infamous twist endings of all time, in addition to a slew of other iconic moments. It’s lines have also become quoted over and over again by fans over the years. The Usual Suspects also did wonders for the careers of its cast and crew....
Because user-generated content gives your customers an idea of how your product or service will actually fit into their lifestyle, it provides a great way to resonate with your audience through authentic content. However, gathering all of that content yourself can be tedious, which is where UGC platforms come in. We’ve put together a list of the top user-generated content platforms to help you find the best one for your content strategy....
Counting On star Amy Duggar King’s answer to a candid parenting question on Instagram recently shocked fans of the soon-to-be-mother when she revealed that she supported raising her son as gender-fluid. Her candid response about childhood gender-fluidity revealed that the reality star’s approach to child-rearing may be more modern than her upbringing would suggest. Amy and husband, Dillon King, announced on Instagram that the couple would be expecting their first child....
Like most superheroes, the microscopic Ant-Man has gone through many radical changes through the years. The character started off as a simple scientist who could shrink to small sizes and communicate with ants. Now, there are three different versions of the superhero all with different personalities, abilities, and costumes. To make things even more confusing, each of these versions of the character have been known by a handful of different superhero names!...
Alien movies have played on the fear of the unknown for decades with their nightmarish what-if scenarios, and humanity continually obsesses with the possibility of life on other planets and what might happen if these otherworldly beings don’t “come in peace.” As a result, depictions of alien abductions, horrific experimentation, and body swapping further feed the paranoia of extraterrestrials and their ulterior motives. A whole horror sub-genre has sprung up around alien encounters, which really took off in the 1980s after the success of Ridley Scott’s Alien film....
All of today’s best deals are now headlined by a $149 discount on Apple’s 24-inch M1 iMac. That’s alongside a 20% off Satechi back to school sale and up to $230 off Apple Watch Series 7. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. 24-inch M1 iMac sees first discount in months with $149 off Delivering the latest screen-based macOS desktop, the latest M1 iMac arrived centered around a 24-inch 4K Retina Display backed by True Tone support....
There are plenty of ways to interact with consumers throughout the holiday shopping process, but social is quickly taking the lead. Our data suggests that the number of social messages retailers receive during the holiday season has been trending upward since 2015—with the average retailer receiving approximately 30% more messages than the previous year. For brands gearing up for the holiday madness, preparation is key—not only to provide compelling offers and promotions, but by ensuring that the right pieces are in place to efficiently serve customers and meet their demands....
The title of the docuseries Don’t F*** With Cats might have you scratching your head at whether it’s funny or serious. But make no mistake: it’s deeply troubling and not for the faint of heart. The series, released on Netflix on December 18, tells the story of Canadian killer Luka Magnotta, who brutally murdered a young man, filmed and posted the footage online, then sent his dismembered body parts to government officials....
The History Channel’s American Restoration is about shops across the country that work to take old, busted items and make them look like they just came out of the factory. Over the past seven seasons, the featured companies have rejuvenated cars, motorcycles, soda machines, signs, and whatever other crazy stuff their clients have brought in. However, it isn’t all work. The crews have plenty of time to get up to some shenanigans....
There is no escaping the iconic characters of The Avengers. Twenty years ago, few moviegoers would have known about characters like Iron Man or Black Panther, but today you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t familiar with the Marvel universe solely because of hit blockbusters. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become so iconic and influential that sometimes even the comics change to fit the look and feel of their movie counterparts....
After decades of Batman and Superman, the Arrowverse brought many of the characters in DC’s roster to pop culture prominence. When Arrow became a television hit on the CW, it started an entire comic book universe that now spans across The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow. The Arrowverse has served up a wide variety of fan favorite heroes and villains, as well as characters that were plucked out of comic book obscurity....
Engagement potential is boundless with Instagram Stories. From playing bingo, answering the audience’s questions, to playing around with AR filters, Instagram Stories is packed with exciting features that go beyond aesthetically pleasing graphics and inspirational quotes. In a previous article, we listed some creative ideas to spice up your Instagram Stories and keep your followers engaged. In this article, we focus on Instagram Story Games. Games aren’t just great for grabbing people’s attention and boosting engagement— your followers can also spread the word by tagging their friends to join in on the fun....
Spider-Man, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk. Those are all superhero movies that came out in the first decade of the new millennium. We bet you know them pretty well. Same goes for Watchmen, The Incredibles, Hellboy, and the X-Men franchise. We’re even willing to bet you remember many of the less-successful cinematic superhero adventures, like Constantine, Elektra, and Blade: Trinity. Good or bad, each of them kept the craze alive and kicking....
Mike Flanagan’s brand of horror is emotionally pervasive in the best way imaginable. This is evident in his storytelling masterpiece The Haunting of Hill House, a series loosely based on a novel by Shirley Jackson. Mike Flanagan returned to Netflix with his latest horror streaming show like The Haunting of Hill House. This one is The Midnight Club and arrived on the streaming service just in time for Halloween in October 2022....
Crossovers are kind of the ultimate fan service. The actual story beats seldom add up, but fans are almost always excited by the prospect of their favorite characters meeting. Many of them care less about the details of how these universes wind up occupying the same space and more about just somehow seeing it happen. Every once in a while, the circumstances leading up to these epic situations make sense, but those instances are few and far between....
The 2000s, fittingly enough, saw something of a renaissance in sci-fi television. Not that sci-fi had ever really left the airwaves or wasn’t prominent in the 1990s, but that era definitely had a “next generation” feel to it in terms of the genre. Perhaps it was a side effect of the future that was teased in movies like Back to the Future II and The Jetsons–which promised flying cars and robot maids and the like by the year 2000– not coming to pass....
The discovery of hidden secrets is one of the most exhilarating moments that a player can experience when enjoying a video game for the first time. The developers of video games know much the players love secrets, which is why they endeavor to include them at the end of the most difficult challenges and hide them behind hard-to-find areas, in order to make the discovery all the sweeter. There are some video game developers with a twisted ideal who love to hide terrible video game secrets in their games....
The thing is, what we’re talking about has nothing to do with mentions or the @ symbol. We’re talking about Tagging—a game-changing Sprout feature that can demystify the performance of both your inbound and outbound social content. Tags help social marketers group and categorize posts for flexible reporting on content, creative and campaigns. Customers across industries use them to unlock key performance insights and move their strategies forward. Even our own social team relies on a robust tagging structure to report on over 50 specific types of content across networks....
Jessica Chastain assembles her team in the first look photo for all-female spy thriller 355. The film is based on an idea that Chastain came up with and has X-Men series writer/producer Simon Kinberg attached to direct. Smash creator Theresa Rebeck is set to write the script for the movie, which gets its title from the code name for a real life female spy in the American Revolutionary War. 355 is drawing comparisons to Mission: Impossible and Charlie’s Angels and like those properties, the film is designed to kickoff a franchise in the event it becomes a commercial success....
For example, when downloading new Linux.iso files to test, I prefer to do so via torrent rather than through my web browser. In terms of functionality, all Linux torrent clients are essentially the same. They all download specified torrents to the directory you specify. There isn’t much variety here, and there isn’t much to discuss. The only real distinctions between them are minor differences in user interfaces, which we’ll look at here....
