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By successfully mixing adventure, comedy, horror, and action into one rollercoaster-of-a-ride, The Mummy launched its own genre that many have tried and failed to copy since. Jungle Cruise, the Disney adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, was no exception. It copied multiple elements of the 1999 modern classic in a hope to recapture its magic but lacked The Mummy’s sincerity, goofy humor, and chemistry between the cast that made it such a success....

To help keep everything organized, there will be two categories used to separate the monsters. The first is the insectoid creatures, which Junji Ito revisits with his monsters. Not surprising since the combination of insects and horror has always worked side by side. The second is the humanoid monster; this category is coving the more human-like monsters that Junji Ito has touched on because what scarier than humans. Creepy Crawlers Some of the most disturbing monsters in the Junji Ito Collection are insect-based creatures....

RELATED: Every Jurassic Park Movie, Ranked This series unfolds over two eras. The first three bear the original Jurassic Park title while the second trio of films rebrand themselves as Jurassic World. All of them have admirable qualities, but certain elements are simply stronger than others. A fundamental law of nature is survival of the fittest. With that in mind, which of these dino-romps will come out on top?...

Goalkeeper Klinsmann, who has German and American citizenship, has featured for USA Under-20s and previously played for college side the California Golden Bears. He has been training with the Bundesliga club since last month and was informed on Tuesday by Hertha general manager Michael Preetz that he would be offered a deal. Klinsmann’s father, who was sacked as USA coach in November, has been a Hertha member since 2004, while his grandfather was a supporter of the club....

The former Empire star, 39, alleged that he was attacked on the streets of downtown Chicago on January 29, 2019. However, brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo have alleged that he paid them $3,500 to stage the attack. Smollett had alleged at the time that two men placed a noose around his neck and poured bleach on him as they said: “This is MAGA country,” in reference to then-President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan....

The actor had claimed that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack on the streets of Chicago back in January 2019. Brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo later alleged that Smollett had paid them $3,500 to stage the attack as part of a bid to be paid more money on his show, Empire. Smollett was subsequently arrested in February of that year, weeks before the charges were dismissed without public explanation toward the end of March....

Not only will Halo 4 be just as long and in-depth as Bungie’s past releases, but the episodically-released season of co-op campaign coming with Spartan Ops will contain even more content than Halo 3: ODST. The concerns all started after the Halo 4 achievements list was released by 343 Industries, revealing that the singleplayer campaign would be built around only eight Missions. While that doesn’t give any indication as to the exact length of each respective mission or total game time, some online began to voice skepticism that the new development team would be delivering a lengthy, varied experience....

Only 3.6 percent of Californians whose income places them below the federal poverty guidelines are ready for the stay-at-home orders to be relaxed. However, 78.7 percent of individuals in that particular income bracket believe they should shelter in place for as long as necessary. When the same question was posed to a sampling of all California residents, 75.1 percent said they were in favor of shelter in place orders while 10....

Last week, Grisham’s publishers ran a full-page ad in The New York Times (price tag: $68,166) quoting a Publishers Weekly review that called “The Runaway Jury” “a thriller for people who think.” What on earth must dummies be reading True, Grisham puts op-ed boilerplate in his characters’ mouths: " ‘The numbers are real,’ Nicholas said. ‘…Last year our country spent six billion on medical costs directly related to smoking, and the number goes up each year’....

Earlier today, Snyder tweeted out a character poster on his Twitter account of Justice League’s main antagonist Darkseid. The poster shows a full-body black and white image of Darkseid, looking menacing as ever as he stares down at his enemies with his glowing eyes. Jeremy Kirby retweeted this post with the caption, “Thank you @ZackSnyder.” Kirby’s grandson seemingly approves of Snyder’s adaptation of his grandfather’s creation and has been involved in keeping his grandfathers legacy alive....

Barring a minor miracle, Chris Paul will start in the the NBA All-Star Game. Justin Bieber settled that Thursday night. Voting isn’t over, but the pop star encouraged his 72.9 million Twitter followers to cast their lot with the Clippers guard, and that’s all it should take to get it done. Within 40 minutes, two posts in support of Paul had garnered about 30,000 retweets and 35,000 favorites. MORE: Top 10 NBA moments of ‘15 | Kobe has more votes than LeBron and KD combined The force is definitely with Biebs when it comes to garnering all-star votes....

29-year-old Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, this year not only finished at the semi-finals of the US Open, losing in a long fight against eventual champion Stan Wawrinka – but before this, the Argentine, who had struggled with wrist and back injuries that put his tennis career on hold, had a dream run at the Olympic games, ousting then No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the first round....

Smith was angered by Rock poking fun at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance by referencing the fact that her head is shaved. Smith suffers from alopecia, which causes hair loss. Apatow, who has directed comedies including The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, weighed in on the incident with several tweets, which were quickly deleted. However, some users captured screen-shots of them and criticized Apatow. The now-deleted tweets said: “He [Smith] could have killed him....

Adams County Judge Robert Adrian found 18-year-old Drew Clinton guilty of felony sexual assault in October before throwing out the conviction because he felt the nearly five months Clinton had spent in jail was adequate punishment and refusing to sentence Clinton to the mandatory four-year sentence for a sexual assault conviction. Wednesday, Adrian reportedly kicked Adams County lead trial attorney Josh Jones out of the courtroom, which Jones was in for a case unrelated to the sexual assault sentencing, according to the Herald-Whig newspaper in Quincy, Illinois....

Meyer ruled that the San Diego Unified School District’s COVID vaccine mandate, which was set to start on January 24, conflicted with state law and that the district does not have the authority to create such a mandate, according to KNSD-TV. An attorney representing the school district, Mark. R. Bresee, was disappointed with the ruling and said the district is looking into options regarding its response. The judge “concluded only the state can act regarding vaccinations, even though the law specifically allows and encourages local vaccination programs,” said Bresee in a statement....

Last term the court heard 74 cases, one of its lightest workloads since 1990, says Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein, who tracks the court. About a quarter of the opinions were closely divided 5-4 decisions. The court’s conservative majority held together in half of them. But Goldstein also found signs of difference. Justices Antonin Scalia and Thomas–often seen as voting in lockstep–disagreed more often than at any time in the past eight years, reaching complete agreement only 73 percent of the time....

The mother of Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, Sammy Toa-Schuster, posted on Instagram on Sunday that she’s received death threats recently. The post didn’t specify why, but Smith-Schuster has been under a lot of heat for TikTok dances on opposing logos during the Steelers’ three-game losing streak. “After weeks of so many hate messages to death threats … I can’t help but cry when my baby scored his TD,” Toa-Schuster wrote....

World No.4 women’s singles player, Juliane Schenk, the tour de force for Pune Pistons in the IBL, says she is overwhelmed by the response she got in the auction and described the world’s richest badminton league as a concept “that could bring new perspective to badminton in general”. The 30-year-old German who is training for the World Championship in China next month with an acclimatization programme in Hong Kong, said, “For the first time in badminton history, there is a league where teams can buy players and bid for them at an auction....

On July 29, JRPG fans have Digimon Survive and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 to look forward to, with the former launching for all major platforms and the latter releasing as a Nintendo Switch exclusive. Both Digimon Survive and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 fit into the JRPG category, yet they should both provide very different experiences. Assuming both games live up to expectations, JRPG fans should be kept plenty busy for some time to come....