Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Actor, Dead at 72

Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Actor, Dead at 72

Anthony Head, the actor who played Rupert “Ripper” Giles on TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died of complications due to pneumonia at the age of 72. His daughters Emily and Daisy Head announced their father’s death in a statement to the BBC, writer the actor “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by … Read more

Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘slush fund’ isn’t necessary for Jan. 6 rioters to be paid

Trump’s .8 billion ‘slush fund’ isn’t necessary for Jan. 6 rioters to be paid

Dylann Roof, the then-21-year-old white supremacist who murdered nine people at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, should not have been able to buy the .45-caliber Glock pistol he used. But failures in the FBI’s background check system allowed that sale to proceed. In 2021, the Justice Department paid $88 million to settle claims brought … Read more

Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan and Chainsaw Man Officially Set for New Reveals on June 19

Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan and Chainsaw Man Officially Set for New Reveals on June 19

The long-awaited anime sequel to Chainsaw Man is finally dropping new details about its upcoming release this June, courtesy of its acclaimed anime studio. MAPPA confirmed via its official social media channels that it will release new information about Chainsaw Man, following the box office success of 2025’s Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc. … Read more

22 Years Later, Denzel Washington’s Paranoid Conspiracy Thriller Is Still One of the Best Ever Made

22 Years Later, Denzel Washington’s Paranoid Conspiracy Thriller Is Still One of the Best Ever Made

Despite the fact that he was one of the last century’s most talented filmmakers, much of Jonathan Demme‘s filmography outside The Silence of the Lambs (one of two Demme pictures preserved by the National Film Registry) remains criminally underseen — especially his 2004 remake The Manchurian Candidate. Based upon the 1962 John Frankenheimer thriller starring … Read more