“To celebrate this historic anniversary, Inverse spoke to two of the movie’s stars: Paul Freeman (Indiana’s rival archeologist René Belloq who’s hired by the Nazis) and Karen Allen (Indie’s old flame who joins him on his adventure). Separate conversations with the two actors covered everything from how they joined the cast of Raiders of the Lost Ark to drinking too much cheap Tunisian wine during production to working with snakes.” Read more on Inverse Emilia Clarke wants to reprise her role as Qi’Ra from Solo: A Star Wars Story and we’d totally like to see her return.
Read more at The Mary Sue Netflix’s latest reality dating show Sexy Beasts has everyone on Twitter in a frenzy with its The Masked Singer-esque approach. “Netflix is here with the latest entry into the growing genre of shows that sound like 30 Rock gags. This time, it’s Sexy Beasts, which evidently seeks to do for dating shows what The Masked Singer does for singing competition shows. The reality series involves singles going on dates while wearing “elaborate makeup and prosthetics to put true blind-date chemistry to the test,” and the trailer released Wednesday shows contestants dressed up like pandas, dolphins, and other animals, as well as mythical creatures and even the devil.” Read more at The Week One of the most iconic and revolutionary video game systems of all time, the Nintendo 64, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Feel old yet?
Read more at Kotaku Stephen King couldn’t make it through The Blair Witch Project in one sitting. The acclaimed horror-fiction writer was too scared to finish the movie. “In June 1999, a minivan crashed into Stephen King while he was out on a walk, landing him in a hospital bed for weeks. During that time, his son showed up with a portable television, a bootleg VHS tape, and a directive: “You gotta watch this.” The movie was The Blair Witch Project, which had generated buzz at the Sundance Film Festival that January, but had yet to be considered a seminal work in horror film history. The fractured, shaky footage, combined with the effects of the painkillers that King had taken, made for an especially scary viewing experience. So scary, in fact, that he couldn’t finish the movie.” Read more at Mental Floss What makes a Loki variant a Loki on Loki? It might not be as low key as you might think. Read more at Gizmodo