Few filmmakers have had a greater impact on the sci-fi blockbuster than Steven Spielberg. Which makes the arrival of Disclosure Day particularly exciting. Mark this one in your summer cinema calendar: Disclosure Day is looking like a total treat from the master. Expanding on what we saw in the first teaser, it looks like Josh O'Connor's young hero is intent on revealing knowledge of aliens on the public, drawing Eve Hewson's character into the web of intrigue, while Emily Blunt's weather reporter starts speaking in a bizarre extraterrestrial dialect. And then there's Colin Firth, looking seriously sinister, and able to project his image into the minds of others – presumably to unsettling ends. Spielberg himself devised the story for this one, which was written into a screenplay by his regular collaborator David Koepp, and his regular cinematographer Janusz Kamiński returns to capture it all. Add in a new original John Williams score to boot, and we could be in for a must-see summer ride from the master. The truth will be revealed when Disclosure Day hits cinemas on June 12. Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number 01176085; Bauer Radio Limited, Company number: 1394141; Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing, Company number: LP003328; Registered office: The Lantern, 75 Hampstead Road, London NW1 2PL H Bauer Publishing are authorised and regulated for credit broking by the FCA (Ref No: 845898)

By Samuel A. Lopez | USA Herald - A curious convergence is beginning to capture attention among observers of government transparency, national security disclosures, and Hollywood storytelling. So far, those requests have produced little in the way of substantive releases. Spielberg's name has been associated with extraterrestrial storytelling for nearly half a century. His filmography includes iconic works such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. Spielberg's name has been associated with extraterrestrial storytelling for nearly half a century. His filmography includes iconic works such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. Meanwhile, whistleblowers and former intelligence officials have claimed that classified programs may possess materials related to advanced technologies of unknown origin. Meanwhile, whistleblowers and former intelligence officials have claimed that classified programs may possess materials related to advanced technologies of unknown origin. The federal government has neither confirmed nor fully refuted many of those allegations. The federal government has neither confirmed nor fully refuted many of those allegations. The World Cup Security Reckoning: Trump Warns Iran Soccer Team About Safety As War Tensions Spill Into Global Sports In a rare act of clemency that halted an imminent execution, the Alabama man fatal shooting death sentence tied to… Federal prosecutors have unveiled ISIS New York attack charges against two young men accused of hurling improvised explosive devices during… Federal prosecutors have unveiled ISIS New York attack charges against two young men accused of hurling improvised explosive devices during… The cyclical nature of America's gun market has once again delivered a hard blow. A quiet but consequential shift inside Iran's ruling establishment has propelled Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of supreme leader, marking… A potential US Cuba Economic Deal may soon reshape relations between Washington and Havana, according to two sources familiar with… A fierce new battle is unfolding in the race to dominate space-based internet as Amazon FCC denial of SpaceX plan… TEHRAN, Iran – In a dramatic escalation of global tensions, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran… A fierce new battle is unfolding in the race to dominate space-based internet as Amazon FCC denial of SpaceX plan… More than a decade after one of aviation's greatest mysteries began, the Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappearance remains unsolved as a… An early morning blast at US embassy in Oslo has sparked a sweeping investigation by Norwegian authorities, who say terrorism… [USA HERALD] – There is a widespread assumption that if governments release their most highly classified files related to unidentified… Jesse Jackson, a towering figure of the American civil rights movement whose career spanned more than… Boxing legend Mike Tyson is using his platform ahead of Super Bowl 60 to address a personal and national health… Becca Valle, 41, thought her headaches were just migraines—until a sudden, unbearable pain revealed something far more serious.

The base allegedly houses “Hangar 18,” a facility which, according to UFO conspiracy theories, is said to contain debris of crashed alien vessels and even alien bodies recovered from the mythical Roswell incident. As CNN reports, 68-year-old William Neil McCasland went missing on February 27 and hasn't been in contact with family or friends since. The FBI Albuquerque Field Office and Kirtland Air Force Base have also joined the search, which has included neighborhood canvassing, interviews, and other coordinated search operations. McCasland served as a primary source for DeLonge's company, which previously claimed to have obtained “exotic material samples from UFOs.” “Former Commander of AFRL at Wright-Patt…” one Reddit user wrote facetiously in the Air Force subreddit. “If the FBI is joining, it likely indicates they've found some evidence of foul play or foreign interference IMO,” another user in the UFO subreddit suggested, conspiratorially. “It is true that Neil had a brief association with the UFO community,” she wrote. “This connection is not a reason for someone to abduct Neil. The timing of McCasland's disappearance was particularly unfortunate, occurring just days after president Donald Trump vowed in a Truth Social post to release “government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).” (Trump has also yet to make good on his promise.) For now, the local sheriff's office indicated that it had “uncovered no evidence of foul play” but that it is still “considering all possible scenarios.” UFO truthers, however, are convinced something strange is going on. More on UFOs: A Man Bought Meta's AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert Searching for Aliens to Abduct Him Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made.

Kyle MacLachlan Says David Lynch Wanted To Direct Him & Laura Dern Remotely From Home In A Movie Or Series ‘The A-Team': Director Joe Carnahan Thinks His 2010 Blockbuster Needed Better Marketing: “We Should Have Made Three Of Those” ‘Heel': Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,' and ‘Mobland' Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] ‘FROM' Trailer: MGM+'s Hit Horror Series Will Push Boyd, Tabitha & Jade Deeper Into The Town's Worst Answers In Season 4 ‘The Hawk' Teaser Reveal: Will Ferrell Toplines Comedic Pro Golf Series Exec Produced By Rian Johnson Tees Off This Summer On Netflix ‘Bait' Trailer: Riz Ahmed Plays An Actor Trying To Hit The Big Time In New Comedic Prime Series Coming March 25 ‘Hoppers': Director Daniel Chong On ‘Mission: Impossible' Inspirations, Meryl Streep's First Pixar Role & SZA's ‘Incredible' Anthem ‘Heel': Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,' and ‘Mobland' Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] ‘Heel': Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,' and ‘Mobland' Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] ‘FROM' Trailer: MGM+'s Hit Horror Series Will Push Boyd, Tabitha & Jade Deeper Into The Town's Worst Answers In Season 4 Kyle MacLachlan Says David Lynch Wanted To Direct Him & Laura Dern Remotely From Home In A Movie Or Series ‘The A-Team': Director Joe Carnahan Thinks His 2010 Blockbuster Needed Better Marketing: “We Should Have Made Three Of Those” ‘Heel': Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,' and ‘Mobland' Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] ‘FROM' Trailer: MGM+'s Hit Horror Series Will Push Boyd, Tabitha & Jade Deeper Into The Town's Worst Answers In Season 4 ‘The Hawk' Teaser Reveal: Will Ferrell Toplines Comedic Pro Golf Series Exec Produced By Rian Johnson Tees Off This Summer On Netflix ‘Bait' Trailer: Riz Ahmed Plays An Actor Trying To Hit The Big Time In New Comedic Prime Series Coming March 25 ‘Heel': Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,' and ‘Mobland' Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] ‘Heel': Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,' and ‘Mobland' Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] ‘FROM' Trailer: MGM+'s Hit Horror Series Will Push Boyd, Tabitha & Jade Deeper Into The Town's Worst Answers In Season 4 It might sound like damning with faint praise to say that the best visual moment of Ian Tuason's feature directorial debut “undertone” is a black screen. His subject, Evy (Nina Kiri), is a podcaster who spends her days surfing audio waveforms in the paranormal space. Her partner remains unseen throughout the entire film, as does everyone else save for Evy's ailing mother (Michèle Duquet). Adding a pregnancy scare on top of that stress makes her uniquely prone to start falling apart. These breaks function like an implicit concession that he's made a film more worth listening to than watching.

A new trailer has arrived for Disclosure Day, the upcoming alien sci-fi thriller from legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, and it looks like the director is diving headfirst back into the cosmic unknown. Emily Blunt stars as a Kansas weatherwoman whose routine broadcast suddenly becomes something far more unsettling when she appears to channel an alien message live on air. What begins as a bizarre local incident quickly spirals into a worldwide event that pulls governments, scientists, and everyday people into a storm of fear, curiosity, and disbelief. Spielberg has long been fascinated by the unknown, and he's spoken openly about the inspiration behind stories like this. "I've always been fascinated with things that cannot be explained. And I've made a lot of movies about things that can't be explained, from sharks to saucers. When I was just a little kid, I remember developing a real curiosity about the sky at night, and what's happening up there," Spielberg previously stated. "People's questions about what is not only going on in our skies, but what is going on in our worlds, in our realities, has reached a critical mass, of people's complete fascination with 'Are we alone, or are we not alone?' The concept of “disclosure” has been a long-running topic in UFO circles. That conversation has spread far beyond conspiracy forums in recent years as newly released footage of UAPs, or Unexplained Aerial Phenomena, and whistleblower claims have sparked renewed public curiosity. It looks like this story will blend large-scale global reactions with deeply personal moments as people struggle to process the truth. Blunt is joined by Josh O'Connor and Colin Firth, both playing figures caught in the middle of the chaos as the world tries to understand what this strange message means and whether humanity is ready to hear it. The screenplay comes from David Koepp, a longtime collaborator of Spielberg. Koepp also wrote the screenplay for 2025's Jurassic World Rebirth. With Spielberg exploring extraterrestrial contact once again, Disclosure Day looks like it will tap into the same sense of wonder and unease that defined some of his earlier sci-fi classics while tackling a topic that feels increasingly relevant today. All names, trademarks and images are copyright their respective owners.

Celeste Mott, a witch and psychic mentor, shared in a recent video that certain abilities could actually be signs of untapped psychic abilities. While many people believe that psychic gifts are rare or reserved for a select few, she believes the opposite. "The cool thing is, anybody can develop psychic abilities. Just like playing a musical instrument or being really good at math, some of us are naturally more inclined," Mott said. Turns out, some people are already displaying subtle abilities that show their intuition and energetic awareness may be stronger than they realize. Mott claimed that most people aren't really able to feel physical sensations when they're dreaming. However, some do have the unique ability to feel touch, pain, or warmth while sleeping. "If you're able to feel sensation in the dream, then more of your etheric body is engaged in that dreaming space," Mott explained. RELATED: People Who Can Pick Up Even The Subtlest Vibe Shifts Have These 3 Rare Intuitive Skills A term introduced by psychiatrist Carl Jung in the early 1900s, Mott defines synchronicities as "the occurrence of two or more events that appear to be meaningfully related when in fact there is no causal connection." Of course, there are always coincidences and mundane reasons why someone might be seeing synchronicities in their surroundings, but in a spiritual sense, it may be an indicator of something more. "This may include dreaming about a person that you later meet in real life, or going to a place that you recognize from a dream that you've had prior, or finding objects and artifacts in the real world that you have seen in your dreams," Mott claimed. She said it's even possible that, with some training, you can do seemingly impossible things like bringing physical objects from dreams into the real world. RELATED: Psychic Reveals What It Means When You Dream About Someone Who Passed Away Kayla Asbach is a writer currently working on her bachelor's degree at the University of Central Florida. She covers relationships, psychology, self-help, pop culture, and human interest topics.

It isn't often that Jensen Ackles shares life updates on his social media, so when he does, we're fully seated. It's been an up and down year for the Supernatural alum, who celebrated the arrival of his action-packed Prime Video series Countdown over the summer. Overflowing with an explosive storyline and playing out in a procedural format, the series, which also featured the late Eric Dane and Jessica Camacho, the series had all the makings of yet another massive hit for the platform, but unfortunately fizzled out and failed to secure a Season 2 renewal. From there, Ackles reunited with Justin Hartley and the rest of his Tracker family for a few episodes at the top of the CBS show's third season, where he was joyously welcomed back by the fandom. Slated for a return to screens with a two-episode premiere on April 8, the next set of episodes will close the story that's been building since the satirical superhero series first touched down onto screens in 2019. As for Ackles's part, he's played the character since Season 3 when it was discovered that Soldier Boy was still alive after being presumed dead for decades. During his arc, he searched for revenge against his old teammates and discovered that he had a son in Homelander (Antony Starr) before being put back on ice by the government. Then, at the tail end of the fourth season, he was brought back out of retirement by Homelander with audiences unsure of what the monstrous Supe has up his sleeves for his father in the final season. The Shield premiered on this date in 2002. Even though The Boys is coming to an end, the story of Soldier Boy will continue on through a prequel project titled Vought Rising. And, thanks to an Instagram post from Ackles, we now know that filming for the first season has come to an end. While patiently waiting for a team of five to help him get into his incredibly tight costume, Ackles shared a “Thank You” video to all the fans who helped the series take flight. Share your opinions in the thread below and remember to keep it respectful. Be the first to post your thoughts.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. William "Neil" McCasland, a 68-year-old retired U.S. Air Force general, has been missing for almost two weeks. "There has been no indication whatsoever of where he might be," his wife, Susan McCasland Wilkerson, wrote in a Facebook post Friday. "There have been dozens of searchers on foot, both official and friends and neighbors of Neil's, who coordinate with the official sources. There have also been horseback searchers, drones with different capabilities, helicopters, three different types of search dogs, neighborhood canvassing and looking for Ring or wildlife videos." Although there is a silver alert out for McCasland, his wife said she does not believe his disappearance is related to confusion or disorientation. An undated photo of missing retired Air Force Gen. William "Neil" McCasland in hiking gear. The 68-year-old was last seen near his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home on Feb. 27. "Neil is at some risk, but not from dementia," she wrote. "It is true that when Neil was in the Air Force, he had access to some highly classified programs and information," she wrote. "He retired from the AF almost 13 years ago and has had only very commonly held clearances since. It seems quite unlikely that he was taken to extract very dated secrets from him." Before his retirement in 2013, McCasland was the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Authorities issued a Silver Alert for retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland. She also noted that he had previously maintained a relationship with Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge as an unpaid consultant on military and scientific matters related to UFOs for the rocker's fiction and media projects. "This connection is not a reason for someone to abduct Neil," she wrote. He has no "special knowledge" about extraterrestrials or Roswell, New Mexico, according to his wife, who appeared frustrated with the search effort's lack of progress. "Though at this point with absolutely no sign of him, maybe the best hypothesis is that aliens beamed him up to the mothership," she added. "However, no sightings of a mothership hovering above the Sandia Mountains have been reported." McCasland was last seen at his residence on Quail Run Court in Albuquerque on Feb. 27, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office. He is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall with white hair and blue eyes and is believed to have left his residence on foot. Images from his Facebook profile show he was often spending time in the mountains — both skiing and hiking — in the U.S. and abroad. The sheriff's office, FBI and other assisting agencies did not immediately see any signs of foul play, according to a statement released on March 6. "We believe there are people who have information valuable to locating Neil who have not yet spoken to law enforcement. This could include people who have been in the Sandia mountains and may have seen Neil or captured him on a GoPro or other recording device, specifically on Friday, February 27 or Saturday, February 28." The sheriff's office is asking anyone with any information to come forward, even if they don't think what they know is important. "Regardless of how insignificant you think your information might be, or whether you think we are already aware of it, please contact us and allow us to make that determination," the statement continued. Anyone with information can text "BCSO" to 847411 or call the missing persons unit at 505-468-7070. "We would also like to remind the public of some hiking safety tips: Pick the right trail for you and your group's ability, remember to let people know where you are, dress in layers, be sure to have enough water and always take your cell phone or some other way to communicate," authorities said. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by

As the UFO disclosure movement makes steady progress, Congressman Tim Burchett has revealed that he had a conversation with President Donald Trump about releasing classified UFO files. During a recent interview on the popular podcast The Resilient Show, Burchett said that Trump asked him directly if UFOs were real, to which he replied, “Something's going on, Mr. President. One might assume that the US government is well-aware of where its money goes. Still, in the increasingly myriad unknowns of legislative processes, coupled with decades of UFO mythologizing, it could well be that there isn't merely one big dossier to hand over to the president. Burchett, a Republican representative from Tennessee, added that he urged Trump to release information he may have seen in classified briefings, remarking, “I don't think he'll [Trump] know what to ask for.” Many commenters interpreted the exchange as evidence that top officials may not actually know much about UFOs. Reddit user peternn2412 quizzed: “Why do we need to be informed about a conversation between two people who know nothing, in which they admit they know nothing?” Another user, Leviastin, expressed similar skepticism, writing: “The idea that Obama or Trump has been briefed on anything is laughable at this point.” Until something actually happens, all of these conversations are just making these respected people in the disclosure scene look like they are crying wolf,” exclaimed @chloro_phyll. Complex government structures may prevent politicians from accessing sensitive UFO programs, which feeds into the speculative talking heads debate that the community has been having lately. The idea here is that each seemingly progressive step might in fact just be breadcrumbing the public, with no real progress actually being made. Classified UFO-related programs could remain hidden inside specialized military or intelligence structures, as was the case with Immaculate Constellation, the Pentagon's secret alien disclosure program that whistleblower Matthew Brown helped unearth. Reddit user Kardashev_One wrote: “These guys are just saying stuff for easy political points,” while another said, “I predict it's going to take another century before the public is informed of everything.” AI “actor” Tilly Norwood just released a bubblegum pop anthem telling human actors to embrace artificial intelligence – complete with pink flamingos, rooftop singing, and lyrics about having a soul.

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Paranormal fans may already recognize Saint from television series and documentaries where she has spent years investigating unexplained phenomena and haunted locations. Her work in projects like Ghosts of Shepherdstown, Paranormal Lockdown, and The House in Between 2 helped introduce her to audiences fascinated by the mysteries that exist just beyond what we can easily explain. Now she's bringing that fascination with the unknown into a new format. The idea behind Stories with Saint began as an experiment on social media. Saint started posting interactive paranormal stories online, allowing her audience to vote on what direction the narrative should take next. Each story unfolded over five parts, with weekly installments guided by audience decisions. The themes covered everything from paranormal investigations and cryptids to UFO encounters, psychological horror, true crime, and the strange gray area in between. “Stories with Saint began with a nostalgia for old text-based video games and choose-your-own-adventure stories,” Saint said. “Bringing those narratives into audio fiction lets them unfold in a more immersive way.” Instead of letting those stories disappear into social media feeds, she decided to expand the concept into a fully produced podcast that keeps the audience involved. Fans can still vote on story decisions through StoriesWithSaint.com and Saint's social channels, helping shape how each narrative unfolds. Even more interesting, listeners are also invited to audition and participate as voice actors in the series. The result is a unique blend of professional production and community collaboration. Voice direction comes from Fredi Bernstein, whose credits include Smile 2, American Horror Story, and the Ambie Award–nominated audio drama The Box. The series also features sound design by Jordan Suckley, music from producer Al Creedon, and sound effects editing by Stuart Barefoot, all working together to create a cinematic listening experience. Each episode of Stories with Saint follows investigators, filmmakers, researchers, or everyday people as they find themselves facing strange events where reality begins to feel unstable. Rather than relying on jump scares, the series leans into atmosphere, psychological tension, and the unsettling feeling that something just isn't quite right. You must be logged in to post a comment Login You must be logged in to post a comment. ‘The House on Haunted Grounds,' A Return to Found Footage? Viral Poltergeist Vid: Brave Homeowner Faces Spirit With His Fists Then a hand grabs him from the dirt. Harold Perrineau continues to carry this entire series and the man looks exhausted doing it. The town's only real leader is falling apart and nobody has a backup plan. There is a quick shot of Ethan hugging him, which either means ghosts, time travel, or John Griffin choosing maximum chaos. Speaking of the Man in Yellow, he is not slowing down. A voiceover warns that pushing too hard means something pushes back. I would love for these people to stop pushing and eat a sandwich but that has never been an option in Fromville. Julia Doyle joins as Sophia, a sheltered pastor's daughter. Every word of that is a red flag on this show. Nobody told us it was the last one. Joe Bob Briggs posted a cryptic video earlier this week urging the Mutant Family to make absolutely sure they watched Friday's episode, signing off with a quiet “I love you guys” that felt heavier than a standard promotional push. Then on March 6th, the series finale of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs aired on Shudder, and it was confirmed officially what that video already knew: after seven seasons, the regular series is done. Before we get sentimental, let's be precise about what this man pulled off, because I think people who didn't grow up with a horror host don't fully understand what was at stake. Joe Bob Briggs has been doing this since the early 1980s. He spent a decade as a drive-in movie critic, got a show on The Movie Channel called Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater that ran from 1986 to 1996, transitioned to TNT's MonsterVision through 2000, and then disappeared from screens for eighteen years. An entire generation of horror fans grew up without a horror host and didn't even know what they were missing. Then Shudder brought him back in July 2018 for what Joe Bob himself thought might be a one-night farewell. A thirteen film marathon that started at 9pm and did not stop until the sun had very much come up and everyone involved needed medical attention. The Mutant Family materialized out of thin air. Shudder, apparently as surprised as anyone, looked at the numbers and said yes please, let's do that again, indefinitely. Guests including Tom Atkins, Felissa Rose, Barbara Crampton, and Svengoolie. An ongoing one-man campaign to establish Walpurgisnacht as an American holiday, which remains the most reasonable political platform anyone has put forward in years. Here is the thing about horror hosts that gets lost every time the format disappears from screens: they are not just presenters. The tradition goes back further than Joe Bob. Zacherley, Vampira, Elvira, Sir Graves Ghastly, Svengoolie, people who understood that the film was only half the experience. The knowing wink that said yes, this movie is objectively ridiculous, and here is exactly why it matters anyway. It was about the communal weirdness of watching a horror film in the dark surrounded by strangers in cars, the scratchy audio coming through a speaker you'd hooked onto the window, the knowledge that something was about to happen on that screen and nobody around you was entirely prepared for it. The drive-in was a venue for shared unreality. Joe Bob understood that and built his entire career around it. Watching live with the Mutant Family tweeting in real time turned a solo couch experience back into a communal one. Joe Bob's interruptions were the speaker crackling to life. It was the drive-in, rebuilt from scratch inside a streaming platform, and it ran for eight years because people were hungrier for that experience than anyone had realized. The first, Joe Bob's Wicked Witchy Wingding, drops live on April 24th during Shudder's Halfway to Halloween programming block, featuring a double feature of occult films and another installment of the ongoing Walpurgisnacht awareness campaign. The drive-in may have closed its regular schedule, but it is still open for events, which is honestly how the best drive-ins always operated anyway. Someone in a group chat sent a clip, I watched it at an unreasonable hour, and two hours later I had learned more about the history of regional horror cinema than I had absorbed in the previous year. He makes the weird stuff feel like home. Enthusiastic without being gatekeeping, knowledgeable without being insufferable, the kind of community that actually watches the films rather than just arguing about them online. The light on that screen is just dimming for a moment before it comes back up. We will see you on April 24th, Joe Bob. For decades, zombie films have captivated horror fans with their blend of social commentary, dark humor, and relentless survival storytelling. That spirit is very much alive in Didn't Die, a bold new entry into the zombie canon from director Meera Menon. Following its buzzworthy Midnight premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Didn't Die has been acquired by Level 33 Entertainment and will be released in U.S. theaters on March 6, 2026. The Sundance Midnight feature film Didn't Die, directed by Meera Menon, has been acquired by Level 33 Entertainment, and will be released in theaters in the U.S. on March 6, 2026. Heralded by Variety as an “enticing character-centric comedy” and by Collider as a film that “forges its own bloody path by taking the story back to the barest of bones,” Didn't Die premiered in 2025 at the Sundance Film Festival as a Midnight feature; merely weeks after director Menon's home was tragically consumed by the fires which ravaged Los Angeles. Marvel,” and “Westworld,” describes Didn't Die—a film about the human spirit rising from tragedy—this way: “I'm drawn to the question of what still makes life worth living when everything else has come undone. Being an indie filmmaker right now feels like podcasting in the middle of a zombie apocalypse—this film is about the grit it takes to simply keep going.” Starring stand-up comedian and Emmy-nominated actress Kiran Deol in the lead role of “Vinita”, Didn't Die revolves around an unfolding zombie apocalypse in rural America, as a podcast host (Deol) struggles to maintain their dwindling audience amidst the chaos. Says Deol of her role in Didn't Die, and in collaborating with Menon, “As a performer, It's such a privilege to get to play an arc — especially one grounded in wry humor. Showcasing a South Asian family meant lots of dosas on set — which is a delicious way to make something revolutionary. From the collaborative style of developing the story, to staying in a house with the actors in upstate New York, Meera created an experience that felt like family coming together.” The cast is rounded out by George Basil (Werewolves Within), Samrat Chakrabarti (“The Sinner”), Katie McCuen, Vishal Vijayakumar, Ali Lopez-Sohaili and Kandis Erickson. Didn't Die is produced by director Menon, Erica Fishman, Joe Camerota and Paul Gleason, the latter who serves as the film's cinematographer, with a score by Samuel Jones. Says Andreas Olavarria, President & CEO of Level 33 Entertainment, regarding the acquisition, “Didn't Die is a witty and poignant take on the classic zombie film, crafted by a group of truly remarkable filmmakers. We can't wait to share this film with audiences across North America.” Five Big Oscar Winners Who Got Their Start in Low-Budget Horror Movies Horror Movies Where the Rules Are Explained — But No One Listens These Horror Movies Document the Creepy End of Humanity ‘Host' Proves Zoom Calls Were Always a Horror Concept Meera Menon's Zombie Feature ‘Didn't Die' Rises from Sundance to U.S. and the Weird History of Female Monsters Getting Their Own Stories

It might seem like conspiracy theories are everywhere today, and that people are more inclined to believe them than in the past. But that isn't true, says Joseph Uscinski, a political science professor at the University of Miami who studies conspiracy theories and the people who believe them. Uscinski organized the first international conference on conspiracy theories more than a decade ago and has written two books on the topic: American Conspiracy Theories, co-authored with Joseph Parent, which examined why people believe in conspiracy theories; and Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, which explored how conspiracy theories affect politics and society. His first book, The People's News: Media, Politics, and the Demands of Capitalism, looked at how audience demands drive news content. In this conversation with the Bulletin's Dawn Stover, Uscinski talks about conspiracy theories, the people who believe them, and how he handles the conspiracy believers in his own life. What has changed in the last 10 or 15 years, he says, is that top government officials are pushing conspiracy theories. Dawn Stover: Who starts conspiracy theories, and why? And often that gets lost on people, because we tend to focus on the big conspiracy theories—where you have movies made about them, millions of people believing it, politicians talking about it—but that's not your average conspiracy theory. Your average conspiracy theory shows up either at the office water cooler, at a family dinner, or even on social media, and then it dies on the vine. Uscinski: There are some people who believe lots and lots of conspiracy theories, and other people who believe very few. I wouldn't say that one end is necessarily better than the other. Because on one end, you have people making a Type 1 error, and on the other hand you have people making a Type 2 error. Stover: What do you mean by that? Uscinski: On one end, you have people believing lots of conspiracy theories on very little evidence, and those [people] are going to be prone to believing things that aren't true. On the other end, you have a lot of people not believing conspiracy theories, some of which will turn out to be true. If you're walking around saying “I will never believe a conspiracy theory,” then you're probably going to be blind to the malfeasance of powerful people when it occurs. Stover: What causes some people, but not others, to become believers in any given conspiracy theory? Why that is, it's not entirely clear. I would like to think, as an educator, that people take my classes and it rids them of their poorly evidenced beliefs. But on the other hand, people who are raging conspiracy theorists might not be enrolling in college. On the one hand, it could be that being rich rids you of the fear that there are groups that are out to get you and make your life terrible, because your life isn't terrible. On the other hand, there could be a selection process there too, if the people who hold a lot of conspiracy beliefs are locked out of higher-paying jobs. So the correlations are there, but the reasons for those correlations still have yet to be teased out. Stover: It seems like more Americans believe conspiracy theories now than in the past. Did the social isolation that we all went through during the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, cause a noticeable uptick? There was evidence that we were paying attention to conspiracy theories more than we ever have, and that gave the illusion of an uptick. But there was no evidence showing that, all of a sudden, we were believing conspiracy theories more. I've studied this several different ways, and we just don't find good evidence of it. Once you go back in time further than that, there's much less data to be had. I haven't gotten any [other] conspiracy theory that's hit 80 percent, and rarely will I get anything that's even close to 50 percent. Yet we're living in a time when supposedly we should be believing more and more—because of the internet, because of isolation, because of a whole host of factors that should make us more amenable to it—but the evidence doesn't show that. Public polling data on this is very clear. There's just not a mass increase in belief. I'll grant you that it feels like there is, but here's the problem: If you go through headlines for the last 60 years, you will always find evidence of a conspiracy theory panic—meaning that there are always journalists at top newspapers saying, “Now is the time of conspiracy. They're saying it a lot more today, but again, none of these claims have ever been based on empirical evidence. If I shared a conspiracy theory with you at the water cooler, it's here and gone. And we should not confuse the idea that just because something's on the internet, everyone's racing to go see it, and everyone who sees it is going to believe it. Persuasion is not that easy to do. Stover: What conspiracy theories are you most worried about? But again, the idea doesn't get into someone's brain and then make them do stuff. What you tend to find is that when people are acting on conspiracy theories in deleterious ways, they are people who are prone to acting in deleterious ways. Stover: We're constantly told we need to be tolerant and compassionate and listen to those people rather than call them out. Uscinski: Being tolerant and compassionate isn't the same as pretending that their behavior isn't their behavior. But here's an important thing: None of this is exclusive to conspiracy theories. You're going to find these sorts of things with religious beliefs, political beliefs, all sorts of things where people disagree. There are lots of things that I may disagree with family members on, and I'm just not going to engage on those issues. Stover: You've written that everyone believes at least one conspiracy theory. Uscinski: I'm sure that if you were to unscrew the cap on top of my head, and dump all my beliefs out, you could probably find something. But consciously, I'm not aware of it. And having done this work for 15 years, I just don't believe much anymore, because my bar for believing things is pretty high. I see the epistemological reasons that people will sometimes provide for their beliefs—whether it's this piece of evidence or that line of reasoning—and they're all bullshit. So I typically don't have much patience for conspiracy theories. Now, I am always open to the idea that they could be true. If you have a conspiracy theory about how the markets are all rigged, then take it to people who study the markets and market manipulation. Show them the evidence, and when they study it, with their expertise, when they come out with their conclusions, then I'll believe it. But if someone wants to argue a conspiracy theory to me about something I'm not an expert in, I can agree or disagree, but who cares? Stover: Isn't part of the problem that a lot of people who believe conspiracy theories don't trust experts? You could explain their objections to vaccines by saying they don't trust pharmaceutical companies, or they don't trust doctors, or they don't trust medical associations. And they're not going to be saying, “I don't want a cast on my arm, because I don't trust Big Plaster.” They're not going to say, “I'd rather have my arm grow back naturally, without a cast.” Stover: A lot of the people in my life who talk about conspiracy theories say they are trying to find out the truth and investigate things. Uscinski: You have a lot of people who start out with what they want to believe, and then they gather evidence later. So truth-seeking isn't about finding truth and uncovering it, it's about uncovering rationalizations for what you already believe to be true, or for what you want to be true. Because committed conspiracy theory believers start with conclusions, the evidence is never going to be particularly good. They are going to be forced to reject everything that tells them what they don't want to hear, so when the peer-reviewed studies come out showing them the opposite of what they thought was true, of course they're going to expand their conspiracy theory and say, “Well, the authors of that study are in on it. All the scientists are in on it.” Stover: Some research suggests that educational strategies like fact-checking, debunking, and media literacy training don't address the psychological needs of people who are attracted to conspiracy theories. Uscinski: I think there's evidence that some people can be persuaded. For example, if you have someone who just happens to see a conspiracy theory and they don't really have any priors on the topic, then a fact-check can dissuade them of that idea. But if someone's strongly invested in something, and that belief is a reflection of their core values and worldviews, then good luck trying to change their mind. Stover: Are conspiracy theories having an impact on politics right now? Uscinski: Politicians who use conspiracy theories for political ends are having an impact on politics, and that's what seems different between now and 10 or 15 years ago. It's at the highest echelons of power. Stover: Is the United States more conspiratorial than other countries? We are exceptional in many ways, but our conspiracism is not one of them. It's just that we tend to export our culture more than other countries, so I think people see our conspiracism more. And often our conspiracism takes a partisan tone, so it winds up getting into a lot of political headlines, whereas that's a little bit more muted in some other countries. Stover: Do you still believe that Republicans and Democrats are equally susceptible to political conspiracy theories, as you did a decade ago? Uscinski: Until recently, there really wasn't much difference between left and right. But there's been a massive sea change in who the parties are comprised of at this point, and what cues are coming from the leaders of those parties, such that there has been—particularly in the last two-and-a-half, three years—an increase in conspiracism on the right. It's just a product of our current politics. So the coalitions we're labeling Republican and Democrat are just different. To put this into an international perspective: You can do these same sorts of studies in other countries, where you look at how conspiracy-minded are the right and the left. What you find, over time, is that it bounces back and forth, so there's sometimes no correlation between political ideology and conspiracism; sometimes it's more on the left, sometimes it's more on the right. That's why we're getting different outcomes than we might have expected had, say, Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush been elected in 2016. Stover: Is AI affecting the generation and spread of conspiracy theories? Uscinski: I have yet to see evidence that it has made people believe conspiracy theories more. There's always been trickery, whether it's the printed word or still photographs. I mean, it was only a couple years ago that somebody took a video of Nancy Pelosi and slowed it down to make her sound drunk, but you didn't need AI for that. Go back a hundred years and look up the Cottingley Fairies in England. They had some girls pose with some fake papier-mâché fairies, and then you had people saying, “Oh my god, fairies live in the woods.” Stover: We talked about how some of these conspiracy theories are more observable because they're all over social media. Uscinski: I don't have a good answer. I've had numerous conversations with social media companies about what their policies could or should be. How you do that at scale, I have no idea, because this is not a new problem. When we talk about people's religious beliefs, we don't use the term “misinformation,” but many of those beliefs probably aren't true. Many of them are in contradiction, so they can't all be true. And those beliefs can be quite potentially consequential. So why aren't we addressing that in some way? We know that people aren't just going to change their mind because we send them a fact-check. I don't dismiss concerns about conspiracy theories. It's just, generally, when you have somebody believing something, it's not that big of a deal, because we all have lots of beliefs and we don't always act on those beliefs in deleterious ways. My concern with conspiracy theories is when you have governments acting on them or using them as justification for rights-violating behaviors. That's where the biggest concerns come from, because governments have a monopoly on legitimate power. We've seen this throughout history, whether it was Stalin's conspiracy theories, or Hitler's conspiracy theories about the Jews—those are obviously extreme examples. But generally, when you have really powerful people and institutions acting on conspiracy theories, that's when you get the worst outcomes. But as an independent nonprofit organization, our operations depend on the support of readers like you. Help us continue to deliver quality journalism that holds leaders accountable. Your support of our work at any level is important. In return, we promise our coverage will be understandable, influential, vigilant, solution-oriented, and fair-minded. Keywords: Kennedy assassination, conspiracy theories, politics, religion, social media, social mediaconspiracy theories, vaccines Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Interviews, Magazine, Science Denial She began her career at Harper's magazine and worked ... Read More By Hans M. 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On horse farms, there is a particular moment that frequently occurs right before feeding time. It's difficult to ignore the impression that the animal is making a dramatic announcement as you stand there and listen. Few people are aware that the horse might be engaging in a sort of biological duet. Biologists thought they understood the law governing animal voices for many years. Deeper sounds are produced by larger bodies. Acoustic allometry is a neat aspect of evolutionary physics. Horses should fit comfortably in the lower register because they weigh about 500 kg. And for the most part, they do. When scientists began analyzing horse whinnies using sound spectrograms, they noticed something strange. Another signal emerged beneath the anticipated low tone, which was typically between 200 and 400 hertz. This signal was a sharp, high pitch that occasionally reached 1,000 hertz. The upper tone drifted into a range that sounds more like birdsong than anything made by a large grazing mammal, averaging around 1,500 hertz. The extra tone lingered like a puzzle for years. Scientific puzzles that start with a familiar sound are strangely satisfying. Horses are basically whistling inside their throats, which is a straightforward and unexpected solution. Helium, the same gas that causes people's voices to squeak at birthday parties, was used in an ingenious experiment that led to the discovery. Because helium is lighter than air, sound travels through it in a different way. The pitch of a sound that originates from vibrating tissue, like vocal folds, hardly changes in helium. However, airflow-produced whistle-like noises frequently change significantly. In the lab, researchers tested horse larynges by forcing helium and regular air through them and recording the sounds that resulted. There was a noticeable upward jump in the high tone. In the lab, scientists quietly celebrate moments like that. It turned out that vibrating vocal folds—exactly what textbooks predict for a large animal—are the source of the low tone. However, the high tone acts in a different way. It is created by a tiny air jet inside the larynx that resembles the whistle that people make with their lips. To put it another way, the horse's throat is simultaneously playing two instruments. Horse vocal folds are about 24 millimeters long, according to CT scans. There had to be another factor at play. However, the larynx has tiny cavities and structures that can form airflow into a tight jet, such as the anterior bulla. Turbulence produces a steady whistle when air rushes through that narrowing. The process is made even more fascinating by watching footage captured by tiny cameras inserted into the larynx during actual whinnies. Both systems cooperate for a short while, overlapping like two singers playing the same note. It's hard not to be impressed by how elegant that arrangement is. Evolution can occasionally be compared to an engineer making do with what they have. The reason why horses developed this dual system is still up for debate. Other horses may be able to read the lower tone as a sign of identity or body size. The higher whistle may convey urgency or excitement, among other emotional cues. The whinny might function as a multi-layered message. Horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy, a disorder that partially paralyzes a vocal fold, provide evidence in favor of this theory. The low tone frequently fades or vanishes in those animals. It appears that the two sounds function separately. For thousands of years, humans and horses have coexisted. However, even their most identifiable sound remained a secret up until this point. It turns out that the seemingly normal noise is anything but. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Copyright © All rights reserved | Newspaperup by Themeansar.

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