“We just went with it, hoping that it would be more of a blessing than a disaster.” How Alien Ant Farm’s bizarre cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal turned them ...

In 2000, Alien Ant Farm were nu metal also-rans struggling to find their place. Then a thumbs up from Papa Roach and a Michael Jackson cover changed their fortunes overnight ...
Louder

“Everything’s changed. We’re going to be rich.” How a song about gang wars helped a Ph.D. student and a school janitor become the '90s most unlikely rock stars

During daylight hours, Holland was pursuing a Ph.D. in molecular biology at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, while in the evenings, he'd rehearse and play shows with his punk rock ...
Polygon

Independence Day is still the ultimate alien invasion movie

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...
BGR

The Original Alien Movie Had A Bonkers Alternate Ending That Killed Ripley

Some exceptionally unsettling elements were thrown together to create the Xenomorph when it first appeared in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi, "Alien." Spliced from ...
Newsweek

Bill Maher Jokes About the Worst Thing That an Alien Could Say to Humanity

Bill Maher is worried about what extraterrestrial visitors would think of humanity if the first person they encountered from Earth was President Donald Trump. Speaking on his Club Random podcast, the ...
BGR

Alien's Director Used A Smart Trick To Solve The Movie's Biggest Visual Challenge

Part of what makes some classics worthy of such a title is the ingenuity and borderline movie magic they employ to tell their story. In the case of "Alien," for example, director Ridley Scott used ...
Rolling Stone

Dave Grohl Confirms New Foo Fighters Album Is ‘Finished’

Dave Grohl revealed that the Foo Fighters have wrapped work on their forthcoming new album. During a concert in Tasmania, Australia, over the weekend, Grohl told the crowd that no only is new music ...
New York Post

Feds were arresting Ecuadorian illegal alien Jose Huerta-Chuma in operation that resulted in Alex Jeffrey Pretti’s death

The accused criminal migrant in the operation that resulted in the shooting death of a Minneapolis anti-ICE protester Saturday has been identified as illegal alien Jose Huerta-Chuma. Huerta-Chuma, of ...
Wired

The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.
YDR

Here's what's happening at the PA Farm Show today, Jan. 13

Junior Livestock Sale at 10 a.m.: Bid on prize-winning animals. Army-Navy Cookoff: Military chefs battle for culinary bragging rights. Kim Bitzer sings the anthem at 8 a.m. The complex offers on-site ...
CNN

Rubio says US does not know whereabouts of 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act

In July, El Salvador released “252 Venezuelan nationals, including the 137” migrants, Rubio said in the filing. As CNN previously reported, this release was part of a large-scale prisoner swap between ...
USA Today

3I/ATLAS comet is definitely not an alien spaceship, scientists confirm

Scientists and NASA officials insist the object is a natural comet, not alien technology. Recent observations found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it was artificial. The comet made ...