How puppeteer James Ortiz turned a pile of steel rods and fiberglass into Project Hail Mary’s Rocky.

Sound designers Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van der Ryn tell IndieWire about reverse-engineering and performing a non-human language ...

When Ryan Gosling interacts on screen with his alien buddy, which he does for more than half of “Project Hail Mary,” he ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - State and local offices across Washington are now under direction to remove "alien" from statutes. Instead, instances of that phrasing will be replaced with "noncitizen." The bill, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “I’ve always been fascinated with things that cannot be explained,” Spielberg revealed in a 2026 ...

The UFO/UAP conversation has moved from fringe conspiracy to mainstream scrutiny. In February 2026, President Trump directed the Pentagon and federal agencies to identify and release files on ...

More than 7,100 languages are spoken around the world today. Each has its own character. Some, like Tamil, have been around for over 5,000 years. Others, such as Light Warlpiri from Australia, ...

Steven Spielberg may be one of genre filmmaking’s all-time greats, but in recent years, he’s focused on period pieces like Lincoln, The Fabelmans, and his lavish adaptation of West Side Story, with ...

Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when the teacher gives instructions. He could simply be adjusting to English—or ...

Carlo Rambaldi, the late mechatronics maestro best known for bringing Ridley Scott’s Alien and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. to life, would have turned 100 this autumn. To celebrate, his daughter Daniela co ...