Black Lotus is a forthcoming Crunchyroll and Adult Swim original series set in the year 2032, after the events of Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic but before Denis Villeneuve’s sequel. The anime is produced by Alcon Entertainment and Sola Digital Arts animation studio, with Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe serving as creative producer on the show. And during the Virtual Crunchyroll Expo on Thursday, the streaming platform gave viewers a closer look at their forthcoming sci-fi show, revealing a new key visual and also the first look at the series’ opening....

The video, posted by TikToker @whateverwens, was uploaded earlier this week and has been viewed over 4 million times. “Who would do such a thing,” the woman in the video said holding up a large printed family photo. “You did that,” a voice is heard saying offscreen. “I did not do it!” the woman said. The photo she is holding up included not just the photo, but a full screenshot taken from the screen of an iPhone....

Gas prices have risen to new highs in the past few months with the American Automobile Association estimating that the national average for a gallon of regular gas stands at $5.009 as of June 16. According to its figures, the highest prices can be found in California, where the average price is $6.428. The lowest average price, meanwhile, can be found in Georgia, where the price is around $4.497....

Today’s official announcement about Singh came after the Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, widow of Rajiv Gandhi, the prime minister who was assassinated in 1991, announced that she would “humbly decline” the post of prime minister–just a day after she had indicated she was likely to take the position. Her decision prompted some of her distraught supporters to threaten suicide. But Sonia Gandhi, a deeply polarizing figure because of her foreign birth, has always said that she entered politics reluctantly after the death of her husband....

Mexico entered the Group F finale with six points from their first two games, yet still had the potential to be knocked out of the tournament with a defeat if Germany came away with a win against South Korea. El Tri turned in a humiliating performance against Sweden, losing 3-0, to finish second in the group to the Swedes. However, what could have been a historic disaster turned out to be a great escape, as Korea stunned Germany, 2-0 on the strength of two late goals, including an opener that was put back on the board by VAR....

“There is more than one truth. If you go looking for answers, be ready to question everything and accept that nothing will ever be the same. The Red Door awaits, do you dare step through it?” While at first the Red Door’s connection to Call of Duty 2020 may seem tenuous at best, the name’s relation to the upcoming shooter can be confirmed by multiple factors. For one, the content is published by Activision with an M rating for violence, blood and language....

Here’s a recap of everything tech aficionados can expect from Blaxck Ops Cold War when it releases November 13: Customization: Over 200 individual settings options tied to areas like keybinding, graphics, audio, controller input and interface. 4K and uncapped framerate: For those with super-powerful hardware, Black Ops Cold War can be played in full 4K with framerates beyond 60 fps. If you’ve got the right rig, this game can take advantage of everything your hardware offers to present an experience that’s both buttery smooth and visually stunning....

The post opens with a tease of what players can expect from Warzone. The forthcoming Season 1 update will reportedly include a new map, mode and the addition of 30 fresh weapons from the Black Ops Cold War campaign and multiplayer. There are also mentions of new Blueprints and an overhauled Gulaug experience, but it’s unclear precisely what that means. On the standard multiplayer front, fans can expect four 2v2 Gunfight maps and multiple 6v6 arenas, including a remake of the Raid map from Black Ops II....

Yet despite the immense girth of the Battle.net variant, the small console download doesn’t actually do much. According to a tweet published by Warzone’s developers at Raven Software, the fix only exists to address issues related to broken Reactive Blueprints. “A Warzone update has gone live to address an issue with Reactive Blueprints. Another update is slated for later this week,” a post published Monday night reads. The main issue being, of course, that the new Reactive Blueprints introduced at the start of Season 2 weren’t functioning as originally intended....

Soon enough, reality programs will come up against reality. If these shows just copy each other–jerking another tear out of the Jessica DeBoer story, busting another chiropractor–they’ll end up as just one more TV fad. On the other hand, if they can break the formula with fresh, quirky stories, news magazines may transform the late prime-time period into a nonfiction zone. (Full disclosure: I’ve appeared on a couple of them....

Cheer fans will remember Jerry Harris as the outgoing, charismatic cheerleader, who thrived at mat talk and even made it to the prestigious Daytona competition. After Season 1 of Cheer aired in January 2020, Harris was catapulted to fame, appearing on numerous talk shows and attending the Oscars to interview celebrities as a guest of Ellen DeGeneres. Everything changed in September 2020 when he was arrested and charged in federal court for the production of child pornography and for soliciting sex and sexually explicit images from minors....

The plan sets no targets. Taxes on employers offering lavish health benefits raise $16 billion a year to help pay for low-income family subsidies. To pay most remaining subsidies, Cooper trims doctor and hospital fees by $6.5 billion a year–only a quarter of Clinton’s claimed cuts. The poor and near poor receive subsidized coverage while employers must provide coverage for everyone else. Big new benefits for the elderly. All employers, except subsidized small business, must pay 80 percent jof their employees’ insurance....

When will Cobra Kai Season 4 air? So far, we have no official release date for Cobra Kai Season 4, but there are some clues as to when new episodes of The Karate Kid spin-off will air. In October, the show’s creator gave a rough idea when shooting would start on the next season. Asked when filming would start, Jon Hurwitz tweeted, “Not yet. We’re writing now. Plan is to start filming in early 2021....

Texas is a 6.5-point favorite at home vs. Kansas State on Saturday (12 p.m. ET, FOXS1). The Wildcats are getting +225 odds on the money line in Las Vegas. Longhorns money-line bettors are required to lay a price of -265. After 10,000 AccuScore simulations, our data suggests a different favorite should be considered. Kansas State won 51 percent of the time, providing big value on the road dog. The +225 odds on the Wildcats imply they have just under a 31 percent chance of winning....

Pirlo played under a number of the world’s most decorated bosses including Giovanni Trapattoni, Marcello Lippi and Cesare Prandelli, but thinks that Conte’s tactical insight makes him stand above his contemporaries. Chelsea 15/2 for the Premier League The 48-year-old managed Italy from 2014 to 2016 after guiding Juventus to three Serie A titles, and helped Chelsea lift the Premier League trophy in his debut season with the Blues in 2016-17....

In a viral Reddit post published on r/pettyrevenge, Redditor u/obsnotmain (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said she was alerted her half sister planned to upstage her at her own engagement party but explained how a bit of quick thinking stopped the diabolical scheme in its tracks. Titled, “My half sister wanted to show up in a wedding dress to my engagement party, so I changed the party theme so she would fit right in!...

The social media account Zillow Gone Wild, known for posting images of interesting houses for sale, posted images of the North Hollywood, California, house on its accounts across various platforms, including Instagram where it was liked more than 25,000 times. According to Forbes, NFTs have been around since 2014, but have recently skyrocketed in popularity. “An NFT is a digital asset that can come in the form of art, music, in-game items, videos and more,” the piece published by Forbes said....

Those playing on last-gen consoles faced bugs, glitches, and crashes that impacted the overall experience. Despite the Cyberpunk team promising patch releases in January and February, Sony has decided to offer refunds to those playing on PS4 and will remove Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store until further notice. In a statement on the PlayStation website, Sony explained why it was removing the game from the store: “SIE strives to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction....

On Monday, CD Projekt Red issued a lengthy statement about the state of Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 and Xbox One. First, the studio apologized for not showing the game on last-gen consoles to help fans make an informed decision about whether or not to purchase the game. Gamers no doubt would have liked to know ahead of time that the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Cyberpunk 2077 are plagued with bugs, as well as frame rate and visual issues....

With only days to go until Cyberpunk’s December 10 release date, it appears many medium-size and small outlets have yet to receive review copies of the game, while larger more mainstream publications were only recently offered press access. This speculation began courtesy of a tweet from gaming news creator and PR man Ryan Brown, who tweeted Friday afternoon that “press still do not have review copies of Cyberpunk 2077, a game that launches next week and touts itself as being 100+ hours....