Researchers at Boston University found Hernandez, whose April death was ruled a suicide, had Stage 3 CTE, with Stage 4 being the most severe.

ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of ATARI KOBAYASHI, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

The History Channel's assault on truth. By Jon Coumes.

It looks like the Watchmen television series is becoming a reality. The Hollywood Reporter is confirming that the series is officially moving forward at HBO, with a pilot order and commissioned additional scripts. Lost and The Leftovers alum Damon Lindelof, who is a longtime fan of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' series, is developing the project.

The former middleweight champ battled Sugar Ray Robinson six times, admitted to throwing a fight and was portrayed by Robert De Niro, who won an Oscar. Jake LaMotta, the tough-as-nails middleweight champion with the granite chin who was immortalized by Robert De Niro in the revered Martin Scorsese drama Raging Bull, has died. He was 95.

Since its debut back in 2016, Stranger Things has taken the world by storm, with fans all over the planet doing various and crazy things to pay homage to the franchise. Back in August, a bar in Chicago named Emporium Arcade Bar has launched a pop-up bar called “The Upside Down,” selling Stranger Things memorabilia and themed drinks. Unsurprisingly, Netflix got aware of the bar and sent a cease and desist letter to the owners. It’s a very cool and mellow letter, though!

At this point, we all already knew that this month was bringing the end of 30 Rock on Netflix — but nobody mentioned that Love Actually would be leaving as well. Yes, that Love Actually. The movie I watch every year the moment the clock turns from October to November. The movie that basically makes or breaks the holiday season. Apparently, Netflix is getting into the spirit early by being the ultimate scrooge and removing the 2003 Christmas classic just as the whole world was gearing up to watch it.

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

The miraculous survival of a cyclist who fell off Bolivia's Yungas Road. Maria With Hoen tells Jo Fidgen about her excitement at the prospect of an adventure.

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Mark Twain left behind notes for a children’s story, soon to be published. How faithful should it be to his perspective? By Mythili G. Rao

The 4K version of the Apple TV comes out tomorrow. So to get a jump on prospective buyers, Nvidia is making an announcement about its own 4K streaming box today: it’s introducing a new configuration of the Shield TV that will sell for $179, the same price as Apple’s latest streaming box.

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Tim Lincecum’s last known address is tucked behind a partial fence, just off a sloped dead-end street near the shores of Lake Washington. Getting to the front door of the barn-red building requires crossing a short bridge. It feels like walking the plank.

It was a reading festival. But this is Mosul, and until a few months ago it was crawling with Islamic State militants. They occupied the city's university library, where last week festival-goers celebrated a rich culture and donated books. The volunteer effort to save what was left of Mosul University library after it was destroyed by IS has renewed hope for the city after more than two years of occupation.

In Tal Klein’s new novel, The Punch Escrow, humans have successfully tackled disease and climate change, but powerful corporations control everything.

Get a glimpse of what life is like in North Korea, a country rarely seen by foreigners. Britain's fastest snowboarder Jamie Barrow is our guide around the DPRK’s capital city Pyongyang before he heads up to the slopes of Masikryong.

If you know your USS Enterprises and think you're a master of all things Dr. Who, then jump into our quiz about sci-fi series and fictional spaceships and show us your chops.

Before the emergence and rapid proliferation of film editing at the dawn of the 20th century, humans had never been exposed to anything quite like film cuts: quick flashes of images as people, objects and entire settings changed in an instant. But rather than reacting with confusion to edits, early filmgoers lined up in droves to spend their money at the cinema, turning film – and eventually its close cousin, television – into the century’s defining media. It would seem that our evolutionary history did very little to prepare us for film cuts – so why don’t our brains explode when we watch movies? Adapted from an Aeon essay by the...