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New Post At https://sciencefiction.site/sophie-choudry-on-lakme-fashion-week-2018-we-found-girls-who-broke-the-clutter-and-stood-out/ - It will be a dream come true for six aspiring models when they walk for the first time at Winter/Festive 2018 edition of Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) 2018 August 22-26 at the St. Regis hotel here. LFW held the model hunt for the upcoming season on Thursday and a special panel of industry experts chose the six winners, a statement said. The models are Priti Jana from Kolkata; Rewati Chetri from Assam; Dechka Asthakumar from Bengaluru; Mariana Falaschi from Italy; Sharvi Bhujbal from Mumbai and Rishita Koruturu from Hyderabad. They were chosen from over 100 aspirants by a jury that included experts from the Indian fashion industry such as singer and actress Sophie Choudry; ace fashion designer Shane Peacock; fashion choreographer and show director Anu Ahuja; Vice President and Head – Fashion, IMG Reliance – Jaspreet Chandok and Head of Innovations...

New Post At https://sciencefiction.site/in-search-of-zachary-quinto-follows-in-leonard-nimoys-footsteps-again-video/ - We’re all very used to revivals and reboots these days but with the return of iconic sci-fi/mystery series  In Search Of   , one big reason to celebrate (besides its launch on the History Channel) is that actor  Zachary Quinto is a part of this project. Quinto, who first became known to TV fans for his role as the villainous Sylar on the original run of NBC’s  Heroes , leapt to greater heights of fame in 2009 when he took over the role of the most famous Vulcan in the galaxy, Spock, in the updated  Star Trek big-screen franchise. Of course, Spock was first played by Leonard Nimoy in the 1960s television series and, yes, Nimoy later hosted  In Search Of . The series, which originally ran in syndication from 1977-1982 with Nimoy and had a short-lived revival in 2002 on the Sci-Fi Channel starring  The X-Files ‘ ...

New Post At https://sciencefiction.site/jordan-peele-brings-sci-fi-show-weird-city-exclusively-to-youtube/ - (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) While we’re always going to have the softest of spots for Key & Peele , it’s been thrilling watching Jordan Peele’s trajectory from his spot in the director’s chair. The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director of Get Out has become a real force to be reckoned with and has now turned his sights to online video – though not the streaming platform you probably expected. It was announced yesterday that Jordan Peele would be bringing a science-fiction series exclusively to YouTube Premium, alongside Key & Peele collaborator Charlie Sanders. Sanders was a long-time writer on Key & Peele and was nominated for three Emmys for his work. The anthology show, named Weird City , was described by Peele as a series of ‘comedy driven twisted-ass science fiction stories’ – something that seems t...

New Post At https://sciencefiction.site/science-fiction-author-harlan-ellison-who-wrote-iconic-star-trek-episode-dies-at-84-report/ - Acclaimed science fiction author Harlan Ellison has passed away in his sleep at the age of 84, according to Deadline citing a tweet by Ellison family friend Christine Valada . Susan Ellison has asked me to announce the passing of writer Harlan Ellison, in his sleep, earlier today. “For a brief time I was here, and for a brief time, I mattered.”—HE, 1934-2018. Arrangements for a celebration of his life are pending. — Christine Valada, J.D. (@mcvalada) June 28, 2018 Ellison wrote numerous notable works of fiction in prose, including dozens of short stories, novellas, and some novels, many of which have been adapted to film and television. Ellison also wrote for genre television shows, including writing the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever,” which creator Gene Rodenberry heavily rewrote to Ellison...

New Post At https://sciencefiction.site/watch-the-first-trailer-for-disenchantment-matt-groenings-animated-netflix-show/ - Last year, Matt Groening announced he would be working on a new animated series called Disenchantment for Netflix. Where his series Futurama was a comedic take on science fiction, Disenchantment will be his take on fantasy tropes. The trailer openly frames the show as a counterpart to Futurama (set in the future) and The Simpsons (set in the present). It introduces a medieval fantasy world called Dreamland, as a king lifts the hood off a “no good pile of scum” prisoner, only to discover that it’s his own daughter, Bean. Bean is described as a “hard-drinking” princess, and the show will follow her and her two companions, an elf named Elfo (voiced by comedy actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter Nat Faxon) and a demon named Luci (voiced by actor and TV host Eric Andre). The trailer features Groening’s familiar character designs, b...

New Post At https://sciencefiction.site/harlan-ellison-sci-fi-master-dies-at-84/ - Harlan Ellison, the pugnacious author of A Boy and His Dog, who lambasted society in nightmare fiction and stinging essays for half a century, has died. He was 84. Bill Schafer, an editor at the author’s publisher, Subterranean Press, said Ellison died on Wednesday. Ellison was best-known and lauded for science fiction, but his prolific work included mysteries, comic books, articles and screenplays. Some of his most popular works were surrealistic fantasies set in grisly worlds run by totalitarians and conformists. Some were humorous; many were shockingly graphic. A Boy and His Dog portrays a world devastated by nuclear war. Its hero is a young thug lured to an underground community who rebels against its sterility. The novella was the basis for a 1975 movie starring Don Johnson. Ellison also wrote for major TV series such as Twilight Zone, Star Trek, The Outer Limits and Babylon 5 and won numerous ...

New Post At https://sciencefiction.site/science-fiction-legend-harlan-ellison-dead-at-84/ - [unable to retrieve full-text content]Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/06/science-fiction-legend-harlan-ellison-dead-at-84.html