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Most genres of music can be adequately summarized bya handful of genre-defining albums that have helped shape their respective sounds.Albums likeMetallica’sMaster Of Puppets,without which metal wouldn’t be the powerhouse genre it is today, orThe Doors' self-titled albumthat inspired countless other classic rock albums throughout the 1970s. With the genre’s vast history and different eras, it’s a bit difficult to definecontemporary folk musicwith just a handful of albums,especially given that the genre has been evolving since the start of the 20th century....

NVIDIA recently revealed that more than 80% of RTX GPU users (from the 20, 30, and 40 series) are using DLSS in their games. This announcement comes just before the release of DLSS 4. DLSS is Deep Learning Super Sampling, a technology created by NVIDIA that uses artificial intelligence to improve image quality and performance in video games. Essentially, it upscales where it can, making a lot of games look much better than it would be by default....

Outlander: Blood of My Bloodactor Rory Alexander has toldScreenRantwhat is going on with the Frasers in the upcoming prequel series. Alexander plays a younger version of Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser in theOutlanderspinoff, and sat down withScreenRantat theSan Diego Comic-Conto discuss the series along with several of his castmates. Joining Alexander wereOutlander: Blood of My Bloodshowrunner Matthew B. Roberts and executive producer Maril Davis, as well as Harriet Slater (Ellen MacKenzie), Hermione Corfield (Julia Moriston), Jeremy Irvine (Henry Beauchamp), Sam Retford (Dougal MacKenzie), and Seamus McLean Ross (Colum MacKenzie)....

Paramount has officially won the auction for a majorTimothée Chalametmovie. A two-time Oscar nominee, Chalamet is one of the biggest names in Hollywood right now, and certainly one of the most important stars of his generation. He has a busy slate coming up withMarty Supremethis year andDune: Part Threefor next year. As for Paramount, the company has been going through some huge changes.Paramount recently merged with Skydance, taking control of its projects....

Pierce Brosnan hints thatMamma Mia 3may reveal Sophie’s biological father. Released in 2008, the original musical introduced Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) and the three men who may be her biological father: Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Harry (Colin Firth), and Bill (Stellan Skarsgård). By the end, rather than finding out who her real father is, they all agree to share the role equally. Though the 2018 sequel, subtitledHere We Go Again, maintains the mystery from the first film, theupcomingMamma Mia 3may finally reveal the answer to the longstanding question....

As dormant franchises have been resurfacing left and right across Hollywood, one of the biggest question marks still remaining is the status ofthe as-yet-unnamedPirates of the Caribbean 6, the continuation of the classic Disney franchise that began in the early 2000s.Pirates 6has been stuck in developmentsince the release ofDead Men Tell No Talesin 2017, and still to this day, despite some news here and there, it seems no closer to release than it was eight years ago....

Plex has changed its primary metadata source for movie posters. As a result, you should encounter higher-quality artwork within your personal library and the Plex service as a whole. Posters that you have manually selected or uploaded will not be affected by this change. It’s been three years since the introduction of thePlex Movie agent, which retrieves movie posters from TMDB, Fanart.tv, and CineMaterial. But the platform has adopted a new “primary metadata source” to improve the quality of movie artwork, especially for niche titles....

Quick Links Miraidon is the cover legendary ofPokemon Violet, and the Pokemon is available to catch eventually. Much likePokemon Scarletand Koraidon, the game technically offers up two cover legendaries to capture and battle with.Pokemon Scarlet & Violetbreak fromPokemontradition by giving players a legendary right at the start of the game. Though players can’t battle initially battle with Koraidon and Miraidon, instead using the Pokemon as a means of transportation, players do eventually have the ability to add the Pokemon to their party....

Netflixunveils first images and a release date for an R-rated animated movie saved from Warner Bros. The movie, titledFixed, had itsdistribution rights returned to Sony Pictures Animationafter Warner Bros. removed it from its slate last year as part of the studio’s effort to shift away from animation.Fixedwas also the second animated movie following theshelving ofCoyote Vs. Acmeto be cast aside. Netflixnow shares first-look images and confirmed thatFixedwill come to the streaming platform on August 13....

Pokémonmay not be real, but scientists have just discovered the closest real-life equivalent to the fictional creatures in the sands of an Australian beach. Per aToronto Sun report, an ancient species of whale was just uncovered, and it resembles the Pokémon Kyogre to a tee. The fossil was estimated by scientists to be around 26 million years old, longbeforePokémon’sanime originated in the late ’90s. The creature, named Janjucetus dullardi, was even described by those who discovered it as"some weird kind of mash-up between a whale, a seal and a Pokémon,“further revealing its similarities tothe Water-type Pokémon Kyogre....

While an AmericanSquid Gamespinoff hasn’t been confirmed, the Netflix franchise seems to be setting the stage for some kind of sequel set in the United States. A few months beforeSquid Gameseason 2 came out,Deadlinereported that David Fincher was developing an American version of the show for Netflix, but nothing has been officially announced so far. Despite the lack of confirmation,Squid Gameseason 3’s finalemade it difficult not to imagine what aSquid GameUS would look like....

Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew reunited on the big screen forStar Trek: Insurrection, which holds up surprisingly well today. After the action-packedStar Trek: First Contact, Insurrectiontells a smaller story that has some great character moments and wrestles with classicStar Trekquestions of morality. Directed by Jonathan Frakes and written by Michael Piller,InsurrectionfollowsCaptain Picard and his Enterprise crewas they go against the United Federation of Planets to fight for a group of people called the Ba’ku....

As the series draws to a close,Stranger Thingsseason 5 has been described as bringing the story “full circle,” meaning many of season 1’s most beloved elements will be revived. With the primary narrative back in Hawkins,Stranger Things’ “core” charactersunited as the main focus, the original Party being a key grouping, and another “vanishing” a la Will Byers,the final season is teased to have plenty of bookend parallels to how the series started....