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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Series Finale Draws Bloody Fun Inspiration From ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘The Office’ and Even ‘The Usual Suspects’

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from Season 6, Episode 11 of “What We Do in the Shadows,” “The Finale,” which premiered Monday, Dec. 16 on FX. The Staten Island vampires of “What We Do in the Shadows” have closed their coffins for good. The final episode of Season 6 was the series finale of the […]

Technology

The shadow’s roots take hold in Wheel of Time S3 teaser

The Wheel of Time returns to Prime Video in March. Prime Video released a one-minute teaser for its fantasy series The Wheel of Time at CCXP24 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The series is adapted from the late Robert Jordan‘s bestselling 14-book series of epic fantasy novels, and Ars has been following it closely with regular […]

Science

‘It invites us to reconsider our notion of shadow’: Laser beams can actually cast their own shadows, scientists discover

A quirk in scientific 3D modeling has led to the discovery that laser light can — under the right circumstances — cast its own shadow. The finding challenges our current understanding of what a shadow is, researchers wrote in a new paper published Nov. 14 in the journal Optica. “Laser light casting a shadow was […]

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‘Dark Shadows’ and ‘Twilight Zone’ Actor Was 95

John Lasell, a character actor known for roles on Dark Shadows and The Twilight Zonehas died. He was 95. Lasell, of Los Angeles, died Oct. 4, according to a family notice. Lasell appeared regularly on the 1960s camp horror soap Dark Shadows. He played Dr. Peter Guthrie, a vampire hunter. Jonathan Frid played vampire Barnabus […]