Nearly six full hours into Peacock’s Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, we finally see the eponymous serial killer applying make-up and donning the clown costume that, for many viewers, is inextricably linked to Gacy’s murderous reign. The moment is striking and also, if I’m being completely honest, corny. It’s a wild reversal from the relative subtlety of the first …
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The new editor-in-chief of the Toledo Truth Teller is up against it. He is in charge of a Midwestern newspaper that once employed hundreds of reporters, broke important stories, and had their own printing presses rumbling in the basement of the stately building bearing its name—but this paper is now on life support, woefully understaffed, subscribing to wire services for …
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Scientists have concluded that peacocks’ tail feathers are capable of emitting narrow beams of light. A team highlighted that the colored tail feathers include tiny reflective structures that can amplify light into a laser beam. Researchers from Florida Polytechnic University and Youngstown State University explored such structures that may emit a very different signature glow after applying a special dye …
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Sharks with frickin’ lasers are tired news. Peacocks, apparently, are where it’s truly at. Famous for their dazzling iridescence, peacock feathers are known to contain nanostructures that scatter light in ways that make their plumage shimmer in hues of blue and green. Applying a special dye to multiple areas on a peacock’s tail, researchers from Florida Polytechnic University and Youngstown …
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The first season of Twisted Metal was almost like a prologue. Peacock’s adaptation of the long-dormant PlayStation game series spent 10 episodes setting up its car-focused post-apocalyptic world and most of the major characters, all while rattling off a never-ending barrage of jokes. But it never really felt all that much like the games it was adapting. What it was …
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Peacock has issued a warning to Love Island USA viewers ahead of the Season 7 finale. The dating series is coming to an end, and ahead of the winners being announced, the show made a call for “respect and kindness” amid the heated discourse on social media. “Huge thanks to everyone who has joined us for Love Island USA Season …
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