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Sigourney Weaver has shared some new thoughts about why Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never happened. Weaver played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien, which was released in 1979. She then went on to ...

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (center) torches an alien insect while playing popular video game Helldivers 2 with Twitch streamers. (Screenshot via Courthouse News/Trihex on Twitch) WASHINGTON ...

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