NASA’s Messenger on a Death Dive Towards Mercury’s Surface

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NASA’s Messenger on a Death Dive Towards Mercury’s Surface

NASA Messenger (Photo: NASA/File)

Christian Post Report – NASA’s Messenger as it approaches Mercury’s surface.

After years of studying the planet, NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (Messenger) spacecraft will go on a death dive at the surface of Mercury on April 30 when it runs out of propellant. The said spacecraft were the first to capture the first images of ice found on Mercury.

Launched in August 2004, the spacecraft travelled for 7.8 billion kilometer (4.9 billion miles) in a span of more than a decade. The spacecraft spent six and a half years of travelling before it started orbiting and collecting data from Mercury. Data collection lasted for one Earth year.

According to University of Michigan’s Thomas Zurbuchen, “We’re at the end of a really successful mission, and we can’t do anything anymore to stop it from doing what it naturally wants to do. The sun is pulling on it. The planet is pulling on it. It’s just physics. It has to crash.”

The mission was initially to study the first rock from the sun. Still, the mission was indeed successful as the spacecraft was able to deliver useful information from the planet. It was in 2012 that the spacecraft gave significant evidence to prove that frozen water and volatile materials exist within the polar craters of Mercury. The images sent back shows ice at the planet’s poles that are about three kilometers thick when spread over an area the size of Washington.

The ice has deposits that suggest presence of organic compounds.

Sean Solomon from Columbia University explained, “The water now stored in ice deposits in the permanently shadowed floors of impact craters at Mercury’s poles most likely was delivered to the innermost planet by the impacts of comets and volatile rich asteroids.”

The Messenger will have a dive speed of 3.91 kilometers per second (8,750 miles an hour) and will be completely out of propellant after its last orbit on the April 24.

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‘Invisible Inc.’ News: Release Date for PC, Linux and Steam Announced (VIDEO)

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‘Invisible Inc.’ News: Release Date for PC, Linux and Steam Announced (VIDEO)

Invisible Inc. Title Card YouTube/File

Christian Post Report – Screenshot of game title card from Announce Trailer.

Klei Entertainment has announced its turn-based tactics game, “Invisible Inc.” is slated for release on PC, Mac, Linux, and Steam next month.

“Invisible, Inc.,” which made its debut on Microsoft Windows and OS X in January this year, is gearing for its launch on PC, OS X, Linux and Steam on May 12, with a PlayStation 4 version arriving at a later date.

The turn-based tactics game, allowing players a full run of espionage operations, incorporates rogue-like gameplay inspired by “X-Com.” The players take on the role of an agent handler with a playing team of two characters who perform covert operations involving stealth and espionage.

The story arc involves a threat to the agency which must be solved within five days of game time. The two operatives go around the world on various missions to retrieve information, acquire valuables, and perform other espionage activities. With all the data and items gathered, at the end of five days, the threat to their agency must be nullified before the game is lost.

The player, as the Operator, is tasked with choosing the targets, what to steal from corporations, and upgrading the two-man agents when possible. Once an agent dies in the game, they remain dead until the end.

“Invisible, Inc.” features character selection, deep customization for builds, randomly generated environments, five different game modes, and a number fully animated cutscenes with voice overs.

Klei earlier released a Steam Early Access version, but removed the game during for additional development. According to the developer, they are gearing up for users to experience the full version of the game when it launches, including the additional content, new agents, game modes, programs, and other new game elements.

Klei has also announced a PS 4 version is currently under development, but did not release information on when the version will be slated for release.

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‘Fast and Furious 8’ Rumors: Vin Diesel Teases New Location and New Character, Cody Walker to Replace Paul?

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‘Fast and Furious 8’ Rumors: Vin Diesel Teases New Location and New Character, Cody Walker to Replace Paul?

Fast and Furious 7 (Photo: Reuters/File)

Christian Post Report – Fast & Furious 7 finally announces its release date.

Following the record box office success of “Fast and Furious 7,” one of the movie’s stars is already talking about a sequel. Vin Diesel recently hinted on a new storyline for the next movie as well as a new character. Rumors have also started circulating that Paul Walker’s younger brother Cody is interested in continuing the role that his brother played if he is considered.

During an interview on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” show, Vin Diesel talked about the role that the actor Kurt Russell played in the recent movie. He hinted that the next movie’s setting will be in New York City and that Kurt Russell’s character will play a major part in the sequel.

“You know I always think of these films multiple pictures in advance. I think of them as trilogies. Kurt Russell came in for this movie, but he was really, we really hired him because of a story that follows this. That takes place in New York,” he said.

Another cast member, Dwayne Johnson, was said to have confirmed that he will reprise his role in the movie. He also mentioned a conversation he had with Diesel about “raising the bar” not only in terms of action but also in story and characters.

On the issue of who will play the role that Paul Walker left if there will be a sequel, reports are saying that his younger brother who is also an actor, Cody Walker, has indicated his interest. He was the one tapped to finish his brother’s scenes in the “Fast and Furious 7” after Paul’s death. Cody’s manager said that “Cody might be keen on working in Fast and Furious 8 if the producers were interested in signing him on.”

These reports are unconfirmed.

Universal Pictures has yet to confirm reports about a sequel in the works.

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Sarah Jessica Parker Returning to HBO in New Comedy TV Movie ‘Divorce’

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Sarah Jessica Parker Returning to HBO in New Comedy TV Movie ‘Divorce’

Sarah Jessica Parker (Photo: Reuters/Fred Prouser)

Christian Post Report – Actress Sarah Jessica Parker poses at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles June 1, 2008.

Sarah Jessica Parker has been announced to star in a new TV show on HBO over a decade after the popular “Sex and the City” aired its series finale.

Sarah Jessica Parker of “Sex and the City” fame, is returning to HBO for a new comedy show, “Divorce,” a departure from her fashionista columnist character Carrie Bradshaw from her previous award-winning series.

While fans of “Sex and the City” may expect a crossover of the popular show, the new series will present a different storyline and set of characters altogether.

“Divorce” tells the story of a long and drawn-out separation between spouses, played by Parker, 50, and “Wings” actor, Thomas Haden Church, who plays her husband.

Parker will take on the role of Frances, who, after making a lengthy evaluation of her life and marriage, decides to make a clean break from her husband, Robert (Church) in order to start fresh, but finds the whole process more difficult than she expects it to be.

Like “Sex and the City,” “Divorce will be set in New York, and has a cast of characters that include Talia Balsam as Dallas and Molly Shannon as Diane, two of Frances’ close friends. “Flight of the Conchords” actor Jermaine Clement has also been signed for a part in the new series.

“Divorce” was written and created by actress Sharon Horgan, who also penned “Pulling,” “Angelo’s,” and “Dead Boss.”

The new HBO series was greenlighted for a pilot in February, and while no further information on a premiere date has been set, the show is likely to get an 8 to 10-episode run for the first season.

Parker, who was last seen on TV in three episodes of Glee’s season four where she played Isabelle Wright, has just completed filming “All Roads Lead to Rome,” which is slated for release this year.

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Changes and Upgrades for ‘The Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Costumes Revealed (VIDEO)

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Changes and Upgrades for ‘The Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Costumes Revealed (VIDEO)

Avengers Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron/Facebook

Christian Post Report – Avengers: Age of Ultron. Facebook image. March 1, 2015.

New changes in superhero costumes have been announced just two weeks before “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” hits the big screen.

While audiences have viewed a number of different trailers and movie posters for “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Marvel has just released the details of characters’ costume changes since the last installment was released.

With superhero costumes considered a constant work in progress, wardrobe designers have added several changes over the years, and costumes for Marvel’s Avengers have not been made exempt from the upgrades.

Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow suit received the most alterations for “Age of Ultron.” The suit came with a big battery pack the actress had to drag around with her wherever she went to accommodate the firing of electrical blasts of energy at the enemy. Added to her pregnancy during the shooting of the movie (Johansson gave birth to a baby girl in September last year), her suit had to be modified to hide her growing stomach, making it the most uncomfortable wardrobe to wear on set.

Chris Hemsworth had his metal scale sleeves removed from his classic Thor costume, unveiling his muscled arms, a sight his female fans in the audience are likely to appreciate when the movie premieres on May 1. A grateful Hemsworth told Kevin Polowy of Yahoo Movies in an interview the sleeves were “ridiculously hot and uncomfortable.”

Paul Bettany, who plays J.A.R.V.I.S. come to life in the person of Vision, also complained about the heat in his first costumed role.

Mark Ruffalo, who escaped being costumed throughout the movie as his Hulk character is a CGI-version of him, was at first envious of his co-stars until he saw then carrying portable air conditioners around the set.

“I’m like, ‘I’m kinda stoked I don’t have to wear a costume. But no, I want a superhero suit, though,” He told Yahoo!

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Björk Sings About Healing in 2015 Album, ‘Vulnicura’

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Björk Sings About Healing in 2015 Album, ‘Vulnicura’

Bjork (Photo: Wikipedia/File)

Christian Post Report – Björk performing at the Biophilia Tour in 2013.

Björk released a new album, “Vulnicura” earlier than previously announced because the album leaked prior to its release. The album came out in January, two months earlier than its planned March release.

The eighth studio album is a personal journey for the Icelandic artist as she previously shared in her Facebook posts. Björk shared that she penned the six of the nine songs in “Vulnicura” and that is “a complete heartbreak album” with an “emotional chronology” to it.

The album’s track list includes:
1. “Stonemilker”
2. “Lionsong”
3. “History of Touches”
4. “Black Lake”
5. “Family”
6. “Notget”
7. “Atom Dance” featuring Antony Hegarty
8. “Mouth Mantra”
9. “Quicksand”

The singer hopes that the song would serve as a universal message of how the process of heartbreak can be a biological one: “The wound and the healing of the wound. Psychologically and physically, it has a stubborn clock attached to it.”

The album’s title “Vulnicura” translates to “Cure for Wounds” (Vulnus + Cura). It’s about what may come to a person at the end of a relationship. It talks about the dialogues we may have in our heads and in our hearts, the healing processes.”

The album debuted No. 20 on the Billboard Top 200. Co-produced with Arca, who is also Kanye’s producer, “Vulnicura” is the singer’s first album in four years after her 2011 album “Biophilia.” She shares that it was in the summer of 2013 that Arca approached her and dropped a possibility of working together. The Venezuelan producer describes working with Björk as a form of “healing.”

“The way she exists as a human being is a big influence on the way I exist as a human,” he added.

Björk also opened her Museum of Modern Art exhibition last March 7 in New York. The exhibit featured a visual narrative of Björk’s singing career.

There is no news yet, if the eccentric singer will go on a full tour for “Vulnicura” but Björk has had intimate shows in New York.

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‘Godzilla the Game’ News: Release Date, Details and Trailer (VIDEO)

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‘Godzilla the Game’ News: Release Date, Details and Trailer (VIDEO)

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Christian Post Report – Godzilla the Game Facebook image. Feb. 12, 2015.

Bandai Namco recently confirmed “Godzilla: The Game” will get a North American and European release in mid-summer this year.

“Godzilla: The Game,” originally launched in Japan last December 2014, is now headed to the West, game publisher, Bandai Namco announced, with a July 14 launch date for the U.S. and July 17 release for Europe.

The action adventure one-on-one fighting game will be available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and will feature Godzilla, the world’s most famous kaiju, who will be battling a number of different enemies in an alternate timeline.

The game’s trailer has also been released online depicting the storyline of how scientists studying Godzilla were able to harness “G-Energy”, an apparently endless power source from the kaiju. Sixty years later, Godzilla returns and mankind has to rely on its last hope, the “G-Energy,” to try and stop the monster.

Players will be able to choose between Destruction Mode with 20 different stages; King of the Monsters Mode composed of six stages, each with a different monster; Evolution Mode, where players can unlock new abilities; Diorama Mode, to unlock monster models and build a specialized Godzilla; Monster Field Mode, to access bios for a number of Godzilla monsters, and Online Multiplayer Mode.

Players can power-up their monster character by collecting “G-Energy” during each stage of the game, enough to grow their Godzilla into a skyscraper-size fighting machine.

The game also employs a special Movie-Style Camera Angle System with camera points they can switch from normal view to pre-set locations found on the map. Players can switch the view angle and control Godzilla from a point of view seen only in movies.

“Godzilla: The Game” is available for pre-order, with the Hollywood Godzilla skin accessible for later purchases after the game’s release date. Bandai Namco also released information the PS4 versions of the game will be available on disc, while PS3 players can access the game via PSN downloads.

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‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ News Trailer and Release Date (VIDEO)

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‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ News Trailer and Release Date (VIDEO)

Star Wars Battlefront YouTube Screengrab

Christian Post Report – Star Wars Battlefront is set for release on November 17.

EA recently released the teaser for its action video game “Stars Wars: Battlefront” a few days after the release date leaked from the game’s official website.

Electronic Arts and EA Digital Illusions CE released a cinema-quality trailer for the latest entry in its “Star Wars: Battlefront” series after news inadvertently leaked over its Nov. 17 release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

The sci-fi multiplayer action game is set to launch just before “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” premieres in theaters, and EA played the realistic teaser trailer for the game at the Star Wars Celebration Friday at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.

Six years after waiting for a third game, fans and players of the series were treated to Storm Troopers in hot pursuit of rebel speeders in the forest of Endor, while dogfights between X-wing and TIE fighters explode in the skies, and an AT-AT takes a hit and falls.

A black glove with a red lightsaber announces the appearance of Darth Vader, and the scene shifts to another battle taking place in the snow-covered hills of Hoth, which segues to a dogfight over stony cliffs, and TIE fighters zooming out of a ship’s hangar.

EA did not specify whether the teaser contained actual game footage or pre-rendered scenes from the game’s engine itself, but impressed the convention’s audience with the realistic clip and sound effects.

“Star Wars: Battlefront is set up to support up to 40 players divided between the forces of the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance battling it out using Star Wars weapons and vehicles like blasters, jetpacks, AT-STs, AT-AT war machines, speeder bikes, snow speeders, X-wings, TIE fighters, and even the Millennium Falcon, among many others.

Players of the multi-shooter game will be able to traverse a number of locations, including Endor, Hoth, Tattoine, and the previously unexplored planet of Sullust in missions where they can opt to play alone, or with a friend via split-screen.

Pre-orders for “Battle of Jakku,” a “Force Awakens”-themed DLC for the game starts Dec. 1 this year, for players who prefer to receive the downloadable content a week before its official Dec. 8 launch.

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Viva Forever! Mel B. Hints of Spice Girls Reunion

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Viva Forever! Mel B. Hints of Spice Girls Reunion

Spice Girls (PHOTO) Twitter: @SpiceworldNet

Christian Post Report – Spice Girls perform at London Olympics 2012

Could the fans of the phenomenal all-girl band Spice Girls sing “Wannabe,” “Mama,” and “2 Become 1” once again as the group reunite for their 20th anniversary?

In a recent interview with E! News, Mel B hinted of a possible reunion with the girls.

“I mean, we got together for the Olympics and nobody thought that we were going to get together for that,” the 39-year-old said. “Next year is our 20th anniversary so we’ll see. Maybe we’ll do something. Who knows?”

Mel B., who judges “America’s Got Talent,” shares that she recently talked with Geri Haliwell and of the upcoming little reunion that they would have in England.

“We talk a lot and we text and we Facetime. I was just Facetiming Geri the other day, she’s about to get married so we’re going to go over to England for her wedding,” she said.

Mel B. isn’t the only Spice Girl who welcomes the idea of coming together for another show.

“It’s funny isn’t it because people are saying it’s the 20 year anniversary of The Spice Girls, and we did get together in ’94, but Wannabe wasn’t released until ’96 so we don’t really see it until ’96,” Mel B. “And you might see a few of us having a little dance about on stage, no plans, but we’ll see what we can do for you.”

Emma Bunton said, “I was with Geri and Mel B just recently, we love each other and we love performing together…It’s just when the timing is right because we all have our own careers now and we have families, it’s just about getting five schedules together and that’s all it is.”

The group had a well-received reunion tour in 2007, “The Return of the Spice Girls” and they recently performed during the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Will the group ask their fans, “Say You’ll Be There” on their much awaited reunion?

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Sadie Robertson of ‘Duck Dynasty’ Is Praying Family’s ‘Duck Commander Musical’ Touches People’s Lives

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Sadie Robertson of ‘Duck Dynasty’ Is Praying Family’s ‘Duck Commander Musical’ Touches People’s Lives
Sadie Robertson (Photo: Instagram/Sadie Robertson)

Sadie Robertson shared a photo on Instagram on April 15, 2015.

Christian Post Report – Sadie Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” is praying that “The Duck Commander Musical” inspires audiences upon the production’s premiere in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old reality television star joined her entire family at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to celebrate the opening night of “The Duck Commander Musical,” which is based on the best-selling book, “The Duck Commander Family,” written by Sadie’s parents, Willie and Korie Robertson.

“We laughed, we cried, and then we laughed so hard we cried,” Robertson wrote on Instagram along with a photo taken after the show. “So proud of my mom, dad, and whole family. So amazing.”

Furthermore, Robertson shared a prayer for “The Duck Commander Musical” in hopes that the Broadway show reaches audience members.

“Thanking God for it all & praying to God this musical touches people’s life,” the teen added. “It sure did touch mine.”

Robertson and her family rose to fame on A&E’s “Duck Dynasty.” The reality series follows the family from their West Monroe, Louisiana home and the family’s hunting company, Duck Commander. While Sadie revealed her prayer for the musical, her father Willie described the show as a “positive option” for Las Vegas tourists.

“There are a lot of things in Vegas, and our musical gives somebody something to do that they know they can trust,” the Duck Commander CEO said while speaking to The Christian Post. “They can know that they can go to [The Duck Commander Musical] with their families and spouses and not be embarrassed. I remember seeing a show just amongst friends – we saw things that were inappropriate, but you can go to the musical and it’s safe.”

Meanwhile, the new musical has garnered largely positive reviews from critics, and the production director Jeff Calhoun assured audiences the new musical will move you.

“Fans will be pleasantly surprised how personal the story is – it goes behind the scenes of the family with real emotional depth, hardship, and redemption,” he explained. “The show has a great score with lots of comedy and lots of heart. I only like to do shows with lots of heart.”

To learn more about “The Duck Commander Musical,” visit the website here.

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