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When UK mockumentary Alternative 3 tried to spook viewers that scientists were vanishing as part of a sinister space plot it succeeded. Today, the resulting conspiracy theory has even seen Trump’s gov ...

A former FBI agent has suggested that the mystery surrounding several missing and dead scientists may not be connected to ...

DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran confirmed on June 15, 2026, what months of reporting had only suggested: a Gorilla Grodd series for HBO Max will begin filming later this year. The reveal came not from ...

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