Super Soccer will "no longer be available".Following yesterday's update about the removal of Super Formation Soccer from the Switch Online Super Famicom service in Japan, Nintendo has now confirmed the local version of the game will also "no longer be available" later this month.The official game page for Super Soccer on the Switch Online Super Nintendo service notes how this title will be removed from this digital game library on 27th March 2025 (or 28th March, depending on your location). The title is listed as a Spike Chunsoft release.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Instagram alternative Flashes publicly launched its Bluesky-based photo-sharing app on the App Store this week, gaining nearly 30,000 downloads in its first 24 hours. The app offers a classic Instagram-like experience, allowing users to upload up to four photos and videos of up to a minute in length.Built by Berlin-based developer Sebastian Vogelsang, Flashes runs on the same underlying protocol that powers Bluesky, the AT Protocol (oratprotofor short).Because its based on Bluesky, the social networking startup with now over 32 million users, Flashes has access to a built-in audience. That is, all the posts you make on the Flashes app are compatible with Bluesky, meaning they can reach a wider audience beyond those using the Flashes app itself. Image Credits:FlashesWhile Flashes resembles Instagram in some aspects, its more customizable. Instead of being trapped by an algorithm of the companys making, people on Flashes can access any of the more than 50,000 custom feeds on Bluesky that let people curate the networks content however they want. Plus, the app offers built-in feeds for both the top posts and latest posts across Blueskys network.Other features are designed to cater to photographers looking to showcase their work. A Portfolio Mode lets you curate your profile by choosing what media will appear to visitors, for example. That way, you can feature your best photographs up front when people visit your profile. Posts created in Flashes itself can be edited using built-in photo filters, too, similar to Instagram. Another new feature focuses on curated feeds from artists. Flashes is kicking off this recent update with images from the Blacksky community. (Blacksky has been building out Bluesky tools for the Black community, including Blacksky feeds, its own moderation service, and other technical features.)Vogelsang says hes had some conversations with investors around funding and is open to opportunities. The app had reached 40,500 downloads as of Thursday and is one of several new efforts building on top of the Bluesky platform.

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced this afternoon it has canceled a forthcoming Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) edition about Palestine. An email sent to ACSA member school faculty councilors and head administrators stated the decision was the result of a vote by the ACSA Board of Directors held on February 21. The Fall 2025 issues editorial board included Cruz Garcia, Nora Akawi, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Zo Samudzi, and Nick Estes, and was to be published by Taylor & Francis. The issues web page has been removed from JAEs website. The announcement arrived on the same day McLain Clutter, JAE interim executive editor, was fired by ACSA. Clutter, whose term was supposed to end in 2026, told AN his employment was terminated because he refused to endorse ACSAs decision to halt the publication. Clutter said he was given the opportunity to stay at JAE if he helped put together a replacement edition. Clutter rejected that offer and was subsequently fired. After Clutter was terminated, ACSA executive director Michael Monti sent a letter to JAE editors informing them of these changes; he noted that he would be the primary point of contact for the journal for the time being.I am deeply disappointed by the actions of the ACSA Board, Clutter told AN after he was fired. This decision represents a blatant violation of the principles of academic freedom, intellectual integrity, and ethical scholarship that the organization claims to upholdat precisely the moment when we, as architectural academics, might look to member organizations like the ACSA to help to protect those principles. ACSA will be on the wrong side of history, and they leave faculty at member institutions with little reason for faith in their support.An Extended Series of Difficult DiscussionsJAE is one of two academic journals ACSA publishes and distributes to member schools. The Fall 2025 issue of JAE was to focus on the ongoing Israeli genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, editors said in the call for papers, which went out last fall. This issue of the Journal of Architectural Education calls for urgent reflections on this historical moments implications for design, research, and education in architecture, the call stated. Today, Cathi Ho Schar is ACSA president, and Jos Gmez is vice president. According to Monti, on behalf of the ACSA board, the decision followed an extended series of difficult discussions within the organization about the potential risks from publishing the issue.Monti added that the ACSA board decided the risks from publishing the issue have significantly increased as a result of new actions by the U.S. presidential administration as well as other actions at state levels. These substantial risks include personal threats to journal editors, authors, and reviewers, as well as to ACSA volunteers and staff. They also include legal and financial risks facing the organization overall.Nora Akawi, a Palestinian assistant professor at The Cooper Union who also sits on the JAE editorial board, told AN she was not made aware of the February 21 vote, and she didnt receive an explanation for why the issue was pulled prior to the mass email ACSA sent to its members the afternoon of February 28. The JAE editorial team wasnt included on the email, and Akawi was unaware that the landing page for the issue was removed from the JAE website.Editors RespondIn response to the issues cancellation and Clutters termination, the Palestine issues editors shared the following statement withAN:We are dismayed by the decision, but not surprised given the increasing repression and censorship of all content on Palestine in the US and Europe. The ACSAs statement is presented as a preemptive consideration and care for members of the JAE and members of its own board in the face of political repression by the Trump administration. But in reality, given the ACSA leaderships attempts at censorship since before the call for papers was published in September 2024, it is clear that they are using the new actions by the U.S. presidential administration as a convenient cover to execute what they had been planning to do all along. The ACSA is cancelling the JAE Palestine issue without having read the content of the publication, which is currently under peer-review. Rather than capitulating to external political pressure, the ACSA should be protecting the JAE editorial board, and the academic freedom of the theme editors and of the journals contributors. The ACSA board has the responsibility to uphold the very values it claims to represent.We stand in support of the JAE board, who voted unanimously to publish this call for papers, and call on the ACSA to reinstate both the JAE Palestine issue and McLain Clutter as JAE Interim Executive Editor. We remain in close contact with the JAE editorial board in planning our next steps.Previously, Garcia, one of the issues editors and a member of the JAE editorial board, was part of the ACSA Fellowship to Advance Equity in Architecture. Garcia wrote an article for AN last April about the dangerous smearing and doxing academics who openly support Palestine face today, including Samia Henni, who has been the recipient of death threats and vandalism at ETH Zurich and Cornell University, respectively. Akawi has also been the victim of smear campaigns led by Canary Mission, a doxing website that has been accused by civil rights groups of launching defamatory attacks against scholars who criticize Israel. The ACSAs decision to cancel the Fall 2025 JAE issue on Palestine, citing vague increased risks from political and legal climates, exemplifies the problem of anticipatory obediencea concept critiqued by the [American Association of University Professors], where institutions preemptively censor themselves out of fear of potential backlash rather than upholding academic freedom, Garcia told AN after the announcement. Especially DistraughtThis evening, Ozayr Saloojee, JAEs associate editor of design, sent a message to the potential contributors who submitted material for consideration for the Palestine issue to inform them of this change. We are especially distraught, given the rigorous and beautiful work that you submitted for consideration, which is currently in our peer review process and being reviewed by our volunteer editorial board, external reviewers and theme editors, he wrote. He said that the JAE board is committed to this issue and we are looking for alternative formats and venues to publish this work if not through the ACSA then hopefully through other platforms and spaces.Looking ahead, ACSA said it will publish a Fall 2025 JAE issue with a different theme. ACSA said it is now evaluating its options for the journal within a broader framework. The organization has begun working with its diverse body of faculty members to holistically assess how changes in the legal and political climate facing higher education and nonprofit associations will affect member schools, faculty, and students as well as the organizations many programs and services.

Table of ContentsTable of ContentsFull list of Marvel Rivals Midnight Features II missions and its rewardsMidnight Features II event milestone rewardsMarvel Rivals, the fast-paced Super Hero team-based PVP shooter from NetEase Games, released its highly anticipated Season 1.5 update, bringing a surge of exciting features to gamers worldwide. This mid-season patch adds two legendary Fantastic Four members, Human Torch and The Thing, to the list of free-to-play characters, rounding out the fan-favorite team with Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman.Along with these additions, the update includes a brand-new Convergence map set in the vampire-infested Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park, which provides new battlegrounds for players to test their abilities. The in-game shop also receives a sleek makeover with new cosmetics, while gameplay changes and bug fixes ensure a more enjoyable experience.Recommended VideosBuilding on the success of Season 1: Eternal Night Falls, which debuted in January, this update continues the action with new challenges and rewards. Furthermore, the focus shifts to the Midnight Features II event, which kicks off the second half of Season 1. This limited-time event features new objectives related to the continuing battle against Dracula, as well as exclusive rewards for players to claim. With secrets growing beneath the Blood Moon, heres what players can expect from the Midnight Features II quests and their tempting rewards.RelatedThe Midnight Features II event in Marvel Rivals, which began with the Season 1.5 update on February 21, 2025, immerses players in an exciting continuation of the Eternal Night Falls story. This limited-time event, which runs until March 21, 2025, includes five unique questlines, each linked to the vampire-laden turmoil of the Empire of Eternal Night.NetEase GamesVampire Slayer Gone Missing Missions and RewardsGothic Renaissance Read the Black Panther Lore: The Blood of Kings (1) 100 Chrono TokensEmbers & Earth Deal 1000 Damage with Flaming Meteor as Human Torch in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI OR Launch 30 enemies with Yancy Street Charge as The Thing in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI Happy Squirrel SprayForks in the Park Win 2 Matches in Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park OR Win 5 matches in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI 60 UnitsSquirrel Girl Gone Savage?! Missions and RewardsFurry Fortification Immobilize 15 enemies with Squirrel Blockade as Squirrel Girl in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI Holy Ankh SprayUnbreakable Bonds Take 20000 Damage in Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown or Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park as The Thing , Mister Fantastic , Invisible Woman , or Human Torch OR Take 50000 Damage as any Vanguard hero in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI 100 Chrono TokensRatatoskr Rescue Rescue Ratatoskr 5 times in Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park OR Secure 30 Assists as The Thing , Mister Fantastic , Mantis , or Invisible Woman in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI 60 UnitsRare Occult Book Auction Missions and RewardsStone-Cold Combat Hit 8 enemies with Stone Haymaker as The Thing in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI 100 Chrono TokensSoulful Slumber Release 10 Souls with Eye of Agamotto as in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI OR Land 10 Final Hits in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI Fantastic SprayMidnight Mayhem Inflict 50,000 damage in Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown or Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park as The Thing, Mister Fantastic, Black Panther, Iron Man, or Invisible Woman or heal 60,000 health as any Strategist hero 60 UnitsBrighter Days Ahead for NYC? Missions and RewardsFlame of Fame Create 15 Flame Fields with Blazing Blast as Human Torch in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI OR Upvote players who have primarily used Mister Fantastic , Human Torch , The Thing , or Invisible Woman in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI a total of 5 times. Count Dracula SprayDarkest Before Dawn Land 4 2-player KO streaks in Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park as The Thing , Doctor Strange , Iron Man , Scarlet Witch , Mantis , or Luna Snow OR Deal 40000 Damage as any Duelist hero in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI. Careless Ignition EmoteBlood, Sweat, and Power Deal 100000 Damage in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI. 60 UnitsElderly Heiress Seeks Missing Heirloom Missions and RewardsHealing Harvest Collect 10 Health Packs in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI 100 Chrono TokensCastle of Crossed Fates Reach Draculas Castle 3 times in Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park OR Defeat 60 enemies as Venom , Magneto , Hela , Squirrel Girl , Rocket Raccoon , or Mantis in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI 60 UnitsGuardians of the Night Secure 30 Assists as Mister Fantastic , Invisible Woman , The Thing , or Human Torch in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI Bloodstorm One NameplateNetEase GamesCompleting each event page will grant the following additional rewards:Turning the Pages Gallery CardStar Turn Gallery CardPlans Within Plans Gallery CardRatatoskr NameplateCarved Traveler Groot CostumeIf youre looking for more Marvel Rivals, check out how to get Lattice and how to convert Chrono Tokens into Units in the game.Editors Recommendations

OpenAI released its Sora text-to-video generation tool late in 2024, and expanded it to the European market at the end of February this year. It seems the next avenue for Sora is the ChatGPT app.According to a TechCrunch report, which cites internal conversations, OpenAI is planning to bring the video creation AI tool to ChatGPT. So far, the video generator has been available only via a web client, and has remained exclusive to paid users.Recommended VideosNotably, the video generation capabilities in the ChatGPT app will be limited, compared to what users get via the dedicated Sora web dashboard. There is, however, no concrete timeline regarding the arrival of Sora within the ChatGPT experience, as of now.Snapshot from a video generated by Sora OpenAIIt seems OpenAI desperately wants to stay in the AI game, as rivals like xAI and DeepSeek continue to build up the pressure. It, therefore, would make sense to fold it into a product that now has over 400 million weekly active users. Sora is one of OpenAIs flagship products, and offering it as an integrated tool to ChatGPT users would definitely add to the incentive. Moreover, it would help drive subscriptions, since Sora access is exclusive to ChatGPT Plus and Pro customers.The buzzy video generation tool wont be the only upgrade making its way to ChatGPT in the coming months. Earlier this week, OpenAI introduced its most advanced AI model yet, called GPT-4.5, and has already started rolling it out in a limited capacity.A few days prior to that, the companys computationally-intensive Deep Research tool also started expanding to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. This one is similar to Google Geminis Deep Research tool, offering an agentic experience of getting well-researched information presented in a detailed format.Next in line is the Operator, the companys flagship agentic tool that can autonomously handle a wide range of tasks on behalf of users. It does so by crawling the web, filling in the necessary details, and executing the request without any further user input required.Operator is currently exclusive to ChatGPT Pro subscribers, and it only started expanding into more markets earlier this month. OpenAI has already inked deals with names such as Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash to convert user queries into actionable tasks when Operator jumps into action.Editors Recommendations

Take 2 SpaceX readies a redo of last months ill-fated Starship test flight The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch Starship's eighth test flight as soon as Monday. Stephen Clark Feb 28, 2025 7:53 pm | 42 Ship 34, destined to launch on the next Starship test flight, test-fired its engines in South Texas on February 12. Credit: SpaceX Ship 34, destined to launch on the next Starship test flight, test-fired its engines in South Texas on February 12. Credit: SpaceX Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreSpaceX plans to launch the eighth full-scale test flight of its enormous Starship rocket as soon as Monday after receiving regulatory approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.The test flight will be a repeat of what SpaceX hoped to achieve on the previous Starship launch in January, when the rocket broke apart and showered debris over the Atlantic Ocean and Turks and Caicos Islands. The accident prevented SpaceX from completing many of the flight's goals, such as testing Starship's satellite deployment mechanism and new types of heat shield material.Those things are high on the to-do list for Flight 8, set to lift off at 5:30 pm CST (6:30 pm EST; 23:30 UTC) Monday from SpaceX's Starbase launch facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. Over the weekend, SpaceX plans to mount the rocket's Starship upper stage atop the Super Heavy booster already in position on the launch pad.The fully stacked rocket will tower 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall. Like the test flight on January 16, this launch will use a second-generation, Block 2, version of Starship with larger propellant tanks with 25 percent more volume than previous vehicle iterations. The payload compartment near the ship's top is somewhat smaller than the payload bay on Block 1 Starships.This block upgrade moves SpaceX closer to attempting more challenging things with Starship, such as returning the ship, or upper stage, back to the launch site from orbit. It will be caught with the launch tower at Starbase, just like SpaceX accomplished last year with the Super Heavy booster. Officials also want to bring Starship into service to launch Starlink Internet satellites and demonstrate in-orbit refueling, an enabling capability for future Starship flights to the Moon and Mars.NASA has contracts with SpaceX worth more than $4 billion to develop a Starship spinoff as a human-rated Moon lander for the Artemis lunar program. The mega-rocket is central to Elon Musk's ambition to create a human settlement on Mars.Another shot at gloryOther changes introduced on Starship Version 2 include redesigned forward flaps, which are smaller and closer to the tip of the ship's nose to better protect them from the scorching heat of reentry. Technicians also removed some of the ship's thermal protection tiles to "stress-test vulnerable areas" of the vehicle during descent. SpaceX is experimenting with metallic tile designs, including one with active cooling, that might be less brittle than the ceramic tiles used elsewhere on the ship.Engineers also installed rudimentary catch fittings on the ship to evaluate how they respond to the heat of reentry, when temperatures outside the vehicle climb to 2,600 Fahrenheit (1,430 Celsius). Read more about Starship Version in this previous story from Ars.It will take about 1 hour and 6 minutes for Starship to fly from the launch pad in South Texas to a splashdown zone in the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia. The rocket's Super Heavy booster will fire 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines for two-and-a-half minutes as it climbs east from the Texas coastline, then jettison from the Starship upper stage and reverse course to return to Starbase for another catch with mechanical arms on the launch tower.Meanwhile, Starship will ignite six Raptor engines and accelerate to a speed just shy of orbital velocity, putting the ship on a trajectory to reenter the atmosphere after soaring about halfway around the world. Booster 15 perched on the launch mount at Starbase, Texas. Credit: SpaceX If you've watched the last few Starship flights, this profile probably sounds familiar.SpaceX achieved successful splashdowns after three Starship test flights last year, and hoped to do it again before the premature end of Flight 7 in January. Instead, the accident was the most significant technical setback for the Starship program since the first full-scale test flight in 2023, which damaged the launch pad before the rocket spun out of control in the upper atmosphere.Now, SpaceX hopes to get back on track. At the end of last year, company officials said they targeted as many as 25 Starship flights in 2025. Two months in, SpaceX is about to launch its second Starship of the year.The breakup of Starship last month prevented SpaceX from evaluating the performance of the ship's Pez-like satellite deployer and upgraded heat shield. Engineers are eager to see how those perform on Monday's flight. Once in space, the ship will release four simulators replicating the approximate size and mass of SpaceX's next-generation Starlink Internet satellites. They will follow the same suborbital trajectory as Starship and reenter the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.That will be followed by a restart of a Raptor engine on Starship in space, repeating a feat first achieved on Flight 6 in November. Officials want to ensure Raptor engines can reignite reliably in space before actually launching Starship into a stable orbit, where the ship must burn an engine to guide itself back into the atmosphere for a controlled reentry. With another suborbital flight on tap Monday, the engine relight is purely a confidence-building demonstration and not critical for a safe return to Earth. The flight plan for Starship's next launch includes another attempt to catch the Super Heavy booster with the launch tower, a satellite deployment demonstration, and an important test of its heat shield. Credit: SpaceX Then, about 47 minutes into the mission, Starship will plunge back into the atmosphere. If this flight is like the previous few, expect to see live high-definition video streaming back from Starship as super-heated plasma envelops the vehicle in a cloak of pink and orange. Finally, air resistance will slow the ship below the speed of sound, and just 20 seconds before reaching the ocean, the rocket will flip to a vertical orientation and reignite its Raptor engines again to brake for splashdown.This is where SpaceX hopes Starship Version 2 will shine. Although three Starships have made it to the ocean intact, the scorching temperatures of reentry damaged parts of their heat shields and flaps. That won't do for SpaceX's vision of rapidly reusing Starship with minimal or no refurbishment. Heat shield repairs slowed down the turnaround time between NASA's space shuttle missions, and officials hope the upgraded heat shield on Starship Version 2 will decrease the downtime.FAAs green lightThe FAA confirmed Friday it issued a launch license earlier this week for Starship Flight 8."The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight," an FAA spokesperson said in a statement.The federal regulator oversaw a SpaceX-led investigation into the failure of Flight 7. SpaceX said NASA, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the US Space Force also participated in the investigation, which determined that propellant leaks and fires in an aft compartment, or attic, of Starship led to the shutdown of its engines and eventual breakup.Engineers concluded the leaks were most likely caused by a harmonic response several times stronger than predicted, suggesting the vibrations during the ship's climb into space were in resonance with the vehicle's natural frequency. This would have intensified the vibrations beyond the levels engineers expected from ground testing.Earlier this month, SpaceX completed an extended-duration static fire of the next Starship upper stage to test hardware modifications at multiple engine thrust levels. According to SpaceX, findings from the static fire informed changes to the fuel feed lines to Starship's Raptor engines, adjustments to propellant temperatures, and a new operating thrust for the next test flight."To address flammability potential in the attic section on Starship, additional vents and a new purge system utilizing gaseous nitrogen are being added to the current generation of ships to make the area more robust to propellant leakage," SpaceX said. "Future upgrades to Starship will introduce the Raptor 3 engine, reducing the attic volume and eliminating the majority of joints that can leak into this volume."FAA officials were apparently satisfied with all of this. The agency's commercial spaceflight division completed a "comprehensive safety review" and determined Starship can return to flight operations while the investigation into the Flight 7 failure remains open. This isn't new. The FAA also used this safety determination to expedite SpaceX launch license approvals last year as officials investigated mishaps on Starship and Falcon 9 rocket flights.Stephen ClarkSpace ReporterStephen ClarkSpace Reporter Stephen Clark is a space reporter at Ars Technica, covering private space companies and the worlds space agencies. Stephen writes about the nexus of technology, science, policy, and business on and off the planet. 42 Comments

For an emotional drama, watch "Nickel Boys.""Nickel Boys" is based on the book of the same name. Orion Pictures RaMell Ross' historical drama, based on Colson Whitehead's book of the same name, was one of 2024's most underrated films. It's about two young Black boys in 1960s Florida who are sent to an abusive reform school.The performances are astounding particularly Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the devoted grandmother of one of the boys, Elwood and Ross' unique first-person POV shooting style is incredibly effective.Streaming on: MGM+If you like sports comedies, try "Running Point."Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in "Running Point." Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix Kate Hudson plays a basketball heiress loosely based on LA Lakers owner Jeanie Buss in "Running Point," a new comedy from Mindy Kaling.Streaming on: NetflixTrue crime fans should check out "Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke."Ruby Franke during a hearing on December 18, 2023. Ron Chaffin/AP Images A new three-part docuseries shines a light on the disturbing story of Ruby Franke, the former mom vlogger who was convicted of abusing her children alongside Jodi Hildebrandt, a therapist she'd hired to help her son.Be forewarned: This story isn't for the faint of heart. The series includes firsthand accounts, video footage, and interviews with two of Franke's kids and her estranged husband,Streaming on: HuluChristopher Reeve fans will love "Will Reeve: Finding My Father."Will Reeve. John Phillips/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures The beloved "Superman" actor's youngest son retraces his dad's steps in this new ABC special. Will Reeves, now an ABC News correspondent, visits the places his father did while working on a nature documentary Christopher Reeve's final project before the riding accident that left him paralyzed.Streaming on: HuluFor a fictionalized true story drama, watch "Toxic Town."Toby Eden, Jodie Whittaker, and Matthew James Hinchliffe in "Toxic Town." Ben Blackall/Netflix The true crime drama "Toxic Town" tells the story of children in a British town who were born with disabilities after being poisoned by unchecked toxic waste from steelworks. "Doctor Who" star Jodie Whittaker plays Susan McIntyre, a real mother who fought for justice for her son Connor, who'd been born with limb differences.Streaming on: NetflixHorror fans should see "Strange Darling."Willa Fitzgerald in "Strange Darling." Magenta Light Studios If you haven't already seen this one, stop what you're doing and go stream it ASAP."Strange Darling" is an inventive and well-acted thriller from JT Mollner, starring Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner as two people in a cat-and-mouse game that isn't at all what it initially appears. It wasn't just one of the best horror movies of 2024; it was one of my favorite movies last year, period.Streaming on: Paramount+The Academy Awards air this weekend.An Oscar statue on display at the 96th Academy Awards. PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images This Sunday, Conan O'Brien will host the 97th Academy Awards. We'll find out whether "Anora" star Mikey Madison will clinch a best actress win over "The Substance" star Demi Moore, and whether "Emilia Perez" might still get best picture despite its controversies.Streaming on: Hulu"Survivor" is back for a new season.Longtime host Jeff Probst is back for another season of "Survivor." CBS via Getty Images The long-running competition series premiered its 48th (!) season this week. Catch the new episode of "Survivor" on streaming if you missed it airing on CBS.Streaming on: Paramount+For a thriller based on a true story, watch "September 5."Peter Sarsgaard plays Roone Arledge in "September 5." Paramount Pictures "September 5" focuses on the Munich massacre of 1972 during that year's Summer Olympics, and specifically the ABC Sports news team that covered the incident.Streaming on: Paramount+"The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" is an anime fantasy film based on J. R. R. Tolkien's characters.Helm Hammerhand voiced by Brian Cox in "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim." Warner Bros. Pictures This "Lord of the Rings" prequel is set hundreds of years before the events of the Peter Jackson film trilogy and the "Hobbit" movies. It tells the story of legendary Rohan king Helm Hammerhand, voiced by "Succession" star Brian Cox.Streaming on: Max

"8 Passengers" mom vlogger Ruby Franke is the subject of a new Hulu docuseries.The former influencer was convicted of abusing her children and sentenced to prison.Here's what to know about her case, where she is now, and what happened to her marriage and kids.The darkest side of family vlogging is at the heart of Hulu's new docuseries "Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke."The three-part series focuses on Ruby Franke, who created the popular, now defunct "8 Passengers" YouTube channel. Franke posted videos with her husband, Kevin Franke, and their six children, Shari, Chad, Abby, Julie, Russell, and Eve, and became wildly successful as a mom influencer.However, the public turned on Franke over revelations about her parenting style, with many of her followers calling Franke's form of "discipline" abusive. But Franke doubled down rather than apologizing and trying to win back her fans.Ultimately, she and Jodi Hildebrandt, a therapist she'd hired to work with her family, were convicted of abusing Franke's children and sentenced to prison.The new docuseries features firsthand accounts from Kevin Franke and the two oldest Franke children.Here's what to know about the case and where Ruby Franke is now.Who is Ruby Franke? The once-beloved mom vlogger became controversial for her parenting methods Chad and Ruby Franke. 8 Passengers / YouTube Franke lived with her family in Springville, Utah, where they were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon church. As Kevin Franke recalls in interviews for the new Hulu series, the two first met in August 2000 and were married by December 28.By 2015, the couple had six children and Franke had started a YouTube channel chronicling their lives. She called it "8 Passengers" a reference to the family of 8 traveling through life and posted videos showing interactions between her kids, cooking for her family, and homeschooling her oldest son, Chad.The Franke family's first popular video was of one of their kids climbing out of her crib, but soon vlogging became a big income source for them. At its peak, Kevin Franke said in the docuseries, they were bringing in over $100,000 a month just from YouTube revenue.The idyllic family life presented on Franke's page was incongruous with reality, and cracks began to show in 2020, when Chad said in a video shown in the docuseries that he was made to sleep on a beanbag in the basement for seven months as punishment. Amid backlash, Franke removed the video. In an interview at the time, Ruby and Kevin Franke defended their actions and pushed back on child abuse accusations.The family recounts in the docuseries that around the same time, Chad had been expelled from school. The Frankes brought in a therapist, Jodi Hildebrandt, who a family friend recommended to help Chad.Hildebrandt's harsh methods appeared to work, and Chad said in the docuseries that he straightened out under her care. From then on, Hildebrandt became entangled with the family: "I learned to love her and trust her," Chad said in the series.At the same time, Franke's punishments became more extreme. In the docuseries, Chad Franke says his mother would spank and whip him with a belt. In a separate interview, Franke's oldest daughter Shari recalled helping Chad clean blood off the walls after one particularly brutal beating.As Franke's family recalls in the docuseries, she believed it was her religious calling to help parents save their children and ensure they go to heaven. She and her husband got involved in ConneXions, Hildebrandt's business, and Franke ultimately became a counselor there and Hildebrandt's second in command.Franke pivoted away from the "8 Passengers" account, which is now defunct, and created a new Instagram and podcast called "Moms of Truth" with Hildebrandt. In it, the two shared parenting "wisdom" and espoused the value of harsh punishments. In one video shown in the docuseries, Franke admitted she "loves principles more than my children."Ruby and Kevin Franke's relationship began to deteriorate as she grew closer with Hildebrandt, with Kevin alleging that he was asked to leave the family home at the same time a then 17-year-old Chad was kicked out for viewing pornography. Shari, then a college student living at Brigham Young University, also said in the docuseries that she was cut off by her mother and told not to contact anyone in the family.Ruby Franke's arrest, child abuse conviction, and sentencing Bodycam footage of Ruby Franke's arrest. Washington County Attorney's Office via AP In the docuseries, Franke's neighbors recall becoming concerned about the welfare of her four youngest kids after Kevin left the home, alleging the Franke kids were left alone for hours at a time. They shared their concerns with Shari Franke, who called the Springville Police Station in September 2022 to request a welfare check on her siblings, Business Insider previously reported.A case was opened with the state's Department of Children and Family Services, but it was eventually closed when they couldn't find any witnesses of physical abuse.The situation finally came to a head in August 2023, over a year after Franke had asked Kevin and Chad to leave their home and cut off Shari.According to a witness statement shared by the Santa Clara-Ivins Police Department, on August 30, Franke's youngest son escaped Hildebrandt's home in St. George, Utah, about four hours from the Frankes' Springville home. He asked a neighbor to take him to the police station. The boy was emaciated and had duct tape around his ankles.The boy whose name, along with the names of the other Franke minor children, was concealed to protect his privacy said that his youngest sister was also at Hildebrandt's house but that he hadn't seen her in person for over a month.Police recovered the girl from Hildebrandt's home and found the other two children at the home of Franke's friends near the family's Springville house. They also recovered a detailed journal Franke had kept in which she recounted the abuse. In the journal, Franke wrote about her belief that her two youngest children were possessed by the deviil and the methods she and Hildebrandt had undertaken to correct their "deviant" behavior, including starving the kids under the guise of "fasting," making them stand in the hot sun barefoot for hours, and having them run in the desert.Both Franke and Hildebrandt were arrested on aggravated child abuse charges that day, according to Washington County Jail booking documents.Per a press release from the Washington County Attorney's Office, both women were charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse each on September 1, 2023. In December, they each pleaded guilty to four counts as part of a plea agreement. They were sentenced in February 2024 to serve four consecutive sentences of between one and 15 years each a total sentence of at least four years, but as many as 30 years, with the precise length of the term to be determined by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.The Board didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.In a statement at her sentencing, Franke acknowledged harming her kids, calling the officers who had rescued them "angels." She also pointed the finger at Hildebrandt, saying she had been "led to believe that this world is an evil place.""My charges are just, they offer safety to my family, accountability to the public, and they did show mercy to me," she said.Franke is incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City, according to the Utah Department of Corrections. She is scheduled for a hearing with the parole board in December 2026.In January 2025, a former ConneXions client who attended couples therapy with Hildebrandt sued her, Franke, and ConneXions for fraud and racketeering. The suit, viewed by BI, claims that Franke, Hildebrandt, and other ConneXions employees, both "known and unknown," manipulated "vulnerable individuals" like the plaintiff into paying exorbitant fees for their "fraudulent services." The complaint demands monetary relief for damages.In the latest filing, on February 28, the judge granted the motion to extend the defendants' time to file an answer to the complaint. Hildebrandt, Franke, and ConneXions now have until March 19, 2025, to respond to the complaint.The lawyer representing Hildebrandt, Franke, and ConneXions didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.Ruby Franke's husband filed for divorce and has been fighting to regain custody of their 4 youngest kids Ruby and Kevin Franke. 8 Passengers/YouTube Kevin filed for divorce from his wife in November 2023; as of February 2025, he told People it is not yet finalized.The couple's two oldest kids, Chad and Shari, are adults and living on their own. The four youngest Franke children are minors and have been in DCFS custody in Utah since Franke was arrested in August 2023. Kevin's lawyer, Randy Kester, told People that as of April 2024, they were still in the custody of the state but that he had been fighting to get them back.As of February 2025, it's unclear whether the younger kids are still in DCFS custody, living with their father, or living elsewhere. A representative for Utah's DCFS said via email that the department "affirms law enforcement reports of our involvement in the Franke case." They declined to comment further on specifics of the case or the whereabouts of the Franke children "in order to protect the integrity of the necessary working relationships with those we serve, and to respect the privacy of children and families." Kester, Kevin's attorney, didn't immediately reply to a request for comment regarding the status of the custody case.In her statement during her sentencing, Franke called Kevin the love of her life and called the ending of their marriage a "tragedy."Franke also addressed her children directly."To my babies; my six little chicks you are a part of me," she said. "I was so disoriented that I believed dark was light and right was wrong. I would do anything in this world for you. My willingness to sacrifice all for you was masterfully manipulated into something very ugly. I took from you all that was soft, and safe, and good."How Ruby Franke's parents and siblings reacted Ruby Franke in court. Sheldon Demke/AP Images Two of Franke's sisters, Julie Deru and Bonnie Hoellein, are also vloggers. In September 2023, each shared videos saying that they were not aware of her actions. They recalled how, in 2020, Franke abruptly cut off her family when she started working with Hildebrandt.KUTV reported that Franke's parents and brother said in statements to the court at her February sentencing hearing that she had radically changed after employing Hildebrandt to help Chad and referred to her as "brainwashed." Her parents wrote that they'd only had "brief communications" with Franke the last several years."She was delusional. She was so deeply brainwashed we could not recognize her," they wrote. They also asked the judge to show Franke mercy in sentencing and expressed their hope that she would repair her relationships with her kids.Franke and Hildebrandt's lawyers didn't immediately respond to a request for comment."Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke" is streaming on Hulu.

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