Area 51
U.S Air Force facility in southern Nevada
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| April 12 2025 |
Open secret
Russell Brand is charged with five counts of various sex crimes by the Metropolitan Police, bringing his long-standing allegations of sexual misconduct into formal legal proceedings.
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| April 12 2025 |
Open secret
A civil lawsuit is filed against Russell Brand in New York state, further expanding the legal challenges surrounding his alleged sexual misconduct.
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| 2025 | Visual Effects Society Awards nominated Xavi Martin Ramirez, Oscar Dahlen, Hedi Namar, and Yuri Yang for Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature for their 'Water, Fire & Symbiote Effects' in the film. |
| February 25 2025 | Netflix streaming release of Venom: The Last Dance in the United States. |
| February 2 2025 | Venom: The Last Dance was nominated for Best Science Fiction Film at the Saturn Awards ceremony. |
| January 21 2025 | Home media release on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. |
| January 21 2025 | DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD release of Venom: The Last Dance by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. |
| 2024 |
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
Annie Jacobsen revealed in a Lex Fridman interview that Alfred O'Donnell, who worked for EG&G at Area 51 in the early 1950s, was the source of her controversial Roswell UFO incident explanation as a Soviet hoax.
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| December 10 2024 | Digital download release of the film. |
| December 10 2024 | Digital download release of Venom: The Last Dance. |
| November 8 2024 | Brief period when the film was scheduled for release on November 8, 2024, before returning to the October 2024 timeframe. |
| October 25 2024 | Film is released in the United States. |
| October 25 2024 | Theatrical release of Venom: The Last Dance by Sony Pictures Releasing in the United States, screening in IMAX and premium large formats (PLFs). |
| October 21 2024 | Film premieres at the Regal Times Square theater in New York City. |
| October 21 2024 | World premiere of Venom: The Last Dance held at the Regal Times Square theater in New York City. |
| July 12 2024 | Initially scheduled release date for Venom: The Last Dance before being adjusted due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. |
| July 11 2024 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A 85-0819 Raven Beauty arrived at the Stafford Air & Space Museum for preservation, with public display scheduled for 24 July 2024.
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| March 2024 | Film's title, Venom: The Last Dance, is revealed. |
| February 2024 | Film production is completed by the end of February. |
| February 1 2024 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
Two F-117s were seen at testing range R-2508 in the Mojave Desert.
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| December 2023 |
Dreamland
The mysterious country song 'Staring at the Stars' was finally identified in a Twitter thread, resolving a long-standing fan mystery about its origins in the X-Files episode Dreamland.
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| November 2023 | Film production resumes after the SAG-AFTRA strike ends. |
| July 2023 | Production is halted due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. |
| June 2023 | Filming begins in Spain. |
| June 2023 | New cast members, including Chiwetel Ejiofor and Juno Temple, join the film. |
| May 18 2023 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A 81-0794 Delta Dawn arrived at the Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins) for partial restoration and display.
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| 2022 |
Alamo, Nevada
The town board proposed a significant change to the town's long-standing alcohol restrictions, suggesting allowing alcohol sales in gas stations and supermarkets while maintaining the ban on bars.
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| 2022 | Producer Kathleen Kennedy reflects on the film, acknowledging that they 'may not have had as strong a story as we wanted'. |
| 2022 | Unconfirmed reports emerged suggesting the 2017 crash involved an SU-27 from the Foreign Materials Exploitation program, with both crew members ejecting and Schultz dying in the incident. |
| November 13 2022 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A 84-0810 Dark Angel was reported to be in transit from Tonopah Test Range to the Pima Air & Space Museum.
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| October 2022 | Kelly Marcel is set to make her directorial debut with the film. |
| July 29 2022 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A 85-0813 The Toxic Avenger was delivered to Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California for restoration, with an expected restoration cost of around $75,000.
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| June 2022 | Kelly Marcel and Tom Hardy start writing the script for Venom: The Last Dance. |
| May 2022 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
An F-117 participated in exercise Savannah Sentry at the Air Dominance Center in Georgia, involving both active USAF and Air National Guard units. A crew member stated about 48 flyable F-117s remain in USAF inventory.
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| January 2022 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
Two F-117s were observed in flight in the Saline Military Operating Area. One aircraft had portions of its exterior covered in a 'mirror-like coating' believed to be an experimental infrared signature reduction treatment.
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| 2021 | Remastered 4K version released by Paramount and Lucasfilm on Ultra HD Blu-ray, created using scans of the original negatives, as part of a four-film Indiana Jones box set. |
| 2021 | Terry England admitted that he had originally taken Lazar's claims at face value and did not fact-check his credentials during their 1982 interview. |
| December 2021 | Sony Pictures begins development of the third Venom film after the release of the second film. |
| September 13 2021 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
Two F-117s landed at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in California to train with California Air National Guard F-15C/D Eagles. One aircraft had red tail letters, the other white, and one was observed without radar reflectors.
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| April 2021 | Sony signed streaming deals with Netflix (pay 1 window) and Disney (pay 2 window) for their 2022-2026 film slate, including future Venom films. |
| 2020 | FAA documentation still lists TKM location identifier as a tie-in facility for Tonopah Test Range Base Ops, maintaining Janet Airlines' secretive operational status. |
| December 11 2020 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A 85-0817 Shaba arrived at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo and completed restoration by July 2022.
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| October 3 2020 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A 85-0833 Black Devil was unveiled at Palm Springs Air Museum after restoration.
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| August 5 2020 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
F-117A 82-0799 Midnight Rider arrived at the Hill Aerospace Museum for preparation and display.
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| 2019 | Dreamland was released in Germany on DVD under the title 'Doctor Who - Dreamland: Invasion der Area 51' and released on Blu-ray in high-definition for the first time. |
| October 21 2019 | Dreamland and The Infinite Quest were released on Blu-ray in the UK as part of the 'Complete David Tennant Specials' 4 Disc Steelbook. |
| September 2019 | The Infinite Quest and Dreamland were included in the Doctor Who: The Complete David Tennant Collection Blu-ray release in North America. |
| September 20 2019 |
Nevada Test and Training Range
The planned 'Area 51 raid' date, with county commission chairman estimating around 40,000 people might attempt to approach the Nevada Test and Training Range.
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| September 20 2019 |
Nevada Test and Training Range
The date of the planned Facebook event 'raid' on Area 51, with local county commission chairman estimating around 40,000 people might potentially attempt to attend.
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| September 20 2019 |
Storm Area 51
The actual event day, where approximately 150 people gathered at the two entrances to Area 51, with no one successfully entering the restricted military site. Two music festivals, Alienstock in Rachel and Storm Area 51 Basecamp in Hiko, Nevada, were held, attracting an estimated 1,500 attendees.
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