Set in the post-apocalyptic world of Tokyo-3,
Evangelion follows 14-year-old protagonist Shinji, who’s recruited by a shadowy organisation NERV to pilot giant cyborgs called Evangelions (or EVAs), and save the world against mysterious Angel attacks. Blurring the lines between man and machine, the EVAs aren’t simply machines, but living creatures too: they must fuse with their human hosts in order to function. Beneath the technological armour, the teen pilots struggle to define themselves as anything other than NERV soldiers. They experience breakdowns and contemplate their self-worth; they fear the EVA’s destructive power and autonomy, yet feel worthless without it. In doing so,
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Los Angeles police have arrested five people in connection with the theft of Lady Gaga’s dogs earlier this year, which resulted in the shooting of her dog walker, Ryan Fischer. Among the suspects is the woman who returned the pop star’s dogs days after the robbery.
Gaga’s French bulldogs Koji and Gustav were stolen in Hollywood, near Sunset Boulevard, on February 24. A third dog, Asia, was left unharmed, while Fischer was shot in the chest with a handgun. The dog walker has since had to have part of his lung removed, and called the incident “a very close call with death” in a subsequent social media post.
The previously unseen short epilogue to David Chase’s legendary show is said to reveal that Tony Soprano survived the series. The scene allows a glimpse of his future life in a witness protection programme with his wife, Carmella (played by Edie Falco).
Falco revealed the project was directed by Jonathan Hoock, and that it was conceived and shot entirely in an attempt to lure basketball player LeBron James to the New York Knicks. “We got those requests all the time back then and Jim Gandolfini, he did nothing,” she has reportedly said. “And somehow, he agreed to this thing, which I was shocked by. I thought it was a prank when someone said Jim’s going to do it.”