Despite the Alien franchise having the most generic title conceivable, its titular aliens are truly singular creatures. There’s nothing else quite like the H. R. Giger-designed Xenomorphs, biomechanical-looking nightmares who hijack our bodies to transform themselves in unforgettable, sexually coded bits of body horror. And the franchise has proved to be as versatile and ever-changing as the Xenomorphs themselves.  Beginning with Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror masterpiece, the Aliens franchise has spanned different genres and tones.

The incident, which has stirred significant public and media discourse, involves the sum of 250,000 Naira purportedly offered for the release of her impounded vehicle. Amal Umar, revered for her roles in numerous movies and a towering figure in the Kannywood industry, vehemently denied the accusations through her legal counsel, Adama Usman. In a determined rebuttal, Usman conveyed to the BBC that the allegations are unfounded, asserting that it was indeed a police officer who initiated the demand for a bribe.

November 27, 2018 10:57 AM EST Have you ever found yourself dating someone who never responds to your texts, likes your tweets, but doesn’t retweet them, wears all black, and ate your plums, and wondering if you’ve been ghosted, if he’s cheating on you, or if he’s not who he claims to be? Twitter might be able to help. A new meme has taken over the social media site and it is chock full of dating advice—sort of.

Dagres is editor of the Atlantic Council’s IranSource blog, and a nonresident fellow with the Middle East Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. She also curates The Iranist newsletter. Follow her on Twitter: @hdagres. ncG1vNJzZmismaKyb6%2FOpmaaraSdvLN7x6ijpbFdma6ovsSsZg%3D%3D

How do you make a documentary about your own mother? And how do you tell that story when you grew up in an unstable environment, with a fractured relationship? That’s the challenge that Celeste Bell faced when crafting “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché,” a feature-length record of the tumultuous life of her mother, influential early punk rocker Poly Styrene.