1996 Blockbuster Named Among Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Ever — And It’s the Perfect Fourth of July Watch

Nearly 30 years after its release, the alien invasion blockbuster remains one of the most beloved sci-fi films ever made.

How ‘Independence Day’ almost lost its most iconic moment: “It was just a placeholder”

In the mid-1990s as America flocked to cinemas to see an all-star cast battle aliens in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day, a ...

30 Facts for 30 Years of "Independence Day"

In 1996, "Independence Day" hit cinemas. It showed never-before-seen images, packaged as light popcorn entertainment.

The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’

The makers of the blockbusting sci-fi thriller reveal how they made a hit, why Kevin Spacey was almost involved and what went wrong with the sequel ...
Opinion

The Founding Father of American literature, Charles Brockden Brown saw his nation’s dark side

Murder, suicide, spontaneous combustion, sleepwalking, ventriloquism: these are some of the sensational events in the novels of Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810). As the United States’ first ...

Nevada’s Extraterrestrial Highway is the freakiest road trip you’ll ever take

Take a drive to the CIA’s Area 51 – a route with more UFO sightings and unexplained mysteries than anywhere else on Earth ...
Opinion

'Immigrants built NYC and…': Mamdani delivers fiery Freedom 250 speech from George Washington's desk

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked America's 250th Independence Day with a forceful address from George Washington's desk at City Hall, using the symbolic setting to criticize President Donald ...