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Ethan Sacks has become one of the most prolific new voices in comics, writing for Marvel, DC, AWA Studios, and other publishers.
Ethan Sacks is the comic book writer behind Marvel's "Old Man Hawkeye," "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge,""Silver Surfer," "Midnight Suns," and "Star Wars: Bounty Hunters." His "Covid Chronicles" and "Climate Crisis Chronicles" for AWA Studios and NBC News combined his love of the medium with his background in journalism to tell the stories of real life heroes at the center of the global pandemic and climate change.
He recently teamed with his daughter, Naomi, and artist Marco Lorenzana to create "A Haunted Girl," a creator-owned, supernatural horror series published by Image Comics and Syzygy Publishing that deals with real life issues of depression and suicidal ideation. Teaming with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to provided help guides, A Haunted Girl has been profiled by NPR, CBS News, and People Magazine.
Before switching careers, Ethan covered movies, television, comic books and geek culture at the New York Daily News. He's profiled a who's who of Hollywood personalities from Affleck to Ziyi Zhang, traveled to New Zealand to be filmed with performance capture technology, “directed” Steven Spielberg and broke the story of Marvel Comics' decision to kill off Captain America, a scoop picked up by more than 4,000 outlets around the world.
He has run an award-winning breaking news team, organized charity screenings of the Marvel movies with Chris Pratt, Pharrell, Paul Rudd, and Robert Downey Jr. popping up to surprise movie theaters full of kids, and run live chats with the likes of Kristen Wiig, 50 Cent, and Hugh Jackman.
He also worked for NBC News as a reporter, covering pop culture, obituaries, science news, and COVID-19.
The actor, who earned Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, an honorary Academy Award and a Grammy and whose inimitable voice gave life to Mufasa and Darth Vader, died Monday, his agent said.
Bob Newhart, the deadpan comedy legend behind "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart" - known to a newer generation for his role as Papa Elf in "Elf" - died Thursday.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the Holocaust orphan who rose to become one of the most famous sex therapists in America, a 4-foot-7 celebrity with a big smile and a penchant for tackling the most taboo of subjects with blunt honesty and matronly humor, died Friday at her home in New York City, according to her publicist, Pierre Lehu.
During every premiere for a "Fast & Furious" movie, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker used to carve out time for their own private celebratory ritual.
Climate crisis chronicles comic explores global climate change consequences through the lens of fires, hurricanes, polar bears, melting ice and much more.
Real life stories from the frontline of the pandemic.
"V for Vendetta" director James McTeigue said the decision to pick 2020 as the year in which his film was set was a coincidence.
Guitars may have six strings, but in Eddie Van Halen's hands they could produce a near infinite array of sounds. KISS frontman Gene Simmons remembers exactly when he first heard that for himself - on a fateful night in October 1976 at the Starwood Club in Hollywood.
The nation of millions that held them back may now be listening. Public Enemy has been rapping for four decades about systemic racism and police brutality, issues at the heart of the Black Lives Matter movement that has grown across the United States in the weeks since George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody.
After flattening the curve, Americans should expect a number of curveballs. Once the immediate crush of COVID-19 cases subsides, epidemiologists say a "post-peak" purgatory lies ahead until a vaccine can be discovered and disseminated that would allow a return to normalcy.
Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street con artist who masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history and bilked thousands of investors out of billions of dollars, has died in prison. He was 82. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Madoff's death Wednesday. He died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina.
If TV viewers were able to traverse space and time like the omnipotent Dr. Manhattan in "Watchmen," they would spy a 13-year-old Damon Lindelof reading the seminal comic series for the first time in his New Jersey, home back in 1986.
Maria del Mar Agosto's house in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was destroyed on Sept. 20, 2017, by Hurricane Maria, setting off a series of events that would lead her to an unlikely new home just two months later: Buffalo, New York.
Comic book story featuring Mace Windu...and his lightsaber.
The Silver Surfer, ever on the search for new planets for his master, Galactus, to consume, makes his biggest mistake.
Pharrell just made a whole bunch of kids ... wait for it ... happy. The R&B superstar surprised a Washington Heights middle school rock band Friday morning by sneaking on stage and grooving along with them during their performance.
It turns out the star of "Guardians of the Galaxy" is extremely down to Earth. Actor Chris Pratt beamed down to our sector of the universe Monday night to surprise an auditorium full of deserving kids in a special New York Daily News and Disney Studios sponsored charity screening of the superheroes-in-space flick.
Chris Evans surprised a packed Manhattan movie theater full of young volunteers Wednesday for a special charity screening of his new movie.
"Jason Bourne" star Matt Damon is on a mission with global consequences. That's not the plot of his new spy thriller - rather the work of his charity, Water.org, which has provided 4.3 million people access to safe water and sanitation across 12 developing countries.
The possibility of successfully navigating the asteroid field of expectations surrounding "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is approximately 3,720 to 1. But never tell director J.J. Abrams the odds. J.J.
George R.R. Martin and the stars give an inside look at the shocking 'Game of Thrones' episode.
: Marvel's master plan to bring Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor together on screen is finally here.
Exclusive: The star-spangled superhero was killed off in the pages of his comic book.
Orlando Bloom knew his adventure had come to an end when familiar music suddenly blared as he was about to plunge his dagger into a green ball - that looks a lot more fearsome after the CG programmers' wizardry in the finished "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies."
With a noose looped around his neck and baking in the 108-degree Louisiana heat for agonizing minutes on each take, actor Chiwetel Ejiofor could almost feel the weight of history crushing down on him.
It's the end of an era as the punk playpen goes out with a bang.
Marvel takes a gamble to catch lightning in a bottle with mythological hero.
Andy Serkis shows the Daily News the evolution of the cutting-edge technology.
The moment he finished eight grueling weeks of filming in the red rock canyons of Utah for his new film, " 127 Hours," about a hiker forced to amputate his own arm after being pinned by a boulder, Danny Boyle hatched his own escape.
Broadway stars Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart took a break from treading the boards to tread the keyboards in an exclusive live web chat from the Daily News offices.
His new show is called "Kevin Can Wait," but the comedian really can't. Kevin James is reminded of the expectations every time he spies himself adorning a billboard as the series premiere nears its debut Monday night at 8:30. And he sure sees a lot of them driving around in his native Long Island.
The man who once saved Private Ryan and raided the lost ark now seems to be facing his most herculean feat.
The comic book dynamo, who succumbed to cancer at 37, might be remembered as a superstar artist, but to his peers, his legacy remains his indomitable spirit.
One year before the attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II, a pair of comic book guys mobilized their own metaphorical strike against Nazi Germany. Their weapon of choice? Captain America. "A lot of people don't realize that Hitler came first," co-creator Joe Simon said in a 2011 interview for the New York Daily News .
The Japanese genius behind ‘Spirited Away’ prepares to retake the States
Asking four of the best directors never to tackle a sci-fi or superhero blockbuster what they would do at the helm of a film with a hypothetical budget of $150 million.
Former Yankees pitcher Darrell Rasner knew something was very wrong when the Tokyo-bound shinkansen bullet train - known for running like clockwork - suddenly ground to a halt near Kyoto.
Joker creator Jerry Robinson is as much of a hero as any comic character.
The world’s most famous female action heroine is deathly afraid of heights. Yet there was Michelle Yeoh, lashed into a nose-diving stunt plane to simulate zero gravity....
'Tron: Legacy' promises major upgrade for 2.0 version of beloved Disney cult classic.
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are in 'Rush' to reprise roles in sequel to martial arts comedy hit.
Even before almost drowning in the Dec. 26, 2004, tsuna- mi that devastated South Asia, Jet Li insists that he was planning on making his latest film, “Fearless,” his final martial-arts movie.
Tom Cruise's mission for his latest movie was to dangle from the side of a plane for a mid-air stunt that might go down as the most dangerous of his career. And the 53-year-old adrenaline junkie chose to accept it. It all happens in the opening action sequence of "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation," hitting theaters Friday.
Big-budget action blockbusters usually boast over-the-top sequences that demand the audience suspend their disbelief - we have to buy the reality. For "Mission: Impossible - The Ghost Protocol" that suspension takes place more than a quarter-mile off the ground.
