When Ridley Scott first premiered "Alien" in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

Iconic filmmaker Ridley Scott built the Alien universe, so apparently he figures he's earned the right to haunt it, too.

The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in "The Elephant Man," terrify them in "Alien," and spoof that very same scene in "Spaceballs," has died. He was 77. Hurt, who ...