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Why Bad Bunny wore Zara for his Super Bowl performance

Bad Bunny wore two bespoke outfits by the Spanish high‑street brand Zara during his Super Bowl half‑time performance, a move that stood out at television’s most‑watched event. The half‑time show has long doubled as a fashion moment — from Rihanna’s pregnancy reveal to Kendrick Lamar’

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3 Best Movies to Watch on Netflix This Week

The current state of the Netflix streaming charts in the U.S. suggests the platform is waiting for its next big hit. After several weeks at the top, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s crime thriller The Rip has slipped to ninth and could soon disappear from the list, while

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Sydney Sweeney channels Marilyn Monroe in vintage Ceil Chapman gown

Sydney Sweeney brought Old Hollywood to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in a vintage Ceil Chapman gown once worn by Marilyn Monroe. The cream-colored, figure-hugging dress had an off-the-shoulder neckline, three-quarter sleeves and ruching at the waist and side, and Monroe wore the same design on the April 7,

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'We recorded it in a kitchen!' How China Crisis made Black Man Ray

Gary Daly and Ed had just finished a long tour supporting Simple Minds and needed a break. Gary immersed himself in music with a synth, drum machine and a four-track Tascam Portastudio, inspired by Brian Eno’s idea of “found sounds.” Black Man Ray began as an ambient piece whose

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Iván Fischer’s Budapest Festival Orchestra Illuminates Mahler’s Third

Iván Fischer led the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s Third Symphony at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 7. The work, an audacious six-movement piece of about 110 minutes, demands a large orchestra as well as a women’s and boys’ chorus and an alto soloist, and remains a relative rarity

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Lox Pratt on playing Draco and working with Johnny Flynn

Fourteen-year-old Lox Pratt is stepping into the platinum-blond shoes of Draco Malfoy in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series and has been speaking about the experience, including working opposite Johnny Flynn, who plays his father, Lucius Malfoy. Pratt is juggling two major projects at once, also starring as Jack in

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Hearthstone: Cataclysm reimagines Deathwing and starts a year of change

Hearthstone: Cataclysm imagines what would have happened if the big evil dragon, Deathwing, took over World of Warcraft in 2010 and was never defeated. Players will face him in an alternate universe using a host of new cards and returning characters from Hearthstone's past. The expansion launches on

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Colin Firth Joins Apple TV's Berlin Noir Murder Mystery

Oscar winner Colin Firth has been cast in a new Apple TV murder mystery adapted from Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir saga, specifically the prequel novel Metropolis, which follows a young detective in 1920s Berlin. The project reunites Firth with screenwriter Peter Straughan; the pair previously collaborated on the

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Guy Ritchie's King Arthur Finds New Life on International VOD

Guy Ritchie, known for action hits including the Sherlock Holmes films, directed King Arthur: Legend of the Sword nearly 10 years ago with Charlie Hunnam. The fantasy-adventure co-stars Jude Law and Djimon Hounsou but was panned by critics, earning a 31% Rotten Tomatoes score. The $175 million production failed to

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Crime-Drama Fans Have Turned Mayor of Kingstown Into a Binge

Mayor of Kingstown has quietly roared back to life on Paramount+, making this an ideal moment to dive in. Crime thrillers thrive in the binge era — momentum, moral gray areas, and “just one more episode” pacing — which helped shows like The Night Agent, Tulsa King, and Slow Horses dominate charts.

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Alvaro Morata confirms split from Alice Campello, denies cheating

Alvaro Morata admits his relationship with influencer wife Alice Campello is over, saying the two "don't understand each other." The pair first announced their separation in August 2024, reunited in January and have now reportedly been living separately for several weeks. Morata has packed his bags

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Olivia Colman always describes herself to her husband 'as a gay man'

Olivia Colman says she feels 'nonbinary' and has long described herself to her husband 'as a gay man,' remarks she made while promoting the LGBTQIA+ film Jimpa. She said she feels welcomed by the LGBTQIA+ community and that 'the most loving and the most beautiful

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Choremancing: is this the best way to date – or the death of romance?

Choremancing — a portmanteau of “chore” and “romance” — sounds bleak, but you might already be doing it: folding a date into an errand you needed to do anyway. If you’ve ever walked your dog with a potential partner, that counts as a choremance. Since the dating app Plenty of Fish

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Prime Video's God of War Casts Atreus

Prime Video's God of War series has cast Atreus, with Callum Vinson joining the show in the role. Atreus, often called "Boy" by Kratos, is the ten-year-old son who grew up in a remote forest cabin and was raised almost entirely by his mother, Faye. An

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Mark Gatiss Beat Marvel Auditions but Lost a Dance Number

Even in a career packed with genre heavyweights, landing a role in Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps still felt like a surprise for Mark Gatiss, especially because he didn’t have to jump through the usual hoops. Gatiss played Ted Gilbert, a vintage-style television host featured in the film’

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Sims 4 DLC up to 75% off on Steam

The Sims 4’s Royalty and Legacy expansion launches this week, bringing royal intrigue and family drama to the game. Many players prefer to build those stories with DLC; on Windows PC, 50 of the game’s 107 packs are currently discounted on Steam. Sales cover expansions, game packs and

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What Did the 'Ocasio 64' on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Outfit Mean?

At the start of his Super Bowl performance, Bad Bunny appeared in a sugar cane field wearing an off-white outfit: shoes, pleated pants and a linebacker-padded football jersey nearly the color of the sidelines. The cropped jersey read "Ocasio" on the back and carried the number "64,

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Primate Arrives on Digital Platforms Feb. 10 with Bonus Content

After critics and audiences were shocked, terrified, and downright entertained by a trusted pet turning into a predator, Primate is headed to digital platforms on Feb. 10, arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day. An exclusive behind-the-scenes clip reveals the titular chimpanzee was brought to life using almost entirely

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Like Fireworks: When Masters of Tap and Kathak Meet

In "Speak," American tap artists Michelle Dorrance and Dormeshia join kathak dancers Rachna Nivas and Rukhmani Mehta for a new collaboration that explores how two percussive dance traditions can converse. The piece, part of the daylong festival "What Flows Between Us" curated by Nivas, culminates at

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Yakuza Kiwami 3 review: Blurring the line between remake and rewrite

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has been revisiting Kazuma Kiryu’s early adventures with a run of remakes, and Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties continues that project. The new version of 2009’s Yakuza 3 looks great and adds sidequests and minigames, but its repeated attempts to tie older events

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How Markiplier’s Iron Lung Beat ‘Melania’ at the Box Office

Iron Lung, a horror film directed and self-funded by the YouTuber Mark Fischbach, pulled in $22 million in its first weekend after fans across the country requested screenings. It debuted at No. 2 the same weekend that the film about Melania Trump opened at No. 3 with $7 million. Last

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Couple Married During Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bad Bunny's dazzling February 8 Super Bowl Halftime Show combined polished production, choreography and music — and included a blink-and-you'd-miss-it moment when a couple were married onstage as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13. The onstage nuptials were real. The couple had initially invited

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Primate heads home with a new behind-the-scenes featurette

Primate, Johannes Roberts’s killer-monkey horror, opened on January 1, 2026 and will be released on digital on February 10, followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on April 21. The physical edition includes commentary from Roberts, featurettes and material on the creative design that brought Ben the monkey to

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Old Hollywood Thrillers That Shaped PBS' New Detective Series

Bookish is set in London in 1946 and follows Gabriel Book, an antiquarian bookshop owner whose sharp mind and encyclopedic knowledge help the police solve baffling murder cases. His ease with books becomes his crime-solving edge. Mark Gatiss said it was easier to name films than books when tracing the

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Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo reframes Maki's story

Jujutsu Kaisen: Modulo, the sequel to Gege Akutami's manga Jujutsu Kaisen written by Akutami with art by Yuji Iwasaki, is mirroring themes now unfolding in the Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 anime with striking precision. Whether this alignment is intentional remains unclear, but the overlap adds new context to