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Sopranos star blacklisted over vaccine stance signs memoir deal

Drea de Matteo is doing just fine despite her Hollywood banishment five years ago. The "Sopranos" star voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but refused the Covid vaccination a year later; industry friends distanced themselves, project offers dried up, and she turned to OnlyFans to make payments on

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 4 Tops House of the Dragon on IMDb

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 4 has earned a 9.7 fan rating on IMDb, a score higher than any episode of House of the Dragon. Four of six episodes in the first season have aired so far. The series narrows its focus to two characters: newly appointed

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I tried and ranked 13 fast-food double cheeseburgers

I tried and ranked double cheeseburgers from 13 fast-food chains to see which one reigns supreme. The restaurants included McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Shake Shack, White Castle, Whataburger, P. Terry's, Five Guys, Cook Out, Checkers, Sonic, 7th Street Burger, and In-N-Out. Of the bunch,

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How to prepare for the Puppy Love update in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Disney Dreamlight Valley will roll out its first update for 2026 on February 11 — Puppy Love — which adds Lady and Tramp along with a new realm to unlock. Details about the update are limited, but there are a few practical steps players can take now. Start saving Dreamlight to unlock

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Made in Abyss sequel film Awakening Mystery due fall 2026

Made in Abyss will continue as a film franchise with a new movie titled Awakening Mystery set for a fall 2026 release. A trailer shared on Feb. 8 samples scenes from the earlier seasons and offers a brief preview of what’s to come, all scored by a haunting musical

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Three board games I'm playing this Valentine's Day

I prefer settling down with cozy board games on Valentine's Day: a cheese and charcuterie board to one side, a glass of red on the other, and an evening rolling dice? I'd swoon. There are plenty of board games I'd recommend, but three in

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Labor talks aim to avoid another Hollywood strike

With the Big 3 unions opening negotiations — and SAG-AFTRA starting today — the entertainment industry is trying to head off a repeat of the 2023 writers and actors strikes. Many unresolved issues from those walkouts, particularly over AI and streaming residuals, remain sticking points, and decades of mistrust that surfaced in

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Relooted reclaims stolen artifacts through puzzle-like heists

Relooted casts players as a crew that breaks into Western museums to take back African artifacts locked away after the Transatlantic Returns Treaty. In the game’s late-21st-century setting, museums exploit a loophole that forces only items on display to be returned, so institutions stash the rest in storage. Rather

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John Lithgow's Dumbledore Casting Upsets Non-Binary Co-Star

John Lithgow's casting as Albus Dumbledore in the HBO adaptation of the Wizarding World has continued to divide the industry. Aud Mason-Hyde, Lithgow's non-binary co-star from Jimpa, said they were 'vaguely' upset by the news, pointing to the incendiary aura surrounding J.K. Rowling

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'Untamed' Season 2 Plot Details Revealed by Netflix

Netflix's crime thriller Untamed returns for a second season with Eric Bana back as Kyle Turner. Initially marketed as a limited series, the show shifts its investigation to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, where Turner will probe another mysterious death amid volatile volcanoes and local tensions. Co-creators and

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40 Best Father and Daughter Movies, Ranked

Healthy parent-child bonds shape mental, emotional and linguistic development, and few cinematic themes feel as resonant as the father‑daughter relationship. This list collects 40 films that translate that connection to the screen, celebrating moments of tenderness, repair and conflict without shying away from complexity. The entries are ranked by

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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime: A Puerto Rican History Lesson

Bad Bunny turned a 13-minute Super Bowl halftime into a personal, historically specific presentation, performing almost entirely in Spanish — a Super Bowl first. The set began in a recreated sugar cane field, with the singer walking among laborers, vendors, boxers, a domino game and a nail salon before emerging on

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Rambo prequel could repair the franchise's 41-year mistake

John Rambo, the prequel now in production, has reignited debate by casting Noah Centineo in a role long associated with Sylvester Stallone. Set before the events of First Blood, the project could deepen the character’s origins or risk disappointing fans who expect the series’ familiar tone. First Blood was

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DCU Project 'Paradise Lost' Reportedly Dead

Despite having only just started with the release of Superman, the fate of James Gunn’s DCU remains in flux after the Man of Steel's somewhat disappointing box office and the impending buyout of Warner Bros. by Netflix. Now one of the major DCU projects first announced when

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‘Fallout’ Season 2 Reveals the Surface Is the True Experiment

In the Season 2 finale, Hank Maclean’s line — “The surface is the experiment, not the vaults” — reframes the show’s premise. What once felt like the franchise’s worst secrets buried underground are recast as infrastructure: the vaults were never the end goal but a means to shape what

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'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Super Bowl Teaser Fails to Please 'Star Wars' Fans

Disney's 30-second Super Bowl spot for The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin and Grogu on a snowy landscape assumed to be Hoth, riding a carriage pulled by Tauntauns in the style of an old Clydesdale Budweiser commercial, complete with Sam Elliott providing a

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Lili Reinhart channels Regina George in Forbidden Fruits

Forbidden Fruits assembles an all-star cast led by Lili Reinhart alongside Lola Tung, Alexandra Shipp and Victoria Pedretti. The film is set entirely in a mall where Reinhart’s Apple and her clique, The Fruits, run a popular shop called Free Eden by day and practice witchcraft by night. When

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Replaced hands-on preview: the action-platformer isn't cyberpunk enough

Sad Cat Studios has been developing Replaced since 2018, initially targeting a 2022 release. The project faced multiple delays — the Russo-Ukrainian war pushed the team to move from Belarus to a remote-first approach, and the studio reworked the art style twice before settling on the pixel art 2.5D that

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Novocaine Remains a Global Streaming Hit After Strong Reviews

Novocaine has become a streaming sensation on Paramount+. Since its March debut, the Jack Quaid–led action comedy shot to the top of the platform's global chart and, as of February 2026, remains the 10th most popular movie on Paramount+ worldwide. Despite underperforming at the box office with

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Disney Dreamlight Valley's Puppy Love update arrives Feb 11

Disney Dreamlight Valley will add Lady and Tramp, introducing a new realm and accompanying unlock quests. The Puppy Love update is scheduled to drop on Wednesday, February 11, and a video shared to the game's social media pages revealed friendship-quest details and a look at the realm. Players&

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Disney and Lucasfilm Explain The Mandalorian and Grogu Super Bowl Teaser

The Mandalorian and Grogu is due in theaters on May 22, 2026, and fans have grown uneasy over the relative quiet around its marketing. That feeling intensified after Lucasfilm and Disney ran a 30-second Super Bowl spot that played as a parody of classic Big Game ads, featuring Sam Elliott&

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10 Most Exciting Drama Movies of All Time, Ranked

Action movies and thrillers often wear excitement on their sleeve, but dramas can be thrilling too. Many of the films here are principally dramas, and when they cross into other genres it’s not always with typical thrill-movie trappings; a few are romantic or biographical, and others blend art-house or

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Netflix canceled 1899 after one season

Creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar followed up Dark with 1899, a multilingual mystery set aboard the steamship Kerberos. The series was ambitious, featuring a large ensemble and a scope that many felt expanded what the creators had achieved with their earlier show. Despite acclaim and a devoted fanbase,

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10 Best Epic Stephen King Books, Ranked

Stephen King’s output is prodigious: since 1974 he’s published close to 70 novels and countless short stories and novellas, and he often writes very long tales. Some of those books rise to the level of true epics; this selection favors works that feel epic in scope as well

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15 Best Horror Movies Based on Video Games

Horror video games have been frightening players since the ’90s, and filmmakers have long tried to translate that fear to the screen. Adaptations run the gamut from faithful recreations of a game’s mood and imagery to movies that borrow only a title. When they work, they capture the atmosphere