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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

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Outlander re-enters Starz streaming top ten ahead of final season

The eighth and final season of Outlander will premiere on Starz on March 6 with the episode "Soul of a Rebel." Executive producer Maril Davis has called it the "biggest season yet," and the series will reach a ten-episode climax. The closing season features Caitríona Balfe

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Hoda Kotb fills in for Savannah Guthrie amid Nancy Guthrie disappearance

Hoda Kotb returned to the Today show on Monday, filling in for Savannah Guthrie while Guthrie remains off air as her mother, Nancy Guthrie, is missing. Kotb left NBC in January 2025 after 26 years. “Hoda is joining us as Savannah remains with her family in Arizona,” Craig Melvin told

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Cardi B and Stefon Diggs spark breakup rumors post-Super Bowl 2026

Cardi B and Stefon Diggs sparked breakup rumors after Super Bowl LX, appearing to split after unfollowing each other late Sunday night. The couple, who welcomed a son in November 2025, saw the rumored split coincide with Diggs's team losing 29-13 to the Seattle Seahawks. Cardi — Belcalis Marlenis

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Quick creamy chicken and mustard fricassee

This one-pan dinner is elegant and full of flavour, and feels more time‑consuming than it is. It’s versatile at the finish—serve with creamy mash, fluffy rice, boiled potatoes or hunks of baguette for mopping up the sauce. Use whatever veg is in season: purple sprouting broccoli is

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Zelda creators on the ideas behind Tears of the Kingdom

Since the 1980s the Legend of Zelda series has acted as Nintendo’s experimental testing ground. Ocarina of Time introduced lock-on aiming, Twilight Princess added motion controls, and Breath of the Wild finally aligned the series’ sales with its blockbuster ambitions. Keza MacDonald’s book Super Nintendo traces that evolution

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How to breed cats in Mewgenics

Breeding is a large part of Mewgenics, where you act as a professional cat breeder. Keep cats in your home and they will eventually procreate, though you can't choose which cats end up together; certain collars and mechanics can influence outcomes. Every day a new stray appears with

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Paul Simon to headline 10th annual Love Rocks NYC concert

Paul Simon, 84, will headline the 10th annual "Love Rocks NYC" concert at the Beacon Theater on Thursday, March 5. He had said in 2023 that it had become extremely unlikely he would perform live after losing most of the hearing in his left ear, but last year

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Did Fallout season 2 erase Courier 6 from the Mojave?

Season 2 of the Fallout TV series has been a strange ride. As a big Fallout: New Vegas fan I was excited to see the show head to the Mojave, but whereas season one landed for me, the second season often feels meandering. Much of the season plays like a

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Henry Cavill Tightens Script and Lore Control on Warhammer 40k Series

Henry Cavill, a longtime fan of Warhammer 40k, is set to lead a live-action adaptation and serves as an executive producer. He has been working tirelessly to refine the scripts and has undertaken what has been described as “lore audits,” personally reviewing “more than 300 individual lines of dialogue, terminology,

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10 Best Action Movies Over Three Hours, Ranked

Action movies don’t have to be short to be effective. This ranking gathers ten films that run more than three hours and orders them roughly by quality, beginning with the very good and ending with the great. Some entries expand what their shorter predecessors attempted: Zack Snyder’s Justice

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10 action-thriller shows that outdo movies

Many assume action-thrillers belong on the big screen, but television has spent the last 25 years building the financing, freedom, and scope to deliver equal—sometimes greater—spectacle. Running as extended, evolving stories, several small-screen series use episodic structure to push ambition and awe in ways a single movie often