Culture FTL-like Void War hit with DMCA over 'oversized convex shoulder pads' Void War is an FTL-like space strategy roguelike that drew attention for its resemblance to Warhammer 40,000. Games Workshop issued a DMCA notice after the game went live on Steam. The developer, Tundra Interactive, initially thought the email was a troll because it was signed 'Mal Reynolds'
Culture How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office Two very unusual films opened last weekend. One was Melania, a soft-focus hagiocumentary of the US first lady that Amazon and Jeff Bezos placed in thousands of often entirely empty cinemas worldwide, an act widely seen as a favour‑currier to the White House. The documentary made $7m in the
Culture Bad Bunny Delivers a Love Letter to Puerto Rico at Super Bowl Halftime Bad Bunny opened the Super Bowl halftime in a beige football jersey labeled “OCASIO” with the number 64 and ended the set by spiking a football. The staging included a replica sugar-cane field, a wedding seemingly officiated onstage, and a New York–style street scene with a bodega, and it
Culture Pokémon Super Bowl ad features Lady Gaga and Jigglypuff duet Pokémon's 30th anniversary kicked off during the Super Bowl with a star-studded commercial that pairs Lady Gaga and Jigglypuff for a duet. Other celebrities also appear, including Trevor Noah, Blackpink singer Jisoo and Never Have I Ever actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, each talking about their favorite Pokémon. The spot
Culture Tom Hardy’s Bronson Climbs HBO Max Top 10 Tom Hardy’s ferocious 2008 turn in Bronson has returned to HBO Max and is steadily climbing the platform’s Top 10, per FlixPatrol. The film is outpacing comfort-watch staples like The Notebook and closing in on prestige favorites such as The Shape of Water. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn,
Culture Far-out fan theories about Avengers: Doomsday Marvel’s promo run for Avengers: Doomsday has revealed almost nothing. Teasers have offered portentous glances, mood lighting and characters standing very still, with dialogue pre‑scrubbed and music swelling as if something enormous is just out of frame. Plot, meanwhile, has been placed in witness protection; the studio clearly
Culture Supercomputer Predicts 2026 Best Picture Winner Collider's calculations using a supercomputer find One Battle After Another the most likely winner of the Best Picture Oscar, with Ryan Coogler's Sinners running a close second. The 98th Academy Awards nominations set up a clear two-film race for the top prize. Several factors work in
Culture Couple in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show reportedly married on field Love was in the air during Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., when the bride and groom featured in the performance reportedly got married on the field. A NBC News reporter wrote on X shortly after the show
Culture The Strangers: Chapter 3 review – pointless remake trilogy ends with a sputter Renny Harlin shot all three films back-to-back in Bratislava in late 2022. Reshoots followed an indifferent response to the first chapter in 2024, and the second met a similar reception last year; with the modest resources already spent, this final instalment arrives as the trilogy’s last knockings. The mistake
Culture Super Bowl Spot Hints at Plot of 'Disclosure Day' Disclosure Day is an upcoming sci‑fi film from director Steven Spielberg that has been kept largely under wraps. A new TV spot aired during the Super Bowl, and while it raises more questions than it answers, the broad outline of the story is beginning to emerge. Spielberg returns to
Culture Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53 Jon Kudelka, the Australian political cartoonist, has died at the age of 53. His wife, Margaret Kudelka, announced the news in a statement on Monday: “We are sad to tell you that our beloved, brilliant Jon Kudelka died peacefully in South Hobart on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his family and
Culture The Colour of Home by Sajid Javid – from one hostile environment to another Sajid Javid’s memoir follows his journey from a frightened child in racist 1970s Rochdale to a leading member of a political party that has often attacked and marginalised people like him. It is also an intimate family portrait and a social history of race, class and aspiration in late
Culture 10 Best Comedy Shows With Fewer Than Five Seasons A great TV comedy doesn’t need a long run to leave a lasting impression. Some of the most influential and beloved sitcoms lasted only a season or a handful of years, whether by design or because they were ahead of their time. This list looks at standout comedies that
Culture Bad Bunny didn't mention ICE at the Super Bowl. A different message was front and center. Bad Bunny used his Super Bowl halftime show to highlight the importance of diversity. At the end of his set, right after his song "CAFé CON RON," backup dancers ran out carrying flags of countries in North and South America. In English he said, "God Bless America,
Culture Fred Smith, Bassist Who Left Blondie for Television, Dies at 77 Fred Smith, the bassist who left Blondie in April 1975 to join Tom Verlaine’s band Television and who supplied the melodic bass lines on the group’s landmark debut, "Marquee Moon," died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 77. The cause was cancer, his wife, Paula Cereghino, said.
Culture Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime: All Guest Stars and Cameos Bad Bunny opened the show on an elaborate, Puerto Rican-style village stage set, moving through an excellently choreographed sequence surrounded by dancers and supporting cast who brought the set to life. Music icon Lady Gaga and Latin pop legend Ricky Martin made surprise guest appearances, joining Bad Bunny for parts
Culture The Mandalorian & Grogu Hit the Snow in Unexpected Super Bowl TV Spot A Super Bowl TV spot for The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Din Djarin and Grogu riding a levitating sleigh pulled by Tauntauns across a Hoth-like snowfield. Sam Elliott provides narration: "We keep forward," he says, "driven by a deeper purpose, guided by an unseen Force." The
Culture Anya Taylor-Joy's Peach Stars in New Super Mario Galaxy Trailer Nintendo released a new Super Bowl trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, offering a fresh look at the film now less than two months from its global premiere. The sequel is slated to arrive on April 1, almost exactly three years after the debut of the original movie. Anya
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Culture The best recent poetry – review roundup Blake Morrison returns to poetry after 11 years with Afterburn, a masterclass of lyric distillation and charged observation. His subjects range from social and political justice to meditations on poetic heroes such as Elizabeth Bishop and sonnet sequences elegising the writer’s sister. The poems' interwoven specificity and occasional
Culture Bad Bunny Set to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican music star, is set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, the first time in the 60-year history of the N.F.L.’s championship game that the flagship performance will be performed entirely in Spanish. The Super Bowl, including its halftime show, is being
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Culture Brad Pitt Returns as Cliff Booth in Surprise Sequel Trailer Viewers got a surprise first look at The Adventures of Cliff Booth during Super Bowl LIX. The sequel to 2019's smash hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will follow Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth, stuntman, handyman, and alleged wife-murderer, in a new escapade in mid-century Los
Culture Mando and Grogu Get Help From Yellowstone Star in Super Bowl Ad Disney released a surprising new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu during the Super Bowl. It's not so much a trailer as it is an adorable look at Mando and Grogu riding on a sled led by Tauntauns. The ad is narrated by Yellowstone and Landman star Sam
Culture Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party In the mid-1990s Interplay Entertainment acquired the Dungeons & Dragons licence and went on to publish Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale. The small team working on a post-apocalyptic RPG that would eventually be called Fallout was largely left to its own devices in the shadow of
