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Fortnite Chapter 7 loot pool feels balanced, lethal and flexible

I like to grumble about Fortnite—vaulted shockwave grenades, disappointing SMGs, baffling off-brand weapons—so it's worth crediting Epic Games here. Through careful buffs and the return of older guns, the developer has assembled one of the best loot pools in ages. A month ago the Deadeye AR

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Patricia Summersett says she's fluent in Twilight Princess Hylian

Patricia Summersett revealed she is fluent in the Hylian alphabet featured in Twilight Princess. The Legend of Zelda turned 40 this year, with the anniversary of the original game's release falling on February 21. It wasn't until more than 30 years in that the titular princess

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Touch, sound and style: London fashion week opens to visually impaired guests

“If you put your hands out and run your fingers along this skirt, you’ll feel that there are soft feathers appliquéd on to it,” says the fashion designer Chet Lo. The group stands huddled around Lo as he talks them through each piece, pausing to pass around everything from

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Reacher Creator Cites The Day of the Jackal as Inspiration

Lee Child has said Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal helped inspire the creation of Jack Reacher. Child's first Reacher novel, Killing Floor (1997), launched a long-running book series that later saw two Tom Cruise films and a Prime Video series; the 2022

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Reacher Season 4 to diverge from the books with record number of fights

Prime Video's Reacher franchise is returning for a fourth season while its first spin-off, Neagley, is in production with Maria Sten in the title role. Season 4 is billed as an adaptation of Lee Child's Gone Tomorrow, the thirteenth Reacher novel. Star Alan Ritchson has revealed

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John Tesh recalls bigotry while dating Oprah Winfrey in the 1970s

John Tesh says he and Oprah Winfrey used to laugh off people who were bothered by their interracial relationship. They briefly dated in the 1970s while working at rival local TV stations in Nashville, Tenn., and Tesh, 73, called it "very uncomfortable back then for an African-American woman and

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Object Pokémon are secretly some of the series’ best

Object Pokémon have long gotten a bad rap. When Pokémon Black and White introduced Unova’s roster, some players complained that new designs felt uninspired, with designers “slapping a set of eyes on an ice cream cone or two and calling it a day.” Not every Pokémon will be a

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Zack Snyder: Ben Affleck is the best Bruce Wayne

Zack Snyder spoke on the Happy Sad Confused podcast about casting the Batman who would face Henry Cavill’s Superman and about the DC universe he never got to finish. To test Ben Affleck, Snyder said, "I did a drawing where I took Ben’s face, and I put

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10 Greatest Fantasy TV Quotes About War

War is a frequent theme in fantasy, especially in epic works, and television often pairs magic and monsters with a heavy dose of reality. Even when a show offers escapism, its conflicts can mirror real life and help viewers think about the nature of violence, mortality, and leadership. Some lines

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Zelda’s Voice Actress on the Live-Action Movie and Link-Zelda Relationship

This week brought several gaming anniversaries — Stardew Valley turned 10, Pokémon marked 30 years, and The Legend of Zelda reached 40 — though Zelda’s milestone passed with little fanfare: no new games or remakes were announced, and the only tie-ins were miniature weapon replicas available in select stores in Japan.

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These Sean Connery James Bond Movies Formed a Near-Perfect Trilogy

From the publication of Casino Royale in 1953, Ian Fleming’s spy seemed destined for the big screen. Harry Saltzman and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli secured the film rights at the dawn of the 1960s after a poorly received TV adaptation, and Sean Connery’s portrayal quickly became iconic

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Almost all March cozy games have demos

Cozy games have a habit of shifting release dates at the last minute, and March has been no different. I gathered a cozy gaming collective to track the most up-to-date releases and to flag the titles we're most excited to try, though dates may still change after the

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Original Scream 7 directors say sequel would have 'f*** you up'

Radio Silence — Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett — say they had a very different plan for Scream 7 before they left the project to make Abigail. Bettinelli-Olpin has said they hadn’t read any draft of the version they would have made because they’d already left to do Abigail, and

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Pokémon store plunged into chaos over 30th anniversary Pikachu plush

February 27th marked Pokémon’s 30th birthday, and The Pokémon Company revealed a bunch of new merch to mark the occasion, including a black and white, original Game Boy-inspired Pikachu plush. The rush to grab one of these limited-time exclusive plushies hit one particular Poké Center in Japan particularly hard,

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The Fall Restores What The X‑Files Reboot Lost

Many viewers felt The X-Files revival reduced Dana Scully to her trauma, replacing the sharp, skeptical intellect that had defined her. Gillian Anderson said she wasn't pleased with Seasons 10 and 11 and declined to return for a 12th outing, adding, "It was more like Scully'

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The Rookie's Three-Minute Shock in 'The Choice'

Across its eight seasons The Rookie has had several shocking moments, including the deaths of Captain Zoe Andersen and Jackson West. One of the most startling came in Season 5's 'The Choice,' which concluded the recurring arc of Rosalind Dyer (Annie Wersching) in just three minutes.

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Gods of Egypt: ten years on, remembered for whitewashing and bad reviews

Alex Proyas' action-fantasy Gods of Egypt opened ten years ago and was almost universally derided by critics, audiences and Egyptologists. The $140 million spectacle, aiming for the effects-driven tone of 300 and Clash of the Titans, is set in a version of ancient Egypt where the gods live among

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Markiplier Warns Hollywood After Iron Lung's $50M Run

Mark Fischbach, known online as Markiplier, has turned a long YouTube career into a surprise film hit. His adaptation of the horror game Iron Lung cost roughly $4 million to make and has grossed $50 million, a result he says shows studios should not ignore creators from the platform. “At

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I moved from the US to Paris. It's not always the fairy tale I imagined.

I fulfilled a lifelong dream when my husband and I moved to Paris in 2023. We live in Montmartre in the 18th arrondissement, a very artsy neighborhood, and because buying property as a non-EU citizen is different, we rent a one-bedroom flat for $1,770 a month. Paris feels like

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Wonder Man showrunner says Hawkeye was rewritten days before shooting

Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye might still be up in the air, but with new details about the previous season, it’s a wonder how we even got a first. During an appearance on The Playlist’s podcast, The Watch, Wonder Man showrunner Andrew Guest revealed that the show was completely

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'Hotel Tehran' Release Date Revealed

Hotel Tehran has been given a wide theatrical release timeframe for later in 2026. Liam Neeson stars and reunites with writer-director Guy Moshe; he portrays a character named Larry alongside Zachary Levi as Tucker. The pair are part of a team of former CIA operatives attempting a daring rescue in

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The Revenant Lands on Hulu March 1

The Revenant, the brutal survival Western that co-starred Tom Hardy, arrives on Hulu on March 1. The film runs 157 minutes and dramatizes the true story of frontiersman Hugh Glass, who in the 1820s is mauled by a bear, left for dead and fights to survive. Hardy earned an Oscar

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Matrix 5 gets a brand new update from writer and director Drew Goddard

Drew Goddard says he's currently working on the untitled Matrix sequel: "I'm in my writing cave writing. I don't know how long I'll be in that writing cave, but whenever I come out, I'll have news to share."

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Which Starter Is Best in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen?

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are finally on Switch, bringing a taste of the series’ retro roots to a modern platform for Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. Millions of fans and newcomers are downloading the game to start a brand new adventure in the Kanto region. They’ll all be faced with

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'Red Rose' Is the Perfect Weekend Binge on Netflix

Red Rose is a British horror-thriller released in 2022 and created by Michael and Paul Clarkson. The single-season, eight-episode series was made for BBC Three and is now available on Netflix worldwide. The cast mixes familiar faces such as Adam Nagaitis and Rod Hallett with largely up-and-coming talent. The story