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Todd Howard: Bethesda will return to classic style for Elder Scrolls 6

Bethesda game director Todd Howard told Greg Miller on the Kinda Funny Gamescast that Starfield's next update is unlikely to change the minds of players who didn't already enjoy it. He said the studio has always evolved but maintains a certain style that fans appreciate. Howard

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Students remember Philippe Gaulier on clowning, failure and mischief

Philippe taught me to laugh at myself, Louise Brealey said, with an understanding of people’s darkness, fears and flaws — and their shiny bits as well. He described her as “a Protestant church-mouse, sex-mad Brownie” and taught that everyone has a clown; David Mitchell, she noted, has an angry clown.

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How Game of Thrones Remains Hamstrung by Season 8's Finale

Game of Thrones and Star Wars have faced strikingly similar problems: both were damaged by widely disliked climaxes, but their recoveries have differed. Game of Thrones' Season 8 is still remembered as one of the biggest failures in television, following seven earlier runs hailed as masterpieces; the final episodes

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14 Years Later, Ridley Scott's Ambitious Sci-Fi Reboot Is Winning Big on Streaming

FlixPatrol shows Prometheus topped Netflix's global chart this week, nearly 15 years after its initial theatrical run. The 2012 film made more than $400 million worldwide against a reported $130 million budget, yet reactions were mixed: some viewers found it plodding and self-serious, others thought it too silly.

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How to Watch The Voice Season 29: TV and Streaming

A brand new season of The Voice arrives with new rules and familiar faces. Season 29 — dubbed The Voice: Battle of Champions — reunites Coaches John Legend, Adam Levine and Kelly Clarkson in a three-way competition to recruit singers and add wins to their rosters. Levine boasts, "I'm

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Shirtless Shia LaBeouf runs and dines alone after Ash Wednesday church visits

Shia LaBeouf observed a much quieter Wednesday in Louisiana after partying all day Tuesday following his release from jail. The actor left his New Orleans home at about 1:30 p.m. and went for a shirtless run around a park, taking off his light green shirt and revealing a

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Mayor of Kingstown Hits 100 Days on Paramount+ Charts

Taylor Sheridan’s television output continues to dominate Paramount+ viewing charts, building on the success that began with Yellowstone. One of his other series has now reached a significant streaming milestone after returning for a fourth season. FlixPatrol lists Mayor of Kingstown as having spent more than 100 days on

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Ralph Lauren’s Not-So-Gilded Age

Ralph Lauren is having something of a moment. He was named women’s wear designer of the year at the 2025 Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, a Ralph Lauren Christmas became the aspirational aesthetic of the last holiday season, and the brand’s outfits for the U.S.

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Box performers refuse to go onstage after Tate brothers attend

Performers at the Box in the Lower East Side refused to go onstage on Friday night after accused rapist and human trafficker Andrew Tate attended a Fashion Week party at the club with his brother Tristan. The event was hosted by promoters Matteo Garzia and Alessandro Brioschi. Staff and performers,

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‘Cold Storage’ Review: Liam Neeson vs. a Gross Green Threat

Cold Storage is a self-aware B-movie throwback that leans into gross splatter and familiar genre beats. Liam Neeson appears as Robert Quinn, a weary bioterror operative whose arrival signals that something strange and spreading must be stopped. The film opens in a desolate Australian outpost, where Neeson and Lesley Manville’

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Henry Cavill's Night Hunter Finds New Life on Streaming

Eight years after its release, Night Hunter — the 2018 crime thriller directed by David Raymond — is drawing renewed attention on streaming platforms. The film casts Henry Cavill as a police detective who teams with a vigilante played by Ben Kingsley to investigate a serial predator. Critics and audiences disagreed on

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Rapper Lil Poppa dead at 25, distraught fans respond with heartfelt tributes

Jacksonville, Fla. rapper Lil Poppa, born Janarious Mykel Wheeler, has died at 25. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office in Georgia said he was pronounced dead on Wednesday at 11:23 a.m. ET; a cause of death has not yet been revealed. He had just released a new

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Juno Temple Sci‑Fi 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' Overtakes Colossal

Gore Verbinski’s long-awaited return to feature filmmaking, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, stars Sam Rockwell and Juno Temple and opened with modest ticket sales despite strong notices. Made for a reported $20 million, the film has grossed around $5 million domestically. It holds a Certified Fresh

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Young Sheldon Drew 832.7 Million Hours of Streaming in 2025

FlixPatrol tallied 832.7 million hours of viewing for Young Sheldon in 2025, a striking total for a sitcom spinoff and a clear sign of the show’s popularity alongside The Big Bang Theory. The series follows the childhood of Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage), tracing his clashes with a devoutly

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Can you guess which videogame these zombies are from?

Resident Evil Requiem is out at the end of this month, and just when I thought I was done with the series, it finds a way to claw me back in. That led me to make this quiz on undead videogame monsters as one more way to pass the time

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Wuthering Heights Surpasses Zodiac at Global Box Office

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights opened to polarizing reviews yet has quickly become a box office force, grossing $92 million worldwide in five days and positioning itself to hit the $100 million mark. The film holds a 60% score on Rotten Tomatoes, whose critics' consensus reads, "Liberally

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How to turn any leftover fruit into curd

Curd can turn a tired piece of fruit or a forgotten offcut into something decadent. Lemon curd is the classic, but you can make curd with almost any fruit—add a little lemon juice for acidity and each version becomes intense, indulgent and deeply moreish. Fruit curds set smoothly thanks

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Mark Wahlberg, Jason Statham and Charlize Theron Team Up in a Slick Heist Thriller

F. Gary Gray's 2003 remake of The Italian Job updates the 1969 British caper with a star-studded cast led by Mark Wahlberg, Jason Statham and Charlize Theron. Charlie Croker survives a betrayal by Steve Frazelli that kills his mentor John Bridger, then assembles a crew — Handsome Rob (Jason

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10 Most Perfect Movies of the Last 25 Years, Ranked

The last 25 years have brought major advances in cinematic technology and a growing independent film movement, making it possible for more diverse voices to be heard. Landmark films such as Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark illustrate how different movies can define an era, yet

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The Mermaid's Curse is a self-contained, spooky visual novel sequel

The Mermaid's Curse shares the artistic style, spooky tone and ensemble cast of 2023's Paranormasight, yet it works as a self-contained mystery that draws both returning players and newcomers into the same bloodstained boat. The game preserves the meticulously researched horror adventure feel while making its

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Queen at Sea review — a crushingly sad dementia drama

Queen at Sea, directed by indie US film-maker Lance Hammer, is an inexpressibly painful and sad story about dementia, the endgame of care and the decisions that need to be made when the spouse‑carer is as vulnerable as the patient. It features angry, complex, brilliant late‑career performances from

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These 8 Fantasy TV Masterpieces Have Defined the Last 25 Years

The conversation around fantasy TV masterpieces is rarely tidy. People bring different classics to the table, and disagreement is almost guaranteed; these lists are meant to spark debate rather than settle it. We dive into the dragon fire to pick shows that have defined the genre over the past two

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Surprising moments from 'Being Gordon Ramsay'

"Being Gordon Ramsay" follows the chef as he attempts to open four restaurants and a culinary academy at 22 Bishopsgate in London, while also tracing his turbulent upbringing, rise to fame, and life with his wife Tana and their six children. The six-episode Netflix series captures the pressure

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Inside Jennifer Aniston's low-key 57th birthday with Jim Curtis

Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend Jim Curtis marked her 57th birthday with a low-key dinner and an evening at home. Her birthday was on Feb. 11; she didn’t want anything huge and preferred quality time, though she also planned a special weekend with close friends. The pair have been inseparable

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Japanese fans say Armored Core 6 plays like an otome game

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon has its admirers. In Japan, fans have declared FromSoftware's 2023 mecha shooter an otome game, even if its post-apocalypse wasteland lacks the thigh-high boots of titles like Stellar Blade and some might not see romance in a chunky man made of steel.