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A Downtown Vibe Comes to Broadway This Spring

This spring Broadway is not following the usual new-musical rush ahead of the Tony Awards. Instead the season has tilted toward plays: in the first third of 2026 the schedule lists 11 plays and six musicals, reversing last year’s balance when January–April included eight plays and 12 musicals.

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Leighton Meester defends exchange with Ariana Grande at Critics' Choice

Leighton Meester is clearing up the awkward exchange with Ariana Grande at the Critics Choice Awards in January. At the Jan. 4 show, Grande shouted “I love you so much! Wow, wow, wow,” while passing Meester, who replied, “Wah, wah, wah,” with a laugh. Some viewers thought Meester, 39, was

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Year of the fire horse explained: the Chinese zodiac sign of intensity

As the lunar new year begins attention has turned to the year of the fire horse, a rare pairing in the 60-year cycle. Drawing on Chinese metaphysics, the fire horse blends the horse’s reputation for energy and independence with the intensity of the fire element, giving it a distinct

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Roger Ebert's Most Hated Movies, Ranked

Roger Ebert believed films deserved to be taken seriously, whether they aimed for high art or multiplex thrills. When a movie worked he treated it like a small miracle; when it failed he examined why. By the time he published his "Most Hated" movies list in 2005, he

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Binge Netflix's The Gentlemen before Guy Ritchie's Season 2

Guy Ritchie has experienced a creative comeback in the 2020s, becoming more productive and returning to the sharp, snarky gangster stories that defined his early work. He has extended that sensibility into television, and The Gentlemen distills much of what makes his storytelling distinctive. The Gentlemen expands the film’s

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Cops called multiple times to Shia LaBeouf's home before split

Authorities were called multiple times to Shia LaBeouf’s Los Angeles home in the months before his split from Mia Goth, documents obtained by TMZ show. One November 2024 911 call was logged as a “husband and wife” disturbance; an “uncooperative female” can be heard repeating “just go,” while a

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Epic Games reveals Fortnite Solo Leveling skins

Epic Games teased a collaboration earlier this week and has revealed the first two Solo Leveling skins for Fortnite: protagonist Sung Jin-woo and Blood-Red Commander Igris. The characters may look different than some fans expect, reflecting recent redesigns. Solo Leveling began as a web novel by South Korean author Chugong.

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The Killing Stone mixes occult contract law with card-battling

The Killing Stone pairs an occult contract-law premise with a card-battling deckbuilder played around a mansion. Its structure echoes Slay the Spire’s dungeon paths, letting you upgrade cards, add new pacts to your deck or choose between minor fights and elite battles, but the actual play feels distinct: there

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The Hunting Party steals viewers from The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix

The Hunting Party, a 10-episode crime thriller starring Melissa Roxburgh, Nick Wechsler, Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie and Sara Garcia, has climbed to #2 on Netflix’s U.S. Top 10 TV list as of February 18, 2026, while The Lincoln Lawyer sits at #6. The series is a manhunt procedural

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My parents sold my childhood home – and my creeping panic came to an end

Weekend breakfasts were a ritual in the suburban three-bed semi where I grew up: a cereal course followed by a full English, a colourful tablecloth, the teapot and ginger biscuits for "afters." After we had twins and became a family of five, my partner and I moved our

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Inside the Mexican resort where Love Is Blind Season 10 couples stayed

Six of the seven engaged couples from Season 10 of Love Is Blind spent their on-screen honeymoons at the Viceroy Los Cabos in San José del Cabo. Accommodations on the oceanside property range from about $500 to $3,300 a night, and the resort bills itself as a “private, playful

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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