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Amy Madigan: 'I don't wish anyone to fall down a sewer. Except sometimes'

Being an Oscar nominee has become a full-time gig for Amy Madigan — luncheons, fittings, interviews. On a noon video call she grins crookedly and admits, "I'm tired." The last time she was nominated was in 1985; now 75, she is shortlisted this year for her turn

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Pokémon Pokopia uses persistent 'cloud islands' for multiplayer

Pokémon Pokopia adopts a Minecraft-like approach to shared worlds. Rather than Animal Crossing’s host-dependent islands, the game offers persistent islands that no single player must be online to reach. Koei Tecmo calls the feature “cloud island.” Pokopia chief director Takuto Edagawa explained the system: “There is a different system

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Miley Cyrus's Controversial Turn in 'Crisis in Six Scenes'

Miley Cyrus moved beyond her Disney past for Woody Allen's Prime Video miniseries Crisis in Six Scenes, released in 2016. She plays Lennie, a quintessential 1960s flower child and radical leftist whose arrival quickly upends a suburban household. Set in the turbulent 1960s, the six-episode series follows neurotic

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Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy cheats to build a noble dynasty

The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy expansion lets players join dynasties and become nobles, and there are cheats to smooth the path to power. Whether you want to rise the Noble career ranks or shortcut tricky milestones, the expansion’s console commands and shift+click options can speed things up.

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How to beat Boris in Mewgenics

Boris is the Sewers boss you meet in Act 1 after clearing The Alley. He has 200 HP and automatically moves toward any cat that hits him, damaging anyone he comes into contact with. Because he can only advance one tile in the direction of an attacker, his counterattacks are

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy trailer leans toward Pet Sematary and Evil Dead

Warner Bros. has released the first full trailer for Lee Cronin's The Mummy, arriving two months before the film reaches cinemas. The footage looks as gnarly and nasty as many expected, given what Cronin did with Evil Dead Rise. In the promo Jack Reynor asks Moon Knight star

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I've visited every Italian region — Emilia-Romagna is the best for food

I've spent a lot of time in Italy, and my favorite region for food is Emilia-Romagna. The area is famous for Parmigiano-Reggiano, mortadella, and balsamic vinegar of Modena, and I especially love eating truffles and tortellini whenever I visit. Emilia-Romagna exports many of the country’s most beloved

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‘Billy Preston’ Review: A Unique and Tortured Talent

“Billy didn’t just have perfect pitch, he had perfect anticipation,” the drummer and producer Bill Maxwell says at one point in this film about the protean musician Billy Preston. Meaning Preston could play a tune through with the other musicians after hearing only a few chords. “Billy Preston: That’

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I didn't expect to kidnap alligators in Transport Fever 3

The transport management sim is a long-standing part of PC gaming: often complex, sometimes fiddly, but frequently rewarding. Transport Fever 3 opens its campaign with a silly camera-control tutorial that has you click to find and release alligators, a sign that developer Urban Games wants to inject personality into the

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Fritz Lang’s ‘Nibelungen,’ the Way It Was Meant to Be Heard

At the Konzerthaus last weekend, Fritz Lang’s two-film silent colossus “Die Nibelungen” was presented with its original soundtrack performed live by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Gottfried Huppertz’s score, long neglected and not on Wagner’s level, is nonetheless impressive and tightly entwined with the film, giving

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10 Nearly Perfect Psychological Thrillers, Ranked

Psychological thrillers work by making you feel unhinged, pulling you into someone else’s head and refusing to hand you easy answers. These films rarely rely on a single twist; they ask you to notice small shifts in behavior, memory, and speech and then sit with the resulting unease. They

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The New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards

The New York Times won three George Polk Awards on Wednesday for coverage of President Trump’s expansion of power, the abuse of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and brutality against inmates in New York. The foreign reporting prize was awarded to Abdi Latif Dahir, Justin Scheck and Vivian Nereim

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Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg with Ilia Malinin at Milan Winter Olympics

Martha Stewart, Ilia Malinin and Snoop Dogg strike a pose during the Milan Winter Olympics. Pedro Pascal and Rafa Olarra grab lunch together in NYC. Nicky Hilton wishes sister Paris a “Happy Birthday legend!” Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas attend the World Premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s “The

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Vivi picture book explores the black mage's early life

Vivi and Grandpa's Memories for the Sky, a Final Fantasy 9 picture book that debuted in Japan last year, will receive an English release on May 19. The edition is priced at $17.99 and is available for pre-order. Issued as part of Final Fantasy 9's

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M.L.K. Masonic Lodge Restored and Added to National Park

The Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge in Atlanta, where Dr. King wrote speeches and mapped civil rights strategy, has been restored and added to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park. The building now has a new roof, old wiring has been replaced, and the first-floor office—remembered by

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YouTuber finds shiny Moltres after trading Pokémon Blue to Crystal

YouTuber RaidAway discovered a shiny Moltres after trading the bird from Pokémon Blue into Pokémon Crystal. Moltres appears once per save in Blue, shows up late at Victory Road, and if you fail to catch it you don’t get another chance in that playthrough. Shininess can reveal itself after

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10 Greatest Thematic Movie Trilogies, Ranked

Some trilogies are obvious — one long story split into parts — but others link films through recurring ideas rather than a single narrative. This piece looks beyond the familiar examples to consider groups of movies that gain depth when viewed together, even if their plots and characters don’t always overlap.

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Kelly Clarkson’s Symbolic Outfit for Her First Day as a Voice Coach

When Kelly Clarkson joined The Voice as a coach in Season 14, she arrived as a proven hit-maker and a veteran of TV singing competitions. She won over fans with a sunny personality and a ball-buster attitude — and she talked a lot. “I’m sure wherever [Clarkson] is right now,

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Kendall Jenner nearly unrecognizable with bleached brows in Khaite campaign

Kendall Jenner stars in Khaite’s spring 2026 campaign, appearing almost unrecognizable with jet-black hair, bleached eyebrows and a swipe of ultra-dark lipstick. The dark-lit images range from head-to-toe leather to sheer organza. In one shot she wears a high-waisted leather skirt ($4,600) and tie-neck blouse ($1,980) in

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Westworld's Four Seasons Surge Back on Streaming

HBO has long been a home for prestige television, from crime dramas like The Sopranos and The Wire to fantasy epics such as Game of Thrones. The network has also branched into medical drama with The Pitt, starring Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa, while shows like Succession and newer entries

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Whitney Leavitt swears Merit's balm-like lipstick lasts all day

Whitney Leavitt, known for roles from 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' to 'Dancing With the Stars' and most recently as Roxie Hart in Broadway's 'Chicago', is the face of Merit's new lightweight Signature Lip Blush. Leavitt said the fresh formula

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 scratches my Knight of the Seven Kingdoms itch

With A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms racing toward its final episode, I find myself pining for the days when TV series were often spun into video game adaptations. Those licensed entries were frequently rushed and imperfect, but they let fans spend time with favorite characters between seasons — a habit

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Shanghai, Melbourne, Ho Chi Minh City and Kuala Lumpur: the big four Asia-Pacific cities

Travel planning has shifted from “where” to “why”: the so‑called whycation asks what you want from a trip and then finds the place that delivers it. Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur each make a clear case when you start with motive rather than

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Parabomobile: a bike with 21 satellite dishes

Parabomobile is a living sculpture: a man rides a Peugeot 103 along a partly constructed road near Marrakech while carrying 21 satellite dishes, each pointing a different way. The pile of receivers overwhelms the rider, leaving him unable to choose a direction and effectively going nowhere. The image forms part

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OG The Witcher lead says Wild Hunt will likely be changed for remake

Artur Ganszyniec, the lead story designer on the original The Witcher, says the team remaking the first game will likely revisit the Wild Hunt's physical form. He makes the remarks in a video providing commentary on The Witcher in real time while playing through the ending. "In