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YouTube Reimagines Late Night with Outside Tonight

For decades, late night has been defined by desks, studios and a familiar rhythm of monologues, interviews and musical guests. As traditional networks pull back from the genre, YouTube is moving the opposite direction with a new live weekly series, Outside Tonight, built from the ground up for online audiences.

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Where to stream Robert Duvall's movies and TV shows following his death

Robert Duvall, a leading figure of the “New Hollywood” era whose career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 95. Duvall’s wife, Luciana, confirmed his death on Feb. 16 with a Facebook post: "Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of

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Resident Evil Requiem spoilers are apparently here 10 days ahead of launch

If you've been eagerly awaiting Resident Evil Requiem and its new twists on franchise lore, it might be time to go on social media blackout. Early copies are reportedly reaching players' hands 10 days ahead of launch, and some of those players appear to be sharing what

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TMNT Magic: The Gathering Cards Evoke Classic Video Game Vibes

I was very skeptical about Magic: The Gathering’s rapid return to New York for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizza party. MTG fatigue had set in for a few reasons: we’re not even six months removed from last year’s New York-centric Spider-Man set, a Marvel Super Heroes

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What to See in NYC This Spring: Broadway Shows and More

This spring's New York theater season mixes radical reinventions, star-driven revivals and new musicals. Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch's reinvention of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, titled "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," begins previews on Broadway on March 18; André De Shields stars as

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20 Years Ago, This 'Lincoln Lawyer' Star Got Her Big Break on Ugly Betty

Many grew to love Becki Newton in the 2000s for her role as Amanda Tanen on Ugly Betty, and now she returns as Lorna Crane on Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer. The shows differ widely in premise, but both characters share a fashionable edge and a sharp, snarky wit that

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Billy Preston’s Joyful Music and a Life of Hidden Pain

At the 1971 Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden, Billy Preston stepped out of his role as a valued sideman to deliver a showstopping performance of "That’s the Way God Planned It." Known for electric piano parts on Beatles songs — including a contribution to "Get Back&

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Stardew Valley player left Switch running for 1,000 in-game years

Reddit user Holozard left their Nintendo Switch on for over three weeks straight, spending more than 150 real hours to have their character sleep for 1,000 years in Stardew Valley. They set the game to repeatedly rest, using a controller with a turbo button to hit A and a

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Ethan Hawke on ‘Blue Moon,’ career anxieties and selling out

Ethan Hawke, who at 55 has earned his third acting Oscar nomination for Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, reflected on a decades-long career that includes Reality Bites, Training Day and a nine-film collaboration with Linklater that features Boyhood and the Before Sunrise trilogy. He compared the end of a career

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Paige DeSorbo used a $13 Tresemmé spray for NYFW hair

At New York Fashion Week, Tresemmé’s A-list Collection made multiple appearances. Paige DeSorbo stepped out at the Christian Siriano show while hairstylist Mitchell Ramazon was still spritzing her, and she quipped, “The girls know I don’t gatekeep,” calling the finished look “gorgeous, A-list even.” Ramazon began with the

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Become reimagines a coming-of-age tale as a sperm’s journey

Become, the upcoming 3D platformer from indie developer Valentin Wirth, frames a bildungsroman with a twist: it follows a sperm cell’s physical race to fertilize an egg, turning a coming-of-age story into a journey through the human reproductive system. The trailer opens with text that reads "Deep inside

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Martin Scorsese Confirmed in 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Trailer

The arrival of The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer included an unexpected reveal: Martin Scorsese makes a cameo, marking his Star Wars debut. Fans were quick to point out Scorsese's voice in the trailer, and Polygon confirmed with Disney and Lucasfilm that the filmmaker appears in the film. It

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10 TV Dramas Where Every Episode Is a Masterpiece

Great TV dramas often demand patience: slow, deliberate stories with complex characters that resist easy payoffs. When the pacing, plot and performances align, a series can consume its viewers, turning each episode into a compact, exacting piece of storytelling that leaves you wanting more. Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus (2025-) blends

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Simone Biles given custom Bottega Veneta bag by husband Jonathan Owens

Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens are in Milan for the 2026 Olympics, where she has been watching fellow athletes and sharing the competition on social media. Now that she is no longer competing at these Games, she has made time for date nights and a bit of shopping while

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Redux Redux: A Multiverse Revenge Thriller That Reframes Grief

Redux Redux, from brothers Kevin and Matthew McManus, uses multiverse travel as the central device in a story about grief and vengeance. Irene (Michaela McManus) spends years jumping to alternate universes in a coffin-shaped, steampunk machine to kill the man who murdered her daughter. The film treats the multiverse less

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10 Thriller Movie Masterpieces With Great Acting, Ranked

I return to thrillers when I want to feel something real: not loud excitement, but quiet tension where danger lives as much inside faces as outside the frame. The most memorable entries are those carried almost entirely by performances, where a pause or a withheld line turns a scene into

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Hilary Duff on 'complicated' family dynamic amid sister feud

Hilary Duff said she was "ready" to explore her "complicated" family dynamic in her new album, addressing rifts with sister Haylie and their father, Bob Duff. She explained why two songs tackle family, saying, "That’s my family. Those are the people that affect you

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How adjustable waistbands became a way to regain control

I’ve long equated style with comfort—wide trousers, a loose white shirt, or well-worn loafers—and gave up heels for good in 2012. More recently I stopped tolerating restrictive waistbands. At almost 49, my size has oscillated between 10 and 14; like many, lockdown’s elastic tracksuit bottoms and

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Stick Promotes Timothy Olyphant and Judy Greer to Series Regulars for Season 2

Apple TV's feel-good sports comedy Stick is officially leveling up for Season 2, and two familiar faces are sticking around in a much bigger way. Timothy Olyphant and Judy Greer have both been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming second season. Led by Owen Wilson, the series

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The Tony Blair Story review – character study leaves gaps

Episode one of Michael Waldman’s new three-part biography bears the subtitle “Who Are You?”. As well as harvesting archive clips and interviewing colleagues and rivals to build a picture of past events, Waldman has gained interviews with Tony Blair, his wife, Cherie, and several of their children in an

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Crimson Desert won't let you do a full evil playthrough, devs say

Crimson Desert, the upcoming open-world action-adventure made by the devs of the MMO Black Desert, is not being called an RPG by its developers. Despite systems, gear, and a large map that might suggest otherwise—and an early 2019 description that labeled it an RPG—the team has been clear

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Denzel Washington's Man on Fire Deserves Reevaluation

Man on Fire, directed by Tony Scott and released April 23, 2004, stars Denzel Washington as John Creasy, a former Force Recon Marine and CIA SAD/SOG officer who takes a job as a bodyguard in Mexico City. When the family's nine-year-old daughter—who regards him as an

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Stevie Nicks Revives a Forgotten Song From Fleetwood Mac's Tusk

Stevie Nicks wrote "The Dealer" in 1979 during sessions for Fleetwood Mac's experimental album Tusk, but the band gave the song a lukewarm reception and it was left off the record. Lindsey Buckingham in particular was not enthusiastic, and the group spent far less time on

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Nicole Kidman is a single woman as multimillionaire pursues her

Nicole Kidman is a single woman, a source says, even as Paul Salem, chairman of MGM Resorts International, has been making it known to his circles that he is interested in dating the actress. At the moment, Kidman, 58, is concentrating on being a mom to her two daughters with

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Metaphor: ReFantazio is half off in Sega's Year of the Horse sale

Metaphor: ReFantazio is 50% off on Steam as part of Sega's Year of the Horse sale, bringing the price to $35 (£30). The discount does not include its optional DLC that adds Persona-style school uniforms for the characters. PC Gamer gave the game a 95% review score and