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How to watch the 2026 Oscars for free: time, livestream, host

The Academy is rolling out the red carpet. The 2026 Oscars will air live from the Dolby Theatre in LA on Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET on ABC, with red carpet coverage beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET. Conan O’Brien returns as host for a

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We left New York City to move near my in-laws for our son

Two years before our son was born, my partner Liv and I moved to New York City after selling our house in suburban Maryland and relocating to an apartment sight unseen. She worked full time while pursuing a master’s at Columbia, and I was figuring out life after quitting

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Donkey Kong Bananza devs want Mario and DK games to feel different

The same Nintendo team that made Super Mario Odyssey developed Donkey Kong Bananza, and while there are obvious similarities the two games aim for distinct flavors of 3D platforming. That separation is intentional — Nintendo wants each title to feel unique. Producer Kenta Motokura says part of the team's

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Who is favored to win an Oscar, according to Kalshi and Polymarket

Bettors on prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket expect "One Battle After Another" to win six Oscars, "Sinners" four, and "Frankenstein" three. The Oscars, hosted this year by Conan O'Brien, air Sunday, and traders have wagered tens of millions across the Academy'

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'Reminders Of Him' Flies at the Box Office, 'Hoppers' Holds Steady, 'The Bride!' Crashes

The weekend box office looked broadly positive, led by Pixar’s Hoppers, which remains in first place with $86 million domestically and $164.7 million worldwide. Ticket sales for Hoppers fell just 36% in its second frame, suggesting strong legs for a film that cost around $150 million to make,

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Great Directors Who Never Won the Best Director Oscar

For many filmmakers, an Academy Award for Best Director is the highest honor, but some of cinema's most influential artists never won that prize. The ten directors highlighted here include names whose films reshaped genres and inspired later generations, even when the Academy did not award them the

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HBO Max to Remove Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel at End of March

HBO Max will remove Henry Cavill’s first Superman film, Man of Steel, from its streaming library at the end of March. Cavill had been the face of the DCEU for years, appearing across six films (two if you don’t count his brief cameos in The Flash and Black

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Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz hold hands at 'SNL' afterparty

Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz were photographed holding hands while arriving at a "Saturday Night Live" afterparty in New York City, keeping their heads down as they made their way into the venue. Styles, in a leopard-print cardigan and jeans, escorted Kravitz through a crowd. The "Blink

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Abubakar Salim tours his PC: 'My desktop is so bad that even my wife...'

Abubakar Salim is both an actor and the founder of Surgent Studios. He first learned PC games with Windows classics like Pinball, Minesweeper and Solitaire, and later played Bayek in Assassin's Creed: Origins before appearing in the Ridley Scott-produced drama Raised by Wolves. Surgent Studios has released Tales

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'What Happens at Night': Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far

Martin Scorsese is directing What Happens at Night, adapted from Peter Cameron's 2020 novel with a screenplay by Patrick Marber. Principal photography commenced on Feb. 24 in Prague and is expected to continue into late spring/early summer before moving to New York City. The cast assembled so

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Mark Wahlberg’s Pre-'Uncharted' Video Game Disaster Lands on Free Streaming

Though not part of the DC or MCU, Mark Wahlberg has long appeared in video game-based projects. Most recently he played Victor “Sully” Sullivan in Sony Pictures’ Uncharted opposite Tom Holland; Ruben Fleischer directed, and the film — which also featured Antonio Banderas and Tati Gabrielle — grossed $407.1 million worldwide

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Moved for a 7-month relationship; risky, but best decision I made

I moved states for a new relationship after seven months of long-distance. Tim and I met online; he lived in Minneapolis and I lived in Chicago, where I had sworn I would never leave after college. Friends and family warned me against moving so soon, but the idea of a

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Harry Styles' 'MAHAspital' SNL Sketch Imagines The Pitt Run by RFK Jr.

Welcome to a hospital where Tylenol's considered dangerous, but a cold plunge in blue jeans is covered by insurance (maybe). The March 14 episode of Saturday Night Live delivered the faux trailer for a new series "for people who love The Pitt, but can't stand

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The SpongeBob Movie already adapted Homer's Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, due July 17, adapts the ancient Greek epic attributed to Homer and has become one of 2026’s most anticipated films. Homer's poem has rarely been filmed, and Nolan’s version is widely expected to make a major impact. Fewer viewers realize that

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Fargo Leaving HBO Max at the End of March

Head over to HBO Max by March 31 to stream Fargo, the Coen Brothers’ sixth feature together, which will leave the service at the end of March. Part dark comedy, part crime flick, the movie centers around a police chief (Frances McDormand) who is knee-deep in the investigation of a

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Chet Hanks resurfaces with Rita Wilson at Oscars party after Colombia trip

Chet Hanks stepped out with his mother, Rita Wilson, at a pre-Oscars CAA party on Saturday night, arriving with Hanks walking shortly behind his mother. He wore an all-black suit for the event. Wilson, 69, chose an all-black ensemble of a silk shirt, skirt and cropped blazer. The "Sleepless

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What GTA 6's multiplayer should learn from 6 months in GTA RP

I've spent a few thousand hours of my life living in GTA Online, Steam tells me, and I've also spent time in FiveM's roleplaying scene. At this stage I'm familiar with both the official multiplayer offshoot and its unofficial, player-made counterpart, and

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Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' Is a Major Streaming Success on Paramount+

Tom Cruise's $1.4 billion action sequel Top Gun: Maverick remains a streaming hit on Paramount+, still popular four years after its release. Cruise is often called Hollywood's last true movie star, and the film's continued audience interest underscores that standing. Cruise returned with

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Young Sherlock Tops Prime Video Charts as The Bluff Climbs to No. 2

Prime Video’s current charts are led by Young Sherlock, which shot to the top following its March 4 debut. The series, based on Andrew Lane’s Young Sherlock Holmes novels, features Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Natascha McElhone, Joseph Fiennes and Colin Firth, with Guy Ritchie directing. Frank E. Flowers’s

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JRPGs are moving beyond classic turn-based combat

At G-Star 2025, Katsura Hashino — director of Metaphor: ReFantazio and the last three mainline Persona games — laid out a vision he calls "JRPG 3.0," positioning the classics as 1.0 and the present moment as 2.0. He argued the transformation is beginning with combat, particularly a

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Sophie Turner's Heist Thriller Steal Returns to Prime Video's Top Ten

Prime Video has released a first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft for its upcoming Tomb Raider adaptation, and the footage has drawn mixed reactions on social media, increasing anticipation for the series. Before that debut, Turner's latest project, the six-episode heist thriller Steal, has climbed back

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Artist builds lifesize animatronic of the girl from Resident Evil: Requiem

Instagram user Littlejem has created a lifesize animatronic of the girl from Resident Evil: Requiem, a disturbingly faithful recreation that also draws praise for its craftsmanship and attention to detail. The build process was shared across two Instagram reels, beginning with a frame made from an existing Halloween animatronic and

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Jackbox to publish surreal indie My Arms Are Longer Now

Jackbox Games is moving into indie publishing with My Arms Are Longer Now, a surreal puzzle title from Toot Games about a very long arm that commits petty crimes. The game, created by Matthew Jackson and Millie Holten from Melbourne, will be the studio’s first indie release as it

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Adam Scott Stars in Damian McCarthy's Horror Hokum

Adam Scott headlines Neon’s supernatural folk horror Hokum, whose first full trailer has begun circulating. The preview offers striking, unsettling imagery but little plot detail; it suggests Scott plays an author who travels to Ireland to scatter his dead parents’ ashes and encounters a malign presence. Damian McCarthy wrote

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25 Years Later, Heath Ledger’s Cult Fantasy Romance Exits Free Streaming

A Knight's Tale, the 2001 medieval romance starring Heath Ledger, will leave the ad-supported streamer Tubi after March 31, leaving just over two weeks to watch the film for free. Ledger plays William Thatcher, a low-born squire who adopts a noble identity to compete in jousts and win