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Mötorhead guitarist Phil Campbell smiling with friends in final photo

Mötorhead guitarist Phil Campbell was photographed with friends in a final social media photo posted to Instagram on Feb. 17. He is seen arm-in-arm with Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho, Trixter bassist PJ Farley and Fozzy drummer Grant Brooks. Jericho dubbed him the "king of the rock n roll ribbers,

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Simpsons executive producer surprised by Hit & Run's cult status

The Simpsons sits in a rare class of TV shows — they're up to 37 seasons — and it's also one of the few series to inspire a genuinely good videogame adaptation. There are a handful of games that have become good shows, but it rarely goes the

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Pokémon Pokopia Players Automate Their Towns

Pokopia towns have a lot of moving parts to keep running: generators need power, crops need water, and the Pokémon who live there often want improvements. Ditto ends up juggling many tasks, which has pushed some players to look for ways to automate routine chores. Laser sensors sit at the

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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 Fixes a Key Season 1 Issue

Season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is action-packed from the start, picking up directly from the time-bending Season 1 finale. Without needing to establish background for returning cast members Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe and Kurt and Wyatt Russell as Colonel Lee Shaw, the series moves quickly and

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Netflix's Live-Action One Piece Is an Ideal Weekend Binge

Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece, based on Eiichiro Oda’s manga, follows Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), a young man who can stretch like rubber and dreams of becoming King of the Pirates while searching for the legendary One Piece. With Stranger Things concluding, the series is positioned

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Chadwick Boseman’s widow shares Oscars speech she had written

Simone Ledward Boseman revealed the speech she would have given in her late husband’s honor if he had won at the 2021 Academy Awards. “I had written a whole speech,” Simone, 35, told the Hollywood Reporter, and after finding the draft in her phone she read what she had

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Indie game All Will Rise returns Microsoft funding amid boycott

All Will Rise is a self-described “narrative courtroom deck-builder” in which players “take a corrupt billionaire to court for a river’s murder,” and it ppears in the home stretch of a successful crowdfunding effort on Kickstarter. Speculative Agency has broken its contract with Microsoft and will return the funding

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Sarah Michelle Gellar Confirms Hulu's 'Buffy' Reboot Is Canceled

Sarah Michelle Gellar announced on Instagram that Hulu has decided not to move forward with Buffy: New Sunnydale. She wrote that she was saddened to share the news and wanted fans to hear it from her. Gellar thanked director Chloé Zhao for the opportunity to return to Buffy, saying Zhao

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Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie?

Five Oscar Best Picture winners offer five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and one of them may be the film that was made for the way your mind works. A ten-question quiz helps determine which of these films fits the experience you want. Parasite speaks to class,

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Mariah Carey surprises son on Twitch, drawing an embarrassed reaction

Mariah Carey popped into her son Moroccan’s Twitch livestream on Friday night, prompting the 14-year-old to flush with embarrassment. “Chat my mom’s here,” he announced, then asked if she wanted to say hi, noting he was on stream “in front of all these people.” Carey stepped into view

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Identify iconic PC games from pieces of concept art

There’s something magical about videogame concept art: it often looks more atmospheric, expressive and creative than the final product. This week I’ve put together a quiz that showcases 20 pieces of concept art; for each one you need to type the name of the game it was created

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Tim Roth says he took Hulk and Planet of the Apes roles to embarrass his kids

Tim Roth is British acting royalty who has worked with filmmakers from David Lynch to Mike Leigh. He says some less-celebrated turns, like Emil Blonsky/The Abomination in The Incredible Hulk and the villain Thade in Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes remake, were chosen to “make my kids

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Mythmatch is an anti-capitalist, combat-free RPG built around merging

Mythmatch blends a merger game with an RPG set in Greek mythology, leaning into themes of anti-capitalism and altruism. It borrows the combine-to-upgrade mechanic common in mobile titles but presents it as a premium experience without ads or exploitative microtransactions. You play a wannabe goddess, Artemis, who must prove herself

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The Leftovers Is a Sci‑Fi Thriller for Lost Fans

The Leftovers is a three-season HBO series adapted from Tom Perrotta's 2011 novel. It centers on the Sudden Departure, when 2% of the world's population disappeared, and holds a 91% Rotten Tomatoes score. For viewers who loved Lost's blend of mystery and character drama,

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Hannah Einbinder Confirms 'Hacks' Has Wrapped Its Final Season

At South by Southwest, where her new film Seekers of Infinite Love will make its debut, Hannah Einbinder confirmed that HBO’s comedy Hacks has finished its fifth and final season: "We've wrapped." She was initially cagey about whether this really marks the end, but then

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Danny DeVito and John Stamos host secret 'Drag' premiere party

Danny DeVito and John Stamos hosted a secret, invite-only party at The Driskell in Downtown Austin on Friday ahead of the SXSW 2026 world premiere of their dark comedy thriller "Drag." Guests found an open bar stocked with wine, beer and spirits and an array of light bites,

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Motokura: ideas from Donkey Kong Bananza may inform Nintendo's next project

Donkey Kong Bananza is the premiere Nintendo platformer for the time being, having been built by the A-team that delivered Super Mario Odyssey back in 2017. There is clear connective tissue between the two games, even if they ended up becoming wildly different games, and producer Kenta Motokura said he

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Street Fighter Pro Detained By ICE Is Coming Home

Just under a month after his detention by ICE, Street Fighter player Ludovic Mbock was granted a low bond following a hearing today, his friends and family posted on his GoFundMe fundraiser page. The post said he will be heading home soon to Maryland and will return for a follow-up

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'Starfleet Academy' Finale Falsely Promises Cadets Will Serve Together

The Season 1 finale, "Rubincon," sends the cadets into active service far earlier than expected and frames their success as a glimpse of what they might become. With only a year's training and an incomplete crew, Caleb Mir and the others, under Commander Jett Reno'

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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come — An Unhinged, Bloody Sequel

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come picks up the instant the first film ends, with Grace taken to the hospital and immediately under suspicion after the massacre at the Le Domas mansion. Her estranged sister Faith appears, then both are knocked out and thrown into another brutal game: the

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'The Madison' and 5 shows that killed a major character early

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you’ve watched the first episode of “The Madison” on Paramount+. Taylor Sheridan’s new show pulled a “gotcha” on the audience: Kurt Russell appeared on the posters, yet his character, Preston, is killed in the pilot. Michelle Pfeiffer stars; the six-episode family

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How many players actually care about speed in MMO dungeons?

I've been playing a lot of World of Warcraft's new expansion, Midnight, and taking a brief sabbatical from Final Fantasy 14's nicely structured two-pull safety has reminded me that some games have figured out how to make dungeons that aren't just corridors.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II remains the most fun TMNT movie

Last August the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returned to theaters for its 35th anniversary in a rerelease from Fathom and Saga Arts. Strong presales extended the event beyond the planned two days, and after the film earned a surprising $3.3 million the run was extended again; Fathom then

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George R.R. Martin's Dark Winds Is a Must-Watch Psychological Thriller

When you hear the name George R.R. Martin you might think of Game of Thrones, but Dark Winds is a very different project. Martin serves as an executive producer and even appears in the series' third season, and the psychological thriller is now in its fourth season on

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Tom Hardy film Lawless hits free streaming on Tubi April 1

Lawless, the 2012 crime film starring Tom Hardy, will stream on the free service Tubi beginning April 1. The movie largely slipped under the radar when it first arrived in cinemas in 2012 but will soon be widely available at no cost. Directed by John Hillcoat from a screenplay by