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Kimberly Van Der Beek said James was 'bouncing back' months before his death

In November, Kimberly Van Der Beek gave an optimistic update on James's cancer battle, saying he was 'bouncing back' from a stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis. She left the comment on his Instagram after he thanked fans for raising money for his treatments. The post showed

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How to unlock Lady and Tramp in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Disney Dreamlight Valley's Puppy Love update adds Lady and Tramp, but they won't move in automatically. First buy access to the Lady and the Tramp realm inside the Dream Castle for 10,000 Dreamlight; that purchase immediately starts the Canine Courtship quest. In Canine Courtship, speak

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Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti on Nahla and Nus Braka’s Rivalry

Episode 6 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy sends the cadets on their first official away mission, which goes terribly wrong when a cannibalistic race intercepts them. With the cadets held hostage on the remains of a fallen starship, Nahla Ake must call on her nemesis Nus Braka (Paul Giamatti) to

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Shahrbanoo Sadat on making Afghanistan’s first romcom

Shahrbanoo Sadat wrote, directed and stars in No Good Men, a daring, genre-bending film about a budding love affair in a Kabul newsroom on the eve of the Taliban’s return to power and the west’s chaotic withdrawal. Her long shot landed the opening slot at the Berlin film

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James Van Der Beek called cancer 'best thing' in final interview

Two months before his tragic death at 48, James Van Der Beek told Today host Craig Melvin that his August 2023 colorectal cancer diagnosis was "the best thing that ever happened" to him because it gave him a renewed outlook on life. He recalled hearing "a little

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Fallout co‑creator recalls nixing 'Terminator‑style' robots

Tim Cain posted a new YouTube video discussing tone in games and the responsibility of directors to keep a setting coherent. He offered an example from the making of the original Fallout: someone proposed a Terminator‑style robot — "an endoskeleton and chonk chonk chonk" — and Cain rejected it

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Sundance 2026: Highlights From Seven Standout Interviews

The Sundance Film Festival 2026 offered a bittersweet farewell to Park City, Utah. It marked the first festival since the passing of founder Robert Redford and the final year in Park City after more than four decades of gatherings, yet it remained a showcase for independent premieres and buzzy first

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Kate and Lila Moss donned string bikinis in Tulum

Kate and Lila Moss were pictured in the resort town of Tulum on Tuesday, wearing coordinating two-piece swimwear. The ’90s supermodel, 52, donned a dusty rose string bikini and a pair of shades while sunbathing on a lounge chair, and her 23-year-old daughter wore a skin-baring dark brown thong bikini.

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James Van Der Beek: Life and Career in Photos

James Van Der Beek died on Wednesday at 48 after a battle with colorectal cancer. He was best known for playing the title character Dawson Leery on the teen drama Dawson’s Creek and for his role in the cult film Varsity Blues. Van Der Beek made his film debut

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Emre's simple kit makes him the standout of Overwatch's new heroes

Overwatch's Reign of Talon season brings a major update: a UI overhaul, a competitive reset, and five new heroes. I tried each of them, and while Jetpack Cat's wackiness is fun, Emre is currently my favourite. Emre has already made an impression as the first male

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Anya Taylor-Joy Carried the Film That Relaunched M. Night Shyamalan

Once hailed as a visionary and compared to a new generation’s answer to Steven Spielberg, M. Night Shyamalan hit a severe slump after a string of major failures that left even his most loyal fans questioning his gifts and nearly put him in "director's jail."

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Jason Momoa and Justin Lin to make a Helldivers movie

Sony has announced the film adaptation of Helldivers is due November 10, 2027. Momoa is starring—presumably as John Helldiver, until we hear otherwise—while Justin Lin of Fast & Furious fame will direct. Gaming's equivalent of classic sci-fi satire film Starship Troopers is about to become Hollywood&

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Animal Kingdom: A Crime Drama Built Around Family, Now Streaming on Netflix

Adapted from the Australian film of the same name, Animal Kingdom ran for six seasons on TNT, set against the sunny backdrop of Southern California. The series centers on an ensemble cast led by Janine 'Smurf' Cody (Ellen Barkin), a matriarch who disturbingly redefines motherhood. Jake Weary and

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Gene Simmons slams Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for embracing hip-hop

Gene Simmons criticized the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for including hip-hop artists, saying the genre "isn't my music." The 76-year-old KISS co-founder, who was inducted with the band in 2014, made the remarks on the "LegendsNLeaders" podcast after the host said he

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Fallout showrunner calls Ron Perlman cameo a 'big role', hints at return

Notorious sandwich lover Ron Perlman made a surprise appearance in the second season of the Fallout TV series on Prime, turning up briefly in Episode 6, "The Other Player." He appears as a super mutant who saves The Ghoul — Walton Goggins — from an unpleasant fate; the moment plays

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Ben Stiller Responds to "Hearsay" Article About 'Severance's Future

Apple TV has acquired Severance for its third season and any potential future seasons in a deal reported to be worth about $70 million, a move that the coverage says provides the streamer greater freedom over production. The arrangement has been likened to the Silo/AMC situation, and Apple reportedly

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Spanx x La Ligne knitwear on sale for up to $200 off

Spanx and La Ligne’s knitwear collaboration from last fall is currently reduced by as much as $200, with several pieces featured in the campaign included among the discounts. Tracee Ellis Ross starred in the campaign, writing on Instagram, “What a dreamy collab,” and calling the designs “lush, soft, elegant,

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Dragonfire-soaked artifact sparks mercenary combustion in Dwarf Fortress

On the Dwarf Fortress subreddit, user waffle569 reported a strange bug: each time they load their save, a returning squad of human mercenaries bursts into flames as they reenter the map. Their arrival also coincides with the yearly elven trade caravan, which is incinerated along with the produce waffle569 needs

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Nobel Novelist Orhan Pamuk Finally Gets the Netflix Series He Wanted

Orhan Pamuk fought to control a screen adaptation of his novel "The Museum of Innocence" after receiving a plot summary he found unacceptable. He sued the initial producer, won the suit in 2022 and later negotiated with a Turkish company to impose conditions that would preserve his story.

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Friends set up $500K GoFundMe for James Van Der Beek's family after cancer death

Friends set up a $500,000 GoFundMe for James Van Der Beek’s family after the actor died Wednesday following a battle with colorectal cancer that began in August 2023. The fundraiser notes that the costs of his medical care "left [his] family out of funds," despite a

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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cacio e pepe, the old-fashioned way

A network of caves and tunnels was burrowed into Monte Testaccio, an ancient rubbish‑dump hill made entirely of broken amphorae. Today those spaces house nightclubs, mechanics, restaurants, a theatre, a wholesale butcher and an Apostolic church; some reveal the cross sections of pots, others have smoothed the curves with

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Final Fantasy 14 house recreates Phasmophobia's Tanglewood map

A Final Fantasy 14 player has recreated Phasmophobia's haunted house, 6 Tanglewood Drive, using only in-game furnishings. The screenshots shared on X by @ww_Yuki_www look so close to the co-op horror game that they can be mistaken for actual Phasmophobia images. The build occupies an FF14

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All academy quiz answers in Mario Tennis Fever

In Adventure mode of Mario Tennis Fever you'll need to complete five academy quizzes to progress from Rank E up to Rank B. Each quiz contains three questions and you must pass them to advance. If you get a question wrong you'll have to start the

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Boom time for anti-racist TV: how an £84 bottle of wine triggered change

One afternoon in 1984, Farrukh Dhondy went for lunch and found Jeremy Isaacs had ordered an £84 bottle of wine to persuade him to become Channel 4’s commissioning editor. Dhondy resisted—“For God’s sake, I’m not an office job man,” he said—but a conversation with CLR

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Standardized gaming test challenges players to beat an '80s adventure game

Not to sound like an old coot (though I am) but there's at least one aspect of gaming that used to be a lot harder. If you got stuck on an adventure game puzzle in the 1980s, you couldn't just ask the entire world for help: