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Method dressing: nine actors who stayed in character on the red carpet

“Have you ever heard of a female actor that was method?” Kristen Stewart asked last year, the question suggesting method acting is often framed as a male preserve. A more widely available option is “method dressing”: promoting a film in an outfit inspired by a character. Lately it’s everywhere

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Solasta 2 will add a D&D 5E rule Baldur's Gate 3 dropped

Solasta: Crown of the Magister took a more combat-focused approach to Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition than Baldur's Gate 3 and included tactical options such as the Dodge action, which gives attacks against you disadvantage and grants advantage on Dexterity saving throws. Solasta 2 is introducing single-target leveled

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Danse Macabre: a Covid‑inspired photograph by Lisl Ponger

When Covid began, Lisl Ponger turned her attention from everyday face coverings to masks more broadly, researching masked balls, carnival masks and the many outbreaks of plague in Venice. Her photograph Danse Macabre, inspired by the pandemic, hides small details: paper lamps in the ceiling contain Covid-19 viruses, and at

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10 Greatest R-Rated Westerns of the 21st Century, Ranked

Western cinema has long been shaped by violence, justice, and morality as much as by sweeping visuals and cowboy characters. The mid-20th-century heyday wasn’t known for confronting realism, but in recent decades audiences have gravitated toward visceral authenticity that dismantles fabled American values. The 21st-century Western has become synonymous

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Reese Witherspoon mourns James Van Der Beek as 'Elle' marks his final TV role

Reese Witherspoon, an executive producer on the Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, paid tribute after James Van Der Beek died Wednesday following a battle with colorectal cancer that began in August 2023. She said she was "devastated" and called him "an extraordinary, talented man who also showed

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Jason Isaacs Reunites With 'Death of Stalin' Writer for WWII Dark Comedy

Jason Isaacs is set to join Bad Major, a World War II dark comedy that marks the feature directorial debut of Peter Fellows. Fellows co-wrote The Death of Stalin and previously worked with Armando Iannucci on projects including Veep and Avenue 5. The ensemble also features Josh Gad, Ruth Negga,

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Tamas Vasary, Pianist of Power and Sensitivity, Dies at 92

Tamas Vasary, a Hungarian pianist celebrated for technical brilliance, stylistic authority and bejeweled lyricism in Romantic-era music, died on Feb. 5 in Budapest at 92. The Hungarian Academy of Arts announced his death. He was especially known for interpretations of Chopin and Liszt and for many recordings, most on Deutsche

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Bud Cort, Star of 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77

Bud Cort, a veteran stage and screen actor best known for his role as Harold in Hal Ashby’s 1971 film Harold and Maude, died on Wednesday in Norwalk, Conn. He was 77. His death, at an assisted‑living facility, was from complications of pneumonia, a representative for his family

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Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis share intimate kiss in Instagram tribute

Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend Jim Curtis shared an intimate kiss in an Instagram post he made as a birthday tribute to the actress. The hypnotherapist posted a black-and-white photo of the couple kissing over a floral arrangement and a second image of them laughing while on a boat. Curtis captioned

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Quiz: Guess the games from these one-line Steam reviews (Part 3)

Here’s another quiz to test your gaming trivia: match a single-line Steam review to the game it describes. There are additional quizzes covering topics from healthbars to odd in-game currencies and bizarre patch notes. Steam reviews can be remarkably concise. The author says he spends hours on a review,

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Can Artists Help Shape American Cities Again?

Artists helped turn rough neighborhoods into cultural destinations, only to be pushed out as property values climbed. The small Russell Street house where Jack Kerouac worked is now worth more than $1.7 million; Janis Joplin’s Haight-Ashbury apartment would rent for roughly 20 times its late-1960s price; and Dorothea

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No ICE In Minnesota bundle offers hundreds of games to raise funds

The No ICE In Minnesota bundle offers nearly 300 video games and more than 1,000 tabletop titles for any price above a $10 minimum, with proceeds benefiting the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Organized by Jes Wade—whose previous anti-ICE fundraiser in July 2025 raised over $100,000 for

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Netflix Fans Give Up on Unjustly Cancelled 7-Part Western Thrill Ride

Netflix has cancelled The Abandons, a seven-part Western thriller that starred Lena Headey alongside Gillian Anderson and Nick Robinson. The series followed a diverse group of families who must push back against a system competing for coveted land. On Rotten Tomatoes the show earned 30% from critics and 51% from

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Dorinda Medley to join E! reboot after Jill Zarin’s firing

Dorinda Medley is set to join E!’s reboot of The Real Housewives of New York, appearing in the network’s new series The Golden Life after cast member Jill Zarin was removed from the project before cameras rolled over remarks about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance. E!

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Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred introduces the Warlock

A demon-summoning Warlock is joining Diablo 4 with the Lord of Hatred expansion in April, and players can try a version of the class in Diablo 2: Resurrected today. Unlike the Necromancer or Witch Doctor, Warlocks call forth demons from Hell to fight up close, sometimes even fusing them into

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Split Fiction Studio Already Working On Its Next Game

Hazelight's next game is in development and, like the studio's past projects, will feature mocapped actors. On February 10, Hazelight founder and Split Fiction director Josef Fares posted an image on Twitter that simply says, "Next game in the making." The photo shows Fares

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Kevin Costner's $411 Million Action Romance Is Trending Again

The Bodyguard (1992), starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, has reappeared on streaming charts, surfacing on MGM+ as the platform's tenth most-watched title, just behind Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Kaley Cuoco and Sam Claflin's miniseries Vanished tops the list. The film is also trending

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Warlock is Diablo 2's first new class in 25 years

Blizzard has released Reign of the Warlock, a free update for Diablo 2 Resurrected that adds the Warlock — the first new Diablo 2 class in more than 25 years. The class was unveiled during Blizzard’s Diablo 30th birthday stream and is playable right now. Blizzard also framed the reveal

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Jeans with heels: the easiest shortcut to chic

In a Notes app list titled Things That Are Just Always Chic, among watches, a signature scent and black Ray-Bans, one entry stands out: wearing jeans with high heels. A woman who arrives in that combination looks as if she owns the place — confident, direct and more compelling than in

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GoFundMe launched to support family of late actor James Van Der Beek

A GoFundMe was launched to support the family of actor James Van Der Beek, who died at the age of 48 from colorectal cancer. The campaign — shared on both James and Kimberly's Instagram stories — lists the mother of the star's six kids as the organizer and

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The god of small things: Seurat and the sea – review

Georges Seurat died at 31, having completed about 45 paintings, more than half of them of the Channel coast and sea during summer trips between 1885 and 1890. Seurat and the Sea at the Courtauld is the first exhibition devoted entirely to these works: 23 paintings and smaller oil studies,

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James Van Der Beek's iconic 'Dawson's Creek' role defined an entire generation of TV

James Van Der Beek, TV’s original teen dreamer, died at 48 after a battle with colorectal cancer. His widow, Kimberly Van Der Beek, shared a joint Instagram statement saying, “He met his final days with courage, faith and grace.” His biggest role, as Dawson Leery on Dawson’s Creek,

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HBO’s Baldur’s Gate 3 series hires D&D veteran Chris Perkins

HBO is developing a Baldur’s Gate 3 series set after the 2023 video game, with Craig Mazin serving as showrunner. The game’s multiple endings leave it unclear which conclusion the series will follow, a complication similar to what Fallout Season 2 faced with New Vegas. Chris Perkins, former

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Friends share intimate photos of James Van Der Beek's final days

Friends and close colleagues shared intimate photos of James Van Der Beek’s final days before his death on Feb. 11. Former WWE star Stacy Keibler posted an image showing the Dawson’s Creek star in a wheelchair, appearing frail as the two watched a sunset. Keibler wrote that spending

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Tracy Spiridakos and Jesse Lee Soffer Share Selfie from Chicago P.D. Set

As the One Chicago crossover event approaches, Detectives Jay Halstead and Hailey Upton are headed back to the Intelligence Unit. The return has been teased in social posts by the actors, who shared highlights from their Season 13 comeback. Tracy Spiridakos posted a selfie on Instagram on February 11 showing