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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair arrives on digital Feb. 17

Quentin Tarantino’s four-and-a-half-hour cut of Kill Bill — The Whole Bloody Affair — is coming to digital retailers on Feb. 17. The combined version reached cinemas last December, and Apple TV currently lists it for pre-order at $19.99, while most other digital retailers have not yet posted listings. Kill Bill

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Prime Video's Secret Level: A Compact, Ambitious Video Game Anthology

Secret Level, an animated anthology created by Tim Miller, adapts a wide range of video games into 15 short episodes. Prime Video had earlier success with Jonathan Nolan’s Fallout, and these concise, emotionally complex shorts follow the model Miller established with Love, Death & Robots while offering focused, self-contained

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Disney World vs. Disneyland: Life-long fan explains which is better

A lifelong fan who has visited Disney World more than 20 times and Disneyland more than 10 writes that the parks are worth every penny, even as costs rise. A one-day pass for one Disneyland park runs $104–$224, while a one-day pass for one Disney World park runs $119–

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Critical Role card game A Familiar Find launches April 7, 2026

Darrington Press announced Feb. 10 that A Familiar Find will be released on April 7, 2026. The card game sends 2 to 4 players into the paws, claws, and tentacles of familiars as they gather rare spell ingredients for powerful spellcasters. Games run 30 to 40 minutes and feature 10

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Greyhound Remains One of Apple TV’s Longest-Running Hits

Tom Hanks’ naval World War II thriller Greyhound has quietly become one of Apple TV’s most successful films. Originally set for a June 2020 theatrical release from Sony, the studio ultimately offloaded the picture to Apple TV for a reported $70 million when the pandemic intervened. The film has

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13 Transcendent Beatles Covers by Black Musicians

Who is the only performer to receive a separate guest credit on the label of a Beatles single? Billy Preston — credited on the 1969 “Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down” single as “The Beatles With Billy Preston” — comes to mind first. A revisit to Preston’s work, prompted by

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Jones Road debuts easy eyeshadow sticks and En Route perfume

Jones Road has introduced its first eyeshadow sticks, offered in nine universally flattering neutral shades. The creamy formula delivers a sparkle-free, velvety finish with colors ranging from bone to smoky brown, and the sticks layer well with Just a Sec, the brand’s luminous cushiony pot shadows. Highly pigmented yet

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She‑Ra reboot at risk of becoming lost media

When She‑Ra and the Princesses of Power ended in May 2020, Adora and Catra finally got their happy ending. Now the Netflix reboot, long celebrated as a milestone of queer storytelling, is set to leave the service on February 21 and will no longer be available to stream; with

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Orlando Bloom spotted leaving Super Bowl with Swiss model

Orlando Bloom, 49, and Swiss model Luisa Laemmel, 28, were seen leaving the Super Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara arm-in-arm on Sunday night. Bloom kept a low profile, wearing a black cap for most of the footage. Laemmel dressed down in a white T-shirt, baggy khaki

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Mewgenics rockets to No.1 on Steam, developers recoup budget in 3 hours

Mewgenics, the cat-breeding tactics game from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, released on Steam today and instantly shot up the charts. It's the number one global top seller on Steam, beating out Counter-Strike 2, PUGB, Helldivers 2, and Arc Raiders. "We have made back our development budget

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Gabor Boritt, Refugee Who Became Expert on Lincoln, Dies at 86

Gabor S. Boritt, who survived the Holocaust and Communist rule in Hungary, arrived in New York as a penniless refugee in 1957 and became one of the world’s pre-eminent scholars on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. He died on Feb. 2 in Chambersburg, Pa., near Gettysburg College, where

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Shorter TV Episodes Are Becoming a Smarter Trend

One of the chief criticisms of contemporary television is that it has pushed toward cinema, with episodes that often run feature-length. By contrast, 30-minute episodes have stood out lately: Wonder Man and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms have earned some of the best reviews their networks have seen. Both

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The Mummy 4 to Hit Theaters May 19, 2028

Universal Pictures has set a May 19, 2028 release date for The Mummy 4 and confirmed that Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will return. The sequel will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a script by David Coggeshall. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett bring franchise experience, having directed Ready

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Stevie Nicks' 'Edge of Seventeen' Was Shaped by Grief and a Southern Phrase

The title "Edge of Seventeen" came from a conversation with Tom Petty’s first wife, Jane. She said the couple met "at the age of seventeen," but her thick Southern accent made it sound like "edge of seventeen," and Nicks liked the phrase enough

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How Final Destination 3's bold choice reshaped the franchise

Final Destination 3 isn’t usually named the franchise’s best; that honor often goes to the original or the sequel for its highway opener. Still, the third film became a fan favorite, moving at a rollercoaster pace and leaning into inventive kills, dark humor, and crowd-pleasing energy. It also

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The Orville's Isaac inspired SAM in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Starfleet Academy, set in Star Trek's 32nd century, leans into the franchise's 60th anniversary with abundant callbacks to past projects. Among those nods is a striking acknowledgement of a beloved non-canon series: Seth MacFarlane's The Orville. Kerrice Brooks' SAM is the show'

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Sydney Sweeney’s The Housemaid Hits $350 Million, Tops Digital Charts

Sydney Sweeney has staged a comeback after a yearlong slump. At the end of 2023 she headlined and co-produced Anyone But You, which grossed more than $230 million worldwide, and she repeated the feat exactly two years later with The Housemaid, a psychological thriller that recently moved from theaters to

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Bad Bunny's Zara Super Bowl shirt appears on resale sites, fetching high prices

Shirts inspired by Bad Bunny's Super Bowl outfit have popped up on resale platforms such as eBay and Vinted in the days after his Super Bowl LX performance. The pieces mirror a Zara-designed ensemble the Puerto Rican singer wore during the show. Several listings include a thank-you card

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Highguard's animated lore fills the gap left by Apex Legends

Highguard’s rocky launch has eased into steady improvement: its default 3v3 raid mode felt slow to long-time Apex Legends players, but an experimental 5v5 mode — made permanent after player feedback — introduced a more chaotic pace that resonated with the community. Last week Wildlight released a five-minute animated short called

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'The Mist': Mike Flanagan To Direct New Stephen King Adaptation

Mike Flanagan has become the go-to filmmaker for new Stephen King adaptations. Rather than moving next to the Amazon MGM Studios' Dark Tower series, he will direct a new movie version of The Mist for Warner Bros. Pictures. Flanagan will follow his Carrie TV series with a remake of

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The Mummy 4 Gets May 19, 2028 Release Date; Fraser and Weisz Return

Fans of The Mummy rejoiced when Universal announced last year that Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz would return for a new entry in the franchise. The studio has now set a release date: May 19, 2028. The film will be directed by the filmmaking collective Radio Silence, who previously worked

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Mewgenics breeding tips to create the best cat army

Breeding is one of the main loops in Mewgenics: cats in the same room can mate at the end of each day and produce one or sometimes two kittens, which need a day to mature before they can go on runs. With only one room at the start, inbreeding and

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow is coming to Netflix

A filmed performance of the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow is set to be released on Netflix. Filming is expected to take place from Feb. 10 to 14, and there is no set release date yet. The First Shadow is a prequel that debuted on London’s West

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Philippe Gaulier’s 'embrace the ridiculous' lesson for theatre and comedy

When theatre-makers weighed their training options, École Philippe Gaulier stood apart as the place to learn to perform with the whole heart: shared innocence, play and what the school called a kind of transcendent idiocy. Students returned armed with a suite of techniques about clowning and much more, and some

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow to Stream on Netflix

Netflix plans to debut Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a professional recording of the Broadway play, on its streaming service. Many viewers were left disappointed by the series finale because it did not fully explore Vecna’s origins. The stage production has revealed much about Henry Creel’s tragic past,