Culture 8 Psychological Thrillers Nominated for Best Picture, Ranked Psychological thrillers turn the familiar into something unsettling, blurring the line between delusion and reality. When the Academy acknowledges these films with Best Picture nominations, it underlines how the genre can yield some of cinema’s most compelling work rather than merely offering cheap scares. Martin Scorsese’s The Departed
Culture Ron Howard, Emma Rice, Neil Tennant and more on Liza Minnelli Several friends and collaborators recall Liza Minnelli’s mix of showmanship and warmth. Ron Howard says he first met her in 1963 on The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, when he was seven and she taught him card tricks; they crossed paths again on Arrested Development, where he marvelled at
Culture The sultriest Oscars dresses of all time Celebrities often save their most glamorous gowns for the Oscars, which mark the grand finale of awards season. The red carpet has also delivered plenty of plunging necklines, hip-high slits and scandalous see-through numbers over the years. Below are some of the sultriest Academy Awards looks of all time. Halle
Culture Marathon's Outpost is an extraction map masterclass Marathon’s starter Perimeter map doesn’t make the strongest first impression: it has a lot of dead space and relatively simple points of interest, which helps explain why some players bounced during the Server Slam. Dire Marsh, the second map you unlock, tightens things up with denser POIs and
Culture Gore Verbinski calls Elon Musk 'a traitor' over AI movie spat Gore Verbinski’s new sci-fi comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is openly anti-AI: Sam Rockwell’s character travels from the future to stop a sentient AI system from enslaving humanity. The spat began after X went down for about an hour on Jan. 16. When it returned,
Culture Prime Video's Scarpetta: Where You Recognize the Cast Scarpetta arrives on Amazon Prime Video on March 11, 2026. Developed by Liz Sarnoff from Patricia Cornwell's bestselling novels, the crime drama received an eight-episode, single-season order with renewal tied to its performance. The title character, inspired by retired Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro, M.D.
Culture Will Smith’s $585M Sci‑Fi Hit I Am Legend Surges on Streaming Will Smith’s 2007 sci-fi film I Am Legend has seen a surge on streaming, reappearing among the most-watched titles on the domestic iTunes charts, according to FlixPatrol. Directed by Francis Lawrence and based on a book by Richard Matheson, the movie grossed $585 million worldwide against a reported $150
Culture Every pizza card in Magic's TMNT set, ranked Magic: The Gathering’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set, released worldwide on March 6, leans heavily into the Turtles’ pizza obsession. Wizards of the Coast even produced a Pizza Bundle that includes a cardboard slice topped with gummy worms; the cardboard inset underneath is tainted with grease and crumbs.
Culture ABC's R.J. Decker Posts Record Debut, Challenges High Potential ABC introduced a new detective series on March 3, 2026, that is already positioning itself as a rival to High Potential, which was the network's most-watched series in 2025 and has Season 3 on the way. The two shows now share the same Tuesday night block, reflecting their
Culture How sync music became the soundtrack to our lives A song used on Love Island — “Love’s a War,” by Hendric Buenck — resisted identification on streaming services, a mystery that led to a broader realization: the same kind of music was turning up everywhere. Once noticed, it popped up behind YouTube videos, TikTok tutorials, commercials and podcasts, so commonly
Culture Clair Obscur studio seeks 'fair solution' in dispute with comic artist Sandfall Interactive publicly replied after Olivier Gay, creator of the comic L'Académie Clair-Obscur, said the studio’s lawyers had contacted him and demanded he stop selling the book. Gay wrote on X that he pitched the book to publisher Drakoo in 2019 and holds a contract dated several
Culture Pokémon Go Pokopia Celebration event guide Pokémon Go is holding a Pokopia Celebration event from March 10–16. The event debuts two costumed Dittos: one wearing a white hat with yellow details and one in a white hat with blue details. Costumed Ditto can be shiny. During the event Ditto will disguise itself as specific Pokémon
Culture Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die Is Now Streaming Digitally Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is now available to stream at home. Led by Oscar winner Sam Rockwell, the sci-fi comedy mixes a high-stakes mission to save the world with snappy flashbacks about the unlikely heroes recruited for the effort. Rockwell plays a nameless man from the
Culture Fackham Hall Tops HBO Max After Modest Theatrical Run Fackham Hall has climbed to the top of the domestic HBO Max chart, with FlixPatrol listing it as the platform's number one movie. The film opened in theaters on December 5, 2025, grossed around $2 million and earned mostly positive notices; it now holds a "Certified Fresh&
Culture Paulina Porizkova says new Double Wear foundation gives mature skin 'hope' Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, known for her candid takes on aging and beauty, tested Estée Lauder’s newly reformulated Double Wear foundation in an Instagram post. She said the old formula had been “too dry, too matte” for her older skin and expressed cautious excitement about the new version. For a
Culture War Machine 2 is basically confirmed. Here's why we don't need a sequel. War Machine, directed by Patrick Hughes for Netflix, plays like a modern interpretation of Predator: Alan Ritchson carries the film while most other characters feel disposable, the aliens never actually appear on screen, and the visible threat is a robotic, weaponized spaceship. The story follows Ritchson’s character, known only
Culture Netflix's 'Castlevania' Is a Better Fantasy Adaptation Than 'The Witcher' Netflix has produced several high-profile series that failed to meet expectations, and The Witcher is often singled out. Built from Andrzej Sapkowski's novels and CD Projekt Red's games, it was pitched as Netflix's answer to Game of Thrones but began taking on water after
Culture Netflix’s 6-Episode Thriller 'Bodyguard' Is Still the Perfect Binge If you're looking for the best thriller on Netflix right now, you really should stop scrolling past Bodyguard. The six-episode BBC series is leaner, meaner, and more emotionally compelling than anything the algorithm is currently pushing at you. Created by Jed Mercurio, Bodyguard follows David Budd (Richard Madden)
Culture Valerie Bertinelli says 'I love you' were her final words to Eddie Van Halen Valerie Bertinelli says she and Eddie Van Halen shared a tender moment on the guitarist’s deathbed. 'My final words to him when he was taking his last breath in the hospital were, 'I love you,' the actress, 65, writes in her newly released memoir, Getting Naked:
Culture Who is Roger’s son? Netflix’s One Piece season 2 hints Luffy The second season of Netflix’s live-action One Piece opens with a surprising scene: twenty-two years before the show’s events, Vice Admiral Garp visits Pirate King Gold Roger in a Loguetown cell and is asked to look after Roger’s son, who is never named on screen. That early
Culture Quentin Tarantino Responds to Rosanna Arquette's N-Word Criticism Rosanna Arquette, who played Jody in Pulp Fiction, praised the film as "iconic, a great film on a lot of levels" but said she is "over the use of the N-word," calling Tarantino's perceived "hall pass" to use the slur "not
Culture 10 Most Perfect Movies of the Last 10 Years, Ranked A lot of films, even big ones, fade with the year’s hype. These ten don’t. Each leaves a rush of certainty: the choices make sense, the tone holds, performances feel lived-in, and the final beat lands without cheating. Parasite makes you care about the Kims as a unit
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Culture Dispatch boosts success percentages in the player's favor When Firaxis's XCOM remake came out a constant complaint in the comments was that its random number generator was clearly cheating against players. As we later learned, the XCOM games do massage the math, but they do it in favor of the player—especially on lower difficulties. True
Culture Society of Authors launches logo to identify human-written books The Society of Authors has launched a scheme to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books. The initiative, the first of its kind from a UK trade association, lets authors register their books and download a “Human Authored” logo to display on the
