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Prime Video’s 15-Part Sci-Fi Western Is Winning Over ‘Yellowstone’ Fans

It’s been almost 20 years since Josh Brolin was nominated for his first and only Oscar for Milk, yet his career has remained busy. He earned global attention for his commanding villainous turn as Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, and just last year he starred in the

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Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached are underrated rom-coms

In 2011 two similar romantic comedies about friends who start hooking up and then fall in love opened six months apart: No Strings Attached on January 21, starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, and Friends with Benefits on July 22, starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. Each film even features

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Nick Cave Couches His Critique in Dazzle

A 70-foot table stretches almost the length of a gallery in "Mammoth," the installation that opens Feb. 13 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It is scattered with more than 300 translucent trivets beaded in Lite‑Brite colors; 193 faux fruits and vegetables, bejeweled; 109 wooden canes, 40

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Henry Cavill’s Highlander Reboot Shares New Set Images with Dave Bautista

Henry Cavill is best known for playing Superman in Zack Snyder’s DCEU, but his post-Man of Steel career has mixed wins and losses. His most recent feature, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a WWII action thriller from Guy Ritchie co-starring Alan Ritchson, was an unexpected box-office flop. The pair

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Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly circling adaptation of 'Strangers' memoir

Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow is said to be circling a film adaptation of Belle Burden’s Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, a memoir that has become one of Hollywood’s most talked-about books since its release. The book grew out of an essay Burden wrote for The New York Times’ Modern

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15 Shows To Watch if You Love 'The Boys'

Created by Eric Kripke and adapted from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic, Prime Video's The Boys is a sharp superhero satire. It skewers superheroes, Hollywood, politics and modern American society with dark humor, graphic gore and a willingness to push beyond what's considered

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Kangaroo Island fossils inspire new stamp series

Prehistoric fossils from Kangaroo Island have been reimagined as colourful sea creatures for a new stamp series. Dr Peter Trusler used the latest research on the 512m-year-old fossils to create detailed illustrations, which Australia Post has released as Creatures of the Palaeozoic. The Palaeozoic era was part of the Cambrian

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Comedian Jordan Carlos shares his six favorite books

Comedian Jordan Carlos says he’s drawn to lesser-known works by famous authors, even as he feels “life’s too short for anything but the classics.” His new book, Choreplay, is out now. He looks for what he calls an author’s “B” sides — books that don’t announce themselves

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Best Mewgenics classes and how to unlock all collars

Mewgenics can be brutal on your troupe: genetic mutations, permanent injuries and battlefield losses are common, but you can control your cats' classes through collars. There are 13 classes in total and you can bring up to four per run; upgrades and items further shape each role. The four

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The 10 Greatest R-Rated Animated Masterpieces, Ranked

Animation is often seen as kid-friendly, yet a notable number of films aim squarely at adult viewers. The rare R-rated animated picture signals mature themes, whether it leans into raunchy comedy or confronts painful, emotional material, and it can showcase animation as a serious cinematic artform. Some titles use the

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Mistakes I made visiting Vietnam for the first time

I spent almost three weeks traveling through Vietnam and loved the landscapes, food, and friendly people, but I also made a handful of mistakes that could have been avoided with a bit more planning. I didn’t learn enough about local customs before I left. I didn’t realize pointing

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How to kill Vox Engines in Helldivers 2

Vox Engines are the heaviest new Automaton enemy in Helldivers 2: rolling arsenals of lasers, miniguns and rocket barrages that feel very tanky, especially to conventional explosives, orbitals and airstrikes. Their definite weak point is the underbelly. Run under a Vox Engine between its two sets of tracks to find

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Arc Raiders Shared Watch event details and rewards

Embark Studios has enabled the Shared Watch event in Arc Raiders from Tuesday, Feb. 10 until Tuesday, Feb. 24. It is the first time the studio has added anything solely PvE-focused to the extraction shooter, and the event applies to every visit topside. PvP remains possible, but it won’t

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Netflix's One Piece Season 2 Trailer Highlights Grand Line and New Straw Hats

Netflix has been building up the second season of its live-action adaptation of One Piece with creative marketing, culminating in a new trailer for the upcoming episodes. The first season, released in 2023, earned positive reviews and strong viewership, and demonstrated there is an audience for carefully handled live-action manga

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Tom Hanks’ 10 Best Pre-Oscar Comedies

Ever since his first Oscar win for playing an AIDS patient in Philadelphia, Tom Hanks has become deeply embedded in culture as one of America’s finest actors. His everyman quality and the trust he instills in audiences led to career-defining roles ranging from socially inept protagonists to real-life heroes.

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Broadway’s Great Imitators, Now on TikTok

TikTok has become a new home for songs and dances from Broadway and beyond. Fans recreate big numbers step for step in bursts of 30 seconds or so, putting their bodies into the scene and turning the app into a theater of its own. Take “Splish Splash,” from Just in

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Quentin Tarantino Returns to Acting in Only What We Carry

Quentin Tarantino has returned to acting in the drama Only What We Carry, which has released its first official look. The project, written and directed by Jamie Adams, stars Simon Pegg and Sofia Boutella. The last time Tarantino took a major part was 30 years ago as Richie Gecko in

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Probe: Isaac Asimov’s 1980s sci‑fi that was ahead of its time

Some television series are inseparable from the decade that produced them; others feel timeless. Probe, a late-1980s sci‑fi procedural, belonged to a third group — a show that seemed to arrive decades early and was canceled after only eight episodes. Created by Michael Wagner and Isaac Asimov, Probe opens with

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Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall React to The ‘Burbs Finale Reveal

On June 12, 2025, a small group of outlets visited the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot to see Peacock’s The ‘Burbs, a modern eight-episode whodunnit inspired by Joe Dante’s 1989 film. Keke Palmer, who also serves as an executive producer, and Jack Whitehall star as Samira and Rob

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Romeo Is a Dead Man review: terrifying, strange sci‑fi action

Romeo Is a Dead Man is an action-adventure from Grasshopper Manufacture that blends ultra-violent third-person gunplay with frequent stylistic and narrative twists. You play Romeo, a semi-living FBI Space Agent who literally wears his grandpa on the back of his jacket, fighting mutants and "rotters" through shopping malls

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A 40-capacity venue in Barrow draws bold experimental musicians

Barrow-in-Furness sits on a windswept hook of Cumbrian coastline, an industrial town known for 140 years of submarine building. The corrugated peaks of BAE Systems’ Dock Hall dominate the skyline and roughly a third of working-age locals are employed in its complex. Against that militarised backdrop, Full of Noises is

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Alix Earle defends 'undeserved' Super Bowl halftime cameo

Alix Earle pushed back after critics questioned her cameo in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. She had posted a behind-the-scenes look on Monday from “the casita” on Levi’s Stadium field, and some TikTok followers called her inclusion “unbelievable and undeserved,” with one writing, 'You’ve never

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It took about 5 years for people to start liking New Vegas, says Josh Sawyer

Josh Sawyer, studio design director at Obsidian, says it took about five years for people to begin appreciating Fallout: New Vegas, and even longer for the studio to realise that players liked the design choices they had made. Sawyer has been clear that the game’s launch was rocky: "

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Mario Tennis Fever review: Mario Kart power-ups reinvent a sports classic

Camelot’s new Mario Tennis Fever for the Switch 2 pairs a more fleshed-out Adventure mode with a bold dose of power-ups — the Fever rackets — that reshape how the series plays. Adventure returns but often feels like an obligation in the long shadow of the GBA classics. The Fever rackets,

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Breath of the Wild's unused potential inspired Tears of the Kingdom

When Breath of the Wild launched, its focus on player creativity revealed untapped possibilities, and the team moved to expand that approach in Tears of the Kingdom. Producer Eiji Aonuma said watching what players did with the original confirmed the direction. "After we released the game and saw what