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Tim Dowling: I’m on an ebiking holiday in Romania. There will be blood

I’m on a plane, in the middle seat between my wife – on the aisle – and a stranger who is occupied on her phone. My wife, a nervous flyer, is in a restless mood; she snatches my laptop and begins typing. At the bottom of the screen, under the half-completed

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Tom Cruise’s Collateral Is Streaming Free on Pluto

Michael Mann’s 120-minute crime thriller Collateral is streaming for free on Pluto this month. The film follows Max, a cab driver whose night goes awry when he picks up Vincent, a contract killer who forces him to drive from target to target across Los Angeles. Tom Cruise stars as

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Dua Lipa kicks off wedding weekend in white leather and feathers

Dua Lipa arrived in Palermo to begin wedding festivities wearing a custom white woven leather Bottega Veneta gown by Louise Trotter. The backless halter was made in the house’s Intrecciato weaving technique and fell into a dramatic fringed skirt with fluttering feathers; she carried a matching Andiamo clutch trimmed

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James Handy’s girlfriend says accused killer had schizophrenia, stopped meds

Wendy Gledhill told TMZ that her son, Michael Gledhill, who has been accused of stabbing James Handy two days earlier, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in July 2025 and prescribed medication. She said she learned he had stopped taking the medicine a week before the fatal stabbing outside Handy'

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I feared Control Resonant wouldn't feel like Control — then I got lost

Remedy is taking a big swing with Control Resonant, ditching the familiar primary pistols in favor of a character action approach. It leans on hot‑swappable weapons, combos, air juggles, and a lot of skill trees; Dylan Faden's melee moveset, powered by a shapeshifting staff called the Aberrant,

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Control Resonant preview: Remedy pivots to hack-and-slash action

Remedy Entertainment’s sequel, Control Resonant, shifts sharply from the telekinetic third-person shooter of 2019 to a hack-and-slash action game. The playable hero is new: Dylan Faden awakens as a living weapon shaped by the Federal Bureau of Control and sets out to find his sister Jesse, while The Oldest

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Amanda Batula caught spitting into West Wilson's mouth in Sicily

A video shared on Deuxmoi shows Amanda Batula spitting into West Wilson's mouth while the pair dined at an outdoor restaurant in Taormina, Sicily. In the clip Wilson can be seen opening his mouth as Batula leans in. Wilson wore a black baseball cap and a navy button-down,

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That's No Moon's Crossfire is a singleplayer stealth-forward shooter

Los Angeles studio That's No Moon unveiled Crossfire, a surprising departure from the name's history. Backed by Smilegate yet staffed by developers who cut their teeth at Naughty Dog, the studio has built a singleplayer, third-person, stealth-forward tactical shooter. The game centers on Layla Qassem, voiced

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Stranger Than Heaven adds Tupac to cast, launches January 2027

Stranger Than Heaven is an upcoming action-adventure from Sega and RGG Studio that ties into the Yakuza series. A trailer shown at Summer Game Fest revealed a January 2027 release and ended with a shot of rapper Tupac in the game. Tupac Shakur died in 1996 at age 25 and

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Tracker Loses Most-Watched TV Show Crown to Taylor Sheridan Spin-off

Tracker had become network television’s most-watched broadcast series, drawing between 10 and 18 million viewers per episode and later registering 16.4 million in Nielsen’s 35-day multiplatform ranker. That lead has shifted: Taylor Sheridan’s Marshals logged 20.7 million viewers in the same ranking and now sits

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Which Horror Villain Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving?

Horror Survival Quiz — Five killers. Five completely different ways to die — if you're not smart enough, fast enough, or self-aware enough to avoid it. Only one of them is the villain your particular set of instincts gives you a fighting chance against. Eight questions will figure out which

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Blind date: Theo and Laurine

Laurine and Theo met for a Blind Date dinner at Rossella in London NW5. Laurine had hoped for love, or at least someone new, great conversation, a free dinner and a feature in the column; Theo wanted a date with someone he would never choose and for something to have

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin is Platinum's next action game

Skydance unveiled a new development arm, Paramount Games Studio, and revealed its first project: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin. PlatinumGames will develop the title. The Last Ronin is set in a future New York ruled by the grandson of Shredder, where a lone turtle seeks to avenge the

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The Wayans Brothers Return for Scary Movie 6, 26 Years Later

Twenty-six years after the original Scary Movie, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are back with Scary Movie 6, which opened in theaters on June 5, 2026. The brothers built their careers on In Living Color and the sitcom The Wayans Bros., and they later co-wrote the 2004 comedy White Chicks with

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Amy Adams' Breakout in Junebug Still Stands Out

Amy Adams has amassed six Academy Award nominations but has not yet won, and her 2005 breakthrough in Junebug remains a defining early performance. That role introduced many of the qualities—comic timing, emotional depth and a scene-stealing presence—that would come to define her career. Directed by Phil Morrison,

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'Scary Movie' found its new star — and he's a NYC waiter

Be sure to tip your waiter at least 20% — and then tell him he was very funny in “Scary Movie.” After New York audiences check out the sixth film in the long-running horror spoof franchise, they can head to Cecchi’s restaurant in the West Village where one of its

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Mafia: The Old Country gets Man of Honor DLC on August 14

Mafia: The Old Country will receive a $10 expansion called Man of Honor on August 14. The DLC inserts two new story chapters into the middle of the base game and adds new content for Free Ride mode, totaling a few extra hours of play. The chapters are set in

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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Runtime Potentially Revealed

Two theater chains have listed a potential runtime for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Shaw Theatres in Singapore and Cineworld in London both show the film at 2 hours and 30 minutes (150 minutes). If that runtime holds, it would be the MCU's longest movie since Black Panther: Wakanda

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Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong In Most?

Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one. The quiz's eight questions ask about

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Sarah Michelle Gellar and co-stars mourn Anthony Head

Anthony Head, best known as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died suddenly at 72. His daughters, Emily and Daisy, said he “died peacefully of complications due to pneumonia” and added that being his children was “an honor and a privilege,” noting that his “legacy will live on.” Sarah

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Bandai Namco pits Gundams against kaiju in 2027

At Summer Game Fest, Bandai Namco revealed Gundam Rogue Orbit, an action game that pits mobile suits against a meatier class of enemy: kaiju. The brief announcement trailer shows familiar Gundam beats — a hapless grunt suit hopelessly outmatched, a white robot with a V-fin, and the sense of dashed hopes

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Among Us creator says Paramount shadow-dropped show to surprise viewers

A new animated TV adaptation of Among Us shadow-dropped on Paramount Plus after being announced live at Summer Game Fest, where voice stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Liv Hewson revealed the news and treated fans to the first official trailer. Creator Owen Dennis defended the surprise release, saying, "People

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Anthony Stewart Head, Buffy’s Giles, Has Died at 72

Anthony Head, best known as Giles in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, has died at age 72. His daughters said “it is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father,” and that he “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.

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Toy Story 5 Reveals Jessie's Original Owner Emily in New Clip

Toy Story 5 arrives in theaters on June 19, 2026, and sets the classic toys against a wave of modern electronics in a Toys vs. Tech story. New high-tech characters include a tablet called Lilypad and an interactive potty-training toy named Smarty Pants. Jessie takes a central role this time.

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Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? Ten Questions

A Middle-earth quiz asks ten questions to reveal which Lord of the Rings character you are. The questions touch on responsibility, loyalty, power, home, battle, advice, self‑view, your relationship with the natural world, how you treat a wretched creature, and what you hope people will say when the quest