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Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

A quiz frames five action legends — Rambo, James Bond, Indiana Jones, John McClane and Ethan Hunt — as potential partners and asks which one would be your perfect fit. It pitches five very different approaches to getting out alive: with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with an intricate

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How to Get Tickets for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in IMAX

Christopher Nolan has mounted a new screen version of Homer's The Odyssey, the first of the epic to be presented in IMAX. The film was shot entirely with IMAX film technology and stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, with Anne Hathaway as Penelope and Tom Holland as Telemachus. The

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Forza Horizon 6’s latest challenge has turned Tokyo’s busiest junction into pure chaos

A couple of weeks ago the Forza Horizon 6 festival playlist began, adding new challenges across the game's open-world version of Japan. One of the latest tasks, available until Wednesday, June 10, asks players to earn three “awesome” drift or e-drift skills at Shibuya Crossing in the heart

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Pragmata team feared breaking Capcom's winning run

Capcom has been on a hot streak, producing consecutive years of strong releases and record sales. After entries such as Resident Evil Requiem and Monster Hunter Stories 3 in 2026, the creators of Pragmata felt the pressure. Yonghee Cho, making his directorial debut, says, "It's my debut

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Anna Faris Says MAGA Joke Was Cut From Scary Movie

Anna Faris said a joke meant to satirize right-wing conservatives was left out of the new Scary Movie. She described the bit as leaning into post‑COVID conspiracy trends by portraying Cindy Campbell as a "quarantined, lonely person." Faris outlined the discarded scene in some detail: Cindy gets

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The Simpsons releases new animated short tied to Monopoly Go

The Simpsons has released a new animated short just under four minutes long that ties the show to the Monopoly Go! mobile game. It pairs Mr. Burns (Harry Shearer) with Mr. Monopoly, voiced by Will Ferrell, as the two compete over who wears their wealth with more style, hinting at

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Tom Holland on shooting The Odyssey entirely in IMAX

Tom Holland has built a varied film career, from more than a decade as Spider-Man to work with directors including Ron Howard and James Gray. He turned 30 a few days ago and this summer joins Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey as Telemachus, son of Odysseus (Matt Damon). On the

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Bigfoot, 'slutfluencers' and a Bowie-powered gay fantasia

Roleplay producer Francesca Moody, who has a sure touch for spotting fringe hits such as Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, presents a new work by Australia’s Hannah Reilly about a feminist podcaster who becomes an online 'slutfluencer' to earn easy money — and discovers there is a price to

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'90 Day Fiancé': Mido threatens to leave Debby after blowout fight

Mido threatens to pull the plug on his relationship with Debby in an exclusive clip from Sunday’s new episode of 90 Day Fiancé. The couple clashed after Mido asked Debby to take a video of him driving a truck and she took pictures instead, which led to a blowout

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DC's Supergirl art accidentally features a Star Wars background character

DC's official Supergirl promotional art unexpectedly includes an alien that appears to be Lexo Sooger from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The image appears on a new collection in DC's online shop showcasing Bilquis Evely's artwork from Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and designs inspired

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Tom Holland brought Christopher Nolan to Marvel's Spider-Man in spirit

Marvel Studios still produces some of the biggest cinematic spectacles, with recent hits like Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and the looming Avengers: Doomsday. As the franchise grew into the highest-grossing in history, its production pipeline shifted toward flexibility over practicality, prompting the question of what a

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Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 Gives Joker a Radical New Look

Prime Video has released the first official images for Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2, confirming all 10 episodes will debut on Jul. 31, 2026. The gallery, shared exclusively by IGN, offers a first look at how Gotham's rogues have been reimagined for the show's retro, moody

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Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? This sci‑fi survival quiz uses eight questions to figure out which universe fits your instincts: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. Questions ask how you react when something is wrong, what resource you'd guard most fiercely,

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Emmys, Polk Award and other honors for the outlet

The outlet's video team picked up two wins at the 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards for The Man Who Feeds Gaza's Children and The True Cost of Mining Electric Car Battery Metals. Its work has been recognised for investigative and original reporting, creative use of

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Amazon Says It Has 'Great Relationship' With 007 First Light Devs

Amazon said it has a "great relationship" with IO Interactive and praised what the studio accomplished on 007 First Light, a game that has sold over 1.5 million copies and is earning strong reviews. The clarification follows comments from Amazon Game Studios boss Jeff Gattis, who noted

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Ice Age: Boiling Point trailer arrives for 2027 theatrical return

It has been ten years since the last Ice Age theatrical film, Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). That release came three years before Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, and the franchise briefly returned as the Disney+ spinoff The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild in 2022. The first trailer for

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James Mangold’s Forgotten Sci‑Fi Thriller Is the Perfect Weekend Binge

Zoo, produced by James Mangold in the mid-2010s, leaned into a wildly imaginative tone: kamikaze bats, wolf-organized prison breaks and giant computer-hacking octopuses all figured into its strange, attention-grabbing plotlines. Based on James Patterson’s novel—at least for its first season—the series followed a mysterious virus that made

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Wilmer Valderrama Confirms Major Casting Changes for NCIS Season 24

Wilmer Valderrama says NCIS will see major casting changes as it heads into its 24th season, telling attendees at the 2026 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival that the show’s creators listen to what fans want to see. He warned viewers to expect "a major shake-up happening"

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Solo Leveling's Japanese Print Run Ends with Final Volume

Solo Leveling's Japanese print run concludes with its final volume on June 23, 2026, nearly seven years after the series first appeared in Japan. The edition launched through Kadokawa on December 23, 2019, and will finish with Volume 25. The property began as a web novel by Chugong

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Swatter of GTA 5 actor sentenced to four years

Ned Luke, the actor who plays Michael in Grand Theft Auto 5, was swatted during a Thanksgiving livestream in 2023. He posted an Instagram message with a photo of a Department of Justice letter he said resolved the case, writing: "Don't drop the soap in the shower

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Netflix’s Devil May Cry Renewed for Third and Final Season

Netflix announced that the animated series Devil May Cry will return for a third and final season. In a press release, showrunner Adi Shankar wrote: "For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names, I have been showing you the structure the entire time. This

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National Symphony Faces Uncertain Season as Kennedy Center Plans Closure

The National Symphony Orchestra has been unable to finalize its next season without an approved budget or a secured venue. Since President Trump took over the Kennedy Center at the start of his second term, audiences have diminished, artists have canceled and key staff have departed. The center’s plan

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Alan Ritchson Stars in New Poster for Motor City

One of the buzziest action films of the year features almost no dialogue and centers on a raging Alan Ritchson seeking vengeance after being incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit. Set in 1970s Detroit, the revenge thriller will draw Reacher fans when it hits theaters later this

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2026’s Biggest Fantasy Blockbuster Officially Breaks Fandango on Ticket Sale Day

Tickets for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey went on sale today for IMAX and other premium formats, and the rush overwhelmed ticketing site Fandango. The crash occurred earlier today, and users are still having trouble selecting seats even as other parts of the site appear to

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Amy Sedaris and Jimmy Fallon Reenact Love Island Meeting

The Season 8 premiere of Love Island USA left such an impression on Jimmy Fallon that he reenacted one of the episode's moments on the June 3 episode of The Tonight Show. Love Island USA fans were transfixed by a scene of OG Islanders Aniya Harvey and Kenzie