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Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

A Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz asks: Which Sci‑Fi world would you survive? It lays out five universes — The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, and Star Wars — and offers eight questions designed to match your instincts to a setting. Questions probe how you react when things go wrong, which

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Jennifer Aniston recalls Brad Pitt's 'Friends' cameo

Jennifer Aniston made a rare comment about her ex-husband Brad Pitt’s "Friends" cameo during a Variety "Actors on Actors" appearance with Lisa Kudrow. Kudrow said, "When Brad was on, that was hilarious," and Aniston replied, "I know. How funny." She then

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After 26 years, Josh Sawyer still wants a better armor system

Josh Sawyer, Obsidian's design director and an RPG developer since the early augs, has spent more than 25 years making games. A longtime Darklands enthusiast, he has cited that 1992 RPG as a major influence on his 2022 game Pentiment and has discussed it often on his reinvigorated

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From castles to wonderfully weird Portmeirion on Wales’s north-west coast

From the graveyard of St Michael’s in Ynys the view was striking: the Italianate oddity of Portmeirion across the estuary, the rippling peaks of Eryri (Snowdonia) beyond, and the tidal island of Ynys Gifftan sitting in the River Dwyryd. I’d come to explore this part of Gwynedd by

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Faye awakens in the Everywhen in God of War Laufey’s 20‑minute trailer

The new God of War spin-off opened with more than 20 minutes of footage showing Faye waking after her cremation into an unfamiliar realm. She recognizes her burned clothes and laments not saying goodbye to Kratos and Atreus, implying her death was sudden; Deborah Ann Woll reprises the role. Early

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Every Must-See Movie Streaming in June 2026

Summer brings a heavy slate of films to streaming, and this June the major services deliver an expansive mix for at-home viewing. Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+, HBO Max, Disney+ and Hulu all add notable titles throughout the month. The roundup pairs classic favorites with more recent hits: Peacock’s

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Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?

Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz — Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars. Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Eight questions figure out which world fits your instincts. They ask how you react

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SNL UK’s Larry Dean: ‘That heckle was so harsh it left my heart pounding!’

Behind the scenes, SNL UK is genuinely a combination of mayhem and meticulous organisation. Making a show from scratch from Monday to Saturday is chaotic, but they’ve got the best of the best in the crew — the wardrobe people, the camera crew, the set designers — and, he says, there

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Ascension: Lord of the Rings kicks off crowdfunding in July

Justin Gary, a former Magic: The Gathering pro who created the deckbuilding game Ascension in 2011, is taking the game into Middle-earth. After 17 sets in Ascension’s original world of Vigil, Stoneblade Entertainment will launch a licensed Lord of the Rings set that will crowdfund on Gamefound starting in

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Apple TV's Remake of a Classic Martin Scorsese Thriller Releases This Week

For the first time since the 1970s — when Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore became the sitcom Alice — a Martin Scorsese film has been adapted for television. The new psychological thriller, drawing on Scorsese's 1991 movie, the novel The Executioners and the 1962 version, stars Javier Bardem

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Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz: Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? Five universes — The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, Star Wars — offer different ways the future went wrong. Eight questions determine which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland your instincts were built for. The quiz asks whether your first instinct

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Colman Domingo Calls Spielberg’s Disclosure Day ‘One of the Most Hopeful’

Steven Spielberg’s return to science fiction arrives this month with Universal Pictures’ Disclosure Day, and Colman Domingo has been talking about the mysterious alien thriller during a guest appearance on Seen on the Screen and Fandango. Domingo said he "was weeping" as he read the script and

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Inside Nolita's Café Mulberry, a discreet hotspot for stars

Café Mulberry is a cozy French restaurant in Nolita that has quietly become an escape for high‑profile figures such as Rita Ora, Jason Momoa and Ed Sheeran. Co‑owners Justin Sievers and Leo Jacob say they aimed to create a discreet, intimate place where guests feel safe and can

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I'm leaving to drink heavily and repair cheap cars in Poland

Cheap Car Repair takes place in an anonymous Polish village in the mid-to-late '90s, casting you as a mechanic who cuts corners, pockets parts, blasts Slavic pop and consumes vodka by the litre. It plays as a comedic take on doing repairs as sloppily as possible without driving customers

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God of War Laufey has already become a culture war disaster

PlayStation closed its June 2026 State of Play showcase with 20 minutes of gameplay for the next God of War game, God of War Laufey. It looks, to put it scientifically, cool AF. It has also immediately become a culture war disaster. God of War Laufey is a spinoff of

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Everything We Know About Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a full remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 by Flying Wild Hog with assistance from Crystal Dynamics. While it revisits Lara Croft’s first adventure, the game will alter puzzles, combat and platforming rather than offer a strict

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'The Vampire Lestat' Lands Rare Rotten Tomatoes Score Ahead of Premiere

AMC rebranded Interview With the Vampire as The Vampire Lestat and, ahead of its Jun. 7 debut, the series has landed a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 early reviews. That continues a rare franchise streak: the first season scored 98% and the second settled at 94%. The

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It's Officially the End of an Era for Taylor Sheridan's 'Tulsa King' After a Major Change

Your Fate Has Been Calculated. You'd Survive In… Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. The Matrix: You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You're a systems thinker who can't help

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How to turn spent coffee grounds into barbecue sauce

My cooking rests on three pillars — pleasure, people and planet — and I try to balance all three to create meals that are both delicious and nourishing. That idea gives the title to my book Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet. Today’s recipe comes from one of the tastiest in

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50 Years Later, the 'Rocky' Franchise Is Streaming on Netflix

Netflix has added the entire Rocky franchise to its June update. All nine films are now available: Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), Creed (2015), Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023). Fifty years after the original, the series

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Sheridan Has Spoken: You Belong In…

A ten-question quiz places you in one of four Taylor Sheridan worlds — Yellowstone, Landman, Tulsa King, or Mayor of Kingstown — described as "brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival." Questions probe where your power comes from, who you put first, how you respond

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Twins in a spin at the great British seaside: Sophie Green’s best photograph

The British seaside has a distinctive look: bingo halls, buckets and spades, pinwheels and the vivid colours of funfairs. Sophie Green calls these places visually super‑charged and maximalist, and links them to childhood memory—her grandpa lived in Pembrokeshire, and visits as a child gave the beach a sense

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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis reimagines the original with new surprises

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a complete remake of Lara Croft's first adventure and is due to arrive in February 2027. Michael Lovan, global head of content and community at Amazon Game Studios, says: "This is the adventure fans remember: reimagined in ways that weren’t

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God Of War Laufey May Answer One Of The Series’ Strangest Mysteries

God of War Laufey is the next entry in Santa Monica Studio’s series, but this time you play as Kratos’ late wife Faye. The story runs alongside the 2018 reboot, sending Faye through an Everwhen afterlife of gods from different mythologies as she tries to aid her husband and

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Anya Taylor-Joy Flees the Law in Trailer for Apple TV Series Lucky

Apple TV has released a new trailer for Lucky, a crime thriller led by Anya Taylor-Joy. She plays Lucky Armstrong, an accomplished con artist forced to flee after a multi-million-dollar heist goes sideways. The series is based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel and premieres with its first two episodes