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Which MCU Hero Are You? Take Marvel's 10‑Question Quiz

Marvel presents a personality quiz titled “Which MCU Hero Are You?” that asks you to answer 10 questions to discover which Marvel Cinematic Universe hero shares your personality, values, and fighting spirit. Six heroes are featured: Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man, Punisher, Thor, and Captain America — six heroes. One destiny. The

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CBS staff send open letter to David Ellison over 60 Minutes hire

TV professionals quickly composed an open letter to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison after CBS News boss Bari Weiss hired former Vanity Fair writer Nick Bilton to head “60 Minutes.” The letter, circulated as a Google form to gather signatures, begins: “We, the undersigned, urge you and your management team

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Baldur's Gate 2 remake reportedly in development

PC Gamer cites an anonymous source claiming Wizards of the Coast is developing a remake of Baldur's Gate 2: Shadow of Amn rather than producing a sequel to Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3. The same source says former BioWare developer and Baldur's Gate

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The Sorting Hat Awaits: Which Hogwarts House Are You?

The Sorting Hat Awaits Which Hogwarts House Are You? Gryffindor · Slytherin · Hufflepuff · Ravenclaw. Four houses. One destiny. Answer honestly and discover where you truly belong at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The quiz asks about the qualities you value most — courage, ambition, loyalty, wisdom — and poses scenarios about friendship,

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Mush, the cat who taught me about life, love and closing the cellar door

In July 2021, after a few beers on a summer evening, my flatmate, Lew, answered an internet ad. By 5pm the next day we had a kitten: a swirl of tortie-and-white fluff, with a small pink snoot and huge ears that made her look more bat than cat. We called

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Callum Turner 'in tears' as Dua Lipa walked down the aisle

Emotions were high at Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s town hall wedding in London over the weekend. Turner was 'in tears and shaky' as he watched Lipa walk down the aisle, and the pair said 'I do' in an intimate ceremony attended by a handful

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Nolan won't eclipse my favorite adaptation of The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan is my favorite working filmmaker. I saw Oppenheimer at least four times in theaters, have watched Interstellar close to 10 times on the big screen, and have seen The Dark Knight dozens of times on every display size. His films feel like events that demand a theater visit,

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Belle Aykroyd fills in for Dan at Eddie Murphy AFI tribute

Belle Aykroyd appeared in her father’s place at Eddie Murphy’s AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony more than a year after he skipped “SNL 50.” The event premiered on Netflix Sunday. “My father wanted to be here, planned to be here, wrote these remarks, and then life got in

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How the Bluetones made Slight Return

The Bluetones began as a three-piece—Mark Morriss, Adam Devlin and Scott—still honing a west-coast, mid-60s Crosby, Stills & Nash sound when they wrote Slight Return. Scott supplied the chord progressions and structure, recording onto cassette and overdubbing himself in a rudimentary four-tracking method; the band liked the result

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Hunter x Hunter confirms return with new manga volume and chapters

Volume 39 of Hunter x Hunter is set to be released in Japan on July 3. The forthcoming volume also signals a fresh batch of chapters will appear on Shonen Jump. Hunter x Hunter began serialization in March 1998, and since 2006 Yoshihiro Togashi’s chronic back pain and reduced

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Dune: Prophecy's scale outstrips The Expanse

Dune: Prophecy premiered on HBO in November 2024 as a six-episode series and was renewed for a second season before its finale aired. The show takes viewers 10,000 years into a foundational mythology, a scope that the piece contrasts with The Expanse’s more focused, single-solar-system story. Season 2

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Euphoria fans 'shattered' over Rue dying in Season 3 finale

Fans on X were "shattered" after the Season 3 finale of Euphoria showed Rue accidentally overdosing on painkillers laced with fentanyl by drug lord Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). "This ending completely shattered me," one viewer wrote, while another posted, "Rue bennet dying scene has me

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Replay's June theme is 007 First Light: send your best Bond clips

This month June is all about James, with Replay's Theme of the Month focusing on 007 First Light. You can send in any clips of any game for a chance to win a $/£250 Amazon voucher, and there’s a special separate prize for the best Bond video.

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Jason Statham's Shelter Tops Sydney Sweeney's The Housemaid on Starz

Shelter has overtaken Sydney Sweeney's The Housemaid as the most popular movie on Starz this week, pushing The Housemaid to second place and Nicolas Cage's 2018 thriller 211 to third. The Housemaid had held the top spot for weeks after it arrived on the platform and,

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Ultimate travel guide to Thailand: where to stay and what to eat

Thailand is vivid and immediate: the street food is zingy, the sand gleams white and the nightlife pulses with atmosphere. Wildlife encounters, from spontaneous elephant sightings to swinging gibbons, are part of the canvas, and trains and ferry transfers link verdant islands and national parks. Even airport vendors sell massages

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Euphoria creator Sam Levinson defends killing Rue in Season 3 finale

Sam Levinson defended the decision to kill Rue Bennett in the Season 3 finale, calling it the most “honest ending” for the show and saying, “people like Rue don’t make it.” He said he was motivated to honor late cast member Angus Cloud, adding, “I wanted to tell this

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How models were drawn into the Eternal Values cult

Documentary filmmaker Chris Smith, whose credits include American Movie and recent Netflix profiles of Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman, Devo, Wham! and the Fyre festival, has made an HBO miniseries, Bring Me the Beauties, about the rise and fall of Eternal Values, a group started in the 1980s by Frederick von

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How to make Wolfgang Puck's smoked salmon pizza

Wolfgang Puck created his smoked salmon pizza at Spago in 1982 after Joan Collins requested smoked salmon with brioche. He baked the salmon on pizza dough and finished the pie with crème fraîche and dollops of caviar; the dish has remained on Spago's menu for more than 40

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Which Sci‑Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

A sci‑fi personality quiz matches readers with one of five iconic heroes: Paul Atreides, Captain Kirk, Princess Leia, Ellen Ripley, or Max Rockatansky. The eight-question test probes leadership under pressure, strengths in a crisis, what you might sacrifice, how you relate to others, and how you’d respond to

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Chris Hemsworth's Kockroach Transformation Fuels MCU Exit Speculation

Chris Hemsworth built a career on physically demanding, stunt-heavy blockbusters, with his turn as Thor the most widely celebrated. The God of Thunder is one of the MCU's longest-standing original Avengers, having headlined four solo movies and multiple Avengers features, including the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, the first part

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Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie?

Ten questions will figure out which one of five Oscar Best Picture winners fits you. Parasite — a film about class, desire, and the architecture of inequality that is darkly funny, deeply suspenseful, and genuinely shocking. Everything Everywhere All at Once — one of the most maximalist films ever made: action comedy,

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Iconic fashion moments from Euphoria through the years

Euphoria never met a dress code it didn’t want to violate. Since the HBO drama premiered in 2019, its fashion became as essential to the storytelling as any line of dialogue, launching trends and startling audiences. Costume designer Natasha Newman-Thomas, who joined in Season 3, ushered in a more

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Mating Season review: Krolls new show isn't Big Mouth — and that's OK

Big Mouth was a revelation when it premiered in 2017: a vulgar Netflix series about tweens and teens that pushed the boundaries of what animation could get away with, while also finding surprising poignancy in the pain of growing up. The show ran for eight seasons, spawned a spinoff and

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Doctor Who comeback could proceed without the Doctor

It has been just over a year since Ncuti Gatwa made his final appearance as Doctor Who's lead, and the BBC is still looking for a new main actor. Gatwa's exit also marked the end of the show's Disney/BBC collaboration, and while the

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Which Oscar Best Picture Fits Your Mind?

A ten-question quiz pairs readers with one Oscar Best Picture winner that aligns with how they like to experience film. The results narrow the field to five possibilities: Parasite, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Oppenheimer, Birdman, and No Country for Old Men. Parasite rewards close attention, operating on multiple levels