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Netflix Wins Streaming War as Most Popular 2026 Shows Officially Revealed

Netflix dominated the 2025–'26 season, claiming six of the year’s top 12 shows and leading the streaming charts with Stranger Things. The series’ final batch of episodes drew 32.9 million viewers in their first 35 days of availability. Other Netflix hits included His & Hers (25.

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Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz: Which World Would You Survive?

A Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz asks which of five universes you could survive: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. Five universes and eight questions aim to reveal whether your instincts fit a dystopia, a desert wasteland, or a galaxy in upheaval. The quiz offers choices that

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Michael McKean fondly remembers Rob Reiner after his death

Michael McKean is still processing the shocking death of his friend Rob Reiner and Reiner’s wife, Michele Singer Reiner, who were murdered in December 2025. "I’m still adding it up," he said at a press day for his upcoming off-Broadway show, "Are You Now or

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007: Nightfire review (2003)

The game opens with a cinematic Bond-style sequence and a power ballad, but the playing experience quickly undercuts that promise: in gameplay you feel less like James Bond and more like M’s gun valet, shooting bad guys while the Pierce Brosnan–modeled 007 enjoys the cutscenes. The nine missions

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One of the Greatest Sitcoms of All Time Shoots Up Apple TV's Charts 11 Years Later

More than a decade after its premiere, one NBC sitcom from 2009 is again climbing streaming charts, proving the long shelf life of well-made television. The show’s mockumentary style mixes the workplace hijinks familiar to fans of The Office with a warmly optimistic lead across seven seasons. Set in

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Smoky, rich and umami-filled: the best supermarket veggie burgers

This was an interesting and varied test, spanning classic 1960s-style bean patties to ultra-processed meat analogues. Although the latter have become more convincing, they were marked down for heavy processing and synthetic additives that aim to deceive the palate rather than deliver genuine flavour. Ultimately, the lesser-processed burgers stood out

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Naruto turns 25 in 2027 and TV Tokyo has big plans

The Naruto anime will mark its 25th anniversary in 2027, and TV Tokyo has teased major plans across television and gaming. Game Rant spotted and translated a comment made during an investor Q&A following TV Tokyo's latest financial results briefing. TV Tokyo said, "We see

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Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

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. Answer eight questions to see which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you'd actually make it out

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Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi keep romance low-key after Coachella

Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi were first seen kissing at Justin Bieber’s Coachella afterparty in April, after Justin and Hailey Bieber helped bring them together. Since then the pair have tried to stay out of the spotlight, keeping their relationship private rather than staging an immediate public debut. Grainy

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Our Baldur's Gate 3 quiz gauntlet is complete — try the bonus round

Surprise, surprise. The quizzes on the RPG that swept awards shows through 2023 (and even into 2024) remain some of our most popular. Baldur's Gate 3 left an impression, and after finishing the final-act quiz I'm already thinking about revisiting the series with more trivia. Until

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Pigeon's Untitled Screenplay

Pigeon's Untitled Screenplay is an adventure indie game for PC from developer Sam Eng, released May 27, 2026. Pigeon is screwed: the studio is expecting the screenplay, but it’s still not done. Find inspiration in the cafe and finish the screenplay before eternity ends. Publisher: Sam Eng.

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Netflix adds The Karate Kid franchise and related series

The Karate Kid franchise is set to arrive on Netflix on June 1. The platform will add the three main films — The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989) — along with the 2010 remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. The

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Which Taylor Sheridan world are you built for?

Taylor Sheridan’s universe contains four worlds — brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. He doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you

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Take That review – stadium redux of Circus tour has maximal razzle-dazzle

Take That have long repackaged their past. In 2018 they followed two best-of collections with Odyssey, a Stuart Price-produced project that "re-imagined" their hits, and Gary Barlow has been frank about the band’s status as a legacy act more focused on ticket sales than streams. When The

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Netflix Adds Gus Van Sant's 'Dead Man's Wire' Starring Bill Skarsgård

Gus Van Sant returned to the big screen with Dead Man's Wire, a 2025 biographical crime drama that expanded into theaters early in 2026 and is now on Netflix. Best known for sensitive dramas, Van Sant channels his earlier indie streak to tell a pitch-black thriller set around

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Nordstrom's Half-Yearly Sale has star-worthy jewelry up to 50% off

Nordstrom’s Half-Yearly Sale is offering jewelry at discounts up to 50%, including pieces from labels worn by Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Bethenny Frankel and Hailey Bieber. BaubleBar, Kendra Scott and Alexis Bittar are among the brands marked down, but popular pieces are dwindling in stock and the sale ends

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Terraria developer turns a minor balance patch into a bigger update

Terraria's 1.4.5 update was billed as the final patch for the long-running survival-crafting game, but developer Re-Logic has already committed to at least one more major update while keeping the door open for additional work. What began as a minor balance adjustment has similarly grown in

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Which Sci‑Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

A sci‑fi personality quiz asks eight questions to identify which iconic hero shares your instincts and values: Paul Atreides, Captain Kirk, Princess Leia, Ellen Ripley, or Max Rockatansky. The questionnaire probes how you lead under pressure; your greatest strength in a crisis; what you would sacrifice; how you relate

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As my kids get older, I'm learning to make the time we have count

When our two kids were little, my wife and I were needed for everything: every snack, every bedtime routine, every scraped knee, every middle-of-the-night wake-up. Now my daughter is 11 and my son is 9, and their lives are increasingly just beyond the edges of ours. They spend more time

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Is SNL new tonight? May 30 episode host & musical guest

No new episode of Saturday Night Live airs on May 30; the Season 51 finale ran on May 16 and the show is now on its usual summer hiatus before returning in the fall for Season 52. Tonight’s broadcast is a re-air of the January 24, 2026 episode, which

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Bound by blood: film explores Jamaica’s outlawed obeah tradition

Sosiessia Nixon’s tense feature Stew Peas follows Jamaican detective Tessa, whose life unravels as her husband, Neil, falls under the influence of their maid, Marcia. The story turns dark when it is revealed that Marcia has been adding her menstrual blood to the traditional kidney bean and meat stew,

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

Which Horror Villain Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving? Five killers. Five completely different ways to die — if you're not smart enough, fast enough, or self-aware enough to avoid it. Eight questions will figure out which one. First instincts are the difference between the survivor and

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Hugh Skinner on fear, embarrassing moments and life lessons

Born in London, Hugh Skinner, 41, trained at Lamda and first appeared in the BBC’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 2008. From 2014 to 2017 he played Will in the comedy W1A and has appeared in Fleabag and The Windsors, with film credits including Les Misérables and Mamma

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I'm still not over The Lego Movie's Oscar snub

More than a decade later, I still remember how disappointed I was when the nominees for Best Animated Feature Film were announced for the 87th Academy Awards. The list included Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Song of the Sea and The Tale of the

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Which Force User Are You? The Force is not a binary.

Which Force User Are You? The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The Force has always known. Now you will too. 🔵Jedi Master 🟡Padawan