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Will GTA 6 include GTA Online?

Grand Theft Auto 6 is due to launch Nov.19 after numerous delays, and one big question remains: what will its online component look like? Rockstar has not confirmed an online mode, but given GTA Online's success many assume there will be one. GTA Online is still active

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Ex-Fable devs' Stardew Valley-like Kynseed comes to consoles on August 4

Kynseed, the charming life sim often referred to as Stardew Valley-like, will arrive on consoles on August 4. Indie developer PixelCount Studios, founded by two Lionhead veterans who worked on "every Fable game," announced the release for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Surpasses Jurassic World at Box Office

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has emerged as 2026's breakout box-office hit, becoming the first film this year to top $1 billion worldwide. Starring Chris Pratt, the animated adventure has reached $1.007 billion, overtaking Pratt's own Jurassic World: Dominion, which grossed $1.001 billion in

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Which Sci‑Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

Take an eight-question sci‑fi personality quiz to find which iconic hero matches your instincts and values. The choices include Paul Atreides, Captain Kirk, Princess Leia, Ellen Ripley, and Max Rockatansky. Questions probe how you lead when the stakes are highest, your greatest strength in a crisis, and what you

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Attack of the Vine lets Christopher Robin bypass Lorcana’s ink rule

Since Disney Lorcana's debut, decks have been limited to cards from one or two ink colors, a rule that shapes deck identity and choices. The upcoming Attack of the Vine set changes that dynamic: Christopher Robin – Hunny Sage is an amethyst-sapphire card whose Magical Summons searches your deck

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Kendall Jenner 'crazy' about Jacob Elordi, keeping him out of spotlight

A source says Kendall Jenner is “crazy” about Jacob Elordi and is trying to shield him from the chaos that can come with dating into her reality-TV family. The insider added he is “the first guy she has been crazy about in years.” The notoriously private model and the “Frankenstein”

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Supergirl review: Bright, bouncy and a little too familiar

After James Gunn and Peter Safran rebooted DC Studios and launched the new DCU with Gunn’s Superman, Supergirl follows as the franchise’s second theatrical outing and makes clear that Gunn’s house style can be replicated. Director Craig Gillespie and writer Ana Nogueira lean heavily into Gunn’s

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4 Years Later, Liam Neeson's 108-Minute Spy Movie Surges on Streaming

Four years after its theatrical release, Mark Williams’ Blacklight — a 108-minute spy thriller starring Liam Neeson as government operative Travis Block — has climbed streaming charts on platforms including Prime Video and Apple TV. Block specializes in extracting agents whose covers have been compromised and, as he tries to retire and

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A history of brilliantly terrible World Cup video games

If you’re tempted to recreate the tournament at home, avoid Netflix’s Fifa World Cup: Launch Edition. Developed by Delphi Interactive, it streams to smart TVs and computers but plays poorly: juddering, dated visuals, sluggish phone-based controls and commentary from Clive Tyldesley that feels like a robotic announcement. The

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Taika Waititi's Werewolf Sequel We're Wolves Moves Forward

Jemaine Clement says he and Taika Waititi have begun writing a werewolf-centered follow-up to What We Do in the Shadows titled We’re Wolves. “We're writing it, actually. We started writing. For a long time, we were just talking about it. Now, we've started it. Very

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Pierce Brosnan's 2010 Percy Jackson Finds New Life on Netflix

The 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is finding new life on Netflix. At the time of its release fantasy felt risky to market, and the movie’s approach—aging up Rick Riordan’s characters and loosening fidelity to the book—set it apart. The feature

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Tom Hanks' Lorne Michaels Impersonation Inspired SNL's Five-Timers Club

Robert Smigel, a longtime SNL writer and former cast member, says he wrote the first Five-Timers Club sketch after hearing Tom Hanks do a spot-on impression of Lorne Michaels during Hanks' early hosting stints. Smigel shared the story on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon during a June 22

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 teased ahead of June 29 reveal

The first look at Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 arrives on June 29. The sequel, announced in July 2025, will be a standalone 10-episode story set in the same world as Cyberpunk 2077 and features a new cast — mostly because of what happened to the old ones. Netflix’s initial description frames

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Tom Holland: Brand New Day suit is an homage to Maguire and Garfield

Tom Holland says the new Spider-Man suit in Spider-Man: Brand New Day was designed as an homage to the live-action Spider-Men. In a behind-the-scenes video he explains that, because his Peter Parker had met Tobey Maguire's and Andrew Garfield's versions, "we kind of created a

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Louis Vuitton brings the beach to Paris in near 40C heat

As Paris sweltered in temperatures close to 40C, Louis Vuitton staged a beach set in a student garden: sand underfoot and a giant artificial wave as a backdrop. The menswear collection by Pharrell Williams leaned into a surf theme, pairing branded wetsuits with Ugg-style boots and the chunky knits surfers

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How to watch 'Next Gen NYC' Season 2 premiere for free

Season 2 of Next Gen NYC premieres tonight, June 24, at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. The network teases the new season as “anything but chill”: “The pace is faster, the hustle is louder, and for this New York City crew, life in the city that never sleeps is

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False Memory trailer sets August 2 release on Bilibili and YouTube

A new trailer for False Memory (also known as Memory Management Bureau) confirms the series will premiere on Bilibili in China and on YouTube worldwide starting August 2. The project began as an independent 18-minute short by Li Shuyu and Liu Wenyu at Flint Sugar. That film follows a grieving

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Sebastian Stan's Award-Winning 90% Rated Legal Thriller Officially Sets Release Date

Neon has scheduled the family crime thriller Fjord for an Oct. 9 release. Directed by Cristian Mungiu, the film stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as a religiously conservative couple who move to the wife’s progressive, remote Norwegian hometown. When bruises are noticed on one daughter at school, their

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Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn't work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back. The quiz asks about moments like being

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Everything to Know About Line of Fire

Line of Fire centers on a family fully immersed in protective services, promising action-packed storylines and unexpected twists. First announced in May as part of a slate of new shows, it introduces characters who each serve in different branches of protective services. The official synopsis says the drama follows "

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How Scott Disick felt about ex Kourtney Kardashian's Father's Day snub

Scott Disick isn’t upset that ex Kourtney Kardashian failed to include him in her recent Father’s Day tribute to husband Travis Barker. The post read “baby daddy” and included a photo of Barker lifting Kardashian as they looked at one another. Disick respects their relationship and didn’t

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Prime Day Lego deals are cheering me up in the summer heat

It's Amazon Prime Day, and it's hot. Combine that with a lack of air conditioning, and it's easy to feel sweaty and miserable. Still, one thing always cheers me up: Lego. Particularly Prime Day Lego deals, where the prices fall to seriously tempting levels.

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Blizzard splits the difference on Diablo 4 Mythics

Blizzard has partly reversed course on changes to Diablo 4's Mythics that appeared in a recent playtest and were due to go live in next week's Season of Death Awakened. The studio says the fundamentals of the updates are necessary to foster build diversity long-term, but

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Making earwax melt and teeth rattle: the project returning music to our bodies

Professor Bettina Varwig wants classical audiences to move, feel and listen with their bodies. She says today listeners are often “asked to leave our breathing, pulsing, feeling bodies at the door”, told to sit still and silence the very reactions that music can provoke. Her research into 17th- and 18th-century

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Mackenzie Sol Wins Golden Buzzer 21 Years After Meeting Simon Cowell

On Night 4 of Auditions for Season 21, 25-year-old Mackenzie Sol returned to the stage in front of judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Howie Mandel and Sofía Vergara — 21 years after first meeting Cowell when he auditioned for The X Factor at age four. He recalled backstage that "that