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How to Live on Earth review — Cumberbatch on hopeful, practical climate action

Fredi Devas’s documentary, presented by Benedict Cumberbatch in London’s National History Museum, stitches together segments from different contributors to focus on practical measures individuals and communities can take in response to the climate crisis. The film avoids pure hand-wringing and instead highlights real, positive steps people might begin

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First look at Netflix's Weird Western anime Bass X Machina

Netflix has been investing heavily in anime by signing deals with major studios including MAPPA and Madhouse, and it is expanding the form by blending Western and Eastern animation tropes. That mix proved successful with the 2023 revenge thriller Blue Eye Samurai; Netflix’s director of adult animated series, Jermaine

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Pokemon merch you won't want to run away from this Prime Day

If you're looking for some Pokemon Prime Day deals, don't worry — I've spent probably too long searching Amazon's digital aisles to find savings on Pikachu and pals. The selection covers a range of items aimed at fans and collectors. Highlights include some

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Toy Story Producer and Director Reject Live-Action Remake

Toy Story 5 is earning strong reviews and solid box-office returns. It is part of a larger Disney-owned franchise that has been the focus of the company's recent push to remake animated films in live action. In a recent BAFTA interview, Toy Story 5 director Andrew Stanton and

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Monarch Spin-Off Starring Wyatt Russell Moves Forward

A Monarch: Legacy of Monsters spin-off centered on Wyatt Russell's Colonel Lee Shaw has moved forward, with Millie Brady and Pilou Asbaek joining the cast and J.D. Dillard set to direct the pilot. The series follows Shaw as he goes behind enemy lines in Russia in 1984

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Which action hero would be your perfect partner?

A ten-question quiz reveals which action hero was built to have your back, offering five choices: Rambo, James Bond, Indiana Jones, John McClane and Ethan Hunt. The questions drop you into scenarios — a sudden dangerous situation, how you travel, being pinned down, a paused mission, mid-mission communication, approaching a powerful

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Everyone 'heartbroken' as Savannah Guthrie breaks down on Today

“It was a sad day,” staff say, after Savannah Guthrie broke down in tears on Tuesday while discussing a February ransom note her family received that allegedly claimed her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, had died. Colleagues described a sense of sadness and uncertainty, and said many people at Today feel

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Todd Howard says Arkane is 'doing a really, really good job' on Blade

Xbox's ongoing regime change and reorganization has done little to inspire confidence in the state of its studios. Arkane Lyon has remained almost entirely out of the public eye since Marvel's Blade was announced at the 2023 Game Awards, skipped this month's Xbox Games

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Digger trailer mines Tom Cruise's most iconic movie moments

Warner Bros. released a new trailer for Digger on YouTube that runs a little over three minutes, but only thirty seconds of that is from Digger. The rest plays like a sizzle reel of Tom Cruise highlights, drawing on clips from across his career. It begins with "I feel

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Diablo 4 Season of Death Awakening begins June 30 with Warlock free trial

Diablo 4's Age of Hatred story arc has closed with the Lord of Hatred DLC, and the new Season of Death Awakening begins June 30. The season centers on ruptures spawned by dark rituals across Sanctuary: three rupture types send waves of Gravehound monsters and can summon the

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Tops The Dark Knight at the Box Office

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie became the first film of 2026 to surpass $1 billion worldwide, reaching $1.007 billion and eclipsing Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which finished its run at $1.003 billion. After the disastrous 1993 adaptation, studios avoided reviving the characters until mid-2010s talks

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Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong In?

A personality quiz asks which iconic universe you belong in: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and Star Trek. Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. Eight questions probe what gives your life meaning, which kind

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Andy Cohen kicked off Pride in New York City without boyfriend Kevin Sobieski

Andy Cohen attended The Wall Street Hotel’s Summer Sunset Rooftop Pride celebration on Monday without boyfriend Kevin Sobieski, explaining to guests that Sobieski was out of town. Cohen was there to support the Perry Moore Hero Fund Scholarship and the Hetrick‑Martin Institute. He took the stage to speak

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Marathon's Vault Breaker PvE mode arrives in July — you leave your loot behind

Bungie is adding a new PvE mode to Marathon called Vault Breaker, arriving as part of the mid-season on July 21. The mode sends solo players, duos, or trios into the Cryo Archive raid map to tackle a series of increasingly difficult vaults and, ultimately, the final vault “and the

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Neopets' Aisha arrives in Fortnite on July 2

Epic Games announced Tuesday that the enduring Neopets character Aisha will arrive in Fortnite next month. Given Aisha's stature, the pet is likely to appear as one of Fortnite's diminutive Sidekicks, a cosmetic category Epic introduced in November and has since expanded with dozens of options.

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Netflix shares first look at Blue Eye Samurai season 2 — new episodes coming soon

Netflix has shared the first look at Blue Eye Samurai season 2, showing Mizu navigating a ship through a violent storm on the way to England. The streamer says new episodes are "coming soon." At the 2026 Annecy Festival Netflix screened roughly 60 seconds of footage that shows

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Suits at 15: The Binge-Worthy Legal Dramedy

Created by Aaron Korsh for the USA Network, Suits ran for nine seasons and follows Manhattan lawyer Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) and associate Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) as they take on high-profile cases while hiding Mike's lack of a law degree. The series premiered in June 2011

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Black Sabbath's Protest Songs Reveal Metal's Political Roots

Black Sabbath were the godfathers of metal, often remembered for their dark, heavy sound, but their early records also carried sharp lyrics, mostly penned by bassist Geezer Butler. Like many young bands, they came into music mad at the world, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne would later become well known beyond

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Love Island USA recap: Casa Amor brings 12 new men, bombshells stir drama

Casa Amor is in full effect as 12 new men arrive to shake up the Villa in episode 18 of "Love Island USA." While the islanders explore new options, our "Virtual Reali-Tea" co-hosts, Danny Murphy and Evan Real, are enjoying the Cannes sun. Recapping the latest

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Batman: Knightfall Part 1 trailer reveals first look at DC's R-rated new movie

DC and Warner Bros. Animation debuted the first trailer for Batman: Knightfall Part 1 at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where attendees were also shown a screening of the opening film. The chapter adapts the landmark 1990s Knightfall comics in which Bane breaks Batman both physically and psychologically. The

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Mattson Tomlin says Disney passed on real-time Rocketeer sequel

The Batman 2 writer Mattson Tomlin says Disney turned down his idea for a sequel to the 1991 superhero film The Rocketeer. Tomlin tweeted that he and JD Dillard had pitched a realtime follow-up: "100 harrowing minutes that would have really leaned into how viscerally insane it is to

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Ron Perlman Joins Prime Video Thriller Cross for Season 3

Ron Perlman has been cast in Cross Season 3 as Herschel Zamora, a cop whose past carries more secrets than he admits. "As Herschel Zamora, Perlman’s character is a cop first and everything else second. Following a series of troubling work-related incidents, Officer Zamora is referred to Dr.

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Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong In?

A Universe Personality Quiz uses eight questions to reveal which iconic universe — Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, or Star Trek — best fits your instincts, values, and particular way of existing. The quiz asks about what gives your life meaning, the kind of world you

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‘Sheer genius’: your best TV of 2026 so far

Legends drew praise for its tension, thrills and occasional humour, with an evocative early-90s soundtrack and a morally nuanced turn from Johnny Harris as Eddie McKee. Viewers noted the show, though fictionalised, highlighted the long-hidden work of Customs, and even included a glimpse of Thatcher’s tearful leaving speech. The

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Bettina Anderson marries Donald Trump Jr. in slinky silk wedding dress

Donald Trump Jr. wed Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas last month. The couple exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony on a private island over Memorial Day weekend, shortly after they officially wed in Palm Beach, Florida. Anderson, 39, wore a simple silk Safiyaa gown with thin spaghetti straps, a V