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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 lines up Rambo, James Bond,

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Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

An action hero quiz asks which action hero would be your perfect partner, putting respondents through ten situational questions that reveal priorities in danger, improvisation, and planning. Each question offers five response types that align with one of five legends: Rambo, James Bond, Indiana Jones, John McClane, and Ethan Hunt.

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Kindness of strangers: a gentleman offered to help

I was visiting the Netherlands with a friend and her nine-month-old baby, accompanying mum and bub as her husband had been unable to travel with her. We were based in Amsterdam but had ventured out by train to Utrecht to visit her aunt for lunch. After a pleasant afternoon we

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The mom I was during my divorce isn't the mom I am today

I deeply regret the mom I was during my divorce. Once, while my daughters and I canvassed the neighborhood trick-or-treating, I told my 5-year-old, "Say 'thank you,' or Halloween is cancelled," and instantly realized I was engaging in a power struggle with a kindergartner. I had

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Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie?

A ten-question quiz matches you with one of five Oscar Best Picture winners based on what kind of film experience you prefer. Questions probe what you want from a movie — the overall experience, the central obsession, how the story is told, the nature of the antagonist and the ending — and

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Crunchyroll to stream The Wolf, French animated film from Snowpiercer's creator

Crunchyroll will stream The Wolf, an animated French thriller based on Jean-Marc Rochette’s 2019 comic. Rochette is best known for Snowpiercer, the 1982 post-apocalyptic tale that Bong Joon Ho adapted for his first English-language film and that later inspired a 2020 TNT adaptation. The Wolf is co-written and directed

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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. A short quiz uses ten scenario-based questions to reveal which action hero is built to have your back. Questions range

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Where the Cannes Lions jet-setters eat, drink and stay on the Riviera

Jack Ezon, founder and managing partner of Embark Beyond, says the French Riviera and the Amalfi Coast are the busiest markets this summer, with revenue nearly double that of 2022. Many of the traditional jet-set hotels are full, though pockets of availability remain in Monte Carlo, Cannes and at long-standing

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Who is Ormund Hightower in House of the Dragon?

Ormund Hightower, played by James Norton, arrives briefly in the opening episode of House of the Dragon season 3. He is shown marching from Oldtown and, while stationed on the battlefield, receives a letter from King Aemond telling him to wait on orders; he appears uneasy with the dirtier side

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My Favorite Store Simulator

My Favorite Store Simulator puts you in charge of a small shop that you can expand into a huge supermarket. As you grow the business you manage prices, serve customers, catch thieves, hire staff and take on other day-to-day tasks to keep the store running. You can play solo or

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What is Bleach's 'Hell Arc' and why it could return soon

In 2021 a one-shot titled "No Breathes from Hell" appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump, five years after the manga ended, to mark the series' 20th anniversary. The chapter picked up the story 12 years after the war with the Quincy and teased what many fans call the

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Le Mourillon: Toulon’s cool, beachy quarter with year-round sunshine

South of the city centre, Le Mourillon is Toulon’s characterful, unpretentious seaside quarter. Once a fishing village, it now hosts little shops selling Provençal produce such as huge garlic bulbs and vividly coloured tomatoes, alongside lively bars and restaurants. The hilly, narrow streets wind down to the shore; Toulon

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Chicken nuggets, lamb lollipops and pitta pockets — family favourites

Family meals don’t need to mean hours in the kitchen or a mountain of washing‑up. These crisp chicken nuggets are a healthier homemade favourite that kids absolutely love, while the lamb lollipops are fun and surprisingly simple; the stuffed pitta pockets, meanwhile, are perfect for lunches, after‑school

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The 11 saddest deaths in 'House of the Dragon,' ranked

Warning: Major spoilers through the "House of the Dragon" season three premiere. If you're watching a show in the "Game of Thrones" universe, you should know you're signing up for some devastating character deaths. This is especially true for "House of

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House of the Dragon Season 3 Hinges on a Major Book Change

After the widely hated ending of Game of Thrones, its spin-offs faced an uphill battle to win back fans' trust. House of the Dragon began strongly, and many of Season 2's biggest problems stemmed from budget cuts rather than the creative team. One significant change from George

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The dragons of House of the Dragon and their riders

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the season three premiere. The new season opens with a bloody, spectacular bang and the arrival of another dragonrider. At this point in the timeline there are more dragons than at any other time in Westeros, and many characters are eager to wield that power; in

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Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

Eight questions will tell you which of five iconic sci‑fi heroes shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing an impossible universe. The quiz probes how you lead under pressure, what keeps you going in a crisis, what you would sacrifice, how you relate to others,

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Mila Kunis says she doesn't want marriage to Ashton Kutcher to stop evolving

Mila Kunis said reconnecting with Ashton Kutcher in her late 20s came with a unique advantage: they already knew each other's history. The pair first met while starring on "That '70s Show" as teenagers. She told Drew Barrymore that "He knew me through all

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

A horror survival quiz asks eight questions to figure out which horror villain you have the best chance of surviving. It probes first instincts, setting, your most reliable survival asset, the kind of fear that gets to you, your role in a group, the mistake you’re most likely to

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Olivia Cooke on power, class and divided audiences in House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon has become a massive television phenomenon, and Olivia Cooke remembers her father discovering it with bemused approval. Sitting in London on a stormy afternoon, she shows a text and a photo of his TV ready for a binge: “Raining outside, so starting a binge-watch,” he wrote,

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DC gender-swaps Mad Hatter in Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2

Batman: Caped Crusader, Prime Video’s animated series and a spiritual successor to Batman: The Animated Series, modernizes familiar faces in a film-noir Gotham. Hamish Linklater voices the Dark Knight in this reinvisioned world. Season 1 introduced a genderbent Penguin, Oswalda Cobblepot, a cabaret singer on a yacht who secretly

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Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

An interactive Action Hero quiz asks ten questions to pinpoint which cinematic partner suits you best: Rambo, James Bond, Indiana Jones, John McClane, or Ethan Hunt. Scenarios cover sudden danger, travel choices, being pinned down, decompressing after a mission, and how partners communicate and act under pressure. Answer options include

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Sandra Bullock shares rare photos of her kids with late dad for Father's Day

Sandra Bullock shared a Father’s Day tribute to her late dad, John Wilson Bullock, that included rare photos of him with her two children. She opened the carousel with a throwback of herself with her arms around him at the “Forces of Nature” premiere in March 1999, then posted

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All the new dragonriders in House of the Dragon seasons two and three

Warning: Spoilers ahead. House of the Dragon centers on the dragonlords of Westeros and the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, which shattered the family and decimated the dragon population. By the time Game of Thrones begins, only a few Targaryens remain and dragons have been

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Taylor Sheridan universe quiz: Which world are you built for?

Taylor Sheridan’s TV worlds are brutal and complicated, shaped by power, loyalty and the cost of survival. A ten-question quiz asks where your leverage comes from, who you put first, how you respond when a line is crossed and what you’re willing to sacrifice to hold onto what