Culture Every AGT 21 Act That Auditioned in Episode 2: A Yes or an X? (RECAP) After the premiere had a record-breaking three Golden Buzzer-scoring Acts, Season 21 was already off to an amazing start. The second night of Auditions brought another crop of diverse, exciting performers who delighted the judges — Howie Mandel, Simon Cowell, Mel B and Sofía Vergara — while host Terry Crews could barely
Culture Margo's Got Money Troubles Remains an R-Rated Hit on Apple TV Apple TV's raunchiest R-rated series, Margo's Got Money Troubles, debuted in April and remains a streaming hit even after its first season concluded several weeks ago. The show is the fifth most popular series on Apple TV globally this week; Your Friends & Neighbors still holds
Culture The Riddick Trilogy on Netflix Is a Solid Sci‑Fi Binge The Riddick films — Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick — are now available on Netflix as of June 1. They form a compact sci‑fi trilogy centered on Vin Diesel’s Richard B. Riddick and director David Twohy, and are worth exploring if you enjoy sci‑fi thrillers. Pitch
Culture From erupting volcanoes to Elon Musk’s satellites: the art of Caragh Thuring In her east London studio Thuring offers a cup of tea and a chocolate chip biscuit and says, "We are living through a moment of hellish, mindless destruction." The room is scattered with paintings, magazine cuttings and a cryptic handwritten note reading "AWARENESS, TESTING", metal racks
Culture Sofía Vergara Gives Golden Buzzer to Lara D's 'Oscar Winning Tears' Audition It only takes a few minutes on America's Got Talent to change a life, and that is exactly what happened when Lara D. stepped onto the Season 21 audition stage. After being twice denied the Golden Buzzer earlier in the night, Sofía Vergara moved quickly this time, pressing
Culture Taylor Swift dazzles in off-the-shoulder corset dress at 'Toy Story 5' premiere Taylor Swift was the guest of honor at the "Toy Story 5" world premiere at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre on Tuesday, wearing an off-the-shoulder, crystal-embellished Erdem patchwork mini. The dress, from Erdem Moralioglu's fall 2026 collection, featured a corseted bodice, a pannier skirt, romantic ties
Culture My RPG hopes for 2026 are pinned on Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave The Nintendo Direct June 2026 showcase opened with the Spirit Dais theme from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, immediately evoking Sothis — the mysterious, deity-like figure tied to protagonist Byleth — and creating a clear connection to that game. With Fable pushed into 2027 and Exodus also aiming for next year, Fortune'
Culture 'Michael Jackson: The Verdict' Tops Netflix Charts After Streaming Debut Netflix's three-part documentary Michael Jackson: The Verdict debuted on Jun. 3 and became the most-watched new TV program in its first week, earning 17.8 million views in its first five days and topping the service's TV charts for the week of Jun. 1-7. The film
Culture Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes Deserves a Sequel If you're looking for another Sherlock Holmes fix beyond Young Sherlock, Guy Ritchie's action-driven take with Robert Downey Jr. remains worth revisiting. Loosely based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories, Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes refreshed the character as a period action hero and
Culture Why You Recognize AGT's Frankie LaPenna and His 'Very Tight, Tight, Tight Shorts' Frankie LaPenna arrived on the America's Got Talent stage with confidence, stage presence and a massive online following. On the second night of auditions for Season 21 he told the judges one of his recent videos had 673 million views. Judge Sofía Vergara asked if he could perform
Culture Toy Story 5 LA premiere: Taylor Swift, Tom Hanks and more Pixar held the world premiere of the long-awaited "Toy Story 5" in Los Angeles on June 9, and Taylor Swift stole the show. Stars who walked the red carpet included Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Liza Powel O’Brien and Conan O’Brien, Greta Lee, Tony Hale,
Culture Overwatch's next hero Shion is a damage-class Hashimoto leader Blizzard revealed Shion as Overwatch's next hero in a new trailer that pits her against Sojourn and places her with Vendetta for Talon. She arrives in season 3 on June 16. Shion is a Damage-class leader of the Hashimoto clan, rivals of the Shimada, and a dual-wielding gunslinger
Culture The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Is Real, Out This Year The rumors were true: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is being fully remade for Nintendo Switch 2 and is due sometime this year. The trailer offered very little beyond a voiceover laying out the opening premise—Hyrule, a small forest on the kingdom’s edge, the Kokiri and
Culture Holland & Sienna's "Flawless" AGT Audition Survives 'Crazy' Wardrobe Malfunction Las Vegas–based aerialists Holland and Sienna, a real-life couple, charmed the America's Got Talent audience with their chemistry and their goal of creating a show they would write, direct, produce and star in. Judge Simon Cowell wished them "good luck and be safe," and the
Culture Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is an exquisite digital relic Hironobu Sakaguchi rose to prominence after proposing a game in 1987 titled Final Fantasy, which launched a franchise spanning 40 years and 16 core titles. He later directed the 2001 photorealist animation Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Despite its title and origins, the film reads as military science fiction set
Culture Sydney Sweeney on Cassie’s OnlyFans storyline in Euphoria Season 3 Sydney Sweeney reflected on her character Cassie’s polarizing OnlyFans storyline in Euphoria Season 3, telling Vanity Fair that “from the very beginning, you can see that Cassie has this need to be loved.” She said the character, who attracts attention as a model on the subscription-based site after tying
Culture House of the Dragon showrunner says season 4 scripts are being shown to HBO Season 3 is only just arriving on HBO, but showrunner Ryan Condal says work on season 4 is already moving forward and that they've begun showing scripts to HBO. "We're actually starting to show HBO," he said at a recent press conference, noting the
Culture Naomi Ackie Joins Long-Awaited 'It Follows' Sequel They Follow, the long-awaited sequel to David Robert Mitchell’s cult horror It Follows, has taken a major step forward: Deadline names Naomi Ackie among the cast. The follow-up was announced in 2023. The sequel is set a decade after the last entry and is looking to start shooting this
Culture ‘Starship Troopers’ Star Has One Rule for Returning [Exclusive] Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. Eight questions will tell you which one. Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing
Culture Dengeki Daisy anime confirmed for 2027 by Aniplex and Studio DEEN Sony-owned Aniplex is reviving the long-running shojo manga Dengeki Daisy with a new TV anime animated by Studio DEEN. The project was announced on June 9 after a multi-day countdown and is scheduled to broadcast in 2027; Studio DEEN is known for Fate/Stay Night, Higurashi When They Cry and
Culture Tales of Eternia remaster returns after 26 years Tales of Eternia Remastered was unveiled during Nintendo's June Direct and will launch on October 16 for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PS4 and PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC (Steam). Originally released in Japan in 2000 and in North America as Tales of Destiny 2 in 2001,
Culture Final Fantasy Resonance: HD-2D Rebuild of a Mobile Gacha Game Final Fantasy Resonance is being billed as the franchise’s first HD-2D entry and, unexpectedly, it’s a port of the mobile gacha game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Square Enix says the new release is based on the mobile title’s first story arc but has been refined and extensively
Culture 'The Pitt' Confirms Another Major Exit in Season 3 Shabana Azeez has confirmed that her character Victoria Javadi will not be working in the emergency room in Season 3 of The Pitt, moving into a psychiatry rotation to focus on a career in mental health. Azeez said, "I can say that I’m not in the ER this
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Culture Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? The quiz lays out five universes: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, and Star Wars. Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built
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