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
Culture Andy Cohen asks if West Wilson was on beta blockers at Summer House reunion Andy Cohen asked West Wilson if he was on beta blockers during the final part of the Summer House Season 10 reunion. The question followed Jesse Solomon breaking down about possibly "losing a brother" after learning of Wilson's secret relationship with Amanda Batula, while Cohen noted
Culture Is Overwatch's 52nd hero a robot or a human? Overwatch's soft reboot earlier this year has kicked off more story development. Several new short stories, comics, and webcomics are building up to something big, and those pieces look necessary for figuring out what is going on with its newest hero. The trailer for Overwatch's 52nd
Culture Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 — a flashy, entertaining co-op shooter With several horror-focused Alien projects in the works, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 chooses to lean into the series’ action side. The original Fireteam Elite was underrated at launch, but the sequel expands that co-op shooter formula and could become a major multiplayer title while serving as a more action-heavy counterpart
Culture Project a Black Planet review: theory overwhelms where it should sing Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a painter with the imagination of a great novelist. She paints fictional people not portraits — a young woman reading avidly, a man in Pierrot-like fancy clothes, another in a cool green coat. For this group of paintings she has a white-walled room to herself; her young moderns
Culture West Wilson says he loved Amanda Batula 'for a very, very long time' In a preview for “Summer House: The Aftermath,” West Wilson tells Amanda Batula’s estranged husband, Kyle Cooke, that he loved her "for a very, very long time." The admission came during an emotional three-hour sitdown weeks after the reunion, after Wilson asked, "Do you want full
Culture First look: Brad Pitt's Heart of the Beast arrives Sept. 25 First look action photos for Heart of the Beast have surfaced, and the Brad Pitt thriller is slated to arrive Sept. 25. Pitt plays James Belmont, a Special Forces officer whose plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, leaving him stranded with his combat dog, Odin. The film frames a survival
Culture Fans revisit Code Veronica's campy voice acting ahead of remake Capcom announced the Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake during Summer Game Fest 2026, prompting fans to revisit the 2000 Dreamcast original after 26 years. The reveal has renewed interest in the game's story and in whether updated gameplay and performances will change its tone. Online clips have drawn
Culture Zelda: Ocarina of Time Teaser Prompts 'Hire This Man' Jokes On June 9, during Nintendo’s Summer Game Fest–adjacent Direct, the company released a very short teaser for its remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, due on Switch 2 in 2026. The clip offered only a few seconds of Link’s new appearance. Those few seconds
Culture Eric Kripke Apologizes After Backlash to The Boys Finale The Boys concluded with Season 5's eighth episode, and the series finale proved divisive. While it included several expected deaths, many viewers felt the final confrontation lacked the spectacle teased earlier and did not live up to the promised "scorched earth" showdown between Billy Butcher and
Culture Which Horror Villain Could You Actually Survive? A short eight-question quiz matches your instincts and habits to one of five horror villains: Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Pennywise, or Chucky. It calculates which antagonist you have the best chance of surviving by testing how you react under pressure. Questions probe setting, first instincts, survival assets, the
Culture Howie Mandel body-slammed the Golden Buzzer for Yu Hojin's act Magician Yu Hojin returned to America’s Got Talent for a third time on Season 21 with a new ensemble called Hundred Fingers. Dressed in black, the 10-member group—literally 100 fingers on stage—performed precise sleight-of-hand: wands, cards and feathers appeared, floated, transformed, vanished into puffs of smoke and