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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 shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. The quiz explores how you lead when the stakes are highest, what you would sacrifice, how you

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Ian McKellen says he shouted 'Mar-a-Lago' during Avengers shoot

Sir Ian McKellen screened advance footage of his appearance in the superhero film Avengers: Doomsday to about 2,000 people at an open-air cinema in Rome. The film, due in December, brings the X-Men played by McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is the

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Update Breaks Dark Phoenix Mechanic

Almost 15 years after its release, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 received an unannounced update on Steam on June 15. The Steam patch notes list "miscellaneous bug fixes" and "verified compatibility with Windows 11," but players on the r/MvC3 subreddit say the update fixes some

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Which Taylor Sheridan World Do You Belong In?

A ten-question quiz sorts you into one of four Taylor Sheridan worlds: Yellowstone, Landman, Tulsa King or Mayor of Kingstown. Each choice measures what you value most — power, loyalty, leverage or the cost of keeping the peace. Questions probe where your power comes from, who you put first, how you

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How to watch McBee Dynasty Season 3 premiere for free

Bravo returns to the McBee family farm for Season 3 of The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys, which premieres tonight, June 15 at 9 p.m. ET. The new season begins as patriarch Steve McBee Sr. awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud. With

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Overwatch's Shion draws from John Wick, Kill Bill and yakuza stories

Revealed on June 9, Shion is Overwatch’s 52nd hero and the game’s 24th damage hero. The narrative team mixed classic yakuza tales with touches of John Wick and Kill Bill to create a vicious crime boss who upends the usual male-centric action archetype. Overwatch narrative lead Miranda Moyer

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House of the Dragon season 3 aims for payoff with the Battle of the Gullet

House of the Dragon returns for its third season on June 21 with the Battle of the Gullet, the massive naval engagement drawn from George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood. The clash is widely regarded as the bloodiest naval battle in Westeros history, bringing together vast fleets

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Tom Hanks says he wants to play Woody forever

Toy Story is the franchise that just keeps coming back. After two apparently definitive endings in the third and fourth films, Toy Story 5 reunites us with the toys we know and love. "When Woody left [Toy Story] 4, he went off with Bo Peep," Tom Hanks, the

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Mark Hamill Joins Twisted Metal Season 3 Amid Creative Shake-Up

Peacock's Twisted Metal exceeded expectations, moving from a rough first season—67% positive on Rotten Tomatoes—to a much stronger second season at 92%. The show's eclectic ensemble and willingness to expand the game's spare premise have been key to its appeal. The InSneider

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On the road with the kids: a family driving holiday in Spain and France

The moment came on about day four: a cloud-like mist drenched our faces, hair and clothes despite the thick canopy of trees overhead. My six-year-old silently trudged uphill pushing her bike, the blue blob on Google Maps somehow insisting we were on the right path, and my dwindling stash of

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Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?

Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? 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 for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you'

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John Paulson and Alina de Almeida to wed in Monaco and expect second child

Billionaire John Paulson, 70, and his fiancée Alina de Almeida, 37, are expecting their second child and plan to marry in June 2027 in Monaco. De Almeida welcomed the couple’s first child, daughter Jacqueline, in February 2025, and the pair became engaged in April 2024 after three years of

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NBA The Run nails street balling but leans too competitive

NBA The Run is a 3-on-3 throwback to arcade classics such as NBA Jam and Street, favoring moon-jump dunks, turbo buttons, gaudy tricks, and shouting commentary over simulation depth. The game’s stylized approach makes flashy plays easy to pull off, echoing the playful spirit of its inspirations. The default

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Disclosure Day opens strongly as Obsession, Backrooms and Michael smash records

Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s thriller about decades-long US UFO experiments, opened in 77 territories and took $44m domestically over the three-day weekend. The film’s global total stands at about $92.9m, with $7.6m of that from the UK and Ireland. Starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor,

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House of the Dragon showrunner likens Ormund Hightower to Tywin Lannister

House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal says audiences should prepare for the arrival of Ormund Hightower. "He's the Lord of the Hightower, basically the Tywin Lannister [Charles Dance] of this world," Condal tells the latest issue of SFX. Condal notes Ormund is the richest man

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House of the Dragon Holds Strong on Streaming Ahead of Season 3

With its third season right around the corner, HBO's giant fantasy action series remains a streaming staple. The network has expanded the franchise with multiple spin-offs, including the well-received A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, while the show that rescued the franchise continues to draw viewers. Even before

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Which Taylor Sheridan World Do You Belong In?

Which Taylor Sheridan show do you belong in? Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for. Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what

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Brett Eldredge reveals secret wedding to mystery woman

Brett Eldredge is a married man. The country singer surprised fans with an Instagram post Monday that included a black-and-white photo of himself and an unnamed woman shot from behind, both dressed in wedding gear, and a second image of the pair kissing passionately. In his caption he said life

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BioWare co-founder sought Baldur's Gate 3 for years — then Larian made it

"We could not convince people to fund Baldur's Gate 3," Trent Oster says. For two decades other developers tried and failed to get a follow-up made: Black Isle applied the title to a doomed D&D project in the early noughties, and Obsidian later pursued

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Editor John Ottman Reveals What Went Wrong on X‑Men: Apocalypse

Ten years after its release, X‑Men: Apocalypse was intended to build on the success of X‑Men: Days of Future Past but instead became a disappointment, grossing $543.9 million worldwide—more than $200 million less than its predecessor—and earning a 47% Rotten Tomatoes rating, below the 56%

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Forget makeup and tweakments: this is how we should be ageing gracefully

When I was young, there was a huge list of things you shouldn’t do, or specifically wear, over the age of 30; there were fewer explicit rules about what you should and shouldn’t wear over the age of 50, but they were all implied by the fact that

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Marvel and the Muppets team up in one-shot comic this September

Marvel will release the one-shot comic The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe this September, pairing Marvel’s heroes with Jim Henson’s creations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Muppet Show. The announced writing team includes Chip Zdarsky, Mackenzie Cadenhead, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Adam F. Goldberg, Ashley Allen and

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Anish Kapoor review – a gutsy, gore-splattered show

It is the clinging, transparent PVC that arrests you first: a surgical-looking synthetic skin covering three works titled Plastic Sacrifice I, II, III. Through the wrapping sit three-dimensional purple and crimson entrails that slop off the wall, contained only by butcher bags. The effect is visceral, a modern echo of

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Dragon's Dogma 2's controversial microtransactions are going away

Dragon's Dogma 2 launched in 2024 to critical praise, but players criticized its paid in-game items for clashing with the game’s design. More than two years later, Capcom will remove those controversial microtransactions from digital storefronts. The change arrives ahead of the Dragon's Dogma 2:

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5 shows everyone is watching this summer — and you should too

Widow's Bay, starring Matthew Rhys, is an AppleTV+ horror-comedy set on a charming island that just happens to be cursed. The show balances laughs and scares and has become a word-of-mouth sensation; Guillermo del Toro wrote on X: "#WidowsBay may very well be the best streaming series