Today’s Wordle. AFP via Getty Images I must admit, I’m kind of beat. I’ve been working out like crazy, making up for the last couple of months where I was horribly lazy and sedentary and just overall a bit down and out. I’ve been hitting the gym hard and going on hikes and I fell […]
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Bobby Lashley vs. Ciampa for the United States Championship. Credit: WWE WWE Raw emanated from Cleveland, Ohio, hometown of former WWE NXT star Johnny Gargano. With the Triple H era underway, and multiple Triple H-backed stars already returning, rumors surfaced of Johnny Gargano being the latest to return. Ahead of the biggest WWE match of […]
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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – MAY 14: (L-R) David Harbour, Caleb Mclaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn … [+] Wolfhard, Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, and Priah Ferguson attends Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Season 4 New York Premiere at Netflix Brooklyn on May 14, 2022 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) Getty Images The […]
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Topline Britney Spears will soon release her first new song in six years—and her first since a judge ended her controversial 13-year-long conservatorship—in a duet with Elton John called “Hold Me Closer,” a representative for John confirmed to Forbes on Monday. Britney Spears and Elton John attend the 21st Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy […]
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OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA – MARCH 06: UMI performs during the 2020 Okeechobee Music Festival at Sunshine … [+] Grove on March 06, 2020 in Okeechobee, Florida. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage) WireImage With nearly 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, a hit debut album in Forest in the City, custom meditations, and poems at every concert, UMI’s […]
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INDIO, CA – APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts … [+] Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella) 2018 Getty Images After rising to a new peak position of No. 6 last week, […]
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Westworld John Johnson/HBO “These violent delights have violent ends.” Westworld’s latest episode, “Metanoia,” is a chaotic, densely packed gem in a season that I believe is the very best since Season 1. Metanoia is an obscure word that means “change in one’s way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion” and clearly that’s an […]
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Here’s today’s Wordle word of the day answer plus a helpful hint. In Pictures via Getty Images Another day, another Wordle, another daily Wordle column from your humble narrator and puzzle-solver. If you’d have told me when I was going to college back in the early 2000’s that someday I’d write a daily guide for […]
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Actor Roger E Mosely poses for a portrait in circa 1978. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images Roger E. Mosely, who is remembered for his eight season stint as helicopter pilot Theodore “T.C.” Calvin in the original Magnum, P.I., died on Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California following […]
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They/Them Peacock Sometimes a movie has everything going for it: a wonderful cast, a top tier writer behind it, some great ideas, and a premise that’s literally to die for. Sometimes, despite all that, the film fails to find its roots and land its premises anyway. They/Them, from writer/director John Logan, is unfortunately one of […]
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Bob Odenkirk as Gene Credit: AMC In the latest episode of Better Call Saul, we hop between two timelines. Spoilers follow. The first is the black and white ‘present’ timeline where Jimmy, now disguised as Gene Takovic, has led a quiet life working in the local Nebraska Cinnabon. He’s laid low, played it safe, and […]
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Nathan Fielder, knee-deep in his own reality. Allyson Riggs/HBO The first episode of Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal set our expectations, only to break them with each subsequent episode, until number 4, “The Fielder Method,” shattered them into dust; we’re not watching a rehearsal anymore. What are we watching, exactly? It’s hard to say! The show […]
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Bad Bunny and Brad Pitt star in Bullet Train. (C) 2022 CTMG. All Rights Reserved. Sony’s Bullet Train ended the summer tentpole season with a moderate bang. The David Leitch-directed, Brad Pitt-starring R-rated action comedy earned $30.1 million in its domestic debut and $32.4 million overseas for a $62.525 million global opening weekend. Even with […]
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‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Warner Bros. In holdover weekend box office news for the weekend, DC League of Super-Pets dropped 52% for an $11.2 million second-weekend gross. That’s a not-so-super hold for an animated film that didn’t exactly open sky-high. DreamWorks and Universal’s The Bad Guys dropped 32% from a $24 million debut. To be […]
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The Orville Hulu The Orville has had a pretty wild journey over the last three years, starting out on FOX, the relocating to Hulu where a lot more creative freedom (and a larger budget) opened the show up to new creative heights. But all anyone wants to know is whether or not that through all […]
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Here’s today’s Wordle #414 solution plus a helpful hint. Getty Images Well the summer is almost over—if you’re my kids. Summer itself will traipse along until September 21st this year, with Autumn unfurling on the 22nd. But my kids head back to school this coming Wednesday. What a bummer to have such lovely days and […]
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On his HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher, who is not a scientist, claimed that that … [+] America has “gone from fat acceptance to fat celebration.” (Photo by Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic) FilmMagic It’s a shame what Bill Maher has been saying about the obesity epidemic. Back in 2019, Maher literally asked people to […]
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Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in publicity portrait for the film ‘Men In Black II’, 2002. (Photo by … [+] Columbia Pictures/Getty Images) Getty Images Of all the streaming platforms, Netflix NFLX is by far the most active. From week to week, month to month, the world’s most viral streaming service adds lots and […]
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“Abbott Elementary,” airs on ABC. (ABC/Gilles Mingasson) The Television Critics Association (TCA) has announced the winners of the organization’s 38th Annual TCA Awards, honoring the best television offerings from the 2021-2022 season. ABC’s first-year public school sitcom Abbott Elementary scored the highest marks with the series collecting four awards, including three of the TCA’s highest […]
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An advertisement for Discovery+’s Shark Week in New York City. OUTFRONT The streaming wars have been well-documented over the past three years, as new launches and new patterns of consumer behavior turn the streaming landscape on its head. With Netflix losing subscribers and HBO Max’s future clouded by rumors, the streamers need eyeballs not just […]
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Brad Pitt stars in Bullet Train. Scott Garfield In new release news, Sony’s Bullet Train opened with $12.62 million on Friday, with $4.6 million coming from Tuesday and Thursday previews. Presuming it legs out only as well as The Suicide Squad, we’re looking at a $27 million opening weekend. If it’s as leggy as The […]
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DC League of Super-Pets Warner Bros. In holdover news for Friday, DC League of Super-Pets took a sharp dive, earning $3.35 million (-64%) on its second Friday. That sets the stage for a $10.8 million (-53%) Fri-Sun frame, which is not a great hold for a big animated film that didn’t open well. For example, […]
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The Sandman Netflix Netflix has scored a much-needed hit with a project that many thought was going to be unfilmable. Or at least that was the prevailing opinion of the last 35 years or so, including from its creator, Neil Gaiman. But Gaiman was eventually convinced it could be done with the freedom and budget […]
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Kim’s character gets a job in a webtoon company where her main mission is making sure artists … [+] deliver. SBS Japanese manga and Korean manhwa/webtoons are a reliable source of interesting plots and characters for Korean dramas. Today’s Webtoon is no exception. It’s based on the Japanese manga Juhan Shuttai by Nakao Matsuda. What’s […]
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Prey Hulu I have no idea what sort of strange process has led a blockbuster-caliber Predator movie, Prey, to land itself an exclusive debut on Hulu, of all places, but regardless of where it’s premiering, that has nothing to do with its quality. And this is an absolutely phenomenal movie. Prey is easily the best […]
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Here’s today’s Wordle plus a helpful hint. In Pictures via Getty Images It’s been something of a musical summer for me. Last weekend my kids and I went to Red Rocks Amphitheater just outside of Denver, CO and saw Father John Misty perform with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. It was an incredible experience! Yesterday evening, […]
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Tim Roth as David in Andrew Semans’ ‘Resurrection.’ IFC Films “Nothing,” Tim Roth explained frankly as we discussed how much time he had to prep for the psychological thriller Resurrection. He plays David, a narcissistic and abusive ex-boyfriend who inserts himself back into the life of Margaret, played by Rebecca Hall, 22 years after they […]
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The Sandman Netflix The Endless: Death, Delirium, Desire, Despair, Destiny, Destruction, and Dream. Seven siblings, embodiments of the forces of nature, each with their own kingdoms and vast power. They’re the siblings whose machinations lay at the heart of The Sandman, Netflix’ newest series and easily one of its best and most expansive, creative series […]
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Here’s today’s Wordle answer plus a helpful hint. In Pictures via Getty Images Yesterday I opened my Wordle guide with some poetry. I had to make the entire intro / flavor text rhyme because it was all an elaborate hint for yesterday’s Wordle of the day. I admit, one tricky thing about writing Wordle guides […]
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Billy Corgan (left) and Perry Farrell (right) perform on stage with Porno For Pyros at Lollapalooza. … [+] Sunday, July 31, 2022 at Grant Park in Chicago, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen For Lollapalooza co-creator Perry Farrell, festival weekend in Chicago generally proves to be chaotic, pulled in a million different directions by media, bands, […]
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MultiVersus Credit: Warner Bros Bad news for MultiVersus fans today. Player First Games announced that the start of Season 1 is being delayed indefinitely. The cherry on top? The release of the much-hyped fighter Morty—of Rick & Morty fame—is also being delayed. The game has been a pretty big hit since release, gaining a lot […]
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