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Hulu’s Paradise: The Literary and Musical Easter Eggs That Could Explain That Big Twist
This article contains spoilers for Paradise episodes 1-3. Three episodes into Paradise it’s quickly becoming clear that nothing’s as it seems in this political thriller about secret service agents and the country they guard. Hulu’s current number one television series stars Sterling K. Brown (This is Us) as an agent assigned to safeguard a president…
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How Lost’s Worst Episode Helped Save the Show
It’s never been controversial to claim that “Stranger in a Strange Land” is the worst episode of Lost. The ninth episode of the show’s third season was greeted with almost universally negative reviews shortly after it aired in 2007, and its reputation hasn’t improved in the nearly 18 years since its debut. It’s the second-lowest-ranked…
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Emilia Pérez and the Oscars’ Other Scandalous Campaign Takedowns and Self-Sabotages
It’s Oscar season again in Hollywood, although it can hardly be said that this year has seen a smooth, celebratory homestretch leading to the big event. Between the results of the 2024 election and the horrific fires that swept through Los Angeles almost as soon as 2025 began, it almost seems as if Tinseltown’s biggest,…
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Fantastic Four First Steps Trailer Breakdown: Galactus, New Costumes, and Red Ghost?!
The Marvel Age of Heroes is about to begin! Yes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has existed since 2008, and yes, the Fantastic Four have made three big screen appearances already. But Fantastic Four: First Steps feels like something special, a proper movie version of the team that launched Marvel Comics when Jack Kirby and Stan…
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New Video Game Releases for 2025: Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, PC
The biggest upcoming games of 2025 makes 2024 look like an even slower year for new releases. It seems to be a trend: as the average development time for games continues to grow, more and more major titles are dropping in batches during select years. Like 2023 before it, 2025 is going to be one…
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2025 Health Tech Awards: 35 Best Items for Sleep, Fitness, and Optimal Living
When we first announced our inaugural Health Teach Awards, we assumed we’d get some good submissions and test some pretty cool products. What we weren’t prepared for was how difficult it would be to narrow down our favorites and choose our final winners. Because, let’s be honest, everything that came across our desks was nifty…
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How We Picked Our Winners for the 2025 Health Tech Awards
We laid out exactly how we chose products to test and the criteria we used to thoroughly vet each item during this process. Checkered motifs have dominated Instagram feeds in practically every form, from floor tiles to textiles. But if you don’t have a renovation in the works or even a plan to invest in…
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Breaking Bad and Netflix Is The Most Mutually Beneficial Relationship in TV History
Breaking Bad fans were treated to some bittersweet news when it was announced that Sony Pictures Television (the company that owns the rights to the show) extended its license with Netflix until April 18, 2027. This feels like a sweet relief in that Breaking Bad was originally expected to be taken off the streamer on…
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Every Single One of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Books Ranked From Good to Great
For 32 years, Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels were a regular feature in bestseller lists, and dominated the science-fiction and fantasy section of the bookshop. Writing at a time when fantasy literature was considered less than other genres, and comic fantasy even less than that, Sir Terry flew the flag for anyone who enjoyed letting their…
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Avengers: Doomsday Doesn’t Need Chris Evans as Captain America
Leave it to ol’ Steve Rogers to say, “No, I don’t think I will.” Initial reports suggested that Chris Evans would join Robert Downey Jr. and the Russo Brothers for Avengers: Doomsday. But in a new conversation with Esquire, Anthony Mackie stated that Evans downplayed those rumors. “He goes, ‘Oh, you know, I’m happily retired,’”…