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‘Spiderman: Brand New Day’ Did What No MCU Movie After ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Had the Guts To Do
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has often been criticised for undoing bold storytelling decisions soon after making them, but the new film Spider-Man: Brand New Day breaks that pattern by refusing to reverse the consequences set up at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home. This matters because it marks a rare instance of the franchise…
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Forget ‘Terminator,’ This Near-Perfect Time-Travel Thriller Is Officially Free to Watch
Collider has spotlighted “Looper” as a standout time-travel thriller now streaming free on Tubi, arguing it outshines more recent genre entries built around multiverse concepts. Written and directed by Rian Johnson before his “Star Wars” and “Knives Out” work, the 2012 film builds a stripped-down premise around organised crime using outlawed time travel to eliminate…
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US rapper BigXthaPlug arrested on drug and gun charges
Dallas-based rapper BigXthaPlug, real name Xavier Landum, has been arrested in Texas on charges including driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession and illegal possession of a firearm. The arrest is significant as it comes while he was already out on bail from a similar arrest a year earlier, and follows a high-profile 2025 performance at London’s…
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The 2004 blockbuster that could have launched Robert Pattinson’s career: “My first film audition”
Robert Pattinson’s road to fame nearly took a different route, as he revealed his very first film audition was for the 2004 epic Troy, before he landed the roles in Harry Potter and Twilight that made him a star. Speaking to The Independent, the actor recalled trying out for the part of Patroclus, Brad Pitt’s…
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Paramount accuses Mark Ruffalo of antisemitism after actor criticises studio’s Israel links
Paramount has publicly accused actor Mark Ruffalo of invoking “antisemitic tropes” after he criticised the studio’s financial links to Israel via Oracle, the tech firm backing Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery. Ruffalo, a longstanding pro-Palestinian advocate who pledged last October not to work with Israeli film institutions during the Gaza…
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Ed Sheeran wants to build ANOTHER wildlife pond: Superstar risks wrath of residents at his £1.1million ‘Sheeran-ville II’ recording studio… but will this pool be just for newts and tadpoles?
Ed Sheeran is seeking planning permission to build a second wildlife pond at his sprawling Suffolk estate, home to his £1.1million recording studio complex nicknamed “Sheeran-ville”. The proposal is likely to reignite tensions with local residents, who have previously raised concerns about the scale of development at the singer’s property near Framlingham. The new pond…
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Kingdom Hearts modder turns an indie love letter to the JRPG series into an even more blatant Kingdom Hearts-like
A Kingdom Hearts modder has altered the upcoming indie action RPG Luminous Nights to make it resemble Square Enix and Disney’s series even more closely. The modification underlines how strongly the game already evokes Kingdom Hearts, while also drawing attention to the fine line between an affectionate homage and a work whose similarities may dominate…
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The 2005 song Juliette Lewis wrote about her “high-school years” romance with Brad Pitt
Actor and musician Juliette Lewis has reflected on her four-year relationship with Brad Pitt, which began when they starred together in the 1993 film Kalifornia and lasted from when she was 16 until she was 20. Lewis has spoken fondly of the relationship in interviews, describing it as formative given how it coincided with both…
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Outrage as woke music festival ‘normalizes drug use’ with on-site lab for free purity testing: ‘This isn’t going to end well’
The Shambhala Music Festival in Canada has drawn criticism after offering an on-site laboratory providing free drug purity testing to attendees. Critics argue the service normalises illegal drug use at the event, with one commentator quoted as saying “this isn’t going to end well,” reflecting concern that the initiative could be seen as tacitly endorsing…
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Emily Watson Says ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Season 2 Will Have ‘Lots of New Elements,’ Led Her on ‘A Quest in a Way Actors Always Get to Do and Actresses Don’t’
Emily Watson has said the second season of HBO Max’s “Dune: Prophecy” will introduce “lots of new elements”, although she declined to reveal specifics because of the show’s secrecy. Reprising her role as Valya Harkonnen has given her a rare sense of being on a quest, which she said actresses do not always get to…