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‘The Last House’ Ending Breakdown: Why Is the Family Trapped Inside Their Home?
Netflix’s “The Last House” follows Ann and Jason, and their children, after an unexplained rainfall seals them and their neighbours inside their homes behind an apparently indestructible watery barrier. The film turns this confinement into a survival story, with the family enduring isolation, dwindling supplies and increasingly threatening creatures outside, while the cause of the…
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Netflix Cancelled Its Best ‘Stranger Things’ Replacement After Just 10 Episodes
Netflix cancelled Mike Flanagan’s The Midnight Club after one 10-episode season, despite the article arguing it was its strongest spiritual successor to Stranger Things. The piece says both series make their supernatural threats effective by focusing on close-knit young people and the emotional stakes of their relationships. Premiering in 2022, The Midnight Club adapted Christopher…
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Do you know what FURRIES are? We go inside Ireland’s strange new world, where dragons check into hotels, foxes roam the corridors and costumes can cost up to €10,000
The article examines Ireland’s furry community, whose members create and wear animal-inspired characters and costumes, often gathering at organised events. It presents the subculture through a hotel setting where participants dressed as creatures such as dragons and foxes socialise, highlighting a hobby that remains unfamiliar to many people. Furries may develop detailed fictional identities, known…
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Contrapoints devours forbidden, decadent games | Shelf Quest
YouTuber and video essayist Natalie Wynn, known as ContraPoints, discusses her relationship with video games in an episode of Polygon’s Shelf Quest. The feature presents gaming as something she regarded as forbidden and therefore especially appealing in childhood, before becoming a subject she now streams on her ContraPointsLive channel. Filmed at videogamesnewyork in Manhattan’s East…
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10 Sci-Fi Shows on Netflix Where Every Episode is a Masterpiece
Polygon has put together a list of sci-fi shows on Netflix that stay strong from start to finish, avoiding the mid-series slumps that afflict programmes like The Walking Dead, Lost and Stranger Things. The piece highlights ten such series, praising each for maintaining quality and inventive premises throughout their runs rather than fading after a…
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Unearthed clip of El-Sayed revealing his ‘hate’ for iconic Michigan town sparks online firestorm: ‘Dark heart’
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has faced online criticism after a clip from a 2020 documentary resurfaced in which he says he “hates” Mackinac Island, a well-known Michigan tourist destination. The remarks have drawn attention because of the island’s cultural and symbolic importance within the state, with critics using the clip to question his…
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‘I Is Another’ Review: Claes Bang Plays Himmler’s Masseur in Weighty Meditation on a WWII Footnote
‘I Is Another’ is a German suspense drama about Felix Kersten, Heinrich Himmler’s real-life physiotherapist, who claimed after the Second World War that he helped secure Jewish prisoners’ release. The review finds the film a compelling, deliberately ambiguous meditation on truth, self-mythologising and deception, driven by Claes Bang’s portrayal of the charismatic but egotistical Kersten…
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The weird gig that stopped Lemmy from having sex: “All that shit”
An article for Far Out Magazine recounts a Hawkwind gig where bassist Lemmy found himself frustrated not by the band’s billing status but by the timing, as playing last scuppered plans to meet a woman after the show. The anecdote is framed alongside other famous line-up grievances, such as Led Zeppelin’s insistence on better slots…
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Variety Toasts Young Hollywood’s Hottest at Cover Bash With Tate McRae, Sombr and Malachi Barton
Variety held its 2026 Power of Young Hollywood celebration at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills, bringing together emerging actors, musicians, influencers and industry executives. The event highlighted the publication’s latest cover stars — Tate McRae, Sombr, Tyriq Withers and Malachi Barton — and underscored their growing influence within film, television and music. Hosted by Variety…
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Carrie Underwood still has her Sunday Night Football fastball, awkward Jim Harbaugh & Baywatch Livvy Dunne!
This “Nightcaps” column is a round-up of sports and culture stories from the first weekend of August, rather than a single news report. It highlights Carrie Underwood’s continuing role in Sunday Night Football coverage, an awkward moment involving NFL coach Jim Harbaugh, and gymnast and influencer Livvy Dunne in a Baywatch-themed appearance. – Carrie Underwood…