On paper, “Oh. What. Fun.” has the makings of an attractive holiday feature that encourages Prime Video subscribers to click play: Michelle Pfeiffer leading a company of instantly recognizable actors directed by a notable filmmaker, a heartfelt story about the harried holidays
There isn’t only one moment that stands out as Role Model reflects on scaling the pop mountain over the past few years. Opening for Gracie Abrams on “The Secret of Us” tour was one of them; playing to massive crowds at New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Greek
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As Netflix strikes an $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. — including its film and TV studios, plus HBO Max and HBO — many subscribers are wondering what that might ultimately mean for their streaming services. Will Netflix combine with HBO Max? Consumers currently
For now, the statue is whatever you want it to be The post No Matter What The Game Awards Hell Statue Is For, Geoff Keighley Wins appeared first on Kotaku .
Vans is stepping directly into the global Kpop wave with a new capsule inspired by “Kpop Demon Hunters,” the breakout Netflix juggernaut. The footwear collection, which spotlights the fan-favorite girl group HUNTR/X and their demon-slaying counterparts, launches in stores Dec.
"You can't fix him," she added.
When Sanae Takaichi was confirmed as the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), it was – as is typically the pattern in Japanese politics – virtually certain that she would succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Her ascension did face some political
Swedish quasi-rapper Bladee released his opus Cold Visions last year, and he stayed busy in 2025 — dropping his EP Ste The Beautiful Martyr 1st Attempt, collaborating with Oklou and Mechatok and PinkPantheress, teaming up with his old friend Yung Lean on the singles “Inferno,”
In the canopies of a South American rainforest, a tiny soldier termite has stunned a team of international scientists with its whale-like features.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is hopefully just the start of Nintendo providing performance modes in its games The post It’s Wild That Nintendo’s New Game Is An FPS That Runs At 120FPS appeared first on Kotaku .
A record 48 teams will take part next year with Cape Verde, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Curaçao all appearing in football's premier event for the first time.
iam8bit alleges its business partner Skybound Game Studios is in breach of contract.
Spain's government said Friday it had not ruled out an accidental laboratory leak as the cause of an outbreak of African swine fever that has rocked the country's lucrative pork industry.
Trump and his allies are heaping pressure on holdout Republicans in Indiana, while Democrats eye gains elsewhere.
We've finally found a game that's beneath the standards of Postal.
Billions of alkaline-loving microbes could offer a new way to protect nuclear waste buried deep underground. This approach overcomes the limitations of current cement barriers, which can crack or break down over time.
The Geena Davis Institute has unveiled a new study showing how menopause and aging are portrayed in the 100 top-grossing domestic films from 2009 to 2024 that prominently feature women ages 40 and older on screen. Key findings in the study called, “Missing in action: Writing a
“This year’s fashion show was a defining moment in how we have evolved into the new era of sexy,” Victoria's Secret chief executive Hillary Super said.
We’re about to get more Epstein documents. Trump-appointed Judge Rodney Smith of the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida on Friday ordered the release of previously secret grand jury transcripts from 2005 and 2007 investigations into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is expressing concern about Netflix's planned acquisition of moviemaker Warner Bros., saying the deal could raise major questions about antitrust and competitive imbalance. “This deal looks like an anti-monopoly nightmare," Warren said Friday in
Disney is planning a rerelease in theaters of “Avengers: Endgame,” the second-highest grossing film of all time, on Sept. 25. The release of the latest installment of the series, “Avengers: Doomsday,” follows on Dec. 18. Disney also announced the release date for “Super
I’m actually surprised how well Santa answers these difficult questions in the face of a full on press from the New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner.
Violet Grohl, daughter of Dave, is 19 years old, but she’s been performing alongside her father for quite a while now. She’s contributed impressive guest vocals at various Foo Fighters shows and Nirvana reunions dating all the way back to pre-pandemic 2020, when she was just
Anthropic has tapped an ex-staffer for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and outgoing Mayor Eric Adams for a top communications role – as the AI giant tries to distance itself from allegations that is too “woke," The Post has learned.
Postal: Bullet Paradise was revealed by Running With Scissors and Goonswarm Games, and quickly canceled after generative AI art accusations.
The Supreme Court on Friday took up whether President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions are constitutional, adding another major confrontation with the president to the justices’ docket. Trump signed the executive order on his first day back in the White House,
Pond frogs nonchalantly dined on the venomous insects, hinting at special mechanisms that help the amphibians avoid pain—and grisly deaths The post Watch a Frog Eagerly Munch on a Murder Hornet appeared first on Nautilus .
India’s red-carpet reception for Vladimir Putin this week has sent ripples through Washington. The optics were impossible to ignore: As the Russian president openly threatened Europe – warning that Moscow was “ready” should the continent provoke conflict – New Delhi celebrated
Donald Trump's controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship had been rejected by lower courts.
The French initiative aims to expand UNIFIL's authority to monitor both the Lebanese-Israeli and Lebanese-Syrian borders, with discussions also considering U.K. involvement in border monitoring infrastructure, according to a report by a Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese news outlet
The Department of Homeland Security has innovated a cringey new way to spread its blatantly made-up statistics documenting its ethnic cleansing campaign: introducing DHS Wrapped! In the latest installment of the Trump administration’s weird attempts to appeal to Gen Z , the
Blitt’s most recent works connect with the natural world through line, movement, and color. On view at the Leedy Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri, through February 27.
Why does plastic turn brittle and paint fade when exposed to the sun for long periods? Scientists have long known that such organic photodegradation occurs due to the sun's energy generating free radicals: molecules that have lost an electron to sunlight-induced ionization and
Syntax Bio, a synthetic biology company programming the next generation of cell therapies, has published new research in Science Advances detailing the company's CRISPR-based Cellgorithm technology, which lays the groundwork for programmable control of gene activity in human
In honor of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” turning 25, Fathom Entertainment and Warner Bros. are bringing all three extended edition films from Peter Jackson’s trilogy back to theaters next year. The films will screen in DBOX presentation from Jan. 16-19
Next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting promises to be one of the most interesting in recent memory.
Quentin Tarantino is wrong about Paul Dano, but everyone is already telling him that. For more than two decades, Dano has shaped one of the most quietly radical careers in American cinema. The 40-year-old actor first drew serious attention as a teenager in “L.I.E.” (2001), but
Mandy Moore is set to lead an erotic thriller series currently in development at Peacock, Variety has learned. Moore is attached to star in the drama “Teach Me,” which is said to be about “a teacher wielding power over an impressionable but unreliable student, and what happens
Parker Schnabel said the shift isn’t temporary — it’s the beginning of a long-term structural trend.
Fans are not happy that an event type from Black Ops 6 has been brought back, due to how it rewards people who grind the game too much.
Euroclear, the custodian of the immobilised Russian assets, has criticised the reparations loan for Ukraine as fragile, unpredictable and risky. In Brussels, the German chancellor holds a crisis meeting with the Belgian prime minister to find a compromise and break the deadlock
The Trump administration is invoking racist tropes in a policy document, claiming that Europe is facing “civilizational erasure.” The White House’s new National Security Strategy, posted Thursday night, called the European Union antidemocratic and seemed to make an openly
What will Netflix do with Warner Bros. Games? The post Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, And Batman: Arkham Are Going To A Company That Closed Its Only AAA Game Studio appeared first on Kotaku .
President Trump released his National Security Strategy late Thursday night with a focus on building up a larger military presence in the Western Hemisphere, balancing global trade, tightening up border security, and winning the culture war with Europe. The sweeping strategy
A Brazilian Harvard law professor has agreed to self-deport after he was arrested on allegations he fired a BB gun near a synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur.
The second highest grossing film of all time hailed from 'Doomsday' trio Joe and Anthony Russo and star Robert Downey Jr.
The Australian electronic producer Ninajirachi had a breakout year thanks to I Love My Computer, a set of tracks that bring brain-fried hyperactivity to the sounds of 2010s EDM. It placed highly on our list of the year’s best albums, and highlight “Fuck My Computer” landed on
