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Cristiano Ronaldo Got Married in Secret, Then Posted Two Hands and Broke the Internet

The most photographed athlete alive got married on Tuesday and nobody got a picture…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 12

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Mick Jagger Danced to His Own Song at 83 and Ran the Best Album Ad of the Summer

Mick Jagger posted a phone video of himself on Sunday, hands over his head,…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 11

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House of the Dragon Finally Got Good Again, and HBO’s Reward Is Making You Wait Until 2028

The eighth and final episode of House of the Dragon’s third season burned down…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 11

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Lauryn Hill Spent Ten Years Building a Festival, and 35,000 People Showed Up in Milton Keynes

More than 35,000 people filled the National Bowl in Milton Keynes on Friday night…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 10

Spider-Man Posted the Third-Biggest Second Weekend Ever and the Worst Hold on the Chart

Spider-Man: Brand New Day took roughly $145 million in North America over the weekend…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 10

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Ted Lasso Season 4 Is Good Enough to Prove Why Apple Un-Ended It

Ted Lasso came back to Apple TV on August 5 with Jason Sudeikis coaching…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 8

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TikTok’s Software Caught Perez Hilton’s Livestream in Minutes. A Human Left It Up for 15.

TikTok’s automated systems flagged Perez Hilton’s livestream for removal within minutes of it starting…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 7

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Miss North Carolina USA Lost Her Crown After Five Weeks, and the Vetting Failure Is the Real Story

Brittany Boltinhouse held the title of Miss North Carolina USA 2026 for a little…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 6

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Chicago Fire Is Losing an Original Cast Member and Its Showrunner in the Same Year

Dermot Mulroney went to a horror convention in Chicago over the weekend and got…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 4

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Gwyneth Paltrow Joined TikTok at 53 and Gave Up 25 Years of Image Control

Gwyneth Paltrow joined TikTok on Friday at the age of 53 and opened the…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 3

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Zac Brown Gave 35,000 Fenway Fans a Free Cruise and Nobody Saw It Coming

Zac Brown stopped his show at Fenway Park on Sunday night to tell a…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 3

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Set a $168 Million Opening Day Record and Nobody Agrees on the Weekend

Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day took roughly $168 million domestically on Friday, the biggest…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 2

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Diane Farr Is Leaving Los Angeles After 30 Years, and Her Fire Country Job Left First

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Michael B. Jordan’s Thomas Crown Affair Is Amazon’s Real Test, Not Just a Remake

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Ariana Grande’s Hackers Never Broke Into Her Accounts, They Broke Into Everyone Around Her

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PS Plus Is Giving Away Big Walk on Day One, and Sony Has a Very Good Reason

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Tennessee Grandmother Says Her Arrest Was Staged for a Reality TV Show. Her Lawsuit Exposes a System That Treats People Like Content.

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‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 3 Debuts With a Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score and a Show That Finally Knows What It Wants to Be

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The UK Is Getting Powerball: Could Europe Follow?

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Ryan Gosling Is Ghost Rider, David Jonsson Is the New Black Panther, and Marvel Just Won Comic-Con

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Elon Musk Says Grok Will Make a Full AI Odyssey Movie by December, and the Internet Has Thoughts

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Jason Alexander Finally Apologized to Courtney Stodden. She Wants More Than Words

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Comic-Con 2026 Opens Today With Marvel Back in Hall H and Apple Crashing the Party

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Lena Headey Says Hollywood Still Protects ‘Predatory Men,’ and Game of Thrones Fans Proved Her Point

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Shatters Box Office With $124 Million Opening Weekend

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Netflix’s “I Will Find You” Is the Biggest New Show of 2026 and Critics Don’t Matter

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Brenda Fricker, Oscar-Winning Star of My Left Foot and Home Alone 2, Dies at 81

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Opens Today With a 98% Rotten Tomatoes Score and IMAX Screens Sold Out Worldwide

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MJ Shannon, the Quiet Force Behind the Kardashian Empire, Dies at 91

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Twelve States Sue to Block the $110 Billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger