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Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers from Episode 7 of The Last of UsWhen HBO's blockbuster fantasy drama Game of Thrones was hitting its prime right around Seasons 5 and 6, and epic events like "The Battle of the Bastards," the recruitment of the Wildlings at Hardhome, and House Stark pushing to unseat House Bolton as Wardens of the North, we were introduced to a myriad of new and interesting characters — Perhaps none more than young Lady Lyanna Mormont of Bear Island who is played by current The Last of Us star, Bella Ramsey. From the moment she first appeared in "The Broken Man" episode of Season 6, audiences started asking, "Who is that rambunctious and powerful young woman who is holding her own among the much older actors in her scenes?" When she was introduced at a council meeting of the houses representing House Mormont of Bear Island, she immediately stood out because...

This article contains potential spoilers for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has a deep connection to the life of Antonio Banderas that proves that animation is not only for children. Starring Salma Hayek Pinault, Wagner Moura, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Harvey Guillén, and John Mulaney alongside Banderas, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is one of Dreamworks Animation's most successful movies. As well as grossing nearly half a billion dollars worldwide, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has garnered a fantastic response from both critics and audiences alike for its unique storybook-inspired visual style, poignant story, and surprisingly mature themes.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish's reception strongly contrasts that of the rest of the later films in the Shrek franchise. Shrek Forever After and Shrek the Third had considerably more negative reactions than the other films in the series,...

Twenty-three years ago, Hollywood was introduced to the glorious cast of characters known as the X-Men, and it hasn’t looked back since. The past two decades has seen a whopping 13 movies based on Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s beloved comic series, which range from films about the whole X-Men clan to origin stories for individual characters, like Wolverine and Deadpool.

What’s so great about the X-Men movies is that they all stand pretty well on their own. But, like most franchises, (especially within the MCU), there are also a ton of sneaky little threads that hold them all together and make the X-universe a fairly cohesive one.

Though you really can watch these movies in any order, there is a way to watch the X-Men movies in chronological order. You can witness the characters evolve from when the gang first banded together during the Cold War (“X-Men: First Class...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers from Episode 7 of The Last of Us.Who's calling Episode 7 of The Last of Us entitled, "Left Behind" a filler? Not us! It is a gripping and essential part of Ellie's backstory and the reveal of a new character, Riley (Storm Reid). The episode picks up with a wounded Joel (Pedro Pascal) desperately telling Ellie to go on and leave him behind to die, and she begrudgingly does. But then we get to see what Ellie (Bella Ramsey) was doing prior to being introduced in the show's first episode where she is being held captive at the Boston Q.Z. by Marlene (Merle Dandridge) and the rest of the Fireflies. She is in a Fedra training school for girls where she is already showing signs of being a bit of a troublemaker and free spirit. After getting into a disagreement with the class bully,...

This post contains spoilers for HBO's "The Last of Us" and the video game series of the same name.

In true "The Last of Us" tradition, the latest episode of the HBO series delivers yet another emotional gut-punch by centering the story around Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and her best friend/crush Riley (Storm Reid). The previous episode ended on a cliffhanger, where Joel (Pedro Pascal) seemed to be on the verge of death after getting stabbed and losing a ton of blood. "I can't do this without you, Joel," Ellie pleads desperately, as she is stranded in the middle of nowhere and does not have the resources or know-how to save Joel's life. Pushed into an extreme situation like never before, Ellie relives the incident that marked the beginning of the end: An unforgettable night at the mall with her best friend, Riley, whom she loved, and lost too soon.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for both The Last of Us episode 4 and the original game.The Last of Us episode 4 featured a brand-new faction of enemies for Joel and Ellie to face in the Hunters, a group that will be important going forward. After tragically finding Bill and Frank dead in The Last of Us episode 3, Joel and Ellie continued their journey toward Wyoming to find Joel's brother Tommy. Their journey, greatly aided by Bill's supplies obtained from Lincoln, took the duo past Kansas City, with the highway being blocked forcing them to reroute through the city's heart.

While driving through Kansas City's downtown area, Joel and Ellie encounter an injured man whom Joel deduces is not injured at all. Their truck is then damaged in an ambush set up by the man, kickstarting Joel and Ellie's conflict with the Hunters after their significantly less dangerous outing in the...

Warning! This article contains major spoilers for both The Last of Us episode 3 and the original game.

The Last of Us episode 3 makes a change from the game's canon, but the storytelling decision perfectly complements its adaptation into a prestige TV show. Only three episodes into its season 1 run, The Last of Us has been a significant success for HBO, working a balance between being accessible enough for new viewers and appeasing fans of the game. However, while remaining largely faithful to the source material, there have been some tweaks to the canon, including the Fireflies killing Robert's gang after an exchange gone wrong instead of Joel and Tess doing so single-handedly in the game.

The most notable change to canon so far occurs in episode 3, "Long, Long Time," specifically around The Last of Us' Frank and Bill. The game heavily implies that Bill and Frank are lovers, as in The Last of Us show.

HBO's The Last of Us co-creator explains why Nick Offerman was cast as Bill, despite having a more comedic background. While The Last of Us generally follows the journey of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they desperately try to find the Fireflies, who are waiting across the post-apocalyptic United States, episode 3 featured a significant departure from Joel and Ellie. Instead, the narrative focused on Bill and Frank (Murray Bartlett), two men who meet years after the outbreak and fall in love in the meantime.

While Offerman played his role brilliantly, there was a question of why such a comedy-focused actor – who first came into prominence through Parks and Recreation – would be cast for such a dramatic and heavy role that might even lead to a potential The Last of Us spin-off

Appearing on The Last of Us Podcast, co-creator Craig Mazin explained exactly why Offerman was cast...

In a new promotional video for Pedro Pascal's upcoming Saturday Night Live hosting gig, the variety show's set is invaded by The Last of Us' horrific creatures known as Clickers. Pascal has become the center of attention in the television sphere, with the actor receiving praises for his portrayal as a survivor and black market smuggler Joel Miller. Pascal's television display will continue with his reprisal as the titular bounty hunter in The Mandalorian, which further hypes his debut appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Saturday Night Live recently shared their new The Last of Us-themed promotional video for their upcoming February 4 episode featuring Pascal as the host. Check out the video below:

As Pascal revels in the fact that he is hosting NBC's long-running variety show, the actor hears a disturbance that activates his inner Joel. Investigating the noise, he comes face-to-face with a Clicker, a terrifying...

DreamWorks and their villains would be a perfect fit for the world of Dungeons and Dragons. They've had dozens of villains grace theater screens, from the dulcet tones of the Fairy Godmother to the most recent sinister slashings of the bounty-hunting Wolf. The characters are larger than life, and it's for that reason that they're so beloved. They would make for a diverse and vicious bunch of characters to wreak havoc on the tabletop. DreamWorks tends to have a fondness for these over-the-top villains, and even the most stoic of them will end up bloodthirsty sooner or later, fitting the mood shifts of an average Dungeons and Dragons game.

All of the bizarre classes that any Dungeons and Dragons party is bound to have would fit right into the elaborate worlds of a DreamWorks movie. These classes are fun because they allow players to create unique characters and explore imaginative worlds,...

HBO’s “The Last of Us” continues to be a ratings juggernaut, with the viewership increasing steadily from week-to-week. The first episode debuted to 4.7 million day-one viewers, while the second episode rocketed up to 5.7 million day-one viewers. This past Sunday night’s beautifully heartbreaking third episode, we’ve learned, hit 6.4 million day-one viewers!

This number represents the Sunday night total between HBO and HBO Max, and Sunday night viewership only represents 20-40 of a show’s total gross audience per episode.

For example, the first two episodes are averaging 21 million viewers in total!

For the sake of comparison, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” posted similar live viewer numbers in its debut season, with Season 1 viewership ranging from 4.71 million to a high of 5.97 million.

“The Last of Us” Season 2, in case you missed the news, has already been ordered.

On a related note, Bloody Disgusting has learned that four current HBO...

The Last of Us doesn’t look like it’ll be losing steam any time soon. On Sunday, 6.4M people tuned in to watch the third episode of the post-apocalyptic series across HBO and HBO Max, according to Nielsen and first party data.

That’s a 12 increase from last week’s viewership, which already had set a record for the largest week 2 audience growth for an HBO Original drama series in the history of the network. Sunday’s audience is also up 37 from the series premiere, which was watched same-day by 4.7M people.

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Warning! This post contains Spoilers for The Last of Us episode 3

HBO's The Last of Us episode 3 has the biggest deviation from the games yet, featuring several new reveals about Bill's partner Frank. In the new live-action series, Frank plays a much larger role than he does in the original game. Rather than already being dead by the time players discover him, audiences get to see how Bill (Nick Offerman) met Frank as well as their deeper relationship made for the series. As such, there's a lot more to discover with this incredibly dynamic character played by Murray Bartlett.

In The Last of Us episode 3, Joel and Ellie are headed for Bill and Frank's fortified town of Lincoln, Massachusetts. Before they arrive, audiences are taken back to 2007, four years after the initial outbreak. This is when Bill inadvertently caught Frank in one of his traps, taking him in and offering him a meal.

Interest in The Last of Us games has spiked following the premiere of the HBO series, but with both The Last of Us Remastered and the Tlou: Part 1 to choose from, it can be tricky to know where to start. The first Tlou has three different versions, each with various features, so it’s reasonable to be confused about where to begin. Thankfully, there is a pretty straightforward answer for which version of The Last of Us new fans should pick up.

The Last of Us was first released midway through 2013 as a PlayStation 3 exclusive title. However, the PlayStation 4 would launch just a few months later in the holiday of the same year. Even though The Last of Us on PS3 looked incredible and played very well, the PS4’s tech allowed for improvement. Just over a year after its initial release, The Last of Us Remastered launched as a PS4 exclusive.

Google is celebrating the popularity of bubble tea or boba tea with an interactive doodle. Google is known for commemorating various historical events, holidays, and public figures with fun doodles on its home page. The company also occasionally adds cool new Easter eggs on its home page or search results to commemorate great achievements, pay tributes to public figures, or celebrate sports events, video games, movies, and TV shows. The latest such addition is The Last of Us Easter egg that 'infects' search results with a fungus, the same way it infects people in the apocalyptic HBO show.

On Jan. 29 2020, Unicode announced a new emoji to mark the global popularity of bubble tea. To celebrate the occasion, Google has introduced a new playable doodle that requires users to make a bubble tea order with a required amount of tapioca pearls, tea, and syrup. As explained by Google, the doodle features...

Both Andor and Star Wars: The Last Jedi had the difficult task of following up a successful Star Wars movie, and both took risks by changing the Star Wars’ mold, but only one truly succeeded. Despite both displaying creativity in shaking up the traditional Star Wars format, only one of them was lauded for its bravery—while the other was hated for it. With The Last Jedi, fans looked to Rian Johnson to expand on the elements they loved about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, while also introducing something new to Star Wars universe. And with Andor, fans looked for something akin to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that still provided a thrilling watch.

There is something to say about the different expectations for these two projects. Andor was meant to explain Cassian Andor’s character and history leading up to Rogue One. But it is—in every respect—a prequel.

Warning! Spoilers for The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part Iihbo's The Last of Us has already introduced a detail that is extremely important to Ellie's character, effectively ruining one of her big moments in The Last of Us season 2. Ellie is arguably the most importance character in both The Last of Us games, with her being the focus of the series' most emotional moments. However, one of these emotional moments may not work anymore, as The Last of Us has potentially mishandled a musical element that was previously essential Ellie's character arc.

After only a few episodes of HBO's popular adaptation, The Last of Us season 2 has already been announced. Although not many details came with the announcement of the show's renewal, The Last of Us season 2 is expected to follow the story of The Last of Us Part II, the 2020 sequel to the original game.

The Last of Us' Cordyceps infection is broken down by a real fungi expert. The video game-based HBO show takes apocalyptic fiction to new heights by depicting an infection caused by the fungus referred to as cordyceps, which brings down civilization in staggering fashion. The first scene of the series presents a panel of scientists in the 1960s discussing the possibility of such an infection, offering an air of realism to the show's terrifying premise.

Now, mycologist Paul Stamets has taken to Twitter to give his take on the harrowing Cordyceps infection presented in the HBO series.

I have just finished watching the second episode of #TheLastOfUs and I have two opinions. First, I’m a science-fiction fan and I love weaving the creative elements of fungi into the narrative. But let’s get real. Cordyceps can not infect humans. pic.twitter.com/R0cLGq0GPO — Paul Stamets (@PaulStamets) January 26, 2023

In a ten-part thread,...

Warning: Contains discussion of suicide.

Warning: Contains minor spoilers for The Last of Us video game.

When deciding who should play Frank in The Last of Us HBO went with a pretty big name for the video game character. In the original video game, Frank is a fairly minor character, and his mere presence in HBO's The Last of Us could be a surprise for viewers who have played the game. The Last of Us' Frank might look familiar, but that's not a surprise when this isn't even his first HBO show.

In the first The Last of Us Game, Frank is never actually seen alive. Frank's body can be found when Joel and Ellie go to Bill's town, with Frank having already taken his own life after becoming infected. From reading notes that can be found throughout the game, it is heavily implied that Frank and Bill were a romantic couple.

The official backstory for the Star Wars character General Hux has revealed the true reason why he betrayed the First Order in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Disney's Star Wars sequel trilogy introduced a variety of interesting new characters in the newest iteration of the galaxy's Empire, the First Order. Kylo Ren in particular has garnered interest for his arc and the way he was portrayed by Adam Driver. However, one character who tends to get looked over more than anyone is General Armitage Hux. Played by Domhnall Gleeson in the films, he's essentially the right-hand man to Kylo Ren as he leads the first firing from the First Order's massive battle station, Starkiller Base. Hux had a lot of potential for who he would become following Snoke's death in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi...that is, until a startling reveal in the following film.

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for both HBO's The Last of Us and the original game!HBO's The Last of Us initially had an origin story for Tess that would have made one specific death later in the show much darker. Creators of The Last of Us, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, initially conceived of an origin story for Tess that would have detailed her life both before and during the Cordyceps outbreak. Mazin revealed that the origin story was written but was never shot by The Last of Us' crew.

However, one thing that was shot was a cold open the team initially intended to use as foreshadowing for Tess' origin, which was cut due to the decision not to include the story. The story involved Tess' time before the outbreak, revealing she had a husband and son who both became infected with The Last of Us' Cordyceps infection.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Last of UsThe immediate success of HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us proves that concerns over the upcoming Fallout TV show are misplaced. While the video games that provide both show's source material were produced by different studios, they both depict post-apocalyptic worlds where characters must make complex moral choices. Already, The Last of Us has resonated with fans of the original game and TV audiences who never played the games alike, proving once and for all that good video game adaptations are possible, given the correct treatment.

This bodes well for the upcoming Fallout show, from Westworld's executive producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan and starring Walton Goggins. The Fallout TV show's casting was an early indicator of quality, given Goggins' existing resume of excellent work in shows like The Shield and Justified. Now that The Last of Us has...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Last Of Us Episode 2.

The Last of Us star Anna Torv explains how episode 2's tense clicker fight was brought to life and why it was even scary to film. Based on the acclaimed PlayStation video games from Naughty Dog, HBO's The Last of Us follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they make their way through a post-apocalyptic United States. Like the games, the series takes place 20 years after the Cordyceps fungus decimates the world's population, killing millions and turning countless others into flesh-eating monsters. Episode 2, which aired this past Sunday, fully introduced one form of infected called clickers when Joel, Ellie, and Tess (Torv) attempt to navigate a decrepit museum.

In a recent interview with CinemaBlend, Torv breaks down what the fight with the clickers in The Last of Us episode 2 was like to film, revealing that the infected creatures weren't just terrifying on-screen,...

The Last of Us episode 2 continued on from the premiere episode, both in terms of narrative and production by making some changes to the game on which it is based. Narratively, The Last of Us episode 2 picked up from the cliffhanger ending of episode 1, with Joel, Tess, and Ellie heading into the dangerous world outside the Boston Qz. This perilous mission is all in an effort to deliver Ellie to the Fireflies so Joel and Tess can be compensated and search for the former's brother, Tommy.

The Last of Us episode 2 also continued with the premiere's faithfulness to the original game. That being said, while The Last of Us episode 1 retained the broad strokes of the game, some changes were made in order to further flesh out the surrounding characters and story of The Last of Us. Episode 2 followed on from this, featuring both huge similarities yet notable differences to...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Episode 2 of The Last of Us.HBO's new series, The Last of Us, has made big waves in only a few weeks. Based on a video game of the same name, the show tells the story of a few survivors trying to make it in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic world. After a mutated disease infects much of the population, the world is in a permanent military state. The infected, who quickly become a type of zombie, are banned from the cities where the survivors live. But after two decades of this sort of control, resistance groups look to take over the situation. The show follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a former soldier and grieving father, as he takes the spunky, 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey), who has the ability to resist the virus, to doctors who are looking for a cure.

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Who is Rey? It’s a question that become one of the defining talking points of the most recent “Star Wars” trilogy. The answer is simple (she’s Emperor Palpatine’s granddaughter), but the road to get there was anything but.

Rey’s parentage was kept a mystery in “The Force Awakens,” which ignited fan theories debating if the character was the offspring of a Skywalker, or a Kenobi, or so on. “The Last Jedi” rejected those theories by revealing Rey was no one, an orphan whose parents were not tied to the lore of “Star Wars.” “The Rise of Skywalker” then backtracked, revealing Rey as the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine after all.

Given the hugely divisive response to “The Last Jedi,” many people felt “The Rise of Skywalker” retconning Rey’s “no one” parentage and tying her lineage back to Palpatine was a deliberate choice made by Lucasfilm to satisfy the fandom.

Daisy Ridley, the star of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, has weighed in on the controversy over Rey's parentage. With Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening the door to questions concerning the orphaned Rey's true heritage, the entirety of the sequel trilogy offers different explanations for who her parents could be. Is she a secret lost Skywalker, the daughter of two nobodies who rose to become a skilled Force user, or truly the relative of the notorious Emperor Palpatine? In the end, it is revealed that the Palpatine theory is an accurate explanation.

The reality that Rey is related to Emperor Palpatine drew heavy criticism, as the Rey parentage reveal makes the sequel trilogy worse, as it comes so late in the trilogy that another explanation entirely — that Rey is nobody — had already become widely publicly accepted. While the trilogy focuses heavily on the question, Ridley doesn't have the authority...

Warning: Spoilers for The Last of Us episode 2 below!The Last of Us episode 3 trailer promises to introduce Bill and Frank to the popular HBO adaptation. After escaping the Boston Quarantine Zone, episode 2 saw hardened smugglers Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) escort Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic, infected-filled wasteland to meet a contingent of the militant revolutionary faction known as the Fireflies. With Tess bitten by Clickers, she sacrifices herself in a fiery explosion to stop a horde of infected barreling down on their position. However, before the courageous act, she demands Joel to take Ellie to Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank's (Murray Bartlett) sanctuary.

Following episode 2's premiere, HBO Max released The Last of Us episode 3 trailer, which reveals Bill and Frank's introduction in the zombie horror series.

The trailer teases Bill and Frank's first meeting, as well as a tense battle against raiders. Joel and Ellie also continue their journey,...

Original Film Title: Rachel Rachel. English Title: Rachel Rachel. Film Director: Paul Newman. Year: 1968. Stars: Joanne Woodward; Paul Newman. Credit: Warner Brothers / Album Paul Newman, the well-known food industry magnate who also dabbled in acting, never really intended to hit the stage or screen, it turns out. Newman, whose life, career, and decades-long love affair with wife Joanne Woodward is the focus of a new documentary, The Last Movie Stars,  once talked to us about how his first acting job came as a summer diversion to his Ivy League education. (Click on the media bar below to hear Paul Newman) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PaulNewmanrecallshisshowbizbreak.mp3 The Last Movie Stars is currently streaming on HBO Max.

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“This is a very serious and deep question,” says Rm, the 26-year-old leader of the world’s biggest band. He pauses to think. We’re talking about utopian and dystopian futures, about how the boundary-smashing, hegemony-overturning global success of his group, the wildly talented seven-member South Korean juggernaut BTS, feels like a glimpse of a new and better world, of an interconnected 21st century actually living up to its promise.

BTS’ downright magical levels of charisma, their genre-defying, sleek-but-personal music, even their casually nontoxic, skin-care-intensive brand of masculinity — every bit...

Genesis is touring North America for the first time in 14 years for “The Last Domino?” tour this November and December. Get Deals On 2021 Genesis Concert Tour Tickets Here! The tour is scheduled to kick off in Chicago on November 15 and travel through cities including Washington, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, NYC, Columbus […]

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Pixar’s “Soul” and Apple/Gkids’s “Wolfwalkers” may have topped the Annie Award nominations with 10 each, but it was Netflix that walked away with the most nominations overall, picking up 40 across an array of projects.

Netflix scored six nominations each for its features “The Willoughbys” and “Over the Moon,” and three for “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.” Other Netflix projects receiving nominations include “Hilda,” “The Midnight Gospel,” “Bojack Horseman,” “Big Mouth,” “Alien Xmas,” “Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy,” “The Christmas Chronicles 2,” “The Umbrella Academy,” “Bna,” “The Great Pretender,” “Blood of Zeus,” “Trash Truck,” “Buddi,” “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power,” “Fast & Furious: Spy Racers,” “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous,” “Tales of Arcadia: Wizards,” “Dragons Rescue Riders,” “Cops and Robbers” and “If Anything Happens I Love You.”

The next biggest studio tallies were Pixar and DreamWorks Animation with 20 nominations each, followed by Apple/Gkids with 10, Disney with nine,...

This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers.

Now that the smoke has cleared and all those dark troopers have felt the heat from Luke’s green blade, we can finally reflect on the legendary Jedi’s debut on The Mandalorian. As exciting as the finale’s biggest moment was, Luke’s cameo proved to be a divisive one among Star Wars fans despite it hardly being all that surprising.

Some fans felt that the cameo was designed to appease toxic fans still angry over the character’s portrayal in The Last Jedi, a move some said resembled the “over correction” in The Rise of Skywalker. In fact, the more toxic corner of the fandom actually believes that Luke’s appearance in The Mandalorian was a personal apology to them for whatever it is they’re mad about.

But, when you cut through all of the discourse, it’s easy...

After J.J. Abrams introduced the new trilogy of Star Wars, Rian Johnson came in to provide an ambitious second chapter to the story. Though The Last Jedi was met with some backlash from vocal fans who felt it betrayed aspects of this universe, there are many that consider it to be one of the best Star Wars movies ever made.

Related: Star Wars: 5 Things The Last Jedi Got Right (& 5 It Got Wrong)

The Last Jedi continued to explore the new main characters of this sequel trilogy while also revisiting some of the original icons. There are a lot of surprises with how certain characters were used and even some unexpected returns. But which characters had the most screen time in The Last Jedi and which were underused?...

Greetings, everyone! We’re nearly at the finish line of another week, and the last few days of Daily Dead’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide are upon us. For today’s installment, we’re hosting our third annual Enamel Pin Extravaganza, where we celebrate all the kitschy and killer pin designs out there, and all the phan-tastic companies behind them.

Enamel pins not only make for a great way to show off your horror fandom, but they are also stocking stuffers for the horror fan in your life. Check out this amazing collection of pins below and be sure to head back here tomorrow for our final Hgg entry.

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Krampus Enamel Pin

Dimensions of Fear – Crystal Lake Enamel Pin (Retro Nes)

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Super Santa Claus

Trick or Treat Enamel Pin w/Magnetic Mask

Mondo:

Jaws 2-Pin Set

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It’s been a weird and often devastating year, and our social media has reflected that. Tumblr has just released its top fandoms of 2020 and it’s fascinating to see how a year of pandemic and quarantine has affected transformative fandom and broader cultural trends. In a year when almost everyone spent a lot more time at home, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the most blogged about topic on the social media platform, followed by animated dramedy Steven Universe, Belgian Skam adaptation WtFOCK, K-pop supergroup BTS, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We talked to Tumblr’s Trend Expert Amanda Brennan about how she interpreted the biggest trends of the year, how this was a big year for animation and international media, and why 2020 was the year everyone stopped worrying about what was cool and just embraced what they love. But, first, some 2020 Tumblr statistics:

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Aventura’s reunion tour is doing very well in the U.S., further proving that the influence of Latin music in America is stronger than ever. The Romeo Santos-fronted group, which experienced stratospheric success in the early 2000s with the global bachata hit “Obsesión,” is now back on the road for the first time in 10 years.

The group just debuted at Number Three on Pollstar’s LIVE75 Chart — a list that ranks worldwide active tours by the average tickets sold — for the week of March 2nd. Based on six sold-out...

It was 30 years ago that Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards for the first time. And he hit it out of the park. He would go on to host the show eight times, most recently in 2012. He’s arguably the greatest living former Oscar emcee. And I hope that he returns someday. When I watch the show on Sunday, I’ll be thinking of the jokes that Crystal might have made.

Predict the Oscars now; change them until February 9

And here they are.

1. Good evening and welcome to the Academy Awards. A three-and-a-half-hour TV event with Hollywood’s biggest stars – all dressed up and trying to look decades younger than they really are. It’s like “The Irishman,” only on ABC instead of Netflix.

2. “The Irishman” could become the first streaming film to win Best Picture. But some traditional voters don’t want that happen. They think movies should be...

British producer Jeremy Thomas, whose credits include “The Last Emperor,” “Crash” and “Sexy Beast,” is attending the Marrakech Film Festival where he was interviewed onstage by U.K. film critic Jason Solomons, who introduced him as “the Last Emperor of independent cinema.”

Interviewed by Variety, Thomas talked about Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio,” starring Roberto Benigni, which will be released on 600 screens in Italy on Dec. 19 and will be released in Germany, Russia and other European territories on March 20. He is still negotiating English-language world rights.

Garrone is essentially known for his dark films, such as gritty crime movie “Gomorrah,” but has dreamt of adapting Carlo Collodi’s “Pinocchio” since he was a child.

Thomas has previously produced Garrone’s English-language picture “Tale of Tales” (2015), and his crime drama “Dogman,” which competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Italian comedy star Benigni (“Life Is Beautiful”) – who directed...

Here Netflix goes again. The streaming service is preparing to say goodbye to October by taking a number of movies and television shows off its platform in November.

Mamma Mia!, Sex and the City: The Movie, The House Bunny, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Groundhog Day, As Good as It Gets and Caddyshack will be among the titles disappearing from Netflix in the coming month.

Movies perfect for Halloween including The Sixth Sense, Scream and Scary Movie 2 will be taken off of Netflix on Friday.

Blue Bloods, The Last ...

Move over, coffee cup — the latest anachronism to hit Game of Thrones came in the form of a plastic water bottle visible halfway through the series finale, "The Iron Throne."

The offending moment occurs 46 minutes and 19 seconds into the episode, just as Grey Worm brings Tyrion in front of a council of Westeros' surviving rulers. Toward the bottom left of the screen, just next to Samwell Tarly's left foot, a plastic water bottle can clearly be seen.

This is the second beverage-related gaffe of the eighth and final season. In episode four, "The Last ...

If directing Star Wars movies were like a relay race, J.J. Abrams directed 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens and then passed the baton off to Rian Johnson, leaving Abrams justifiably winded after pulling off an incredibly difficult feat. Johnson went on to direct what is arguably the best Star Wars movie ever with The Last […]

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Dominican-American superstar Romeo Santos has a peculiar sense of humor. Latinx social media was abuzz in late March, when Santos announced that he would become a new father twofold in 2019. “Mis Dos Nuevos Bebés Año (My two new babies this year),” wrote Santos on Instagram, beneath a black and white photo he posted of his newborn baby boy’s feet, perched atop the blurred-out cover of his surprise new album — released at midnight this Friday — titled Utopia. It is the singer’s fourth solo album, and the first since his 2017 pan-Latin pop masterwork,...

In August 2018, Jakiw Palij — a former concentration camp guard identified as “the last known World War II Nazi living in the U.S.” — was deported to his homeland, fully 15 years after a federal court had stripped him of his citizenship. No country, not even Germany, wanted to accept him, and so he remained in America until Trump booted him out last year.

But was Palij, who died in January, really the last of his kind? What if there were others? What if it turned out that there was a Nazi living undetected in your own family? These are but some of the head-scratching questions in Jeff Lipsky’s “The Last,” the latest wall-to-wall talkathon from the hyper-literate writer-director, a former independent film distributor who began his career as an advocate for other tough-sell voices and has become somewhat prolific making a frustratingly amateurish kind of low-budget feature.

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The Last Plainview Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net with Rotten Tomatoes link by: Harvey Karten Director: Jeff Lipsky Screenwriter: Jeff Lipsky Cast: Rebecca Schull, Jill Durso, Aj Cedeño, Reed Birney Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 3/16/19 Opens: March 29, 2019 Prospective viewers take note. “The Last” features a story that would play better on […]

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The next movie from Phil Lord and Chris Miller will see the duo heading back into the live-action realm after they conquered animation, spawning a multimillion dollar franchise with their surprise hit The Lego Movie and shepherding last year’s critical darling Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to possible Oscar success. Lord and Miller’s latest film, a sci-fi feature called The Last […]

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Exclusive: Veteran indie executive Jeff Lipsky, who launched distribution consulting firm Glass Half Full Media in 2017, returns to theaters as director/writer this spring with The Last, and we have the first clip (check it out above).

The Last is Lipsky’s 7th feature and is a Holocaust-themed family drama. It tells the story of a modern Orthodox Jewish family whose sense of identity is shattered when its beloved matriarch, played by Rebecca Schull, reveals her true lineage, and what she did during the war. The film co-stars Jill Durso, Aj Cedeño, Julie Fain Lawrence and Tony Award-winner and frequent Lipsky collaborator, Reed Birney.

Produced by Michael Goitanich, and executive produced by Nick Athas. The Last will be released by Glass Half Full Media in domestic theaters on March 29.

Lipsky is the respected co-founder of October Films who later segued to a dual career as a filmmaker and distributor,...

When it comes to horror franchises, the promise of finality is too much for fans and studios alike to bear. Regardless of how many times we see horror sequels burdened with subtitles that claim “The Final Chapter,” “The End” or “The Last,” these properties have often clawed their way back. But recently, many of these franchises found themselves lying dormant for far longer than expected, leaving a void within the genre.

The Hollywood Reporter on Friday broke the news that New Line Cinema’s Final Destination series has managed to find its way out the shallow grave it ...

When it comes to horror franchises, the promise of finality is too much for fans and studios alike to bear. Regardless of how many times we see horror sequels burdened with subtitles that claim “The Final Chapter,” “The End” or “The Last,” these properties have often clawed their way back. But recently, many of these franchises found themselves lying dormant for far longer than expected, leaving a void within the genre.

The Hollywood Reporter on Friday broke the news that New Line Cinema’s Final Destination series has managed to find its way out the shallow grave it ...