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If Disney ever brings Atlantis: The Lost Empire to life in a live-action remake, then fans already know who they want to cast as Princess Kida. That’s right – when the same conversation happened on Threads, one fan suggested that actress Isabela Merced would be perfect for the role. The rising star, known for her roles in Madame Web and Dora and the Lost City of Gold, has become a top pick across social media.

With her brilliant acting chops and striking features, many believe that she would do complete justice to the fierce and wise warrior princess. While Disney itself hasn’t confirmed any plans for the live-action adaptation, the growing buzz online shows just how much love the 2001 animated cult classic still holds.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire fans are manifesting Isabela Merced as Kida

Over the last two decades since its release, Atlantis: The Lost Empire remains one...

BBC One’s Have I Got News For You rewrote its closing round just minutes before Friday’s recording after producers learned of the day-long social-media brawl between President Donald Trump and Tesla-SpaceX chief Elon Musk. Host Richard Ayoade fronted the season-69 finale, joined by panellists Jack Dee and sports broadcaster Kelly Cates at Riverside Studios; the episode airs tonight at 9 p.m. and later on BBC iPlayer.

Hat Trick Productions often tapes the show on transmission day to allow late edits, but crew members told Deadline that Thursday’s rewrite was “one of the sharpest pivots in years,” with new graphics illustrating the Trump-Musk exchanges dropped into the autocue on site.

The feud dominating the fresh material began when Musk called Trump’s flagship “Big Beautiful Bill” a “disgusting abomination” and backed a post urging Congress to impeach him, while also alleging the president appears in sealed Jeffrey Epstein files.

The third Avatar movie will light the world on fire and leave it in ash later this year, and writer/director James Cameron has officially found something else to sink his creative claws into. Cameron took to his personal social media, including Threads, Instagram, and Twitter, to announce that his production company, Lightstorm, has purchased Joe Abercrombie’s latest book, The Devils, and that a feature adaptation of the novel is in the works. Cameron is co-writing the script with Abercrombie, but further details about the project are being kept under wraps. The Devils was published on May 6 and quickly rose to #1 on The Sunday Times Bestseller list in the UK, and it also recently entered the top five on the Nyt Bestseller list. Cameron shared his description of Abercrombie’s novel in the statement which can be found below.

It’s shaping up to be a big year for Cameron,...

Netflix’s The Twister: Caught in the Storm plunges viewers into the EF5 tornado that tore through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. Under Alexandra Lacey’s direction, the film sidesteps detached narration in favor of first-person accounts, placing us amid the roar of collapsing buildings and the snap of flying debris. Lacey stitches together handheld footage, archival news clips and audio recordings captured during a high-school graduation celebration gone awry.

Moments before cap tosses and diploma handoffs, wind slithers across the auditorium roof; then chaos erupts. Throughout, intimate testimonies—spoken over the howl of the storm—anchor the spectacle in lived experience. Instead of offering a textbook timeline of meteorological data, the film trades charts for heartbeats, trading wind-speed stats for the ragged breaths of survivors.

Listeners hear,rather than read, what it felt like when sky met earth with murderous intent. What emerges is less a dispassionate case study and...

In a 1963 radio and TV address to the American People on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, President John F. Kennedy decried the way in which the advent of nuclear weapons had made it so that "all mankind has been struggling to escape from the darkening prospect of mass destruction on earth." The reality was arguably even more dismal. Rather than struggling to escape it, by that point humankind had already gotten used to pretending the looming threat of complete and utter annihilation simply wasn't there.

Ever since World War II, Britains in particular learned to live with the fact that, at any moment, disaster could strike. My nan used to tell me about riding her bike to school down the bucolic hills of East Sussex, only for fighter jets to strafe the nearby land. A quick duck and cover attempt under a bush later, she hopped back on her bike...

There’s a new Superman in town, and apparently, he might be into some very chill hobbies. Or not. The internet can’t decide. When Warner Bros. recently dropped an official image from James Gunn’s upcoming Superman movie (for the Milk-Bone x Superman promo) — the one where our new Man of Steel is lying in bed with Krypto, his superpowered pup — eagle-eyed fans weren’t looking at the dog. They were squinting at the background, specifically under the poster for a fictional band called Mighty Crab Joys. Is that a bong in Clark Kent’s room? “James, I need to prove some friends wrong,” a fan asked on Threads. “Is that a weed bong underneath the Mighty Crabjoys poster?” Gunn replied, laughing it off: “Haha it’s not.” No further explanation. Just enough mystery to let the internet run wild. Is it a telescope? A decorative vase? Some kind of alien tech?...

According to Rotten Tomatoes, there are only nine perfect horror movies, two perfect sci-fi movies, and two perfect war movies. The BBC's 1984 TV film, "Threads," however, doesn't fit neatly into any category, and as such, stands alone as a film with a perfect 100% score — a true one-of-a-kind.

"Threads" is a drama written by Barry Hines, the author of "A Kestrel for a Knave," which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's 1969 film "Kes." It depicts a massive nuclear attack on the United Kingdom by the Soviet Union and has been described as one of the most disturbing films ever made. When it debuted on September 23, 1984, in the United Kingdom, it caused an immediate stir, with the transmission date becoming known among broadcasters and in the media as "the night the country didn't sleep."

Directed by Mick Jackson, who went on to direct Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Bodyguard," the...

In a follow-up to “Forever and a Day,” which is set to conclude this year after five seasons, the team behind the Indie Series Award-winning audio drama recently announced “Threads of Time,” featuring soap alum Tonja Walker.

Premiering September 20, 2025 on threadsoftimeseries.com, the audio/visual soap opera is set in the fictional town of Chesterfield and follows the lives of the Forsyth family and those entangled in their world.

The writing team includes head writer Casey S. Hutchison as well as script writers/story consultants Emmy Morgan, Candice Mack, Rob Hill and Sally Sussman.

“We’ve always believed in the power of the soap opera genre to tell stories that are emotional, thrilling, and deeply human,” said Hutchison who also created the series and executive produces. “‘Threads of Time’ is our continued love letter to the genre, and to the fans who crave layered, character-driven storytelling.”

With the use of character visuals,...

First, Beyond the Gates, now ‘Threads of Time’? The new audio/visual soap opera is slated to debut this fall on September 20, 2025, and will be found on threadsoftimeseries.com. Learn more about this new soap below.

Bold New Soap On The Horizon

The project reunites the award-winning team of Casey S. Hutchison, Candice Mack, and Emmy Morgan – from ‘Forever and a Day’ fame – along with Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Sally Sussman Morina and acclaimed producer-writer-actors Rob Hill and Dorell Anthony.

The show centers around the town of Chesterfield, as fans follow the lives of the Forsyth family and those within the clan’s orbit.

Mixing traditional soapy storytelling with an innovative approach to multimedia, the series will showcase video atmosphere backdrops, with character visuals, and cinematic opening credits, by welcoming a new chapter where scripted podcast genres are concerned.

The Cast & Writers

Elizabeth von Isser leads the cast, playing...

The award-winning team behind the acclaimed audio soap opera Forever and a Day is back with a brand-new venture set to redefine the boundaries of audio storytelling. Creator Casey S. Hutchison, alongside Emmy Morgan and Candice Mack, announces Threads of Time, a bold new audio/visual soap opera launching on September 20th, 2025, via threadsoftimeseries.com.

Read This: New soap opera with an old-school format.

Innovative New Soap

This innovative project reunites Hutchison, Morgan, and Mack with industry heavyweights,

including Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Sally Sussman Morina, and acclaimed producer-writer-actors Dorell Anthony and Rob Hill. Together, they aim to deliver an unforgettable experience for fans of high drama, passion, and the timeless themes of love, betrayal, and redemption.

Set in the fictional town of Chesterfield, Threads of Time will follow the dramatic twists and turns in the lives of the Forsyth family and those entangled in their world. Blending traditional...

One of this week’s new releases stars Steve Coogan and a penguin, so here’s a film quiz about other actors and their animal co-stars.

They say you should never work with children or animals, but that’s not stopped movie stars teaming up with animal co-stars. There are usually mixed results – even the can’t-lose buddy pairing of “Tom Hanks and a French mastiff” definitely didn’t end happily for both of them (spoilery details here). Now in UK cinemas, Peter Cattaneo’s new movie The Penguin Lessons teams up Partridge and penguin, so we’ve got some quiz questions about other live-action animal star vehicles as part of your usual movie-related trivia safari.

Once you’ve completed this week’s film quiz, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is just for fun,...

The TV movie Threads that haunts to this day, and Kenneth Branagh and his moustache tackle Agatha Christie. Behind the scenes stories here.

It’s a film made for TV that takes the spotlight in this episode of Film Stories, as 1984’s terrifying post-apocalyptic Threads moves into the limelight. A film made on a very tight budget, and shot in under three weeks, it was nearly derailed entirely by an American TV production around the same time. And when it did get made and was screened? Well, traffic wardens have never looked so chilling.

20th Century Fox meanwhile had plans for a remake of Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express.. When Kenneth Branagh joined, he not only had a decision about facial hair to make, but there was also the challenge of a very large cast with very few days together.

Stories of both are told in this episode.

Netflix Threads Remake Poster (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The creative minds behind Adolescence, Netflix’s chilling sensation that shot straight into the platform’s top ten most-watched English-language series, are diving back into the shadows, and this time, they’re pulling one of the most haunting tales in cinematic history into the modern spotlight.

A BBC Thriller Drops, but the Bigger News Looms

Hot off the heels of a brand new revenge thriller that just dropped on BBC iPlayer, the team isn’t letting the momentum slow. Warp Films, the same production powerhouse behind Adolescence, has now announced their boldest move yet – reimagining Threads, the grim 1984 nuclear war film so psychologically jarring that it’s barely seen airtime in the last four decades.

Threads isn’t your typical dystopian drama. It was originally a BBC television film that painted a bleak, almost unbearably realistic portrait of life in the aftermath of nuclear catastrophe,...

Horrifying. Moving. Powerful. Game changing. These are just some of the words you've likely heard — or even used yourself — to describe Netflix's lacerating recent four-part drama Adolescence. They're also words that British lovers of film and television have been using for over forty years to describe Mick Jackson's seminal TV movie Threads, a no less shocking and no less audacious piece of filmmaking starring Reece Dinsdale that offered a docu-style look at what may happen in the event of a nuclear attack on Britain. It makes today's news then that Threads is to be remade as a series by Warp Films, the producers of Adolescence, cause for anticipation (and bone-deep fear) rather than concern.

Having long championed British working class voices and narratives with projects like This Is England, The Virtues, Yardie, and Dead Man's Shoes, Threads is a perfect marriage of producer and project for Warp Films...

Netflix’s new limited series Adolescence, starring Stephen Graham and Jimmy (Reece Dinsdale), as they decide to get married after Ruth becomes pregnant. Set in Sheffield, the couple is threatened when the Soviet Union and the United States go to war. Ruth and Jimmy become separated as fallout spreads from a nuclear attack that destroys a NATO base near Sheffield, and Ruth must try to survive alone in the aftermath of the nuclear war.

Threads is Perfect for Warp Films, Says Founder

The original film was directed by Mick Jackson, who has also directed films like The Bodyguard (1992), Volcano (1997), and Temple Grandin (2010). Barry Hines wrote the script.

Founder and CEO of Warp Films, Mark Herbert, said of the original film, “Threads was, and remains, an unflinchingly honest drama that imagines the devastating effects of nuclear conflict on ordinary people. This story aligns perfectly with our ethos of telling powerful, grounded...

If you thought that Netflix's Adolescence was heartbreaking, wait until you see what its producers have in store for us next. Word has come out that the British production company Warp Films is looking to turn one of the greatest post-apocalyptic movies of all time, Threads, into a TV series, and if it's anywhere near as bleak as the original, you're in for quite a sobering experience.

Per Variety, Warp Films has picked up the option to turn Threads into a TV series, which is apropos when you consider the original film was a made-for-tv production released by the BBC in 1984. It's a chilling look at all aspects of a nuclear war, including the medical, economic, social, and environmental consequences such a catastrophe brings with it. Taking place over a couple of decades, the film seems ripe for a series remake, especially in today's political climate.

"Threads was, and remains,...

Adolescence is a smash hit for Netflix. What’s even more impressive is that not only are viewers finding it to be good television, but it tackles an incredibly disturbing subject that some may have the misfortune to experience. Adolescence touches on a sensitive topic of a young boy who is suspected of murdering a classmate. The series has been collecting accolades for exploring the tough topic through a sophisticated lens and not an exploitative one for the sake of entertainment. There’s even talk about the series being shown in schools for awareness. And now, the producer behind the show is ready to explore another terrifying tale.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warp Films, the production company based out of Sheffield that made Adolescence, has now gained the option to develop a new series based on the 1984 BBC movie Threads. Threads is the U.K.’s answer to America’s The Day After,...

Warp Films, the British production company behind Netflix’s “Adolescence,” is turning 1984’s Threads into a TV series.

“Renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of a fictional apocalypse, Threads offers a harrowing depiction of life in nuclear war-era Britain, set in Sheffield,” Warp noted. “This adaptation will explore prescient issues through rich, character-driven storytelling. The original film’s chilling account immerses viewers in the struggles of ordinary people facing unimaginable hardship.”

The first film to depict nuclear winter, the British made-for-tv docudrama shows the bleak effects of a nuclear attack on the working-class city of Sheffield, England as the fabric of society unravels.

“Threads was, and remains, an unflinchingly honest drama that imagines the devastating effects of nuclear conflict on ordinary people,” said Warp founder and CEO Mark Herbert. “This story aligns perfectly with our ethos of telling powerful, grounded narratives that deeply connect with audiences. Reimagining this classic film as...

Warp Films, the U.K. production banner that recently scored a hit with Netflix drama “Adolescence,” has acquired the option to develop 1984 film “Threads” into a TV drama.

Renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of a fictional apocalypse, “Threads” — which was nominated for 7 BAFTA awards, winning 4 — offers a harrowing depiction of life in nuclear war-era Britain, set in the city of Sheffield (where Warp is based). The new adaptation will, according to the filmmakers, explore prescient issues through “rich, character-driven” storytelling.

“Threads was, and remains, an unflinchingly honest drama that imagines the devastating effects of nuclear conflict on ordinary people,” said Mark Herbert, founder and chief executive officer at Warp Films. “This story aligns perfectly with our ethos of telling powerful, grounded narratives that deeply connect with audiences. Reimagining this classic film as a TV drama gives us a unique opportunity to explore its modern relevance.”

Decades after “Threads” was first released,...

Warp Films, the Sheffield-based production company behind the hit Netflix series Adolescence and the new BBC revenge thriller Reunion, set in the deaf community, said Monday that it has acquired the option to develop the 1984 film Threads into a TV drama.

“Renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of a fictional apocalypse, Threads offers a harrowing depiction of life in nuclear war-era Britain, set in Sheffield,” the company said. “This adaptation will explore prescient issues through rich, character-driven storytelling. The original film’s chilling account immerses viewers in the struggles of ordinary people facing unimaginable hardship.”

Written by Barry Hines and directed by Mick Jackson, the film starred Karen Meagher and Reece Dinsdale. “Warp Films remains dedicated to producing authentic stories that highlight working-class experiences and is proud to reimagine this iconic story, finding new layers of meaning and elements of hope,” the company said,.

Said Mark Herbert, founder and CEO of Warp Films: “Threads was,...

Today, social media is a never-ending quest for affirmation, where worth as an individual is quantified by followers, likes and comments. “Nosedive,” an episode from the third season of Black Mirror, hooked into this theme, giving a glimpse of how a person's reputation can be determined based on their online presence. It has been nearly a decade since this episode dropped in 2016. As we move forward in 2025, the issues explored in "Nosedive" about self-esteem and online identity have become even more relevant.

“Nosedive” follows a woman named Lacie Pound who is desperate to boost her social rating. Lacie lives in a world where people are rated between 0 and 5 stars by their peers, similar to how we rate drivers on Uber. The higher someone is ranked, the more valued they are in society.

Lacie resides with her brother, Ryan, but has aspirations of living in a new apartment complex, Pelican Cove,...

Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham have reunited in the studio for the first time since Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac in 2018. News of their collaboration comes from Swedish producer Carl Falk, who has posted photos of the two working on Fleetwood’s solo album.

In late February, Falk posted a photo of Buckingham and Fleetwood in the studio on Threads with the caption, “Slightly unreal moment to sit with Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood to play Lindsey the album we have been working on. And to see his genuine happiness for Mick to finally do his own album and offering to play guitar and to sing on it. Can’t wait to finish this one.”

More recently, Falk posted a studio shot of Buckingham with the caption, “Mick and Lindsey together again, what a flawless guitar player.”

He also shared a photo of Fleetwood in the studio with The War on Drugs.

Vivian Jenna Wilson, the estranged 20-year-old daughter of ultra-wealthy White House “tech support” consultant Elon Musk, gave just her second interview since her father said last year that she had been “killed” by the “woke mind virus,” for a cover story in Teen Vogue. And she didn’t hold back when it came to the parent she sought to escape when she legally changed her name along with her gender in 2022, explaining to a California court that she no longer wished to be connected to him “in any way, shape or form.

This article contains Spoilers from the Long Bright River finale.

Long Bright River season 2 gets a cautious response from creators Liz Moore and Nikki Toscano. An adaptation of Moore’s 2020 novel, the Peacock drama follows police officer Mickey (portrayed by Amanda Seyfried) as she begins investigating murders in Philadelphia, while worrying about the safety of her estranged sister. Along with Seyfried, the cast includes Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, John Doman, Dash Mihok, and Britne Oldford. With all eight episodes released on March 13, the main mystery and storyline of Long Bright River were seemingly wrapped.

During a recent interview with Variety, Moore and Toscano addressed whether season 2 is possible. Giving a careful update, Moore teased that it was “classified information,” while Toscano added that a decision would not necessarily come from them. However, the co-creator explained that she and Moore would be interested in reuniting with the Long Bright River talent.

The Cold War may have ended in 1991, but its effects are still felt today. The constant anxiety left an impact on people, and it made itself known in countless films. Today, some of the most famous “retro” movies are obvious reflections of this troublesome period. Everyone knows about Stanley Kubrick’s dark comedy, Doctor Strangelove, but there are so many more time capsules to be found. After all, the Cold War spanned almost fifty years, from 1947 to 1991. One of the hidden gems of the era is a BBC “documentary” named Threads.

As a 1984 release, it fell near the tail end of the Cold War. Its debut came 21 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, but it retains the same sense of creeping dread. Its almost two-hour runtime is permeated by an underlying anxiety. The feeling manifests as an unpleasant buzzing sensation that could easily classify Threads as a thriller film. That said,...

Tatum O’Neal walked into Smashbox Studios using a cane, a vestige of the stroke she had in 2020 after an overdose. As she was getting a manicure, she struggled to remember the names of important people in her life. But now that she’s actually before the cameras, posing with her Oscar in hand, she’s come alive. There’s electricity in the air, and we’re all leaning in, cheering her on, rooting for her. “You look like a movie star!” shouts her 38-year-old son Kevin McEnroe, who has traveled from his home in New York to support her throughout the process of this story — and indeed she does. O’Neal beams. “Kevin, I love you!” she shouts back.

In April 1974, at age 10, a tuxedoed O’Neal — “I’m the original tomboy,” she tells me later — won a supporting actress Oscar for her role opposite her father, Ryan O’Neal, in Peter Bogdanovich’s “Paper Moon.

Slender Threads creates a compelling psychological horror experience where game mechanics and story weave together, guiding players through the eerie town of Villa Ventana. Harvey Green, a book salesman struggling with his circumstances, arrives in a small town where nightmares and reality begin to merge.

His presence triggers a sequence of dark events, compelling players to explore a mystery that explores the weight of personal decisions and their impact on surrounding characters.

The gameplay centers on how player actions directly connect to the story’s progression. Harvey’s complex character and decisions create shifts that transform the narrative in disturbing ways. This approach echoes storytelling techniques seen in narrative-focused games like The Walking Dead or Life is Strange, where each interaction carries emotional significance.

Slender Threads intensifies this concept through psychological horror elements, making players contemplate whether Harvey’s trajectory results from his choices or an inevitable path.

Puzzles support the theme of consequence.

With Valentine’s Day behind us, Terror Threads is going green.

Avoid getting pinched this for St. Patrick’s Day with horror designs by Sam Coyne and Toto6 on ghoulish green tees for a limited time.

The selection includes Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Sleepaway Camp, Re-Animator, House of 1000 Corpses, Terrifier, and Terrifier 2.

The made-to-order shirts are on sale for $31.50 through Thursday, February 20, after which the price will increase to $34.95. They’ll disappear altogether after March 17.

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The Crow Girl combines Nordic noir’s somber mood with raw elements of British crime drama. Based on Erik Axl Sund’s Scandinavian bestseller, the six-part series moves from Stockholm to Bristol’s dim, wet streets. Dci Jeanette Kilburn, played with fierce determination by Eve Myles, investigates several gruesome murders of young men—each death carries ritual elements and exposes social patterns of abuse and exploitation.

Moving the story goes beyond location changes into British social commentary, examining immigration conflicts, institutional wrongdoing, and community breakdown. The show keeps Nordic noir’s moral uncertainty and deep unease while creating its own style, mixing haunting atmosphere with stark reality.

Starting with a carefully composed violent scene, The Crow Girl holds viewers with persistent darkness. Those who enjoy layered stories will appreciate how the show handles interweaving plots about wrongdoing, psychological damage, and survival.

The series changes expected crime story elements by focusing on male victims,...

With no Supreme Court ruling on TikTok today, tensions are high. The wildly popular social media platform owned by China’s ByteDance could shut down in the U.S. on January 19 – just four days from now — or sell itself to an entity Stateside if the Justices do not rule otherwise.

TikTok has 170 million-plus U.S. users and many, in protest, have been flocking to another Chinese social media app called called Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, which has been one of the most downloaded apps on the Apple app store this week.

Meanwhile, U.S. rivals led by Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are set to reap advertising windfalls if TikTok is banned.

In April, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign Controlled Applications Act, which would ban ByteDance-owned TikTok based on national security concerns. TikTok appealed on First Amendment grounds in December but lost. The Supreme...

If there’s anything that General Hospital fans have learned about Nancy Lee Grahn over the years, it’s that when she’s got something on her mind, then she’s certainly not afraid to share it with the world.

General Hospital News – Nancy Lee Grahn Gets Nasty Over Carrie Underwood

And that’s exactly what she did again when she found out that pop star Carrie Underwood will be performing at Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration.

While a lot of people were quite surprised that Carrie had agreed to the performance, it seems like Nancy is outraged over it. As far as she’s concerned, no one should be there on Donald Trump’s big day.

She certainly didn’t hold back with her thoughts on the matter on Threads. As many General Hospital fans are aware of already, Nancy Lee Grahn is boycotting X (formerly known as Twitter...

The highly acclaimed podcast The Funny Comics Fan Club is returning for a second season in January and starts by looking at one of Britain's most inventive comic books.

In each episode of The Funny Comics Fan Club the hosts - comedian John Dredge and academic Doctor Mark Hibbett - read through an issue of an old British weekly comic. The first season was named as Podcast Of The Week by The Radio Times and was one of its Top Ten recommended shows, between George Clooney's new series and "Threads"! It was also featured in The Sunday Times, BBC Radio London and topped the UK's Comedy Fiction podcast charts.

So far Mark and John have talked about The Beano, Krazy Comic, Whizzer & Chips, Topper, The Dandy, TV Comic and more. As well as dipping into the history of these series they've also ended up discussing Basil Brush's career as a landlord,...

NBC won’t start telecasting NBA games until the fall of this year, but it’s already starting to talk about what will happen when it does.

Viewers of “Sunday Night Football” are slated to see a promo in the middle of Sunday night’s game in which actor Jack McBrayer reprises his popular “30 Rock” character Kenneth the Page while surrounded by popular NBA players Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, and Victor Wembanyama. The purpose of the pitch is to tell viewers that NBA games are coming to NBC and its Peacock streaming service in the fall.

“This is a launch moment,” says Jenny Storms, NBCUniversal’s chief marketing officer for entertainment and sports, during an interview. “We will have consecutive moments that will move over the next ten months.” NBC hasn’t aired NBA games in 23 years.

NBC will use Sunday’s reveal to launch new social-media accounts tied to the NBA.

General Hospital star Nancy Lee Grahn took to social media to give her followers a sense of what was happening in her area as the wildfire near Los Angeles spread. In a note posted on the social media site Threads, Grahn indicated they were “fine.”

Nancy Lee Grahn Reassured Fans There Was No Reason to Worry About Her

A quick note posted by Grahan on Threads late on January 7 read, “Pitch black in valley. Turning off what’s left of phone. Dillon and I are fine.” ‘Dillon’ is the dog Grahn introduced to everyone on Instagram in January 2021.

Her note on Threads continued, “I’m reading a book on Near Death Experiences. Nothing to worry about here.”

Grahn has not posted any additional updates as of this writing. Dozens of fans commented on her Threads post, and over 800 “liked” the post as a show of support.

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Despite its brief runtime, the Superman trailer has set the internet ablaze with speculation about how James Gunn's first live-action Dcu movie is going to play out. Gunn himself has taken to social media to provide some minor tidbits about the film, even stating that most of what has been shown in this first trailer is all from near the beginning of the movie. That hasn't stopped fans from analyzing and trying to piece together what sort of conflict the Man of Steel will find himself in. Because of this, we have confirmation of yet another DC character that appeared in the trailer, although this one wasn't as obvious as the rest.

While the likes of Guy Gardener, Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific, and Metamorpho are easily visible in the trailer, there's one small cameo that plenty of people missed. A fan on Threads pointed out how, in one shot of the LutherCorp building,...

In 2019, Ken Jeong appeared on Hot Ones, where he got his ass more or less handed to him by the spicy sauces, and where he openly disdained host Sean Evans for putting him through it. But in a new episode of the series premiering today, Jeong willed himself to return...

Pooja, Sir takes us into a heartbreaking narrative about the kidnapping of two boys—one from a privileged family and the other from a marginalized community—in the volatile environment of Nepal. This duality of experience provides the foundation for examining existential questions regarding justice and truth.

Deepak Rauniyar, the film’s director and main actress Asha Magrati, creates a drama that weaves personal and societal struggles together. Magrati’s portrayal of Detective Inspector Pooja Thapa goes beyond conventional performance; it reflects the tension of a woman who insists on being addressed as “sir” in a world that expects compliance.

Through this lens, the film becomes a meditation on gender and ethnicity in a society riddled with discrimination. As Pooja navigates the chaos of protests and prejudices, we are forced to confront the complexities of identity and the forces that define our existence, urging us to question the same structures that hold us back.

Dr. Dean Archer has been Chicago Med's resident grump since season 6. The character doesn't often flash a smile, and prefers making withering remarks to his co-workers than connecting with them on a casual or friendly manner (for the most part).

Steven Weber, the actor who plays Archer, is a bit lighter, however. Weber has become a fan favorite presence on Chicago Med, and part of the reason why is the hilarious behind the scenes footage he shares on social media. The actor took to Threads on December 14 to give fans a glimpse of the One Chicago crossover. Well, sort of.

Weber hype ups One Chicago crossover to a dummy

Weber decided to showcase some of the dummies that have been made to resemble human bodies during the upcoming three-part event. "How about that One Chicago crossover that's gonna be happening in January," he asked, before panning to one of the aforementioned dummies.

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Museum of the Moving Image

See It Big! Let It Snow brings 35mm prints of Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala, 1994’s Little Women, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller.

Film at Lincoln Center

Mike Leigh’s Secrets & Lies shows on Saturday with an introduction from Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

Film Forum

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Wages of Fear play in 4K restorations.

Metrograph

La Dolce Vita, Permanent Vacation, Death By Hanging, and The Art of the Steal show on 35mm and Lino Brocka’s Bona starts screening; Ed Lachman’s Report from Hollywood and Urban Ghosts begin while Absconded Art, The World Is a Stage, and Crush the Strong, Help the Weak continue.

IFC Center

It’s a Wonderful Life and a 4K restoration of Carrie plays daily; 2001, Spider Baby, Threads, and Alien show late.

Museum of Modern Art

A Robert Frank centennial continues.

There’s no denying that acclaimed horror author Stephen King watches a lot of TV shows and movies. Before he made the jump to the social media platform Threads, he regularly shared his opinion on some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters and hidden gems over on Elon Musk’s X. Though the platform is different, King remains the same as he ever was, recently calling out a big problem that a lot of us have with many modern productions.

Taking to his Threads account, King posed the question, "Are a lot of streaming shows f**king dark, or is it me?" His query prompted a variety of responses, mainly because people at first weren’t sure if he meant "dark" as in content, or "dark" as in "someone should turn on the lights" After clarifying that he meant "visually dark" and adding, "even the funny ones," it all became clear...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Film Forum

The Wages of Fear plays in a 4K restoration, while Labyrinth screens on Sunday.

IFC Center

A 4K restoration of Carrie plays daily; Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Ichi the Killer, Threads, and Alien show late.

Roxy Cinema

Friday brings Bob Saget and Norm MacDonald’s seminal Dirty Work on 35mm, while City Dudes returns on Saturday; Adrian Lyne’s Unfaithful shows on a print Sunday.

Museum of Modern Art

A celebration of Robert Frank’s centennial continues.

Museum of the Moving Image

The Frank Oz series has its final weekend.

Metrograph

Three… Extremes, F for Fake, Practical Magic, Man on Wire, A Terra-Cotta Warrior, and Ozu’s Good Morning show on 35mm; Story By Lillian Lee and Absconded Art begin while The World Is a Stage, My Crazy Uncle (or Aunt), Insomnia, and Crush the Strong, Help the Weak continue.

Eric Braeden usually keeps fans on their toes when he plays the role of Victor Newman. They never know what the patriarch is going to do next. Braeden shocked The Young and the Restless fans with his latest move. He announced his departure from X.

X Doesn’t Mark the Spot

Braeden posted a screenshot on his Instagram account and announced that he had deactivated his X account. X is Elon Musk’s version of Twitter. At the time of this article, 115,000 users had left the social media site, per Independent. Most of them have moved to Threads or Bluesky.

The exodus has encouraged celebrities to leave the social network for good. Braeden didn’t need an explanation for his departure. He didn’t even write a caption in his Instagram post. As always, Y&r fans took a moment to react to Braeden’s post in the comment section. He received overwhelming support.

Threads is looking to keep up with its competition by instituting a change that will give its users more control over the content they see. In a post on the Meta-owned X rival, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri announced that Threads is “rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people you follow.”

Initially, the Threads recommendation engine operated similarly to the current Instagram algorithm by promoting posts from accounts users don’t follow. In theory, that organizational heuristic encouraged the organic discovery of relevant content.

The focus on discovery has worked wonders for TikTok, but one of Threads’ more direct competitors has flourished by moving away from that approach. Bluesky, the decentralized X alternative initially backed by ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has won over users by granting them more control over the algorithms that dictate their feeds. One of Bluesky’s biggest Dau upticks came after it showed off a...

The logo of social media platform Bluesky. (Graphic by The Desk)

Over the past two weeks, a relatively new social media platform called Bluesky has become the service of choice for disgruntled users of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, following the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

The service has exploded in popularity, growing from around 6 million registered users last month to more than 21 million accounts as of mid-Sunday. The momentum is not slowing down: Staffers at the startup social media platform have been working around-the-clock to keep the website online, troubleshooting bugs and spinning up new servers in an effort to accommodate all that growth.

The reason for the defection boils down to a few things: X (Twitter) has become increasingly user-unfriendly over the past two years, ever since technology mogul Elon Musk acquired the company. The platform’s ever-shifting policies (most of which...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Roxy Cinema

An Adrian Lyne retrospective features Fatal Attraction, Jacob’s Ladder, Lolita, and Foxes on 35mm, while Bob Saget and Norm MacDonald’s seminal Dirty Work plays on a print Saturday.

Bam

A Shelley Duvall retrospective is underway.

Museum of Modern Art

A celebration of Robert Frank’s centennial begins.

Museum of the Moving Image

A Lana Wilson retrospective begins while the Frank Oz series continues.

Film Forum

As an Ealing Studios retrospective continues, The General screens on Sunday.

Metrograph

The Beaver Trilogy, The Machinist, and The Last Metro show on 35mm; a Crystal Mosell and Derrick B. Harden retrospective begins while The World Is a Stage, My Crazy Uncle (or Aunt), Insomnia, and Crush the Strong, Help the Weak continue.

IFC Center

A 4K restoration of The Fall plays daily; Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Ichi the Killer, Threads,...

A trickle is becoming a flood for Bluesky, the social media company that has seen spectacular growth since the presidential election. On Tuesday, the microblogging platform hit 20 million users, after averaging 1 million new users per day over the past five days.

According to a Nov. 13 post by Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, the site had 6 million users in late August, nearly 11 million in late October and hit 15 million users on Nov. 15. It added another 5 million users in just five days, with the explosive growth seen since Nov. 5, the day of the election, accelerating.

Bluesky has been one of the main beneficiaries of millions of users leaving Elon Musk’s X, as the site formerly known as Twitter descends into a mess of bots, extreme content, crypto scams, ads, pornography, racism, transphobia and misinformation.

Hollywood has been quick to adopt Bluesky, particularly with the entertainment industry’s aversion to the political views of Musk,...

Master of horror Stephen King returns with another horror novel in the first half of 2025. Entertainment Weekly exclusively shared a first look at the upcoming book, titled Never Flinch, along with an excerpt that will give prospective readers an idea of what to expect.

Never Flinch has several "intertwining storylines," including one that revolves around a popular character who has appeared in several of King's novels, Holly Gibney. Holly first appeared in King's Mr. Mercedes trilogy, followed by The Outsider, and eventually got her own book titled Holly.

Per the outlet, Never Flinch centers on the Buckeye City Police Department after they receive an ominous letter from someone who wants to murder 14 people, all in "atonement for the needless death of an innocent man." Detective Izzy Jaynes is forced to turn to Holly Gibney for assistance.

The second narrative follows a women's rights activist targeted by an angry stalker who opposes her empowering message.

The Batman Part II has just been hit with some bad news. DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn has revealed that the script for the hotly-anticipated DC sequel is not finished, despite reports stating otherwise.

Back in September, The Batman writer/director Matt Reeves, who is returning for the sequel, shared with Entertainment Weekly that the script had officially been finished ahead of the movie's 2025 filming start date. Unfortunately, during a recent exchange with a fan on the social media platform Threads, Gunn dismissed the EW report, claiming that it was "well-intentioned" but "mistaken," adding that everyone at DC Studios was "very much looking forward" to reading The Batman Part II script when Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin were finished with it.

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James Gunn is back at it again dispelling false rumors about the DC Universe, and this time he's directing his attention towards Creature Commandos. Gunn and Peter Safran's rebooted Dcu officially begins next month with the animated Creature Commandos series, which features the paranormal version of Task Force X, a.k.a. The Suicide Squad. The team of anti-heroes are led by one of DC's most unassumingly violent villains, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), but a new rumor claims that the iconic Superman antagonist, Lex Luthor, will appear in the show.

Taking to his unofficial second home of Threads, Gunn addressed the rumor head on, while clarifying where Creature Commandos and Superman fit in the DC timeline. A report has been circulating online that a younger Lex Luthor will appear in Creature Commandos. However, it has caused confusion within the fan base, as it would imply that the animated series...

Gabrielle Union is joining a now-growing list of public figures that are leaving social media platform X.

In a final post made yesterday, the Bring It On star cited changes to the terms of service, as well as the return of “volatile” individuals as reasoning for her departure. Recently, Jamie Lee Curtis also announced her leaving the Elon Musk-owned site.

“There are pivotal moments in life when we must declare that enough is enough—and for me, today is that day,” she began, titling the post “It’s been real!”

“Platforms like X were founded on authentic connections, true engagement, and creative expression, all anchored in respect for user privacy and trust,” Union continued. “Yet, with the recent and upcoming changes to the terms of service—and the return...