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River Phoenix, Corey Haim, and Brittany Murphy are three big names who we all lost too soon under tragic circumstances, but they are hardly the only ones. Over the years, going back to the earliest days of Hollywood, some of the biggest stars have died before even making it to 40 years old. This list

One of HBO’s biggest hits in recent years is losing one of its co-creators, but that’s not the main thing that has me concerned for The Last of Us Season 3. If you know me, you know I’m a huge The Last of Us fan. I have been for a decade now – wow, I

I don’t think anyone could have called just how big the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch could have been. The 2025 movie release has made huge waves, with its place as Hollywood’s first 2025 hit to cross $1 billion worldwide being the latest. Disney’s certainly hanging ten, with Lilo & Stitch 2 already announced

Back in 2023, there was a time when it felt as if all was right with the world, and that, my friends, was Barbenheimer. While the 2025 movie schedule has been filled to the brim with great releases, I really don’t think we’re going to get another time like this, and that worries me. It’s

Christopher Nolan has been one of most beloved and much lauded filmmakers for many years now. The man has brought movie fans everything from one of the best movies of the 2000s, Memento, to some of the greatest science-fiction movies like Inception and Interstellar, and Oscar winners like The Dark Knight trilogy and Oppenheimer. Another

Warning! The following contains spoilers from the Big Brother Season 27 live feeds as of Wednesday, July 23rd. Stream the feeds with a Paramount+ subscription and read at your own risk! It feels like just yesterday that Jimmy Heagerty won the Week 2 HOH, and now it’s already time for the Week 2 eviction. Granted,

Ashley Eckstein became a fan favorite in the Star Wars franchise due to her role as Ahsoka Tano, voicing the character first in The Clone Wars and then continuing into Star Wars Rebels and beyond. She has also found success outside of the galaxy far, far away with the Her Universe lifestyle brand, which promotes

Two years after Iron Man ushered in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and turned Robert Downey Jr. into one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors, Iron Man 2 saw his version of Tony Stark clashing with Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer, a rival weapons manufacturer who teamed up with Mickey Rourke’s Ivan Vanko. Rockwell later reprised Hammer for

Spoilers for Season 3, Episode 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty are ahead! You can stream it with an Amazon Prime subscription, and catch new episodes every Wednesday. I’ve been on Team Jeremiah since day one. To quote Taylor, I’m a “founding member of team Jellyfish.” However, the scales are tipping in Conrad’s direction,

For as much as the 2025 movie Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is being hyped as the closing chapter of the series, some are having a hard time believing that’s true. It’s still the official line, even in light of the Downton finale’s latest trailer dropping some huge bombshells. However, franchise star Elizabeth McGovern held

One of the big reveals on the 2025 TV schedule so far is Sacha Baron Cohen officially joining the MCU as the supervillain Mephisto in Ironheart. Following his arrival in the Disney+ series earlier this month, the Borat actor is pulling a popular Marvel actor move and showing off a truly insane body transformation. (Take

Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan aren’t friends anymore, but the former doesn’t hesitate to give his former pal credit wherever it’s due. The past several years have seen Barkley not only talk up Jordan’s skills on the basketball court but also defend him from Scottie Pippen’s criticisms. His Airness came up during another discussion that

I know that Ted Lasso Season 4 is in the works, but there’s been a Jason Sudeikis-sized hole in my heart ever since this show’s divisive third season concluded in May 2023. Though I love Shrinking and other great shows available with an Apple TV+ subscription, I’ve spent the past couple of years looking for

Sex and the City is a HBO show that got people talking, and it’s remained a vital part of pop culture for decades. It’s spinoff, And Just Like That, is in the midst of Season 3 for those with a Max subscription, and I religiously watch every Thursday. The season has been fun, but if

There is something so infectious about a dance sequence that, even in movies and TV shows in which they occur pretty much out of nowhere and, in theory, should not work, they still do in most cases. In fact, some of the most iconic and beloved numbers in pop culture history do not even come

The box office can be a pretty exciting horse race to follow, even if you’re just focusing on the here and now. So far on the 2025 movie schedule, we’ve seen two weekends of Superman’s box office deliver #1 finishes, nabbing a handful of milestones along the way. Two more notable thresholds can now be

Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for The Sandman Season 2, Volume 2 are ahead! Although The Sandman doesn’t technically end until the bonus episode “Death: The High Cost of Living” is released to fans who have a Netflix subscription, the series’ main storyline has now concluded. For the most part, these final episodes of The Sandman Season

Such is the power of FNAF’s animatronics that not even M3GAN 2.0 could avoid references to the upcoming video game adaptation sequel in its own marketing. Now we finally know what the second coming of Freddy Fazbear will look like thanks to Blumhouse unleashing the first Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 trailer on an unsuspecting

If you’re a fan of Disney, you’ve obviously heard of the best Pixar films or many of the upcoming MCU movies. The two franchises may be the corporation’s primary moneymakers. However, I must admit that I never really found much overlap between the two. That makes some sense. It’s animation versus live-action; why would there

Celebrity deaths have a way of breaking the internet, as fans and loved ones collectively mourn. The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death is definitely that category, and details about his drowning are still trickling out. The latest report offers more context about what happened, and revealed that a surfer managed to save the late

Warning! The following contains spoilers for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode “Shuttle To Kenfori.” Stream it with a Paramount+ subscription and read at your own risk! After a fun two-episode premiere, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ third installment seemingly resolved one of the most controversial plot lines of Season 2. “Under The Cloak

Massive spoilers ahead for the new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie! The horror genre’s renaissance is showing no signs of slowing down, to the delight of fans like me. Some of the best horror movies returned with new sequels, including the new I Know What You Did Last Summer. The sequel was

In many cases, a satisfying story sees the protagonist undergo a dramatic change. Sometimes, this means the character adopts new personality traits, for better or worse, but there are also some notable instances in which they change from the outside, often in wild and even unsettling ways. If you have the stomach for it, come

Adam Sanlder is a Swiftie, like many of us, and I love that for him so much. He’s such a big fan, in fact, that he said he could be a “professional” Taylor Swift fan. However, she’s not the only pop star he has gushed about. Recently, the Happy Gilmore 2 star also had some

The Survivor 50 players have been back from Fiji for a few weeks now. They’re all obviously on very aggressive NDAs and can’t speak about the results of what happened, but they have been approved to make innocuous social media posts and give interviews to hype other projects. I’ve mostly tuned these comments out, but

The era of Hulkamania may never truly end, but its founding father is sadly no longer with us. One of the biggest and most influential pro wrestlers in the history of sports-entertainment, Terry Bollea — better known to fans around the world as Hulk Hogan — is dead. The WWE Hall of Famer was 71

Those of you who regularly read The King Beat are already well-aware that 2025 has been a special blessing for Stephen King fans. A little over half-way through the year, we’ve seen the release of two new King movies (The Monkey and The Life Of Chuck) and the debut of a new King TV show

Spoiler alert! This story discusses the Season 4 premiere of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which aired on July 23. Stream the episode with a Hulu subscription if you don’t want to know how the celebs did. A new season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is underway on the 2025 TV schedule,

We’ve come a long way with movie magic. CGI technology and filmmaking techniques have made anything on the big screen possible. However, occasionally directors decide to go the practical route, as sometimes technology doesn’t capture a moment the same way tangible effects do. This was the case in Pete Davidson’s upcoming horror movie, The Home,

The mystery genre has continued to hold its own in pop culture today, with hits like Only Murders in the Building skyrocketing in popularity. And, arguably, Rian Johnson’s 2019 Knives Out started this new wave of whodunits. Among his star-studded cast was, of course, the veteran of all things thrilling, top scream queen, Jamie Lee