Lori Loughlin left fans in awe of her ageless beauty during a rare appearance on the red carpet of a Hollywood event last week.

The sighting comes several months after her split from her ex-husband Mossimo Giannulli, allegedly due to “incriminating” texts and emails on his phone.

Sources close to the couple also claim that their marriage was never the same after their college admissions scandal, as Lori Loughlin “never fully forgave” the fashion designer.

Lori Loughlin Stepped Out For A Hollywood Event Looking Noticeably Younger

Loughlin turned heads as she attended the Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s Unforgettable Evening 2026 gala on March 11.

The “Full House” alum’s chic outfit wasn’t the only thing that caught fans’ attention, as the actress appeared more youthful and vibrant on the red carpet.

For the recent outing, Loughlin donned a plunging black and white dress and let her hair flow down freely while rocking a side part.

She seemingly wore light makeup as her face only highlighted smoky eyeshadow and nude lips. The actress then completed the look with silver drop earrings.

Loughlin attended the gala with her two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella, whom she shares with her estranged husband, Giannulli.

Just before she made her appearance on the red carpet, makeup artist Lyndsay Zavitz posted a picture of her face beat on Instagram, causing many fans to point out that she looked much younger.

Fans Praise The Actress’s Youthful Look Following Her Split From Mossimo Giannulli

Fans of Loughlin took to social media to gush over her youthful look; however, some speculated she’d gone under the knife to achieve the taut appearance.

“Wow! She looks amazing! What’s her secret?” a fan said, while another added, “Wow, perfection!!!!”

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“Amazing! She looks so youthful,” someone else wrote.

Commenting on a picture of Loughlin at an event, a critic noted, “She looks like she’s had some work. Here she is at 59. Either she had work, or she’s aging backwards all of a sudden.”

Another said, “That’s not Lori L. Unless she had a face-off.”

Someone else commented, “As if she just rolled out of bed looking 20 years younger. She looks great, but can we not pretend we are baffled by her youthful appearance?”

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“Love it when they say someone looks half their age without pointing out they look like a completely different person after plastic surgery,” another person penned.

Lori Loughlin And Mossimo Giannulli’s Marriage Never Fully Recovered From Their 2019 Scandal

Loughlin’s rare red carpet outing comes months after her split from Giannulli, whom she was married to for 28 years.

Sources told Us Weekly in January that the 2019 College admissions scandal, for which they were arrested after offering bribes to get their children into a top university, changed the state of their marriage.

“The school scandal was a turning point, and they never really connected or recovered their relationship after that,” the insider said, adding that Loughlin felt he “got her involved” in the situation.

“She didn’t fully blame him, but he spearheaded it,” the source also shared, noting that Loughlin “never fully forgave him and never fully got over it.”

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According to a source who spoke to Page Six, “incriminating” texts and emails Loughlin found on Giannulli’s phone also caused their marriage to fall apart.

“Mossimo had used Lori for years,” one of her friends told the news outlet. “She was hoping maybe he would change when he got out of prison, but he got worse.”

Mossimo Giannulli Raised Eyebrows Over Frequent Sightings With A Young Stylist

Meanwhile, Giannulli has sparked rumors about his relationship status as he has been seen several times with much younger stylist Hannah Harrison.

The pair was first spotted together in October last year when they went shopping as reports of his split from Loughlin dominated headlines.

However, Harrison denied anything more than platonic was going on between them and said the misunderstanding was an issue of “bad timing.”

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“I feel like it was bad timing. I went to the [G/FORE Supply] store not knowing that his separation had been announced,” she told Us Weekly at the time. “I was going there to meet him.”

“We did not drive together. We drove separately,” Harrison added.

The following month, they went clubbing at Zouk nightclub in West Hollywood and looked particularly cheerful as they walked side-by-side. Reports claimed they left together and went to Harrison’s house, where they chatted until 3 am.

They were last seen together in February when they grabbed a drink at Lynx Coffee in Los Angeles.

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Lori Loughlin’s Close Pal Called Mossimo Giannulli A ‘Narcissist’

Following reports of Loughlin and Giannulli’s marriage, the actress’s “Full House” co-star, John Stamos, addressed the situation, openly blasting Giannulli during an appearance on the “Good Guys” podcast.

Stamos called the designer a “terrible narcissist” and even accused him of dragging her into the college admissions scandal.

“I’m just heartbroken for her right now,” Stamos said about Loughlin at the time. “I’ve really tried to be there for her during this time.”

“It’s heartbreaking,” the actor continued, per The Blast. “She was married 27, 28 years. Her kids are good girls. She’s beautiful inside and out. But I told her, ‘Every bit of negativity or hardship you’ve been through has been connected to this guy.’”

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By Jennifer Asencio
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Video game pundit Geoff Keighley posted on X that he was disappointed with the Academy Awards ceremony’s In Memoriam segment because it excluded his father. David Keighley, he reasoned, made “immeasurable contributions to IMAX and cinema,” and deserved to be recognized among the entertainment industry figures whose deaths were remembered in the famous yearly Oscars tribute.

I spent the In Memoriam segment of this year’s Oscars ceremony on March 15, 2026, looking for Brigitte Bardot. I knew the starlet was controversial in Hollywood because of views about immigration and cultural change that are considered “far right” by some, especially in the entertainment industry. When she wasn’t there, I was about to fume like Keighley, until I followed the link to the 2026 Oscars In Memoriam website.

The Full List Couldn’t Be Covered During Ceremony

If Brigitte Bardot was snubbed, then so were thespians of the caliber of Joe Don Baker, Jean Marsh, Loni Anderson, and James Van Der Beek. Robert Carradine of the famous Hollywood dynasty also was not featured in the In Memoriam segment, a fact which cannot have been overlooked, since he is featured on their web page. Famous comedienne Ruth Buzzi died this year, along with famous Musketeer and original Allan Quartermaine, Richard Chamberlain.

We also lost child actor Bud Kort, Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley, and ALS-sufferer Eric Dane. Sitcom stars Wings Hauser and Polly Holliday, who was also in Gremlins, were not featured in the segment, but are listed on the page. Horror movie actor James Ransone, who made his name on the show The Wire, left this mortal coil. Both Zed (Peter Greene) and The Gimp (Stephen Hibbert) from Pulp Fiction also died in the past year, and not because of Marcellus Wallace.

So Much Talent Lost This Year

The In Memoriam segment focused on some of Hollywood’s most famous losses this year. Dedicated speeches were given for Rob Reiner, Robert Redford, and Diane Keaton. Longer clips of actors like Robert Duval and Diane Ladd showcased some of their more famous roles. Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, star of many films that influenced American culture, was given a moment of silence. However, superstar Val Kilmer barely got a few seconds’ notice, and more behind-the-scenes types, like cinematographers, directors, and even entertainment attorneys were given time in groups of two and three.

We just had too many deaths in the entertainment industry this year for the Academy to pack them all into a segment that could be shown on television during the awards. If they had paid tribute to everyone who is on their web page, the segment might have been almost as long as the ceremony itself.

We lost celebrities this year to a variety of causes (I know this because I wrote a lot of their obituaries… too many). A few committed suicide in tragic ways that reflected inner struggles that may or may not have been public. Some of them succumbed to long-term battles with cancer and other diseases. Famously, the Reiners were murdered by their son during a psychotic episode. The joke that celebrity deaths come in threes worked overtime this year.

Yet they have all been part of our culture and influenced our everyday lives. Zed and The Gimp are instantly identifiable and the lines “Bring in The Gimp” and “Zed’s dead, baby” are as famous as Annie Hall; Robert Carradine is the most famous nerd in the world; Richard Chamberlain sang “Owa Tagu Siam” but also “love Me Tender;” and James Van Der Beek is as well-known for Friday Night Lights as for Dawson’s Creek.

Brigitte Bardot was so influential for dying her hair blonde that the Beatles got their girlfriends to mimic her, and David Keighley did amazing work in IMAX and other cinematic techniques. They all contributed to the zeitgeist in their own ways, and it’s a pity that there wasn’t enough time for them all to be memorialized on television.

Blac Chyna has nothing but love for ex-fiancé Rob Kardashian.

Chyna, 37, took to Instagram on Tuesday, March 17, to mark the reality TV star’s 39th birthday.

“Happy Birthday @robkardashianofficial,” the entrepreneur, who shares 9-year-old daughter Dream with Kardashian, wrote via her Instagram Stories. “You’re the best dad to our baby girl, and I appreciate you more than words can say.” (Chyna, whose real name is Angela White, is also mom to son King Cairo, 13, whom she shares with ex Tyga.)

The tribute text was paired with a throwback photo of Kardashian sitting with a baby Dream on his lap while wrapping an arm around Chyna. All three family members smiled as they posed for the cameras.

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His favorite people! Rob Kardashian had a sweet response after Khloé Kardashian offered a glimpse at her bonding time with his 6-year-old daughter, Dream. Khloé, 38, took to Instagram on Tuesday, May 16, to share a selfie of her and her niece. “Dreamy Dream….. such a love,” the Good American cofounder captioned the post, to […]

The pair dated on and off for one year between 2016 and 2017, welcoming Dream in November 2016 and even launching their own reality TV show, Rob & Chyna, as a couple at the time. In October last year, Chyna seemingly teased that she and Kardashian may have reconciled, gushing about her ex during an appearance at the Los Angeles Women’s Expo.

“Me and Robert, we’re healing, and we’re communicating, and we’re just going with the flow,” she told the event’s guests from the stage. “ And if God be, then it will be something.”

An October 2025 Instagram post fuelled rumors further, with Chyna tagging Kardashian in an Instagram post and writing, “This love is forever.”

Us Weekly later confirmed that the exes were not back together. Additionally, Chyna confirmed in December 2025 that she and Kardashian had not rekindled their romance. “Guess who’s ending the year single. You knew it, You and I,” she wrote via Instagram at the time.

While Chyna shares an amicable relationship with Kardashian, Us exclusively reported in January that she filed December 2025 court documents that accused ex-boyfriend Twin Hector of spitting on her and choking her during a 2023 incident.

One year earlier, in September 2024, Hector, a singer and actor, had sued Chyna, claiming that she abused him throughout their 2020 to 2023 relationship.

Court documents filed by Chyna, and obtained by Us in January, showed that she denied Hector’s abuse claims. Us also confirmed that month that Hector adamantly denied the claims lodged against him.

Chyna’s filing, which revealed that she was representing herself without an attorney, also alleged that her actions during the 2023 incident were conducted on grounds of self-defence.

Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for the Invincible Season 4 premiere.Things are heating up for young superhero Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) in Invincible Season 4. When we last saw him in the Season 3 finale, he’d seemingly killed the bloodthirsty Viltrumite warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), but not before damage was dealt to his girlfriend, Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs). He’d also made a vow to his younger half-brother, Oliver (Christian Convery), that he wouldn’t hesitate to kill anybody who lays their hands on his loved ones. The first three episodes of Season 4, dropping all at once — “Making the World a Better Place,” “I’ll Give You the Grand Tour,” and “I Gotta Get Some Air” — are an explosive and shocking start to this chapter of Prime Video’s animated superhero series, effectively teeing up the highest stakes the series has seen yet.

Dinosaurus Makes His Debut in ‘Invincible’ Season 4 Episode 1

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“Making the World a Better Place” begins with a montage establishing what Mark and his friends and family have been up to. While Mark is no longer a part of the GDA (the Global Defense Agency), he is still being closely monitored by Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins) and Donald Ferguson (Chris Diamantopoulos). His limbs are also now in robotic casts made by Robot, which allow him to continue to fight. In Season 3, Oliver was more enthusiastic about training to become a superhero, but this season, he is undergoing a case of what we earthlings call adolescence. Upon receiving a call to defeat the capture of the supervillain Furnace, Mark tries to get Oliver to join him, but the half-Thraxan tween is far more interested in staying home and playing video games. Frustrated, Mark concedes and decides to go alone, but not before his mother, Debbie (Sandra Oh), tells him to take a night off.

Meanwhile, Cecil meets with the former Guardians of the Globe, who have disbanded after the death of Rex Splode (Jason Mantzoukas). While initially reluctant to work for him again, they ultimately agree. Rudy/Robot (Ross Marquand/Zachary Quinto), who now has taken on the name of Rex in honor of his fallen teammate, pleads with Cecil to let him be the team leader, but Cecil denies him the position. Instead, he enlists the invulnerable, aging superhero Brit (Jonathan Banks) for the job. Cecil tells Rex that if he truly wants to become a leader, he’s going to have to earn his trust back — something he currently does not have.

Mark arrives in the city and becomes haunted by a booming voice that claims he called for him. The voice taunts him, saying he thanks him for the loss of lives in his battle. He believes that Mark can cause a human extinction event, something he strives for. It’s revealed that the voice was from a hulking T. rex/man hybrid, dubbed Dinosaurus (Matthew Rhys), who proceeds to attack Mark. Whilst in the midst of the battle, Mark breaks off his robotic casts, his injuries having healed. Abruptly, Dinosaurus disappears, and in his place is a naked man, who pleads with Mark, claiming that he was not in control of what just happened. Mark grabs the man by the throat, intending to choke him out, but the Guardians arrive on the scene and stop him.

Mark arrives at Eve’s home, where we learn that she is still running Invincible Inc., something Mark still isn’t fully comfortable with, despite Eve stressing to him that it’s a nonprofit organization. Eve’s parents, Adam (Fred Tatasciore) and Betsy (Grey Griffin), arrive for dinner with the two. After battling a literal human dinosaur and nearly killing him, this dinner proves to be almost as tense. Adam belittles Mark, blaming him for the fact that he is now unemployed. He proceeds to offer Mark a cigar on the patio, hopefully as part of a truce or an apology, and begins by praising Eve, telling Mark, “She’s still my little girl.” However, it’s not long before he pins more blame on Mark, telling him that it was his fault after her near-death experience with Conquest.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Betsy talks to Eve about Mark. While she has always been quieter and more sympathetic towards Mark than Adam has, she is also no longer in support of their relationship. Once the two leave, Mark opens up to Eve about his encounter with Dinosaurus, before breaking down and saying that maybe Adam is right about him. Eve comforts Mark and assures him that it is not the case. She uses her powers to make him a cup of coffee, something that she has done plenty of times before — except once Mark takes a sip, it tastes terrible, which raises concern.

Mark Battles Universa and Sequids in ‘Invincible’ Season 4 Episode 1

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In the meantime, two new threats arrive. The first is the green-skinned alien warrior Universa (Danai Gurira), who uses her staff to detect unusually high energy levels nearby. The next scene sees two construction workers walking through the sewers, talking about the lack of rats that are usually in abundance. Rus (Ben Schwartz), the human astronaut who was possessed by the Sequids in Season 2, arrives, and the two men are attacked by a wave of Sequids. At the Grayson home, it’s revealed that Debbie and her boyfriend Paul (Cliff Curtis) are still going strong. While Paul is a bit concerned about Mark and Oliver judging them, she stresses that her sons really don’t care. At the breakfast table, Mark apologizes to Oliver, but while they chat, Paul awkwardly walks down the stairs, to which they tell him that they are happy for Debbie. Eve rushes in and tells Mark that Invincible Inc. has received an alert, but she has no idea what it’s about.

That alert is clearly not about the sequids, which are revealed to be causing chaos in the city, infecting any human who comes in contact with them. In the meantime, Universa has taken a power plant hostage. Debbie takes Oliver to the superhero costume extraordinaire Art (Mark Hamill), who gives updates to his suit. As Oliver talks about living in his father’s shadow, Debbie flashes back to the first time Nolan/Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons) tried on his suit. Oliver is assured that he is more than just “his father’s son.” As Cecil and Donald are alerted about the Sequid attack, Mark and Eve arrive at the power plant, where they fight off Universa, who demands more energy to consume. She absorbs Eve’s powers, which continue to malfunction, much to her concern. Mark ends up taking away Universa’s staff, while Eve delivers the final blow.

Brit gives the Guardians of the Globe a rundown of their latest mission, which involves using Neural Disrupters and teleports to zap away Sequids from all the possessed humans. A force field has been placed around the city, so they must ensure that nobody escapes. The battle proves to be tense, and Brit calls upon Cecil to persuade Mark to join the fight. Having just defeated Universa, Eve opts to stay back to try to figure out what is going on with her powers. Paul visits Debbie at her workplace, where he apologizes for leaving so abruptly earlier that morning. She accepts, and in return, Paul asks Debbie if they should move in together.

As the Guardians of the Globe continue to battle the Sequid army, Rex/Robot defies Brit’s orders and heads to the sewer, where he saves a woman, but not before being knocked out by Rus. He safely teleports away. The Sequid infestation is nearly contained when Mark arrives to face Rus, who taunts him, saying that he was the one responsible for bringing the Sequids to Earth. In retaliation, Mark punches Rus’s head clean off, much to the shock of the Guardians. In the post-credits, it is revealed that Conquest is alive and being kept prisoner in an underground bunker, as Cecil and Donald monitor him remotely. Much to their shock, he awakens and escapes, flying off deep into space.

‘Invincible’ Season 4 Episode 2 Reveals Omni-Man’s Tragic Origin Story

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“I’ll Give You the Grand Tour” begins with a flashback to Nolan’s days on Viltrum. We see several mysterious silos crash-land on the planet, spraying something into the atmosphere. We see a young Nolan (Talon Warburton), having an uncanny resemblance to Mark, working as a domineering instructor to a class of young Viltrumite children, quizzing them on fighting, and the history of Emperor Argall and his death at the hands of the Great Betrayer.

We learn that it’s Nolan’s first day of “adulthood,” as his parents battle him to near death. He survives, however, and so do they, telling their son that he fought well, and he is sent off on his first assignment. While Nolan is in his quarters with other young Viltrumites, being instructed by a general, one of the recruits begins bleeding from his nose and ears, before vomiting up blood and dying. More Viltrumites begin doing the same, including the instructor. It is explained that the silos at the beginning of the episode were a biological weapon used to attack Viltrumite DNA, dubbed the Skurge Virus. Billions of Viltrumites are killed, and Nolan is sent to Earth to see if humans are compatible enough to help rebuild the Viltrum Empire.

It’s revealed that Nolan has been telling this entire story to Allen the Alien (Seth Rogen), who in turn asks if Mark didn’t have powers, would he have killed him. Nolan responds by saying he doesn’t know. The two arrive on the planet Talescria, where Nolan is told that his mustache is going to raise some serious questions. Allen reunites with his girlfriend, Telia (Tatiana Maslany), who initially shoots Nolan with a giant rifle. Telia takes Allen and Nolan to Thaedus (Peter Cullen), who reveals himself to Nolan as the Great Betrayer, and asks him to join the Coalition of Planets to defeat the Viltrum Empire. Allen then shows Thaedus a list, made by Nolan, of various Viltrumite weaknesses and weapons that they can use to win the war. While initially not wanting to agree to help the Coalition, Nolan eventually agrees to join the war.

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Nolan and Allen Search for Viltrumite Weaknesses in ‘Invincible’ Season 4 Episode 2

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Nolan, Allen, and Telia board a starship named the Venture, a USS Enterprise-like vehicle, captained by an irritated and unqualified captain (Scott Aukerman). To make matters even more uncomfortable, they are forced to share quarters, so Nolan must sleep on the couch while Allen and Telia loudly have sex in the bedroom. On the first day of their voyage, the Venture ends up getting stuck in an asteroid field, and Nolan and Allen attempt to get things fixed. As they explore the field, Nolan leads Allen to an asteroid where he has kept a gun that used to belong to his adversary, Space Racer (Winston Duke). Nolan assures Allen that he buried Space Racer alive centuries ago, assuming he’s likely dead at this point, but that turns out not to be the case. Space Racer attacks the two, but before the fight gets worse, Allen calms him down and convinces him to join the Coalition of Planets.

Their next stop is on a small planet that is home to the Sinlak Beetle, which contains a compound in their shells that makes Viltrumites weak to physical injury. They also travel to another planet, home of an alien race that has seemingly gone extinct, after the Viltrumites moved their planet closer to the sun, causing all of their water to evaporate. While visiting another planet, they are stopped by two Gelderian guards, who say their forces are still recovering from an attack orchestrated by the Viltrumites. In turn, they inform Nolan and Allen of a superhero on Earth known as Tech Jacket. They then travel to Battle Beast’s home planet, but are told that he is not there, and to “seek out blood and fire, and you’ll be there.”

That night, finally sick of Allen and Telia’s loud sex keeping him awake, Nolan leaves their quarters, only to discover that there are more bedrooms onboard the Venture, and the captain believed they were in a “triadic relationship.” Their final stop is on an ice-covered planet, home to an alien race known as the Ragnar. The Viltrumites had built a shield against their sun, causing the Ragnars to be completely frozen, which means that their extraction will be easy. As Nolan and Allen attempt to bring a frozen Ragnar back to the Venture, the ship’s captain orders his team to shoot at the shield, destroying it. This causes the Ragnars to escape their icy cages and attack. Enraged, Telia demands to become captain. As Allen and Nolan fight off the Ragnars, Telia blocks the sun once more with the Venture, causing them to turn to ice once more.

Later on, Nolan opens up to Allen more, saying that every time the Viltrumites had a chance to change, they just “doubled down on being evil.” In response, Allen hugs Nolan. Telia briefs Thaedus, with the latter claiming that they need to have Mark join them in battle. Nolan isn’t a fan of this idea, not wanting to go back to Earth. In order to convince him, Thaedus takes Nolan to his lab, where he reveals his greatest sin: he created the Scurge Virus. Enraged, Nolan nearly attacks Thaedus, but makes him promise only to use the virus as a last resort, and in turn, he’ll return to Earth to recruit Mark. In the post-credits scene, Conquest goes to meet with Thragg (Lee Pace), begging to be executed. His request is denied, with the Viltrumite leader telling him that he still has “so much work to do.”

Titan Returns in ‘Invincible’ Season 4 Episode 3

“I Gotta Get Some Air” begins with the thick-skinned crime boss Titan (Todd Williams) meeting up with rival crime kingpin, Machine Head (Jeffrey Donovan), at an upscale hotel bar. Machine Head informs him that Mr. Liu (Tzi Ma), their old enemy and former head of The Order, isn’t dead. Machine Head proposes that Titan rejoins The Order, which will grant him greater protection from Mr. Liu and his men, but he turns down the invite, claiming he’ll take his chances.

At the GDA base, Cecil and Donald rewatch the footage of Mark killing Rus, concerned about how he has become far less hesitant about killing. While Angstrom Levy and Conquest were already villains, Rus was an innocent man, and his illness could have been cured. Donald, always the more optimistic of the two, sees the good in Mark, but Cecil is still wary. It is also shown that D.A. Sinclair (Eric Bauza) is still working closely with the GDA. The Guardians of the Globe debate Mark’s actions, with Bulletproof (Jay Pharoah), arguing that Mark did the right thing. Brit reprimands Rex for defying his orders, and he walks away. While in the shower, Rex coughs up a sequid, which nearly attaches itself to him, only for Lucy/Monster Girl (Grey Griffin/Kevin Michael Richardson) to save him at the last second.

Mark is stressed about his recent actions and attempts to call Eve, who doesn’t pick up her phone because she’s still trying to figure out why her powers are malfunctioning. As Mark waits for Eve to respond, Donald arrives, telling him that Cecil needs to see him. In the meantime, Paul tells Debbie that he has made an offer on a new house. Instead of being excited, Debbie is more hesitant about the idea of moving, especially since she raised both Mark and Oliver at her old home. While walking in the park with his wife and daughter, Vanessa (Nicole Byer) and Fiona (Somali Rose), Titan is attacked by Mr. Liu’s henchmen, who assassinate his security. Isotope (Diamantopoulos) arrives and saves Vanessa and Fiona, as Titan finishes off the fight. Mark meets with Cecil, who tells him that if he didn’t reach out to help Mark, he wouldn’t be doing his job correctly. He warns Mark about emotional consequences, but before their conversation can continue, D.A. Sinclair enters the office and attempts to apologize to Mark. Disgusted, Mark leaves. Donald then walks into the room, asking Cecil if he told Mark about Conquest.

The Flaxans Return in ‘Invincible’ Season 4 Episode 3

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Mark meets up with Eve, who expresses her concerns about her malfunctioning powers. In turn, Mark reassures her that things will be okay, and that, since Rex fixed Monster Girl’s aging curse, maybe he’ll be able to help aid her. He then tells her that Cecil was able to successfully cover up the footage of him killing Rus. Their tender moment is interrupted by Oliver, who’s been listening in on their conversation, and he offers to help Mark and Eve by filling in on the latest Invincible Inc. job, which was put in by Titan. While Titan is initially dismissive of Oliver filling in for Mark, he ultimately allows him to help. Especially if it means that he can keep Fiona safe.

Rex tells Eve that he may be able to help figure out what is going on with her powers, but before any research can be done, he receives an alert: the Flaxans have returned, and this time, they’ve created tech that prevents them from aging rapidly in Earth’s atmosphere, and have begun taking human prisoners through a massive portal. Mark assists the Guardians in their battle, as Brit attempts to find and destroy the Emitter controlling the Flaxan portal. Oliver flies Titan to Mr. Liu’s hideout, who proceeds to transform into his dragon form again. Oliver chases after the Dragon Liu, while Titan attempts to fight off Liu’s bodyguard, the Great Wall. Realizing he cannot defeat Liu on his own, Oliver calls Eve to get Mark to help him, but she informs him that he is busy fighting off the Flaxans.

Against Cecil’s orders, Brit allows Monster Girl and Robot to go through the Flaxan portal in order to destroy their emitter and rescue the hostages. While they free the prisoners, the portal ends up closing, trapping them on the Flaxans’ home planet. After receiving a call from Eve, Mark flies off to help Oliver. The brothers are able to ultimately defeat Liu, but his human form, along with Great Wall, ultimately escape. Furious at Titan for putting his brother in danger, Mark begins attacking Titan, only for Oliver to stop him. At the end of Episode 3, Titan agrees to rejoin the Order, only for it to be revealed that Mr. Liu has also been blackmailed into joining. A post-credits scene sees Eve locking herself in the bathroom and taking a pregnancy test, which turns out to be positive.

The first three episodes of Invincible Season 4 are overwhelmingly dense, especially with the introduction of several new villains like Dinosaura and Universa. While some battles feel anticlimactic, the story itself is heading in an exciting direction. Episode 2, “I’ll Give You the Grand Tour,” is easily the strongest of the bunch, with a more focused plot and further development of Nolan’s newfound emotions.

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March 26, 2021

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Amazon Prime Video

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Invincible

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• Episode 2 is a thrilling, emotional, and hilarious, as Nolan and Allen trek across the stars.
• Mark killing Rus proves to be one of the series’ most shocking moments.
• Debbie is getting to have her own agency again.

• Episodes 1 and 3 are a bit too busy with new characters and new villains to battle.

By Robert Scucci
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2016’s Nocturnal Animals does the unthinkable by boasting a story-within-a-story framework without ever coming off as patronizing or confusing. Adapted from the 1993 Austin Wright novel Tony and Susan, it respects the source material by bringing its essence to life through a visual medium and has zero fat in its storytelling. What impressed me most was how the film actually plays like a novel. Scenes jump from the main narrative to the in-universe fiction seamlessly, as if you’re picking up a great book, reading a flashback sequence, and then being thrust back into the present the second you turn the page and start a new chapter, complete with the context needed to keep the story moving.

A dark romantic thriller with a gritty neo-noir bent, Nocturnal Animals sees Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) and Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal) come to terms with their lives as fiction becomes reality, the past bleeds into the present, and regret takes on a life of its own through art and the lingering question of what could have been if things had turned out differently.

The Breakup And The Book

We first learn about Susan Morrow’s present-day life in Nocturnal Animals, and it’s an unhappy one despite her success. Susan owns an art gallery, and her latest installation is a resounding success and the talk of the town. At home, however, her life leaves much to be desired. Her husband Hutton Morrow (Armie Hammer) constantly travels for work, cheats on her, and remains emotionally absent from their relationship.

When Susan receives a package from her ex-husband Edward, whom she hasn’t spoken to in 20 years, her curiosity is piqued. Inside is a manuscript for the novel he’s trying to publish, Nocturnal Animals. Not only does the title reference the nickname he gave her when they were married, but the book itself is dedicated to her. Feeling unfulfilled in both her career and her current marriage, she cracks the book open to see what he has to say and is immediately sucked in.

The Story Within The Story

In Nocturnal Animals, the fictional novel depicted in Nocturnal Animals, we’re introduced to Tony Hastings (also portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal), who is traveling along a remote West Texas road with his wife Laura (Isla Fisher) and daughter India (Ellie Bamber). They are accosted by three thugs, Ray Marcus (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Lou (Karl Glusman), and Turk (Robert Aramayo), who kidnap Laura and India after terrorizing the family on the dark highway.

Tony, separated from his wife and daughter during the encounter, has no idea what has happened to them after he is dragged away and left stranded in the middle of the night. He eventually learns the horrifying truth that Laura and India have been brutally assaulted and murdered.

Grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, Tony seeks help from Detective Bobby Andes (Michael Shannon), who reveals he has terminal lung cancer and will soon be forced into retirement. When pressed by Detective Andes, who’s got an axe to grind and nothing to lose, Tony becomes convinced that pursuing revenge by any means necessary is the only path forward because doing things by the book will never bring him the justice his family deserves. Dead set on identifying the men who destroyed his family and killing them himself, Tony’s grief slowly transforms into rage, and the hunt begins.

As Susan reads through Nocturnal Animals, memories of her tumultuous relationship with Edward resurface. Here we see a much younger, well put together Jake Gyllenhaal who is wide-eyed and idealistic because they still have their entire lives ahead of them. While we don’t fully grasp the symbolism embedded in the novel until the film’s third-act reveal, it becomes increasingly clear why their relationship fell apart and why Edward is suddenly so eager to reconnect with Susan after decades of silence.

Not A Baby-Bird Endeavor

With so many layers in its narrative structure, Nocturnal Animals is far from a passive watch. It’s obvious that the grief depicted in the novel within the film serves as a metaphor for Edward’s past relationship with Susan, among other things, but we aren’t given all the details right away, nor should we be. If you watch the film a second time, you’ll notice a breadcrumb trail of clues that probably slipped past you during your first viewing.

Despite its many layers, watching Nocturnal Animals is a fluid and visceral experience. Since we are seeing events through Edward’s eyes as he wrote them in his novel, which is dark, violent, and sexually graphic at times, none of the more heightened sequences feel out of place. The fictional narrative plays like pulpy crime fiction designed to provoke this exact reaction through its brooding tension and grimy atmosphere.

At some level, any seasoned thriller fan will recognize where this story is headed, but the road getting there will haunt you long after the credits roll. To experience the story within the story for yourself, you can stream Nocturnal Animals on Paramount+ as of this writing.

By Jennifer Asencio
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The 2026 Academy Awards are in the books, and, despite a plethora of nominees, the race came down to two movies: Sinners and One Battle After Another.

Six movies were nominated for Best Picture in addition to those, for a total of eight: Bugonia, Train Dreams, Sentimental Value, Marty Supreme, F1, Frankenstein, Secret Agent, and Hamnet. A few sleepers that earned nominations in other categories included Weapons and Song Sung Blue, but for the most part, the nominations in almost every major category included Sinners, One Battle After Another, Frankenstein, and Sentimental Value. Sinners alone had 16 Oscar nominations, the most in the history of the Academy Awards to date.

Sinners Secured Four Oscars

I have to be honest: I haven’t felt the compulsion to watch the Oscars in years. But with such a compelling slate of contestants this time, as well as the potential to make history, I had to check it out. The show wasn’t actually too bad. Most of the jokes were tasteful and despite Conan O’Brien’s warning that the show would “get political,” it very rarely did.

But Sinners only took away four Oscars: Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography. In one respect, Sinners did make history, as cinematographer Autumn Durald Arckapaw became the first woman to win in that category. Sinners was a movie about music, so it was great that Ludwig Goransson took that Oscar.

The surprise of the night (at least for me) was the Best Original Song category, which I thought for sure would go to “I Lied to You” from Sinners, but instead went to “Golden” by the K-Pop Demon Hunters, whose movie of the same name won Best Animated Feature. The singers from popular Korean cartoon entertained the audience with an extravaganza show during the ceremony, as did Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq, performing the Sinners song.

One Battle After Another Cleans Up

Although One Batlle After Another bested Sinners, it was only by two awards. Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director, and the movie won Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, and a new category for Best Casting. Leonardo DiCaprio was once again passed over for Best Actor, making his record only one win (2015’s The Revenant) for eight nominations.

Aside from the surprise of K-Pop Demon Hunters, the biggest winner of the night wasn’t a movie, but a genre. The horror genre took home eight Oscars between three movies: Sinners, Frankenstein, and Weapons. Genre movies like fantasy, science fiction, and horror don’t usually perform well at the Oscars except in the special effects category; The Return of the King was a notable exception but not the norm.

Overall, this year there were a lot of notable films and not enough awards for all of them. Besides, the Oscars play by Highlander rules most of the time: there can be only one. But even that rule got broken when there was a tie for Best Live Action Short Film (The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva). So no matter who won, it was truly a night of ups and downs, where two very worthy movies fought each other for the top prize, and came out nearly even.