If you haven’t been to Palm Tree Beach Club yet, here’s the short version: it’s a 60,000-square-foot, 3,000-person playground built by Tao Group Hospitality in partnership with Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew, dropped right in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip at MGM Grand. Rockwell Group designed the space, and it shows — a saltwater pool ringed by twelve bungalows and ten cabanas, a stage set at ground level so the DJ booth practically melts into the crowd, and a production rig loud enough to turn a Tuesday afternoon into a full-blown festival moment. It’s less “hotel pool” and more “someone smuggled Tulum onto Las Vegas Boulevard.”

And this August, Palm Tree Beach Club isn’t just showing up for summer — it’s closing it out in style.

The Lineup Doing All the Talking

Scroll through the August calendar and it reads less like a pool schedule and more like a festival poster. Zedd headlines not once but twice, on August 8th and again on August 22nd, bookending a month that also features Tiësto tearing up the decks on the 15th, Lost Frequencies the very next day, and R3hab bringing the bass on the 23rd. Then, just when you think the month can’t escalate further, Chris Lake closes it out on the 29th before the whole thing wraps with Reggaetonlandia on the 30th — a genre-bending sendoff stacked with DJ Luian, 2Deep, Aristeo, and Krucial turning the last Sunday of summer into a full reggaetón takeover.

Oh, and somewhere in the middle of all that house and techno royalty, DJ Pauly D shows up on the 9th to remind everyone that Palm Tree Beach Club can flex pop-culture star power just as easily as EDM heavyweights.

That’s the headliner tier. But the real flex is what’s happening underneath it.

Every Single Day Has a Vibe

This is the part that separates a good pool party from an actual institution: Palm Tree Beach Club doesn’t just save the talent for Saturday. The whole week has a personality.

Drift Wednesdays kick things off with local specials and a rotating cast of homegrown talent — D-Miles, Lucky Lou, Paradice, and Eric Remy all get their moment on the decks throughout the month, proving the venue is just as invested in Vegas’s local DJ scene as it is in flying in the A-listers. Thursdays keep the momentum going with Mondo (twice!), Mikey Francis, and Ross. Then Good Life Fridays turn up the energy heading into the weekend with Sourmilk, E-Rock, Eric Dlux, and Four Color Zack setting the tone before the Saturday headliners take over.

By the time Saturday and Sunday roll around, the buildup pays off — which is exactly how you end up with a run like Zedd, DJ Pauly D, Lucky Lou, Tiësto, Lost Frequencies, Zedd (again), R3hab, Chris Lake, and Reggaetonlandia all inside a single 30-day stretch.

Why It Actually Matters

Vegas has no shortage of pools claiming to be “the party.” What makes Palm Tree Beach Club different is the intentionality behind it — the Kygo-backed Palm Tree Crew DNA baked into the branding, the ground-level stage that erases the barrier between artist and crowd, the saltwater pool that somehow makes a Strip dayclub feel more beach than casino. It’s a space engineered for the exact kind of chaos that makes a great pool party story, and this August’s booking sheet is basically daring you to have one.

Wednesday through Sunday, all month long, Palm Tree Beach Club isn’t asking to be part of the summer conversation in Vegas. With a lineup like this, it is the conversation.

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Palm Tree Beach Club is located at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, 3799 S Las Vegas Blvd, and is open Wednesday through Sunday through the summer season.

As a shopping editor, I spend a good portion of my day browsing fashion must-haves. I’ve tried hard to train myself not to buy every cute item I see, but this faux leather tote is looking pretty tempting — especially since the designer-like pick is priced at just $39.

Between busy workdays and outings with my toddler, I often rely on a large bag to store all my essentials — makeup, books, snacks, maybe a toy or two. And while I’ve admittedly reached for canvas options one too many times, this luxe-looking tote is just as roomy and a million times more elevated. I’m actually surprised it isn’t triple the price!

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Dolly Parton was forced to pull the plug on attending a Dollywood event in person due to ongoing health woes.

The singer, 80, had planned to appear at the opening of the theme park’s new roller coaster, NightFlight Expedition, on Friday, August 13, but was forced to skip the occasion at the last minute on doctor’s orders.

Instead, Parton made a virtual appearance at the opening ceremony, according to multiple media outlets.

“I’m still in Nashville, and I’m sorry about that,” Parton said in the video.

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“I’m supposed to be there in person, like we planned,” she said. “Now I’ve told you before, all my fans, that I have had a few little health issues. And sometimes I get a little dizzy, and I get dehydrated.”

The “Jolene” singer, who was wearing fairy wings, continued, “And I’m dehydrated. And so my Nashville doctor clipped my wings, saying you ain’t traveling this week.”

She concluded, “So I guess if your doctor tells you you ain’t traveling this week, you ain’t traveling this week.”

Parton promised to keep her fans updated after missing the Dollywood event, which was located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee — a three-hour drive from Nashville.

In June, Parton made a rare public appearance at the opening of her Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop after previously sharing details of her health struggles.

The Grammy winner announced in May that she was postponing her Las Vegas residency over health concerns.

“I am here to give you an update on a few things going on in my life,” she began in a social media video shared last month. “First, it’s concerning my health. And I have some good news and a little bad news. The good news is I’m responding really well to meds and treatments and I’m improving every day.”

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The singer continued, “Now, the bad news is, it’s gonna take me a little while before I’m up to stage performance level. Because some of the meds and treatments make me a little bit swimmy-headed, as my grandma used to say. And of course, I can’t be dizzy carrying around banjos, guitars and such on five-inch heels.”

Parton jokingly described herself as a “classic car” that needed some restoration and said she was determined to be back “better than ever” after her recovery.

“When they raised the hood on this old antique, they realized that I need to rebuild my engine and that my transmission is slipping, my oil pan is leaking, my muffler is busted and my shocks and pistons need to be replaced, and for sure, my spark plugs need to be changed,” Parton said. “My immune system and my digestive system got all out of whack over the past couple three years, and they’re working real hard on rebuilding and strengthening those and hopefully I’ll be up to snuff again soon.”

With John Patton Ford’s 2026 How to Make a Killing, Glen Powell was given the chance to really stretch his acting range, as the film placed the good-guy star in an environment where he is rarely found: the world of morbid dark comedy. Playing a dispossessed man going on a killing spree, murdering his own family members in search of a fortune he feels he’s owed, Powell veered far away from his cool, competent screen persona (even his role as philosophy professor in 2024’s Hit Man still gave him some familiar beats to play). But it also represented some of his most rewarding work yet.

It’s one thing to see an actor who is best known for darker roles killing characters off — it’s very different when it’s somebody audiences tend to like. Because of this, the actor gave Ford’s film (a loose remake of the 1949 British comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets) an earnestness that brushed up directly against the movie’s old-money elite aesthetic. It also made the darkness of the dark comedy hit even harder.

While Hit Man (a movie Powell co-wrote) suggested a wide variety of actorly avenues for him to pursue, he is still best-regarded for his charismatic turns in Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters. Both of those movies let Powell be the most competent and laid-back man in the room, so How to Make a Killing, in which he played a neurotic striver with a murderous gleam in his eye, was a left-field turn that could have led to audiences feeling like he was miscast. However, Powell’s good looks and physical control actually made him a perfect fit for the role of Becket Redfellow. Like Hit Man, the movie lets him be a master of disguise, somebody who is capable of blending into a room and deceiving anybody, even people who should know better.

You Want to Root for Glen Powell’s Murderous Character in ‘How to Make a Killing’

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John Patton Ford’s approach to telling this story is to put audiences on Becket’s side from the very beginning, an action which may have become easier due to casting of Powell. We first see him in jail, awaiting execution, and then see the circumstances (his mother’s teen pregnancy) that led to his being removed from the family fortune, as well as the childhood love Julia (Margaret Qualley) who instilled in him a desire for the finer things in life. But with the whole movie being a confession to a priest, we gradually see the holes in Becket’s side, with a sense of rich sociopath tunnel vision like Wolf of Wall Street. There’s no room for victim consideration in Becket’s calculus.

For as much contempt as Wolf had for the ultrarich, How to Make a Killing takes it a step further by giving them satisfying slapstick death scenes. As a worker at a high-end suit shop, Becket spends his life serving the rich while hungering for the luxuries that he has been denied. The only way forward: hunting for his fortune at the cost of his soul by systematically killing the heirs to the family fortune who have priority over him. Due to a loophole in the will, if he is the last man standing, he’ll get the fortune he feels he is owed. Powell uses this opportunity to play up the charm, undergoing an American Psycho-esque transformation that lets his good looks mask something darker and more bloodthirsty underneath.

‘Killing’ Depends On Glen Powell’s Double Life

Becket is torn between two poles, represented by wealth-oriented Julia and idealistic Ruth (Jessica Henwick). Julia’s moneyed upbringing positions her as a sign of every desire just out of reach for Becket — though he begins ascending the ladder when his cousin-murdering ironically leads to his finding a good job for Uncle Warren (Bill Camp). Becket is often rewarded in roundabout ways for his murders — see Ruth, the girlfriend of murdered cousin Noah (Zach Woods), who is now conveniently single and interested in Becket. She is much more skeptical of the whole money thing and can’t see past her new boyfriend’s layers of deception.

The double life that Becket lives throughout the movie yields some of Glen Powell’s best work as an actor. If the greatest tell of an actor’s talent is their ability to portray lying, How to Make a Killing casts Powell as the ultimate fraud, someone who envied the rich and now gets to cosplay as one of them. While the movie’s satirical take on rich kids (who grow into one-dimensionally evil rich adult selves) is a little broad, particularly Topher Grace‘s megachurch pastor character, Powell’s navigation of the line between good and evil is nuanced.

The best part is that he doesn’t play the conflict up much, because Becket’s concern is less about guilt and more about being found out. Becket isn’t quite as complicated as the heroine of John Patton Ford’s previous film, Emily the Criminal, but it’s pretty close.

How to Make a Killing is streaming on HBO Max.

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The six thrillers on this list are stories of systems turning hungry. Rules become loopholes, routines become rituals, and ordinary ambitions begin demanding sacrifices their owners never expected to make. And at their core, that depth is exactly what makes a thriller thrill.

Their methods vary though. One may tighten around the viewer almost imperceptibly, while another arrives already breathless and stays that way. What connects them is the cruel precision of their design. Each film finds the pressure point in its protagonist’s life and keeps pressing until profession, desire, and identity collapse into the same problem. Every institution in these films makes a promise. Let’s dig in.

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‘Nightcrawler’ (2014)

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Los Angeles after midnight becomes a marketplace in Nightcrawler, where Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) discovers that freelance camera crews can sell footage of crashes, fires, and murders to local television stations. Lou has no journalism experience and even less empathy. He does possess ambition, discipline, and an alarming talent for learning exactly how close he can get to suffering before anyone stops him. News director Nina Romina (Rene Russo) rewards the ugliest footage, giving Lou a customer who understands that frightened viewers are excellent for ratings.

Lou is terrifying since he speaks the language of self-improvement while treating every person around him as equipment. Compliments sound rehearsed. Negotiations become threats with good posture. His employee Rick (Riz Ahmed) slowly realizes that working for Lou means entering a business where basic decency counts as a competitive disadvantage. Dan Gilroy’s screenplay received an Academy Award nomination, and its attack on sensationalist news has only grown sharper in an age built around engagement at any cost. Put this on after midnight. The city will look slightly hungrier afterward.

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‘Sicario’ (2015)

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Sicario places FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) inside a government operation targeting a major drug cartel along the United States, Mexico border. Kate joins expecting a difficult law-enforcement mission. She quickly discovers that task-force leader Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and mysterious consultant Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) follow rules she has never been allowed to read. Her credentials get her through the door. They do very little once the operation begins moving.

The border convoy establishes the film’s entire power structure through glances, traffic, and armed men waiting for permission to react. Kate is capable, alert, and increasingly aware that her presence may serve a purpose unrelated to her expertise. The film is written by Taylor Sheridan, and it entered competition at Cannes and later received Academy Award nominations for cinematography, original score, and sound editing.

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‘Uncut Gems’ (2019)

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One enormous bet is never enough for Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) in Uncut Gems. He runs a jewelry store in New York’s Diamond District, owes money to dangerous people, and keeps moving valuables between customers, relatives, pawnbrokers, and lenders to create another chance at a life-changing score. An Ethiopian black opal and a visit from basketball star Kevin Garnett appear to offer the breakthrough Howard has been chasing. He immediately finds several ways to make the situation riskier.

Howard is intelligent enough to understand every deal and addicted enough to ignore the total picture. Success calms him for seconds before producing a larger appetite. The overlapping conversations, cramped rooms, buzzing phones, locked security doors, and electronic score make daily business feel like a citywide panic attack. Kevin Garnett appears as himself, and his belief in the opal becomes another variable inside Howard’s increasingly fragile calculations. The astonishing part is how often you begin believing his next move could actually solve everything. Then he starts talking again.

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‘Prisoners’ (2013)

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A Thanksgiving gathering becomes every parent’s nightmare in Prisoners when two young girls disappear from a Pennsylvania neighborhood. Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) follows the available evidence, beginning with an RV seen nearby. Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman), the father of one missing child, decides the official investigation is moving too slowly and takes control of the main suspect himself. From there, the search becomes two stories about certainty. One man needs proof. The other believes fear has given him permission to act without it.

Keller’s choices create the film’s most uncomfortable question. How much cruelty will an audience tolerate from someone whose desperation feels understandable? Loki keeps encountering mazes, damaged witnesses, old crimes, and leads that seem meaningful until examined from another angle. The cold November landscape traps everyone beneath gray skies and constant rain, with homes offering almost no sense of safety. The film’s sole Academy Award nomination recognized the cinematography of Roger Deakins. Few missing-person thrillers sustain this much moral pressure for this long.

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‘The Handmaiden’ (2016)

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Set in Korea during Japanese colonial rule, The Handmaiden begins with pickpocket Sook-hee (Kim Tae-ri) entering the secluded estate of Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee). She has been hired as Hideko’s maid while secretly helping a con man, Count Fujiwara (Ha Jung-woo), who plans to marry the heiress and steal her fortune. The scheme looks carefully designed. The estate contains its own systems of control, and Hideko understands far more about captivity than her new handmaiden initially realizes.

The source is Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, originally set in Victorian England. Relocating the story to 1930s Korea adds colonial identity, language, architecture, and cultural performance to an already elaborate con. The three-part structure revisits crucial events from new perspectives, transforming gestures that appeared innocent, calculated, or cruel. Its production design blends Japanese and British influences inside a house that feels beautiful, divided, and deeply unhealthy. The film competed at Cannes and later won the BAFTA for Film Not in the English Language.

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‘Parasite’ (2019)

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Parasite begins with the unemployed Kim family living together in a cramped semi-basement apartment in Seoul. When son Ki-woo (Choi Woo-shik) gets an opportunity to tutor the daughter of the wealthy Park family, the Kims recognize an opening. One position inside the Park household gradually leads to another, and the family builds an elegant plan around forged qualifications, social confidence, and the Parks’ inability to imagine how carefully they are being studied.

The class argument is built into physical space. The Parks live behind walls and above the city in sunlight. The Kims climb stairs to reach them, then descend through Seoul whenever wealth sends them home. Comedy, con-game tension, domestic drama, and horror move together so naturally that the genre seems to change before the viewer notices. Its Cannes Palme d’Or began an extraordinary awards run, followed by Oscars for Best Picture, directing, original screenplay, and international feature. It became the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture. No thriller since 2010 has balanced entertainment, craft, anger, and emotional damage this completely.

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Orlando Brown revealed his life is completely different from how it used to be.

“I didn’t have my daughter five years ago. She was in foster care,” Brown, 38, told Revolt on Wednesday, August 12. “I put that work in and got my baby out of that bull**** ass situation.”

The That’s So Raven alum explained, “I’m different now because I have my baby with me now everywhere I go. Traveling is even harder trying to train a little girl. It’s fun at the same time.”

Brown noted that his daughter, whom he didn’t identify by name, does things that he doesn’t “recognize” after being apart for so long.

“For five years she was with a whole different family, three different families,” he said. “So she’s picked up traits that I don’t understand.”

Brown said he wants to be mindful of how her experiences have shaped her while building their own bond.

“It’s for me to make sure that I understand her at the end of the day,” he shared. “Because she’s just her dad at the end of the day. She looks just like me.”

Us has reached out to Brown’s rep for comment.

The Major Payne actor didn’t reveal which of his children was in foster care. However, he shares son Frankie, 6, and daughter Annie, 2, with ex-wife Danielle Anglin. Anglin announced daughter Aaliyah’s birth in June 2025, revealing she has the same last name as the actor. (Anglin is also the mother of sons Jeremiah and Ezra.)

Brown is also reportedly the father of son Maisen, whom he shares with Ashley Ashe, son Hunter with Omena Alexandria and daughter Journee with Brianna Henson.

Brown’s openness about regaining custody of his child comes after several years of ups and downs with the law.

In January 2016, the former Disney Channel star was arrested in California and charged with domestic battery, obstruction of justice and two felony counts of drug possession.

Alexandria, who was dating Brown at the time of the arrest, claimed during an April 2025 episode of Investigation Discovery’s Hollywood Demons series that she “didn’t realize there was a drug use problem until his violence kind of gradually escalated.”

After Brown’s 2016 arrest, he was charged with possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, bringing methamphetamine into police headquarters, battery, and resisting or delaying arrest, according to CNN.

The former child star pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor possession charge and no contest to the other charges. He was given three years of probation with a 62-day credit for jail time already served.

Two years later, Brown raised eyebrows when he falsely claimed during a 2018 interview with Dr. Phil McGraw that the late Michael Jackson.

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“My full name is Orlando Brown Prince Michael Jackson Jr.,” Brown alleged at the time. “My father was Michael Jackson, the great Michael Jackson.”

While Brown appeared to get his life back on track after marrying Anglin — the exact date of their wedding has not been publicly shared — the former couple’s relationship has since ended.

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Anglin confirmed via Instagram in May that she is “no longer married to Orlando.”

“My divorce was granted today, and while this journey has not been easy, I can honestly say I feel peace,” she wrote in the caption. “This isn’t about hate, revenge, or tearing anyone down. This is about healing, freedom, growth, and choosing a healthier future for myself and my children.”

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.

Netflix is kicking things up with its range of TV shows. Although several new releases this year have made an impression, fan favorites from previous years continue to hold up in 2026. With viewers tuning in for hundreds of thousands of hours to catch their favorite shows, the numbers don’t lie.

Whether it’s returning hits or breakout sensations, Netflix continues to dominate the streaming conversation, proving that audiences still have plenty of reasons to come back for more. From a larger-than-life cult favorite to a recent heist thriller, these are the most-watched Netflix shows of 2026 so far, ranked by hours watched.

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‘Nemesis’ (2026–Present)

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These two rivals risk their reputation, families, and lives in Nemesis. Detective Isiah Stiles (Matthew Law) is a decorated cop obsessed with exposing a four-man heist crew he believes killed his trainee. Meanwhile, mastermind thief Coltrane Wilder (Y’lan Noel) returns to crime after losing his job. When their paths finally cross, the two are bound by a 48-hour manhunt to keep their loved ones safe.

Early episodes of Nemesis have a hard time juggling pace, ideas, and genres, but the show is essentially a nonstop-action juggernaut. Whether it’s a home invasion or a jewelry store robbery, the show finds a way to reinvent these familiar action sequences as flashy yet violent showcases that are hard to look away from, topped off by Law and Noel’s “will they, won’t they” intensity between the two characters.

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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ (2022–Present)

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Based on Michael Connelly‘s bestselling novels, The Lincoln Lawyer follows defense attorney Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), a charismatic courtroom ace rebuilding his career after a painkiller addiction forced him away from law for 18 months. Working from his Lincoln Navigator, Haller juggles high-profile cases with the help of a tight-knit team of people he could literally trust with his life.

From the same author who created the Bosch novels, The Lincoln Lawyer is intense and heavily inspired by neo-noir. Only instead of detective work, much of the fighting happens between experienced lawyers. But when a few folks think they’re above the law and can twist the truth to suit their needs, Haller puts his integrity first, even if it costs him a few bullets along the way.

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‘The Night Agent’ (2023–Present)

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In The Night Agent, FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when his train is attacked by a terrorist bomb. Although he manages to save most of the passengers, public suspicion follows him. Now stuck in the White House basement monitoring a phone line that never rings, Peter’s life changes when it finally does.

The Night Agent never fails to escalate the situation. What initially begins as an assassination attempt against a few people soon escalates into a much larger conspiracy involving a potential mole within the government. Worse still, higher-ups in the White House may be pulling the strings behind the charade, keeping audiences hooked as they try to figure out who’s guilty and who’s innocent.

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‘Ms. Rachel’ (2025–Present)

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The famous YouTube children’s educator Rachel Griffin Accurso, better known as Ms. Rachel, brings her interactive preschool show to Netflix. Designed for toddlers and young children, the series teaches everything from basic preschool concepts like the ABCs to nursery rhymes, songs, and playful skits, creating an engaging learning experience for little ones.

Creating content for young learners is no easy feat, and the idea of a YouTube creator doing it may sound skeptical. But Ms. Rachel is not without her credentials. With over two decades of teaching and working directly with children, a Master of Arts in Music Education, and a master’s degree in Early Childhood Development, her work is rooted in research and designed to help children reach important developmental milestones.

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‘Man on Fire’ (2026)

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Fighting never stops in Man on Fire. After a mission in Mexico City leaves Special Forces mercenary John Creasy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) traumatized, he retreats from the field and struggles with PTSD, nightmares, and suicidal thoughts. But when a bombing on a Brazilian skyscraper leaves his friends’ teenage daughter, Poe (Billie Boullet), as the sole witness, Creasy has no choice but to face his demons to protect her.

Unlike traditional unstoppable heroes, Creasy physically shows that he’s incapable of moving on from his past. While the slow burn takes time to get through, it’s necessary because it adds depth to Creasy’s personal growth. It’s an emotional weight that only an actor like Mateen can genuinely carry, even as high-stakes action, from a prison break to an attempted plane hijacking, unfurls around him.

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‘One Piece’ (2023–Present)

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“I want to be King of the Pirates!” When the One Piece anime was first announced for a live-action adaptation, diehard fans had their understandable doubts. But its first two seasons prove that the live-action adaptation does its job of paying proper homage to both the source material and condensing the story arcs just enough to make them digestible for new audiences.

Luffy D. Monkey (Iñaki Godoy) is an aspiring pirate with neither a ship nor a crew. Armed only with his limb-stretching powers, he travels the continent, assembling his Straw Hat crew one member at a time and finding a ship to boot, all while aiming to cross the treacherous Grand Line and search for the long-rumored One Piece treasure—not before getting beaten up by rival pirates along the way.

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‘Stranger Things’ (2016–2026)

What started as a search for a missing friend in Season 1 escalated into a universe-tearing apocalypse in Stranger Things. Even though the show ended in late 2025 with Season 5, the show continues to pick up steam throughout 2026. Last time, Season 5 was threatened when massive gates to the Upside Down tore through the town. Their only solution is to hunt down Vecna.

The final season bears the weight of leaving a lasting impression, and Stranger Things succeeds. Season 5 is the last chance for the characters to finally work as a unified team after spending much of the previous season split into separate storylines. The action has gotten bigger without losing sight of the characters, while the massive sequences involving the heroes and monsters draw from The Terminator-style blockbuster filmmaking.

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‘I Will Find You’ (2026)

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The Harlan Coben miniseries is brought to life on screen. I Will Find You follows David Burroughs (Sam Worthington), who has spent five years in prison for his son Matthew’s murder. The twist is that he insists that he’s innocent. When his sister-in-law shows him a photograph of a boy who looks exactly like Matthew, David escapes prison to find out the truth.

Despite its slow, drudging first half, the numbers for I Will Find You prove that the wait is worth it. In true Coben fashion, the series delivers meticulous stunt work, car chases, shootouts, and, of course, a prison break. However, all of that action is grounded by Worthington’s ability to bring humanity to his misunderstood character, giving him a paternal warmth that not many action-thriller leading men are capable of projecting.

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‘Bridgerton’ (2020–Present)

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All’s fair in love and Bridgerton. After four seasons of courting among Mayfair’s high society, audiences still can’t get enough of its spicy romances. Season 4 ventures into new territory as the Bridgerton family attempts to find a match for its most reluctant bachelor, Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson). Unfortunately, no woman seems worthy of his time—until he meets the elusive Lady in Silver.

Shockingly, the lady is Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha), a maid in the Penwood household, as well as the illegitimate daughter of the house lord himself. Unlike previous seasons, which largely focused on the privileged upper class, Season 4 explores the consequences of marrying outside one’s predetermined social hierarchy, arguing that true love is worth breaking the rules for rather than settling for a life of unhappiness.

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‘His & Hers’ (2026)

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The smallest towns have the biggest murders. Based on the popular book, His & Hers dominated the charts with the magnetic push-and-pull between estranged husband and wife, Detective Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal) and Atlanta reporter Anna Andrews (Tessa Thompson). When news of a murder reaches Anna’s childhood home, she is quick to arrive on the scene—and so is Jack.

People watch His & Hers for the mystery, but ultimately stay to figure out whether Jack or Anna is the actual murderer. With the victim being someone uncomfortably close to the couple, every revelation seems to move viewers further from the truth, ultimately culminating in a plot-twist finale no one could see coming from a mile away.

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His & Hers

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2026 – 2026-00-00

Network

Netflix

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Directors

Anja Marquardt

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Writers

Tori Sampson

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One of the most enduring what-ifs of the last few decades is whether Denzel Washington would have starred in David Fincher’s Se7en. The actor has since expressed regret about not working on the crime classic, which launched Fincher’s career and established Brad Pitt as a bona fide movie star. But Washington’s true feelings about passing on the project can also be extrapolated from his filmography; the actor has starred in at least three movies inspired by Fincher’s classic, almost as if he is trying to make up for the disappointment of not participating in it. The latest in this trio, The Little Things, was released as recently as 2021. The first, however, was released just three years after Se7en. The movie in question is currently streaming in the United States on Netflix, but not for much longer.

Directed by Gregory Hoblit, who was coming off the hit psychological thriller Primal Fear, the movie follows a Philadelphia detective who investigates a series of murders seemingly inspired by the crimes of an executed serial killer. Washington was joined in the cast by John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, and Elias Koteas. The movie was more expensive than Se7en, with a reported budget of more than $45 million. Fincher’s movie, on the other hand, cost a reported $35 million to produce and grossed nearly $330 million worldwide. Washington’s alternative wasn’t as successful. In fact, it was an outright bomb, grossing just around $25 million at the box office.

Watch Denzel Washington’s ‘Se7en’ Dupe on Netflix Before It’s Removed

We’re talking about the 1998 thriller Fallen. The movie received mediocre reviews and is now sitting at a 43% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Has an interesting premise. Unfortunately, it’s just a recycling of old materials, and not all that thrilling.” The movie is currently available on Netflix, but it’ll be removed from the service on August 31. Washington’s The Little Things, which also featured Rami Malek and Jared Leto, is streaming on HBO Max. Meanwhile, the actor’s third attempt at mimicking Se7en, this time alongside Angelina Jolie, The Bone Collector, is streaming on Starz. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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January 16, 1998

Runtime

124 Minutes

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Director

Gregory Hoblit

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