Today, when your favorite artist puts out a new music video, you can go to YouTube and watch it as often as you like. This wasn’t always the case. In the days before the internet, you had to turn on MTV and be patient, waiting and hoping for the video you desperately wanted to see to show up on your TV screen. In 2026, MTV might be a thing of the past, but music videos aren’t, even for rock and roll, which has been declared dead so many times. Whether it be huge bands from the 80s, or smaller acts from the 21st century, these ten songs and the videos attached to them will live forever as the best of the format.
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“Learn to Fly” by Foo Fighters (1999)
The Foo Fighters were born in tragedy following the death of Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain. Their drummer, however, refused to be consumed by darkness. Instead, Dave Grohl found light and humor with his own band, Foo Fighters. Many of the group’s earlier music videos steer towards comedy, and they were never funnier than in 1999’s “Learn to Fly.” As Grohl sings about learning “to fly high,” the video shows the band on a commercial airplane playing multiple roles, such as the lead singer as both the pilot, an overweight woman struggling to fit in her seat, and a pig-tailed girl. It’s four minutes of fun, with cameos from Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D included. “Learn to Fly” is a silly masterpiece.
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“Coffee and TV” by Blur (1999)
London, England’s Blur began in 1988 and found mainstream success with songs such as “Girls & Boys” and “Song 2”. For this best video, however, you have to go to one of their smaller hits, 1999’s “Coffee and TV.” The second single from the album 13 has the singer wanting his vices to escape from a harsh reality. The music video goes in its own direction. In it, an animated carton of milk goes on a search for the missing boy shown on his side. Along the way, he encounters terrors like a weed whacker and a motorcycle, before hitching a ride to the city, where he falls in love with a strawberry carton of milk, only to witness her getting smashed by a foot. In the end, it’s the missing boy who drinks from the carton and returns home. Now dead, but having served his mission, the carton grows angel wings and floats up to Heaven with a smile on its face.
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“Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden (1994)
Soundgarden had already found great success throughout the late 80s and early 90s, but in 1994, with their album Superunkown, they reached their peak thanks to the colossal hit “Black Hole Sun.” Without a doubt their biggest song, it was elevated by the accompanying video. In it, Chris Cornell and the rest of the band play on a stretched out sunny hill. Interspersed are shots of an exaggerated suburbia, with creepy smiles plastered on the townsfolk as they go about their day. In the end, all are sucked into a black hole, their lives of nothing all for not. It’s the perfect example of surrealist art as a part of music.
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“We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister (1984)
Suburbia strikes again in Twisted Sister‘s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” It begins with a boy in his bedroom pretending to rock out on a guitar, only to be interrupted by his angry, disciplinarian father. When the man asks what he wants to do with his life, the boy confidently replies, “I wanna rock”, before twirling into the flamboyant Dee Snider. Screaming to his old man that he’s not gonna take it, Snider goes downstairs and gets his conservative brothers to join him. An anthem for the youth of America wanting to break free, the video is a call to action.
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“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen (1975)
Queen‘s “Bohemian Rhapsody” just might be the greatest rock song ever made, and its music video brilliantly captures the magic. The opening shadowy shot of the four band members singing together is iconic and has been parodied often. It’s so much more than that though. The actions shots of the group playing, Freddie Mercury clad in white and feeling free, are simplistic while simultaneously full of so much energy. With two billion views and counting on YouTube, this video alone has created countless fans of Queen.
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“Addicted to Love” by Robert Palmer (1986)
Englishman Robert Palmer had a steady career through the 70s and the first half of the 80s, only to really blow up and have a moment in time as the biggest thing on MTV with the success of “Addicted to Love.” Dressed in a white dress shirt and black tie, Palmer radiates coolness as he croons in front of models in black pretending to play instruments. There is nothing more to it than Palmer’s voice and the exaggerated, red-lipped, non-smiling women, but the video accurately captures the freedom and excess of a carefree time for many.
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“This Too Shall Pass” by Ok Go (2010)
OK Go was never a huge rock band who dominated the charts. They didn’t need to be. The group wisely found another outlet to get them attention from the masses: YouTube. Ok Go has created a variety of experimental and jaw-dropping videos, and none are more flooring and hard to comprehend the complexity of than 2010’s “This Too Shall Pass.” The song is catchy. It’s the video, though, which brought in millions of views. With a Rube Goldberg machine, dominoes are knocked over, leading to the release of one contraption after another, the band fittingly in the background for the shots. At the end, it all goes right, and everyone is sprayed with paint cannons as an audience cheers. How they got that all in one take is beyond us.
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“Jeremy” by Pearl Jam (1991)
Pearl Jam quickly became disgusted by anything to do with commercialism, which included MTV and music video success, but at the beginning of their careers, with the album Ten, few bands did it better. Their most famous video is a heartbreaking masterpiece of pain. In “Jeremy,” Eddie Vedder sings about the boy he picked on as a kid next to shots of the troubled boy all alone and struggling. At the end, the kid walks into his classroom and puts a gun in his mouth. You can listen to “Jeremy” on the radio and get lost in the beat. The video won’t let you rest. The real life story of Jeremy Wade Delle demands your attention.
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“Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel (1986)
In the beginning of the band Genesis, there was Peter Gabriel. When he left the band, he didn’t disappear. Gabriel only got better, hitting his peak in 1986 with the dazzling music video for “Sledgehammer.” It became so iconic that it won nine trophies, a record, at the next year’s MTV Music Video Awards. It was a well deserved honor. As the beat launches, Gabriel comes to life, but everything is off kilter. State-of-the-art technology allowed stop-motion, claymation, and surrealism to come together for a bizarre video. Forty years later, there’s been nothing like it.
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“Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana (1991)
In the early 90s, every teenager seemed to be wearing flannel shirts, ripped jeans, and Chuck Taylors. It all started with Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” a song which took the rock genre and flipped it on its head with something fresh and filled with energy. The video created an aesthetic all on its own. There is no high concept here. The success of Nevermind‘s opening track comes from the vibe of the moment. A new decade was revolting, and for a moment its spokesman was Kurt Cobain. Screaming his lungs out in a foggy gymnasium for a raucous high school pep rally, Cobain stares right through the viewer and tells us what every kid demands: “Here we are now, entertain us.” At the end, a movement had been born.
Taylor Kitsch as Ben Edwards in a profile close-up in The Terminal List: Dark WolfPrime Video
Taylor Kitsch was given perhaps the biggest platform a young actor could ask for in Hollywood, with three major movies releasing in the span of a single year. However, such a high-profile launch can be a double-edged sword. When none of the three movies did well at the box office, Kitsch found himself having to rebuild from the ground up. The comeback took several years, and he’s now landing lead roles in major projects again. In the last couple of years, he has headlined the Netflix Western limited series American Primeval and the Prime Video action spin-off The Terminal List: Dark Wolf. Fans of his work have an opportunity to check out one of his first major movies, which is streaming on Netflix for the remainder of September.
The film was released in 2012, along with the epic sci-fi tentpoles John Carter and Battleship. Unlike those films, which cost a combined total of more than $500 million and tanked at the box office, Kitsch’s other 2012 release was a mid-budget crime-thriller. It was directed by A-list filmmaker Oliver Stone, and featured a stacked cast that included Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, and Demián Bichir. The movie follows two small-time marijuana growers who get caught in a battle with a Mexican cartel.
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Collider Exclusive · Action Franchise Quiz What Action Series Would You Thrive In? Wick · Fast · Mission · Die Hard
Four franchises. Four completely different ideas of what a hero is: the assassin with a code, the family that never leaves anyone behind, the man who does his own stunts, and the guy who simply refuses to die. Only one of them runs on your particular brand of trouble. Eight questions will tell you which one you would survive.
🐕Wick
🏁Fast
🧨Mission
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🎄Die Hard
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How does a room know you’ve walked into it? Every action hero arrives differently. Some of them arrive before they arrive.
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It turns physical. What does your fighting actually look like? Choreography is character. Yours says something about you.
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Who is standing beside you when it starts? Some franchises are built on a team. Others are built on one person walking in alone.
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It has gone badly wrong. What keeps you upright? Act two exists to find out what you’re actually made of.
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There’s a vehicle. What are you driving, and how? No action franchise has ever survived without a car chase. This one is yours.
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How do you feel about the people giving the orders? There is always an institution. There is rarely a good one.
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Underneath all of it, what are you actually doing this for? The stunts are the reason people come. This is the reason they stay.
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When the credits roll, what do people say about you? Every franchise is really an argument about what makes someone worth watching.
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Casting Has Been Completed Your Franchise Is…
Four action series. One of them is built around exactly the way you
handle pressure, people, and a room that has just gone very quiet. Here is where you would survive
the trilogy, and probably headline it.
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John Wick · Chapters 1–4 · 2014–2023
John Wick
You are precision with a grudge. You don’t posture, you don’t
escalate, and you don’t warn anybody twice. That is exactly why the people who know you are
so careful never to be the reason you start.
The Wick films run on discipline: an underworld with actual etiquette, a hero who
honours every rule of it, and a world that unravels the instant someone breaks one
against him.
You share that quality. You are extraordinarily reasonable right up to the line, and
then completely immovable past it.
Focus, commitment and sheer will. You’d be the one carrying grief through three sequels
and turning it into technique rather than noise.
People wouldn’t call you dangerous. They’d say your name quietly and let that do the
work.
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The Fast and the Furious · Fast X · 2001–2023
Fast & Furious
You understand the thing the whole franchise is secretly about:
the cars are spectacular, but the crew is the point. You collect people, you keep them, and
you’d drive through a building for any one of them.
This series went from street racing to orbit without ever changing its actual subject,
because loyalty scales and plot doesn’t have to.
You have the same instinct. You build a family out of whoever turns up, and then you
defend it past the point of reason.
You’d thrive here because the franchise rewards exactly your strengths: warmth, nerve,
an absolute refusal to leave anyone behind, and a relaxed relationship with physics.
The mission can wait. The barbecue cannot.
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Mission: Impossible · The Final Reckoning · 1996–2025
Mission: Impossible
You over-prepare and then take the dangerous part yourself
anyway. It looks like control, but it’s really responsibility. You have never worked out how
to ask somebody else to carry the risk.
This is the franchise of the plan that collapses on schedule: the team, the mask, the
rooftop, and the one person sprinting flat out because sprinting is all that’s left.
You share that refusal to accept an outcome. Told the odds, you treat them as an
administrative error.
You’d thrive here because these films reward competence and loyalty in equal measure.
The mission matters, but nobody on the team gets left on the wrong side of a door.
Some people delegate the cliff. You have never once been that person.
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Die Hard · A Good Day to Die Hard · 1988–2013
Die Hard
You are not the most trained person in the building, the best
equipped, or the one anybody would have picked. You are simply the one still standing at the
end, which turns out to be the only qualification that matters.
Die Hard invented the modern action hero by making him mortal: outgunned, out-planned,
bleeding, and extremely funny about it.
You share that stubbornness. Adversity doesn’t make you noble, it makes you sarcastic,
and then it makes you unstoppable.
You’d thrive here because these films reward improvisation and nerve over preparation,
and you’ve never had the luxury of preparing anyway.
You didn’t want any of this. You just declined to be the person who let it happen.
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Taylor Kitsch Is Slated to Star in His First Movie Since 2019
The movie we’re talking about is Savages, which underperformed commercially and received mixed reviews upon release. It now holds a 50% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “It’s undeniably messy, but Savages finds Oliver Stone returning to dark, fearlessly lurid form.” The movie grossed $86 million worldwide against a reported budget of $45 million. Three years later, Taylor Sheridan and Denis Villeneuve‘s Sicario grossed almost exactly the same amount at the global box office, but cost $10 million less. It emerged as a major home-video hit, which prompted a sequel to be made. Savages, however, slipped into the ether. You can watch it on Netflix until October 1. Kitsch is set to headline his first new movie in seven years. Directed by Peter Landesman, the crime thriller is titled Eleven Days. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
War movies tend to be constrained by history. And history tends to be based on facts. Things that happened for certain. No room for doubt. Well, Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) decided he wasn’t particularly interested in that restriction when making this beauty, turning World War II into a violent alternate-history revenge fantasy featuring one of the filmmaker’s most audacious gallery of rogues. Missed it? Good news.
Seventeen years after its theatrical release, Inglourious Basterds has officially landed on Hulu, giving subscribers access to one of Tarantino’s biggest and most acclaimed movies. Like many of Tarantino’s films, it unfolds across several interconnected stories in Nazi-occupied France. Jewish-American Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) leads a group of soldiers tasked with hunting down Nazi forces, while cinema owner Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent)bides her time in hiding while plotting vengeance against the regime responsible for murdering her family. Their plans eventually converge around a movie premiere attended by the highest levels of the Third Reich.
The cast is led by Pitt alongside Laurent, Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) as Hans Landa, Eli Roth (Hostel) as Donny Donowitz, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class) as Archie Hicox, Diane Kruger (Troy) as Bridget von Hammersmark, Daniel Brühl (Rush) as Fredrick Zoller, and Til Schweiger (Atomic Blonde) as Hugo Stiglitz.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Was ‘Inglourious Basterds’ a Success?
The movie was nothing short of a critical triumph, and it currently sits with a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics. Waltz’s breakthrough performance as Hans Landa was particularly acclaimed, bringing his genius to a whole new audience and, in the process, winning him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. We dare you to try and drink a glass of milk with someone around a table again after seeing this film. Particular acclaim went to the performances of Brühl and Laurent, whose fascinating romantic arc was a tense treat in the Parisian portion of the film. And the scene with Fassbender in the pub is one of the most iconic scenes you’ll see, and is memed to this day.
It was also Tarantino’s biggest commercial success at the time, earning approximately $321 million worldwide against a reported $70 million budget. Its combination of critical acclaim, awards success, and blockbuster box office helped usher in another enormously successful phase of Tarantino’s career.
Chileeee! A social media user put Tyler Perry and Law Roach in the spirit tunnel together in an edited video, and now folks are seeing double! Apparently, the creator merged clips from the filmmaker and stylist’s separate appearances on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show.’ And do we really ne ed to mention that the internet, Black Threads especially, is cuttin’ up with jokes about the superstars’ resemblance to each other. Twins. Brothers. Brother, cousins. All that!! Keep reading for a kiii.
When Did Tyler Perry & Law Roach Have Their Spirit Tunnel Moments?
Tyler Perry both appeared on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ earlier this week, on Sept. 14 and Sept. 17 respectively. Perry was the show’s season five premiere guest while Roach popped by for the new season’s fourth episode.
Perry reportedly discussed his latest ‘Why Did I Get Married’ film, now showing on Netflix. He also admitted under questioning that he’s not interested in getting married due to how he’s seen it and divorces impact people around him. Meanwhile, Law Roach, famously known for slaying stylings of Zendaya, shut down attempts to get details regarding her and Tom Holland’s marriage. Also, Roach talked about judging on ‘Project Runway,’ and paid tribute to the late designer Bob Mackie.
Then, on Sept.17, Threads user @mspackyetti, who is political strategist and writer Brittany Packnett Cunningham, posted the AI video. She captioned it, “I’m not playing with y’all no more,” and it showed Law Roach and Tyler Perry dancing around each other through the spirit tunnel. The post has over 400 comments and more than 1,700 shares. And that’s just ONE post of the AI clip, other Threads users have since posted it, racking up 100s of comments and views. The theme songs are changing every time, and folks just can’t get enough of the resemblance between the two. Neither Tyler Perry nor Law Roach have addressed the kiii or twin talks!
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NotKarltonBanks Is Brought Into The Dance Mix!
In one circulating version of the Tyler Perry and Law Roach clip, IG personality NotKarltonBanks is seen joining the dancing stars with his own spirit tunnel walk. Yup, just like Perry and Roach, NotKarltonBanks, real name Karlton Humes, has also previously popped in to chitchat with Jennifer. In the clip featuring him, the video is captioned, “We’re The Perry’s!!”
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Social Media Timelines Are Crackin’ Up At Tyler & Law Roach
In The Shade Room’s Instagram comment section, the roomies had the jokes rolling over the twin, and even triplet, lookalikes.
“We chatted for 10 minutes and had a great time. I knew instantly it was going to work,” Lawson, 66, told The Guardianof her first interaction with Hollywood, 60, in a Friday, September 18, interview.. “It surprised even us, I think, how well we hit it off.”
She continued, “It was lucky that we did get on. Can you imagine if we didn’t? I bet Paul would have said so!”
News broke in January that Lawson would replace Hollywood’s fellow judge, Prue Leith, on the fan-favorite cooking competition. (Leith, 86, voluntarily stepped down after nine years. She took over the role in 2017, when original judge Mary Berry exited the program.)
Nigella Lawson is stepping in as a judge on The Great British Bake Off after Prue Leith‘s surprise departure. “I’m uncharacteristically rather lost for words right now,” Lawson, 66, said in a statement on Monday, January 26, about her new role. “Of course it’s daunting to be following in the footsteps of Prue Leith and […]
Lawson and Hollywood will be joined in the tent by cohosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding.
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“I decided to meet everyone properly before we started. I didn’t want the first time we hung out together to be on set,” Lawson recalled, noting she first invited Hollywood to her home for drinks. “[There was] salami, olives, that kind of thing. I wasn’t going to bake for him. That would be madness.”
Upon their first meeting, the two celebrity culinary experts effortlessly went back and forth.
“One of the many lovely things about Paul is that he’s good at being teased. I called him ‘Professor Precision’, then he teased me back and suddenly it all relaxed,” she quipped. “He’s much more playful than he looks on camera. He often acts [like the] bad cop and does that laser stare but he’s always himself, which encourages other people to be themselves, too.”
Lawson added, “We complement each other. He gets straight to the point and … I’m a witterer. I love talking about food and sometimes can’t stop.”
The Great British Bake Off has crowned many winners since its debut on BBC Two in 2010, and the show has managed to entice viewers worldwide thanks to its popularity on Netflix. Fans instantly fell in love with the endearing contestants, accomplished judges — including Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood (and later Prue Leith) — […]
While Lawson also quickly bonded with Hammond, 51, and Fielding, 53, she was more wary about stepping into Leith’s shoes.
“I was apprehensive at first. I wasn’t sure whether I was even qualified and mindful that it was a risk, both for me and the show,” she mused to The Guardian. “I had a big meeting with the producers and said, ‘Look, these are the things I can’t do.’ They said, ‘That’s OK, that’s what Paul does.’ I didn’t want them to go to the wrong shop, as it were. I’m not a scientist, a technician or a professional baker but what I can do is talk about food, its taste, texture and why I like it.”
The Great British Bake Off premieres on the U.K.’s Channel 4 Tuesday, September 22, at 8 p.m. BST, and stateside on Netflix Friday, September 25.
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News flash: not all sneakers are sporty. They can be dreamy, boutiquey and luxe, as seen from Sally Field‘s latest shoe style. Her ballet sneakers are incredibly polished, and we found an identical version for only $43 on Amazon!
At a Netflix event in Santa Monica, the actress wore a beige blazer and trouser set, a black floral blouse and, in place of heels, crisp white ballerina sneakers adorned with delicate lace. Her sneaker style softened the outfit, adding romance to a look that could have easily leaned boardroom.
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Get the Kifiwui Lace Ballet Sneakers for $43 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate at the date of publication but are subject to change.
Like Field’s, these Kifiwui Lace Ballet Sneakers borrow from the ballet shoe trend while giving you actual walking support. They’re designed with a sleek low profile, classic top laces and dainty lace fabric that channels boutique energy. It’s a finishing touch that elevates jeans, transforms midi skirts and, as Field demonstrated, makes a beige suit feel feminine.
Memory foam insole handles the cushioning, and the breathable construction means you can wear them through a full day. One happy shopper called the sneakers “breathable, stylish and effortlessly feminine” and “the perfect everyday shoe when you want comfort without giving up that soft, pretty aesthetic.” We couldn’t have put it better ourselves!
Another five-star reviewer added, “It provides a soft, cushioned feel under the feet and makes the shoes comfortable for everyday activities, such as shopping, running errands, traveling or walking around for several hours.”
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Clearly, these kicks deserve a permanent spot in your rotation — both by your door and on your feet. Steal a page from Sally Field’s styling playbook and let a pretty pair of sneakers do the talking!
Get the Kifiwui Lace Ballet Sneakers for $43 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate at the date of publication but are subject to change.
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Choosing between sneakers and flats is a real struggle, especially if you want to look like a rich mom. But Laura Dern isn’t choosing. She’s enjoying the best of both worlds with ballerina-style sneakers (aka ‘sneakerinas’), and we found her exact pair hiding on Amazon! Dern arrived at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival wearing […]
G Herbo is not playing about giving his baby girl, Emmy Love Wright, the same soft life she sees Mommy enjoy! Recently, Taina Williams, who is engaged to the rapper, shared a photo of her and Emmy’s matching manicures and shining diamond rings.
G Herbo Upgrades His 4-Year-Old Daughter’s Ring Finger
As mentioned, Taina dropped a photo of her daughter’s new ice from daddy! She wrote on the photo, “Lol Herb got Emmy a ring…her first love,” adding laughing and a red heart emoji. Meanwhile, the photo itself showed Taina and Emmy’s matching black-and-white polka-dot manicures. Mom was wearing her engagement ring from G Herbo with the oversized center diamond and diamond-encrusted band. Emmy’s ring also appears to be diamond-encrusted with a square-cut stone! A plaything, the new piece of jewelry is NOT!
In a video, Taina asks Emmy to show her ring, and the 4-year-old holds it up with a smile as her daddy pulls her closer to him. “My girl is lit,” Mama Williams says in response. Another short clip shows Herbo putting the ring on his daughter’s finger.
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The Roomies React To Emmy Love Wright’s New Rock
In The Shade Room’s Instagram comment section, the roommates wasted no time envisioning how high Emmy Love Wright’s standards will be as she ages. Plenty other applauded Herbo’s daddy’s girl era, while others joked about Taina not being able to have anything to herself moving forward!
@babydollcode commented, “Anything a Dad does to show his daughter she’s special😍, I’m here for it. Idc idc buy her a zoo next just for bedtime stories f it! 🤷🏽♀️.”‘
“Taina can’t have nothing 😩Emmy always gone make sure herb gets two lol 😍😍,” @andrea.michelle___ wrote.
“When you have a daughter, you can’t have anything to yourself 😂,” @naybarker added.
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“She is gonna give men hell when she becomes a woman I love it 😂💜,” @wewantchachi said.
“That’s his only girl boy is she gonna run his pockets dry 😭😭😮💨,” @shes_persian_ joked.
@fortheyappers commented, “My dad did this for me when I was a kid too. I still have it to this day ❤️.”
“Emmy’s level of diva is out of this world and I love when she reminds us, that she’s THAT girl! LOL,” @attractivebeing said.
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“When she get older a nigga gon have to really step his cookies up to sit next to her daddy 😭💯💯,” @nae2x__23 added.
Emmy Felt Left Out ONCE & Herbo Has Been Showing Out Since
Days after G Herbo proposed, Emmy let it be known she was “sooo jealous” of her mother’s huge ring, and wanted to crush her flowers because of it. All this afterrrr the then 3-year-old kissed the rock and said the engagement was cute.
For Valentine’s Day, Emmy claimed her mommy’s bouquet for herself, saying the long-stem roses were for both of them. Then, when Herb gave Taina Williams a necklace for Mother’s Day, Little Ms. Wright let her irritation show out! She told her parents she didn’t like mommy’s gift because she didn’t also get a necklace. At the time, he shared a post that said, “Everything gotta come in 2s ATP.” A few days later, G Herbo got his mini-me new diamond earrings and she didn’t miss the chance to tease Taina over her new gift. The moment came ahead of Emmy’s fourth birthday, on which Herb penned the hilariously sweet message:
“THESE SOME OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF ME AND MY BABY! ITS BEEN 4 YEARS OF HAVOC LOL YALL WISH MY BABY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🤣🤣💞💞.”
The fate of Ed Sheeran performing before a sold-out crowd is urgently in limbo, thanks to the Macklemore fallout!
The “Shape of You” singer, who has built a cult following over the years and normalized a full arena of audience members blasting back his lyrics, may experience a different atmosphere in Philadelphia as his show is set to commence tonight, September 19.
Ed Sheeran’s name has lingered in the news for days now after Macklemore publicly shared that the singer told him via phone call that Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft wanted him off the “Loop” tour.
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As the Grammy winner gears up to take the stage at Lincoln Financial Field, StubHub, a ticket-selling outlet, has confirmed that hundreds of tickets between the prices of $56 and $251 are still up for grabs.
With hours left for the singer to appear on stage in Philadelphia, heavy clouds of uncertainty have been cast over the possibility of the show being tagged “sold out.”
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Outside the arena, Sheeran has had to deal with pushback from pro-Palestine protest groups who have blamed him for his apolitical stance and refusal to speak up in defense of Macklemore. The “Can’t Hold Us” singer was shown the door on tour after a performance in New Jersey where he made some remarks in favor of Palestine.
Macklemore, alongside Lukas Graham, Finneas, Aaron Rowe, and Sheeran’s backing band, Beoga, have all now taken a permanent break from the rest of the tour on the basis that some conditions to perform do not align with their interests and morals.
As noted by TMZ, some musicians like Roger Waters have equally blamed Sheeran for caving in to pressure and sending Macklemore off, although Sheeran insisted it was the promoters that made the call, not him.
The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Singer’s Concert Likely To Be A Protest Spot
Aside from the lag in ticket sales, Sheeran may also get to witness some protest from two pro-Palestine groups who will physically express their displeasure with the manner of Macklemore’s exit from his tour.
As shared by The Blast on September 17, the Philly Palestine Coalition and Shut Down D&Z earlier called on supporters to gather outside Lincoln Financial Field on September 19.
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According to flyers creating awareness about the protest, the group planned to target the billionaires and pro-zionists, stressing that everyone supporting the war in Gaza is not a friend of Philadelphia.
Sheeran’s history with Lincoln Financial Field goes all the way back to 2023, when he set the all-time attendance record for a concert at the venue in June of that year, pulling 77,900 fans during his “Mathematics” tour.
Tonight’s show has attracted heightened security attention around the venue as local police have reportedly been deployed to ensure the planned demonstrations outside the venue do not escalate into something disastrous.
Ed Sheeran Reportedly Wanted Robert Kraft And Other Stadium Owners To Match His Donations
Right before Macklemore’s challenge and million-dollar donation dominated the headlines, Kraft recently shared that Sheeran had been making moves behind the scenes to get him and others to commit huge sums to humanitarian efforts.
In a public statement, the stadium owner explained that Sheeran privately urged him to match his $2 million donation to provide relief in Gaza and combat the ongoing humanitarian crisis. He continued that Sheeran also had plans to contact more stadium owners and billionaires to match his donation and build helpful bridges.
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Macklemore, after his removal from the tour, hopped on Instagram to inform the public that he would like to redirect their attention towards Palestine and the horrors going on there.
On the live, he pledged to donate all his net earnings from opening on Sheeran’s tour to six organizations supporting Palestine while beckoning on Kraft to match his donation.
“Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth,” Macklemore stressed.
The Grammy Winner Reaffirmed His Commitment To Keep Performing On The ‘Loop’ Tour
Sheeran, explaining his side of the story, noted that his platform has for years brought people across the world together for the love of music. He stated that the central theme of his shows and career still has not changed, while adding that fans who attend his show do not expect a political gathering.
The Blast shared that Sheeran’s ongoing tour, which has about 17 dates left, will carry on with the musician as the solo act. The singer’s solo appearance has not posed a concern to his team, who have watched him take down big arenas in the past without a band.
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Speaking of a band, Beoga, who have sung with Sheeran at several arenas across the world for over a decade, explained in their statement that they appreciated Sheeran’s decision to carry them along.
However, they continued that they have decided to leave the tour in support of Macklemore’s speech, as they also supported Palestine as founding members of the Irish Artists for Palestine movement.
Ed Sheeran’s Music Pulled From Irish Radio Station’s Playlist
While the songwriter deals with the backlash of the public over Macklemore’s exit, an independent Irish radio station, Classic Hits Radio, has removed Sheeran’s songs from its line-up for the foreseeable future.
The singer’s tunes have ruled the airwaves for years, but events over the past few days have seemingly changed public perception of his craft. According to an official from the establishment, several callers have asked that a huge adjustment be made to their music playlist to exclude Sheeran’s tracks as much as possible.
Due to their status as an independent radio station, Kelly noted that these requests must be considered and respected. On his part, Sheeran has stressed that the move to remove Macklemore became dire when the remaining venues for upcoming dates threatened to pull out if Macklemore would still open for Sheeran.
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He expressed that his personal views on the conflict in the region remained his, and he has been appalled by the violent exchange. The singer reaffirmed his respect for Macklemore as an artist, as the rest of his dates remain unchanged for now.
Will the tide turn in Ed Sheeran’s favor with a sold-out show?
When handled right, mystery fiction is one of the most satisfying genres. Who doesn’t love a suspenseful setup and a twisty plot? Not for nothing, mystery novels have long been fixtures on the bestseller lists and have produced some of the most famous characters in literature, from Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot.
However, there are also some slightly lesser-known mystery books that many of the genre’s die-hard fans may not have checked out yet. This list gathers a few of the best of them, from unsung classics to metafictional whodunnits. All of them are worthy of your time, and you’ll likely be a much better mystery appreciator after experiencing them.
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‘Distant Sons’ (2023)
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“Sometimes a man gets stuck in a place he never meant to stay.” Distant Sons begins with a familiar crime-fiction setup and then steadily becomes something a little stranger, not to mention sadder. The main character is Sean Courtland, a young man drifting across the Midwest whose truck breaks down near the small Wisconsin town of Ice River. Needing money for repairs, he takes a job doing construction work for an elderly local man.
Sean also befriends another drifter, Dan Young (a character from another one of the author’s novels), and the two gradually become entangled in questions surrounding children who disappeared from the area decades earlier. From here, the novel plays out as an organic, character-driven thriller; very much a slow-burn. It’s also cleverly structured, with the main storyline, set in 2018, juxtaposed with italicised flashback chapters from 1977.
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‘Into the Darkest Corner’ (2011)
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“Four years ago, I became very good at pretending everything was normal.” Like Distant Sons, Into the Darkest Corner moves between two periods, contrasting the outgoing young woman Catherine Bailey once was with the isolated, hypervigilant person she becomes after an abusive relationship with Lee Brightman. We slowly learn how a relationship that initially appeared exciting became coercive and terrifying, while the later timeline follows Catherine attempting to rebuild her life. It also features a hopeful new romance.
Crucially, the depiction of Lee’s darkness is more realistic than you usually find in this subgenre. In writing those sections, author Elizabeth Haynes draws on her real-world background as a police intelligence analyst. Instead of being over-the-top monstrous, Lee’s manipulation is subtle at least at first, relentlessly intensifying from mind games to isolating Catherine to, eventually, much worse.
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‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’ (2009)
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“I must always wash my feet thoroughly before going to bed, just in case an ambulance has to take me away in the night.” This book was written by the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. The eccentric narrator of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead lives in a remote Polish village near the Czech border, studies astrology, translates William Blake, cares deeply about animals, and has very little patience for the hunters and authority figures surrounding her.
When local men begin dying under peculiar circumstances, Janina develops a theory: perhaps the animals are taking revenge. This is a novel of ideas disguised as noir, confidently mixing elements of murder mystery, black comedy, philosophy, and ecological fable. It simultaneously serves up a tense plot as well as hard-hitting commentary on everything from animal rights and loneliness to the ways society decides who matters.
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‘The Inugami Curse’ (1951)
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“Death had already entered the Inugami family.” The Inugami Curse is a cornerstone of Japanese crime writing, having been adapted twice for the screen in its home country (and once into a Nintendo game, believe it or not). In it, detective Kosuke Kindaichi is drawn into the affairs of the enormously wealthy Inugami family following the death of patriarch Sahei Inugami. His will creates an explosive struggle among his descendants, and it isn’t long before the prospective beneficiaries begin dying in increasingly elaborate ways.
While some of those plot devices are familiar, author Seishi Yokomizo gives them a darker treatment than most of his contemporaries did. For example, the murders themselves are memorably macabre, giving the book an almost Gothic quality as the inheritance dispute spirals into something resembling a family curse. Indeed, the Inugamis are a nest of lies, resentments, romantic rivalry, wartime trauma, and financial ambition, meaning practically everybody has a plausible motive.
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‘The Red House Mystery’ (1922)
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“Mark Ablett’s sudden return was the one topic of conversation in the village.” Long before Winnie-the-Pooh made him immortal, A.A. Milne wrote a detective novel, and it’s actually pretty solid. Mark Ablett is entertaining guests at his country manor when his estranged brother Robert unexpectedly arrives from Australia. Soon afterward, a gunshot is heard, Robert is found dead, and Mark has vanished. Into this conveniently mysterious situation wanders Antony Gillingham, who decides to investigate with the assistance of his friend Bill Beverley.
Their dynamic is one of the book’s greatest pleasures. Rather than presenting Antony as another grim professional detective, Milne embraces the sheer fun of amateur sleuthing, with the pair openly enjoying the opportunity to play Holmes and Watson. In this regard, The Red House Mysterywarmly pokes fun at many crime fiction tropes, giving this mystery a refreshingly playful tone, especially for its time.
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‘A Man’ (2018)
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“Who was the man who had lived as my husband?” This stylish novel centers on divorce attorney Akira Kido, who is given an unusual assignment from one of his clients: finding out who her deceased husband really was. After Rie’s husband Daisuke died in an accident, she learned that he had been living under another person’s identity. As Akira digs deeper, he finds himself increasingly ensnared by a web of exchanged identities and concealed histories.
Identity is the main theme here, which writer Keiichiro Hirano explores more thoughtfully than your average crime writer. In particular, he writes an unusually three-dimensional protagonist in Akira. He’s dealing with a midlife crisis and a strained marriage, as well as continued struggles to belong, since he’s a third-generation ethnic Korean living in Japan. His investigation reveals the ways that a person’s origins can be weaponized against them.
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‘Crocodile on the Sandbank’ (1975)
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“I am convinced that many of the difficulties of life would be eliminated if one could remain comfortably at home.” This one was a big bestseller back in the ’70s, but many mystery fans may not have read it yet. Crocodile on the Sandbank introduces us to the wealthy, intelligent, practical, and magnificently self-assured Amelia Peabody, a woman with a passion for history and archaeology. She travels to an excavation site in Egypt, where strange events begin occurring. Most memorably, a mummy appears to be wandering around after dark.
Crocodile on the Sandbank ultimately launched a lengthy series, and it’s easy to understand why. A mystery can only be as enjoyable as the detective investigating it, and Amelia Peabody is tremendous company. Her no-nonsense attitude ensures that the book is cheeky and humorous, occasionally bordering on parody without ever becoming absurd. It melds adventure, comedy, romance, and suspense, alongside meticulously researched historical elements. Indeed, the author herself had a PhD in Egyptology.
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‘Pressure’ (2006)
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“Three people went into the house. Only two came out.” Not to be confused with the recent movie about World War II weather forecasting, Pressure follows Alex Fletcher, who reunites with childhood friend Darren in college. The charismatic, intelligent Darren has since become a cunning killer. The core suspense stems from Darren’s absolute conviction that Alex possesses the exact same violent darkness inside of him… and he will go to any lengths to force Alex to acknowledge it.
Darren is a monster, but author Jeffrey Strand writes him with enough depth and complexity that he feels believable and entirely plausible. Alex is drawn in shades of gray, too, to the point that we sometimes wonder how much of what Darren sees in him may actually be there, just beneath the surface. The prose is fast and accessible, which makes the increasingly ugly material hit with surprising force: part mystery, part thriller, part horror.
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‘Death in Her Hands’ (2020)
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“Her name was Magda.” Death in Her Hands is a mystery by author Ottessa Moshfegh, most famous for her 2018 breakout hit My Year of Rest and Relaxation. It revolves around elderly widow Vesta Gul, who discovers a note in the woods reading: “Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn’t me. Here is her dead body.” However, there’s no body in sight. Vesta doesn’t know who Magda is, who wrote the note, or whether a murder has actually occurred.
Rather than simply reporting the discovery and moving on, Vesta begins constructing an investigation around almost no evidence whatsoever. Moshfegh uses that setup to subvert the standard whodunnit blueprint, turning a murder investigation into a metafictional puzzle about the human mind’s propensity for drawing connections, even where none really exist. The elaborate case Vesta concocts is really an emotional proxy, a way of processing trauma from her life while also speaking to the current obsession with true crime.
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‘Night Film’ (2013)
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“Everyone has a Cordova story, whether they like it or not.” In Night Film, Stanislas Cordova is a reclusive filmmaker whose disturbing movies have long courted controversy. When Cordova’s 24-year-old daughter Ashley is found dead in an apparent suicide, disgraced investigative journalist Scott McGrath becomes convinced that there is considerably more to the story. Writer Marisha Pessl spins this into a Gothic techno-thriller that pays homage to horror cinema.
Plot aside, a big part of what makes Night Film stand out is its postmodern, interactive format.The text is interspersed with screenshots and printouts, and is meant to be read in conjunction with an app that can unlock video and audio files. This singular reading experience will certainly not be for everyone, but it’s part of what makes Night Filma cult novel for those willing to openly engage with it. At the time, it was pretty forward-thinking stuff.
Earlier this month, the cast was expanded even more in anticipation of the second season, Chamber of Secrets. Billy Barratt (Invasion)has been added as Tom Riddle; Lenny Rush and Bonnie Hill will portray Dobby and Ginny Weasley, respectively, and Game of ThronesalumKit Harington has been added as Gilderoy Lockhart, taking over from Nicholas Hoult, who has had to step back from the role due to scheduling conflicts. But as fantasy fans look forward to this huge adaptation coming in just three months, Netflix is delivering some disappointing news.
As of October 1, 2026, Thor Freudenthal‘s Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is joining Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thiefin being removed from the Netflix catalog. Sea of Monsters was the inevitable follow-up to the 2010 hit, released in 2013, and based on the Rick Riordannovel of the same name. Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, and Brandon T. Jackson all returned for the sequel, which received similarly mixed reviews to its 2010 predecessor, which was called a “convoluted disaster driven by set pieces and beset with sloppy storytelling” by Collider.
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Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
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👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
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Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
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You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
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Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
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The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
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Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
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Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
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How Much Did ‘Sea of Monsters’ Make at the Box Office?
After the first installment turned a $95 million budget into over $220 million at the box office, Sea of Monsters was hoping to sail the franchise into greater financial waters. Sadly, this wouldn’t come to fruition, with Sea of Monsters only earning $200 million worldwide against a reported $90 million budget. The film debuted in just fourth place in the domestic ranks, behind a trio of fellow newcomers: Disney Planes, We’re the Millers, and Elysium.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is leaving Netflix on October 1. Stay tuned to Collider for more stories.
Roomies, Christine Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, and Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, recently shared an emotional embrace that brought together two Black mothers whose lives were forever changed by the loss of their sons — and their continued search for answers.
Christine Wonsley & Sybrina Fulton Share Emotional Moment
In a video circulating on social media, the exact location of the encounter is unclear. However, it appears the two mothers may have met at a convention or gathering. Several people can be seen surrounding them and recording the emotional moment. Wonsley appeared in a gray dress with glasses and nude heels. While Fulton wore a cream paisley-print suit paired with sneakers. The two women were seen hugging and posing for photos as those around them captured the emotional interaction.
The last time we heard from Christine Wonsley, she was honoring her late son Nolan Wells as his birthday approached. In a heartfelt message shared to Threads a few weeks ago, Wonsley reflected on how she and Nolan called themselves “almost” birth date twins, noting that they both had milestone birthdays this year. With her birthday approaching and without him there to celebrate, Wonsley admitted, “My heart hurts so badly,” and asked supporters to pray for her as she continues to face the devastating reality of losing her son.
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Two Mothers Continue Seeking Answers After Losing Their Sons
Trayvon Martin was 17 when he was fatally shot in Florida in 2012. Nolan Wells was 18 when he was found dead on Mississippi’s Horn Island following a July 4 boat trip in 2026. An independent autopsy commissioned by Nolan’s family listed his cause and manner of death as undetermined, and his loved ones continue to seek answers surrounding what happened to him.
The moment between Wonsley and Fulton comes as both mothers continue to navigate the pain of losing a son. They are also seeking clarity surrounding their sons’ deaths. While the circumstances surrounding Nolan and Trayvon’s deaths are different, the two mothers share the experience of grieving a child. Their emotional encounter resonated with those who witnessed the moment.
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