History is full of remarkable duos that, through their partnerships, ingenuity, and perseverance, changed the course of the world or accomplished the seemingly impossible. From the Wright Brothers, who famously broke ground in the art of aviation through their creation of the first successful airplane, to Marie and Pierre Curie, who discovered the elements radium and polonium and earned Nobel Prizes for their research into radioactivity, these pairs pushed each other to greater heights and carved a spot for themselves in the annals of time in the process. Even in creative pursuits, the greatest partners are often immortalized, like John Lennon and Paul McCarthy or Simon & Garfunkel. However, one particular pair of groundbreakers has often been misrepresented.
In 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first two human beings to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British expedition led by Colonel John Hunt. It was the culmination of years of attempts to conquer the highest mountain above sea level on Earth and the result of seven weeks of grueling climbing by the entire team. Yet, while the two men shared the moment, Hillary got most of the credit in the end for doing something Norgay had nearly done six times before finally accomplishing his dream. Apple TV‘s new biopic Tenzing now aims to set the record straight with a cinematically breathtaking and emotional recreation of Norgay’s journey from wide-eyed kid to Sherpa climbing guide and, ultimately, one of the most accomplished mountaineers on the planet alongside Hillary.
As part of Collider’s Exclusive Fall Preview series, we’re thrilled to share a new image from Tenzing that highlights the friendship between its main duo. Tibetan actor Genden Phuntsok plays the titular Norgay opposite Emmy nominee and MCU star Tom Hiddleston as Hillary, and they’re shown smiling at each other in a way that reflects their deep respect while climbing Everest. The two found common ground as outsiders among the British expedition, with the Nepalese-Indian Sherpa having to fight for a spot as a full climber on Hunt’s team and Hillary facing discrimination as a New Zealander. They saw in each other not just remarkable mountaineering skills that rivaled or surpassed anyone on the team, but trust that would prove valuable on a dangerous climb and a relatable drive born from Norgay’s dream to meet the mountain his people revere as Chomolungma and find emotional closure and Hillary’s desire to complete what his heroes never could.
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Collider Exclusive · Oscar Best Picture Quiz Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie? Parasite · Everything Everywhere · Oppenheimer · Birdman · No Country
Five Oscar Best Picture winners. Five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and what it can do to you. One of them is the film that was made for the way your mind works. Ten questions will figure out which one.
🪜Parasite
🌀Everything Everywhere
☢️Oppenheimer
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🐦Birdman
🪙No Country for Old Men
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What kind of film experience do you actually want? The best movies don’t just entertain — they leave something behind.
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Which idea grabs you most in a film? Great films are driven by a central obsession. What’s yours?
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How do you like your story told? Form is content. The way a story is shaped changes what it means.
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What makes a truly great antagonist? The opposition defines the protagonist. What kind of opposition fascinates you?
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What do you want from a film’s ending? The final note is the one that lingers. What do you want it to sound like?
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Which setting pulls you in most? Where a film takes place shapes everything — mood, stakes, what’s even possible.
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What cinematic craft impresses you most? Every great film has a signature — a technical or artistic element that makes it unmistakable.
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What kind of main character do you root for? The protagonist is the lens. Who you choose to follow says something about you.
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How do you feel about a film that takes its time? Pace is a choice. Some films sprint; others let tension accumulate slowly, deliberately.
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What do you want to feel walking out of the cinema? The best films leave a mark. What kind of mark do you want?
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The Academy Has Decided Your Perfect Film Is…
Your answers have pointed to one Oscar Best Picture winner above all others. This is the film that was made for the way your mind works.
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Parasite
You are drawn to films that operate on multiple levels simultaneously — that begin in one genre and quietly, brilliantly migrate into another. Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a film about class, desire, and the architecture of inequality that manages to be darkly funny, deeply suspenseful, and genuinely shocking across a single extraordinary running time. Your instinct is for cinema that hides its true intentions until the moment it’s ready to reveal them. Parasite is exactly that — a film that rewards close attention and punishes assumptions, right up to its devastating final image.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
You want it all — and this film gives you all of it. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the most maximalist films ever made: action comedy, multiverse sci-fi, family drama, existential crisis, and a genuinely earned emotional core that sneaks up on you amid the chaos. You are someone who responds to ambition, who doesn’t want cinema to choose between being entertaining and being meaningful. This film refuses that choice entirely. It is overwhelming by design, and its overwhelming nature is precisely the point — because the feeling of being crushed by infinite possibility is exactly what it’s about.
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Oppenheimer
You are drawn to cinema on a grand scale — films that understand history not as a backdrop but as a force, and that place their characters inside that force and watch what happens. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a film about the terrifying gap between what we can do and what we should do, told with the full weight of one of the most consequential moments in human history behind it. You want your films to feel important without feeling self-important — to earn their ambition through sheer craft and the gravity of their subject. Oppenheimer does exactly that. It is enormous, complicated, and refuses easy comfort.
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Birdman
You are drawn to films that foreground their own construction — that make the how of the filmmaking part of the what it’s about. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, shot to appear as a single continuous take, is cinema examining itself through the cracked mirror of a fading actor’s ego. You respond to formal daring, to the feeling that a film is doing something that probably shouldn’t be possible. Michael Keaton’s performance and Emmanuel Lubezki’s restless camera create something genuinely unlike anything else — a film that is simultaneously about creativity, relevance, self-destruction, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing if your work means anything at all.
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No Country for Old Men
You are drawn to cinema that trusts silence, that refuses to explain itself, and that treats dread as a form of meaning. The Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men is a film about the arrival of a new kind of evil — implacable, arbitrary, and utterly indifferent to the moral frameworks we use to make sense of the world. It is one of the most formally controlled films ever made, and its controlled restraint is what makes it so terrifying. You want your films to haunt you, not comfort you. You are not interested in resolution if resolution would be dishonest. No Country for Old Men is honest in a way that most cinema never dares to be.
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‘Tenzing’ Takes an Emotional Approach to the Ascent of Mount Everest
While most of Tenzing unfolds over the course of the journey up Everest, it also flashes between Norgay’s childhood, where he became interested in climbing and came to appreciate “Chomolungma” as the mother goddess, and his early adult years as he met, fell in love with, and built a life with his wife, Dawa (Thinley Lhamo), who encouraged his pursuit of reaching the mountain’s peak until her untimely death. Those memories add emotional weight to an ascent already defined by competing ambitions and tensions between classes, backgrounds, and cultures. Tenzing and the Sherpas he helps assemble find themselves at odds with the other expeditioners who see the mountain as something to be conquered rather than respected and are driven by a national pride to ensure that a Briton is the first to stand at the summit. When push comes to shove and the final “assault” begins, though, aspirations melt away, and respect is forged between two climbers who feel called to the top of the mountain.
Phuntsok, Hiddleston, and Lhamo are only part of the biopic’s star power. Willem Dafoe also appears as Colonel Hunt alongside Outlander‘s Caitríona Balfe as Jill Henderson, the expedition secretary who fought for Norgay’s spot on the British climbing team. In a reunion with his Shambhala co-star Lhamo, Tenzin Dalha also stars as a younger Norgay. Documentary director Jennifer Peedom helmed the film, letting her work with Dafoe on-screen after previously tapping him as the narrator on her other projects like River and Mountain. She also helped develop the story with screenwriter Luke Davies, who previously co-wrote Garth Davis‘ 2016 biopic Lion.
Tenzing premieres in select theaters on October 9 before streaming globally on Apple TV starting October 16. Check out our exclusive image above.
Collider’s Steve Weintraub talks with Caleb Hearon, Zooey Deschanel, and Kris Rey for Trash Mountain at TIFF 2026.
The trio discusses the film’s exploration of grief, combining drama and comedy, family dynamics, and the meaning behind that surprise Back to the Future Easter egg.
They also share how they each relate to their movie personally.
At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, comedian, writer, and actor Caleb Hearon (The Devil Wears Prada 2) celebrated his feature screenplay debut, Trash Mountain, co-written with Ruby Caster (Bleeding Love), where he stars in a leading role opposite Zooey Deschanel(New Girl), who plays his sister in the film. While there, Hearon, Deschanel, and director Kris Rey (I Used to Go Here) spoke with Collider’s Steve Weintraub about the making of the dramedy.
Trash Mountain follows Gavin’s (Hearon) return to his small-town Missouri roots after his sister, Abbi (Deschanel), calls to let him know their reclusive father has passed. Upon his arrival, ready to help sort his hoarder father’s heaps of belongings, Gavin and Abbi discover that their father’s paperwork can’t be processed without his Social Security card — lost to the mountain of trash and personal items throughout the house. All the while, Gavin is confronted by his grandmother’s (Jackie Weaver) grief he can’t seem to process on his own, and his recent hookup in town (Jaboukie Young-White).
In this interview, the trio stops by the Collider Media Studio,presented by Campari and The Cayman Islands, to discuss how Trash Mountain explores grief, family dynamics, and blends comedy with tragedy. The trio also discuss how they relate to the film on personal levels, the surprise DeLorean cameo and its deeper meaning, and more that you can check out in the video above, with time codes provided below.
00:35 – The Trash Mountain team share their favorite movie theater spots.
01:58 – The stars and director answer questions like their favorite sci-fi movies, and which movies they’ve seen over 25 times!
04:45 – What is Trash Mountain about?
05:40 – Zooey Deschanel discusses everything that drew her to the script.
06:58 – Caleb Hearon explains the deeper meaning behind the title.
07:58 – Kris Rey discusses adding realism through conflicts beyond the central plot.
09:14 – Deschanel and Hearon discuss the film’s natural humor, personal details, and real family dynamics.
10:49 – Rey and Hearon reveal the DeLorean’s surprising origin and joke about a connection to the film’s ending.
11:59 – Production designer Matt Hyland made the hoarded house feel like a character.
13:18 – Deschanel reflects on losing her childhood home and how the film changed her perspective.
14:46 – Hearon discusses his complicated relationship with possessions after growing up with a hoarder parent.
15:17 – Rey explains how returning home forces Gavin to reconcile the person he left behind with the person he became.
16:55 – Hearon reflects on reverting to past versions of ourselves when returning home and reckoning with where we come from.
Trash Mountain premiered at TIFF 2026. It does not yet have a release date.
Keke Wyatt prompted online chatter from her fans after sharing a risqué video on social media. The video features Wyatt and her new man kissing at a table at BLU Seafood House in Atlanta, Georgia. As the Bobby Brown track, ‘Don’t Be Cruel‘ plays in the background, Wyatt smooches her man… a lot.
The 46-year-old artist and her man kiss several times in the clip and look into the camera. In addition, she also bites her man on the lip as they make out. She captioned the post:
“Nasty self!!!🫦🫦🫦 I luv @bluseafoodhouse and my n*gga!!!❤️❤️❤️ POW 💥.”
Fans Cut Up After Seeing Keke’s Video
Fans reacted on Wyatt’s Instagram page with hilarious comments.
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User @404to919 wrote, “Keke girl uninvite us from the bedroom!😂😂.”
@simply.nikki0507 joked, “Bye Keke bye 😂 Here comes kid 15 🤷🏽♀️.”
User slaydiance_ joked, “I feel like I’m in grown folk’s business.”
@realtalkwtee noted, “I thought she was a pastor 👀,” which prompted user @monicathemkeoverqueen to reply, “@realtalkwtee Pastors need love too❣️🙃❤️💋🙏🏽.”
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User @rich_gal_tingz wondered, “Chile… whats the secret because you keep you one?😂😂.”
User @mz_kee_babii replied, “@rich_gal_tingz she’s pretty af and be singing they @ss out them drawers and she gotta have that good good cause she got the kids to prove it 😂😂😂.”
@j.evans_official wrote, “Yesssssssss Ke’Tara Shavon Wyatt you better give that man some sugar ❤️🙌🏾.”
@cappi1 replied, “Wait I thought she was married is this him I’m lost can’t keep up with KeKe.”
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User @trendytopictiff noted, “By the looks of them kisses , Keke ready to take her man home 🔥 I know that’s right !!!! ❤️.”
@biancaparksdatthang joked, “Yassss KeKe “Keep A N*gga” Wyatt.”
Keke Wyatt Previously Sparked Online Chatter With Mystery Man Video
The mother of 11 first introduced her new man with a mysterious video shared with fans in July 2026. Not only that, but the clip also prompted pregnancy rumors.
The video features Wyatt wearing a white dress as she’s embraced from behind by her man, one hand on her stomach.
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Wyatt apparently separated from her ex-boyfriend, Anthony Whitehead, in 2025. Wyatt has been married and divorced three times — from her third husband, Zackariah Darring, first husband, Rahmat Morton, and second husband, Michael Ford, per PEOPLE. She hasn’t yet shared her man’s name publicly.
When it comes to popular gaming franchises to emerge in the last 5–10 years, few have been as successful as Cyberpunk 2077, though it hasn’t been without its controversy. After years of development, it’s safe to say the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated in history, but it didn’t exactly go according to plan. The game launched in such a poor state that developer CD Projekt Red was forced to issue full refunds to those who were unable to enjoy it, but various quality-of-life and DLC updates over the years have fully redeemed it as one of the best next-gen games. Years later, Netflix released a new anime series inspired by the game, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which dropped its first season back in 2022 to resounding success.
Earlier this year, Netflix finally announced that the highly anticipated second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is set to be released on October 20. Netflix even released the first pulse-pounding teaser trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 a few weeks ago, but now the streamer has delivered yet another gift to fans of the show who are waiting on pins and needles for new updates. Collider is thrilled to partner with Netflix just a few weeks before the premiere of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 to exclusively preview a new sneak peek at the show. Like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 1, Season 2 will feature 10 episodes, all of which are set to premiere as a binge on October 20. Season 2 will also feature a brand-new standalone story, meaning the beloved Season 1 characters like D are not expected to return in the new batch of episodes.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
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Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
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🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
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USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
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The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
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The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
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The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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What Is ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Season 2 About?
Netflix has released the official synopsis for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 ahead of its October 20 premiere. It reads as follows: “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 presents a new standalone 10-episode story from the world of Cyberpunk 2077 — a raw chronicle of redemption and revenge. In a city that thrives in the spotlight of violence, one question remains: when the world is blinded by spectacle, what extremes do you have to go to make your story matter?” CD Projekt Red is also hard at work on a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, and while more employees are focused on The Witcher 4, the game is still deep in the development weeds, with official updates expected soon.
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Check out the first season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners on Netflix and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 2.
On September 12, Sarah took to TikTok to share a quick clip with fans. In the clip, Kristy appeared to be seated on a couch, wearing a formal ensemble. As the camera panned down to show her shoes, it showed them holding up a filled champagne glass. Furthermore, Sarah’s glass ultimately clinked another glass being held by the foot of the person recording — someone who appeared to be a man.
“when we have the same love language,” Sarah’s on-screen caption read, followed by a regular caption. “match my whimsy so I know it’s real”
On September 13, Sarah also shared the clip on Instagram.
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Folks Are Wondering If She’s Got A “New Man”
Social media users entered Kristy Sarah’s comment section, many wondering about the foot seen in the clip and whether it was her “new man.”
Instagram user @christianssister_ wrote, “Soft launch ? Or rage bait 🧐 either way live girl live!!!! With your fine assa 🔥”
While Instagram user @nikagodislove25 added, “Ya’ll asking about the man, and I’m trying to figure out what shoes can hold wine glasses. lol”
Instagram user @sata.lux_ wrote, “IG… do your job! Who that be?! 😂😂😂😂”
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While Instagram user @beingnosy__x2 added, “Pretty sure her new man is @ashtonhall 🤭🤭”
Instagram user @byjosteffie wrote, “Plot twist is a gay bestie or a make up artist lol 😂”
While Instagram user @jerykads added, “I am so pissed because first Time of My Life I am curious and I cant believe nobody in the comments can tell who it is 😭”
Instagram user @celiastoutey wrote, “🙌🙌🙌 That’s the only way it works if not the person will dim your shine. Always be authentically you and the right person will love you for it 👏👏”
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While Instagram user @theindilou added, “She found a whimsy King 👑”
Instagram user @t_queen_elle wrote, “If this is a new man! IKTR girl!!”
While Instagram user @kendria_bland added, “I’m so happy for her I’m gonna cry 😭”
More On Recent Events Around Kristy Sarah
As The Shade Room previously reported, Architectural Digest published an exclusive interview with Kristy Sarah in June, in which she shared an exclusive look at the home she initially purchased with her now-ex-husband, Desmond Scott.
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According to TMZ, in July, she and Scott finalized their divorce. The pair reportedly reached a settlement on their property divisions, child custody, and financial support. The details of their settlement appear confidential.
Music legend and beloved “American Idol” judge Lionel Richie has been hospitalized again after suffering a heart issue. Notably, this follows the 77-year-old spending three days in the ICU near the end of August. Sadly, this also means that the “Hello” singer has been forced to cancel multiple upcoming tour dates.
Lionel Richie Is Said To Be Receiving Treatment For A Heart Condition
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According to TMZ, the “All Night Long (All Night)” singer has checked himself into the hospital again due to a heart condition. Per the outlet, Richie is receiving treatment for atrial fibrillation, which means the singer may have recently experienced an irregular heartbeat.
Regarding his treatment, the medical professionals at the hospital are using AFib ablation, which is considered a minor procedure and is minimally invasive. Essentially, this procedure creates small scars in the heart to create a barrier to faulty electrical signals. AFib ablation also helps restore the heart’s normal rhythm.
The ‘American Idol’ Judge Previously Checked Himself Into The Hospital
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Richie performed at The Muny in St. Louis on August 29, with the crooner needing the assistance of a chair near the end of the show and complaining of dehydration. After the performance, he checked himself into a hospital out of caution and stayed for three days.
According to TMZ, much of that time was spent in the ICU, where doctors conducted various cardiac tests. Several days later, he was spotted at a dinner party at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills. He appeared in good spirits in the photos, even flashing a double thumbs-up at one point.
Transformers fans who attended last weekend’s 40th anniversary screenings of Transformers: The Movie were treated to a special surprise: an all-new animated short, Optimus Prime: Awakening, in which the dying Autobot hero is confronted with dark visions of friends and foes. Now, one of its most striking characters is coming to your home: Collider is proud to exclusively reveal the new Studio Series Optimus Prime: Awakening Bumblebee action figure.
In Transformers: The Movie, Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) falls in a final battle with his arch-foe, Megatron (Frank Welker). While the movie’s surviving characters have little time to mourn before another galactic menace arises, Optimus Prime: Awakening sees the Autobot legend’s spirit commune with The One, an ancient and mysterious entity. The One hurls him into another battle with the Decepticons, but as he fights his way through those familiar fiends, he’s confronted with one more: Bumblebee. Once one of his most stalwart soldiers, Bumblebee has become disillusioned by the unending war and has switched sides.
Now, Hasbro has unveiled a new figure based on this dark incarnation of the once-cheery hero. A Deluxe-sized figure, Bumblebee transforms from car to robot in 29 steps and comes with Megatron’s fusion cannon, which can be attached to either mode. He’s fully poseable and features all sorts of screen-accurate detail, from the faded Autobot symbol on his chest to his sinister head sculpt. He’ll retail for $29.99 USD and can be preordered today, September 22, starting at 1 p.m. EST, from Hasbro Pulse and all other major online retailers. He’ll arrive on shelves next fall.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
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🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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01
How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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02
What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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03
What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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04
How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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05
You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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07
How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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08
When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
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You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
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You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
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You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
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You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
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You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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Who Created ‘Optimus Prime: Awakening’?
Optimus Prime: Awakening was directed by Joshua Wassung (Predator: Killer of Killers) and written by Ryan Parrott (Twisted Metal). It was animated by The Third Floor and features music by Bobby Krlic (Midsommar). It unexpectedly became the final act for veteran voice actor Cullen, who originated the character of Optimus Prime in 1984; Cullen died at age 85 last month. It reunites him with longtime friend, colleague, and co-star Welker, and also features the voices of Simon Henderson, Mathieu Bourassa, Scott Law, Gray Powell, and Jaret LeMaster.
Studio Series Optimus Prime: Awakening Bumblebee will be available for pre-order at 1 p.m. ET and will arrive in your hands next fall. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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Release Date
August 8, 1986
Runtime
84 minutes
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Director
Nelson Shin
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Writers
Ron Friedman
Producers
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Joe Bacal, Lee Gunther, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
Back in 2022, one of the most popular horror movies of the year was M3GAN, the AI cyber thriller starring Allison Williams as Gemma, Violet McGraw as Cady, and Ami Donald as the titular android. The film was a massive hit, grossing over $180 million at the box office against a modest $12 million budget, which was enough to make it one of the most profitable films of the entire year. Just three years later, Blumhouse tried to recapture the M3GAN magic by bringing back the android for M3GAN 2.0, but things didn’t exactly go according to plan, even if it wasn’t a total disaster. The film grossed $39 million at the box office against a $25 million budget, but it did go on to become one of the most-watched movies on Netflix upon its premiere.
Blumhouse officially returned to the world of evil androids earlier this year with Soulm8te, which arrived on digital platforms over the summer on August 1. The movie was originally going to be released in theaters earlier in the year, but the studio changed its mind and decided to save it for a fully digital premiere later in the year. The film has been available to rent or purchase on VOD platforms like Prime Video for almost two months now, but it’s finally set to arrive on streaming soon. Blumhouse announced not long ago that Soulm8te is officially set to begin streaming on Hulu on October 1, and to help promote the new streaming announcement, Collider is thrilled to partner with the studio to exclusively preview a deliciously twisted sneak peek from Soulm8te, which can be found below.
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Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes What Is Your Biggest Horror Nightmare? Elm Street · Chucky · Scream · The Conjuring
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Four horror franchises. Four completely different ways of scaring you. One waits until you fall asleep. One makes sure nobody believes you. One is already in your group of friends. And one is in the house with your family. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually watch horror, and find out which nightmare was built for you.
😴Elm Street(Freddy Krueger)
🧸Chucky(Child’s Play)
📞Scream(Ghostface)
🕯️The Conjuring(The Warren Files)
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Which horror scene makes you cover your eyes? Four classic images. One of them is worse than the others for you.
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You are home alone and you hear a noise. First thought? Everybody has one. It arrives before you have decided anything.
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Which horror movie rule would you break first? Everybody thinks they would survive. Almost nobody actually does.
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Something genuinely frightening happens. What do you do? Not in a film. In your actual living room, tonight.
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How do you actually watch a horror film? Be honest about this one. Nobody is checking.
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Somebody offers you serious money. Which do you still refuse? The amount does not matter. There is one on this list you are not doing.
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Which feeling stays with you a week after the film? Good horror does not stop when the credits do.
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Something wakes you at 3am. What is the worst possibility? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides your nightmare.
The Lights Just Went Out Your Nightmare Is…
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Four franchises, four completely different ways of getting underneath
your skin. This is the one built out of your particular fear, why it works so well on you, and what
it would leave behind.
A Nightmare on Elm Street · Since 1984
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Elm Street
Your nightmare does not wait outside the door. It waits for you
to close your eyes, which you are going to have to do eventually, because nobody has ever
won that particular argument.
Freddy is horror’s cruellest idea: a threat that lives in the one place you cannot
guard, cannot lock, and cannot avoid forever.
You are the one who is fine during the film and wide awake at two in the morning. Your
own head is where this does its damage.
These films understood exhaustion as a horror engine. The kids on Elm Street do not lose
because they are weak. They lose because they are tired.
You can lock every door in the house. You still have to sleep.
Child’s Play · Chucky · Since 1988
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Chucky
Your nightmare is not really the doll. It is the face of the
person you tell, and the way they decide, very kindly, that you have imagined all of it.
Chucky works precisely because he is absurd. That is the trap: the more accurately you
describe him, the less anybody is going to believe you.
You are the one shouting at the screen because the characters are not listening. You
know that feeling from real life too.
The franchise is at its best when the adults in the room are the real obstacle, and you
have met those adults.
By the time somebody finally believes you, you will have handled most of it on your own.
Scream · Ghostface · Since 1996
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Scream
Your nightmare has your number, knows your name, and has almost
certainly been inside your house before. The worst part is that you already know them.
Scream is the only one of these where the killer takes the mask off and turns out to be
somebody who was at the party.
You are the person who calls the twist out loud before it lands. You watch people the
same way you watch films.
The franchise made the rules of horror part of the plot, which means the survivors are
the ones paying attention. You would be paying attention.
Everybody is a suspect, including the person who just offered to walk you home.
The Conjuring · The Warren Files · Since 2013
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The Conjuring
Your nightmare is not really about you. It is about the people
asleep down the hall, and the feeling that whatever is here is not interested in leaving.
The Conjuring films are domestic horror. The house, the family, the perfectly ordinary
room that quietly stops feeling ordinary.
Your instinct is to get everybody into one room. Your fear is protective rather than
personal, which is rarer than it sounds.
This is the one franchise where belief is the weapon. The people who come through it are
the ones who are not alone and refuse to be.
Whatever is here did not come for you. It came for the household, and you are the one
standing in the hallway.
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What Is ‘Soulm8te’ About?
The official synopsis for Soulm8te, which was written by Rafael Jordan, Kate Dolan, James Wan, and Ingrid Bisu, and directed by Kate Dolan, reads as follows: “After a ruthless tech giant acquires his company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to program her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own — unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.” Soulm8te also comes in with a concise runtime of only 99 minutes, so those interested in checking out the film can easily do so in one sitting. Fans of The BoysandGen V may also recognize Claudia Doumit in Soulm8te.
Check out Soulm8te on digital now and on Hulu in October, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of all the hottest horror projects on streaming.
A grand jury has found there wasn’t enough evidence to bring charges in the death of Nolan Wells. As previously reported, Wells was a Black teen who was found dead after a July 4 boating trip off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Amid his family swiftly questioning the manner of his death, the internet and Black community have rallied behind them, especially his mom, Christine Wonsley. But now, it appears the state of Mississippi is stepping back from the viral case, following the grand jury review.
Details About Grand Jury Review In Nolan Wells’ Case
Angel Myers McIlrath, the district attorney overseeing Wells’ case, announced the no-charges decision late Monday (Sept. 21). The update comes after months of intense speculation about how the 18-year-old disappeared from a popping party and why the friends who ferried Wells to the island left without him.
The grand jury in Jackson County, Mississippi, found no evidence of criminal conduct. It noted that examinations of his body by the Mississippi medical examiner’s office and an independent forensic pathologist found the cause and manner of death to be undetermined. Nolan Wells’ family hired the independent pathologist.
“If credible evidence comes to light in the future that suggests Mr. Wells’ death was non-accidental, this matter should be represented to the Jackson County Grand Jury for further consideration,” the panel’s report said.
The grand jury also debunked public assertions that Wells was the only Black person on Horn Island on July 4.
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“These false assertions have led to misidentification, speculation and rumors concerning the death of Mr. Wells,” it said.
The report concluded with the panel expressing sympathy for Wells’ family. “The evidence received in this matter convinced the Grand Jury of Mr. Wells’ outstanding character,” it said.
Wells’ Family Lawyers React To Grand Jury Findings
Lawyers for Nolan Wells’ family, including civil rights attorney Ben Crump, said the grand jury’s report leaves more questions than answers. Also, they accused the district attorney of ending the investigation despite not determining what caused blunt force trauma on the back of Wells’ head and body.
Additionally, they renewed their request that the U.S. Department of Justice conduct an independent investigation and called on DA McIlrath to release the investigation file and the full autopsy report by the medical examiner.
“Today, the State of Mississippi is attempting to close the chapter on Nolan Wells’ death without getting to the truth,” Crump said in a statement.
Ben Crump, Wells’ family and the NAACP planned a news conference for Tuesday, Sept. 22. Additionally, Crump shared an official statement about the grand jury findings, which can be read below.
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District Attorney Expresses Frustration Over Case Speculations
Following the grand jury review, Angel McIlrath posted a 15-minute social media video on Monday night. The district attorney expressed frustration about inaccurate speculation by some members of the public about what happened to Nolan Wells. She also said that lawyers for Wells’ family told her office last month that their own investigation found no evidence of crimes.
“What I cannot accept, what I cannot ignore, is that false narratives that Nolan’s death was somehow racially motivated, and that this is a case of another young Black man denied justice by a racist, corrupt system, were perpetuated and allowed to spread. There is not a shred of evidence to support these narratives,” she said.
Recap Of Investigation Into Nolan Wells’ Death
Nolan Wells disappeared while celebrating the Fourth of July with friends on Horn Island, an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. His body was discovered on the island’s northwestern tip two days after he was last seen.
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Shortly after, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office officials said investigators did not suspect foul play. That statement sparked widespread concerns about whether law enforcement would conduct a thorough investigation in a state with a brutal history of racism and civil rights violations. District Attorney McIlrath repeatedly promised a fair and thorough investigation into his death.
Meanwhile, Nolan Wells’ parents and their lawyers voiced suspicions after Wells’ friends left the island without him. The friends claimed that he wanted to stay behind and talk to a girl. Wells’ phone was on the boat that took him to the island, which was later towed partway back to the mainland after taking on water.
Ben Crump and Nolan Wells’ parents have cast doubt on why a teenager would choose to stay on an island without his phone. They also speculated that messages on his phone had been tampered with and alleged that his friends were reluctant to turn over his keys. Lawyers for Wells’ friends said the friends are cooperating with authorities.
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