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10 Greatest Psychological Torture Movies, Ranked
“Torture porn” is a subgenre of splatter horror that was big in the 2000s, delighting in violence, gore, and sadism. However, the best of these horrors don’t just stick to brutal physical violence but instead delve deeper. Not content to simply maim their characters physically, psychological torture movies force them to confront unbearable moral dilemmas, manipulation, and emotional breakdown.
These psychologically intense and often scarring films are the focus of this list. Whether through sadistic games, cruel experiments, or elaborate revenge schemes, the titles below represent some of the most harrowing examples of horror cinema that go for the jugular and the cerebellum.
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‘Antichrist’ (2009)
“Chaos reigns.” Antichrist is less a conventional horror movie than a descent into emotional and psychological extremity. In it, a grieving couple (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) retreat to a remote cabin in the woods after the accidental death of their child. But their isolation amplifies their anguish, and the natural world around them begins to feel hostile and uncanny. Director Lars von Trier uses dreamlike imagery to blur the line between mental breakdown and supernatural menace. Along the way, the film inflicts truly terrible ordeals on the characters. Their suffering isn’t just violent but spiritually devastating.
Most of all, Antichrist weaponizes grief, portraying it as something that corrodes the mind from the inside. Gainsbourg’s character, in particular, becomes consumed by guilt and self-hatred, believing that she herself is somehow responsible for the death of her child. Her psychological breakdown slowly infects the entire atmosphere of the film. That fusion of emotional trauma, philosophical dread, and visceral horror is what makes Antichrist a grim classic.
9
‘Saw’ (2004)
“I want to play a game.” While much of the torture in Saw is very literal and physical, the first movie ultimately stands above most of its torture porn imitators in that the scenarios and dilemmas typically have a powerful moral or psychological component as well. The movie starts with two strangers, Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes), who awaken chained in a filthy bathroom with no memory of how they arrived. They soon discover they are pawns in a sadistic game orchestrated by the elusive Jigsaw Killer, who forces his victims into elaborate tests designed to make them appreciate their lives.
Indeed, Jigsaw’s targets are forced into impossible choices: maim themselves, sacrifice others, or confront truths about their moral failures. While the franchise later became synonymous with escalating spectacle, in this movie at least, the scenes are relatively restrained, and the focus is psychological. This approach resonated: Saw was a runaway success, grossing over $100m against a budget of just $1m.
8
‘Martyrs’ (2008)
“Keep doubting.” Martyrs is generally considered one of the key films in the New French Extremity movement, a wave of films in the 2000s that embraced transgressive elements like hardcore violence and explicit sexual imagery (though director Pascal Laugier himself rejected that label). The film begins with Lucie (Mylène Jampanoï), a young woman who escapes captivity and later tracks down the family she believes tortured her. Her quest for revenge draws her friend Anna (Morjana Alaoui) into a hidden world governed by a secret organization obsessed with discovering what lies beyond death.
While the premise is pretty pulpy, Martyrs is a lot more philosophically ambitious than one might expect. It asks terrifying questions about the nature of suffering, faith, and the human desire to understand mortality. The aesthetics reflect this tone: the violence is not presented with style or thrills. Instead, it’s shot with stark realism and long, uncomfortable takes, forcing the audience to sit with the suffering rather than look away from it.
7
‘Audition’ (1999)
“Words create lies. Pain can be trusted.” Takashi Miike’s Audition begins like a gentle romantic drama before revealing its true nature in the last act. Shigeharu Aoyama (Roy Ishibashi), a widower encouraged by his son to remarry, stages a fake film audition to meet potential partners. He becomes enamored with Asami (Eihi Shiina), a quiet and enigmatic young woman. As their relationship develops, subtle warning signs accumulate, hinting at a darkness beneath her composed exterior.
It all finally breaks out at the end, leading to several wincingly brutal scenes of torture, both physical and mental. Retribution is delivered through needles and piano wire. The shift is truly shocking and the single biggest reason why this movie is a cult classic. Audition is a brilliant example of a slow-burn structure being used to chilling effect. These scenes hammer home the themes around loneliness, misogyny, and emotional deception, and they exerted a massive influence over the whole “torture porn” boom.
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‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ (2017)
“If you dig a hole and it’s in the wrong place, digging it deeper isn’t going to help.” This absurdist horror from Yorgos Lanthimos stars Colin Farrell as Steven Murphy, a successful cardiac surgeon who befriends Martin (Barry Keoghan), a teenage boy connected to a patient who died under Steven’s care. Martin insinuates himself into Steven’s family life, and an inexplicable illness begins to afflict the surgeon’s children. Eventually, Martin reveals that Steven must make an unthinkable choice to restore balance.
The movie’s title refers to the Greek myth of Iphigenia, in which a king must sacrifice his daughter to appease the gods. Lanthimos reimagines that myth in a modern setting. Here, the true torture is not physical pain but the unbearable responsibility of choosing who must die. Lanthimos makes this approach all the more unsettling through a clinical tone, where the dialogue is delivered in a flat, almost emotionless style. Conversations about horrific events are spoken with the calm detachment of everyday small talk.
5
‘Misery’ (1990)
“I’m your number one fan.” Misery is a masterclass in claustrophobic terror. Writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) survives a car crash only to be rescued by Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), a former nurse and his self-proclaimed biggest fan. Annie takes Paul to her isolated home to nurse him back to health, but when she discovers he has killed off her favorite fictional character, her devotion curdles into something far more dangerous. Trapped and injured, Paul is forced to write under Annie’s watchful eye.
The late great Rob Reiner and his stars keep the tension perfectly coiled throughout. What makes Misery so effective is its focus on the shifting power dynamic between captor and captive. Paul is bedridden with shattered legs, completely dependent on Annie for food, medicine, and basic survival. Annie, meanwhile, swings unpredictably between kindness and terrifying violence. That emotional volatility creates a constant state of dread, because Paul never knows whether Annie will comfort him or destroy him.
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‘Funny Games’ (1997)
“Why don’t we make a bet?” Funny Games is a chilling deconstruction of violence and spectatorship. The story centers on a middle-class family vacationing at their lakeside home when two polite young men (Arno Frisch and Frank Giering) arrive and gradually subject them to a series of cruel “games.” The intruders maintain an eerie calm throughout, treating their actions as casual entertainment. In the process, director Michael Haneke uses the home invasion framework to implicate the audience in the act of watching.
The style complements this message. The film frequently breaks conventional storytelling rules, disrupting expectations and denying catharsis. For instance, the tormentor Paul repeatedly breaks the fourth wall, addressing the audience directly. At one point, when a character seems about to fight back, Paul literally rewinds the film with a remote control to erase the moment. This shocking meta moment removes any illusion that justice or escape might occur.
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‘Se7en’ (1995)
“Wanting people to listen, you can’t just tap them on the shoulder anymore.” David Fincher‘s grimmest masterpiece follows detectives Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and Mills (Brad Pitt) as they hunt a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who stages murders inspired by the seven deadly sins. The investigation drags them through a rain-soaked city steeped in decay, where each crime scene is a grim moral tableau. As the case unfolds, the killer’s meticulous planning reveals a philosophy that is as disturbing as his methods.
Indeed, rather than being cartoonishly evil and doing bad for bad’s sake, John Doe believes he is carrying out a moral crusade against human vice. Each crime is painstakingly designed to represent one of the deadly sins, and the targets are carefully chosen. The grotesque detail of these scenes forces the detectives (and the audience) to confront the darker aspects of human nature and the uncertainty of justice, culminating in the harrowing fate Doe inflicts on Mills.
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‘A Clockwork Orange’ (1971)
“There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs.” With this one, Stanley Kubrick adapts Anthony Burgess’ novel into a stylized vision dystopian masterpiece. The story centers on Alex (Malcolm McDowell), a charismatic delinquent who revels in nightly acts of brutality with his gang. After being imprisoned, he volunteers for an experimental treatment designed to condition him against aggression. Alex is strapped into a chair and forced to watch graphic videos of violence and suffering. Drugs are administered to induce extreme nausea, conditioning him to associate aggression with unbearable physical sickness.
The procedure leaves him physically incapable of violence, but it also strips away his agency. Through this setup, Kubrick asks tough questions around criminality, authority, and free will. Chief among them: is a person still human if their choices are engineered? Ultimately, A Clockwork Orange uses satire and striking imagery to examine the ethics of behavioral control, arguing that the suppression of evil can come at the cost of individuality itself.
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‘Oldboy’ (2003)
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone.” When it comes to psychological torture, no movie can top the sheer existential nightmare of Oldboy. In this legendary revenge thriller, protagonist Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is inexplicably abducted and imprisoned for fifteen years. Without explanation or human contact, he obsessively trains his body and mind, preparing for the day he might escape. When he is suddenly released, he embarks on a desperate search for the identity and motives of his captor.
However, this set-up is only the start of his torment. His enemy, Lee Woo-jin (Yoo Ji-tae), reveals that the entire ordeal was part of a meticulously planned revenge scheme based on a seemingly minor event from their past. The movie then hits us with one of the most devastating twists in modern cinema, revealing that Dae-su has unknowingly been manipulated into committing an act that destroys him psychologically. The revelation reframes the entire narrative. At that point, only forgetting offers Dae-su a chance of survival.
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Sci-Fi Icon Jerry O’Connell Admits To Physical Abuse By His Wife And Daughters Over His Politics
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Beloved and affable actor Jerry O’Connell appeared on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast this weekend, where he revealed he was physically assaulted by his wife and two 17-year-old daughters after making a negative comment about Kamala Harris. It happened on the night of Donald Trump’s victory over Harris, while watching election returns with his family.
As O’Connell tells it, he’s a lifelong liberal who voted for Kamala Harris. However, when the returns started coming in, and it became clear Trump would win, he said of Kamala Harris: “There was no planning. This is what they get. There should have been a primary.”
According to Jerry, at this moment, his two 17-year-old daughters and his wife, actress and model Rebecca Romijn, assaulted him. He says, “My wife and daughters, without saying anything, became physical with me. They were filled with rage.”
He went on to paint a picture of a world where he lives in daily terror of saying the wrong thing, suggesting that this wasn’t an isolated incident. Jerry explained, “So if I am being careful with you in how I say things, I live with not one, not two, but three people who, if I made any kind of joke, they’d become very angry with me, you know?”
The interview went on, but Jerry kept making sad references to what seems like a difficult home life. Though he doesn’t use drugs himself, he admitted that his wife has to vape before she’ll be intimate with him. He explained, “The only time my wife finds me appealing, is intimate with me… the only time my wife, what’s the word, touches me, is if my wife takes a hit off that pen.”
Jerry O’Connell is a bona fide geek icon. He starred in the cult-hit kid superhero show My Secret Identity in the late 80s, led the beloved multiverse-hopping series Sliders in the 1990s, and, in recent years, starred as the voice of Commander Ransom on the best of the modern Star Trek shows, Lower Decks.
He has millions of fans who want nothing but the best for him, and if his story is true, it sounds like his life may be in turmoil. No one should suffer abuse of any kind, from their family or anyone else, for the things they say.
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NBC’s 13M Viewers Sleeper Hit Is Officially a Reminder That Hits Don’t Have To Be Sci-Fi
The boom of the Peak TV era has left viewers with more options than ever before when it comes to small-screen viewing. With so much to choose from — and so many different platforms to peruse — it’s becoming increasingly difficult for networks to break out with a bona fide hit. Streamers tend to have the flashier, higher-budget shows that can entice viewers with bold premises and expansive genre worlds. Many of the biggest television hits of the past several years — Stranger Things, The Last of Us, Andor — have been sci-fi epics belonging to established properties. However, the recent success of NBC‘s new comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins proves classic network sitcoms still have staying power.
‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ Premiere Scored Huge Viewership Numbers
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is NBC’s highest-profile new show of the current TV season, backed by a number of big-name creatives. It stars Tracy Morgan as the titular character, a disgraced former NFL star who seeks redemption and a place in the Hall of Fame. To achieve that, he hires Oscar-winning filmmaker Arthur Tobin (Daniel Radcliffe) to make a documentary about his life, though it soon becomes apparent that the two men have very different visions for the project.
NBC clearly saw the potential of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, which was co-created by 30 Rock‘s Sam Means and Robert Carlock. The first episode received an early broadcast premiere, dropping on January 18 after the NFL playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears. Per Variety, this earned an initial audience of 5.8 million viewers, but the total number has grown substantially since then. When delayed viewing from Peacock and other platforms is factored in, in the 50 days since its premiere, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins‘ first episode has reached nearly 13 million viewers. Additionally, Episode 2 is Peacock’s most-watched comedy episode of the 2025-26 season to date. The specific viewership number was not disclosed.
Tracy Morgan, Erika Alexander, and the showrunners dig into that bizarre truth and what it changes going forward.
Since then, a few more episodes have aired, though it isn’t yet clear how well they have performed. It’s likely that The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins‘ audience will dip a bit in subsequent weeks; it’s extremely rare that a show keeps going up, as oftentimes viewers can fall behind with week-to-week releases. However, this definitely puts the series in a great position for the rest of its freshman run and shows that network TV still has a lot to offer. Big-budget sci-fi isn’t the only thing that can break out these days.
With Big Stars and a Classic Format, ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ Has the Ingredients for a Hit
Network TV has developed a reputation for being more generic and less ambitious than streaming projects, which also have the added benefit of attracting A-list talent. The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins challenges this idea, albeit in a way that still firmly marks it as a broadcast title. Its biggest strength is the odd-couple pairing of Morgan and Radcliffe, two stars with vastly different comedic styles and personalities. Morgan remains a legendary comedy actor thanks to his work on 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live, and Radcliffe continues to endear and impress audiences with his diverse post-Harry Potter roles. Their involvement alone gives The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins a big boost.
Beyond that, creatives Carlock and Means, as well as executive producer Tina Fey, have proven track records with sitcoms that serve as strong endorsements for audiences. The mockumentary format has produced enduring, fan-favorite hits like The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Modern Family, and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins has given the well-trodden set-up a bit of a twist by having the crew be just as central to the plot as the subjects. It’s a throwback to the beloved sitcoms of the 2000s and 2010s with a fresh, updated spin, and it’s thus far been a big win for NBC and network TV as a whole.
Above all else, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins‘ success is proof that what viewers want these days is unique, uncomplicated storytelling. It’s reliable entertainment, the kind that audiences can tune into week after week for classic laughs. Whereas the big-budget streaming offerings can be just as rewarding, they also often require more viewer investment and have varied release cycles. Network television can stick to a specific formula while offering original ideas, and in the case of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, its combined elements have made a recipe that audiences are happily devouring.
New episodes of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins premiere on NBC on Mondays.
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Beyond the Gates Weekly Spoilers March 16-20: Leslie Completely Unravels & Jacob Takes a Bullet!
Beyond the Gates weekly spoilers for March 16th through the 20th indicate about Dana “Leslie” Thomas (Trisha Mann-Grant) losing her mind, and it seems like Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) might be shot.
Beyond the Gates Monday, March 16th: Jacob May Be Shot
On Monday, March 16th, it’s season 2, episode 51 of BTG, and we’ve got Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley) plopping down in a chair at the Fairmont Crest Country Club and telling Chelsea Hamilton (RhonniRose Mantilla) and Katherine “Kat” Richardson (Colby Muhammad) that they will not believe who is hijacking the wedding plans that she has been making.
I mean, they should know, right? Because she’s the villain in every story line lately. So, it is Leslie who is interfering with Chelsea and Madison Morgan’s (Tiyn D. Robertson) big wedding plans. We’ll find out more on that on Monday. Also, We’ve got Carlton Hamilton (Tony Grant) versus Dr. Kial Rollins (Greg Vaughan) and they are bickering over Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix) again.
This time they’re making a scene in her office up at Garland Memorial. So, Nicole is telling these men that she is a grown woman. And Carlton orders Kial to get out of Nicole’s office, saying, “Why don’t you give her some space?” and Kial claps back at Carlton that he will leave when he’s good and ready.
BTG Spoilers: Jacob in Danger
Also on Monday, Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne’s (Arielle Prepetit) worst nightmare comes true. So, where we left off last week, Jacob had texted her to meet at the hotel. They were getting frisky since they’re not living together. I was kind of thinking that might be a little hot. You know, meet the husband up for a little afternoon delight since you’re not living together.
Might put a spark back in the marriage, but things are about to turn really dark because Dani shows up at the hotel where Naomi and Jacob were twisting and Dani is looking really stressed out. Naomi is alarmed and asks her mom, “Tell me what happened. Where is he?”
So, I have a feeling Jacob might have been injured while working undercover since he’s working around some really bad bad people. Ashley Morgan’s (Jen Jacob) workday turns terrible on Monday and I wonder if she’s on shift and Jacob is brought in shot. So, we’ll see. It doesn’t look good and hopefully he’ll be just fine.
Beyond the Gates Spoilers Tuesday, March 17th: Eva Goes to Ted About Leslie
Tuesday, March 17th, it’s season 2, episode 52 of Beyond the Gates, and we’ve got Eva Thomas (Ambyr Michelle) going to her dad, Ted Richardson (Keith D. Robinson), to please help with her out of control mama, Leslie. So, this week, Ted has Leslie up at the office and says she needs to stop crossing the line. The big question is, what is this about? So many topics.
Is it the wedding plans or is it about Derek Baldwin (Ben Gavin) or Vanessa McBride (Lauren Buglioli) or Nicole or literally everybody in the DMV? Leslie is so awful. And you know an actress is good when you want to smack her character. Trisha Mann-Grant is so extra all the time.
Dani gives in to something that Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman) wants. Hopefully it’s something frisky and fun. Shanice Johnson (Ernestine Johnson) needs her aunt Monica, the oncologist for comfort. And I don’t know if this is something personal, if it’s about her friend getting shot, or if she wants to talk to her about Anita Dupree‘s (Tamara Tunie) case.
And Kat has a warning for Izaiah Hawthorne (David Lami Friebe). I’m sure it’s about Eva again. I’m interested to see if Izaiah shuts her down because he’s probably getting tired of hearing Kat on this subject. Also, this week, Eva and Izaiah are getting freaky over at her place. He is shirtless, pouring water all over that eight-pack ab set he’s got going. It is sizzling shirtless hotness. Definitely don’t miss Tuesday’s episode.
BTG Spoilers Wednesday, March 18th: Leslie’s House Renovation Gets Shut Down
Then on Wednesday, March 18th, it’s season 2, episode 53 of Beyond the Gates. And Vanessa is desperate for some advice from Nicole. And I think this is about Deanna McBride’s (Erica Ash) rage about Joey Armstrong (Jon Lindstrom) and Donnell McBride (Colton Little) being irritated, too. I’m really impressed with that young man.
He is very concerned about Deanna and is kind of, you know, letting Vanessa know where she’s going off track with her daughter. And what’s interesting is both the kids seem to see Joey a lot more clearly than Vanessa does.
Kial does something surprising on Wednesday. I’m low-key rooting for Nicole and Kial. I love Greg Vaughan anyway. And I think Carlton is being way too territorial, talking on behalf of Nicole and, you know, not giving her the space and staying within the boundaries she has set.
Beyond the Gates Spoilers: Leslie Rages at Vernon
Leslie’s house renovation gets shut down and she is furious with Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis). So over at Orphey Gene’s, the contractor tells Leslie that the construction on her house has been shut down and Leslie glares at him and says he better not mean it. Vernon obviously got Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett) to find a way to stop it.
So, good for Mr. Hamilton. Anita really does need her peace and quiet during this difficult time. Speaking of difficult, Bill heads over to the Duprees’ house to have a difficult talk with Anita. So, he may go over and tell Vernon, you know, that he made it happen. You know, I don’t think it’s going to be able to get shut down for good.
But I hope that Bill tells Anita that it’s the least he could do for her after, you know, wrecking Dani’s life. And Joey gives somebody his blessing. Supposed to be an old friend. I wonder if it’s Leah. I actually think those two are in cahoots on this whole plasma ring.
Thursday and Friday: March Madness Preemptions
Then on Thursday and Friday, March 19th and 20th, guess what? No Beyond the Gates. Both days are preempted for basketball. It is NCAA March Madness. And I’ll say what I always say about this sports preemption stuff. That’s what ESPN is for. Don’t take our soaps off the air for that garbage.
Stars graced the red carpet in stunning gowns and tailored suits at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was a standout accessory worn by many celebrities that stole the night.
Swadesh, the company behind some of the gorgeous one-of-a-kind couture pieces seen on high-profile attendees at last night’s event, brings “luxury craft from Indian designers under one roof to support their efforts in getting global visibility,” according to the company.
Celebrities such as esteemed stylist and “image architect” Law Roach, actress and singer Minnie Driver, actor Kyle MacLachlan, model Alessandra Ambrosio, designer and entrepreneur Tan France, Emmy-nominated TV host Justin Sylvester, singer Brandi Carlile, Pritika Swarup, founder of Prakti, a beauty and wellness brand, and journalist Zanna Roberts Rassi, were spotted throughout the night donning jewels and accessories from the company.
Founded by Indian businesswoman and philanthropist, Nita Ambani, Swadesh, “was created to sustain and promote India’s traditional arts, handlooms and crafts, while placing artisans at the center of the story,” a press release said. “Today, the initiative works closely with over 12,000 artisans across more than 500 craft traditions, helping ensure that these skills continue to thrive for generations to come. Each creation reflects authenticity, ethical sourcing, and the remarkable skill of the hands that make it.”
Rachel McAdams took the stage at the 2026 Oscars to honor former The Family Stone costar Diane Keaton after her death. “For over 50 years, luminous on screen and indelible in life, believe me when I say there isn’t an actress of my generation who is not inspired by and enthralled with her absolute singularity,” […]
Ambani’s daughter Isha, 34, who was in attendance at the Oscars, has helped to position the company as an emblem of Indian craftsmanship.
For Hollywood’s biggest night, Swadesh partnered with Indian designers to create custom pieces. “These featured exquisite, handcrafted fabrics created by highly skilled artisans in India, complemented by fine jewelry from its collections that spotlight India’s living traditions of metalwork and gemstone craftsmanship.”
Roach, 47, wore a dazzling brooch by Swadesh, on top of a 1997 Alexander McQueen suit. The brooch’s design “draws inspiration from the bold symmetry of the Art Deco era, echoing the architectural language of the iconic Eros Building in Mumbai, India—home to the Swadesh flagship store,” the company said.
Driver, 56, donned Swadesh’s Celestial Tiers multi-row solitaire necklace at the 31st Vanity Fair Oscars After Party. “Crafted in polished white gold, the piece features an elegant arrangement of pear, emerald and round brilliant-cut diamonds, set in descending rows that taper into a refined fringe-like drape along the neckline,” the company said.
Carlile, 44, who attended the awards show with her wife Catherine Shepherd, wore Swadesh’s Petal Prism Brooch, “inspired by the organic geometry of a sunflower.”
Former Us Weekly cover star, MacLachlan, 67, wore a stunning brooch with a 10.95-carat cushion-cut tourmaline encircled by a halo of diamonds.
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With a schedule packed with travel, production shoots and media appearances, Olivia “Livvy” Dunne, former NCAA Champion gymnast (and notorious sweet tooth), is constantly on the go. That leaves her often relying on snacks that are convenient and satisfying to help get her through the day. Lately, she’s been seen enjoying JUNKLESS Protein Bars — delicious new bars that taste like candy with 15g of protein, high fiber and clean ingredients. They’re always in her bag, ready to go wherever she goes.
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Picture this: you’re a scientist digging near the Amazon rainforest, and you pull a jawbone out of the ground that looks so wrong you assume it broke underground.
Then you find another one. Same weird twist. Then another. And another. Nine total, each with the same baffling shape.
That’s exactly what happened to a team of researchers who just identified one of the strangest ancient creatures ever discovered — and it’s rewriting textbooks in the process.
The animal? Tanyka amnicola, which translates roughly to “jaw living next to the river.”
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It lived about 275 million years ago, and its discovery has scientists rethinking some very confident assumptions about when certain ancient creatures disappeared from the planet.
Tanyka Amnicola Is the New Species That Started With One ‘Weird’ Fossil
The way Tanyka came to light is a story worth telling. Researchers found a single twisted jawbone during excavations in Brazil.
Their first instinct? Something must have gone wrong. Maybe the fossil was crushed during its 275 million years underground. They also thought it belonged to a fish, not a land-dwelling creature.
“At first, we wondered if these fossils might be the remains of a fish,” coauthor Martha Richter recalls, per the Natural History Museum. “It was only once the fossils were properly prepared in the lab that the true nature of Tanyka was clearly revealed to us.”
Then the team kept digging and found eight more jawbones with that same twist. One oddly shaped jaw could be a fluke. Nine? That’s a pattern.
“It’s a really strange animal, and the weird twist in the jaw drove us crazy trying to figure it out. But nine jaws we’ve found have this twist, including the really well-preserved ones, so it’s not a deformation. It’s just the way this animal was,” lead author Jason Pardo added.
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The repeated structure confirmed the twisted jaw was a natural anatomical feature. And after comparing its traits to known species spanning hundreds of millions of years, the team realized they had something unexpected on their hands.
“By comparing its anatomical traits to the characteristics of known species from across hundreds of millions of years, we found that this animal was actually a primitive tetrapod after all,” Richter added.
The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
What Made Tanyka Amnicola’s Jaw So Unique?
Most tetrapods (the group that includes four-limbed animals) have teeth in the upper and lower jaws that face each other. This lets animals slice, cut, and grind food. You can see the setup in everything from a house cat to a crocodile.
Tanyka’s mouth threw out that entire playbook.
Its lower jaw twisted outward from back to front. Some teeth pointed outward and sideways rather than inward toward the opposing jaw.
And lining the inside of the jaw were small grinding teeth called denticles. Researchers believe the denticles in the upper and lower jaws likely rubbed together to grind food — almost like a built-in mortar and pestle.
Vitor Silva, Field Museum
If you were to run your tongue over the teeth on your lower jaw, you would feel the tops of your teeth facing up towards the roof of your mouth.
In Tanyka, the twisted lower jaw meant the teeth were pointed out to the sides. The part of the jawbone that normally faces the tongue is pointed upwards.
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This unusual setup suggests a possible diet of tough plant material and small invertebrates with hard shells, which would make Tanyka omnivorous or herbivorous. That’s a departure from many of its meat-eating relatives.
Researchers described the species as belonging to a more experimental stage in early animal evolution, when nature was still trying out different designs for how a mouth could work.
Only jaw fossils have been definitively linked to the species, so scientists aren’t certain about its full body shape. They believe it likely resembled a salamander-like animal with a longer snout. Other nearby fossils may belong to the same species, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Think of the Tanyka Amnicola as the Platypus of 275 Million Years Ago
The researchers themselves offered an analogy that makes Tanyka’s place in its world click: think of the platypus.
That odd, duck-billed, egg-laying mammal looks like it belongs to a much earlier chapter of evolution, yet it persists today alongside far more modern creatures.
Tanyka had a similar vibe. It belonged to a group called stem tetrapods — early relatives of modern four-limbed animals that eventually gave rise to the ancestors of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
But most stem tetrapods went extinct long before Tanyka lived.
“Tanyka is a little like a platypus, in the sense that it was a member of the stem tetrapod lineage that remained even after newer, more modern tetrapods evolved,” Pardo said. “It was a living fossil in its time.”
Tanyka lived during the Early Permian Period, when Earth’s land was joined into the supercontinent Pangaea. The climate where the fossils were found was likely hot and seasonally dry.
Scientists long believed stem tetrapods largely disappeared after a major ecological event called the Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse. That event caused widespread destruction of tropical forests and wiped out the humid environments many early tetrapods depended on.
Creatures like Tanyka should have been gone long before it ever appeared. Yet there it was, grinding food with its twisted jaw, millions of years later than anyone expected.
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One possible explanation: species in the southern part of Pangaea may have experienced different climates than those in the north. Those conditions may have allowed them to survive after northern populations went extinct.
The fossil record near the Amazon, and in excavation sites around the world, may hold more creatures waiting to be discovered that defy what we think we know.
And it all started with one twisted jawbone that nobody could explain.
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Jane Fonda and Robert Redford played love interests in multiple films and had palpable chemistry, leaving many fans to wonder if the pair ever dated in real life.
Surprisingly, the answer is no — but they did have a decades-long close friendship.
The pair met while filming the 1960 comedy Tall Story. Years later, Fonda and Redford reunited for 1966’s The Chase.
In 1967, Fonda and Redford starred in their hit romantic comedy, Barefoot in the Park. The two also costarred in 1979’s The Electric Horseman and 2017’s Our Souls at Night.
Redford died in his sleep at age 89 in September 2025. The Oscar-winning actor and director was honored at the 98th Academy Awards in March 2026, featuring a tribute from Redford’s The Way We Were costar Barbra Streisand. After the awards ceremony, Fonda joked that she should have been the one to lead the tribute.
“I want to know how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford,” the actress told Entertainment Tonight. “She only made one movie with him, I made four!”
Keep scrolling to learn more about Fonda and Redford’s friendship through the years:
Why Jane Fonda and Robert Redford Never Dated
Both Jane Fonda and Robert Redford were married to other people during the times that they collaborated on films.
Redford was married to Lola Van Wagenen from 1958 to 1985. The pair shared daughters Shauna, 64, and Amy, 58, son James, who died from cancer in October 2020 at age 58, and son Scott, who died of SIDS in 1959 when he was 2 months old. Redford later tied the knot with Sibylle Szaggars in 2009.
Meanwhile, Fonda was married to Roger Vadim, with whom she shares daughter Vanessa, 56, from 1965 to 1973. She later tied the knot with Tom Hayden in 1973. The pair welcomed son Troy, 52, before their split in 1990. Fonda was then married to Ted Turner from 1991 to 2001.
Though Fonda and Redford’s relationship never turned romantic, the Grace and Frankie star has admitted that she had a crush on her costar and even “fell in love” with him while filming their movies.
“I was always in love with him. [He was] the most gorgeous human being and had such great values. He did a lot for movies — he lifted up independent movies,” Fonda told ET after the 2026 Oscars.
What Has Jane Fonda Said About Her Friendship With Robert Redford?
Jane Fonda spoke about her crush on Robert Redford during a 2008 interview with People.
“He is so handsome and just such a wonderful human being,” she said. “Every movie I made with him, I developed a crush on him.”
Later, Fonda called Redford a “great kisser” and said she “couldn’t keep [her] hands off him” during Barefoot in the Park. Plus, Fonda shared that she “lived” for sex scenes with the Out of Africa actor.
What Has Robert Redford Said About His Friendship With Jane Fonda?
Robert Redford told The Telegraph in 2017 that he “didn’t know” Jane Fonda was in love with him. However, he had a deep admiration for his Tall Story costar.
“It’s easy [to work with Fonda],” he said during a 2017 Today interview. “We’ve done many films over the years so it just worked out that way, that there was not a lot of discussion, we didn’t have to talk about a lot. Things just kind of fell into place between us, and there wasn’t much more to think about.”
Later that year, Redford called Fonda a “force.”
“As long as I’ve known Jane, she’s always moving forward, and doesn’t look back. And whatever pain, whatever problems she’s had in the past, remains in the past and she keeps moving forward,” he shared. “It’s an admirable quality, and very few people have it like Jane does.”
Jane Fonda Paid Tribute to Robert Redford After His Death
After news broke of Robert Redford’s death, Jane Fonda told Us Weekly in a statement, “It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone. I can’t stop crying. He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way. He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for.”
Fonda also posted a tribute to Redford on Instagram, sharing a photo from Our Souls at Night.
“Bob made a real difference in all good ways. He represented an America we must now fight to protect. He revolutionized independent filmmaking and made us swoon in so many movies. I am very sad today,” she wrote. “I was wanting to go see him these last few months to make sure we were all right between us, but I didn’t act on it soon enough. Lesson learned. When people are our age, late 80s, don’t wait. Thank you, dearest Bob, for all the pleasure you brought over the years.”
March is going to be a great month for fans of 2010s boy bands, but it’s going to be an even better month for Netflix. The streamer will take the win after being outbid by Paramount in the bidding war for Warner Bros. Not that Netflix is struggling, but it is experimenting with a new format this month by essentially live-streaming a concert. And it’s not just any concert; Netflix bagged the streaming rights to arguably the year’s biggest pop culture event, the long-awaited reunion of the Korean boy band BTS. The band had been on a hiatus for several years, during which each of its members served their mandatory military service. Now that they’ve been discharged, they’re putting together a massive show for their global audience that will include new music. The concert will be followed by a documentary film about the reunion, titled BTS: The Return. However, another concert film has found a spot on the Netflix viewership charts as a lead-in to the BTS live event.
The BTS concert will be held on March 21 in Seoul, featuring members RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook all taking the stage together for the first time in over three years. They will subsequently embark on a world tour to promote their new album, “ARIRANG,” which will be released a day before the concert. BTS has emerged as a true cultural phenomenon over the last decade, popularizing Korean culture around the world — from music to cuisine and even Korean shows and movies. In fact, Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time is one directly inspired by BTS: KPop Demon Hunters. The BTS concert will be followed by BTS: The Return, a feature-length documentary about the comeback directed by Bao Nguyen. However, another concert film is climbing the Netflix charts as we speak.
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June 20, 2025
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96 minutes
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Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang
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Hannah McMechan, Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang, Danya Jimenez
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