Taylor Swift has given fans four more songs to analyze, but one particularly suggestive lyric is already dominating the conversation. The 36-year-old superstar released “The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore,” an expanded edition of her hit album featuring the new tracks “Patient Zero,” “Pink Clouding,” “Babylon,” and “Cleveland!” While each addition offers Swifties fresh material to dissect, “Cleveland!” has attracted attention for what listeners believe is a very personal reference to Swift’s husband, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Cleveland!’ Lyric Sends Fans Into A Frenzy

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Swift turns up the heat on “Cleveland!” with the lyric, “The taste of me is acquired, but it’s his favorite dish.” Fans wasted no time sharing their reactions on X, where the line quickly sparked a flurry of enthusiastic and NSFW interpretations.

“THE TASTE OF ME IS ACQUIRED BUT IT’S HIS FAVORITE DISH????????????? OHHH TAYLOR I LOVE IT WHEN YOUR’E DIRTY,” one listener wrote.

Another fan shared, “The taste of me is acquired, but it’s his favorite dish oh they’re FREAKYYYYYYYYYY,”

The lyric does not explicitly identify Kelce, but the song’s title appears to point directly toward the NFL star’s roots. Kelce was born in Westlake, Ohio, and grew up in Cleveland Heights with his older brother, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.

Swift has also been supporting her husband while the NFL season is in full swing, giving fans even more reason to connect the track to their relationship.

‘Cleveland!’ Is Not Swift’s First Suggestive Kelce Song

Swift has never been afraid to weave intimate details into her songwriting, and “Cleveland!” is not the first track that listeners have interpreted as a suggestive nod to Kelce. Her original “The Life of a Showgirl” album included “Wood,” another song that generated attention for its provocative lyrics. On that track, Swift sings, “Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see/His love was the key that opened my thighs.”

With “Cleveland!,” the singer appears to be revisiting that playful and sensual energy. However, Swift has not publicly confirmed the exact inspiration behind the song or the lyric.

‘The Encore’ Was Born During A Celebration In Sweden

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Swift announced the expanded album on Wednesday, revealing that the four additional songs emerged during what was originally supposed to be a celebration with collaborators Max Martin and Shellback.

“About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing,” Swift wrote on Instagram. “Something that completely blew my mind… You gave ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ the biggest first week for an album in history.”

According to Swift, she traveled to Sweden “to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album.” Their time together soon became another creative session rather than simply an opportunity to recognize the album’s success.

Swift explained that “we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs. I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made.”

Dakota Johnson Joins Swift For ‘Patient Zero’

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“Cleveland!” may be commanding attention for its Kelce connection, but “Patient Zero” is getting a major Hollywood rollout of its own. Swift announced the new single on Tuesday, and its forthcoming music video features Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell. A first look at the visual was shared Thursday on “CBS Mornings.”

Johnson later discussed working with Swift during an interview with Fan Girl Nation, revealing that their personal friendship helped make the collaboration possible. “Taylor and I have been friends for a really long time, and we’re very close, and we decided to work together,” the “Fifty Shades of Grey” actress said. “And it’s great.”

Johnson acknowledged that mixing friendship and work can sometimes be complicated, but said that was not the case with Swift. “Normally, I would say don’t work with your friends, but we work really well together.”

Details about Farrell’s role in the video have not been revealed, leaving viewers with another mystery to unpack when the full project arrives.

Taylor Swift Is Adding Another Award To Her Collection

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The “Patient Zero” video is expected to debut at the MTV Video Music Awards, where Swift will also receive the inaugural Artist-Director Award. The recognition highlights her growing role behind the camera. Swift has increasingly directed her own music videos while maintaining creative control over the visual worlds accompanying her albums.

“The Encore” continues an already busy musical period for Swift. In June, she released “I Knew It, I Knew You” for the “Toy Story 5” soundtrack before returning to “The Life of a Showgirl” with its expanded edition.

With four new songs, a star-studded music video, and a new directing honor on the way, Swift is giving fans plenty to discuss.

Ben Affleck’s kids aren’t exactly running to their dad for dating advice.

During a Thursday, September 24, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Animals actor, 54, revealed how his three children with ex-wife Jennifer Garner — Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 14 — recently roasted him at the dinner table when he tried to dispense advice on their love lives.

“Now, I, like, give advice or try to talk to them like a parent, as you do … but what I’ve found is that now it’s not only one teenager rolling their eyes,” he said. “I’ll kind of launch into something at the dinner table and now I catch them giving each other looks. And I realize I’m the caricature in this story. I see them be like, ‘Dad is saying this and that…’”

Affleck quipped, “Why am I the bad guy?” admitting that “I couldn’t imagine I wouldn’t be the cool dad.”

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“My kids were talking at dinner and they’ll talk about their friends and the drama and their relationships,” he said. “And I have some lived experience, I think, that’s worth sharing… some lessons that I [learned]. These are the kinds of things we give to our children.”

Affleck continued, “I said, ‘You know, well, the thing about that relationship there with that person…’ The 17-year-old just turns to me and goes, ‘Oh, like you’re the expert on relationships.’”

The Oscar winner shared that his middle child also once hit him with a zinger while they were visiting a bookstore.

“We’re just browsing around and there’s some book by a French guy and it’s called I’m Sorry for Everything, and my kid immediately turns to me, deadpan, and goes, ‘Oh, look, Dad, it’s your autobiography,’” he said.

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Affleck was married to Garner, also 54, from 2005 to 2018. The couple announced their separation in June 2015 and finalized their divorce three years later.

In 2021, Affleck reignited his romance with Jennifer Lopez, to whom he was previously engaged from 2002 to 2004, and the couple got married in July 2022. Two years later, Us confirmed in August 2024 that Lopez, 57, had filed for divorce. The split was officially finalized in February 2025.

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Earlier this year, Garner opened up about her “incredible” coparenting dynamic with her ex.

“My kids are a little bigger 1790348553. Their dad — ex-husband — has become this incredible coparent,” she gushed to Entertainment Weekly in July. “And I have this unbelievable [business] partner who produces with me things that we control and are able to help keep in L.A. … I love making movies anywhere, but I really want to make movies at home.”

“He’s wonderful. He takes care of them. He’s a great partner in that way. And that’s very freeing,” Garner added.

There’s workwear, and then there’s rich mom workwear — the kind of perfectly tailored style that suggests you have a corner office, an impressive 401(k) and somewhere fabulous to be after 5 p.m. Luckily, achieving the look has less to do with designer labels and more to do with choosing the right elevated details. Think: chocolate brown, sweeping trousers, gold hardware and sharp tailoring.

Amazon happens to be packed with pieces that nail the ‘corporate-cool aesthetic,’ without requiring an executive-level salary. We found 13 office-ready styles, including waist-defining blouses, silky midi skirts, polished matching sets and accessories that make the basics in your closet look considerably more expensive. Even better, you can start your rich mom workwear refresh for only $5.

13 ‘Corporate Cool’ Amazon Finds to Give Your Workwear a Fall Refresh

1. Our Favorite: Chocolate brown is basically the unofficial color of expensive-looking fall workwear. These wide-leg trousers work in the rich shade with tailored pleats and a high-rise fit for major ‘I have a 9 a.m. meeting and lunch at The Polo Bar’ energy.

2. Plaid Please: Plaid is having a major moment this fall, and this double-breasted blazer makes the trend ready for the office. The longline silhouette and rich neutral print gives it that iconic rich mom look.

3. The Commute Bag: Finally! A work bag that doesn’t actually look like a, well, work bag. This slouchy shoulder bag combines a roomy shape and six organizing pockets with a rich brown finish that looks far pricier than $23.

4. Funnel-Fabulous: This isn’t your average commuter trench. The cropped khaki jacket combines a dramatic high collar, belted waist and double-breasted design to deliver a layer that makes an entire outfit.

5. Gold Standard: Gold buttons are one of the easiest ways to make a basic knit look considerably more expensive. This fitted black cardigan pairs them with a ribbed texture and subtly flared hem for a polished desk-to-dinner staple.

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6. Silky Smooth: Nothing breaks up a week of trousers quite like a swishy satin skirt. This black midi skirt brings a little movement and shine to button-down shirts, fitted knits and blazers, while still looking completely office-ready.

7. Boardroom Babe: This striped button-down top takes everything polished about a classic work shirt and makes it more chic. The dramatic sleeves and waist-defining peplum give it enough personality to carry an entire office outfit.

8. On Point: Consider these the shoe equivalent of a power suit. These nude slingback pumps feature a sharp pointed toe with a sleek heel and delicate ankle strap for instant corner-office energy.

9. Stylish Surprise: The best part of this cropped trench jacket is hiding inside the sleeves. Roll up the cuffs to reveal a preppy plaid lining that makes the classic khaki layer feel much more fashion-forward.

10. Très Chic: Consider this silky wrap scarf the finishing touch your work wardrobe didn’t know it needed. The cream-and-black print adds a little French girl flair to button-down tops, blazers and simple knits.

11. Buckle Up: This wide brown belt is an easy way to make the blazers hanging in your closet feel brand new. The belted design defines the waist, while the oversized gold buckle doubles as statement jewelry.

12. One-and-Done: When getting dressed for work feels like another task on your to-do list, reach for this black sweater dress. The fitted ribbed bodice flows into a pleated A-line skirt for an entire polished outfit in one step.

13. Power Pairing: Nothing says ‘I have a presentation at 10’ quite like a matching vest and trousers set. This two-piece pick pairs a fitted button-front top with sweeping wide-leg pants in an olive shade that feels especially luxe for fall.

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Before the Scrubs revival was announced by the trades in 2024, fans of the original series had already experienced their own kind of reunion. Zach Braff and Donald Faison had spent years revisiting the show together through their rewatch podcast, Fake Doctors, Real Friends, bringing J.D. and Turk’s friendship back to life in a very different format. Speaking to Collider ahead of the Scrubs Season 2 revival, Braff and Faison exclusively revealed that the podcast will be returning, with the pair currently in “final negotiations” to bring it into a studio setting.

The new era of Fake Doctors, Real Friends will focus on episodes from Season 1 and Season 2 of the revival, giving the podcast an opportunity to explore the show’s new generation alongside its returning stars. For a podcast that began with Faison recording largely from his closet during lockdown, Fake Doctors, Real Friends has come a remarkably long way. More importantly, it helped set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately bring the original cast back together for a brand-new series.

Why the ‘Scrubs’ Rewatch Podcast ‘Fake Doctors, Real Friends’ Was a Success

Fake Doctors, Real Friends offered fans more than a behind-the-scenes look at their favorite actors. It also revealed the genuine friendship between Braff and Faison, whose dynamic seemed remarkably similar to that of J.D. and Turk. Listeners soon discovered that the chemistry extended far beyond the pair themselves. As Braff and Faison dissected episodes week after week, they were joined by co-stars and crew members from the original series, including creator Bill Lawrence and director Michael Spiller, alongside Sarah Chalke (Elliot), Judy Reyes (Carla), and John C. McGinley (Doctor Cox). The conversations made it clear that much of the chemistry audiences had watched on screen in the early 2000s had existed behind the scenes too. Many of those involved with Scrubs had remained close in the years since, giving the podcast an authenticity that could not easily be recreated.

The timing of Fake Doctors, Real Friends‘ launch in March 2020 also played a significant role in its success. The podcast arrived just as the world entered lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, when audiences were looking for familiar voices, comforting television and some sense of connection. In that environment, the podcast offered a recurring source of companionship at a time when everyone was experiencing the same feeling of isolation. Braff and Faison were effectively inviting listeners into their own friendship, making the distance between actor and viewer feel smaller than ever. Fans could communicate with the pair through messages and even appear on the podcast, while Scrubs itself became a source of comfort for many people revisiting the series from home. Its hospital setting also carried an unexpected relevance at a time when medicine and healthcare had become central to everyday life.

The fact that the Scrubs cast were experiencing lockdown alongside everyone else only strengthened that connection. The early episodes had an unmistakable figuring-it-out quality, with the original cast dropping into conversations from their homes and the production gradually finding its rhythm. That roughness became part of the podcast’s charm, but Fake Doctors, Real Friends is now getting its well-deserved glow-up.

‘Fake Doctors, Real Friends’ Took Notes From Dax Shepherd’s ‘Armchair Expert’

When Collider asked whether fans could expect the same lockdown-era feel from the new episodes, Faison joked, “I’ve grown up since then, thank you very much!” before revealing that Fake Doctors, Real Friends will be moving into a studio. Braff then excitedly declared, “This is a Collider exclusive!” and revealed that the team is “in final negotiations to do it in a proper set, like Dax [Shepard’s] show. You know, in a cute little cozy room.” The move gives Fake Doctors, Real Friends a physical home that reflects just how far the podcast has come. It also opens the door to a new kind of discussion around the revival, with the pair able to break down episodes such as Season 1’s “My Return” alongside some of the people responsible for bringing the new Scrubs to life.

Season 2 also gives the podcast a new generation of characters to explore. Ava Bunn’s Doctor Sam Tosh is the only new cast member to be promoted to a series regular alongside the original trio, creating an opportunity to revisit the experience of joining Scrubs from a completely different perspective. During the pandemic-era podcast, the original cast frequently reflected on what it was like to join the show and suddenly find themselves part of a major television production. The revival could now explore those same questions with its newer cast members, offering an interesting comparison between two generations of Scrubs actors.

The studio format itself appears to be taking inspiration from Armchair Expert, the podcast hosted by actor and comedian Dax Shepard alongside Monica Padman. The series brings celebrities, journalists and academics into conversations about “the messiness of being human,” with guests ranging from Shepard’s wife Kristen Bell and Jimmy Kimmel to Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Molly Shannon, and Gwyneth Paltrow. That format has also become highly compatible with the current clip-driven social media landscape. Armchair Expert has built a substantial Instagram following through its use of short-form clips, giving individual conversations a life beyond the full-length podcast. Fake Doctors, Real Friends now has an opportunity to do the same with a professional studio setup and a revival that already has an established audience.

‘Fake Doctors, Real Friends’ Has a Real Connection to the New Seasons of ‘Scrubs’ Now

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For the Scrubs podcast, those clips could serve another purpose beyond growing its listener base. Anyone discovering a particularly funny or revealing conversation may be encouraged to seek out the episodes being discussed on Disney+, creating a natural connection between the podcast and the revival itself. The rewatch format depends on the show, after all, making Fake Doctors, Real Friends an unusually direct way to keep the revival in the conversation between episodes.

The content itself also appears set to evolve. Faison told Collider that the new podcast will explore the characters beyond their lives at Sacred Heart, asking questions like, “What does that mean for them at home? What does that mean for them when they’re not at work? What does that mean for them when they’re not in their comfortable place?” That focus could make Fake Doctors, Real Friends more than just a marketing exercise for the Scrubs revival. Alongside the duo’s signature anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories, Fake Doctors, Real Friends’ own revival now has an opportunity to examine the emotional questions at the heart of the new series. Humor and a human connection were always Scrubs‘ greatest strengths, and it may be exactly what allows both the revival and its rewatch podcast to connect with audiences all over again in Season 2.

Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The two-episode premiere of the Scrubs revival airs Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

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Milania Giudice is receiving professional support after a troubling video of a tense exchange with her mom, Teresa Giudice, emerged earlier this week.

“She is currently surrounded by people who love her and is under the care of professionals who are working with her and her family,” the Real Housewives of New Jersey star’s representative, Marina DeSantis, told TMZ in a statement on Thursday, September 24.

DeSantis continued, “Milania is deeply loved by her family and friends, and all of us are doing everything we can to support her as she navigates an incredibly difficult time in her life, particularly following the devastating loss of her best friend, Victoria [Zardoya].”

“Milania is a good-hearted and caring young woman who has been going through a very challenging period, and our focus right now is simply on her health, healing and well-being,” the statement went on. “In time, she hopes that being open about her experiences may help other young people facing their own struggles, but for now, we ask for compassion and privacy as she and her family continue to navigate this together.”

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Milania, 20, was filmed in what appeared to be a tense exchange with her mom, Teresa, 54, and sister Gia, 25, at Tampa International Airport on Wednesday, September 23. According to TMZ, Milania posted the video to her Instagram account but quickly deleted it.

Earlier this year, the Milania mourned the death of her best friend, Victoria, who died at age 20 in July after suffering a fatal fall.

Milania grieved her friend’s death in an emotional Instagram post in August, writing, ““Every Chapter Has Your Name In It 🤍🕊️. My Victoria. My best friend. My sister. My soulmate. My partner in crime. There are no words in any language that could ever describe losing you.”

“I still wait for your name to pop up on my phone, I still expect to hear your laugh, and I still catch myself wanting to tell you something,” she added. “My heart keeps forgetting what my mind already knows, but one thing I know for sure is that every chapter of my life has your name in it.”

As well as Milania and Gia, Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa shares daughters Gabriella, 21, and Audriana, 17, with ex-husband Joe Giudice.

In May, Milania was arrested over an alleged domestic violence incident at her mother’s home in Montville Township, New Jersey. She pleaded not guilty to simple assault and purposely/knowingly causing bodily injury.

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According to an arrest report obtained by Us, Milania’s sister Gabriella called police on May 14 to report that Milania was “acting erratically” and “throwing food [and] candles.”

Her next hearing in relation to the case is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29.

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Four of these six are based on real events, actual court cases, disasters, people who had to live through what’s on screen, and that adds a kind of pressure most fiction never really has to deal with. Get it wrong and you’re not just making bad television, you’re distorting someone’s actual life or death.

All six handled that pressure carefully, no matter if the story was true or not. Nothing here rushes toward a tidy ending just because six or eight episodes were the contract, and that patience is exactly what makes the word “perfect” fit. These miniseries were loved and cherished for years, and for all the right reasons.

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‘The Night Of’ (2016)

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James Gandolfini was originally set to play the scruffy, eczema-covered lawyer defending Naz (Riz Ahmed), and the role passed to John Turturro only after Gandolfini passed away before filming began. The show is loosely reworked from a British series called Criminal Justice, though the American version slows everything down and stretches the story out much further. The entire first episode covers just one night, the night of the murder itself, and it takes the full hour before anyone even gets arrested.

Turturro’s makeup for the character’s eczema took hours to apply every single shooting day, and the show treats that physical detail as seriously as any plot point, a small, constant reminder of how exhausted this lawyer actually is. Naz ends up adopting a stray cat while inside Rikers, and that relationship becomes one of the clearest signs of how much prison has already changed him by the time the trial starts. The show never confirms whether Naz actually committed the murder, and that is kind of the best part.

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‘I May Destroy You’ (2020)

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Michaela Coel reportedly turned down a seven-figure deal from Netflix specifically because the offer would’ve taken away her ownership of the show, and she took a smaller deal with BBC and HBO just to keep creative control. The show has Arabella (Coel) piecing her memory of the assault back together in fragments across the season, revealing those fragments out of order, matching how trauma actually resurfaces.

Terry (Weruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu), on the other hand, each go through their own separate experiences. The show also explores a condom removal scene and a confusing same-sex encounter as their own forms of violation, expanding what the whole series is actually about. Coel cast mostly unknown actors, which keeps the whole thing looking like something genuinely lived in. In the end, the show plays out several different imagined confrontations with Arabella’s attacker so you have different versions of how it ends.

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‘Unbelievable’ (2019)

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This is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning piece of journalism, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” co-written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong after years of actual reporting. Marie (Kaitlyn Dever), based on a real survivor whose name was changed for her protection, gets pressured by police into recanting her own report and then charged for filing a false one. The show deliberately avoids showing her assault in any graphic detail, choosing to focus almost entirely on how she gets treated afterward.

Detective Duvall (Merritt Wever) and Detective Rasmussen (Toni Collette) pick up a similar case years later in a different state, and their careful, patient interviewing style gets shown in direct contrast to how badly Marie’s original case was handled. The real detectives who worked the actual case consulted on the show, which explains how procedurally accurate the investigation scenes actually are.

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‘When They See Us’ (2019)

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Donald Trump took out full-page newspaper ads in 1989 calling for the death penalty against the five teenagers at the center of this case, and the show includes those actual ads as part of the historical record it’s working from. The real men, now known as the Exonerated Five, served as consultants on the project. Ava DuVernay funded much of the project through Netflix after other studios passed on it, unwilling to take on a story this politically direct.

The show splits into four distinct chapters, the arrest, the trial, the years actually spent in prison, and life after release, giving each stage its own story. Jharrel Jerome plays Korey at every age from sixteen through adulthood, since Korey was the only one tried and sentenced as an adult, and that single performance does more heavy lifting than almost anything else in the series. The show doesn’t soften what happened to any of them after their release either, and it makes sure you feel every single emotion of what was actually taken from them.

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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ (2020)

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Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov helped design every match shown in this series, making sure each game followed real, legitimate chess strategy. Chess consultant Bruce Pandolfini, who also advised on the original 1983 novel the show is based on, worked directly with Anya Taylor-Joy to help her memorize actual board positions and notation. The novel’s author, Walter Tevis, also wrote The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth, and all three stories share a similar fascination with obsessive, self-destructive genius.

Despite becoming one of the most-watched limited series Netflix had ever released at the time, the creators never developed a second season, treating the story as complete exactly as written. Beth’s addiction is treated with complexity throughout, and it does not ever become the show’s only point, which is rarer in stories about genius than it probably should be. The costume and set design track her growing confidence almost as closely as her chess record does, getting sharper and more controlled with every match she wins.

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‘Chernobyl’ (2019)

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People reportedly gathered on a nearby railway bridge to watch the reactor burn the night of the actual disaster, drawn by the strange blue glow in the sky, and most of them are believed to have died from radiation exposure in the years after. The show was filmed largely inside a real decommissioned Soviet nuclear plant in Lithuania, built to the same design specifications as the actual Chernobyl reactor, which gives every hallway and control room a disturbing sense of accuracy.

The sound design team used recordings pulled from actual Geiger counters throughout the show, as they layer that specific crackle under scenes where the danger isn’t visible on screen at all. Each episode ends with a short written epilogue explaining what really happened to the people involved, and the true final death toll from the disaster is still disputed by scientists and historians today. Craig Mazin researched the disaster for years before writing a single line of the script, and that depth of research shows just how specific and procedural the entire series is.

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The movie business is going through a great period right now, both on the big screen and on streaming. Finally, both businesses seem to have found a balance, a way to coexist that makes sense for everyone, most importantly, the avid movie consumer who is always looking for their next watch. Many exciting movies are currently playing in theaters, from strong summer plays like The Odyssey to new arrivals like Primetime. However, streaming is not falling behind, with services like Apple TV offering great deals.

Indeed, Apple TV currently has several 20-movie bundles for purchase only, the best of which gather some of the greatest movies in their respective genres. Whether you’re looking for a few adventure movies to get the adrenaline going or an assortment of horror gems to get your heart racing, these 20-movie bundles are a perfect way to increase your movie collection and maybe even fill in some of the gaps you might have in your film education.

20 G.O.A.T. Movies

Declaring a movie to be the G.O.A.T. is no easy task. Usually, any movie that can claim the title of “Greatest of All Time” needs to be universally acclaimed by critics and audiences, becoming the sort of widely beloved masterpiece that is synonymous with cinema itself. They are among the best representatives of their respective genres and are usually included in most rankings of the best movies ever made. Their reputation precedes them, to the point where almost everyone has watched them at least once in their lifetime.

Luckily, the ones included in the 20 G.O.A.T. Movies Collection really live up to the praise. Here, we have foundational noirs like Sunset Boulevard and Chinatown; timeless romances like Roman Holiday and Titanic; grand epics like Gladiator and There Will Be Blood; beloved sci-fi gems like Interstellar and The Truman Show; and outright masterpieces like It’s a Wonderful Life and Saving Private Ryan. Suffice it to say, if you buy this collection, you will be acquiring some of cinema’s greatest treasures.

20-Movie Adventure Collection

The adventure genre is incredibly popular, and for good reason. Who doesn’t love a movie that offers a thrilling adventure with non-stop action, elaborate set pieces, larger-than-life mysteries, dastardly villains, and sweeping vistas in some of the world’s most exotic places? Yes, adventure movies are a crucial part of the cinematic experience, and there are more than a few among the all-time best films ever made.

The 20-Movie Adventure Collection is a celebration of the genre perfect for all those who enjoy their cinema with a kick and a sense of discovery. Among the movies included are sword-and-sorcery pillars like Conan the Barbarian; delightful camp classics like Flash Gordon and Dante’s Peak; all-out blockbusters like King Kong; and underappreciated jewels like Wanted, Upgrade, and Miami Vice. Some of the genre’s heavy hitters might be missing, but the collection still offers enough excitement to make it a worthwhile purchase.

MGM Legacy Collection

MGM was arguably the most successful studio during Hollywood’s Golden Age, producing many of the era’s most timeless movies and pioneering the grand musical formula, not to mention Technicolor filmmaking. The studio made it all the way to the new millennium mostly unscathed, eventually being purchased by Amazon Studios. Currently, it exists as a subsidiary of the juggernaut that is Amazon, still producing movies, albeit on a smaller scale.

For all those looking to celebrate MGM’s impact on modern cinema, the MGM Legacy Collection is the way to go. The 20-movie collection features everything, from rom-coms like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Legally Blonde to psychological thrillers like Misery and The Silence of the Lambs. Of course, it also has several titles from the studio’s golden days, including 12 Angry Men and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Modern classics like The Terminator and The Birdcage round up this incredible collection.

20 Indie Film Collection

Indie cinema saw a massive boom in the ’90s, especially following the release of Quentin Tarantino‘s seminal 1994 crime saga Pulp Fiction. The success carried on to the new millennium, with the noughties and 2010s producing many beloved indie gems and seeing the rise of soon-to-be influential studios like A24 and Neon. Today, indie cinema plays a crucial role in the modern movie ecosystem, producing several acclaimed and commercially successful projects every year.

Thus, there’s no better time to enjoy indie cinema than right now, and there’s no better way to do it than with the 20 Film Indie Collection. Among the movies included are Oscar winners like Boyhood; terrifying horrors like Relic and The Babadook; coming-of-age tales like Frances Ha and Blue Is the Warmest Color; and international originals like Benedetta and The Taste of Things. All those cinephiles who enjoy their movies a bit smaller in scale and intimate in execution will surely enjoy this one.

20-Movie Horror Collection

Who doesn’t love a good horror movie? Since the dawn of cinema, horror has been one of the go-to genres for audiences to completely lose themselves in. Currently, horror is experiencing overwhelming success on both the big and small screens, with audiences around the world always seeming up for a good fright. For all those who want to enjoy these movies from the comfort of their home, the 20-Movie Horror Collection is the way to go.

Among the movies included, we have recent cult gems like Abigail and The Invisible Man; certified classics like The Birds; acclaimed Gothic romances like Crimson Peak; misunderstood efforts like Van Helsing and The Skeleton Key; and even a few so-bad-they’re-good efforts like Tom Cruise‘s The Mummy. Horror lovers are bound to make the most of this collection of terrifying movies, perfect for a night of fright.

Billie Lourd is sharing how her late grandmother Debbie Reynolds felt about one of Hollywood’s most infamous affairs — her then husband Eddie Fisher cheating on her with Elizabeth Taylor.

In an interview with The Times published on Saturday, September 19, Lourd, 34, said Reynolds didn’t shy away from discussing the situation.

“That was one of my grandma’s favorite bedtime stories,” Billie told the outlet. “Like, ‘You know, dear, we used to have a house in Palm Springs. But then there was the divorce from Eddie…’”

Reynolds and Fisher, who were married from 1955 to 1959, were a Hollywood golden couple and shared two children: daughter Carrie Fisher (Lourd’s late mom) and son Todd Fisher.

At the time, Reynolds and Fisher were close friends with another high-profile couple, actress Taylor and her husband, producer Mike Todd.

When Todd died in a plane crash in March 1958, Fisher embarked on an affair with Taylor — destroying his marriage to Reynolds in one of the biggest Hollywood scandals.

When asked about the affair by one of the era’s gossip columnists, Hedda Hopper, Taylor reportedly defended her action by quipping, “What do you expect me to do, sleep alone?”

In 1988, Reynolds reflected on her marriage and the highly publicized infidelity during an interview with ET.

“We, at that point in our marriage, were happily married. We had a wonderful son and daughter,” the Singin’ in the Rain star said. “But, obviously, I was incorrect about that, you know? Again, that was my viewpoint. I was happy, I was in love, but obviously he was not.”

Reynolds continued, “[Eddie]’s like a good race horse: he gets off really, really good, and then he loses the race.”

The actress also recalled how many people in her social circle appeared to know about the affair before she did.

“We were all the best of friends, so there’s nothing wrong with that. So, to my mind, there was nothing wrong with that,” she said. “Then, I went to a party — a dinner party — and everyone was sort of whispering, like, ‘Does she know…’ And I wanted to know what they were whispering about, but nobody would tell me what they were whispering about, so I figured it was about me. So, then I put two and two together, because I could hear that certain [words], ‘Eddie’ and ‘Elizabeth’ and such.”

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Reynolds and Fisher ultimately divorced on May 12, 1959 following the scandal. Fisher and Taylor married the same day — just three hours after Reynolds and Fisher’s divorce was finalized. Taylor and Fisher later divorced in March 1964.

In the interview with The Times, Lourd also shared her appreciation for her late grandmother and mom, who died one day apart in 2016 at 84 and 60, respectively.

“They really were two of the most talented women of all time and I feel so lucky to live under their glittery umbrellas,” she told the outlet. “For a while I tried to hide from it but now I say it loud and proud — I’m Carrie Fisher’s daughter and I’m Debbie Reynolds’s granddaughter, and I feel so lucky to be able to say that.”

While Ghosts Season 6 is still a month away, showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman are about to deliver their second supernatural sitcom for CBS. The new series, titled Eternally Yours, will premiere on October 8 in Ghosts’ usual Thursday night slot after the Young Sheldon spin-off Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage. Though it continues to be baffling that CBS isn’t pairing the series with its spooky older sister, after seeing the first episode, it’s clear Port and Wiseman haven’t lost their touch.

Eternally Yours actually serves as a bit of a full-circle moment for the showrunner duo. Port and Wiseman initially pitched the vampire series to CBS over 10 years ago, and while the network chose not to move forward with it at the time, that pitch made them the perfect team to bring the U.S. adaptation of Ghosts to life. Flash forward a decade: Ghosts is officially the most-watched sitcom in America, and its immense success on CBS has allowed Port and Wiseman to unearth their 11-year-old pilot and expand their hauntingly hilarious world.

What Is ‘Eternally Yours’ About?

Eternally Yours is an ensemble comedy anchored by a central couple and the eccentric group of undead weirdos they’ve turned into their own little family. At the heart of the series are Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards), a pair of vampires whose marriage has gone cold after 500 years together. A flashback to when Charles and Liz first fell in love provides a stark contrast to their dull and lifeless marriage five centuries later. Weeks and Edwards have great chemistry; rooting for them to remember why they fell in love in the first place is just as much fun as it is to watch them bicker. Weeks brings years of sitcom experience to the table from his time on The Mindy Project. He relishes his lines and spits them out with all the captivating intensity of an actual vampire. Meanwhile, Edwards also has an impressive sitcom resume, with her time on Upload and her guest role on Ghosts making her a perfect fit for Eternally Yours. She carries Liz with an excellent balance of regality and complete silliness that makes her very fun to watch.

While Eternally Yours states vampires can’t have children with each other, the series also introduces Charles and Liz’s adopted daughter Emma (Helen J. Shen). It’s Emma’s love life that provides the impetus for the inciting incident of the series as, after a century of dating other vampires (and possibly more supernatural beings), Emma finds herself falling for someone her parents will absolutely not approve of: a human. Enter Max (Jaren Lewison), your classic Nice Guy — in a Pete Martino from Ghosts way, rather than a Bear from Obsession way. Max is exceedingly earnest; he genuinely cares about Emma in a way that makes it clear why she’s so protective of their relationship. Max serves as a good everyman for the audience’s entry point into this world, and even acts as its narrator at the beginning and end of the episode.

When their coven’s vampire nature puts the whole family on a collision course with Max, Emma must come clean and reveal her human boyfriend to her parents. Liz and Emma have an excellent mother-daughter dynamic that exemplifies the love at the heart of this weird little family. When Liz sees the beginnings of her own relationship with Charles in the relationship Emma has with Max, it opens the door up for both of these love stories to unfold alongside each other over the course of the season. The chemistry between Max and Emma is much more wholesome and sweet when compared to Charles and Liz’s lust and loathing, giving the show a solid balance between its main couples.

‘Eternally Yours’ Bites off Slightly More Than It Can Chew

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Somewhere in the middle of those two relationships lies the show’s third couple, and the other family filling out their coven. Commitment-phobe (or commitment-holic, depending on how you look at it) vampire Jesse (Parker Young) has a habit of marrying human women and simply keeping his true nature hidden from them until they croak. The only problem? Humans are living longer than ever, creating a visually apparent age gap between the eternally mid-thirties gym bro and his blushing bride Phyllis (Rose Abdoo) as she ages naturally into her 60s. While this relationship certainly has the potential to be one of the show’s most compelling if Port and Wiseman play their cards right, it currently has one big hang-up that can only go on for so long — both within the universe and the writing itself.

Among the vampire powers introduced in the pilot, one of Jesse’s gives him a true get out of jail free card: he has the ability to alter human memories, and unfortunately he’s been using this trick on his wife for decades. While the bit is played for laughs in the pilot, it’s one that will get old very quickly and limit what Abdoo can do with her character if it persists throughout the series. Jesse and Phyllis also have two half-vampire sons who fit into the classic nerd/cool guy archetypes. Though they’re the least developed duo of the bunch, Mort (Tristan Michael Brown) and Henry (Shylo Molona) round out the coven with some solid comedic potential.

‘Eternally Yours’ Is a Delicious Companion Series to ‘Ghosts’

Beyond its coven of couples, Eternally Yours is unafraid to poke a little fun at itself — and the genre it occupies — with everything from jokes about the accuracy of Twilight to which vampire tropes are real and which ones are insulting stereotypes. The series is much less absurdist than What We Do In The Shadows, but this may also serve as a double-edged sword and turn off audiences who find these modern-day bloodsuckers a little too tame when compared to their genre compatriots.

The pilot episode spends a not insignificant amount of time explaining certain vampire rules, like the fact that divorce is illegal — a rule enforced by the threat of a vampire council arriving to personally drive a stake through the hearts of any undead couple wishing for a way out. While this explains why Charles and Liz are still together, when combined with a handful of other instances, it makes some of the dialogue feel very exposition-heavy and over-explained. Certain moments are a bit stiff and unnatural when characters explain things to each other that they both already know. This isn’t an uncommon issue for pilot episodes, which carry the uphill battle of establishing a universe. One other minor drawback for the series is that the full ensemble doesn’t quite gel together as swiftly as Ghosts did; however, each of the duos sing well enough that the rest of those dynamics should follow easily with more episodes.

Beyond these brief awkward moments, the show delivers consistent laughs in the same way audiences have come to expect from Ghosts over the years. From the central home’s rich set design to several familiar faces filling out the cast, Ghosts fans will feel right at home with Eternally Yours. The series even employs similar flashbacks into the very long lives of its main characters for more lush and elaborate punchlines for certain jokes, making the world feel appropriately lived in. While similar archetypes are at play in both ensembles, Eternally Yours does its due diligence not to copy Ghosts beat for beat, giving the audience just enough overlap to feel cozy rather than complacent. Eternally Yours may not be a perfect pilot, but with its spooky romcom premise, it has the potential to become another smash hit for Port and Wiseman.

Eternally Yours premieres on CBS on October 8 at 8:30 PM ET and will be available to stream on Paramount+.

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Release Date

October 8, 2026

Showrunner

Joe Port, Joe Wiseman

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Directors

Trent O’Donnell

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Pros & Cons

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• Ed Weeks and Allegra Edwards are fang-tastic as the vampire rom-com’s central couple.
• Love is at the heart of every storyline in Eternally Yours.
• The jokes, structure, and supernatural elements make Eternally Yours a fitting companion to Ghosts.
• Joe Port and Joe Wiseman have not lost their touch when it comes to cozy comfort TV.

• Some of the dialogue is too exposition heavy leading to stiff or unnatural moments.
• Jesse erasing Phyllis’ memory is a bit that should not last more than a handful of episodes.