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All the Ads Released So Far
The Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for professional sports (at least when it comes to viewership). It’s also the biggest day of any given year for advertising. Companies spend millions upon millions of dollars on ad space during the big game, and 2026 is no different. There are going to be hordes of expensive, superfluous, celebrity-filled commercials airing during every break of the Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, and many of those ads have been released (or at least teased) online.
From Pringles to Instacart, many companies have already shared some version of their 2026 Super Bowl commercials. Stars like Kathryn Hahn, Shane Gillis, Emma Stone, Taika Waititi, Kurt Russell, and Sabrina Carpenter have all taken part in this year’s wave of new ads. We’ve gathered them all below so you can check them out in one place, and we’ll continue to add more as they’re released.
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Pringles
Pringles is betting big on the Super Bowl this year. Not only has the company gone in on ad space during the big game, but pop mega-star Sabrina Carpenter has been brought on to headline the snack’s new commercial. Pringles has released a 15-second teaser that shows Carpenter pulling Pringles off of a chip bouquet, with the full-length version set to release during the actual game.
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Squarespace
Perhaps the most intriguing setup for any commercial this year belongs to Squarespace, who has hired the widely successful director/actor duo of Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone. The team behind The Favourite, Poor Things, and Bugonia are together again for the Squarespace Super Bowl ad, which is being teased by a short, very dramatic video of Stone in black and white. There’s an old, abandoned-looking castle that’s going to come into play somehow, with a set designed by Bugonia and Poor Things production designer James Price.
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Pepsi
While no longer the sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Pepsi is still going to have a big presence at this year’s game — and the company’s ad is a direct shot at rival Coca-Cola. Featuring Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, the commercial sees a polar bear (a longtime Coke mascot) do a blind taste test between Coke Zero Sugar and Pepsi Zero Sugar. The ad even goes as far as to include a joke referencing the viral Coldplay jumbotron incident from earlier this year.
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Michelob Ultra
The folks at Michelob Ultra are going all out on the Super Bowl advertising this year, and likely carrying the campaign over into the start of the Winter Olympics. The star-studded ad not only features Hollywood icon Kurt Russell and star-on-the-rise Lewis Pullman, but it also includes USA Olympians Chloe Kim and TJ Oshie.
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Ritz
The Ritz commercial for this year’s Super Bowl is another one that is being given the teaser treatment. Ahead of the big game, the teaser from Ritz features former Saturday Night Live star and Emmy nominee Bowen Yang. He’s talking on a shell phone to a friend that he clearly wants to show up at whatever event he’s hosting, hinting that another big star will be joining Yang in the full commercial. Las Culturistas co-host Matt Rogers, perhaps?
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Instacart
To introduce a new feature on its app, online grocery service Instacart is throwing it back to the disco era with a full campaign starring two familiar faces. Actor and filmmaker Ben Stiller leads the charge for Instacart alongside musician Benson Boone, both donning wild green outfits and giving the camera their best Zoolander looks. Oh, and the ad was directed by Her and Being John Malkovich filmmaker Spike Jonze.
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Oikos
The company that touts their protein-packed yogurt is doing its best to blend the worlds of football and entertainment for its Super Bowl ad this year. The Oikos commercial includes Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry and Agatha All Along star Kathryn Hahn. When their trolley gets stuck, it’s Hahn who gets out to push it up the hill (powered by the protein of Oikos).
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Bud Light
Speaking of mixing together the worlds of sports and entertainment, Bud Light‘s 2026 Super Bowl commercial is bringing together several familiar faces in an ad that will surely speak to football’s core audience. Super Bowl-winning quarterback Peyton Manning stars in the ad alongside musician Post Malone and comedian Shane Gillis.
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Budweiser
While Bud Light is going with the comedic route for its Super Bowl ad, the classic Budweiser is again leaning in the other direction. Budweiser is celebrating its 150-year milestone by bringing back a Clydesdale for its big game commercial. This time, the famous horse is joined by other Budweiser commercial animals of the past, including a bald eagle and a dalmatian.
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Dunkin’ Donuts
Ben Affleck is officially back for Dunkin’s Super Bowl 2026 ad, and the latest teaser has him in full frantic-genius mode, pitching a mysterious VHS idea to two people he calls “Jen and Matt.” The joke is the silhouettes: is he talking to Jennifer Lopez and Matt Damon, or someone else entirely? Either way, the DunKings universe is clearly alive, well, and probably about to get even more unhinged on February 8, 2026.
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Dull Skin? This Luxe Face Oil Delivers a Lit-From-Within Glow
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There’s nothing more frustrating than finishing your entire skincare routine (serum! moisturizer! eye cream!) and still serving flat skin by midday. Shine pops up in the wrong places, fine lines look more noticeable, and that “glowing goddess” finish never quite arrives. At some point, it’s not about adding more products — it’s about choosing the right one.
That’s where Flora Mirabilis’ Holy Grail Face Oil comes in. Designed as a 4-in-1 serum, moisturizer, eye cream and retinol alternative, the all-natural formula replaces multiple steps while restoring hydration and luminosity. Instead of layering on product after product, this one simplifies everything into one glow-boosting step.
Get the Holy Grail Face Oil for $120 at Flora Mirabilis!
Crafted from 10 powerful, all-natural ingredients, the formula delivers serious nourishment without overwhelming the skin. A base of fruit seed oils rich in fatty acids helps soften the look of fine lines while calming dryness and visible redness. The result is skin that looks balanced, smooth and healthy — not greasy or overloaded.
It also has antioxidant-rich vanilla and saffron, which help brighten over time, while frankincense and sandalwood support a clearer, more even-looking tone. Rose helps refine the look of pores and oud revives dullness for that lit-from-within finish. Despite its rich, velvety feel, the oil melts into slightly damp skin in seconds — and just one to two drops is all you need.
And it’s no surprise this is a brand bestseller — shoppers are clearly seeing results. One buyer raved that it left their face “healthy and moisturized,” minus any “oily residue.” Another noticed a “great change,” describing skin that felt “clearer, firmer, and [has] no more dry patches.”
If your layering skincare routine hasn’t delivered the radiance you wanted, it may be time to upgrade instead of adding. Yes, this face oil is an investment at $120 — but when one bottle replaces multiple products and actually delivers a visible glow-up, it starts to pay for itself. Shop it at Flora Mirabilis now, and see what fewer, better steps can do.
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BAFTA attendee who shouted N-word at “Sinners” stars explains what led to outburst and why he couldn't suppress it
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Tourette syndrome advocate John Davidson also wondered whether it was “wise” for the BAFTAs to place a microphone in front of him, “knowing I would tic.”
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The Extreme, R-Rated Thriller That Destroyed Batman’s Body
By Robert Scucci
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As somebody who spent years working the graveyard shift, I can tell you first-hand that a questionable sleep schedule eventually catches up with you and forces some serious lifestyle or occupational changes. My sleep problem had a simple fix, like avoiding caffeine in the afternoon and sticking to a rigid nap schedule. I still wear one of those cushy sleep masks so I can experience total darkness during those nights when 12:00 am quickly turns into 3:00 am, and I need to catch a solid REM cycle in a pinch.
Christian Bale’s Trevor Reznik in 2004’s The Machinist, on the other hand, is well past the point of saving, and there’s no way a cozy cup of Sleepytime Tea is ever bringing him back. Bale looks the part of a tormented man whose demons have consumed him from the inside out in The Machinist, famously losing 62 pounds on a crash diet of water, apples, black coffee, and sometimes whiskey. Appearance aside, his portrayal of an insomniac slowly losing his grip on reality is one of the best I’ve ever seen, and The Machinist still holds up as a perfect psychological thriller over 20 years later.
We’re Gonna Need Something Stronger Than Camomile

The Machinist wastes no time establishing its conflict through Trevor Reznik, who has barely slept in a year and toils away at the machine shop where he works. It’s immediately clear he’s not all there, his wandering mind leading to a brutal workplace accident that costs one of his coworkers an arm. In his near-constant delirium, he has frequent run-ins with a coworker named Ivan (John Sharian), who nobody else can confirm exists. This becomes a serious problem because Trevor insists Ivan distracted him, causing the accident.
Outside of work, Trevor lives in squalor and moves through life in a daze. To distract himself from his own internal machinations, he spends time with a prostitute named Stevie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and frequents a nearby airport diner, where he exchanges pleasantries with a waitress named Maria (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), for whom he seems at least romantically interested. As Trevor gets to know Maria better, he’s introduced to her son, Nicholas (Matthew Romero), whose presence triggers disturbing visions of his past.

As Trevor’s mental state continues to decline, he grows increasingly paranoid and distracted. His constant state of mental flux eventually costs him his machinist job, sending him further into his spiral. Fully convinced that Ivan, Stevie, and Maria are conspiring against him, Trevor sets out to discover who’s pulling the strings, and who’s been leaving the Post-It note on his refrigerator with an incomplete game of hangman scratched onto it.
Worth Its Weight In Christian Bales
By now well known for his willingness to undergo extreme physical transformations, Christian Bale goes all in with his portrayal of Trevor in The Machinist. He reportedly dropped to 120 pounds during production, then had to gain roughly 100 pounds in about six months to prepare for his portrayal of Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, which kicked off in 2005.

Insane physicality aside, Bale is fully dialed in as a man who has completely lost himself to the silent grief eating away at him, his repressed memories resurfacing as his mental faculties hit a dire low point he may never recover from. The stress seen in his face in every single scene is palpable because he’s living it. I’d imagine that smelling the craft service on the production lot during principal photography helped fuel the illusion more than we’ll ever realize.
Experiencing everything from Trevor’s fractured perspective, we catch a glimpse of a world that’s pale and tinted green, as if the decay he feels at his core is projected onto his surroundings. It’s a grim depiction of what can happen when you live in a constantly heightened, sleep deprived state, clocking every single interaction as one loaded with ulterior motives, as if everybody is trying to expose you for committing some heinous act in the past that you only vaguely recall.

The next time you find yourself tossing, turning, and worrying about how much tomorrow is going to suck if you can’t get a few unbroken hours of sleep before dawn approaches, just throw on The Machinist for a dose of perspective. You’ll be glad that the car backfiring outside your bedroom window, waking you briefly before you drift back to slumberland, is the worst of your problems after spending time with Trevor.

As of this writing, The Machinist is streaming on Paramount+.
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Fans React To Her Hair Transformation Video
Raven-Symoné is switching up her look three months into the new year! Known for keeping a short cut in recent years, the ‘Disney’ star went with another natural style. Rae is rocking starter locs now, and the update from her and the loctitian has even celebs weighing in. Roomies, what do you think? Is Raven-Symoné eating up this look?
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Raven-Symoné’s Hairstylist Shows Off Starter Locs Process
On Monday night, Los Angeles hairstylist Erinn Courtney posted about working on Raven-Symoné’s starters locs. Her Instagram Reel is a recap of their dual live on Sunday (Feb. 22). The video showed Erinn and Rae laughing it up and confirming that her locs will be small instant locs, not sister locs. In her caption, the stylist said she finished the transformation at 11:55 p.m. At the end of the video, Raven-Symoné was shaking her new locs, which have a curly end finish and a bang. She also said:
“I really f*cking love this. It feels right. It really does feel good. I’m really happy.”
Afterward, Raven-Symoné said that’s five years of a hairstyle and joked about not sitting in the chair again! Our sis was smiling the whole end of the video! “This is very correct…it’s very cute,” she said at another point. Raven shared a longer video of the BTS process.
In a separate post, Raven-Symoné talked about being very excited about her new hair and showed off some earrings she was turning into hair charms. The actress teased that she has “a lot” of things coming up in the next two years, and she wanted to “stay connected” while she executed!
Celebs And Fans Weigh In On Raven’s New Look
In the comment section of Erinn Courtney’s recap, fans and celebs applauded the hair transformation and the hairstylist’s talent. Eva Marcille commented, “Welcome to the club. She @e_scizorhands started my locs six years ago.” Skai Jackson’s mother, Kiya Cole, wrote, “When it grows out, it’s going to look nice!” Ebie, daughter of the late Eazy-E, added, “Everybody loves Raven! This [fire emoji].”
Roommates, y’all showed out in the comment section! After TSR reposted on Instagram, over 2,000 comments ranged from friendly jokes, both about Rae and her wife, to compliments on Rae’s glow.
Tiny’s daughter, Zonnique commented, “Raven can do no wrong !😍”
@melthediva commented, “The fact that she looks so overjoyed by it makes my heart smile…I can NEVA hate Ms Raven🥰🫶🏾🥰 I love this new look too 🥰”
“Oh this gonna eat!!!!!🔥🔥🔥,” @wife_statuss7 added.
“I’m actually loving this. This is gone be her look! 😍,” @xodiaraye wrote.
Disney Fans Grieving Loss Of A ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Star
While Raven-Symoné fans are living for her update, another side of the Disney 2000s fandom is grieving a tragic passing. Robert Carradine, who played Lizzie McGuire’s dad Sam, passed away. His brother, firstborn Ever Carradine, and Hilary Duff have all spoken out in heartbreaking statements. The Carradine family revealed that Robert died from suicide after living with Bipolar Disorder. He was 71.
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Tyrese Gives Shayla Gibson Surprise Girls’ Day W/ Zelie Timothy
Tyrese treated his daughter, Shayla Gibson, to a surprise girls’ day with Zelie Timothy, and internet users cannot get enough of how cute it was!
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Tyrese Treats Shayla Gibson To Surprise Girls’ Day With Zelie Timothy
On Tuesday, February 24, The Shade Room obtained footage narrated by Shayla Gibson with the on-screen title, “Day In The Life.” In the clip, Shayla explained that Tyrese took her and Timothy out for a “mini surprise.” As the footage showed, this ultimately consisted of the singer dropping a couple of thousand dollars into their accounts, taking them to Starbucks, and treating them to shopping at Bath & Body Works and Ulta Beauty.
Throughout the clip, Shayla included off-guard moments of her dad “patrolling,” as well as girly shots of her and Timothy.
Check out their “day in the life” below.
Internet Users Can’t Get Enough Of The Girls’ Day Footage Featuring Zelie Timothy
Social media users reacted to Tyrese’s surprise girls’ day for Shayla Gibson and Zelie Timothy in TSR’s comment section.
Instagram user @e.lannaa_ wrote, “‘He put a couple thousand in my account..’ cries in poor”
While Instagram user @thatslanamari added, “Nothing like spending time with your bald dad!!❤️”
Instagram user @jae_nelley wrote, “When the daughter loves the girlfriend… she’s a REAL one them spoiled teenagers don’t play about they bald head daddies lol 😍❤️”
While Instagram user @satin_beretta added, “She really his peace. He appears so healed these days.”
Instagram user @thesekidsauntie wrote, “I love this for tyrese! He really just wanted to be a father!”
While Instagram user @jojanayajtoni added, “Awww he’s a great dad ugh I love this 😍”
Instagram user @thecurvaceous1 wrote, “Happy to see everything great for him & his family….He deserves an abundance of happiness ♥️”
While Instagram user @chanel_dl0r added, “A couple thousands in each account is what she said !!!!! i know that’s right 👏”
Instagram user @therichardsonskitchen wrote, “I absolutely love this. I’m by a daddy‘s girl. It’s so important in your life to have a man to protect you and make you smile😍😍😍”
While Instagram user @ken.kenken333 added, “His baby girl so happy to freely be with her dad. I love that for her! ❤️❤️❤️”
Instagram user @officialtonipayne wrote, “I know her mom is salty after all that drama to keep her away 😇🤭”
While Instagram user @kesh_stillthebaddez_ga added, “I’m glad she with her dad …I think he needed her”
Instagram user @marlei__and__me wrote, “I love how their just having girl time and he’s just annoyed but making sure he sticks around lol 😂😍”
While Instagram user @sns_bella_mother added, “I love that the daughter can have a relationship with the girlfriend. ❤️”
More On Shayla Gibson & Tyrese’s Relationship
As The Shade Room previously reported, in May 2024, Tyrese and Shayla Gibson’s mom, Norma Mitchell, made headlines when it was reported that she was seeking a restraining order against him. This, reportedly occurred after Tyrese took to social media, bashing Norma’s alleged actions.
After the online posts, Norma Mitchell reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit against the singer, per TMZ. In it, she accused him of alleging that she committed false, fraudulent financial actions. Additionally, she accused him of disclosing private information about their daughter and her school. Ultimately, Mitchell requested the restraining order for herself and their daughter.
Despite this, PEOPLE reports that Tyrese and Shayla Gibson kept a close relationship and appeared on red carpets together. It is rumored that Shayla ultimately decided to live full-time with her dad in 2025. However, that claim remains unconfirmed.
RELATED: Tyrese’s Ex-Wife Norma Mitchell Is Reportedly Seeking A Restraining Order Against Him
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Congressman holding sign aimed at Donald Trump ejected from State of the Union address
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TV cameras captured the moment Rep. Al Green held a sign that said “Black people aren’t apes,” while a White House representative criticized Green in a statement to EW.
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The Worst Ever Sci-Fi Musical Episode Isn’t In Star Trek, It’s This Raunchy Cult Classic
By Jonathan Klotz
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The musical episode is one of many ways Buffy changed television forever. “Once More, With Feeling” is considered one of the best episodes of the long-running series. But, it came out in November 2001, a full two years after the campy, horny sci-fi series Lexx unleashed its own musical episode, “Brigadoom.”
Airing on April 9, 1999, fans had no idea what to expect when the crew of the Lexx encountered a theater troupe in the middle of space, and they especially weren’t prepared for a full-blown musical. The cast gives it their all, and well, they try really hard to perform the elaborate song-and-dance numbers, but through the obvious limitations and stumbles, “Brigadoom” is Lexx’s greatest episode.
The First Sci-Fi Musical Episode

“Brigadoom” puts the spotlight on the backstory of Kai (Michael McManus), the last of the Brunnen-G, when he and Xev (Xenia Seeberg) take part in the troupe’s musical production. Stanley (Brian Downey) refuses to participate but returns at the end, inspired by the story of the Brunnen-G, who refused to give up in the face of overwhelming odds.
By the time the Brunnen-G perform the solemn battle song, “Yo Way Yo,” you’ll be as pumped as Stanley to charge headlong into a suicide mission against His Divine Shadow.
This was the first time fans were shown Kai’s tragic past. The last stand of the Brunnen-G, and the battle song, was seen in the very first episode of Lexx, but “Brigadoom” put it in a brand new perspective.

Tragic, beautiful, and moving, which is what a great musical does. It’s especially impressive because by the standards of musical episodes that have followed, “Brigadoom” can’t match the pageantry, the songs, and the performances, making it the first that ever aired, but also one of the worst, which ironically, makes it the best.
No Time, No Budget, No Problem

Lexx’s cast and crew only had one week to prepare “Brigadoom,” forcing them to get creative with the sets used by the in-universe theater troupe and to keep the songs simple, but manageable. Both Michael McManus and Xenia Seeberg were singers, and the entire production was keyed around McManus’s vocal range, but it’s a testament to how good they are that, with such a short production runway, they sound as good as they do. There are noticeable wobbles and notes that are out of tune; some were edited in later by music director Andre Haines.
Brian Downey, an experienced musician himself, by his own admission, was terrified of singing and dancing, which is why Stanley was kept out of the production. No one at the time knew that adjusting the story to include Stanley’s reluctance to take part would serve only to amplify the message of “Brigadoom.” Lexx may be unabashedly horny and the finest of low-budget sci-fi, but as the musical episode reveals, the cast and crew were masters at getting the most out of every single dollar and every single second of film.

Compared to “Once More, With Feeling” and “Subspace Rhapsody,” “Brigadoom” looks like a local theater production. And yet, it’s still considered the best episode of Lexx by the show’s fans and an example of how it embraced its low budget and absurd premise to tell a surprisingly in-depth sci-fi epic. Instead of being a gimmick designed to bring in eyeballs, “Brigadoom” is a heartfelt episode that reveals new depths to the crew, broadens fans’ understanding of the world, and shows you don’t have to be a perfect singer or have elaborate, ship-wide song and dance numbers to move the audience.
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‘Star Wars’ Alum Daisy Ridley Provides Cryptic New Filming Update
It looks like actress Daisy Ridley might be hard at work on her next movie. The “Star Wars” alum, who is best known for her role as Rey in the sequel trilogy, is set to reprise her role in a new Jedi Order film. However, details have been far and few between since it was initially announced, and fans have begun to worry about the character’s fate in a galaxy far, far away. In the meantime, Ridley has continued to take on a variety of projects and expand her reach as an actress.
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Daisy Ridley Begins Production On A New Movie

A quick glance at Ridley’s IMDbpage shows that Ridley is currently attached to eight upcoming projects following the release of her latest horror film, “We Bury The Dead,” which came out last month.
In addition to the upcoming “Star Wars” film, Ridley is also attached to “Dedication,” “Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini,” “Killa Bee,” “Me vs. Me,” “The Good Samaritan,” and “The Last Report.”
She has also been attached to star in “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol.” According to IMDb, the movie is currently filming, and it looks like Ridley may already be on set.
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Ridley Teases Her Role In ‘Ebenezer’

On February 24, the “Young Woman and the Sea” actress took to her Instagram Stories to share two posts with her followers. The first was a promotional video for “We Bury The Dead,” and the second was a black-and-white photo promoting her upcoming role in “Ebenezer.”
In December 2025, Deadlinereported that she was one of the new faces attached to the star-studded adaptation, as she will be joining “Harry Potter” alum Rupert Grint and “The Hunger Games” star Sam Claflin, among others, in Paramount and Ti West’s new take on the classic Charles Dickens novella.
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“Severance” breakout star Tramell Tillman and “The Lord of the Rings” alum Ian McKellen have also signed on, but it will be “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp who will be playing the titular role. At this time, Ridley’s role in the film is unknown.
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Daisy Ridley Says New ‘Star Wars’ Film Will Be ‘Worth The Wait’

While promoting her new movie “We Bury The Dead” in January 2025, Ridley told Paradethat the new movie will be “worth the wait,” adding, “It will arrive when it’s ready.”
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Simon Kinberg Is Currently Working On A New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy

Unfortunately, very little is known at this time about the trilogy that Simon Kinberg is working on, except that it will take place years after the events of 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.” Currently, the only movie set to take place in the years after the events of that film is “Starfighter,” starring Ryan Gosling and scheduled for release in May 2027. Although it is rumored that Rey will not be involved with that project, fans still wonder if she will be mentioned in some way.
During her exit interview, Kennedy revealed that Kinberg is currently “working” on the trilogy and hopes he will deliver something in the coming months. “He wrote something that we read in August, and it was very good, but not there. We’ve pretty much upended the story, and then spent a great deal of time on the treatment, which he finished literally about four weeks ago,” she said. “And it’s a very detailed treatment, like 70 pages. And so he is expected to give us something in March.”
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Daisy Ridley Reveals Her Favorite ‘Star Wars’ Film

While fans are eagerly awaiting more updates concerning Ridley’s new movie, she told Parade that 1977’s “A New Hope” is still her favorite “Star Wars” film “because it’s all the origins of it all.”
She praised “the beautiful setting up of … the creation of all these wonderful people and the characters and the universe.”
She also told the publication that she is looking forward to watching “Starfighter,” adding, “I think that it will be great,” and praised the “brilliant group of actors” involved in the project.
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Utah Inventor Behind the ‘Squatty Potty’ Arrested on Child Porn Charge
A Utah inventor and entrepreneur is facing a serious criminal charge for allegedly accepting child sexual abuse material, Us Weekly has learned.
Robert Edwards, who is the creator of the “Squatty Potty,” has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a receipt of child pornography charge.
The indictment was returned on February 10, according to authorities, and Edwards was arrested two days later on February 12.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Edwards, 50, “knowingly received multiple images of child sexual abuse material” between March 2021 and November 2025.
He was a Utah resident at the time he “knowingly received multiple images of child sexual abuse material,” according to the statement.
Edwards was caught by an undercover FBI agent, who’d created an online profile in March 2021, and joined a group chat “used to trade child sexual abuse material.”
The release noted that the “online meeting room was viewing a collection of child sexual abuse material videos, which were being streamed on the main screen. Participants in the meeting were visible, including one user later identified as Edwards.”
Federal investigators said it was in May 2025 that they learned that “Edwards was suspected of purchasing additional child sexual abuse material via his PayPal account.”
The release states that on November 4, 2025, law enforcement obtained a warrant to search Edwards and his home.
“Agents seized a cell phone from his vehicle, which contained multiple videos and images of child sexual abuse material, some of which were downloaded onto the cell phone just two weeks before the search warrant was executed,” the press release added. “At Edwards’ residence, law enforcement seized additional devices and found additional child sexual abuse material files.”
Edwards is due for a detention hearing in federal court on March 2.
It was unclear Tuesday, February 24, who Edwards’ lawyer is, and plea information for the inventor was unavailable,
Edwards and his mother, Judy, conceived the Squatty Potty — a footstool that hugs the base of your toilet, designed to put you in the optimal position for a bowel movement — back in 2011. It made him a millionaire.
The Squatty Potty was actually introduced on the reality show Shark Tank, where Edwards’ pitch was accepted by entrepreneur and TV personality Lori Grier, who invested a whopping $350,000 into the company for a 10% equity stake.
The U-shaped Squatty Potty claims to relieve constipation, and can “unkink your colon,” allegedly preventing users from having to strain. However, specific medical claims made by the company have not been medically tested, according to online consumer reports.
Today, the Squatty Potty company continues releasing the stools that help you release stools, as well as other toilet-related products,
Wikipedia claims more than five million Squatty Potty have been sold.
The company enjoyed a sales boon in 2015, when its ad, “This Unicorn Changed the Way I Poop,” went viral. In the ad, a unicorn defecates soft serve ice cream to the delight of children, and a prince character enters to give his approval to squatting while pooping.
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British Icon Gives a Disappointing Update on Joining the MCU
Daniel Radcliffe is among the most recognizable faces in the world. He shot to fame very early in life as Harry Potter, along with cast mates Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. The trio, in the first decade of their careers, brought the fan-favorite characters to life, all the while making and breaking several box office milestones and impacting pop culture.
After the eight-part franchise wrapped up, the actors went on to do other projects, but none touched the same level of universal appreciation. Nonetheless, Radcliffe made interesting career choices, like the horror fantasy feature Horns, which over the years has emerged as a streaming favorite, a villainous turn in The Lost City, the surrealist comedy-drama Swiss Army Man, among others.
Things took an interesting turn for Radcliffe when the internet was abuzz with his fan casting as MCU’s Wolverine, a character made iconic by Hugh Jackman. While the latter reprised the role in Deadpool and Wolverine, some fans are still hoping to see Radcliffe in the iconic role. However, the actor recently addressed the rumors, calling them “very flattering,” though denying any possibility of them coming true. He told ComicBook:
“It was not. It was never real. It was a very flattering internet rumor. I was very happy about it, but it was never suggested in any kind of way by anybody with any power to make that happen. And, honestly, you would be stupid not to consider something like that, but if they do other Wolverines, being the person who follows Hugh Jackman is not on my bucket list for anything. For any role of his, particularly the role he has made the most iconic of his career, I am happy not to be doing that and let him keep doing it.”
Daniel Radcliffe Can be Seen in ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’
Adding to his versatile roles, Radcliffe is currently seen in NBC’s The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, along with legendary comedian Tracy Morgan. In Collider’s review, Tania Hussain writes: “Radcliffe’s Arthur is the perfect balance to Morgan because the actor commits to his character’s self-seriousness so much that it becomes the comedy. Nailing that tonal tightrope too, he pivots most refreshingly from dry, British discomfort to genuinely raw self-pity without a genre shift. Playing someone who wants to be this Werner Herzog, authoritative documentarian but keeps giving himself away with tiny humorous reactions that you need to see to believe, Radcliffe treats Arthur less like a man behind the camera and more a security blanket for his own emotional issues, and that’s where his performance gets sneakily rich.”
You can check out Radcliffe in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins on NBC.
- Release Date
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January 18, 2026
- Directors
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Rhys Thomas
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