Editor’s note: The below interview contains spoilers for the Dark Winds Season 4 finale.

This season of Dark Winds has been quite the roller-coaster. As Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) have quite literally left the reservation to bring back a missing girl who has scurried off to 1970s Los Angeles, they find themselves in the crosshairs of a dangerous conspiracy — one with Titus Welliver‘s Dominic McNair at the very center. Collider had the immense pleasure of speaking with the Bosch star himself about his role in Season 4, his love for the original Tony Hillerman novels, his hopes for the show’s future (and his potential involvement in it), and more.

COLLIDER: First off, I heard you’re a big fan of the original Tony Hillerman novels; is that true?

TITUS WELLIVER: That is true. That is true. I read them… you know, it’s very funny. My youngest brother — half-brother, although I say half-brother only because of our age difference — he’s 19 years younger than I am. But he started reading the Hillerman books when he was, I wanna say, nine years old.

Oh, wow.

WELLIVER: Yeah, he was at a used bookstore with our dad, and he was attracted to the cover art on the paperback. He started reading the books, and he would be talking about them all the time. So, I was like, “You know what? Let me check…” It’s not like I wasn’t aware of them. So, I started reading them, and I got into them. When I heard a few years ago that they were doing the show, I was like — as I’m sure the experience was for people who had read the Bosch books — who were they going to cast as Leaphorn? Then it was announced that it was Zahn [McClarnon], and I was like, “Yes! So excited.” He so embodies that character. Because I have that experience, Zahn and I kind of talked about it briefly, but it’s the daunting prospect. He brought breath of life into Joe in the most perfect way. Everybody does on that show. To then be asked to be a part of it was really, really exciting.

Titus Welliver Was a ‘Dark Winds’ Fan Long Before He Joined AMC’s Smash-Hit Crime Thriller

“To then be asked to be a part of it was really, really exciting.”

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I’m assuming then that you’ve read The Ghostway? Obviously, there are some differences between Dominic McNair, your character, and the George McNair character in the novel. Did you revisit the book when crafting your take on the character, or did you always kind of see them as two different people?

WELLIVER: Yeah, I did. I think sometimes, with certain things as an actor… obviously, if you’re going to be Harry Bosch or Leaphorn, it ain’t broke [so] there’s no need to fix it. You don’t want to mess around with it. But it had been a while since I had read [The Ghostway], and when I was speaking to [showrunner] John Wirth, it all kind of came back to a certain degree. But he’s incarcerated, so all of his action is put into motion and enacted from jail, which is interesting and challenging, right? Because he kind of flips the switch and sh*t starts to go sideways. So, in that way, it was cool to have that character really contained but still be formidable and be this sort of malevolent character.

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You’re almost a dark specter behind everything that’s going on this season.

WELLIVER: Yeah. And also, visually, they really did interesting things. Todd A. Dos Reis, he was one of the cinematographers on the show, and he shot the first season of the spin-off Bosch: Legacy. So, he and I already had a shorthand [as] actor and cinematographer. The whole show is shot beautifully. I always say: “A cinematographer creates a beautiful painting, or they create an image, and then you, as an actor, go in there and dwell within that image.” You’re telling the story, but the story is also going on all around you with the visual aspects of it. And I thought that was really… well, look, I was just looking at the monitors.

As I think I said to you, I save it up, I squirreled it, because once I start Dark Winds, I’m gonna blaze it. I have not yet watched it. But, you know, you go to the monitors, and you look at the stand-ins, and you’re like, “Ooh, okay, now I understand where I’m playing, and what I can and can’t do, and what’s gonna really work.” So, it was really exciting.

McNair and Vaggan Have a Complicated Past, According to ‘Dark Winds’ Titus Welliver

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What can you tell me about McNair’s relationship with Irene Vaggan? These two clearly have some sort of rapport. What does he see in her that others don’t, and do you think that he’s somewhat scared of her himself?

WELLIVER: I don’t think that he’s scared of her. John sort of alluded to the fact that there’s probably been some kind of a sexual relationship, possibly, in the past, although he said, “Don’t let that inform what you want to do.” John was really generous in that way. He was like, “I just wanna unleash you.” But we did have a conversation. McNair, he’s a puppet master. He knows Vaggan’s capabilities, and so I think in that regard, you have a guy who’s using this instrument of destruction. I would say it’s like somebody who uses a dog as a weapon, like a pitbull or a vicious animal that you have to dominate and control, or else it turns on you. That was sort of the analogy I played in my head. “Yes, of course, that snake can bite you, but you know how and when to grab that snake by the neck so it can’t injure you.” So, there’s that. But he’s more than aware of her capabilities.

We had worked together, Franka and I, on Titans, so we knew each other. Because we knew each other, there was a comfort. As actors, we were already friends. So, we got in there and really played with it, and despite you never [seeing] that happen, it creates some dynamic in the relationship so that the audience had a sense of that.

Titus Welliver Hopes to Return for ‘Dark Winds’ Season 5, but Nothing’s Official Yet

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At the end of Season 4, McNair is still behind bars, but he’s certainly not down for the count. Can we expect him to come after Joe and his allies in the upcoming fifth season?

WELLIVER: I don’t know… I’m not sure. I would certainly do it in a heartbeat. With the renewal, and they were renewed early, which is always a great thing. I don’t know if there’s necessarily room in Season 5, but you never know. That being said, if I get a call from John in the eleventh hour, and he goes, “Hey, we just decided to throw this scene in. Get on a plane tomorrow.” I’d be there in a heartbeat. It’s just a marvelous group of people to work with.

Here’s hoping. I think there’s still a lot of potential for your character.

WELLIVER: I think he’s been… He’s had a few teeth pulled by Leaphorn, but I don’t think that he’s been sidelined to the point where he’s ineffectual as to what he can do. But it would be interesting to revisit that character for sure.

All four seasons of Dark Winds are available to stream on AMC+.

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June 12, 2022

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AMC

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Michael Nankin

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John Wirth, Steven Judd, Max Hurwitz, Rhiana Yazzie, Thomas Brady, DezBaa’

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While Christopher Nolan is best known for delivering critically acclaimed, groundbreaking films throughout his career, he’s also got some surprising tastes when it comes to movies. He’s called the Fast and Furious films a “tremendous action franchise,” named Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as one of his favorite films of all time, and even shown appreciation for the Marvel Cinematic Universe for bringing audiences into theaters, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. If Nolan’s fans are surprised by his taste in movies, they’ll definitely be shocked by his favorite TV show. Nolan has showered praise upon Showtime’s black comedy The Curse, saying that it’s “unlike anything” that’s currently on TV.

What Is ‘The Curse’ About?

The Curse focuses on Asher Siegel (Nathan Fielder) and his wife, Whitney (Emma Stone), as they host an HGTV show called “Fliplanthropy” where they attempt to help renovate the local neighborhoods. They’re also trying to start a family in the process, until a girl named Nala (Hikmah Warsame) curses Asher when he pretends to give her a $100 bill for the show. Strange and horrific things begin to happen to Asher after he’s “cursed”. His marriage to Whitney starts to unravel. They learn they’re having a child, but the pregnancy is ectopic, meaning that there’s a slim chance it’ll survive. Asher is even cursed again by his friend and producer, Dougie (Benny Safdie), during an argument. Fielder, who co-created The Curse with Safdie, said he based the series on a real-life experience he had where a woman supposedly cursed him:

“I don’t believe in that stuff, but I can’t get those things out of my head. Sometimes if someone says something to you, even conversationally, where you feel like you messed up something, it can linger in your mind and grow and consume you. Then we just started riffing on that idea, like, ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if that vibe was hanging over an entire show?’”

The Curse received universal acclaim, with critics praising its mix of black comedy and drama. It’s well deserved, as the series doesn’t just deal with a potential curse but also tackles multiple topics, including gentrification, marriage, and Asher and Whitney’s struggle to be considered “good people.” Despite “Flipantrophy’s” premise, The Curse reveals that the show is more or less gentrifying the town it works in; Whitney’s parents are also revealed to be slumlords. Asher is also revealed to have his own hangups, including some deeply rooted insecurities about his marriage and his position in life. That The Curse can balance all of these different stories shows why it made such an impact, and it probably explains why Christopher Nolan was drawn to the series.

Christopher Nolan Compared ‘The Curse’ to ‘Twin Peaks’

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Christopher Nolan hosted a Q&A after a screening of The Curse‘s pilot with Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, where he delivered praise for the series and even made a surprising comparison to another beloved, twist-filled TV show. “It’s an incredible show, and it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen on television before. There are so few shows that come along that have genuinely no precedence. You’re going back to things like Twin Peaks, or The Prisoner, or Dennis Potter’s Singing Detective, and things like that, so you’re in an amazing space, and I can’t wait to catch up with the climax,” Nolan said. Comparing Twin Peaks and The Curse might be surprising, but it makes sense: both series start in one genre, then take some surprisingly sharp narrative turns throughout their run. In the same vein, Fielder’s other projects, including Nathan For You and The Rehearsal, feature the kind of surreal edge that David Lynch would have been proud of.

Nolan also had praise for Emma Stone’s performance as Whitney. “I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say, as the series develops, she can be pretty maddening at times, in a very credible way. The performance, I think, is absolutely amazing and wonderful. She’s totally in it,” he said. Stone slowly unveils more layers to Whitney as The Curse progresses, showcasing that she isn’t that happy in her marriage to Asher; it all boils over in the penultimate episode “Young Hearts”, where Whitney delivers a searing monologue to Asher about how he’s held her back from her dreams. It’s a very uncomfortable, intense sequence that’s magnified by Stone’s performance, as she layers levels of escalating scorn throughout the monologue. It wouldn’t be the first time that a 2023 project starring Stone had an intense performance from her, as she shocked audiences with her turn in Poor Things.

‘The Curse’ Has an Ending That Nolan Would Be Proud Of

The biggest plot twist in The Curse involves its finale, “Green Queen.” Though Asher and Whitney’s marriage seems to have improved, and Whitney’s ready to give birth to their baby, things take a turn for the weird for Asher. It’s a completely unexpected moment, but it’s proof that the curse never left Asher — and it’s made darkly more hilarious when the fire crews get involved. It’s the kind of plot twist that Nolan loves putting in his films, which might explain part of why he was drawn to The Curse. Nolan has also drawn Benny Safdie into his cast of recent collaborators, as Safdie had a role in Oppenheimer as physicist Edward Teller; Safdie will also appear in Nolan’s Greek epic The Odyssey.

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Despite its critical acclaim, The Curse has yet to be renewed for a second season. Both Fielder and Safdie have mentioned that they have ideas for a second season, with Fielder telling The Hollywood Reporter, “There definitely could be. From the start, we had it mapped out beyond the first season.” If The Curse returns, hopefully it keeps the same mix of black comedy and drama that looped in Christopher Nolan… or, at the very least, get him to direct an episode or two.

The Curse is available to stream on Paramount+.

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Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Tracker Season 3, Episode 15.There’s a classic saying that dates back to the 12th century that is most commonly quoted as “no good deed goes unpunished,” and that’s an apt description of Tracker‘s most recent Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) adventure. This week, Colter and Randy (Chris Lee) team up for a Midwestern adventure that starts off as a simple missing person’s case turned violent kidnapping — and the direction it goes will surprise you. “No Good Deed” certainly lives up to its name as the CBS drama continues to keep us on our toes.

“No Good Deed” Begins With the Disappearance of Randy’s Old Friend

This week’s episode begins in Minneapolis when Simon Boyce (Matt Murray), an old friend of Randy’s, walks outside his home in the middle of the night. As he looks around nervously, he ducks into some bushes when a mysterious truck pulls around the corner. It’s here we discover that Simon is under house arrest for hacking, and his ankle monitor keeps track of his every movement. Well, until it doesn’t. The next day, Reenie Greene (Fiona Rene) and Mel Day (Cassady McClincy Zhang) do the expositional download and reveal that Simon went missing. Although his monitor still shows that he’s at home, his mother, Mrs. Boyce (Jill Teed), can’t find him anywhere. Unsurprisingly, Randy flew out to Minnesota to catch up with Colter for the job — and Reenie is flying out next for backup.

Arriving at Simon’s place, Colter sees that Randy is taking this pretty hard. He and Simon haven’t been super close lately, and so Randy has internalized some of the guilt. But Colter won’t have it. Indoors, they speak with Simon’s mother, who informs them that her son has been missing for a while. As a parameter for his house arrest, Simon isn’t allowed access to the internet or any other technological items that may contribute to his old habits. So, Colter and Randy take a look around, and after scanning the perimeter, discover that Simon’s ankle monitor has been ditched in a nearby brush. But what’s especially interesting is that it looks as if it’s been cut somehow without going off, which either took a lot of skill or some help. “Either someone helped him, or he was taken,” Colter concludes. Looking into the chip on the ankle monitor, Randy tracks it to BJH Industries, which lies just outside of Minneapolis. Arriving at the address, Colter and Randy happen upon one of Simon’s old buddies, Bill Henderson (Reggie Watkins), who sent the chip to Simon.

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However, that’s not all that Simon ordered. According to Bill, he also sent him several items just last week, including parts involve drone. As if by some technical magic that continues to border on wizardry, Colter and Randy track down Simon’s drone footage and peruse through his archive of cloud data, which definitely goes against his court mandate. They discover that he witnessed a kidnapping in the middle of his neighborhood, which appears to have gotten him in some trouble. Meanwhile, Reenie goes to talk to the attorney Jim Osmond (Andy Thompson), hoping to postpone the court date just a few days, but no dice. The attorney — whose wife’s identity was stolen the year prior by folks not far off the path from Simon — has no interest in doing anything other than punishing Simon to the full extent of the law. Overall, things aren’t looking good.

Colter and Randy Finally Team Up in ‘Tracker’ Season 3’s Latest Thrill

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Back in the truck, Tracker reminds us that these dialogues between Colter and Randy are always infinitely better when they’re in the same room together. But as they head to their next destination, the pair shift their focus from Simon to Reenie when Colter asks how she’s really doing. Randy tries to avoid dishing on his boss, but eventually folds and tells Colter what we already know: she’s covering up for something. The non-conversation is cut short, however, when the pair pulls up at the house in question — the same one where the kidnapping occurred. Colter goes indoors to investigate, telling Randy to stay in the truck, but Tracker‘s resident hacker has fancied himself a rewardist too and stumbles into the sights of a nearby nervous neighbor (Ryan Beil). It turns out, the neighbor has the wrecked drone, which would have been fine if Randy hadn’t revealed that he had seen the kidnapping footage, because it turns out the man knows the kidnapper in question, a man named Stone (Andrew Nadanyi).

In the neighboring house, Colter finds the drone’s remote control and turns on the monitor to find Randy staring at him from the other end. Back in the neighbor’s house, Randy finds himself in a pickle as Stone, the kidnapper, creeps up on our favorite hacker with a gun pointed at the back of his head. But before he can shoot Randy in the back, Colter arrives and disarms the kidnapper. The cowardly neighbor reveals that Stone was the mastermind, trying to shift the kidnapping blame to someone else. Colter goes with the homeowner downstairs to see where the woman, now identified as Bruna Pryor (Leah Gibson), was held. Was being the operative word here. It turns out, Bruna had escaped earlier that morning — and Colter deduces that she had help. Upon reviewing the ransom video of Bruna, Randy looks into the text thread between the kidnappers and her poor excuse for a husband. Elsewhere, we find out that Simon is with Bruna at a safe house of some kind. But while he’s concerned that she’s lost too much blood, she refuses to go to a hospital or get any authorities involved. So, when Bill arrives to try and help (after Simon borrowed her phone to text him), Bruna murders him instead.

Upon learning from Reenie that Bruna’s husband, Leon (Chris Walters), is a major fentanyl dealer wanted in several states, Colter and Randy begin to piece some things together. Although the Pryors have gotten good at covering their tracks, Randy pulls off yet another seemingly impossible cyber miracle and finds a location that may just be the one. Back at Bruna’s safe house, the outlaw holds Simon at gunpoint and gets him to cooperate. Her plan? To meet up with her husband, who left her for dead and, well, you get the picture. After Colter and Randy arrive at the apartment and find Bill’s corpse and phone, they use that information to track Bruna and Simon to the other side of town.

This Week’s ‘Tracker’ Concludes With a Colter and Reenie Reunion

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Things get a bit explosive when Colter and Randy trace Bruna and Simon all the way to the meeting location. Stopping the car, Bruna arrives to confront her husband, and a firefight breaks out between them. Colter pulls up and runs into the middle of the gunfire, hoping to pull Simon out before he’s killed. As Leon gets the upper hand on Bruna, Colter saves her life by shooting her husband dead, though he leaves her for the cops to deal with. After Randy pulls Simon out, they get him home safely.

Back at Simon’s house, the longtime friends are able to make amends after Randy wasn’t there before. No doubt, everything they went through more than makes up for it. Likewise, Randy thanks Colter for saving his life before, but our hero refuses to let him think about it again. But before “No Good Deed” comes to a close, this Tracker episode does what we’ve been waiting for all season: bring Colter and Reenie back together. The next day at the courthouse, Colter catches her after Simon’s hearing, which goes quite well for the former hacker. But as they leave the building, Colter finally stops and asks her if she’s okay. But what could be a real moment of vulnerability for Reenie turns out to be nothing but a tease. Instead, she refuses to admit what she’s been going through. Surprising us with one last twist, Colter offers to buy her lunch as they walk arm-in-arm toward a nearby diner.

Tracker airs Sundays on CBS and is available the next day for streaming on Paramount+.

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• Colter and Randy on the job together is always a blast
• The twists this week were well layed out.

• Reenie has got to let somebody in already. What are you waiting for, girl?

Y’all… money moves run in the family! Reginae Carter opened up about some wild childhood perks in a new podcast interview, spilling on how her dad, Lil Wayne, wasn’t shy about showing love in cash. But it wasn’t all smooth—her mom, Toya Johnson, apparently had to step in to keep things in check.

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Reginae Carter Was Getting Stacks Until Her Mom Shut It Down

Reginae is giving more insight into her childhood—and baby, the coins were definitely flowing! During an appearance on the ‘Pour Minds’ podcast, Nae revealed she didn’t have a traditional allowance growing up, but made it clear her dad Lil Wayne made sure she was more than straight. According to Reginae, every time she pulled up to her dad’s, he had a set routine—$1,000 in cash ready for her like clockwork! She said he’d even have his crew fly back with her so she was never traveling alone.

Nae shared that Weezy sent money to her mom Toya Johnson to make sure everything at home was handled, but still made sure his baby girl had her own spending money on deck. And whew, she put it to use! Reginae recalled one time she pulled up to school and bought lunch for everybody, really living her best little baller life. But y’all know mama Toya wasn’t going for too much of that! Reginae said things got so out of hand at one point that her mom had to hit Wayne like, “Okay, that’s enough,” and tell him to tone it down to keep her grounded. Not Nae out here casually running it up before she could even drive!

One Instagram user @atlantahairdoctor claimed, “$1,000 in early 2000s was really like $5,000 to us stuff was so cheap. What a blessing. ❤️”

This Instagram user @coopcancook added, “Meanwhile, my bald head ahh daddy owe me money.“

And, Instagram user @iamjoliver410 commented, “Yea Wayne!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥”

Meanwhile, Instagram user @_yanna2xx shared, “😂😂😂this was def suppose to be my life growing up“

While Instagram user @showoff_247365 joked, “It’s the Toya impersonation (that was spot on) took me tf out 😩😩😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂”

Finally, Instagram user @kinsley.amari shared, “😂😂😒$1000 equivalent to $10 now“

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Roommates, things between Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann are heating up again. After Biermann filed court documents seeking sole custody of their kids, claiming everything from missed therapy sessions to a dog bite incident, Kim isn’t staying quiet. The reality star fired back, insisting the allegations are false and calling out the internet for blowing things out of proportion.

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Kim Zolciak Sets The Record Straight On Custody Claims

Hours after TMZ reported on her alleged loss of custody on Friday, April 3, Kim Zolciak called out the publication on her Instagram Story. Over a screenshot of the article, she wrote, “I will absolutely not put up with these lies any longer.” Additionally, in a lengthy Story post with white text on a black background, she made it clear that folks need to stop playing with her:

“I signed a temporary custody order at the end of January. The order clearly states that both the mother and father are to participate in two counseling sessions per month for two months, followed by one session per month thereafter. I was out of the country from February 26 through March 28 due to contractual filming obligations on two separate productions. During that time, I did not have a single day off, making it impossible to attend the required counseling sessions. Kroy as of today (I had Kj and Kash up until 5pm today) currently has the children for spring break, which is his designated parenting time under the existing agreement. I am scheduled to resume my parenting time when the children return on Friday. My counseling sessions are scheduled and will be completed next week. For the avoidance of any doubt, I have not lost custody of my children, nor has there been any modification to the custody arrangement outside of the agreed-upon temporary order.”

What Led Kim To Speak Out?

Here’s what we know so far in the ongoing Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann custody saga. As previously reported, court documents obtained by TMZ stated that a Georgia judge has temporarily granted Kroy custody of their kids from April 3 until Kim completes four parent therapy sessions, though she could reunite with them as soon as April 13. In his filing, Kroy alleged that Kim skipped court-ordered therapy sessions, spent two weeks out of the country, and only saw the kids one night—during which a dog reportedly bit one of their children.

Kim, however, quickly shut down the claims. Speaking to TMZ, she called the allegations false and a deliberate attempt to defame her. Furthermore, the ‘Tardy For The Party’ artist explained she spent time away to film two television shows, emphasizing that her work was meant to provide for her family and ensure her children were cared for.

Kim & Kroy’s Divorce Seemingly Continues

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann first filed for divorce in May 2023, officially citing April 30 as their separation date. In her filing, Kim described their marriage as “irretrievably broken with no hope of reconciliation,” with both parents initially seeking sole physical custody of their children, while Kroy also requested sole legal custody. By July 2023, the couple decided to pause the divorce and attempt to work on their marriage, with Kim asking the court to dismiss her petition. However, just a month later in August, Kroy refiled for divorce, keeping the legal battle very much alive.

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Tennis legend Patrick McEnroe thinks he still has what it takes to beat a World No. 1 on the court.

On the Friday, April 4, episode of his Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe radio show, the former tennis pro took a call from a listener, who asked McEnroe if he could beat the current top women’s tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka.

McEnroe, 59, didn’t answer the question directly — instead using a metaphor of a basketball team of 15-year-old boys competing against a WNBA team — before eventually suggesting that he thinks he could take on Sabalenka.

“What would happen if … the best 15-year-old boys played against the top WNBA team?” McEnroe asked the caller.

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Tennis star Iga Swiatek did not mince words when talking about the controversial “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios. While attending a press conference before the United Cup in Australia on Friday, January 2, the six-time Grand Slam champion said the questionable match was not necessary because “women’s tennis […]

“They’d beat them, easily,” the caller responded. McEnroe agreed.

“It doesn’t matter to me because it’s just a different game,” McEnroe continued. “The short answer is that I was a decent pro as a journeyman type player, ranked most of my career between 30 and 75, 100, whatever it was. But if you took the top junior player in the world, the top 17-year-old and put him up against Sabalenka, they beat her 6-1, 6-1.”

He added, “But again to me it’s irrelevant. I don’t say that to denigrate women … because I love women’s tennis. I’ll watch that if there’s a great matchup more than I’ll watch a men’s blowout match. It’s just a totally different game. And tennis for some reason, people don’t look at it the same way because they see Madison Keys or Sabalenka hit their forehand as hard as [Jannik] Sinner. Well, they’re not hitting it with the same spin and the movement’s different. But anyway, that’s neither here nor there.”

Sabalenka, 27, is the current World No. 1 in women’s tennis, coming off back-to-back US Open championships. She’s also a two-time Australian Open champion and a French Open finalist.

In December 2025, she competed against Nick Kyrgios in the modern version of the “Battle of the Sexes,” an ode to the legendary 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

Kyrgios won the match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, in a spectacle that led to much ridicule from fans and other pro tennis players because of its bending of the tennis rules.

Despite the loss, Sabalenka said she “enjoyed” the match before alluding to a potential rematch against Kyrgios.

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“Really enjoyed the show,” Sabalenka said at the time. “And I feel like next time I play him I’m going to know the tactics, his strengths and his weaknesses, and it’s going to be a better match, for sure.”

Kyrgios shared some positive feedback on Sabalenka and the match as well, adding that he felt the match “could have gone either way.”

“She’s an amazing athlete, when she was moving side to side she was playing shots that some of the top men play,” he said on the court after the match. “I’m not surprised, I’ve seen her play and we have practiced a couple of times. She was right there, it could have gone either way.”

Halle Berry stepped out in chic clogs paired with a casual outfit, and honestly? She made wooden-soled shoes look like the coolest thing on two feet. At 59-years-old, she continues to dress like she’s writing the rulebook on effortless style. The rest of Us are just taking notes.

Berry’s relaxed spring outfit was anchored by a pair of heeled clogs that gave the whole look a little edge and a lot of personality. It’s the kind of move that reminds you why she’s been a style icon for decades. She picks pieces that feel cool without trying too hard, and clogs (yes, clogs) are having exactly that kind of moment right now.

Luckily, the Cushionaire Heeled Faux Wood Mules are about as close as you can get to Berry’s look without raiding her closet. They’ve got that same wooden-heel energy she was rocking, plus studded detailing that gives them a little bite. Think less “garden clog” and more “rich mom.” On sale for $45, they cost less than most dinner tabs in Los Angeles.

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What really sets these apart from your average mule is the memory foam footbed. You know how some heeled shoes look fantastic for about 90 minutes before your feet stage a full revolt? These are built to avoid that problem entirely. The memory foam is designed for all-day comfort, which means you can wear them from morning coffee through a late dinner without wincing. That’s a big deal when you’re talking about a heeled shoe.

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The faux wood platform gives them that chunky, retro silhouette that Berry nailed so well, and the black colorway keeps things versatile. Pair them with cropped jeans and a white tee for the weekend. Throw them on with a midi skirt for work. Style them with wide-leg trousers the way Berry would, and suddenly you look like someone who reads fashion magazines for fun (even if you don’t).

The studs elevate the clogs from “nice shoe” to “conversation starter.” There’s something about studded detailing on a clog that feels a little rebellious, a little rock and roll. It’s the same quality Berry brings to everything she wears. She takes something classic and adds just enough attitude to make it interesting.

And can we appreciate what $45 buys you here? A heeled mule with memory foam, studded accents and a look that mirrors what one of Hollywood’s most stylish women just wore in public. You’d easily spend three or four times that at a department store for a similar shoe, and your feet probably wouldn’t be as happy at the end of the day.

You don’t need a closet full of designer labels to look put together. Sometimes the smartest style move is finding an affordable shoe that punches way above its price tag, slipping it on and walking out the door like you own the place. Halle would approve.

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This month, the season 3 premiere of Euphoria finally debuts on HBO and HBO Max after a too-long five-year hiatus.

If you still haven’t caught up on the provocative, highly memeable show, you’ve still got time to binge all sixteen of its provocative episodes.

For the uninformed, the HBO show follows the teenagers at East Highland High School in California, as they navigate sex, drugs, alcohol, friendship, cheating, betrayal and not much else.

The show stars Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and Hunter Schafer.

Watch With Us explains why you have to check out this controversial pop culture phenomenon before it concludes this spring.

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The Plotlines Are Absurd, Obscene — and Addictive

The central narrative of Euphoria is driven by Rue (Zendaya), a teenage drug addict who’s been struggling with addiction since the death of her father from cancer. Season 1 kicks off with Rue’s recent release from rehab, and she makes it clear to the audience, as our omniscient narrator, that she has no plans of staying clean. While Rue dips her toes back into opiate abuse, she becomes head-over-heels infatuated with new student Jules (Schafer), a trans girl who frequents one-night stands with older men — including the father (Eric Dane) of East Highland’s football star, Nate Jacobs (Elordi).

Nate and Maddie Perez (Alexa Demie) are in an emotionally abusive relationship, while Maddie’s best friend, the highly sexual and emotional Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney), pursues a relationship with college freshman Chris McKay (Algee Smith). Their other friend, Kat Hernandez (Barbie Ferreira), decides to embrace body positivity and her sexuality by becoming a camgirl. Various plot threads in season 1 of Euphoria involve: micro-penises, sexual blackmail, domestic abuse, pedophilia, fentanyl abuse, public masturbation, kidney infections and murder, and that isn’t even the half of it. Criticisms against Euphoria have concerned such explicitly gratuitous narratives, but one thing will always be true: the people want to watch them.

‘Euphoria’ Launched the Careers of 2026’s Leading Stars

Euphoria served as the jumping-off point for much of its core cast. While Zendaya was probably the biggest name of the high school characters at the time, she has since been matched by Elordi, Sweeney and Schafer. From his imposing, genuinely terrifying performance as Nate Jacobs, Elordi was cast in Deep Water opposite Ana De Armas and Ben Affleck, indie film The Sweet East and eventually as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola‘s Priscilla. While post-Priscilla Elordi made his mark in Saltburn, Oh, Canada and On Swift Horses, it was on the set of Priscilla that Elordi was recommended to Guillermo del Toro to take on his Academy Award-nominated performance as Frankenstein’s Monster.

Sweeney, too, has had quite a buzzy post-Euphoria career (and not always for the best reasons), starring in movies like The Housemaid, Immaculate, Madame Web and Anyone But You. Meanwhile, Schafer has become a major face for transgender representation in Hollywood, appearing in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Cuckoo and Kinds of Kindness. It’s undeniable that whatever you think of the quality of Euphoria, it served as a crucial breeding ground for top young Hollywood talent doing some of their best work. And while well-known, Zendaya further proved her acting prowess beyond her Disney Channel years — for her performance as Rue, she clinched two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe.

The Filmmaking Is Highly Stylized and Ambitious

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Say what you will about Euphoria show runner, creator and writer Sam Levinson‘s screenwriting abilities, the man knows how to keep things unique with the camera and editing. The series employs numerous creative gimmicks: fourth wall-breaking sequences, animated sequences, dance numbers, dream sequences and more. Ultimately, the creatives behind the show go out of their way to make Euphoria hyper-stylized in just about every filmmaking aspect, from the directing and costume design to the sets and editing. The show is meant to evoke the emotional reality of the characters’ inner perspectives, which doesn’t necessarily reflect objective reality.

While the first season was shot on an Arri Alexa 65 digital camera, the second season and the two specials were shot on 35mm Kodak film stock, giving the visual quality a nostalgic texture. To communicate the emotional states of the characters, lighting is very intentionally deployed, with blues and purples conjuring a frantic atmosphere, and greens and yellows evoking distress. Energetic camera movements create a kinetic fluidity to the show through frequent whip pans and tracking shots. And, of course, the costume design is one of the most memorable aspects of the filmmaking, with highly meticulous outfits catered to the personalities of each character — in particular, Maddie’s detailed and eccentric makeup designs are to die for.

Stream Euphoria now on HBO Max.

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Marshals Season 1, Episode 6.Riding off last week’s cliffhanger, Marshals continues to push Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) and his team into the fire as they search for the missing Native girls who have been stolen off Broken Rock. But if last week’s episode, “Lost Girl,” hoped to channel Wind River, this week’s adventure claws further back into Taylor Sheridan‘s filmography to his Sons of Anarchy days. Only, we would have you remember that “Out of the Shadows” is still a product of network television, and thus is nowhere near as gratuitous as the FX classic. If anything, it only teases us with the freedom of cable while reminding us firmly that Marshals airs not on the Paramount Network, but on CBS.

“Out of the Shadows” Continues Where Last Week Left Off

This week’s Marshals begins with a flashback to a year ago. It’s here that we see that first moment when Kayce and Tate (Brecken Merrill) learn that Monica has succumbed to her battle with cancer. Kayce is given her necklace by a nurse and does his best to comfort his son before “Out of the Shadows” pivots back to the present day. Now, Tate rides up to his father and berates him for not saving Hayley Charlo (Isabel DeRoy-Olson) last week — and he won’t be the only one. Sadly, Kayce has no news on her whereabouts, which irks Tate even more. Of course, he’s not the only one irritated with Kayce.

Back at Marshals HQ, Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos) and Pete “Cal” Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green) discuss the latest updates on the case before Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means) wanders in. It turns out that he has been (understandably) putting off contacting Ava’s mother, Sera (Otgadahe Whitman-Fox), about the girl’s death, which they learned of from Hayley. But when Kayce walks in, all Miles can think about is giving him a hard time for letting the girl go. Thankfully, the Dutton heir is saved when Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel) enters with an update. It turns out that Kurt Bludsoe, the man trafficking the girls, had visited a mechanic named Eli Craig right before the Marshals took him out — a mechanic who may be in on the whole conspiracy.

But before Miles can get excited, he and Cal head to the Rez to give the overdue notification to Ava’s mother. Cal tells Miles that his first notification nearly broke him, but that it’s a part of the job they simply have to do. Yet, before they’re able to speak with Sera, they are ushered into chairman Thomas Rainwater’s (Gil Birmingham) office, who demands to learn of their progress on the case. When he discovers that Ava has been killed, he’s heartbroken. “Tragedy is one of the few things that Broken Rock has in abundance,” echoes Mo (Mo Brings Plenty). But when Miles tells Rainwater that Kayce let Hayley go after finding her, the chairman’s blood begins to boil. Soon after, Sara arrives, and Miles does his best to relay what they learned about Ava to her, only he breaks down before he can. Cal finishes the notification for him as Rainwater and Mo comfort the grieving mother.

Meanwhile, Belle and Cruz’s research into Craig has proven to be fruitful after all. It turns out that Craig was the last link to Bludsoe before the marshals caught up with him, making his garage the most likely place for the girls to have either been transferred to another vehicle or stashed for the time being. Using a security camera from across the street, they discover that someone in a white van wearing an Iron Sentinels Motor Club jacket drove off soon after — seemingly with the girls inside. “They’re ultra-violent and highly organized,” Belle tells Cal about the biker gang. “If they can profit from it, they’ll do it.” We also learn a harrowing statistic about missing Native American women, as Kayce learns from an analyst that 43 girls have been reported missing from Montana-based reservations over the last two years.

Kayce and the Marshals Head to a Biker Gang Rally

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The best way to find out more about the biker gang is surveillance, so Cruz, Miles, and Kayce head to the Iron Sentinels’ local bar. As they wait, Cruz uncharacteristically opens up a little about her personal life, revealing that until she acknowledged her grief, she wasn’t able to shake the pain of losing her father. As she says this, Kayce fumbles about with Monica’s necklace, seemingly absorbing some of her experiential wisdom. Interrupting their therapy session, Miles notes that the best way to watch the biker gang is to draw them out so that they can actually scour the premises for any useful intel. When Cruz asks how, Kayce reveals his inner Dutton by “going after what they love.” Pouring gasoline on their nicely lined-up bikes, Kayce lights them all on fire. The men find their way outside as Cruz and Miles storm the bar in search of the girls. However, they’re nowhere to be found.

Cruz clones a cell phone she finds on the table, which suggests that the girls may be at an Iron Sentinels rally in the Milk River Valley area, which will bring in chapters throughout the country. According to the texts, a club “nomad” called “Brimstone,” real name Keith Stelton (Adam Dunnells), is set to bring the “entertainment.” While it seems like a no-brainer, with Cruz and Belle on board to reactivate one of the latter’s old cover identities to make contact with an old, well, contact, Cal would prefer a state of federal assistance. Of course, they don’t get any, and so, instead, they convince him to use some of their captured meth from a previous case as a lure to bring in her old contact Squirrel. Instead of gearing up for the mission, Kayce arrives home at East Camp to find Rainwater and Mo waiting for him. Rainwater pushes Kayce about letting Hayley go, but he’s already beating himself enough. After their brief (and toothless) tussle, Kayce rides out to Monica’s grave site to find Tate sleeping beside it. “I came out here hoping mom would cheer me up, she usually does,” he says, and though Kayce tries to fill in, Hayley’s predicament has soured his mood. Tate believes that they’ve both disappointed Monica.

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When Kayce returns to HQ, Cal gives Belle the green light when she confirms that her contact, Squirrel (Derrick Aguis), will be at the rally — and it isn’t long before the marshals make it there. Stashed in a mobile HQ in a small trailer, the team prepares for the operation. Belle transforms herself with an intense makeover as “Brandy,” and uses her new appearance (and personality) to waltz back into Squirrel’s good-graces. When she offers him the meth as a deal, he decides to introduce her to Brimstone, who is interested in moving the product with another shipment set to go out that afternoon to Calgary. But, as the team quickly put together, the moment that his shipment crosses the Canadian border, the girls are as good as gone.

Unfortunately for Belle, Brimstone leaves her alone with another biker (Tim Sitarz) — and things get dicey pretty fast. He recalls having seen her several weeks back at a poker table, with blonde hair and calling herself “Turek.” Kayce knows that her cover is blown, and he goes out to intercept the biker, who now believes Belle to be an infiltrator. Things get especially heated when Squirrel arrives, and Kayce shows up at the eleventh hour — killing the man who tried to harm his teammate.

This Week’s ‘Marshals’ Ends With Kayce Finally Accepting His Grief

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When Squirrel reveals that Brimstone is moving product in a truck out back, Belle and Kayce close in on the Iron Sentinel nomad. At the same time, Cal, Miles, and Cruz boldly gear up and head into the middle of the action. Somehow, they manage to make their way through all these uber-violent bikers without so much as a slash or a cut, and, frankly, the whole thing is a bit hard to believe. But as a firefight erupts, Kayce and the team take out Brimstone before they get into the back of his van and begin opening the containers in the back. While they’re disheartened at first to find only drugs, the rest of the containers are full of the abducted girls, including Hayley. It’s a happy ending after all.

In the aftermath, Miles passes on Rainwater’s thanks to the team as Belle does her best to shed her biker persona. Earlier in the episode, Cal asked her how her husband would feel about her going undercover again, something she told him was nowhere near his business. But after Belle offers to be his wingman in trying to reconnect with his daughter, Madison (Morgan Lindholm), at the bar, it appears that she may have some sort of interest in him beyond friendship. At first, we thought that Marshals was setting Kayce and Belle up to be the show’s power couple, but now we’re not so sure.

But that’s not where things conclude this week. After a heart-to-heart between father and son where Kayce informs Tate of their success, “Out of the Shadows” concludes with the Duttons returning to the Rez for Monica’s remembrance ceremony. Upon reuniting with Monica’s grandfather, Felix Long (Rudy Ramos), Kayce and Tate stand to honor their lost loved one — and the rest of Kayce’s new team stands beside him in support. During the ceremony itself, Kayce finally offers his son Monica’s necklace after all this time. “Been clinging to it since mom left, maybe it’s time I start letting go,” he says.

Marshals airs Sundays on CBS and is available for streaming the next day on Paramount+.

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Release Date

2026 – 2026

Showrunner

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Spencer Hudnut

Writers

Spencer Hudnut, Tom Mularz, Dana Greenblatt

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Pros & Cons

• It’s always great when Kayce leans out-of-bounds, especially when explosions are involved.
• Rudy Ramos was a welcome surprise.

• In what world would that biker gang have not ganged up on the marshals in the middle of their rally?
• I get that Kayce made a potentially bad call, but questioning his loyalties to finding the missing girls is a major stretch.