Meghan McCain issued a strong defense over the allegedly “evil” criticism of Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk (née Frantzve).

“I do not understand why Erika Kirk, who saw her husband get brutally assassinated on live television, is a target of such evil and cruelty,” McCain, 41, wrote via X on Friday, March 27. “Why are you all doing this to her? Have she and her children not suffered enough?”

Charlie, a conservative political commentator, was shot and killed during a Utah speaking engagement in September 2025. He was 31 and is survived by Erika and their two young children.

“Some of you were literally birthed in hell,” McCain added on Friday.

Weeks after Charlie’s death, Erika assumed the role of CEO of Charlie’s Turning Point USA organization and went on a press tour promoting his posthumous book, Stop in the Name of God.

“My daughter and I [have] talked about this at night. She would ask, ‘What do you think Daddy did today in heaven?’” Erika told Sean Hannity on Fox News in December 2025. “I’ll have her relay that back to me. We’ve come to the understanding — and I’ve tried to explain this to her — that Daddy’s still with us, he’s just in a different location, and he’s building us a home in heaven.”

Erika has drawn criticism for diving into work so quickly after her husband’s death.

“I didn’t ask for this,” she stated during a CBS town hall held later in December 2025. “I view it as a blessing [and] a duty to my husband, but I was very happy being a stay-at-home mom. There’s nothing wrong with being a mother.”

Erika continued, “Stepping into this role is not so much a job title. It’s not a 9-to-5 for me, [and] this is something that I’m very passionate about. [Turning Point USA] is still a living, breathing version of my husband. This organization is not just a company to me, and the staff and employees are not just staff and employees, they’re family.”

Social media commenters also criticized Erika over her now-infamous hug with Vice President JD Vance at a Turning Point event earlier in fall 2025. (JD, 41, is married to Usha Vance, who is pregnant with the couple’s fourth baby.)

“My love language is touch, if you will,” Erika said of the seemingly cozy moment on Megyn Kelly Live in November 2025. “I will give you a play-by-play: They just played the emotional video. I’m walking over, [JD] is walking over. I’m starting to cry. He says, ‘I’m so proud of you.’ And I say, ‘God bless you,’ and I touch the back of his head. Anyone whom I have hugged, that I have touched the back of your head when I hug you, I always say, ‘God bless you.’”

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Video game adaptations have come a long, long way, with titles like The Last of Us and Arcane receiving widespread critical praise. Still, it’s fun to go back to the dark days of video game adaptations, like 1999’s Wing Commander, which was loosely based on the game series of the same name.

Unfortunately, it’s hard to revisit these films HD versions can’t be found on streaming services.

Wing Commander never received a 4K restoration. In short, there’s really not a great way to watch the film on modern TVs. But it’s not entirely surprising that this movie isn’t getting a lot of love because it’s pretty terrible.

Wing Commander follows an interstellar war between two factions known as the Terran Confederation and the cat-like Kilrathi Empire. A young crew ends up being the last hope for Earth after finding a device that allows them to intercept the Kilrathi invasion. A young team of fighter pilots is forced to hold off the Kilrathi until reinforcements arrive.

Wing Commander has a pretty decent cast that includes Freddie Prinze Jr, Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Tcheky Karyo, Jurgen Prochnow, David Suchet, and David Warner. Also, Chris Roberts, the creator of the video game series, directed the film. Unfortunately, having these elements in place did not equate to a good movie.

Wing Commander was a massive critical and commercial failure, only making a measly $11.6 million at the box office. This makes it easily the worst film that Freddie Prinze Jr. and Matthew Lillard ever starred in together. Before Wing Commander, the two starred in She’s All That and would later star in both the live-action Scooby-Doo films and the movie Summer Catch.

It’s not hard to imagine that there is a better version of the Wing Commander movie out there, but some mistakes were definitely made along the way during production. For one, Roberts decided to make the most of the film’s budget and shoot most of the movie in the interiors of the spaceships, which takes away some of the space-opera grandeur you expect from cosmic dogfights.  Also, the film sadly missed out on having some of the voice actors from the video game series.

The Wing Commander movie was a prequel, so it was decided that Mark Hamill was too old to reprise his role from the games. Also, Malcolm McDowell plays Admiral Tolwyn in the game, but he had scheduling conflicts that prevented him from appearing in the movie. Finally, the production was rushed because the studios wanted to get the movie out before Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace came out and destroyed any hope of competing space movies to make money at the box office that year.

In the end, Wing Commander ended up being a disaster, no matter how you slice it. Still, sometimes, it’s fun to revisit terrible movies and see how bad they really were. Unfortunately, the movie isn’t available legally on most streaming services, and it’s definitely not out there in HD.

Justin Hartley‘s newest Tracker case finds Colter Shaw helping Paradise’s Jon Beavers look for his missing son.

In Us Weekly‘s exclusive clip from the Sunday, March 29, episode of the hit CBS series, Colter (Hartley) helps James (Beavers) up after he gets beat up. He then asks Sylvia what she knows about the boy’s disappearance.

“His son is missing, we are looking for him. He disappeared from the science center this morning,” Colter says. “This is his son, Alex. He is the same age as your older son. We are looking for the truth.”

James, meanwhile, jumps in to ask why Sylvia left “before the police had a chance to question” her. Sylvia denies taking the boy while defending how her past led to her losing custody of her own kids.

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According to the official synopsis, Tracker‘s newest case is about how “when a young boy disappears during a school field trip at the aquarium, Colter must navigate a volatile father’s desperation to find his son.”

Beavers’ appearance on Tracker comes after his scene-stealing performance as Billy on Hulu’s Paradise. His is one of many high-profile cameos on Hartley’s show, which follows a survivalist who travels the country helping people and law enforcement tackle a variety of mysteries.

Hartley, 49, who is also an executive producer on the show, previously hinted at how far the show will push his character.

“I just love that when you watch a show like that and you tune into season 1 and then you tune into the last season, you see the development of the character and you go, ‘Wait a minute, are they playing different roles?’ But then if you watch it throughout the years, you experience those things with the characters,” he told TV Insider in September 2024. “As competent and confident as Colter is, I don’t at all think for a second that he doesn’t have a ton to learn, especially about himself and his family and all that.”

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Hartley continued: “Going forward, I think that will be how the show lives on a long runway, is that we keep developing this character and he becomes better at what he’s doing. He’s a restless man, and for an audience member, at least shows that I love to watch, you love to see that growth of a character and we have that.”

The actor also warned that the character could die in the future.

“It’s important to keep upping the stakes. I like being Colter as a hero, finding people and all that. I also really like seeing him in a suspenseful thriller and a dangerous situation,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in April 2025. “I don’t want our audience to forget that this man is mortal, he’s not a superhero. He can die! The things he is doing are very very dangerous.”

Tracker airs on CBS Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.

When it comes to relationships, Martha Stewart knows exactly what she wants, and she is not shy about saying it.

The businesswoman has been linked to several men since her split from ex-husband Andrew Stewart, including a past romance with Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins. 

With years of dating experience under her belt, Stewart has a clear picture of her ideal partner.

Martha Stewart Details Her Ideal Man Is One With Lots Of Money 

The lifestyle mogul considers herself a prize and expects the same from a partner. When asked about the features her man should possess, Martha revealed she looks for a mix of physical appeal and personality.

Speaking to PEOPLE Magazine, Stewart said there are “lots of things” she looks for. “Nice-looking, bald or not bald, I don’t care. If they have a nice-shaped head, it’s fine,” she explained. The entrepreneur further listed being “funny” and “smart” along with features like a nice smile and good teeth.

For Stewart, what would be a welcome bonus is if the man were rich. Although she is currently single and not dating as she does not have that time, Stewart has previously bragged that she is a “catch,” having valuable qualities that appeal to a partner. 

“I know how to cook, I know how to clean, I know how to keep a house — those are all very homemaker skills,” she said. 

Martha Stewart Admitted To Cheating In Her Marriage With Andrew Stewart

As Stewart brags about being a full-on spec and wanting similar attributes from the opposite sex, she has also made shocking revelations about her actions in her former marriage to Andrew Stewart. 

The Blast previously reported that in her 2024 Netflix documentary “Martha,” which detailed the events of her life, she confessed to cheating on her ex-husband. The confession came when she was advising young women about leaving their marital home if their partners ever cheated on them. 

However, a producer quickly pointed out the contradiction, asking, “Didn’t you have an affair early on?” Stewart acknowledged it, replying, “Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that.”

The ‘Martha Stewart Show’ Star Said She Had No Stress Covering Up Her Infidelity 

Following her admission, the media personality went on to reveal more about her affair during a conversation with businessman Lee Brian Schrager at the celebration of her 100th book. 

According to The Blast, the 84-year-old author admitted that keeping it a secret was “very easy,” noting that her husband’s lack of awareness made it simpler.

When Schrager jokingly asked how she managed to keep it hidden for so long, even suggesting it could be the theme of her next book, Stewart simply replied: “You have to be circumspect.”

Martha and Andrew tied the knot in 1961 and welcomed their daughter Alexis in 1965. After years of strain, the couple separated in 1987 and finalized their divorce in 1990.

Andrew Stewart Reportedly Cried Out About Hurtful Behavior In His Union With Martha 

As Martha revisited her past, including her marriage to Andrew, it appeared to reopen old wounds for him, prompting a response from both Andrew and his current wife, Shyla Stewart.

In the documentary, Martha alleged that Andrew had “quite a few girlfriends” during their relationship and admitted she found it difficult to leave at the time. However, the claim did not sit well with Andrew and Shyla, who pushed back against the portrayal.

Per The Blast, Shyla took to Facebook on their behalf, criticizing Martha for revisiting their long-ended relationship decades later. She went further, describing Andrew’s and Martha’s union as “painful and abusive,” unlike the “joy-filled” one he now shared with her.  

She ended by wishing everyone, including Martha, the chance to experience deep, fulfilling love and the peace that comes with it.

Martha Stewart Made A Full-Circle Return To The NYSE

Beyond her personal life, Stewart recently marked a major milestone with a return to the New York Stock Exchange, 24 years after her dramatic exit.

As The Blast reported, last month, she joined Miracle-Gro CFO Mark Scheiwer to ring the closing bell, marking the company’s 30th anniversary. She also signed the guest book alongside NYSE Vice President Chris Taylor.

The moment was memorable for Stewart as she was forced to resign from the NYSE board in 2002. She was later indicted in 2003 and convicted in 2004 on felony charges related to insider trading.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce can’t help but give each other the warm fuzzies.

Swift and Kelce began dating in summer 2023 before the singer attended her first Kansas City Chiefs game that fall. Swift later revealed that she and Kelce connected after he went to her Eras Tour stop in Missouri and wanted to give her a friendship bracelet with his number on it.

“We actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other,” she shared in her December 2023 TIME Person of the Year cover story. “By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”

Swift and Kelce’s romance quickly took the world by storm as fans and other stars became enamored with their sweet love story. Since going public with their relationship, the couple have made each other blush on multiple occasions.

Keep scrolling to see Swift and Kelce’s blush-worthy moments and their sweetest quotes about one another:

Taylor’s 1st Game

Swift made her Chiefs Kingdom debut in September 2023 when the Chiefs faced off against the Chicago Bears. The Grammy winner sat in a suite with Travis’ mom, Donna Kelce, to take in the game. Travis’ teammate James Winchester shared that he noticed that the tight end was blushing over having Swift cheer him on.

“I walked up to Trav. I just said, ‘Hey, man, that’s cool she’s here.’ He’s like, ‘What do you mean? Did they put her up on the jumbotron or something?’ I’m like, ‘No, Jay just told me. That’s awesome, man, good for you,’” Winchester recalled during a May episode of the “Like a Farmer” podcast. “He’s just kind of smiling and, you know, blushing.”

Big Brother Teasing

After Travis and Swift made headlines following that first game, Travis’ big bro, Jason Kelce, couldn’t help but tease him over Swift putting him “on the map.”

“I just thought it was awesome that everybody in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her. The friends and family. She looked amazing,” he gushed during the brothers’ “New Heights” podcast. “And on top of that, the day went perfect for Chiefs fans. We script it all, ladies and gentlemen. It was absolutely electric.”

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‘Karma’ Shout-Out

When Travis had a bye week in November 2023, he jetted off to Buenos Aires to catch Swift’s Eras Tour concert. Travis was in the audience with Taylor’s dad, Scott Swift, and watched the show from the VIP booth. During the show’s finale, Taylor changed the lyrics to her finale song, “Karma,” from “guy on the screen,” which was a reference to her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, to “guy on the Chiefs.”

Fans in attendance captured Travis’ reaction to the surprise which left him turning red and covering his face. Scott went to give the football player a high-five, but Travis was so stunned he missed the moment.

Travis opened up about the experience on his and Jason’s podcast and admitted he was “shocked” by the shout-out. He also apologized to Taylor’s dad for leaving him hanging.

“Mr. Swift, I apologize, big guy,” Travis said. “I never miss a high-five, too, big high-five guy. It’s the most electric thing you could do at an event.”

Making Taylor an ‘Honest Woman’

In June 2024, Travis attended the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend charity event in Kansas City. While at the event he chatted with Jason Sudeikis, who teased the football player about his potential future with Taylor.

“Hey, Travis, real talk. It’s just us guys here. When are you gonna make an honest woman out of [her]?” Sudeikis jokingly asked before referring to Harrison Butker’s controversial graduation speech about women choosing to be homemakers over pursuing a career. “Taylor doesn’t need to be working anymore. And again, I know your kicker agrees with me.”

Travis laughed and smiled at the joke before he sarcastically replied, “Guys, you’re really pushing it.”

Falling for the Boy on the Football Team

During the Lyon, France, stop of her Eras Tour, Taylor performed “Fifteen” as one of the night’s secret songs. The Fearless track, which dropped in 2008, includes the line, “In your life, you’ll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team.” When Swift belted the lyrics out, she realized the irony of her words, leaving her smiling and blushing as the crowd went wild.

The Best Cooking Partners

During Travis’ June 2024 Chiefs press conference, he was asked about his favorite meals to cook with Taylor.

“I respect that question, but I’m gonna keep that one to myself,” he said, blushing and smiling. “I thoroughly enjoy cooking with her, so it’s something I’d rather keep personal.”

At the very end of the press conference, Travis quipped that the pop star “makes a great Pop-Tart and cinnamon roll.”

Taking the Stage

Travis attended Taylor’s London Eras Tour concerts in June 2024 — and ended up on stage. The singer threw a fake tantrum in between “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” during the Tortured Poets Department section of her show every night. For her third night at Wembley Stadium, Travis joined her dancers on stage.

After their rehearsed skit, Travis stood behind his girlfriend, blushing with a giant smile on his face as she began the song.

Appreciating the Praise

When Adam Sandler appeared on an August 2024 episode of “New Heights,” he couldn’t stop gushing over Taylor. “By the way, what a girl,” he told Travis, who referred to his girlfriend as the “best performer out here.”

Sandler went on to explain how significant Taylor is to his family, explaining that his two daughters — Sadie and Sunny — are big fans. “I love listening to her in the car. I love what she had to say, every message, every melody, the production, how cool she was,” he said. “What she meant to young girls, what she means to women. What she means to guys doing the right thing in life.”

Travis thanked Sandler for his kind words, even noting that Taylor was “so grateful” to see the actor and his daughters at the October 2023 premiere of her Eras Tour concert film. “You got me sweatin’ over here,” Travis teased.

Never Been Happier

“I’m enjoying all aspects of life, that’s for damn sure,” Travis said on the Stephen A. Smith Show in January 2025. “Me and Taylor are happy and I couldn’t be happier to have that confidence and that comfort off the field and all the support I could ever ask for in the stadium.”

He added, “I think, personally, the beauty of being in a very strong relationship is that you get that support to be able to come in and focus on your craft, focus on being the best version of you. That’s why I wanted to be at [her] concerts supporting her and being there for her, making sure she feels comfortable and supported in everything she’s doing in life.”

Sealing Her Podcast Appearance With a Kiss

Taylor joined Travis and Jason for an August 2025 episode of the brothers’ “New Heights” podcast, where she gushed over their relationship and shared a sweet smooch with her boyfriend.

“This podcast has done a lot for me,” Swift teased. “This podcast got me a boyfriend ever since Travis decided to use it as his personal dating app two years ago.”

Why Their Relationship Works

Taylor had nothing but positive things to say about Travis in her Disney+ docuseries, The End of an Era, which chronicled his June 2024 cameo on stage at The Eras Tour. “The way that he just comes to life when the lights are the brightest — people talk about that all the time with him. They’re like, ‘The moment’s never too big for Travis,’” she explained. “The lights are never too bright for Travis. As a player, he can, like, slow down time in the most stressful moments, and that’s exactly what we saw on stage. He got out there and was the most charming, delightful performer you could ever be on the stage with. … He’s just so magically entertaining.”

She went on to note that the duo get along so well because they take similar approaches to their careers, which require them to be away from each other for long periods of time. “Somehow there’s been this dynamic shift with Travis, because it’s shocking how many similarities we have towards our jobs and how we view them and how we view each other,” she said. “We both have jobs where we both go out in NFL stadiums and we entertain people for three and a half hours. His with considerably more violence than mine, but he’s not in heels. But it’s our passion. We’ve been chasing this since we were little kids. So, I don’t think I ever thought I’d meet a guy who had that same trajectory. And I’ve realized with this person in my life that just was the right fit for me, you can have the two passions coexist and they actually fuel each other. Ultimately, we love cheering each other on. That’s rad.”

She then marveled at the fact that fans started wearing his jersey to her Eras Tour shows, saying she couldn’t have ever imagined such an outcome when the tour began in March 2023.

“I swear to God, it’s like every 12th person has his jersey on. The fans absolutely love Travis, and I think it’s ’cause they can tell that he loves them too and he just kind of loves all people,” she said before calling their romance “the most meaningful relationship” of her life. “Travis is just very comfortable with, conceptually speaking, a big life, because he has one. And it’s not one that he has reluctantly, he’s very comfortable with it. I think ultimately it’s the way he treats me, it’s very clear. And I think that’s one of the reasons why the fans are so in love with him. ‘Cause you should be, you know? He’s very lovable.”

Finding The One

In the sixth episode of The End of an Era, Taylor read a card that Travis sent her with flowers ahead of her last few Eras shows in Vancouver. “So many unbelievable memories on this tour, but my favorite one is seeing you in concert for the first time, being mesmerized and swept off my feet by a woman who doesn’t even know me,” he wrote. “I selfishly say thank you for creating this legendary tour and to [tour manager] Robert [Allen] for making you stop through Kansas City, Missouri. That night two in KC was the beginning of me meeting the love of my life.”

Travis Kelce Brings the Vibes

Taylor and Travis made their awards show debut at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2026, where the “Opalite” singer gave her man a sweet shout-out in her acceptance speech for Best Pop Album.

“This album probably also feels very happy and confident and free because that’s the way that I get to feel every single day of my life because of my fiancé, who is here tonight,” she told the crowd. “So, thanks for the vibes.”

Not every sci-fi movie needs a giant space battle or a world-ending twist to leave a mark. Some of them get under your skin in quieter ways, building tension through ideas, emotion, and the kind of mystery that keeps pulling you deeper the longer you sit with it. That is a huge part of why Arrival hit so hard when it landed in 2016. It looked like a first-contact thriller on the surface, but it turned into something much more moving and much stranger than that.

Now, Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed sci-fi drama is heading to Paramount+ on April 1, giving the streamer one of the strongest genre additions in its next wave of library titles. The film remains one of the director’s most admired works, arriving just before he made the leap to even bigger sci-fi worlds with Blade Runner 2049 and Dune. For a lot of fans, though, Arrival is still the one that lingers the most.

Based on Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life, the film follows linguist Louise Banks as she is brought in to communicate with mysterious alien visitors who have appeared around the globe. What begins as an exercise in translation quickly becomes something far more personal and unnerving, as Louise starts to understand that language itself may be reshaping how she experiences time. It is a gorgeous, patient, deeply emotional movie that trusts the audience to keep up. The cast includes Amy Adams as Louise Banks, Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly, Forest Whitaker as Colonel Weber, Michael Stuhlbarg as Agent Halpern, and Tzi Ma as General Shang.

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How Good Is ‘Arrival’?

Collider’s review stated that Arrival is the film Denis Villeneuve had been building toward — a stunning blend of visual storytelling, emotional depth, and big ideas that finally comes together into something truly special. What makes Arrival truly work, though, is how everything comes together. The visuals, the performances, the score — all of it serves a story that feels both intimate and expansive. It’s a film that rewards patience and invites multiple viewings.

The maintained feeling of discovery is where Villeneuve deserves so much applause. Arrival is very exciting because it is a sci-fi about ideas and interpersonal communication. Even when it engages with a type of conflict that we’re familiar with, Villeneuve only uses sound and a detached viewing from above. We are so attached to the researchers and their methods, we want them to be able to do all their work devoid of violent conflict. Arrival makes us care about each discovery and less about what conflict might impede it. It’s truly a game-changer for modern science fiction.

Arrival will arrive on Paramount+ on April 1.

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November 11, 2016

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116 minutes

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Denis Villeneuve

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Eric Heisserer

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Aaron Ryder, David Linde, Karen Lunder, Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen

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