When Kirsten Dunst declared that she wants to voice a character in the sequel to A Minecraft Movie because she’d like to do a film that doesn’t lose money for once, she wasn’t being entirely accurate, of course. Dunst famously played a major role in three blockbuster Spider-Man movies, not to mention the hits she appeared in during the early stages of her career. It is true, though, that she has spent the last two decades — essentially the years following Spider-Man 3 — exclusively doing smaller projects. She’s working her way back up to the A-list, with A Minecraft Sequel and The Housemaid’s Secret lined up. But during these last two decades, even her movies that were marketed to appeal to the broadest audience ended up underperforming. One such movie was Bachelorette, which was released in the wake of The Hangover and Bridesmaids, but grossed only $12 million at the box office.
Studios tried their best to replicate the success of The Hangover and Bridesmaids, which grossed a combined total of around $700 million worldwide and seemed to suggest that raunchy, R-rated comedies could appeal across demographics. Dunst’s contemporary, Scarlett Johansson, made a similar film. Her movie was released in 2017; it also featured Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Zoë Kravitz, and Ilana Glazer — all of whom were at the peak of their respective careers at the time. However, the film underperformed commercially. It’s now staging a surprising comeback on streaming. According to FlixPatrol, it was the number one movie on the global HBO Max chart this past week.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Here’s the Dark Comedy Starring Scarlett Johansson That’s Staging a Streaming Comeback
We’re talking about the dark comedy Rough Night, directed by Lucia Aniello, who worked with Glazer on the hit sitcom Broad City. The movie grossed a little more than $45 million worldwide against a reported production budget of $25 million, which doesn’t include the $35 million that was said to have been spent on marketing it. Rough Night holds a 45% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Rough Night‘s gifted stars are certainly good for some laughs, but their talents aren’t properly utilized in a scattered comedy that suffers from too many missed opportunities.” Johansson would soon be crowned the highest-earning female star in the world; she’s now circling a role in The Batman Part II. You can watch the movie at home and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Matt Rogers is opening up about where he stands with Fraser Olender after the Below Deck star’s health scare.
“We were already really enjoying being together and then there was this health stuff that entered and so that accelerated things,” Rogers, 36, said on the Wednesday, April 15, episode of his and Bowen Yang’s “Las Culturistas” podcast. “Now where we are at is, he’s off. I can’t say where. … He’s creating the television program many people like. I’m going to see him soon but while he’s been gone and I’ve been sort of busy doing my own thing, we kind of did just take a little bit of space just because of how intense everything had gotten and personal things.”
Rogers and Olender, 33, went public with their romance in November 2025, at the same time that the Below Deck star experienced a health scare. Rogers explained on Wednesday that the pair had been dating for three months when they went to BravoCon.
“I wasn’t even going with the idea of, ‘And we are going to take a photo on the carpet.’ He wanted to take a picture together, I was like, ‘Let’s do it.’ I put it on my Instagram. Then all of a sudden, that very weekend, people are like, ‘Oh, Matt and Fraser are dating.’ As that was happening, and I know this is going to sound dramatic, he had a heart attack in front of me,” Rogers said, while guest Lena Dunham replied, “Doesn’t sound dramatic. It’s true. It’s traumatic, is what it is.”
Fraser Olender‘s onscreen relationship with Captain Sandy Yawn on Below Deck was quite rocky, but they’ve since gotten to a better place. “I saw Captain Sandy in London about three weeks ago. Of course, we get along,” Fraser, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly at BravoCon on Friday, November 3, before waving off their past drama. […]
He continued, “I feel like what people don’t know — or if you know, you obviously know because it’s horrifying and it’s hard to explain but, you don’t know that a heart attack is happening every time. He had very intense chest pains and couldn’t get comfortable and was short of breath and had to bail on the whole night with us.”
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Rogers remembered checking in with Olender later, describing the reality TV star’s symptoms as “ongoing.”
“I’m thinking, like, ‘Is this stress and anxiety [or] whatever?’ We find out much later, after tests come in, that essentially because of this poison that got in his lungs, he had what was the equivalent of a heart attack,” Rogers said. “And it was really bad. We were in the hospital until 5, 5:30 in the morning. We really had only been dating for about three months.”
One day after Rogers’ comments, Olender shared a series of photos via his Instagram — including a couple of the “Las Culturistas” host. “Here & there ft. 🫶🏼,” he captioned the post.
Below Deck‘s Fraser Olender was asked about the rocky aspects of his past working relationship with Captain Sandy Yawn. During the Monday, February 5, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Fraser was asked to describe his former coworkers. When asked about with Sandy, 58, Fraser replied that he learned “a lot,” but […]
“This is not chic but very important for me to share ⚠️,” he wrote at the time. “A few weeks ago I was rushed to hospital due to severe chest pains and difficulties breathing. Following this, I spent a week in London hospitals seeing specialists to identify the cause and possible damage of the incident. To keep it simple — I had vape poisoning, (an E-cigarette or Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)) and I have never experienced fear or pain like it.”
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He continued, “Whatever was in my vape caused me to have a coronary artery vasospasm. Medically, that means the arteries supplying blood to my heart suddenly clamped down. That spasm reduced blood flow enough to cause an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), better known as a heart attack — not because of a blockage, but because my heart wasn’t getting enough oxygen during the spasm.”
Olender shared that he’s “grateful to still be recovering,” and he wanted to share his health scare with his followers because he “never realized something like this could happen.”
“If this experience can help even one person rethink vaping, it’s worth telling,” he wrote. “I haven’t touched a vape since this happened and never will. The pain I endured for 24 hours was inexplicable, 2 rounds of morphine didn’t touch the sides and eventually had to be given the strongest pain relief legal to administer in [the] ER — and that only brought my pain from a 10 to a 7.”
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He continued, “I could have died for the sake of something so ridiculously stupid, so please do yourselves a favour and give it up too – cold turkey. We do not know enough about these horrific things but I can tell you one thing; that was NOT cute, not even for the plot 👎🏼.”
Olender encouraged his followers to “be safe” and put their “health first.”
“P.s. it’s been nearly 3 weeks off the vape — my skin has never been better, brighter and clearer, there MUST be a correlation,” he wrote. “BEST skincare hack out there 👀.”
“Sorry been busy filming this week,” Earle, 25, captioned TikTok footage of herself taking a pole-dancing class set to SAYGRACE and G-Eazy’s cover of “You Don’t Own Me.”
Several of Earle’s followers, meanwhile, wanted the scoop about the influencer’s supposed beef with “Call Her Daddy” podcaster Cooper, 31.
“WELP WE GOT SOME TEA FROM MARKOS,” one fan wrote in the comments section, to which Earle replied, “Doesn’t mean it’s true 💗 you’ll see.”
Alex Cooper and Alix Earle seemed like the perfect duo when they initially joined forces — but the social media stars had a falling out. Cooper launched her Unwell Network in August 2023, signing Earle as her first hire. The following month, Earle’s “Hot Mess” podcast released its first episode. More than a year later, […]
TikTok user @MarkosBits claimed on Saturday, April 18, that he knew “the full story” of what went down between Earle and Cooper and alleged that Earle wasn’t happy with her podcast contract that supposedly “heavily favored” Cooper’s Unwell Network production company.
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“These sources are so wrong,” Alix’s sister Ashtin Earle replied to Markos.
Earle launched her “Hot Mess” podcast under the Unwell banner. The podcast, however, was dropped in February 2025 amid swirling rumors of a feud between the influencer and Cooper.
“I also have no idea what’s going on,” Alix said in a TikTok video at the time, adding in a follow-up clip, “Don’t really want to get into the details of it all, and I kind of can’t get into the details of it all right now, but I’ve loved it so much, and I’m really proud of what I built with the podcast.”
Alix Earle and Alex Cooper’s ongoing feud doesn’t appear to be simmering any time soon. One day after Earle, 25, announced that she was “on it” after Cooper, 31, requested she publicly break down their mysterious conflict, Earle shared a video that captured the moment she first watched Cooper’s request. “Shoutout to my friends for […]
Cooper addressed Earle’s post via her Instagram Stories, writing, “Hi! I see ur comments. Alix not being able to podcast has nothing to do with Unwell,” Cooper said via her Instagram Story at the time. “IDK why she can’t/what’s going on. Unwell gave her everything back. She owns her IP.”
While neither star initially addressed the supposed drama, Alix raised eyebrows earlier this month when she started reposting shady videos. Cooper then chimed in about the alleged feud.
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“You guys know I don’t usually address this kind of stuff because it feels like a waste of time. And honestly, it’s embarrassing to participate in this,” Cooper said in an April 13 video. “ am obviously seeing the videos, and I’m getting tagged. I see the DMs. I see the comments. So, at this point, it just feels long overdue.”
Cooper subsequently addressed Alix directly, adding, “Hey, girl. The passive aggressive reposts and the ‘likes’ and the commenting on things, I gotta call you out here. “Just say what you gotta say about me. There’s no NDA, and no one is stopping you. Stop hiding behind other people and just say it yourself. What’s the beef?”
The ongoing drama between Alix Earle and Alex Cooper was rooted in an “ego-driven” conflict that ultimately led to their very public feud, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “It was not one isolated incident that led to the feud. There were multiple occasions where Alex made Alix feel uncomfortable,” the insider explains. “Alix felt […]
Cooper stressed that she had “nothing to hide” and welcomed a conversation with Alix, who responded in the comments, writing, “OK on it!”
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While neither Cooper nor Alix have further detailed what led to their falling-out, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that the conflict was “ego-driven.”
“It was not one isolated incident that led to the feud. There were multiple occasions where Alex made Alix feel uncomfortable,” an insider told Us on Friday, April 17. “Alix felt ‘mean girl energy’ from [Alex] especially after they did the podcast together and didn’t think Alex had her best interests at heart.”
More than 40 years after its premiere, The Facts of Life is still giving Us something to talk about.
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The sitcom debuted on NBC in August 1979 as a spinoff of Diff’rent Strokes.The Facts of Life aired for nine seasons, becoming one of the longest-running sitcoms of the ’80s.
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Before the series came to an end in 1988, the story of boarding school housemother Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) was expanded with two TV movies. The Facts of Life Goes to Paris aired in 1982, followed by The Facts of Life Down Under in 1987. A third film, The Facts of Life Reunion, brought together nearly the entire cast in 2001. (Nancy McKeon, who played Jo, was unable to participate at the time due to scheduling.)
Scroll down to see where the cast of The Facts of Life is now:
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It seems like streaming is the only venue for high-concept genre movies these days — rom-coms, sci-fi and horror films that blend different styles and don’t rely on existing IP are typically released at home. The ones that received theatrical releases this year have underperformed. For instance, Mercy grossed just $55 million worldwide against a reported $60 million budget, despite featuring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson. Gore Verbinski‘s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die grossed less than half of its reported $20 million budget. Both movies, however, have done very well for themselves on streaming and PVOD.
They were followed recently by another high-concept sci-fi movie that debuted directly on Hulu, and continues to be one of the streamer’s most-watched titles. The movie was directed by BenDavid Grabinski, and it stars Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, and Eiza González. It follows two gangster friends who are pulled deeper into the world of organized crime, but with a time-travel twist. The film opened to excellent reviews and is now sitting at a “Certified Fresh” 78% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. In his review, Collider’s Ross Bonaime praised Grabinski for having “taken the bones of a gangster movie and added laugh-out-loud humor, wild references, needle drops, and time travel, and blended them into one of the most fun films to come out in 2026.”
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Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt
Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.
🎖️Rambo
🍸James Bond
🏺Indiana Jones
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🔧John McClane
🎭Ethan Hunt
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You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.
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You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.
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You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.
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The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.
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How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.
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Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.
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Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.
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What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.
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Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.
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It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.
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Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
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Rambo
Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
James Bond
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Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
Indiana Jones
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
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John McClane
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
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Ethan Hunt
Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
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Eiza González Has Become Guy Ritchie’s Muse
We’re talking about Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, which debuted on Hulu on March 27 after premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The movie’s Rotten Tomatoes consensus reads, “A daffy crime comedy that uses its sci-fi elements in the service of character, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is slick and amusing proof that there’s enough room for two Vince Vaughns.” According to FlixPatrol, the movie has spent more than three weeks on the domestic Hulu chart, and was only recently unseated from the top spot. Crime comedies do well on streaming, as can be seen from the continued success of Guy Ritchie‘s movies. González herself has starred in a couple of his streaming hits, and is all set to appear alongside Henry Cavilland Jake Gyllenhaal in the filmmaker’s upcoming In the Grey. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Once upon a time, TV shows just refused to end. Twenty-something episode seasons, filler arcs, and dragged-out storylines were the norm until Netflix changed everything. The streamer practically built its identity on tight, binge-worthy shows with short seasons and quick payoffs. In other words, Netflix has always known exactly when to end a story, and that makes all the difference.
However, the platform is also home to several shows that don’t just want to keep going. Instead, they are actually built on ideas and formats that can continue evolving without ever feeling stale. Here are Netflix shows that could last forever because of exactly that, and honestly, probably should.
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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ (2022–Present)
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The Lincoln Lawyeris a show that’s just built to last. It takes the familiar format of a legal drama and makes it feel effortless, binge-worthy. The series, based on The Brass Verdict and other novels by Michael Connelly, follows defense attorney Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), who deals with high-stakes trials and a complex legal system while also dealing with his personal baggage. The great thing about the show is how it strikes the perfect balance between procedural and serialized storytelling.
Each episode brings in a new case that keeps things fresh while the audience remains invested in Mickey’s complicated relationships with his team, ex-wives, and daughter. That structure gives the show reason to go on for a long time without ever feeling repetitive. As long as there are new clients, crimes, and moral dilemmas for the protagonist to deal with, The Lincoln Lawyer will never really run out of steam.
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‘Love, Death & Robots’ (2019–Present)
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Love, Death, & Robotspursues storytelling without any boundaries, and that’s what makes it so great. The animated anthology, created by Tim Miller and executive produced by David Fincher, tells a range of standalone stories that explore subjects including artificial intelligence, war, dystopias, and even human consciousness. Each episode of Love, Death & Robots is like a short film with different animation styles and tones.
However, their themes always tie them together. It’s honestly incredible how much the show manages to do in such a short runtime. Each story feels complete, yet leaves the audience with just enough ambiguity to pique their curiosity. This format makes Love, Death & Robots feel like it genuinely goes on forever. The show has the potential to continue experimenting and evolving over time and with technology.
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‘Black Mirror’ (2011–Present)
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Black Mirroraims to unsettle, and what a great job it does at that. The series is Charlie Brooker’s masterpiece, which began as a British production before being picked up by Netflix, where it became one of the streamer’s most experimental and thoughtful titles. Black Mirror is also an anthology that explores the impact of technology on human behavior. However, despite all the flashy gadgets it centers on, Black Mirror is an uncomfortable exploration of mankind’s worst instincts. The eerie part is that the series actually takes existing fears around technology and amplifies them to the most extreme degree.
What’s all the more eerie is how close it always feels to reality. The sci-fi show is ambitious, but most of its stories feel like they’re just a few steps ahead of where humanity currently is. They revolve around social media, surveillance, and artificial intelligence. However, none of it ever feels sterile, because at its core, Black Mirror is driven by very human emotions of grief, obsession, and even love. That’s why the show will never run out of stories that feel both futuristic and comfortably familiar.
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‘Virgin River’ (2019–Present)
Callum Kerr as Everett and Jessica Rothe as Sarah in a flashback on ‘Virgin River.’Image via Netflix
Virgin Riveris the perfect slow-burning romantic drama, based on the novels by Robyn Carr. The series follows nurse practitioner and midwife Melinda “Mel” Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge), who moves to the quiet town of Virgin River to escape her bad past. However, she soon finds herself surrounded by a tightly-knit community that’s filled with complicated relationships, emotional baggage, and some pretty dark secrets. Amidst all this, her compelling romance with bar owner and former Marina Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson)becomes the heart of the story.
Now, the premise might sound straightforward, but Virgin River unfolds through an expanding web of storylines that involve medical cases, small-town politics, and even drug operations that are woven into the characters’ personal arcs. The show constantly baits its audience with cliffhangers and rewards them with emotional payoffs, which is exactly what makes it so addictive. Even when the story feels predictable, one just can’t stop watching because of the characters and their chemistry. Virgin River might not be a high-concept show like most other names on this list, but it has mastered the art of comfort watching, and that truly never gets old.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
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Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
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🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
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The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
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Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
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Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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‘Bridgerton’ (2020–Present)
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Bridgertonis another cozy romance series that transports its audience to the Regency Era, but with a modern twist. The series, created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes, is based on Julia Quinn’s successful novel series and follows the lives and romances of the Bridgerton siblings in London’s high society. Each season centers on a different sibling while also leaning into a distinct romantic trope, such as fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, or friends-to-lovers. This rotating structure is one of the show’s biggest strengths.
It allows Bridgerton to reinvent itself every season with new emotional dynamics and fresh pairings, while also retaining fan-favorite characters and expanding their arcs. The show is definitely rooted in the Bridgerton family, but the universe it takes place in is far bigger. The success of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story proved that the franchise can easily branch out into spinoffs and side stories that can explore different timelines and perspectives. The Bridgerton franchise has a built-in framework for longevity thanks to its brilliant character work. The show has never been limited to one central arc, and that gives it the potential to last for a long time.
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‘One Piece’ (2023–Present)
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Netflix’s One Piecehas been a breath of fresh air in the saturated landscape of live-action remakes. The series follows the relentlessly optimistic pirate, Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), who sets out to find the ultimate treasure and become the Pirate King. Along the way, he builds his crew, where each member brings their own backstory and motivation. The story blends action, heart, and humor as the Straw Hat pirates travel across dangerous seas and battle powerful enemies.
What makes the show special is how faithfully it adapts Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga series while still making it feel accessible to a brand-new audience. It captures the spirit of the anime without feeling like a straightforward copy. The world-building feels expansive from the very beginning, and with the manga still ongoing, the Netflix series has an almost endless supply of arcs, characters, and adventures to draw from.
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‘The Haunting Of’ Series (2018–2020)
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The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor are easily some of the smartest horror TV series of all time. Through their success, Mike Flanagan has actually been able to create something much bigger with his other Netflix shows, including Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Of course, the latter shows aren’t direct sequels to The Haunting Of anthology, but they carry the same kind of storytelling that layers emotional narratives with intense psychological horror.
Flanagan is now practically known for blending the supernatural with grief, trauma, and human relationships to create stories that feel connected even when they aren’t explicitly part of the same universe. That’s exactly why this style of storytelling can keep going indefinitely. A continuation of Flanagan’s horror series wouldn’t have to be tied to a single house or family. Instead, it uses the same kind of tone and approach to horror that can be applied to endless new settings and characters.
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‘Beef’ (2023–Present)
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Anthologies are usually reserved for prestige storytelling. However, Beef, created by Lee Sung Jin, applies the format to a comedy that is also a psychological thriller, a social satire, and an existential crisis. Beef Season 1 follows Danny Cho (Steven Yeun), a struggling contractor whose road-rage incident with entrepreneur Amy Lau (Ali Wong) spirals into a petty and destructive feud that destroys both of their lives. The conflict starts with something absurdly small and keeps escalating until it exposes the ugly, repressed human feelings underneath.
The show is easily one of Netflix’s best original series and explores what happens when resentment and class conflict collide. Beef Season 2 takes that same formula and applies it to a brand new story that revolves around the setting of a country club, where a young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife. This pivot alone proves that the series can essentially keep going on for years without ever feeling repetitive. Beef is practically designed to show how humans will always find new reasons to clash, thanks to their fragile egos.
“This is a sacrilege,” Nancy, 85, wrote via X on Sunday, April 19.
Nancy then responded to a fan who asked if something could be done about Trump’s post, saying, “Unfortunately, no. The only people who can do something are the publishers.”
Nancy also reposted a few comments from fans who pointed out that Frank, who died at age 82 in 1998, would not have agreed with Trump’s actions in office.
Sinéad O’Connor’s estate has a message for former President Donald Trump — stop using the late singer’s song “Nothing Compares 2 U” at campaign rallies. “Throughout her life, it is well known that Sinéad O’Connor lived by a fierce moral code defined by honesty, kindness, fairness and decency towards her fellow human beings,” O’Connor’s label […]
“@NancySinatra will confirm again that her father loathed Donald Trump,” one post read, while another user added, “Trump may love Sinatra, but Sinatra did not love Trump.”
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Trump, 79, caused concern on Saturday, April 18, when he took to Truth Social with a nearly four-minute-long clip of Frank doing a live performance of “My Way.”
“And now, the end is near/ And so I face the final curtain,” the song begins. “My friend, I’ll say it clear/ I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain/ I’ve lived a life that’s full/ I traveled each and every highway/ And more, much more than this/ I did it my way.”
The president did not add any context to the post, leading to speculation about his reason behind sharing the video.
“Dafuq is going on? Should I be in a bunker or something?” one user wrote via X, while another person added, “Trump just posted a video of Frank Sinatra singing ‘My Way.’ What’s happening?”
Actor James Woods is praising Donald Trump despite the president’s less-than-stellar approval rating. “Greatest President and greatest Cabinet, certainly in my lifetime,” Woods, 78, wrote via X on Saturday, February 28, along with a photo of President Trump, 79, and his cabinet posing for a picture in the Oval Office. Woods post came on the […]
“Why is Donald Trump posting Frank Sinatra singing ‘My Way’ in the middle of the night? I guess the Iran stuff is getting REALLY bad,” a third person shared, referring to the ongoing war in Iran, which began in February when the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on the Middle Eastern country.
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Others believed the post may have been a sign that Trump’s health is declining, which has been rumored in recent weeks. (White House communications director Steven Cheung denied claims that Trump was hospitalized earlier this month, writing via X that there has “never been a President who has worked harder for the American people than President Trump.”)
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“Donald Trump posting Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ has to mean something right … Is he dying? Is he stepping down? Or is he just trolling us?” one person wrote via X.
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“Three posts in roughly six days, all built around themes of legacy, morality, and reflection,” another user shared. “That’s not a coincidence. That’s a pattern worth naming. The context underneath. Trump turns 80 in June. He’s the oldest person ever to serve as US president, a record he took from himself.”
Us Weekly reached out to the White House for comment.
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Beef Season 2.]
Summary
Collider’s Steve Weintraub talks with Beef creator Lee Sung Jin and Season 2 star Charles Melton.
In this interview, Lee and Melton talk about Melton’s Tom Cruise moment on set, the themes and message of the Season 2 finale, and Melton’s interpretation of that final shot.
Lee also teases his credentials to co-write Marvel’s upcoming X-Men movie.
Netflix’s hit series Beefreturned for Season 2, from three-time Emmy Award-winning creator Lee Sung Jin, with a whole new ensemble and story. With all eight episodes now streaming, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with Lee and star Charles Meltonto discuss the nuanced finale, from the two thematic oners to what that final shot actually means.
This season, we followed newly engaged Gen Z couple Ashley (Cailee Spaeny) and Austin (Melton) as they found themselves tangled up in their boss’s unraveling relationship. Set against the backdrop of an exclusive country club, after witnessing a heated private moment between their manager Joshua (Oscar Isaac) and his wife Lindsay (Carey Mulligan), the two couples end up in competition, vying for the approval of the club’s billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung). Season 2 also stars Seoyeon Jang (Butterfly), Song Kang-ho (Parasite), Mikaela Hoover (Superman), and William Fichtner (Talamasca: The Secret Order).
In addition to the season finale, Lee shares exciting news for Marvel’s upcoming, as-of-yet untitled X-Men movie, which he’s set to pen alongside fellow Beef collaborator Joanna Calo, with Thunderbolts* and Beef director Jake Schreier at the helm. Don’t miss what’s in store for MCU fans; check out the full conversation in the video above or in the transcript below.
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“I hold all these characters near and dear to my heart.”
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COLLIDER: Beef Season 2 is just fantastic. You guys did such amazing work.
LEE SUNG JIN: Thank you so much. Thank you. Appreciate that.
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Sonny, I have to start with you as an individual, if you don’t mind. I’m sure you noticed that we wrote about X-Men and your involvement. I have to ask you, are you and Joanna [Calo] adapting? Are you working off a draft, or are you guys doing a page one rewrite?
LEE: Oh, man. I don’t know that I’m allowed to say. Where’s my publicist? I know that there was a previous draft, but I also know that Joanna, Jake [Schreier], and I, and Stephen, the producer, and Kevin [Feige] and Lou [D’Esposito], we’ve been meeting regularly and trying to create a new draft. I love working with these people, often frequent collaborators, so I think the goal for us is just to keep getting in rooms, keep spitballing.
I’m such a huge, huge fan of X-Men. My dad was in town for my daughter’s birthday, my mom and dad both were, and I told them the news about X-Men, and he was like, “That’s the good one.” I have such fond memories of me and my dad on Saturday morning, every morning, waking up, I think it was probably, like, 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. central time. We’d watch every single episode and read the comics. I was a huge Gambit fan growing up, so the love is very strong. I hold all these characters near and dear to my heart.
I think Jake has such a clear vision of what he wants to accomplish through this movie. So, yeah, Joanna and I are here just to service the greater story, and we’re very, very honored to be a part of it.
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I’m over the moon that you guys are working on it.
Charles Melton Pushed Himself for the Perfect “Tom Cruise” Shot
“Nobody can pressure me more than I can pressure myself.”
Austin Davis is standing in his country club uniform, smiling.Image via Netflix
Jumping into the show. Charles, I’ve watched your work before, but this is by far my favorite work that I’ve seen of you. You’re just so good in this, and I’m just curious, did you put any additional pressure on yourself once you read the scripts, you saw your scene partners, and realized what you were stepping into?
CHARLES MELTON: Yeah. I work with an immense amount of pressure. Nobody can pressure me more than I can pressure myself. That’s kind of my way of life, I guess. But I think the environment that Lee Sung Jin created, and just the collaboration, I know we all individually, the cast, spent hours and hours and hours discussing existential things and shadow selves and experiences, these characters, which were filtered through the mind of Sunny and his own experience for them to write and have us, the actors, just telegraph these stories. It was such an exciting environment to be a part of. We were laughing… I mean, I wasn’t laughing all the time, but…
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LEE SUNG JIN: I don’t know if it’s his football background, because he played football in college, just like Austin did, but Charles has a competitive streak in him that, I think, pushes yourself, whether it’s in ADR. He holds the record right below Song Kang-ho. Song Kang-ho holds the record in terms of how many takes he wants to do in ADR. It’s like literally hundreds. Charles is right there in the 90s.
There’s a shot in the finale when he’s running to grab a taxi. We got it, and we were going to move on. Charles is like, “I can go faster, like Tom Cruise.” We were like, “You can give us the Tom Cruise?” He was like, “Yeah.” So then he went one more time — pulled his hamstring. So, he’s always pushing himself to the limit until his body literally breaks, and I think that’s why we have the performance from him that we do.
MELTON: Thanks, man.
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Is Austin Actually Happy in the ‘Beef’ Season 2 Finale?
Charles Melton has the perfect answer.
Austin embraces Ashley as she smiles at her engagement ring.Image via Netflix
I do want to talk spoilers. I’ve obviously watched the whole thing, and I love the ending. For both of you, what are your thoughts on the way it ended, especially with the Gen Z couple taking over the country club?
JIN: It was really important for us to bookend the season with those two oners at the country club. Even the event in that oner is an event that depicts the four seasons, which is representative of each of the four couples. A big theme is the turning of seasons, the turning of generations, so we see spring turning to summer, to fall into winter. So, it made sense for us to show how Ashley and Austin ended up becoming a version of Josh and Lindsay.
In our youth, there’s so much hubris in terms of the ideologies that we hold, and there’s nothing wrong with those ideals. I think those are good ideals to have. But then life comes at you fast. I think it’s hard to hold on to those ideals when life throws you curveballs, especially financially. So, whether that’s a right or wrong decision, I’m hoping that the show doesn’t come across like we’re judging that decision. I think it really is open to interpretation, whether that’s something that they had to do or not.
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Charles, I want to ask you a different question. Do you think Austin is ultimately happy with the decisions he made? Because when he’s in the car, he has the kid, he has the family, he’s walking out, and it’s a hard read. I’m just curious what your take was on where Austin is mentally?
MELTON: Dude, that’s a great question, man. I think about the ending, samsara, the aerial view, with Sunny talking about the cycles of life and things repeating themselves, whether they’re aversions of each other or not. I believe, as an audience member, it changes. I think if I watched it today, I’d say he’s happy and he’s in love. I think it depends on the day you’re watching the ending and what projection you may have in that moment for what you’re witnessing as an audience member. I think that’s up to the audience to decide.
But if anything, I think it’s a slice of truth and of reality. Not everything in life is rainbows and stars and sparkly dust. What is life? What Sunny does is, somehow, in the reality of it, capture that which is very universal. So, I think it just depends on the day when you’re watching that finale. I’m sure you’d have a different interpretation if you watched it tomorrow or the next day after having two hours of sleep.
Beef Season 2 is available to stream on Netflix now.
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April 6, 2023
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Netflix
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Lee Sung Jin
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Hikari, Jake Schreier, Kitao Sakurai, Lee Sung Jin
You’re never far from the next Jason Statham ass-kicking, and soon he will be reuniting with acclaimed director Guy Ritchie for his next. The man who awarded Statham his debut role in 1998 with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Ritchie and the British favorite have worked together on five films. Their sixth, Viva La Madness, is a new action-thriller based on J.J. Connolly’s 2011 novel and the follow-up to Layer Cake.
Alas, your chance to watch one of the former model’s most underrated efforts is quickly fading. As of May 1, the third installment in the Transporter franchise will be leaving Plex. Written by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton, Transporter 3 was Statham’s last in the franchise, following a reported dispute over pay and commitment to future installments. Deadpool and Game of Thrones alum Ed Skrein took over the role for a disappointing fourth entry: Transporter Refueled.
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Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt
Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.
🎖️Rambo
🍸James Bond
🏺Indiana Jones
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🔧John McClane
🎭Ethan Hunt
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You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.
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You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.
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You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.
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The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.
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How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.
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Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.
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Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.
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What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.
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Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.
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It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.
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Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
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Rambo
Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
James Bond
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Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
Indiana Jones
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
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John McClane
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
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Ethan Hunt
Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
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What Did Critics Say About ‘Transporter 3’?
Jason Statham in a suit in Transporter 3Image via EuropaCorp
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The Transporter franchise never received much acclaim from critics, but its place in the hearts of fans was tested with this third installment. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film’s critics’ score of 40% and 48% audience rating is the lowest of Statham’s three Transporter movies. The critics’ consensus on the site reads, “This middling installment in the Transporter franchise is a few steps down from its predecessors, featuring generic stunts and a lack of energy.” A synopsis for the movie reads:
“Mob courier Frank Martin’s (Jason Statham) latest assignment pairs him with Valentina (Natalya Rudakova), the cynical daughter of a Ukrainian official. While her father ponders what to do with three boatloads of toxic waste, Frank must guard the problematic woman and prevent her from wandering too far from his vehicle, or risk triggering the explosive shackles they both wear.”
Transporter 3 is leaving Plex this May. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
Whether it’s in a superhero, science fiction, fantasy, or the viewer’s own universe, everyone and their mother loves a good action-packed project. Sure, it’s fun to see a high-stakes, action-focused romp for 2+ hours, but with action television shows, audiences get to spend hours, on hours, on hours with the characters and the excitement they bring.
Action may be considered a genre, but it’s so general that it’s a genre that applies to all the others as well, which means audiences can get action sci-fi, fantasy, and so much more. The possibilities are genuinely endless with action—because all the term means is that there are chases, stunt-heavy sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and more. Which are some of the best action shows, though? Which are amazing from start to finish?
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‘One Piece’ (2023–Present)
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The 1999 anime, One Piece, is one of the most popular (arguably the most popular) anime of all time. So, it only makes sense that, eventually, it would get a live-action remake. It’s honestly surprising that it took them this long to make one. What makes Netflix’s One Piece so much different, though, is it’s a live-action remake that actually works and is genuinely so dang good.
While making a good non-animated adaptation of an animated show shouldn’t be too difficult, in theory, this project proves that it’s possible (and really shouldn’t be as hard to do as Hollywood seems to make it seem it is). One Piece is a genuinely amazing show that is so entertaining and gets everything right about the original that the studios needed to from the get-go.
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‘Invincible’ (2021–Present)
Tech Jacket, Allen, Mark, Thaedus, Oliver, Nolan, and Battle Beast floating in space in Invincible Season 4 Episode 7.Image via Prime Video
Speaking of animated shows, one of the most popular animated shows of recent years is, without a doubt, Robert Kirkman‘s Invincible. The Invincible (2003) book is easily one of the most influential and important non-Marvel Comics or DC Comics series of all time. Robert Kirkman is the mastermind of comics, bringing to life not just this but also The Walking Dead and Marvel Zombies.
This in mind, with how involved Kirkman is with the show, Invincible is not just one of the coolest action shows out there, but one of the better comic book adaptations on television, too. Paired with great voice acting—Steven Yeun, J. K. Simmons, and Sandra Oh being the stand-outs—and absolutely thrilling action, Invincible is one of the greats.
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‘Ben 10’ (2005–2008)
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While some may not believe it (because of how pushed to the side the series has been in America for quite some time), Ben 10 is actually one of the most popular franchises, specifically overseas—genuinely on the level of Marvel and DC Comics. This is because Ben 10 is not only the perfect fantasy for a young person to be any kind of hero they want, but because it’s just that well-made.
Ben 10 is everything that a good kids’ action series needs to be. It’s not just for younger audiences, but can easily be enjoyed by older audiences, too. It manages to still handle more serious topics and themes, while having a main character that is goofy, irresponsible (some of the time), and fun-loving. All-in-all, it’s really hard not to like Ben 10.
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‘Arcane’ (2021–2024)
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Before the year of 2021, literally nobody would have expected one of the best modern television shows to be based on the infamous video game, League of Legends. However, they’d be proven wrong with the release of Arcane. Bringing an incredibly unique style to the silver screen, Arcane doesn’t just have phenomenal action—who could forget the fight in Season 1, featuring Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jayce (Kevin Alejandro) facing off against an army of Turbo Chemtanks?—but even better writing to match it.
Pretty much everyone wished this series lasted more than the two seasons it did, but that short longevity is proof of the masterful writing at play. It does not overstay its welcome. It has a clear beginning, middle, and end, and does not try to push itself further than it needs to just to milk for more seasons, a problem so many television shows have.
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Collider Exclusive · Star Wars Quiz Which Force User Are You? Light Side · Dark Side · Or Somewhere Between
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The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The Force has always known. Now you will too.
🔵Jedi Master
🟡Padawan
🔴Sith Lord
⚫Inquisitor
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⚪Grey Jedi
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What is the Force to you? Your relationship with the Force defines everything else.
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When you feel strong emotions — anger, grief, love — what do you do? The Jedi suppress. The Sith feed. Others choose differently.
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The Jedi Council gives you an order you disagree with. You: How you handle authority reveals your alignment.
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You are offered forbidden knowledge that could give you enormous power. The cost is crossing a moral line. You: The dark side’s pull is never more than a choice away.
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Your approach to training and learning is: A student’s habits become a master’s character.
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In a duel, your lightsaber fighting style reflects: Combat is the purest expression of a Force user’s philosophy.
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A defeated enemy lies at your feet, powerless. You: Mercy — or its absence — is the truest test of alignment.
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The Jedi Code forbids attachment. Your honest view on love and bonds: The source of the greatest falls in the galaxy.
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Why do you use the Force at all? What’s the point? Purpose is the difference between a knight and a weapon.
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At the final moment — light side or dark side pulling at you — what wins? In the end, every Force user faces this moment. What does yours look like?
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Your Alignment Has Been Determined Your Place in the Force
The scores below reveal how the Force sees you. Your highest number is your true alignment. Read on to understand what that means — and what it will cost you.
🔵 Jedi Master
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🟡 Padawan
🔴 Sith Lord
⚫ Inquisitor
⚪ Grey Jedi
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Disciplined, compassionate, and deeply attuned to the living Force, you have walked the path long enough to understand its demands — and accept them. You lead not through authority alone, but through example. You have felt the pull of the dark side and chosen otherwise, every time. That is not certainty. That is courage.
You are earnest, powerful, and brimming with potential — and you know it, which is both your greatest asset and your most dangerous flaw. You act before you think, trust your gut over your training, and sometimes confuse impatience for bravery. The Masters see something in you, though. The question isn’t whether you have what it takes — it’s whether you’ll be patient enough to find out.
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You are not simply dangerous — you are certain, and that is worse. You have decided what the galaxy needs, and you have decided you are the one to deliver it. Your power is genuine and formidable, earned through sacrifice that would have broken lesser beings. But examine your victories carefully. Every Sith believed their cause was righteous. The dark side’s cruelest trick is that it agrees with you.
You were forged in fire and reshaped by those who found you at your lowest. You serve, because service gave you structure when you had none. Your allegiance is not to an ideology — it is to survival and to the master who gave you purpose. But there is something buried beneath the conditioning. The Jedi you hunt? You recognize them. Because you remember what it felt like before the choice was taken from you.
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You have looked at the Jedi Code and the Sith Code and found both of them incomplete. You walk the line not out of indecision but out of conviction — you genuinely believe both extremes miss something essential. The Jedi don’t fully trust you. The Sith think you’re wasting your potential. They’re both partially right. But so are you.
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‘Reacher’ (2022–Present)
Jack Reacher crouches by a gravestone in a suit, scanning the area during a tense scene at a funeral in ReacherImage via Prime Video
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Remember the Jack Ryan movie series with Tom Cruise? Yeah, not many people do, and that’s for a reason. However, the famous book franchise finally got a wildly good adaptation with the one and only Prime Video series, Reacher, starring Alan Ritchson. This show isn’t just for action lovers, but for those who enjoy a good mystery/thriller, as well.
What’s better than badass action but badass action that features one of the buffest men in Hollywood destroying—and I mean destroying—any person or obstacle that dares stand in his way?Reacher has become extremely popular in the last few years, and that’s for countless reasons, but the action is, without a doubt, one of the strongest.
‘Andor’ (2022–2025)
If one were to ask pretty much anyone who has seen Andor, they’d most likely say that the 2022 show is one of the most well-written Star Wars pieces of media of all time. The overall story is smart, impactful, meaningful, compelling, and tells a tale that has incredible relevance today. Andor stands out for all the right reasons.
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For a lot of the series, Andor is a slower, more dramatic story. It’s very much a space political thriller at heart. However, the action genre comes to life throughout the series thanks to the action sequences within it that contrast the slower parts of the story, making them all the more impactful than they’d have been in a faster-paced romp.Andor is a must-watch for any fan not only of Star Wars, but action, too.
‘My Hero Academia’ (2016–2025)
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In the last two decades, anime has become a lot “cooler” here in the West than it ever was before. One of the shows that has directly helped make this possible is none other than the likes of My Hero Academia, created by mangaka Kohei Horikoshi. Following the young Izuku Midoriya (Daiki Yamashita and Justin Briner), a quirkless boy who is given the power of the world’s greatest superhero, All Might (Kenta Miyaki and Christopher Sabat), the story in My Hero Academia is iconic.
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Like most shōnen anime, though, what stands out the most about this hit series is the action that takes place within it and helps drive the plot forward. Despite some people having slight issues with the animation in Season 5,My Hero Academia is relatively one of the better animated shows of the modern shōnen anime era, especially when it comes to the most recent final season. Safe to say, the action in My Hero Academia is spectacular, thrilling, and makes it an enjoyable watch the whole way through.
‘Attack on Titan’ (2013–2023)
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While My Hero Academia is explosively popular, there are few modern anime that have had the profound impact that the high-stakes, action-packed, amazingly-animated series, Attack on Titan has. People absolutely fell in love with this show almost immediately, thanks to the way it completely subverts the expectations of the viewer just a few episodes in—audiences, thanks to the first few episodes, thought that it was just going to be the Scouts against the Titans, until Eren Yeager (Yuki Kaji and Bryce Papenbrook) becomes one, that is.
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Attack on Titan has super fast-paced action via the Scouts and their iconic ODM (Omni-Directional Mobility) gear. Meanwhile, they also get the titanic action of Titan-on-Titan fighting.There’s a variety in the kind of action that is seen, and that keeps things incredibly exciting. Outside of that, though, Attack on Titan is one of the most masterfully-written animated series of all time. It’s phenomenal, and well-worth the watch.
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ (2005–2008)
Aang with glowing eyes and symbol on his forehead with moving objects in Avatar: The Last Airbender.Image via Nickelodeon
Avatar: The Last Airbender isn’t just among the best action shows, but it’s genuinely considered one of the greatest television shows ever made. It’s written with a grace, taste, and skill unlike any other airing at the time. Next to that, though, it’s also got some excellent action that is animated with such skill and precision that it’s another huge part of why the show is so successful.
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What makes the action in Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s action so special is the fact that, despite being an animated series in a completely fantastical world, it bases its fights and bending in general on real world martial arts styles. Using real martial arts techniques and forms to bring the action to life helps ground the series in a way that is unlike any other animated series of its kind.
‘Daredevil’ (2015–2018)
Daredevil standing on a truck looking down in Daredevil Season 1, Episode 13.Image via Netflix
Very rarely does a show get the high praise of being considered “art,” but when Daredevil is in the discussion, said praise is always thrown around. It’s not only one of the best superhero shows of all time, but Daredevil is one of the best streaming shows out there. It’s not just a Marvel superhero series. This is truly a story that is abundantly raw, genuine, and, of course, filled with brutal, gritty action.
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Daredevil knows exactly what it is, and delivers on it with every single entry throughout all three seasons. Even at its lowest—Season 2, to most—the show manages to be amazing and tell stories that really feel like the cast and crew put their entire hearts and souls into the production. They made sure that this series turned out as close to perfect as they could. Spoiler alert: they did.
Khloé, Kim, and Kourtney Kardashian wouldn’t be who they are today without their family reality show, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” However, when the opportunity first presented itself, the three veteran reality stars were reluctant to sign on. During a new interview, Khloé opened up about what led them to film the show from 2007 to 2021, revealing it all started with being duped by her mom, Kris Jenner.
Khloé Kardashian Said Her Mom, Kris, ‘Conned’ Her Sisters Into Filming The Family Reality Show
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On a recent episode of “The Morgan Stewart Show,” Khloé, 41, recalled what her life was like prior to filming their E! reality series in the early 2000s. During the conversation, the mother of two said that before working on the show, she and her sisters opened a clothing retail store, Dash, in their Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas.
Khloé explained that her mother presented the girls with the idea of filming the show; however, their primary focus was ensuring their store succeeded. After a bit of persuading, though, the three sisters said yes—but not for the reason some may think.
“And how my mom conned us into doing it was, she said, ‘Think of it as a commercial for the store,’” Khloé told PEOPLE. “Because all we wanted to do [was the store].”
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Khloé Kardashian Says Dash Had ‘No Employees’ At The Beginning
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Dash was a labor of love, Khloé said. “We had no employees. It was just me and Kourt,” she added before revealing they did “everything,” from the cleaning to the taxes to the steaming. “We had not one employee. We didn’t know what the f— we were doing.”
So, how did Dash come to be? Well, according to Khloé, they opened the business as a family venture using a credit card their late father, Robert Kardashian, opened for them years before his death. “When my dad passed away, [Kourtney] had a credit card that was in my dad’s name, but it was her credit card,” she said.
Khloé went on to say that the girls realized the credit card had a $50,000 limit, so they frontloaded the necessities for Dash on the card. “We [didn’t] know a thing about buying, we [didn’t] know a thing about location,” Khloé said.
Dash Closed Its Doors In 2018
As the show grew in popularity, Dash expanded even further, opening locations in Los Angeles, New York City, and Miami Beach. There was even a 2015 spin-off, “Dash Dolls,” which ran for one season on E!.
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The girls eventually said goodbye to Dash in 2018, sharing the saddening news online, according to PEOPLE.
“After nearly 12 years, my sisters and I have decided to close the doors of our DASH stores,” Kim wrote. “We opened our first store as a family in 2006 and since then we have made so many lifelong memories. From opening locations in Los Angeles, Miami and New York, to having our Dash Dolls spin-off show, it’s been such a huge part of our lives.”
Kim explained that their growing empires were keeping them from giving their all to Dash. “We’ve been busy running our own brands, as well as being moms and balancing work with our families. We know in our hearts that it’s time to move on,” she continued.
One Dash Employee Was Reportedly Held At Gunpoint
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A year before closing its doors, a Dash employee was reportedly held at gunpoint in a frightening experience, according to TMZ.
The outlet reported that a woman walked into the store and pointed a gun at the cashier while ranting about Cuba, saying things like “Free Cuba” and “Stay away from Cuba.”
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The alleged gunwoman began knocking things over, but left the store before cops arrived.
Dash Store Was Sued In 2016
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In 2016, the Kardashians’ store was sued by a person who claimed the store discriminated against the blind.
The lawsuit, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, said that Andres Gomez blasted the company for being “inaccessible to the visually impaired.”
The legal documents said the company’s website wasn’t compatible with the software reader he uses to browse the internet.
Gomez argued that the lack of access to the website violates the Americans with Disabilities ACT and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
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In the suit, Gomez asked the court to require the store to update its website and pay for all fees associated with the legal matter.
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