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Nick Bosa is about to get a 100 across the board rating in Madden.

Now You See Me 3 Trailer Pits the Four Horsemen Against Gen Z Magicians - Reactor Magic spans generations. Except when it doesn't.

You can't steal a diamond from Moiraine Damodred!! She kills people!

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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: We Have Tomb Raider At Home - Reactor Plus strange little things, superior adaptations, and cursed bunnies.

Looking forward to the weekend? (Us too). Molly Templeton brings some recommendations for your free time, for whenever you're not playing Silksong.

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Creativity vs. Control: Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and A.I. "Art" - Reactor Wendy Xu discusses creativity and the importance of getting through hardship.

ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:

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I'll never forget where I was the day those seafood towers fell.

The life of a showgirl?

What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Weapons, Wednesday, and Hot Vampire Summer - Reactor Struggling with the dog days of summer? Here's what to watch and read for the weekend of August 8th.

Got some time to kill this weekend? @mollytempleton.com recommends some genre fiction highlights for you to check out, from catching up on the Hugo Awards noms to an essay by Hanif Abdurraqib to what to binge after finishing the newest season of Wednesday!

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Weapons (2025):

Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson

Today's Classic Cover is Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson! Lisa Falkenstern has illustrated nearly 1000 book covers, including this one!

The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time From pop culture and history to sports and more, these are the best podcasts ever made.

Time Magazine named @99pi.org one of the 100 best podcasts OF ALL TIME!!!
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Plenty of movies on Letterboxd that I feel like people absolutely sleep on but this is very much one that I'm surprised doesn't have more love on there given its cult status

You two aren't beating the "AI is mostly championed by douchebags" allegations anytime soon.

I'm holding out for that Crimson Tide Criterion.

whatever the book, it should definitely be a book left out where the kid can find it after being told "I don't know, that might be too scary for you, maybe you shouldn't read it."

(this is how you make a reader for life)

20 Movie Trailers With Footage Shot Just For the Trailer These ads featured scenes that were never intended to appear in the finished film.

A tribute to one of my favorite little corners of the film world: Movie trailers that feature footage that was never meant to appear in the final film:

On that note, each pope should be able to choose their own entrance music. Imagine the aura of "Jesus Christ Superstar" filling the room before the holy father swaggers in.

I shouldn't have doubted them, but I wasn't expecting a lineup that good.

The 2025 Met Gala carpet with THE SUBSTANCE's Monstro ElisaSue.

BREAKING: Monstro ElisaSue from THE SUBSTANCE has arrived at the 2025 #MetGala!

Michael B. Jordan and the Count from Sesame Street

Sinners (2025)

I hear you. The bigger hope is that something like this either represents a trend or inspires one.

This is exactly how Frank Grimes was made an executive vice president only to be replaced by a heroic dog who pulled a toddler from the path of a speeding car.

Never knew he was from Philly. Did he ever clash with Baltimore natives Idris Elba and Dominic West on set?

Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen Would you buy a truck this bare-bones?

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Don't you find it odd that everyone who describes themselves as "apolitical" in these interviews always does so as the set-up for a political statement?

From the "leopards ate my face" party comes Kirk Cameron arguing for tools that would make it even easier to not hire Kirk Cameron.

Signing up for this class is actually a valuable way to learn that you are probably not meant to be a writer.

The best advice you'll see on the internet today. One of the great journalism films.

David Cronenberg's acting credits remain inexplicable and undefeated.

Perhaps, but this is the party plagued by multiple scandals related to emojis shared via inexplicably public Venmo profiles, so let's not rule anything out.