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With Wake Up Dead Man, writer/director Rian Johnson brings a third fascinating Benoit Blanc murder-mystery to movie fans. But what inspired this heady blend of faith, fear, and dogged logic?

Johnson spoke with Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko in a Say More interview. Their conversation began on Broadway, weaving in Johnson's long-held love of the theater — including his hopes for Miss



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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you know a lot about ships.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some


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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're a good cook.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's



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I tried on coats at Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy.
  • I tried on similar black peacoats at Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy.
  • I compared each winter coat based on the design, fabric, price, and overall quality.
  • I wasn't a fan of how the Gap coat felt, but really loved the option from Banana Republic.

I recently moved from Southern California to the more chilly and gloomy Bay Area. In


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Two TV giants, Samsung and LG, can't stop talking about their fancy new Micro RGB TVs. But are these TVs truly better than OLEDs, and should you splurge now or wait for the prices to go down? We investigate.

What have Samsung and LG announced?

In mid-December, Samsung and LG front-ran CES 2026 by announcing their new Micro RGB TV sets.

In particular, Samsung said that in 2026 it would expand its


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The best phone of 2025: The iPhone 17 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro? Perhaps the Galaxy Z Fold 7? All three rank as some of the best tech we reviewed in 2025.

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We have compiled all the best gear with our highest review scores in each category, after thousands of hours of testing. We’ve got the Switch 2, AirPods Pro 3 and DJI’s top drone for most of you. Anecdotally, Anker’s Laptop Power Bank, with two


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"Heated Rivalry" isn't the only romance book about queer hockey players.
  • "Heated Rivalry," a steamy hockey romance, has become a hit series for Crave and HBO.
  • It's based on Rachel Reid's novel by the same name.
  • Fans of the show or the novel can read other queer love stories set against a sports backdrop.

If you're anything like me, your first thought when you heard Netflix was trying


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