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- There have been 88 theatrically released movies based on a Marvel comic property to date.
- From "Howard the Duck" to "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," the quality has ebbed and flowed.
- Here's how
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Growing up in a house with five sisters, I thought I had a solid understanding of what parenting mig

From The Mandalorian to The Last of Us, the “tough guy protecting a kid” formula shows up everywhere. But why does this dynamic keep hitting so hard, even when we’ve seen it a hundred times? In this episode of How it Hits, we explore the emotional pull and cultural roots of one of TV and film’s most enduring tropes.

OpenAI announced a livestream for 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on Aug. 7, 2025, writing on X: "LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT." You might have noticed a typo — the "S" usually found in the word "livestream" is actually a 5.
That's right — OpenAI appears is teasing the highly anticipated launch of its new AI model GPT-5, including rumored features like better coding abilities, larger context windows

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When the four of us are gathered on our back patio, I wonder if our neighbors think we are swingers. We're not

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Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club adaptation is almost here, with a rollicking new trailer out today.
Based on Richard Osman's beloved novel and adapted by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, the film promises mystery and murder in Kent retirement village Cooper's Chase. Here, four crime enthusiasts (and former spies, psychiatrists, doctors, and activists) — Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce