Grant DeArmitt
News
The X-Files 'Millennium' revisited: Mulder, Scully, and the kiss at the end of the world
X-Files fans wanted Dana Scully and Fox Mulder to kiss from the pilot episode. It took seven seasons, four episodes, and an entire other show to get them there
February 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 3 just got sneakily confirmed by HBO boss
We were all pretty sure that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms would follow the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas into a three-chapter breakdown. But hearing HBO CEO Casey Bloys say as much is even more heartening
February 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Hazbin Hotel season 3 will be "most romantic" yet, says creator Vivienne Medrano
"It's my personal favorite part of the story," clarifies Medrano, and we'd bet that once the shippers get to see Hazbin Hotel season 3, she won't be alone in the sentiment
February 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Genshin Impact's best lines, according to co-stars Kellen Goff & Sarah Miller-Crews
You've got it right, Genshin Impact stars Goff & Miller-Crews, Alchemy is truly fascinating.
February 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
GTA 6 is definitely not delayed, say fiscal reports from Rockstar Games’s parent company
We took a look at Take-Two Interactive Software's Q3 projections for 2026, and they're looking positive for folks hoping Grand Theft Auto VI will stick to its current release date
February 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Witcher is very Shakespearean, says Eamon Farren, with Cahir reminding the actor of Macbeth
Just like Shakespeare's immortal cast of characters, Farren says The Witcher is full of people who are "everything in one person." We should note, though, that very few if any of them are a donkey called Bottom
February 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The darkest character of Genshin Impact has a surprising Transformers influence
Kellen Goff, who voices Abyss Herald in Genshin Impact, points to a classic villain all Transformers know as inspiration for he evil-doer
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
IT: Welcome to Derry season 2 is coming as soon as producers have a story, says HBO boss
No, Andy & Barbara Muschietti's IT: Welcome to Derry season 2 is not 'in limbo' - just take it from the CEO of its network
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Eamon Farren had to learn The Witcher lore fast after landing the role of Cahir
Every actor has to do some level of preparation, but if you're about to enter a robust fantasy world as The Witcher's future Cahir was, you might have to go a little deeper.
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is ending with season 4, confirms HBO boss Casey Bloys
Along with confirming House of the Dragons' official length, Bloys pointed to where the story will wrap up - a place with which Fire and Blood readers will be familiar
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Sarah Michelle Gellar says she's not "not trying to be better" than the original series in Hulu's new continuation
Gellar was initially skeptical of returning to Sunnydale as Buffy Summers, and even though she did find reason to pick up the stakes again, she's still not trying to outdo what's come before
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Annie Lennox’s Dracula love song defined a generation — even though she didn’t care about vampires
Lennox's 'Love Song for a Vampire,' released as part of the soundtrack for Bram Stoker's Dracula, is maybe the best gothic romance tune ever written
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The opening trauma of Genshin Impact wasn't hard to fake for real-life twin Sarah Miller-Crews
When twins Aether and Lumine are torn apart in the beginning of action RPG Genshin Impact, the latter's voice actor didn't have to pretend to feel that
February 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Studios' early designs for MODOK in Ant-Man 3 were much darker... and we all missed out
Didn't like the MODOK played by Corey Stoll in the MCU's oft-derided Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania? THen you're not gonna be happy hearing what could have been...
February 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What is the Mercer effect? Let Critical Role Campaign 4 GM Brennan Lee Mulligan tell you
Brennan Lee Mulligan says Critical Role & the Mercer Effect gave an entire generation of GMs jobs.
February 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Witcher's Eamon Farren auditioned for Geralt originally, but here's why he fell in love with playing Cahir
Cahir "has that perfect hero's journey," says The Witcher star Farren. "A broken hero's journey. As an actor, of course, that's great."
February 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Hellboy II gave us a classic onscreen romance — and led to The Shape of Water
The relationship you remember from Hellboy II: The Golden Army probably isn't Abe Sapien and Princess Nuala. That should change.
February 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Lord of the Rings cast got stools to sit on between takes - John Rhys Davies got a La-Z-Boy, occasionally delivered by helicopter
Worry not for Gimli, son of Gloin (aka actor John Rhys Davies). His post orc-slaughtering during The Lord of the Rings filming was a comfortable break
January 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' new Squire for Hire series gives select celebrities the Westeros treatment
HBO is teaming up with Taskrabbit to bring some well-known Game of Thrones fans their own knightly service
January 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Comics brings back Miles Morales's Spider-Verse arch-nemesis for Ultimate Universe sequel
Fans of Miles's storyline in Across the Spider-Verse should tune into the latest issue of Marvel's Miles Morales: Spider-Man to see a familiar face. Or lack thereof...
January 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
His & Hers Season 2 is unlikely, but director William Oldroyd teases one idea
Netflix series His & Hers, which sees Marvel Studios stars Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal in a taut murder mystery, wraps up pretty neatly in season 1. But if director Oldroyd *had* to make another season...
January 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Helluva Boss's Prime Video deal doubled the animation budget, says creator Vivienne Medrano
"I think the biggest genuine joy I have," says Hellaverse creator Vivienne "Vivziepop" Medrano, "is that this success hopefully really opens the door for other really cool indie projects"
January 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Lord of the Rings stars Liv Tyler & Cate Blanchette didn't get cast tattoos: "It's just a movie"
Arwen and Galadriel - that is, Tyler and Blanchette respectively - didn't feel the need to commemorate the Lord of the Rings like the boys in the Fellowship of the Ring did
January 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sam Raimi says his Spider-Man 4 wouldn't "be right," considering a new generation is "really into" the MCU's Peter Parker
Sam Raimi's Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, "have gone elsewhere," said the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director. But Raimi himself is excited to see where Tom Holland's Parker goes next
January 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What if A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms expands beyond the Dunk & Egg novellas? George R.R. Martin has backup plans, and he's even sharing their settings
George R.R. Martin wrote three Tales of Dunk & Egg novellas, which will correspond to the planned 3 seasons of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. But what if HBO wants to do more? The author has ideas
January 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
"And my axe!" Lord of the Rings star John Rhys Davies says there's one world leader who deserves Gimli's iconic weapon
There are legendary heroes outside of Middle Earth, says Lord of the Rings star John Rhys Davies. And one of them, he believes, deserves the axe of Gimli, son of Gloin
January 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role Campaign 4 newcomers head to Awesome Con 2026, signaling the franchise’s expansion beyond the original cast
Campaign 4's Whitney Moore, Alexander Ward, & Luis Carazo will be joined by Critical Role founders Sam Riegel and Taliesin Jaffe at Awesome Con 2026
January 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The 1990s Marvel superhero art style created to make Whilce Portacio’s X-Men more kid-friendly
In a conversation with Rob Liefeld, legendary X-men artist Whilce Portacio reveals the "fade" style of 1990s superhero comics came from his switching to more PG-13 Marvel Comics fare
January 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Forget about Rockstar's GTA VI delays - the game might be entirely banned (Well, in Russia)
The World Russian People's Council calls Rockstar Games' (still unreleased) GTA VI "a particularly dangerous tool of influence."
January 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton compares Spidey's next adventure to Marvel's Wonder Man
Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton wanted to do "something that felt different" with both Disney+'s Wonder Man and Tom Holland's next adventure as Spider-Man
January 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
After he started Image Comics, Marvel wanted Whilce Portacio back on X-Men - then came a coma
Speaking with fellow Image cofounder (and fellow X-Men legend) Rob Liefeld, Portacio revealed an unexpected, terrifying moment in his comic creating career
January 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel’s Bishop creator Whilce Portacio reveals the original reason for the X-Men hero’s ‘M’ marking
X-Men staple (and Image Comics co-founder) Whilce Portacio recently recounted what he meant Bishop's iconic M tattoo to mean to fellow 90s comic titan Rob Liefeld
January 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Let's Play: Everdell Emerland, the cozy city-builder from Tycoon Games
Popverse got a sneak peek at Emerland, the latest entry into the Everdell series of board games from Tycoon Games. Join us as we manage our resources, assign jobs to our critters, and built out a jungle city
January 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Daenerys was meant to be bad at the Game of Thrones language, linguist explains after Emilia Clarke’s complaint
To be clear, HBO-hired linguist David J. Peterson doesn't think Daenerys Targaryen's pronunciation in Game of Thrones was perfect. But it wasn't supposed to be
January 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is James Marsters coming back for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer relaunch? Here's what he said that has fans theorizing
What do you mean you're asking if you can play Spike "again," James Marsters? Does that mean you're in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer relaunch? TELL ME.
January 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Hazbin Hotel cast puts on “mini concerts” for each other, says Erika Henningsen
How does Hazbin Hotel's cast prepare for each season's musical performances? By... performing for each other in behind the scenes concerts, it turns out
January 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The biggest differences between A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 and George R.R. Martin's The Hedge Knight
The first of George R.R. Martin's Dunk & Egg novella, The Hedge Knight, is the basis for HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, season 1. But how close an adaptation is it?
January 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Step aside, Christopher Nolan: Prime Video orders Lore Olympus, WEBTOON's viral Greek mythology adaptation
Lore Olympus, the romantic reimagining of Hades & Persephone by Rachel Smythe, began as comic on Tumblr in 2017. Now, Prime Video is betting on its mythological rise
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why did HBO make A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? It was cheaper than other Game of Thrones projects, says George R.R. Martin
Sure, sure, HBO knew that Game of Thrones fans would tune into see the adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Dunk & Egg novellas - it doesn't hurt though, says the author, that those novellas are also less money to adapt
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Lord of the Rings Extended Extended Cut does not exist — and Peter Jackson says it never will
You and I both know we'd watch a 24-hour-long cut of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. But don't count on a further-extended cut of the trilogy coming along
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Liam O'Brien explains why The Mighty Nein begins by establishing the Caleb/Nott relationship
Many changes were made to bring Critical Role's Campaign 2 to life in the form of Prime Video's The Mighty Nein, one of which involved Caleb Widogast and Nott the Brave
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The future of horror TV is in the past: Why bloody prequels are set to dominate the small screen
IT: Welcome to Derry is scaring its way into more homes every night, and Peacock's about to bet big on a return to camp Crystal Lake. Are we in for a new era of horror prequel TV shows?
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Spoilers!The key moment in HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 1 isn't a fight; it's a dance [Review]
Come for the swords and shields, stay for the sexually charged moves between Ser Duncan the Tall and Ser Lyonel Baratheon. That's what I got out of the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms pilot, anyway
January 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
George R.R. Martin's Winds of Winter is shaping up to be different than the HBO Game of Thrones finale: "I was going to kill more people"
A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin thinks HBO made the Game of Thrones finale "more of a happy ending" than the one in his head
January 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch February 2026: Netflix delivers Bridgerton season 4 part 2, Scrubs returns on Hulu, and Cross
Fall in love with everything streaming February 2026 - join The Lincoln Lawyer or The Artful Dodger and head to Paradise or The 'Burbs
January 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What time do A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episodes come out? Here's the latest Game of Thrones spinoff's schedule
We've got the full Knight of the Seven Kingdoms release schedule right here for you - plus a few FAQs regarding HBO's next return to George R.R. Martin's Westeros
January 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things' Vecna, Jamie Campbell Bower, isn't sure he's done playing the Upside Down villain
Wait, what did Stranger Things star (of stage and screen) Jamie Campbell Bower just say about playing season 5's baddie Vecna? Are we missing something?
January 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Game of Thrones and Marvel TV star says she’s done with fantasy
While promoting her new thriller Ponies, Emilia Clarke says we'll probably never see her "in the same frame as a dragon, ever again"
January 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Hobbit crew from Lord of the Rings see each other "eight times a year," and Ian McKellen feels left out
The bonds of the Fellowship have not broken. They're just... strained, says Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring star Ian McKellen
January 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC Next Level ropes in Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lemire to reignite Firestorm
With a script by Absolute Flash writer Jeff Lemire and art by Daredevil's Rafael De Latorre, The Fury of Firestorm comes to comic shops April 2026
January 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is [SPOILER] alive or dead? Stranger Things season 5 documentary filmmaker says that's not the point
"The whole point of it," says Martina Radwan, director of One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5, "Is that you have to understand it for yourself, whatever you want to see."
January 14, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Rebecca Rittenhouse didn't know the twist ending of His & Hers when she auditioned
Rittenhouse, who plays Lexy Jones in Netflix's thriller His & Hers, didn't know about THAT reveal until she got to set. And yes, we are going to spoil exactly what THAT is
January 14, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sorry To Bother You's Boots Riley will bring post-apocalyptic The Simpsons play to the big screen
Already a legend in the field of surrealist social commentary, director Boots Riley is adapting Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
January 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Who is Symbie? The adorably Venom-ous Marvel Comics character coming to Marvel's Spidey and his Amazing Friends
A family-friendly, mini-Venom symbiote character is coming to Disney Jr.'s Spidey and His Amazing Friends - barely a year after debuting in Marvel Comics
January 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Mark Hamill kept a Spongebob Squarepants secret longer than his return as Luke Skywalker
This article contains spoilers for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, and I guess Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens?
January 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Macaulay Culkin and Optimus Prime were the inspiration for two Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach characters
According to Marta Svetek and Kellen Goff - who play Gregory and Glamrock Freddy, respectively - the 90s inspired Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach in more than just the Chuck E. Cheese way
January 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Avengers: Doomsday to feature Valkyrie? Tessa Thompson isn’t saying no
Thor: Ragnarok breakout star Thompson says she's "not able to confirm anything" about Valkyrie returning to go toe-to-toe with Doctor Doom in the next Marvel tentpole. But also, she's not outright denying it either...
January 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is mad at fans who signed petition wanting a season 8 do-over: "How dare you?"
"I think it was a level of idiocy that can only come about through social media," said Game of Thrones' own Jon Snow
January 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why Mike didn't have a gun in Stranger Things' season 5 finale, according to Netflix documentary filmmaker
Why didn't Mike Wheeler show up armed to fight Vecna in Stranger Things season 5, episode 8? Martina Radwan shares her thoughts
January 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Red Dead Redemption 2 'spider' secret has been confirmed by a former Rockstar employee... but don't expect a reward for finding it
Red Dead Redemption 2's elusive Spider Dream Mystery is confirmed to be a real feature of the game, says ex-Rockstar employee Adam Butterworth. Just don't hold out for any big prize for solving it
January 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role star Matt Mercer knows how to work Bart Simpson into a Dungeons & Dragons campaign
"Try as you might young Simpson," quips Critical Role cofounder and usual GM Matt Mercer in an interview with Nancy Cartwright, "I will have that cow and you can’t stop me."
January 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The "Gregory is a robot" fan theory from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is something his voice actor loves
Marta Svetek, who plays both Gregory and Roxanne in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, thinks the internet is onto something with the RoboGreg idea
January 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What do Five Nights at Freddy's Glamrock Freddy and Hazbin Hotel's Sir Pentious have in common? An expert vocal trick
Five Nights at Freddy's Kellen Goff has a trick for making his voice more gravelly that we also heard from Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss's Alex Brightman
January 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to watch Dimension 20 in order, from Fantasy High to Gladlands and everything in between
Is Dimension 20 beginner friendly? Where can I watch Dimension 20? Why does the internet love when Brennan Lee Mulligan gets mad? All this (well, most of it) is answered in Popverse's Dimension 20 watch order
January 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld on why he told Marvel Comics 'no' to Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, and X-Factor
And in case you're wondering - they're all different reasons. Rob Liefeld didn't turn down some of the biggest Marvel titles with just one rationale
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Traitors rivals Bob the Drag Queen and Boston Rob are setting aside their differences for an official podcast ahead of season 4
"Bob vs. Rob" was one of the most explosive moments on the last season of Peacock's Alan Cumming-hosted The Traitors
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sorry, Netflix streamers: Guillermo Del Toro is saving at least one extra Frankenstein deleted scene for a DVD / Bluray release
Want to see more of the beautiful scenery and costuming that were the marks of Guillermo del Toro's long-awaited Frankenstein adaptation? A Netflix subscription won't get you there
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The big difference between Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings, according to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Peter Claffey
Peter Claffey, who plays the titular Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, AKA Ser Duncan the Tall, thinks the difference in the high fantasy staples lies in "honor"
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
From back issues to baguettes: The next big thing in French comic advertising is bread bags
To market manga-turned-anime-turned-comic Goldorak, producer Editions Kana is printing custom sachets for baguette buyers to bring home with them
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Scream creator Kevin Williamson almost quit the franchise after the original director Wes Craven died, but now he's directing it
Williamson, who executive produced Screams 2-7 and wrote the screenplays for 1, 4, and 7, almost believed the franchise to be over when horror icon Craven passed in 2015
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What happened to Eleven in the Stranger Things season 5 finale? Sadie Sink's got a hot, sad take
Spoilers for Stranger Things season 5 are ahead, obviously, although to be fair - Sadie Sink is sharing an opinion unconfirmed by either Netflix or the Duffer Brothers
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
MCU leaks are so bad that Sadie Sink found out she was joining the MCU online before Marvel Studios even offered her the part
No, we still don't know who Sadie Sink is playing in the MCU's next Spider-Man adventure. But now, we're wondering whether someone on the internet was naming the character before she got the script
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things season 5 could have featured an iconic Led Zeppelin track, but it wasn’t to be, says Netflix music supervisor
For all the memorable needle drops over a decade of Stranger Things, there's one song even Netflix was never going to get for its finale
January 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix is making you pay extra to watch Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone flirt in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
As of now, Andrew Garfield's sophomore appearance as the Amazing Spider-Man is inaccessible to Netflix's ad-supported tier subscribers
January 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why did Matt Mercer step away from GMing Critical Role Campaign 4? Let him reveal all
As a GM in a TTRPG, you've got to anticipate problems before you get to them. According to Critical Role cofounder Matt Mercer, who plays Campaign 4's Julien Davinos, that's good advice for a career in TTRPGs as well
January 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things co-creator reveals what it’d take to make a sequel to the original Netflix series
Stranger Things season 5 finale got you down? Here's what Matt Duffer says it would take to make a sequel
January 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role's Whitney Moore knew John Carpenter's The Thing would work as burlesque - so she made it happen
And yes - Critical Role Campaign 4 fan-favorite Whitney Moore does work "mutant freak transformation" into her act based on Carpenter's seminal 1982 horror flick, the Thing
January 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role’s Whitney Moore didn’t expect Tyranny and Wicks to become such a duo
OG Critical Role cast member Sam Riegel could be considered the Sherlock to Moore's Watson - if Sherlock was a lot more religious and Watson was, well, a pink demon
January 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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2026's Barbenheimer is Avengers 5 vs. Dune 3, and MCU star Simu Liu already has a witty name for it
Yes, he's starring in Avengers: Doomsday, and yes, he's starring in Peacock's The Copenhagen Test. But if the whole "Hollywood A-lister" thing doesn't work for Simu Liu, Popverse could really use his cultural tastemaking skills
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Expect HBO's Heated Rivalry season 2 soon, says creator Jacob Tierney, but not "December 2026" soon
Tierney, who created Heated Rivalry based on the Game Changers novels by Rachel Reid, provided an exciting (yet tempered) updated on season 2's release schedule
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix snuck into a Stranger Things season 5 episode and removed a futuristic blunder on the night before the finale
Eagle-eyed Stranger Things fans will no longer be noticing any anachronisms in Holly Wheeler's season 5 costume - which is great, because those eagle eyes will be full of eagle tears soon enough
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Matt Damon & George Clooney are part of a celebrity Wordle network
In real life, Ocean's Eleven costars Damon and Clooney don't plan museum heists. They do, however, keep each other sharp in a much more legal way
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Modern studios killed the bankable movie star, according to George Clooney
Ocean's Eleven and Michael Clayton star George Clooney believes he's part of "the last generation" of stars that studios invested in
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The big advice Paul Newman gave Ocean's Eleven star George Clooney, and how the actor is now patterning his whole career after it from here on out
George Clooney recently reminisced about meeting one of his idols, Cool Hand Luke star Paul Newman. And now, we get to imagine George Clooney and Paul Newman meeting in our heads... and kissing? No. Unless...?
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Actors 60 or older are "pathetic" as romantic leads says 64-year old George Clooney, who just starred in one three years ago
George Clooney, 64, has doubts about being a leading romantic role "at my age." Somebody ought to share that with George Clooney, 61, who starred in Ticket to Paradise
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Babs Tarr and a vibrator inspired Critical Role's new character Tyranny, according to Whitney Moore
Planning on cosplaying Moore's demonic Tyranny from Critical Role Campaign 4? You have DC artist Babs Tarr and a pink vibrator to thank
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role is already planning for a future beyond its original cast
Critters were surprised when the Critical Role Campaign 4 cast was revealed to include six new players. But the way Ed Lopez and Ben Van Der Fluit tell it, they shouldn't be surprised if something like that happens again
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Disney+'s Goosebumps series made one big mistake according to R.L. Stine: not making it for kids
R.L. Stine thought the Disney+ Goosebumps series was good, but believes it was a mistake to aim it towards adults instead of kids
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role have become hits in TV, comics, TTRPG, and live shows: next, they want to get into footwear
Having already partnered with Dark Horse to make comics and Prime Video to make TV, Critical Role's Ed Lopez and Ben Van Der Fluit have a boots-on-the-ground plan to make... er, boots
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role expected Daggerheart to do well, but they didn't expect it to do 2500% more than their projections
Critical Role's Daggerheart printed what they thought were a year's worth of campaign books in 2025. They lasted two weeks
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Why animation is the perfect introduction to TTRPGs, according to Legends of Avantris
You may have heard of TTRPG actual play series Legend of Avantris from the weird little mice cartoons that come up on their social media. That's very much by design, say the cast
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Legends of Avantris gang want to tackle the urban noir genre next: "when, not if"
Legends of Avantris, the creators of hit folk horror campaign the Crooked Moon, teased a subgenre they'd love to see as part of their actual play series down the line
December 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine is returning to adult horror by reviving Stuff of Nightmares at BOOM! Studios
Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine says his Boom Studios series Stuff of Nightmares will return in 2026
December 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
R.L. Stine says there is one overlooked Goosebumps book that he wishes someone would adapt, and its about superheroes
Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine says everyone is sleeping on They Call Me the Night Howler
December 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
R.L. Stine originally planned to end the Goosebumps series after the first three books (until the sales exploded)
R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps was originally going to be a two or three book series (but the sales numbers changed everything)
December 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Remembering George Pérez, with guests Dan Jurgens, Dan DiDio, Alex Segura, Constance Eza, and Phil Jemenez from NYCC 2022
In the wake of the comic legend's passing, friends and cohorts of Pérez went to NYCC to reflect on his eternal legacy in the medium
December 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role Campaign 4 and Birdemic star Whitney Moore reflects on cult films, the overlap of horror and burlesque, and soup for breakfast
Whitney Moore, who Critical Role fans know as Tyranny in Campaign 4, knows why some movies are so bad they're good - "I do not believe that art is good or bad. I believe it is inspired or uninspired."
December 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Inside the Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss cast friendships: Brandon Rogers on besties, weekend parties, and improvised combat
Brandon Rogers opens up about his “found family” on Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, from Erika Henningsen to Richard Horvitz
December 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What to Watch January 2026: the Pitt is back on HBO Max, Bridgerton steams up Netflix, a new Star Trek beams into Paramount+, and a brand new season of The Traitors comes to Peacock
From Disney+'s Wonder Man to Appl's Shrinking, the major streaming services announced new binging options arriving January 2026 - and we've got a list of them here
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