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The Paradise Creator Already Knows Season 3’s End
Following a shocking reveal in season 2’s penultimate episode, fans are theorizing about everything from time travel to nuclear fallout. Are they close?
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Stephen Colbert Is Hero a New 'Lord of the Rings' Movie Needs
Colbert is going on an unexpected journey with Peter Jackson—and original trilogy actors may even return.
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Wil Wheaton Says the Rob Reiner Tribute Was Even Heavier Backstage
The now 53-year-old reflects on the “overwhelming” Academy Awards moment—and why he is revisiting Stephen King’s ‘The Body’ as an adult.
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'Paradise' Season 2: Is Link a Time Traveler?
Fans on Reddit are putting their heads together to crack the biggest questions before the season 2 finale.
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The Bluff, a Brutal Pirate Film That Goes for a Hard-R Rating
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Karl Urban lash out at each other in the high-seas revenge tale.
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Paul Giamatti on the Joys of Playing an Outer Space Dickhead
The Oscar nominee explains where lowlife villain Nus Braka on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ranks in his long history of deplorable bastards.
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MTV Is Still Alive. So Why Does Everyone Think It Shut Down Last Week?
Our ability to tell fact from fiction—even when the facts are right in front of you—is nearly gone. This is not going to end well.
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The Esquire Q&A with Lee Child and Andrew Child
A lively Q&A with the National Book Award winner on the occasion of his short, sweet, terrifying novel, 'Twist.'
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Paul Atriedes Is a Villain In the 'Dune: Part Three' Trailer
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The 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Trailer Makes Marvel Fun Again
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A24 Is Remaking One of Donald Trump's Favorite Movies
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Maybe We Actually Need the AI Val KIlmer Movie
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'Project Hail Mary' Is Actually About Male Loneliness
The Ryan Gosling movie about a distant astronaut and a stony alien is an allegory for guys especially.
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Kneecap Will Never Back Down
The Irish rap group faced controversy after aligning its cause for a unified Ireland with its support for Palestine. On its new album, ‘Fenian,’ it’s taking the fight to another level.
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Tom Junod Finally Reckons with What It Means to Be a Man
In a long list of classic stories, the legendary magazine writer helped teach readers what masculinity looks like in the 21st century. To write his first book, he had to confront the man who first taught him: his father.
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