Netflix has given a straight-to-series order to an A24-produced crime drama, Trigger Point, starring Joel Edgerton. The streamer won a bidding war for the project, which comes from creator and showrunner Harrison Query (Heads of State, Paramount+s upcoming Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey). Rebel Ridge helmer Jeremy Saulnier is on board to direct. Netflix describes Trigger Point as an...

Robert Pietranton, a longtime public relations executive at Warner Bros. Television, has died. Pietranton died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 56. He had been with Warner Bros. TV for more than 20 years, rising through the ranks and becoming senior vp publicity and communications for the studio in 2021. His career also included time...

Universals Thanksgiving tentpoleWicked: For Goodsoared to a huge $30.8 million in previews at the domestic box office, the best showing of the year and ahead of the first installment last year, which bewitched moviegoers with $19.2 million in previews. In terms of the breakdown for Wicked: For Good, Monday Amazon Prime screenings kicked in $6.1 million from 1,050 theatres, followed...

Spencer Lofranco, star of the true crime drama Gotti and Angelina Jolies war drama Unbroken, has died. He was 33 years old. Santino LoFranco announced his brothers Nov. 18 death in an emotional Instagram post on Thursday: You lived a life only some could dream of. You changed people lives, and now you are with God. I will always love...

Elf fans will want to give themselves an extra scoop of syrup-covered spaghetti. Warner Bros. Discovery will honor director Jon Favreaus enduring Will Ferrell-led holiday film with the first annual celebration of December the TwELFth. Released Nov. 7, 2003, the New Line movie also stars James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner and Bob Newhart. Unfolding Dec. 12, the...

For me, part of the appeal of TikTok is seeing smaller, less polished videos from people who don't fashion themselves as influencers. But what do I know? The company has announced it is holding its first U.S. awards show later this year. It seems the Oscars-ification of short form video is here. In a blog over on the TikTok site,...

Ive been enjoying Shuffalo, a quick daily word game from the New Yorker that I cant help but compare to the New York Timess Wordle, which is so popular we publish hints for it every day. But it really feels like an improvement on a different New York Times game, Spelling Beequicker and with more useful hints. What is Shuffalo?Shuffalo...

Finallytwo years after its release, and one year-long beta laterthe PlayStation Plus handheld can finally officially play games without needing to connect to a PS5 console first. The portable machine is not strictly playing them all by itself, and you do need a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription to do it, but the latest system update brings the PlayStation Portal a...

Pennywise is back, baby, and pop culture's favorite freaky clown is going back in time to kill the kids of Derry, Maine, in 1962, with future seasons (should they materialize) visiting other time periods. If my hometown saw mass slaughterings of children every generation or so, I might be tempted to pick up stakes and head on outbut the Stephen...

Yesterday, Nintendo launched a new Nintendo Store app for iOS and Android, finally catching up with Sony and Xbox. On the surface, it does about what you'd expect, making it easy to browse games and Nintendo news, and even purchase games outright (albeit through an in-app browser window, presumably to avoid funneling Apple hefty commission fees). But hidden in the...

When I reviewed the Nintendo Switch 2 launched earlier this June, my assessment was that it would be worth buying eventually, but probably not right away. The console then went on to have the biggest gaming launch of all-time, so there's egg on my face, but I stand by what I said: Until now, the Switch 2 has been a...

Creator/writer/star Mae Martin's Wayward is Netflix's biggest show right now. It's a sly mystery involving cult behavior and cycles of trauma at a school for troubled teens, given added relevance by its proximity to real-life stories of abuses at similar facilities. Wayward does a few different things well: It's a mystery box show, first of allmeaning that we're presented with...

The New York Times has announced a new feature that allows you to make your own Wordle puzzle to share with friends. You need to be a Games or All-Access subscriber to create puzzles, but no subscription is needed to solve them. You aren't roped to regular Wordle's five-letter structure, either: Allowable puzzles can be anywhere from four to seven...