Believe it or not, there was a time when sports games weren’t the redheaded stepchildren of the video game industry. If you grew up with ’90s and ’00s video games, it’s likely that some of your best early moments within the medium were hitting that triple kickflip down a stair set inTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, or avoiding a crushing hit by wall running inNFL Street, or turning the Chicago Cubs into perennial World Series champs inMVP Baseball....

Every year, Forbes ranks the highest paid actors and actresses from across the globe, and while Hollywood usually wins out, each year more and more international performers are being added to the list after huge gains in China, Bollywood, and elsewhere. This year,Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsontakes the throne from last year’s winnerRobert Downey, Jr., whileJennifer Lawrenceremains in the top actress spot for a second time. Johnson told Forbes that,“I can kick ass better than anyone on the planet....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforLove Fraud.] If you, like me, are a victim of abuse from a romantic partner, I would approachLove Fraudwith caution. I say this not to overwhelm you with my own personal trauma at the start of a TV review, but as a fundamental piece of advice regarding what’s fundamental to this show, for better and for worse.Love Fraudis as captivating, as gripping, as nail-bitingly watchable as any true crime series I’ve ever watched....

In last weekend’sThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,Nicolas Cagetakes on the role he was born to play: Nicolas Cage. Specifically, a washed-up, on-the-outs, creatively unfilled fictional version of himself known as Nick Cage, who gets caught in a dangerous CIA plot to take down a billionaire playboy, whom the CIA suspects kidnaped a politician’s daughter, only to rediscover his love for the craft through his unsuspecting buddy friendship with this larger-than-life fanboy....

Like its predecessor,Narcos: Mexicochronicles the rise of two opposing forces in the drug war. In this case, it’s DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) versus Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna), the deadly godfather of the first Mexican cartel that rose to power in the 1980s. What makesNarcos: Mexicoso effective (you can read my full review of the first half of the new seasonhere) is that both Kiki and Félix’s stories are equally fascinating....

In an interview withVariety,Sandra Yi Sencindiver, star ofGeek GirlandThe Wheel of Time, has officially given a promising update about the upcomingAlienprequel series for FX. The project thus far has been intriguingly mysterious, with much information kept tightly under wraps,leading many in the fandom to assume big surprises are on their way. Helping towards that theory is Sencindiver, who mentioned just how exciting the series will be and how the prequel will take inspiration from its predecessors....

A new trailer for Studiocanal’sPaddington 2is here and it’s delightful. It’s a shorter tease than thepreviously released trailer, which gets more of the movie’s plot across while also giving a lot of the film’s moments away, but it’s a very cute look at the live-action/animated sequel nonetheless. Reuniting many of the original film’s cast while welcoming those in new roles,Paddington 2stars Golden Globe-nomineeHugh Bonneville, Oscar-nomineeSally Hawkins, three-time Golden Globe-nomineeBrendan Gleeson, Oscar-nomineeJulie Walters, Oscar-winnerJim Broadbent, and Oscar-winnerPeter Capaldi, with Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-winnerHugh Grant, and BAFTA-winnerBen Whishawas the voice of Paddington....

“Somehow, Palpatine returned.“These words strike fear into the heart of manyStar Warsfans who, as pleased as they always are to see the legendaryIan McDiarmidreprise his role as the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, would probably prefer to forget his last appearance in the much-malignedThe Rise of Skywalker. Palpatine, of course, was thrown down a big ol' shaft on the second Death Star by Darth Vader at the climax ofReturn of the Jedi....

WhenPrince’sPurple Rainhit cinemas in 1984, it transformed the multitalented artist from Minneapolis into a global megastar. With his vibrant, sensually charged music videos getting heavy rotation on MTV, fans of his royal badness flocked to theaters worldwide to see him make hisacting debut on the big screen. Expecting a two-hour concert movie with romantic scenes, however, audiences discovered thatPurple Rainwas a gritty semi-autobiographical tale of a rising star musician caught between love, ego, and the struggle to survive in an abusive household....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersfor Shadow and Bone.] WithShadow and Bonenow streaming on Netflix, an entirely new audience has been introduced to the complicated dynamic between the characters of Alina Starkov and The Darkling that was first unveiled in authorLeigh Bardugo’s book trilogy. In the series,Jessie Mei Liplays Alina as an unassuming yet confident young woman who suddenly gets thrust into the spotlight when she exhibits a magical power that unveils her as “the Sun Summoner,” a long-rumored being with the power to conjure light....

Gastón Pavlovich, a Mexican film financier and businessman, saw an opening and took it. Studios weren’t willing to finance an experimentalTom Hanksmovie or aMartin Scorsesereligious film, so Pavlovich banked on their names to enter Hollywood and now he’s got two Scorsese films on his plate. The Hanks film was 2016’sA Hologram for the Kingand although that film didn’t receive a wide release it did assist with getting him a meeting with Scorsese when the great film director’s passion project,Silence, was stalling again due to a production company leaving....

Spider fever is sweeping the nation, and with the release ofSpider-Man: No Way Homejust around the corner, it’s only fair that the multiverse’s other spider-people get a hand in the game. As part of CCXP Worlds 2021, Sony has released its first set of images fromSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the animated sequel to the wildly successfulSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versefrom 2018, seeing the return of spidey-sensing hero Miles Morales (Shameik Moore)....

TheSuccessionSeason 3 finale was everything one might want from the culminative episode of a series of prestige TV: huge stakes, devastating revelations, more drama than you can shake a wad of ill-gotten cash at. After accruing such a fervent (andextremelyonline) fanbase since it premiered in 2017, the show has gone from strength to strength, picking up new viewers at an exponential rate. And now, as reported byVariety, HBO has revealed that the finale attracted the series' highest viewership yet....