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Taylor Swift is so popular that seismologists measured recent tour dates in Seattle as a magnitude 2.3 earthquake. You wouldn’t know it from the latest edition of Google’s annual annual “Year In Search” roundup, though. Every December, the company publishes a list of the year’s most popular search terms. But one name is conspicuously absent from the 2023 edition.'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI UnlockedThe queen of pop isn’t on any of Google’s 2023 trending search categories, despite the fact that Time…

The 2024 Golden Globe nominees are here, and this year everybody is still living in a Barbie world. Pipping its biggest rival at the ceremony this year, Oppenheimer, to take most nominations, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, and Ryan Gosling are the vanguard when it comes to all things genre.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedBarbie secured nine nominations to Oppenheimer’s eight across the board at the 81st Golden Globes to become the most-represented project, with nods for Greta Gerwig in Best…

Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”Image: Apple TV+If you’ve been curious about Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon—especially since its recent wins for Best Picture and Best Actress from the New York Film Critics Circle—you can now watch the director’s three-and-a-half-hour epic crime drama from the comfort of your couch.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedThe Apple Original Films production hits premium video on demand and will be available for…

The first rule of playing a superhero is deny, deny, deny. Is there a rumor going around about your character? Is that rumor true? Don’t sweat it. Simply lie about it for fear of ruining the surprise. Ms. Marvel's Directors Talk Embiggening the Show's Superhero ActionIt’s come to a point where spoilers are so sacred that we’ve not only normalized lying in entertainment media, but it’s endearing to most of the audience. Fans both desperately want to know all the biggest secrets about every upcoming project, but also…

Timothy Olyphant is going from Star Wars to Alien.Screenshot: LucasfilmThe world of Alien just got a whole lot sexier with the addition of actor Timothy Olyphant. The Justified star, who recently dipped his toe into another major sci-fi universe as Cobb Vanth on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, has been cast in Noah Hawley’s upcoming FX show set in the universe of Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, and Prometheus.Deadline broke the news of the casting and reports Olyphant is playing Kirsh, “a synth who…

Last week, Netflix announced it’d pulled the plug on Shadow & Bone, the YA fantasy show based on Leigh Bardugo’s popular five-book series. Much as fans mourned the show for being unable to tell the full story of the main trilogy, they were also just as devastated (if not more so) to realize this cancellation meant its intended spinoff also wouldn’t see the light of day.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksKnown as Six of Crows and named after the first book in the titular…

At its core, Poor Things is the relatively simple story of a woman growing up and finding herself. However, in the hands of director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favourite), it tells that tale in the most fantastical, imaginative, disturbing, and hilarious way possible. Words that, in fact, also describe the film as a whole.Rainn Wilson’s First Fandoms: Star Trek And D&DPoor Things centers on a woman named Bella, played by Oscar winner Emma Stone. Bella has the body of a grown woman but the demeanor of a child.…

Last year’s loss of fan-favorite actor Jason David Frank was a blow to us all. His commitment to not just his star-making role on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but his love and passion for the pop culture community at large, was truly unique and special. Now, we get a chance to celebrate that with what’s being sold as Frank’s final film, Legend of the White Dragon.Buy Now or Wait? How to Avoid Tech Buyer's RemorseDirected by Aaron Schoenke (Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe), Legend of the White Dragon is a sci-fifantasy…

Image: ParamountAudiences go to see a Mission: Impossible movie because they want to see Tom Cruise bend the universe backwards to survive stunts that would likely kill anyone else. Because of that, it can sometimes be easy to leave behind the actual plot of these films and their respective villains, give or take some exceptions. But the recently released Dead Reckoning Part One has quite the memorable villain, because it’s the very thing the entertainment industry is actively fighting at this moment.Will We See More of…

Flint Starstriker is here.Image: Delano ToysMasters of the Universe. G.I. Joe. Transformers. Care Bears. These are just some of the names you think of when you think of popular toys and kids’ shows of the 1980s. One you definitely don’t think of though is The Starstriker Bandits starring everyone’s favorite hero Flint Starstriker. That’s because it didn’t exist. Until now.Teyonah Parris and John Boyega on Working With Jamie Foxx | io9 Interviewio9 is excited and intrigued to reveal that Vince Vaughn (yes, that Vince…