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From his action movies (Fighting, the G.I. Joe movies) to his dance-focused dramas (Step Up, the Magic Mike franchise), it can be easy to forget that Channing Tatum is really freaking funny. It's a fact that his 22 Jump Street director reminded the world about with a social-media post praising the actor's improvisational skills. Christopher Miller, co-director of the 2014 comedy sequel—which stars Tatum and Jonah Hill as buddy-cops going undercover at a college in order to find the supplier of a new drug—took to X…

A few weeks ago, I broke my wrist (in a very stupid way, e-scooters are bad) and the prospect of a protracted recovery period with extremely limited mobility in that arm was really not something I was looking forward to. Generally, I’m an extremely active person who primarily enjoys weight training, and it’s a key component of my mental well-being as well as my physical health. What I didn’t expect was finding relief by way of virtual boxing. I had been using Supernatural on my Meta Quest 3 headset since picking one…

The singer-songwriter offered a glimpse at his favorite new musical practice: Playing the harmonium and singing whatever comes out Shawn Mendes offered fans a glimpse at the musical exercise he’s embraced during moments of “extreme anxiety or fear” over the past year. The singer-songwriter shared a clip on Instagram of him playing a harmonium and allowing himself to just sing whatever he wants “with full trust.” It’s a practice, he noted, that went a long way toward helping him “ease the pain.”…

Chemistry, Kelly Clarkson‘s first album in six years, was more than a straightforward divorce record. When the album arrived last June, the singer explained that even the idea behind the title was deeper than it first appeared — the notion that while “having chemistry with someone is an incredible, overwhelming, feeling,” it’s also “like you have no choice in the matter.” Writing the record allowed Clarkson to sift through the positives and negatives, as well as reclaim her power and weather the highs and lows of…

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, has lived in the shadow of Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa for a while. But recently, it proved more useful to me than any of its rivals by helping me out of an impossibly difficult situation. What Siri did was listen and, crucially, hear, — which was something my dad was suddenly unable to do. And then, it communicated important information in a way that saved the day. Mutton Jeff Digital Trends Let me explain. My dad has worn hearing aids for years…

Tesla shipped a record number of electric vehicles in the fourth quarter to help it edge out its targets for the year. The company delivered 1.81 million EVs in 2023 and built 1.85 million, according to a Tuesday morning press release. Those figures were slightly above the 1.8 million goal Tesla announced at the beginning of this year, and were overwhelmingly driven by the company’s most affordable EVs, the Model 3 and Model Y. The two models accounted for more than 96% of the vehicles Tesla…

America Ferrera is reflecting on the success of Barbie — and why she thinks the race of her character in the film helped her land the part. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Friday, the actress opened up about the fact that she hadn’t always been considered for non-Latina roles until recently in her career. “To be frank: For the majority of my career, I have not been considered for roles that weren’t written specifically Latina,” Ferrera said. “And so that, in and of itself, limits what people are willing…

Image: Warner Bros.We snickered at the concept when we first heard about Wonka, and we scratched our heads once we saw the trailers—especially the parts revealing Hugh Grant’s Ooompa-Loompa character. But one should never doubt the power of chocolate... or a singing, dancing, Timothée Chalamet, because Wonka is a hit.Spoilers of the Week: July 29thDirected by Paddington and Paddington 2's Paul King, Wonka—released in theaters December 15—has already crossed the $100 million mark in the U.S. Variety reports the film’s…

The Dodgers unveiled yet another Tokyo giant on Wednesday, officially adding highly touted Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a $1.025-billion Pacific Rim portfolio that is anchored by two-way star Shohei Ohtani.Yamamoto’s introductory news conference in Dodger Stadium resembled the one announcing Ohtani’s 10-year, $700-million deal two weeks ago with about 100 media members in attendance — Ohtani had 300 — and fans watching Yamamoto don his blue-and-white No.18 Dodgers jersey on live television in the U.S. and…

Shohei Ohtani made this happen.Shohei Ohtani is why the Dodgers have agreed to terms with Yoshinobu Yamamoto.This wasn’t about Ohtani’s recruiting pitch to Yamamoto, who already was said to have an affinity for the Dodgers.This was about the $680-million loan Ohtani made to the Dodgers.With Ohtani practically printing money for them, the once-cautious Dodgers made a previously unthinkable move by committing $325 million over 12 years to the undersized Yamamoto.The Dodgers refused to spend that much on Gerrit Cole when…