The Acolyte is yet another series from Disney+ that continues to expand the Star Wars universe we were first introduced to in 1977. We meet the Jedi Order at the height of their power, during a time of peace under Republic rule. However, when a Jedi is openly murdered in broad daylight, questions arise and a hunt for who is truly responsible allows a tragedy from 16 years prior to surface.

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The musical is coming courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Locksmith Animation, with Centaurworld‘s creator and director Megan Nicole Dong onboard as director. It was also recently announced that the project has Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the co-creators behind the Tony-award-winning musical Six, to write the songs for the animated film. If that wasn’t enough talent, Isabella Summers, the founding member of Florence and the Machines, is going to write and produce the songs.

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Now, one Senator has finally said out loud what many of us already know.

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The Acolyte, Disney+’s newest addition to the Star Wars universe, finally ended with episode 8, “The Acolyte.” The series has taken us back in time, a century before the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, where we see the Jedi Order thriving during the High Republic era. Naturally, we meet several new Jedi, with one of The Acolyte’s main characters being Sol, played by Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae.

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However, when Yoshino Somei, a family member of the biggest yakuza group in the Kansai region, is engaged to Kirishima Miyama, a member of Kanto’s biggest yakuza group, she finds he isn’t quite what she was expecting—or is he just hiding his true self?

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The sequel to the already incredibly successful Inside Out has been the blockbuster of the year, landing at the top of the box office as the first film of 2024 to reach the $1 billion mark. Audiences returned to the inside of Riley’s head where Joy and the others felt like they had a handle on things until puberty kicked in that is. With the changes in her body came new emotions for Riley to feel, the most controlling of which is Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke. Joy and the others now have to navigate these changes in Riley’s head, and learn to adapt to these new emotions or risk being bottled up… literally.

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So, let’s take a look at how this dystopian nightmare became reality TV entertainment. The first Big Brother show was the brainchild of Dutch media tycoon John de Mol Jr. and was broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999. The concept and name of the show were directly inspired by Orwell’s novel, where a totalitarian leader, known as “Big Brother,” seeks power for power’s sake and uses mass surveillance to control the population, quashing all independent thought or individualism. Nowadays, outside of the reality show, the phrase “Big Brother is watching” is used to refer to government surveillance and overreach.

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Before the show begins though, the media were put through their steps in the house, and that included drag queen Salina EsTitties!

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We have a feeling we haven’t seen the last of Bam, though, as the second season focuses on the characters of Ja Wangnan and Jue Viole Grace, the latter of whom looks suspiciously familiar …

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Descendants follows the story of the children of famous Disney characters as they try to find their place in the world outside of their parents’ limelight. The first film focuses on the descendants of the villains as they find themselves allowed out of the island prison that they have always known and accepted into the kingdom of Auradon. These storybook characters are Jay (Booboo Stewart), son of Jafar, Evie (Sofia Carson), daughter of the Evil Queen, Mal (Dove Cameron), daughter of Maleficent, and Carlos (Cameron Boyce), son of Cruella de Vil.

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The new TV series is Peacock’s answer to recent epic-scale productions like House of the Dragon and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, though this is set in a historical world rather than a fantasy one. The series is adapted from the 1958 novel of the same name written by Daniel P. Mannix, a novel which already inspired the Academy Award-winning film, Gladiator. It seems we will be treated to plenty of oiled-up muscular men this year since the sequel to Gladiator is also hitting theatres in the fall.

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It was announced that the story would be getting an anime adaptation at the beginning of the year, and now it’s finally here and heading towards its second episode.

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The game, developed by FromSoftware and directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building input from Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin himself, is getting a fan-made adaptation—and let’s just say fan-made projects are getting increasingly more impressive. The anime is being developed by Steins Alter Productions, a production company created by a YouTuber and Compositor known on X as SteinsAlter. They released a short teaser trailer for the upcoming animation, and at 50 seconds its almost one fifth of the final length of the animation itself.

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The second season brings war to Westeros, and dragons and riders are taking to the skies, but with war comes losses, and sadly some of the magnificent beasts are no more. Let’s take a look at all the dragons we have seen, or that have been mentioned, in the show so far.

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Focusing on the burgeoning love of Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Ootomo, the series premiered on Crunchyroll on July 4 and is already moving swiftly on to the second episode, allowing us all just a moment to prepare ourselves for what’s to come.

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Based on the real-life of NFL footballer Spencer Paysinger, the CW drama follows the story of Spencer James, as he goes from high school footballer to NFL legend. The show examines how he navigates the sporting world, the highs and lows while showcasing what success means to different people from different socio-economic backgrounds. The series had a weak outing on The CW but became a sleeper hit on Netflix.

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Based on the manga by Nakaba Suzuki, Rising Impact follows the journey of Gawain Nanaumi as he sets out to become the best golfer in the world. After discovering that he is a golfing prodigy, especially when it comes to his drive, third-grader Gawain heads to Camelot Academy, a school for gifted golfers. Here he meets a whole host of exceptional golfers, but one in particular is a thorn in his side, Lancelot.

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The actor recently visited the set of James Gunn’s Superman reboot to reconnect with his friend and former Marvel/Guardians of the Galaxy director, which has sparked rumors he could jump to fence to DC. But is that what fans want?

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In almost every election in Britain, novelty candidates come out of the woodwork to run for a seat as an MP (Member of Parliament) in their local area. It’s a tradition that has been firmly cemented since the 1980s when the Monster Raving Looney Party registered two candidates. (This year they had 22 running). Their motto: Vote for insanity. As a Brit myself, I can very much say that this is very much a part of our humor. Comedy has long been used to take jabs at politics, and this is just another form that takes. The thing is, with even the once well-respected parties looking like ridiculous options in their own right, these “novelties” don’t actually seem all that out-there.

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The fantasy series follows Will Serfort, a young man who dreams of making his way to the top of the Wizard’s Tower by becoming a Magia Vander to keep a promise to his childhood friend, Elfaria Alvis Serholt. But there is a problem. Will can’t cast a single spell, not even the basic ones. To earn credits at his school, Regarden Magical Academy, Will has only one option: to fight dungeon monsters. He can earn the credits he needs by defeating the monsters, but how can someone with no magic skill accomplish such a thing? Well, Will has another strength: He is an extremely strong swordsman.

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