Year: 2025

I recently caught up with James McAvoy and Elliot Page – both familiar faces from X-Men: Days of Future Past – during a chat with Josh Horowitz of Happy Sad Confused at New York Comic Con. They talked about a lot, including Elliot’s work on The Odyssey, but something McAvoy shared really stood out. He thinks the X-Men films actually did something before the Marvel Cinematic Universe did, which is a bold claim! But even more charming was a story he told about spending an afternoon with Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. Apparently, he walked into Stewart’s trailer to find him cooking, while McKellen was completely relaxed, feet up in a recliner. It set the stage for a pretty great moment, and…

Coca-Cola’s annual holiday ad is typically quite similar from year to year, and this one follows that pattern. However, it uses a lot more images created by artificial intelligence, like cute, human-like animals and roads that seem to shift randomly. The ad’s overly polished, artificial look has prompted many people online to share older Coca-Cola commercials for comparison.

Critchfield, the co-founder and lead singer of Old Crow Medicine Show, is currently touring to promote his first solo album, Story the Crow Told Me, which came out last summer. He’s joined on tour by PJ George, a fellow Old Crow Medicine Show member who is playing bass, and talented slide guitarist Trevor Linden.

Released in 2017, Spider-Man: Homecoming—a collaboration between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures—introduced Tom Holland as the new Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and Michael Keaton as his adversary, Vulture (Adrian Toomes). The film has been followed by two sequels, Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and a fourth movie is currently being made with a planned release next July.

This year’s most fashionable hat was the pillbox – a classic, rounded cap that was popular in previous generations.

Stephen King is rightly celebrated as a master of horror, and he’s written countless books and stories in the genre. But his impact goes far beyond horror – you can see his influence in all kinds of stories, from science fiction to stories about growing up. His unique style seems to appear everywhere in modern storytelling.

I’m really excited to see Bailey back on the big screen this month in the sequel to that incredible musical adaptation – everyone’s predicting it’s going to be a massive hit! I just saw a clip from his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon where he was talking about his recent award, and he playfully credited Fallon himself with helping him achieve it. He said,

Robert Pattinson is set to star alongside Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Florence Pugh in the new Dune film. Although his character hasn’t been officially announced, many believe he’ll play the villain, Scytale. Pattinson hasn’t confirmed this, but he told IndieWire that the intense heat during filming actually helped him relax and focus.

Production delays have forced CBS and Wolf Entertainment to postpone the new series until 2026. Although Tom Ellis was quickly cast as Hart Hoxton, finding the rest of the actors proved more difficult than expected. Nick Gehlfuss, known from Chicago Med, eventually joined the cast as FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman. With Natalee Linez and Michael Michelle completing the main cast as CIA members, filming finally began in New York, but has now been put on hold.