Marvel Rivals and Marvel Studios Announce Their Biggest Collaboration Yet

The popular team-based game *Marvel Rivals* is shaking things up with a brand new game mode based on the *Marvel Zombies* series from Disney+. This is the first time the game has collaborated with Marvel Studios, and the limited-time, player-versus-environment (PvE) mode will launch on October 23rd, just in time for Halloween.

‘It’s New For Me.’ Dwayne Johnson Reacts After Christopher Nolan Praises His Work In The Smashing Machine

Okay, so I’m really excited about *The Smashing Machine* – it’s been one of the most talked-about movies coming out in 2025, especially since A24 is behind it. It actually premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September and *killed* it, winning the Silver Lion! Since then, regular audiences haven’t been quite as blown away, but things got interesting when Christopher Nolan showed up on the *Director’s Cut* podcast to chat with Benny Safdie. And get this – he gave Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson the *highest* praise, maybe the biggest compliment of his entire acting career. Seriously, it was a huge moment.

Everything We Learned on Our Visit to the Stranger Things Season 5 Set

When I visited the set of Stranger Things for a TIME cover story about its final season—a season rumored to have cost nearly $500 million—the street looked like a disaster zone. The show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, were filming a large battle sequence. The town of Hawkins was depicted as being under military quarantine, with extras in army uniforms gathered around the library, which had been transformed into a gateway to the Upside Down—a massive, multi-story red hole. Actors wearing gray suits and orange headgear stood in for the Demogorgons, which would later be added using computer-generated imagery, as they prepared to battle the soldiers and destroy the town.

Bella Hadid shares a series of racy underwear snaps from behind the scenes at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show amid rising health fears sparked by her ‘fragile return’ to the runway

As a wellness advocate, I’ve been following this story closely. A friend of mine, just 29, recently went through a month of intense treatment for chronic Lyme disease. It’s a really tough condition where the Lyme bacteria can cause ongoing neurological problems – things like persistent fatigue and memory difficulties. It’s so important to raise awareness about the long-term effects this can have, even with treatment.

British University Claims Tolkien Orcs Represent People of Color and Lord of The Rings is Racist

A new course at the University of Nottingham, called Decolonising Tolkien et al., is sparking discussion. According to a report in *The Telegraph*, the course explores the idea that the orcs in *The Lord of the Rings* can be interpreted as representing people of color. Led by Dr. Onyeka Nubia, the class suggests that Tolkien’s depiction of dark-skinned creatures and ‘eastern races’ in Middle-earth reflects biases against African people and a preference for certain ethnicities.