Vol. 33
No. 22
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Masters Of The Universe
The 2026 live-action Masters of the Universe film follows Prince Adam (Nicholas
Galitzine), who was sent to Earth at age 10 to protect him. After 15
years living a mundane corporate life, he reunites with his magical Power Sword,
transports back to Eternia, and battles Skeletor (Jared Leto) to
save his shattered kingdom. To reclaim his family legacy and defeat Skeletor's
army, Adam must learn to harness the magic within, reunite with his loyal allies
including Teela (Camila Mendes), Man At Arms (Idris Elba),
and the Sorceress (Morena Baccarin) and fully embrace his destiny
as He-Man.
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Ladies First (Netflix)
Ladies First is a Netflix satirical comedy starring
Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund
Pike. It follows a wildly misogynistic marketing
executive who hits his head and wakes up in a parallel
universe where the gender roles are flipped and women
hold all the power. Damien Sachs (Cohen) is an arrogant,
wealthy ad executive on the brink of becoming CEO. After
he promotes Alex Fox (Pike) into a position of power
solely for the optics, and proceeds to consistently
ignore, dismiss, and talk over her, Alex quits. While
berating her in the street, Damien strikes his head on a
light post and wakes up in an alternate reality ruled by
women.
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Spider Noir (Prime Video)
Spider-Noir is a gritty live-action superhero series set
in 1930s New York City during the Great Depression. It
follows Ben Reilly (played by Nicolas Cage),
a down on his luck private investigator and former
superhero known as "The Spider". fter the deeply
personal tragedy of losing his wife, Ben hung up his
mask. However, a new conspiracy involving mobsters,
monsters, and a mysterious femme fatale forces him out
of retirement and back into his role as the city's only
hero. The show leans heavily into classic film noir
conventions, blending mystery, jazz, and 1930s organized
crime with superpowered villains like Silverma,
Sandman, and Tombstone.
The Buzz...
Euphoria is officially coming to an end after
three seasons. The hit drama series, starring Zendaya,
Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi,
Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow,
Colman Domingo and more, just aired it’s
season three finale, which has now been confirmed to be
the series finale, via Variety.
Taylor Swift and Toy Story
are seemingly doing something big together. Fans have
wondered for weeks if she’s involved in Toy
Story 5 and now Pixar is basically confirming
that something is happening. The speculation began at
the end of April when Taylor launched a countdown on her
website, which didn’t end in anything being released.
Fans were quick to notice the background of the video is
very similar to the iconic cloud wallpaper that’s in
Andy’s bedroom from the Toy Story movies.
Billy Eichner is addressing the
possibility of bringing his popular game show Billy
on the Street back. The 47 year old
actor and comedian hosted the viral street interview
style series from 2011 to 2017, from Funny or
Die, and airing on Fuse and truTV.
Ben Affleck made an appearance at the 2026
Peabody Awards ceremony held at Beverly
Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The actor skipped the red carpet but popped up on stage
to present the first award of the night.
Hudson Wiliams and Sophie
Nelisse reunite on the red carpet at the 2026
Canadian Screen Awards held at CBC
Broadcast Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The
Heated Rivalry co-stars were in attendance as
nominees and recipients, while the show was also up for
an additional award, after sweeping the Scripted
Television Awards ceremony the night before.
Minka Kelly and Dan Reynolds
have officially walked a red carpet together for the
first time. The hot couple stepped out on the carpet at
the 2026 Moca Gala held at The Geffen
Contemporary at Moca in Los Angeles.
Katharine McPhee, Gal Gadot
and Mila Kunis are all hanging out
together. The Open Toes singer joined
Wonder Woman actress and ’That 70s
Show alum, and were joined by Footcloud
inventor Nina Oberfeld in a video shared
to social media.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has
secured Indian broadcast and streaming rights to 39
FIFA soccer events spanning 2026 to 2034, including
the FIFA World Cup 2026,
FIFA World Cup 2030 and FIFA
Women’s World Cup 2027.
The retransmission battle between Scripps and
DirecTV has escalated, with 54 local Scripps
stations in 36 Nielsen-designated markets going dark as
of 7 p.m. Et on Sunday. Both sides blamed the other for
the blackout, which DirecTV noted comes just before
several state and local primary elections in June, as
well as the upcoming NBA and NHL finals on
ABC, and the U.S. Open golf tournament on
NBC.