Here’s who R-Patz will be facing off against in The Batman. It looks like the Penguin and Catwoman will be the antagonists in the upcoming Robert Pattinson-starring Batman movie. The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Wave newsletter revealed the news and as fans will know, both villains previously appeared together in 1992’s Batman Returns, played by Danny DeVito […]

7 years ago

RIP. Former wrestler Ashley Massaro, who appeared in WWE between 2005 and 2008, has died aged 39. She was taken to hospital from her home in Long Island, and died of “non-criminal causes”, Suffolk County Police say. Massaro made her way to WWE via the 2005 Diva Search competition, a reality show segment on Monday Night Raw […]

7 years ago

The Many Saints of Newark is set to be released in 2020. Despite ending in 2007, The Sopranos is still regarded as probably the greatest TV show of all time. The show’s influence continues though, with a prequel movie to the show set to hit cinemas in September 2020. Taking the role of the Young Tony […]

7 years ago

Listen to JOE’s brand new GOT reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here. Ghost deserved so much better. This is a post about the latest episode of the hit HBO fantasy show Game of Thrones, and as such includes plot points from the latest episode (commonly known as spoilers). You have been adequately […]

7 years ago

The Oscar-winning actress is executive producer on the hit Netflix show. Mindhunter executive producer Charlize Theron has let it slip that we should expect Season 2 in August. Theron was recently interviewed on the Howard Stern on SiriusXM. Stern revealed he was a big fan of Mindhunter and praised the show, to which Theron replied “Season 2 […]

7 years ago

“Fella!” “Bent coppers!” “Mother of God!” The fifth season of Line of Duty finishes on Sunday evening with an extended finale which promises to reveal some deep, hidden secrets. Don’t worry because there are no spoilers here though. But whether you are counting down the minutes and seconds until the last episode airs, or you have […]

7 years ago

This movie is going to be insane. An image that appears to be the first look at Jim Carrey in the Sonic The Hedgehog live-action movie has appeared online. Rumor: First look at Robotnik in the #SonicMovie, trailer releases tomorrow pic.twitter.com/IMf4pjQX6U — SEGAbits.com 💥 SEGA News (@SEGAbits) April 29, 2019 That looks, well, not bad. […]

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They say the guidelines will result in healthier adults. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released new guidelines that encourage severe limitation on the amount of screen time that children under five have each day. They advise that children under two years of age should have no screen time whatsoever, and that three and four-year-olds […]

7 years ago

When they said ” Don’t Try This At Home”, they were also talking about the referees… WWE referee Tom Castor suffered a rather gruesome leg break during an NXT live event in Omaha, Nebraska this week – but still managed to make the one-two-three count at the end of the match. Wrestlers often suffer in-ring injuries, but […]

7 years ago

Are we going to get scary CGI babies? The live-action big screen version of Rugrats is moving forward, and Paramount have announced a director. David Bowers will take charge of the adaptation of the classic Nickelodeon cartoon. Stockport-born Bowers is not necessarily a household name, but he has a good track record in family movies. He directed […]

7 years ago

Every single movie, broken down scene-by-scene, and put in chronological order. There have been 22 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far. Maybe you have rewatched them all in the run-up to Avengers: Endgame (our review here). Maybe you even watched them in chronological order! But it turns out even that was watching them in […]

7 years ago

Will the giant balloon be back? US President Donald Trump looks set to make a state visit to the United Kingdom in June. It is believed that the visit will be officially announced on Tuesday. Reports state that Donald Trump will visit Buckingham Palace, and also go to France to mark the 75th anniversary of […]

7 years ago

“You’ve become a part of a bigger universe, you just don’t know it yet.” After Thanos’ fatal snap, Avengers: Endgame is almost here as one of the biggest films of 2019 is set to arrive in cinemas on 25 April. Over ten years and 22 films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has given us many things: […]

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Listen to JOE’s brand new GOT reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here.  “I guess that’s okay if all you want to watch is a medieval European castle documentary.” Details have emerged about how the Chinese Government has censored Game of Thrones in the country, and it sounds like it makes […]

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42-year-old actor Bradley Welsh has died after being shot in his home city of Edinburgh. Bradley Welsh was best known for playing gangland boss Mr. Doyle in Trainspotting 2, the 2017 sequel to Danny Boyle’s classic British film. Police were called to Chester Street in the West End of Edinburgh on Wednesday evening, where a man […]

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From the director of Training Day and produced by LeBron James. Muhammad Ali was the greatest – not just as an athlete, but as a charismatic public figure, a force of political change and a human being. We will never tire of hearing tales of his life. Ali sadly passed away in 2016, but his influence and stature […]

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They are living in 3019. Sony has unveiled an incredible, gigantic 16K television that is as tall a giraffe, and twice as long as the world’s longest snake. 4K televisions are generally the highest level consumer TVs available at the moment. This absolute beast has four times as many pixels as those, and 64 times as […]

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Maybe he should finish the books first before saying that? George R.R. Martin has said that he thinks Game of Thrones should continue past the eighth and final season. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the New York City world premiere off the new season, he says he would like to see the television adaptation of his […]

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He’s back, for the sixth time Arnold Schwarzenegger has given us the first look at the T-800 in the upcoming sixth Terminator movie. Terminator: Dark Fate is set to come out on 1 November and it features the return of not only Arnie, but also Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor. It will serve as a direct sequel […]

7 years ago

Bah gawd! Legendary wrestling commentator Jim Ross – aka J.R. – has officially signed with WWE’s newest rival, All Elite Wrestling. AEW have stated that Ross has signed the “most lucrative deal in pro wrestling commentary history”. Officially, he will act as “Senior Advisor” – AEW has already announced Alex Marvez and Excalibur as the […]

7 years ago

“By the sounds of it, no.” The Cure singer Robert Smith is almost definitely the coolest goth on the planet. Even outside the confines of gothdom, he’d probably still rank very high amongst the coolest frontmen that British rock has ever produced. The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in […]

7 years ago

If you don’t have time to rewatch all seven seasons… Game Of Thrones returns next month, for its final season. You are probably already aware of this fact. Many of you are probably trying to rewatch all seven seasons before the show starts up again. But that is a major time investment. 67 episodes of […]

7 years ago

Official El Chapo baseball caps coming soon. Notorious Mexican drug baron Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is currently awaiting sentencing later this year and is expected to receive a lifelong prison term without possibility of parole. The Guardian reports that during his trial in Manhattan earlier this year, El Chapo signed a deal for a designer brand […]

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He tried to make his own film about Jackson in 2003. Louis Theroux has said that anyone who “can’t see that Michael Jackson was a paedophile” after watching the new Leaving Neverland documentary is being “willfully blind”. He also said that fans of Jackson campaigning against it were “actively colluding in the silencing of victims”. If […]

7 years ago

Jim Carey is playing Dr. Robotnik in the movie. Video game legend and icon of pure 1990s extremeness Sonic The Hedgehog is heading to the big screen, in a live-action/animated hybrid family movie, set for release in November. Previously, we got a teaser poster for the film, but that only showed us a silhouette of […]

7 years ago

“What do you mean funny?” Ok, with that headline, we were obviously daring you to disagree. But Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, which has just been added to Netflix, is, in our opinion, the best movie about the mob, period. Ok, yes, The Godfather and its sequel are masterpieces. But they are big and operatic and grandiose. They don’t […]

7 years ago

“Nae bother, big man.” Last week, Nintendo announced Pokémon Shield and Pokémon Sword – the new instalment of the series that will mark the first title on the Switch. Notably, they revealed that the game will be set in the United Kingdom (or at least a world based on the country). That led to a […]

7 years ago

What on Earth is going on? WWE legend Kane is best known for choke-slamming people, feuding with his brother The Undertaker, and occasionally setting his opponents on fire. But in August last year, the man behind the mask Glenn Jacobs was elected mayor of Knox County, Tennessee and is now a full-time politician. On Friday, it was […]

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Mr Gilbert gets to torment Simon once again. Channel 4 recently aired a special The Inbetweeners reunion show, bringing back the main cast for a two-hour celebration marking a decade since the series first started. Despite the best of intentions however, The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited did not go down well with fans. The Inbetweeners reunion show was a […]

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“This has only happened once in 20 years of being on the show.” Family Guy voice actor Patrick Warburton has revealed that there was one episode of the show that he refused to participate in, because it thought it was too offensive. And considering the jokes that they *have* made on Family Guy, it must have been […]

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He just couldn’t make the script work. Last month, it was confirmed, after months of rumours, that Ben Affleck was hanging up his cowl and stepping down from the role of Batman. Now, the actor has confirmed why he made the decision. He appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and explained what happened. “I tried to direct a […]

7 years ago

It is the first video game to sell for a six-figure sum. A copy of the classic Nintendo game Super Mario Bros has sold at auction for $100,150 (€88,632). The sealed, unopened NES game was bought on 6 February, by a group of collectors at Heritage Auctions. Super Mario Bros is one of the best selling games of all time […]

7 years ago

Taron Egerton out; Aaron Taylor-Johnson in. Filming on the third Kingsman movie is underway, and there have been some major changes in the cast. The next instalment in the franchise –  reportedly titled Kingsman: The Great Game – is believed to a prequel, set in the past and has even been described as a “period drama”. That means […]

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The decision to give Seaborne Freight the contract had been widely criticised. The UK’s Department of Transport has cancelled a £13.8 million contract given to a freight company to keep ferries moving across the Channel in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The decision to award the contract to Seaborne Freight received widespread criticism after it emerged […]

7 years ago

Stephen Port killed four men between 2014 and 2015. Stephen Merchant had his place in British comedy history assured when he created The Office with Ricky Gervais. He then, of course, went on to take a larger on-screen role in the duo’s next collaboration, Extras, and appear alongside Gervais and Karl Pilkington in An Idiot Abroad and its assorted […]

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A blaze has killed ten people at the training ground of one of Brazil’s biggest football teams. The fire engulfed a dormitory at Ninho de Urubu, the youth team training centre of Flamengo in Rio De Janeiro, at around 5am local time on Friday morning. The fire was under control by 7.30am. The ten victims are yet to […]

7 years ago

“My mouth is dry.” The first clip from the new Alan Partridge show is here, and it does not disappoint. This Time With Alan Partridge sees Steve Coogan’s greatest creation return to the BBC for the first time since 2003. The new series will see Norwich’s finest co-host a One Show-style early-evening show. The clip features […]

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Could he be about to become Director of Football? Eric Cantona has sent Manchester United fans into speculation meltdown with a post on his Instagram. The post shows the Frenchman standing on a stage, in front of the floodlights. https://www.instagram.com/p/Btdy7xHl_Gs The cryptic image is accompanied by the caption: “I can’t tell you anything but you […]

7 years ago

The rapper was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Sunday. Records have revealed that 21 Savage was born in the London Borough of Newham, report Complex. The Billboard Award winner was arrested on Sunday by US agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). US officials claim that the 26-year-old was born in the […]

7 years ago

SHIT. JUST. GOT. REAL After years and years and year of speculation, Bad Boys 3 is actually happening. And now, we’ve got our first look at a reunited Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Smith posted a video on his Instagram of him and Lawrence back together, with the very appropriate song choice of Diddy’s “Bad Boy […]

7 years ago

“Well hello, Mr Fingers.” For the first time in five years, Salad Fingers is back. Glass Brother, the eleventh episode of David Firth’s dark and disturbing web cartoon has just debuted on YouTube, after previously being available to Patreon subscribers. The latest instalment is business as usual – well as ‘usual’ as Salad Fingers gets. […]

7 years ago

Would you consider making the trip? Wireless Festival has announced its headliners for 2019 – and it is a pretty impressive line-up. After playing the festival in 2018, Migos will be co-headlining alongside Cardi B on Friday July 5th. The Saturday and Sunday night headliners are both UK festival exclusives – Travis Scott takes top […]

7 years ago

Up from the 36 Chambers. You don’t need us to tell you that the Wu-Tang Clan are one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop groups of all time. Possibly the greatest. With their mixture of kung-fu iconography, street-level realness, raw production and free-roaming lyrics, they defined the sound of classic early ’90s East Coast rap […]

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But that’s all we know so far. Warner Bros has announced that the new film from Christopher Nolan will be released in IMAX on July 17th 2020. And… that’s it. That’s all we know so far. But movie fans will still be putting that date in their diary. Christopher Nolan is, of course, the director […]

7 years ago

Do you remember those crap author jokes you’d see in joke books as a kid? Fake books, where the writer’s name would be a pun – like Get Rich Quick by Robin Banks. Well, we’ve got a real-life version of that, only with an ironic twist. A policeman called Rob Banks has become an internet […]

7 years ago

You just made the list! WWE legend Chris Jericho has signed with All Elite Wrestling, the new wrestling company funded by the billionaire owners of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham FC. On New Year’s Day, after months of rumours, Cody Rhodes announced that he was launching a new promotion called AEW. As reported by the Wrestling […]

7 years ago

The Khan family also own Fulham FC and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Since they absorbed their main competitors WCW and ECW in the early 2000s, WWE has been the single main player in professional wrestling. While the likes of Ring of Honor and TNA have tried over the years, no company has really been able to compete […]

7 years ago

Yes, an actual flow chart. Netflix dropped us a late Christmas treat in the shape of Black Mirror special Bandersnatch on Friday. Our man Rory Cashin was quite taken with the “groundbreaking” piece of modern media, arguing that it will change television forever. Not only that, but he also went and found all of the endings for […]

7 years ago

2018 has been an odd year for the WWE. Man-for-man and woman-for-woman, WWE had arguably the most talented roster of any calendar year in their history. Yet their highest profile match all year was probably the reunited D-Generation X lumbering around against Kane and The Undertaker  (combined age of participants: 206) at the whim of […]

7 years ago

The return of Fergie Time. Legendary Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is expected to join the current side at training on Saturday ahead of their Premier League tie with Bournemouth on Sunday. New United caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has invited the man he calls his mentor along to join the team at their Carrington training […]

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