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How accurate is The Pacific? Checked against the two Marines' memoirs it was built on
HBO's The Pacific was adapted from two Marine memoirs and a third man who never wrote one. Where the series follows Eugene Sledge and Robert Leckie exactly, where it merges and rearranges them, and which of its hardest scenes came straight off the page.
September 20, 2026 4:02 pm
Mutiny on the Bounty true story: what the 1789 record says that three Hollywood versions didn't
Three Hollywood studios have filmed the 1789 mutiny on HMS Bounty, and all three agreed on who the villain was. The ship's log, the court-martial minutes and the Pitcairn records tell a different story about William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and what actually happened after the launch was cut loose.
September 19, 2026 9:01 pm
Spider-Man Brand New Day ended The Force Awakens' nine-year record by 111,000 dollars - and it took 47 days instead of 165
After nearly a decade ruling the roost, Star Wars: The Force Awakens no longer holds the domestic box-office crown — guess what’s nabbed it instead.
September 17, 2026 1:25 am
Alan Ritchson and his wife filed for divorce, reconciled in March, and have now ended it after twenty years
Alan Ritchson has confirmed he and wife Cat are calling time on their marriage after years together.
September 15, 2026 12:15 am
Beauty in Black was cancelled once, and Netflix is shooting season 4 in eleven days
If you’d written it off, a previously cancelled Tyler Perry Netflix hit now has a Season 4 release date update hinting it could return sooner than expected.
September 14, 2026 2:13 am
Tulsa King's third season is on Blu-ray five weeks before Stallone returns for the fourth
Completing your collection, Paramount Home Media Distribution has rolled out Season 3 of Taylor Sheridan’s smash hit crime thriller on Blu-ray — ahead of Season 4.
September 13, 2026 7:47 pm
Avengers: Doomsday hype check — domestic presales light up $3B box office predictions
Disney says Avengers: Doomsday has already racked up domestic presales with months still to go — and the early rush has fans touting an eye-watering worldwide haul.
September 10, 2026 5:12 pm
What happens to Aaliyah in Special Ops: Lioness?
Aaliyah Amrohi's complete storyline in Special Ops: Lioness — who the character is, how her friendship with undercover Marine Cruz Manuelos develops across season 1, how the Mallorca wedding episode leaves her, whether she appears in seasons 2 and 3, and what the show has hinted about her future.
September 9, 2026 6:19 pm
Who is Charlie from Love Is Blind UK? Season 2 opened its very first pod date with him
Charlie from Love Is Blind: UK season 2 — who he is, his age, job and hometown, why viewers met him before anyone else in the pods, how his time in the experiment actually played out, what happened to the woman across the wall on that first date, and where to find him now.
September 9, 2026 5:12 pm
Who from Peaky Blinders is real? The real gang's heyday came decades before Tommy's era
Which parts of Peaky Blinders actually happened — the real Birmingham gang behind the name and when it genuinely operated, the historical figures the series wrote into Tommy Shelby's world, from Billy Kimber to Oswald Mosley, and what historians say about the razor blades.
September 8, 2026 10:01 pm
US summer box office hit an all-time record 4.76 billion dollars, beating 2013 by five million on a season seven days longer
Cinema crowds are back: 2026’s summer box office has smashed an all-time record, with everything from Spider-Man to Obsession packing screens — wait till you see the total.
September 8, 2026 4:00 pm
Ad Vitam is now Netflix's ninth most-watched non-English film ever, with 38% on Rotten Tomatoes
At just 98 minutes, an action thriller starring Guillaume Canet has blown past expectations on streaming, barging into the all-time biggest hits.
September 7, 2026 9:39 pm
The Dungeons and Dragons sequel has a finished script and nobody willing to pay for it
Good news for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves fans: the sequel has taken a step forward, even as Hasbro goes looking for a new studio partner.
September 6, 2026 9:00 pm
Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits 900 million dollars domestic in 36 days, a mark only The Force Awakens has reached
As it enters its fifth week, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is bearing down on a box-office feat only one other film in history has managed.
September 6, 2026 8:45 pm
The Odyssey just did something at the box office we haven’t seen in 17 years
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has pulled off a box-office feat no film has managed in 17 years — and you’ll want to see the number driving it.
September 6, 2026 4:46 pm
Tim Curry's death certificate names coronary artery disease, with cancer and a stroke behind it
The late Tim Curry — of The Rocky Horror Picture Show fame — has had his cause of death officially confirmed, with the exact reason now set out.
September 6, 2026 4:08 pm
Where is Peaky Blinders filmed? The Shelbys' streets are real enough to visit — tickets and all
Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham. It was barely filmed there. Steven Knight's crime drama ran for six series on the BBC between 2013 and 2022, and the cobbles, canals and back-to-backs that made the show look like 1920s Small Heath are spread across four counties and two countries.
September 5, 2026 1:14 pm
MCU fans got Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s ending changed — no, really
Turns out MCU fans helped steer how Spider-Man: Brand New Day wraps up — and the reason for the switch isn’t what you’d expect.
September 3, 2026 9:08 pm
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