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Whether you discovered Arrow one day browsing Netflix or watched the first episode air live on CW back in 2012, one thing is for sure, you always got excited for the emergence of a new character in the Arrowverse. With every announcement of future heroes and villains debuting on the collection of shows CW has created, fans eagerly speculate as to who might be chosen to take on the role. Many will believe that the fan casting they made in their head sometimes would have been better than the actual casting fans received....

Solo: A Star Wars Story character Enfys Nest is one of the spinoff’s biggest mysteries, as we don’t even know which actor portrayed him (or is it her?) during filming. The galaxy far, far away is a franchise known for its memorable villains, frequently placing figures like Darth Vader and Kylo Ren at the forefront of marketing campaigns. In the case of Solo, however, things have been different. Justifiably focusing on familiar faces like Han, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian, the trailers have pushed antagonists like Enfys Nest and Paul Bettany’s Dryden Vos to the back-burner....

There’s always a certain lack of ambition and creativity in awards consideration, especially when it comes to performances, the strength of which are too subjective for an entire voting body to agree on. What makes a performance great? Is it great if it moves you, or if the actor seems to have become someone else? The nominees for Best Actress at the Academy Awards are all great actresses, many doing the best work of their career, but there is a sense that they only scratched the surface....

George R. R. Martin recently said that he thought that there was plenty of room for television spinoffs of Game of Thrones. It’s true that there are a lot of different stories set in Westeros, and a spinoff would allow for more stories to be told. Spinoffs have a lot of potential - but they also can be hit-or-miss. In some cases, like Pinky and the Brain (1995) or Better Call Saul (2015), a spinoff is successful because it balances what viewers loved about the original show with new material and innovation....

Thanos is one of the most feared and destructive antagonists in comic book lore. First introduced in Iron Man #55 alongside Drax the Destroyer, Thanos dissed the title hero as a “primitive life form” and proclaimed his lofty ambitions of conquering Earth. In subsequent comics, Thanos’ storyline was further developed– the Mad Titan sought absolute power in the forms of the Cosmic Cube and the Infinity Gauntlet, taking out most of the Avengers and existence in his pursuits....

When it comes to comic books, you can’t get more celebrated than Watchmen, an undisputed classic of the genre that is still as resonant in today’s world as it was in the 1980s. A trailblazing, cerebral, highly political work that redefined the entire concept of superheroes, Watchmen has been analyzed, discussed, and dissected more than almost any comic book ever written. And while that inkblot-faced guy may tend to hog the spotlight, the true center of the Watchmen universe is not Rorschach, but instead the shimmering blue god among men known as Doctor Manhattan....

Friends is one of the most iconic sitcoms in U.S. history. It was on for ten seasons and the reruns are still shown on popular television channels today. Younger viewers have discovered the show on platforms like Netflix, so it only continues to grow in popularity even over a decade after the finale aired. It created iconic couples like Ross and Rachel and quotes from different episodes can be overheard in conversations between friends even today....

With all of the eyes looking forward to the iPhone 13 announcement next month, DigiTimes is already previewing one of the features of the 2022 iPhone, which could introduce a new 3nm chip. Apple already uses the smallest chip in the market with a 5nm processor since the iPhone 12. While the iPhone 13 is set to have the same size with a more efficient form, a paywalled preview of a report by DigiTimes (via MacRumors) shows that TSMC is readying a new 3nm chip for the 2022 iPhones and Macs:...

Sponsored by FitnessView: A health and fitness dashboard for tracking Health data with insights, widgets, and Apple Watch! Stories discussed in this episode: Leaker suggests Apple Watch Series 7 with two new sizes 14-inch MacBook Pro CPU will be identical to 16-inch – leaker Apple Maps native ratings system now available in the US Enjoy the podcast?: Follow Chance: Twitter: @ChanceHMiller Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast RSS Stitcher TuneIn Google Play Share your thoughts!...

Stories discussed in this episode: Gurman: Apple preparing to launch its ‘widest array’ of new products ever this fall Apple reverses course, no longer requires UNiDAYS verification for Education Store in the US Apple’s self-driving car project hits another speed bump as engineering manager departs Follow Chance: Twitter: @ChanceHMiller Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast RSS Stitcher TuneIn Google Play Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!...

In case you missed it last week, 9to5Rewards has teamed up with MacStadium for one of our biggest giveaways to date. For the next three weeks, readers have the chance to enter and win the new Mac Studio from Apple. Head below for more on MacStadium’s hosted Mac services and to enter the Mac Studio giveaway: Dedicated entirely to Mac cloud services, and built on genuine Apple Mac hardware, MacStadium offers a variety of Mac private cloud options....

After sixteen seasons as a panelist on the singing competition show, Adam Levine is leaving The Voice. Developed in the wake of American Idol’s explosion in popularity, The Voice arrived on NBC in 2011. The show, based on the Dutch series The Voice of Holland, features a unique format where celebrity panelists critique the various contestants and then guide the chosen few through subsequent rounds until a single winner is ultimately crowned....

Ah yes, Gilmore Girls. Perhaps one of the CW/WB’s greatest accomplishments. This show has something for everyone, whether you’re an Emily or a Lorelai. Well, ladies and gents, it could be returning yet again! Back in 2016, Netflix released a four-episode miniseries featuring everyone’s favorite mother-daughter pair, and according to producer Amy Sherman-Palladino, season two is very possible. While we wait, we might as well re-watch some of the classics. Or the entire show, if you have that kind of time....

Tina Fey first came to audience’s attention during her tenure on Saturday Night Live from 2000 to 2006. She had been a writer for the show for a few years prior to that, brought on board by Adam McKay, but this was her time to shine on camera. After that stint, she struck out on her own with the beloved NBC sitcom, 30 Rock. The show, which details the antics behind the scenes of a fictional sketch comedy series, lasted seven seasons from 2006 to 2012, consisting of one hundred and thirty-eight episodes....

With 2015 officially in our rear view mirror, we find ourselves less than three months away from the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the second chapter in DC’s Extended Universe. The follow-up to 2013’s Man of Steel has succeeded in stirring comic book fans into a frenzy, but in a few short weeks, we’ll learn whether or not Zack Snyder’s superhero epic can live up to the hype....

Horror movies for the last 40 years have gone through something of a Golden Age. Higher body counts, splashier FX, more drive to push the envelope for what the MPAA will allow — all this has resulted in a horror fanbase that eats, sleeps, and breathes the genre. We still remember our first encounter with that kind of horror — it was the 1980 Boogeyman directed by Ulli Lommel. In retrospect, it’s difficult to pinpoint what was so unnervingly terrifying about that film, but it worked well enough at the time to get a quickly slapped-together sequel (consisting mainly of footage from the first)....

The last main series Dragon Quest game to be released outside of Japan was Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies for the Nintendo DS in 2009. After a huge letter campaign from a group of fans in France, Square Enix were convinced to bring two more games from the series to the west. These are Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past, released on the 16th of September 2016, and Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King which will come out in 2017....

It seems like you can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about another Star Wars movie. The Star Wars universe has been around for over forty years and continues to grow with each spin-off and solo movie they put out. From A New Hope to Solo: A Star Wars Story, fans have been introduced to countless characters over the years. Along with the characters, viewers have grown attached to the actors who play them....

The Boondock Saints is a genuine cult classic, a relic from a time when streaming services and devoted indie film companies couldn’t be relied upon to save struggling independent films. The film follows the MacManus brothers, played by Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus, who go on what they see as a holy crusade to rid Boston of organized crime. On their tail is Agent Smecker (Willem Dafoe), who seems to be able to use forensics to see exactly what happened in each gun battle....

If there’s one thing anyone who’s seen even a single episode of Grey’s Anatomy knows, it’s that the series delves into the various nuances of dating, relationships, and marriage from time-to-time with a little bit of medicine thrown in for good measure. The series may be about surgery, but that’s really only the setting when you get right down to it. Like all of Shonda Rhimes’ shows, relationships are pretty much everything that’s going on and Grey’s Anatomy is filled to the brim with them....