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‘The Night Agent’ Creator Thanks Fans For Support And Offers An Update On Season 2 Of The Hit Netflix Series

While Love is Blind was busy causing chaos and catastrophe on Netflix, one of the streamer’s original shows has continued to quietly dominate the top spot with no signs of slowing down any time soon.

The Night Agent has been climbing up the Netflix Global Top 10 since premiering last month, with over 90 million hours viewed in the last week. The series stars Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland, a young FBI agent who is thrown into the world of wide-scale political conspiracies while working as a (you guessed it) night agent in The White House.

The series, based on the novel of the same name, was created by Shawn Ryan, who recently took to Twitter to share his appreciation for the fans of the series. “A continued thanks to all our #TheNightAgent fans who keep watching the show and spreading the word,” he tweeted, adding that it can be hard to work on a show like this without knowing if it will land with viewers. “You make these shows in a vacuum and don’t know if people will ever watch or appreciate, so to hit #6 on @Netflix all time list is thrilling and humbling.”

Season one also landed at No. 6 on Netflix’s Top 10 of all time, which is based on hours viewed in their first 28 days on Netflix. The series was watched over 605 million hours in the first month, beating out Stranger Things season 3. Luckily, season two of the series has already been greenlit, and Ryan confirmed that it’s being written at the moment.

As the series keeps climbing, we might have to see The Night Agent battle it out against Wednesday and Stranger Things 4. Who would win in a fight: demon Vecna, a teenage goth, or a government agent? It’s impossible to know.

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‘The Mandalorian’ Fans Have A Lot Of Feelings After Watching The Season 3 Finale

WARNING: Spoilers for The Mandalorian Season 3 finale below.

With The Mandalorian Season 3 finally coming to a close, Star Wars fans are having a hard time hiding their emotions over the finale’s surprisingly heartwarming conclusion. There was a feeling of dread going into Chapter 24 as online chatter and words from the creative team seemed to suggest that that a brutal gut punch was coming. (Mando dying was the prominent theory.) Instead, the Season 3 finale hit in a different way: Right in the feels.

After a daring assault on Moff Gideon’s secret base, which saw Mando and Grogu fight side-by-side to defeat a deadly group of Praetorian Guards, the Imperial warlord is finally vanquished after a showdown with Bo-Katan. With Gideon’s forces destroyed, the Mandalorians can finally resume life on Mandalorian after being run off by the Empire. More importantly, The Armorer now has access to the legendary Living Waters where she can now baptize new members into her covert.

However, there’s a small hitch when Mando attempts to have Grogu moved from foundling to apprentice after his heroic actions. The little guy still cannot speak the creed and would need permission from his parents to partake in the ceremony. Since he has no parents, Mando steps up and cements the relationship that The Mandalorian has been building towards since audience’s saw Grogu little finger for the first time: Mando will adopt him as his son.

With The Armorer’s blessing, Grogu is now named “Din Grogu” and must now travel the galaxy learning from his father. Even better, the episode ends with the duo living peacefully in a space cabin, awaiting their next adventure. The Mandalorian fans didn’t even know how to react. This was not the emotional ending they were expecting for this season, and they could barely contain their feelings at seeing Mando and Grogu officially become father and son.

You can see some of the reactions below:

The Mandalorian Seasons 1-3 are available for streaming on Disney+.

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No One Knows Why A Famously Bad Movie Is Currently #1 On Netflix

Yesterday, Netflix announced that it will stop sending DVDs through the mail at the end of September. So you’ll have to look elsewhere for one of the worst movies of the 2010s — like the Netflix top 10.

The Snowman is a famously terrible film. The “grim, dim, snowbound thriller” from 2017 has a six percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and even the film’s director, Tomas Alfredson, had a miserable time making it. “Our shoot time in Norway was way too short, we didn’t get the whole story with us and when we started cutting we discovered that a lot was missing,” he told the Norwegian Broadcast Corporation. “It’s like when you’re making a big jigsaw puzzle and a few pieces are missing, so you don’t see the whole picture.”

The Snowman had been retired to the meme bargain bin, but it’s currently — and bizarrely — the most-watched movie on Netflix in the United States. Tens of thousands of subscribers decided, all at once, that instead of Phantom Thread or Lord of the Rings or The Irishman, they would prefer to watch a movie where Michael Fassbender plays a sad detective named Harry Hole.

This is a case not even Mister Police could solve.

This is what Netflix should actually apologize for.

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Will Taylor Hawkins Be On Foo Fighters’ New Album?

Today, Foo Fighters unveiled “Rescued,” the first single from their newly-announced album, But Here We Are. Following last year’s death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, fans are also wondering if he had recorded anything that will be included on the LP.

According to Billboard, at the time they published the article, it was not determined who plays drums on “Rescued” or who will assist Foo Fighters at their forthcoming shows. The band’s spokesperson also did not return any requests for comment from the publication, adding to the mystery.

The Spotify credits for the song also don’t offer much insight, as it is listed solely as performed and written by the Foo Fighters, with co-production by Greg Kurstin.

“A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family,” a press release describes, which appears to suggest the album was all written after Hawkins’ passing.

It also notes that they’ll be channeling an energy similar to their 1995 debut album as a way of healing through the sound and “a process that was as therapeutic as it was about a continuation of life.”

Check out “Rescued” above.

But Here We Are is out 6/2 via Roswell Records/RCA Records. Find more information here.

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Blackpink Tried To Break Even More World Records In Their ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Episode

After a vibrant performance at Coachella last weekend, Blackpink has shared their much-anticipated “Carpool Karaoke” segment. The ladies stopped by The Late Late Show With James Corden for one of the show’s final episodes and sang some tunes with the show’s host.

Corden and the ladies kicked things off with “Pink Venom,” the lead single from Blackpink’s second album, Born Pink. Shortly after, they recall training on how to dance a decade prior, and challenge Corden to show off his best krumping moves.

They then take it back to one of their earlier hits, “DDU-DU DDU-DU,” dancing and grooving throughout.

The girls then explained their training routines, and recalled growing up with their goals in mind. They reminisced fondly over the music of their fellow girl group, TLC.

“They had vocals, they had raps, and they had a bit of hip-hop,” said Jennie.

Corden then asked if they wanted to sing some TLC, to which they responded with an enthusiastic, unanimous “Yes!”

Corden and Blackpink belted out “No Scrubs,” taking us back to the ’90s.

Shortly after, Corden ran down the girls’ accolades, noting that they were the most subscribed-to act on YouTube, globally, and that they were the first K-pop group with a number-one album on the Billboard 200. He then challenged them to break even more records, like the fastest time to assemble a Mr. Potato Head toy, the most handclaps in one minute, and the most Jenga blocks removed from a tower in one minute.

Check out the clip above.

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Netflix Is Adding A Few Handfuls Of New Mobile Games In The Coming Months

Netflix has been teasing an expanded game section for long enough that fans started doubting it would ever happen. But, as with most Netflix features, it just took them a little while to follow through with it. We all know the streamer has a bit of a commitment problem.

The streamer confirmed in its 2023 Q1 earnings call that a handful of new games are on the way. And by “handful” they mean “truckload” since there are quite a few of them. Without providing too many details, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters announced that 40 (!) new games will be added to the service throughout the rest of the year.

Even though there are already 50+ games on Netflix’s mobile app that are included with a user’s monthly subscription fee, a whopping 99% of users had yet to try out the feature as of last summer. It’s not like there aren’t exclusives on there either: the existing library includes three Stranger Things-inspired games, an interactive thriller game (featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe) and, perhaps the best title of all, Hello Kitty and Friends Happiness Parade. There is truly something for everyone, here.

While none of the new titles have been confirmed, the streamer loves to incorporate their original shows into games. Some other existing titles include a game based on Narcos, Nailed it! and, somehow, the dating reality show Too Hot To Handle. Does this mean we will get a Wednesday-inspired mobile game in the future? It’s seeming more and more likely. Now people just have to actually play them.

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George Clooney Confirmed Two A-Listers Who ‘Regret’ Turning Down ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ While Also Squeezing In A Bat Nipples Joke

George Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh stopped by this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival to reminisce about the Ocean’s Eleven series, which just celebrated the 15th anniversary of Ocean’s Thirteen hitting theaters.

While regaling the audience with how the iconic first film came together, Clooney revealed the A-listers who turned down the heist movie, but not before getting in a good Batman quip after the crowd surprisingly went wild at the mention of Batman and Robin, which the actor had just noted was a low point in his career.

“I know you like that movie,” Clooney joked. “I know you like the bat nipples.”

According to Clooney, Julia Roberts was easy to lock down thanks to a charming note from the actor and her previous working relationship with Soderbergh on Erin Brockovich. But other big names didn’t hesitate to shoot down a part in the Ocean’s Eleven remake.

Via Entertainment Weekly:

That doesn’t mean it was all smooth sailing though. Clooney confirmed reports that both Mark Wahlberg and Johnny Depp were approached for Damon’s role as Linus. “Steven had just done Erin Brockovich and Traffic, and he was nominated for directing both films,” Clooney said. “So, people really wanted to work with Steven.”

“That said, some people did say no to us,” interjected Soderbergh.

“They did,” agreed Clooney. “Some very famous people told us to f— right off. Mark Wahlberg, Johnny Depp. There were others.”

“They regret it now,” Clooney noted before making it clear that he knows the feeling all too well. “I regret doing f—ing Batman.”

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

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Liam Gallagher Thinks The AI Oasis Album Is ‘Mad As F*ck’ And Is ‘Better Than All The Other Snizzle Out There’

You’ve heard of Oasis, hopefully. Now, get ready for AISIS, a technically new band led by the indie group Breezer — but with a twist. The group replaced their lead singer’s vocals with an AI’s take on Liam Gallagher, which powers the new AISIS The Lost Tapes album. From the opening seconds, you can clearly tell it’s not them and something’s off, but others seem to enjoy it so far.

“I didn’t listen to the entire video, but from what I did hear, this feels like exactly what Oasis could and should’ve sounded like if Liam’s voice held up over the years and if the band made more of an effort to adopt modern and progressive sounds into the 2000s,” one user on Reddit commented.

As the AISIS record has gained traction online, some original Oasis fans chimed in on Gallagher’s daily tweets to ask him what he thought about his voice being used, or if he’d even heard of the occurrence at all.

“Not the album heard a tune it’s better than all the other snizzle out there,” he responded.

“Mad as f*ck I sound mega,” Gallagher added to another person’s comment.

This comes at an already wild week for AI’s effect on the music industry, as a manipulated collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd was taken down by Universal Music Group for being “a breach of our agreements and a violation of copyright law.”

To seemingly protect themselves from this, the AISIS Lost Tapes are on YouTube and listed as “an alternate reality concept album where the band’s 95-97 line-up continued to write music, or perhaps all got together years later to write a record akin to the first 3 albums, and only now has the master DAT tape from that session surfaced.” They’ve also teased that there’s another bunch coming.

For now, check out the first AI Oasis drop above.

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Vladimir Putin’s Regime Criminally Charged An Elderly Woman Who Called The Ukrainian President ‘Handsome’

If recent reports that have rolled out on Vladimir Putin are any indication, he’s really on a roll. He apparently sent Saint Putin-style gifts to Russian troops in Ukraine for Easter. He’s likely been mourning the loss of his “Superman” image, and reports are that he avoids cell phones and the Internet because he’s “pathologically afraid for his life,” but I’m starting to wonder whether he’s actually pathologically afraid of not being declared the fairest of all.

The Daily Beast has relayed word that Putin’s regime decided to punish an elderly woman who countered another woman’s claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr is “ugly.” The former woman, Olga Slegina, then called Zelensky “handsome,” and months later, she has been fined the U.S. equivalent of just under $500 because she apparently was guilty of “discrediting” Russian troops with her remarks. Say what?

“Zelensky is a handsome young man with a good sense of humor, everyone laughed at his jokes earlier,” Slegina reportedly said. She went on to ask a local resident if Ukrainians in the area were known to shout “Glory to Ukraine.”

Police showed up at Slegina’s door just a few days later and accused her of expressing support for Ukraine. After being interrogated, she signed a document police presented to her that she couldn’t even read due to cataracts, saying she didn’t understand at the time what was happening but wanted “it all to be over as soon as possible.”

As far as the “cataracts” detail is concerned, I cannot ascertain whether the woman actually had cataracts. It also seems possible that the police wanted to make it seem like she did, so that no one would believe that someone would seriously call Zelensky a good-looking dude. Maybe? None of this makes sense, and yet when it comes to Putin, it makes total sense.

(Via The Daily Beast)

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Fans Think Foo Fighters’ Comeback Single ‘Rescued’ Sounds A Lot Like One Of The Band’s Most Beloved Albums

It finally happened: This morning (April 19), Foo Fighters announced But Here We Are, their first new album since the death of Taylor Hawkins. They also shared a single called “Rescued,” which fans immediately compared to one of the band’s best albums.

In a Reddit thread on the r/foofighters subreddit, one fan commented, “I get In Your Honor vibes,” referring to the band’s 2005 album In Your Honor. The album yielded singles like “Best Of You” and “DOA,” peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (the band’s best-ever placement at the time), was nominated for five Grammy Awards, and is generally one of their best-received LPs.

That user was far from the only one to make that connection. Other comments include, “Reminds me of an In Your Honour B-Side. Like The Sign or something,” and, “As someone else said, this sounds pretty much like an In Your Honor song, if this album is something similar I’ll probably listen to it on repeat a lot.”

The throwback sound appears to be intentional. A press release announcing the new album and single says, “Sonically channelling the naiveté of Foo Fighters’ 1995 debut, informed by decades of maturity and depth, But Here We Are is the sound of brothers finding refuge in the music that brought them together in the first place 28 years ago, a process that was as therapeutic as it was about a continuation of life.”

But Here We Are is out 6/2 via Roswell Records/RCA Records. Pre-order it here.