The star of Vanderpump Villa is suing a cast member of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, claiming she damaged his reputation by publicly accusing him of inappropriate touching earlier this year.
2025 continued the trend of Stephen King’s stories being adapted for the screen. Several of the year’s most popular horror movies and TV shows were based on his work. While there were at least six King adaptations released, some were more successful and explored different types of horror than others.
In 2018, Dark Horse Comics began a multi-year collaboration with Netflix to create comics based on the show Stranger Things. Since then, they’ve published numerous comic series, individual issues, and graphic novels. They even teamed up with IDW Publishing for crossover stories combining Stranger Things with Dungeons & Dragons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While it’s common for TV shows to get adapted into comics, the Stranger Things comics are surprisingly good—many people enjoy them even if they haven’t seen the Netflix series.
The anime series Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun finished its third season in 2023, and fans were happy to hear a fourth season was confirmed in 2024. The new season will arrive next Spring, and it looks like it will focus on Purson Soi, a character who was previously absent. Crunchyroll released a trailer and poster at the CCXP Brazil event this weekend, giving fans a sneak peek at what’s to come.
I think Hamnet is a truly impressive film, even though it wasn’t quite to my taste. The movie, directed by Chloé Zhao and based on a book, is intentionally very moving – it’s a story about the heartbreaking loss of a child and how it impacts the parents. The acting is fantastic across the board. I fully expect Jessie Buckley to win a lot of awards soon, and Paul Mescal might be right up there with her.
New research reveals that even the most advanced multimodal AI systems exhibit a strong bias towards visual and textual information, impacting their reasoning abilities when data conflicts.
Jack Osbourne and his wife, Aree Gearhart, are expecting their second child together, making him a father of five in total. The happy news comes shortly after Jack’s exit from I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and provides a bright spot following the loss of his father, Ozzy Osbourne, earlier this year.
Netflix’s new Western, The Abandons, starring Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey, has quickly become a talking point – and not necessarily for the right reasons. The series focuses on a bitter rivalry between two strong families, each headed by formidable women, that escalates into violence. While it shares similarities with the classic feud of the Hatfields and McCoys, and aims to explore themes of class, gender, and family in the Old West, it hasn’t quite hit the mark with critics. Currently, it holds a low 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Pippa Bailey of New Statesman notes that after just three episodes, the show feels predictable and lacks the dark atmosphere and suspense that define the best Westerns.
The art book for HUNTR/X shows the weapons used were greatly influenced by the tools of Korean shamans, known as mudang. The design team combined historical items like bells, swords, and daggers with a touch of magic to match the film’s pop-star style. According to character designer Ami Thompson, she envisioned the weapons as being filled with musical energy – vibrant, shimmering, and flowing like light. She wanted them to look like visualized music, with notes and bars trailing from every movement, creating a seamless blend of performance and spiritual strength.
It’s impossible to definitively say which anime series are the best each year – everyone has different opinions! But that doesn’t stop us from highlighting some of the biggest successes. 2025 was especially strong for fans of action-packed “battle shonen” anime, delivering some fantastic animation and storylines. This list will focus on the most popular battle shonen anime of 2025 and explore why they resonated so well with audiences who are already asking for the next season.