NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s father, Dennis Hamlin, passed away on December 28th following injuries sustained in a house fire. He was 75 years old. Denny’s mother, Mary Lou Hamlin, 69, is currently hospitalized in critical condition.
During the recent Jump Festa presentation for Bleach, creator Tite Kubo announced that the final arc of the Thousand-Year Blood War anime will include entirely new scenes not found in the original manga. Kubo expressed excitement about seeing how these original additions will be animated. Having finished the Bleach manga some time ago, Kubo has been collaborating closely with Studio Pierrot to expand on the story for the anime, as fans have already seen in earlier episodes.
Four superhero movies are coming out in 2026, and while they all promise to be crowd-pleasers and spark conversations among fans, they range from mildly anticipated to incredibly hyped.
Both Takopi’s Original Sins and the final season of My Hero Academia were remarkably popular, with every episode receiving a score of 9 or higher on IMDb, demonstrating a particularly strong year for anime in 2025. Despite this impressive run of high-quality episodes, none managed to surpass the all-time highest-rated anime episode on IMDb: the finale of Vinland Saga’s first season, which aired on December 29, 2019. It earned the top spot upon release and has remained there, deservedly so.
The actress, known for her role in Awkward, shared a painful memory of something her father, Kelsey Grammer, said to her. Her parents, Kelsey and Barrie Buckner, divorced when she was four years old, and she didn’t have a relationship with her father for twelve years. She remembered a specific comment he made while trying to explain the lost time that felt especially hurtful.
Since the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, the actor from The Princess Bride has been struggling to accept their loss.
Details about the upcoming movie Avengers: Doomsday have surfaced, revealing appearances by actors from Fox’s X-Men films, including Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. The film will also feature stars who have recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Multiverse Saga, such as Florence Pugh, Pedro Pascal, and David Harbour. Now, it appears another previously unconfirmed actor will be joining the cast of Avengers: Doomsday.
2018 was a huge year for Netflix original movies, with popular releases like Mute, The Cloverfield Paradox, How It Ends, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Cam, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and even the Academy Award-winning Roma. While some of these films got sequels or expanded into franchises, one 2018 release has largely been overlooked: Bird Box. Released on December 21st, Bird Box was a successful adaptation of its source material, but Netflix hasn’t been sure how to proceed with it since.
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As markets look ahead to 2026, the question is less about whether Bitcoin’s monetary case still holds and more about when price catches up to it. Awaiting the day when the price wakes up from its slumber. 🐢