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Movies - Editorial

The best Halloween rom-coms to warm your zombified heart

Horror movies get all the attention around Halloween, but not everyone sees the fun in getting scared. Thankfully, there’s an underrated canon of romantic comedies that celebrate the spooky season too. So if you’re more of a lover than a frightener, settle in with a bowl full of candy or your favorite spiced apple cider, and enjoy a different kind of Halloween viewing party with these eight spooktacular romances. “Warm Bodies” (2013) She was a girl, he ...

Movies - Editorial

The Best Space Documentaries to Watch in 2021

Are you the kind of person who has always dreamed of going to space? Or maybe you just want to learn more about the wonders of the universe? Either way, we have a selection of interstellar space documentaries just for you. Watching sci-fi movies and TV shows based in and around space can be fun, but what if you crave something more realistic? Something that educates as well as entertains? Enter space documentaries. Space documentaries are movies or miniseries based ...

Sports - Editorial

How ESPN could change the game for the NHL

The last time ESPN was broadcasting NHL games, generational superstar Sidney Crosby hadn’t even been drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins yet. It was 2004, and Hall of Fame forward Mark Messier retired that spring. Seventeen years later, Messier is on the other side of the cameras. He will be part of ESPN‘s NHL coverage, as the network embarks on a seven-year broadcast deal that could turn hockey from a niche sport to a bigger stage. Longtime fans may remember the ...

TV - Editorial

‘Squid Game’ Is Eligible for a Primetime Emmy, and Netflix Could Make TV History

Could “Squid Game” beat the most challenging TV contest of them all? The Korean-language survival drama, which has quickly become one of the most-watched Netflix series of all time, is indeed eligible for Primetime Emmy consideration, the Television Academy confirmed to Variety. According to an Academy spokesperson, because “Squid Game” was produced under guidance from Netflix, which is an American company, and it was always intended to be distributed in the U.S., it can be entered in the Primetime Emmy ...