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Amazon Prime Video is starting June off with a bang. While you still have over a week to wait before the avalanche of new shows and movies starts, you can get a look at what's coming below to make sure you clear enough real-world responsibilities from your schedule ahead of time.June starts with The Boys Season 3, the latest season in Amazon Prime's ultra-violent superhero show. Last season had Billy Butcher and his crew fighting not only the terrifyingly unbalanced Homelander, but his new girlfriend--Nazi superwoman Stormfront. The season ended in a rough place, with some heavy casualties and a...

A fatal mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas yesterday shook the world. Two adults and 19 children were killed at Robb Elementary School, in the second-deadliest school shooting in US history. It is difficult to express the magnitude of the tragedy.While many Americans are not directly impacted by the events, we are all heartbroken at the loss of life and loved ones. And naturally people are drawn to help in whatever way they can. There are several ways to help the victims' families as well as emergency responders, via NPR. Read on for more details about how...

A live-action TV series adapting the popular Speed Racer manga and animated show is reportedly in the works from Bad Robot, J.J. Abrams' production company. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bad Robot will executive produce.Citing unnamed sources, Hiram Martinez (Snowpiercer, Get Shorty) will co-write the project and serve as co-showrunner. Ron Fitzgerald, who works with Abrams on Westworld, will work with Martinez as co-writer and co-showrunner. The Hollywood Reporter also adds that this adaptation has been in development "for years," and that Martinez has an "exciting take" on the source material. According to Deadline, the series is now staffing up...

The Mandalorian creator John Favreau has been officially immortalized as a Star Wars action figure, which will be made exclusively available as a preorder at Star Wars Celebration 2022.The figure itself transplants a replica of Favreau's head on the body of Paz Vizsla, the burly Mandalorian warrior who debuted in the first season of the Disney series and appeared again in Book of Boba Fett. In that series, Viszla challenged Din Djarin for control of the Darksaber. Here's what it looks like (via IGN):Jon Favreau is here to show you the way.Gallery Vizsla was voiced by Favreau during his appearances,...

After lengthy delays due to Covid, the long-awaited action movie sequel Top Gun: Maverick opens this weekend in the US for the four-day Memorial Day weekend, and it's expected to put up huge numbers.The movie is expected to make $180 million worldwide this weekend, which would be the biggest opening weekend for Tom Cruise in his long career, according to Deadline. The film is projected to bring in as much as $100 million in the US specifically, which would also be a record for biggest opening weekend for a Cruise movie.Cruise's biggest movie ever in the US for its opening...

When you head to the theater to see Top Gun: Maverick this weekend, it should be pretty clear that most of what you're seeing was done practically, rather than with digital effects. The cast was really flying in those jets, going through some pretty intense maneuvers--and they had to train for it.Chances are by now, you've heard about the boot camp, of sorts, that star Tom Cruise put together for his castmates. Well, according to the cast of the second Top Gun film, it was an even more intense experience than you might have expected. Cruise wanted to make sure...

During the ongoing Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, Heard claimed that her role and participation in the upcoming Aquaman sequel had been significantly "pared down." Heard testified that her reduced screen time was due to her ongoing legal battle with her ex-husband, but DC Films chief Walter Hamada says that isn't the case.Hamada testified at Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit on Tuesday that the studio had considered for several weeks recasting Heard, according to The Hollywood Reporter. But, said Hamada, this was not influenced by the lawsuit with Depp but a lack of chemistry between Heard and Jason Momoa,...

June is almost here, which means a whole new slate of shows and movies to watch on Peacock. Some of the content is available starting on June 1, while other shows and movies will be available a little later next month.On June 24, Kate Berlant (Sorry to Bother You, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson) and John Early (Search Party, Tuca and Bertie) unveil their new comedy special, Would It Kill You To Laugh? The one-hour special will see Berlant and Early "playing exaggerated versions of themselves as they reunite after suffering a public falling out many years...

Better Call Saul just aired its mid-season finale, and it was a very dramatic episode that sets up what is expected to be a thrilling final run of episodes. In a new interview, Kim Wexler actress Rhea Seehorn discusses the compelling events of "Plan and Execution" and also touches on the possibility of a Kim Wexler spin-off sometime down the road.BETTER CALL SAUL SPOILERS BELOW At the end of Better Call Saul's mid-season finale, Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) is murdered by Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) in Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim's apartment. Howard had come to see Jimmy and Kim...