Hello 2026! Another year means another slate of pop culture happenings to look forward to.
Ever since the two-hour final episode of Stranger Things dropped on Netflix on New Year’s Eve, certain fans of the series have been convinced that the mostly happy ending of the show was a ruse.
With the premiere of The Pitt Season 2 coming to HBO Max on Jan. 8, 2026, fans have a lot to look forward to. However, a third season of the Emmy-winning show is on the way.
Not too long ago, I got a really weird email from an address that I didn’t recognize. That’s not unusual at all for me considering I am an editor at a pop culture website.
It’s been nearly a decade since director Gore Verbinski’s last film, A Cure for Wellness.
As of January 2026, there are a slew of upcoming movies, TV shows, and specials that have been announced for Marvel fans to be excited about. Whether those projects were produced by Marvel Studios or Sony, many fans still want to learn about them all.
The Star Trek franchise celebrates sixty years in 2026, and the first part of this year-long celebration is the debut of the ninth live-action Star Trek series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Hollywood history is filled with notorious incidents in which an actor or actress was dismissed from their lofty perch in the world of television by their own actions. As a result, stories of how actors were fired from their shows for various types of misbehavior are solemn reminders of what happens when fame goes to a person’s head.
The MCU has made a lot of mistakes since the end of the Infinity Saga. That includes doing very little to “earn” the arrival of its next franchise big bad.
Some people have really bad luck.
Just like that, about a month after a Season 2 of Chad Powers was green-lit by Hulu, the Glen Powell-co-created series is already back in production.
There are some fabled heroes who will continue to have their stories told over and over again, like Robin Hood.
It’s all in a day’s work as we settle in for another long and soul-testing shift at Pittsburgh’s Trauma Medical Center, the setting for this deservedly Emmy-winning medical drama.
One of the most infamous globe-trotting adventurers in pop culture history is coming to Prime Video. Sophie Turner will take on the role of Lara Croft in a Tomb Raider series by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
For over a year, we’ve had some revealing trailers and images for the new Wonder Man Disney+ series released by Marvel Television.
We are now living in the year 2026, which used to feel super futuristic. Sadly, we don’t have the technology and time-traveling abilities that I hoped for as a ’90s kid.
Are you missing Stranger Things already? Of course you are. After many years and five seasons, the massively popular Netflix series aired its final episode on the last day of 2025.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have not only been friends for decades, the two have teamed up on several film and production projects. Their latest work will debut on Netflix soon.
2025 was a banner year for television. Producing new hit series such as The Pitt, Paradise, Pluribus, It: Welcome to Derry, and stellar follow-up seasons from incredible projects like Severance, Invincible, Stranger Things, and Andor, to name a few.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a smash hit in 2023. It took home more than $1.36 billion at the global box office. Plus, you know, this is Super Mario Bros.
Heading into the new year, it feels right to look back at the year 2025 in movies, which featured some stellar biopics (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) and original stories (Sinners).
Fallout is back for season two. And this year, it’s gorier than ever, with even more shoot-outs, exploding heads, and rad-filled creatures.
James Gunn’s Superman became the fan-favorite superhero movie of 2025, officially launching the new DCU on the big screen.
The world is terrifying sometimes. But one of the best ways to manage the horrors of the real world is to contain those extremes in a movie. Unlike life, horror movies actually end, and so, even if you're scared out of your mind while watching, there's some kind of mental release when it's over.
Rumor has it that Avengers: Doomsday will have more than one trailer coming for us. We already saw Chris Evans return as Steve Rogers in one teaser trailer for the next Avengers movie.
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