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Billy Bob Thornton made a guest appearance on 1883 as a personal favor to Taylor Sheridan, who initially intended to cast an unknown actor in the role of Marshal Courtright. They worked together so well that Sheridan then wrote the series Landman specifically for Thornton to star in. Considering how many Yellowstone spin-offs there are now, it would be great to see a story that further explored Thornton’s character, Courtright.

I was so fascinated to hear about a panel from the IMART festival in Japan! Kodansha representatives were talking about how risky adapting Attack on Titan actually was. Apparently, internally, they genuinely thought the anime might fail! They were worried it was too dark and lacked those typical ‘moe’ elements – you know, the really cute, endearing qualities – that a lot of anime rely on to become popular. It’s amazing how wrong they were, honestly!

O’Brien kept the audience roaring with jokes, particularly about a hypothetical Oscars hosted by Kid Rock at a Dave & Busters, the limited number of British nominees, and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos. He playfully suggested the Oscars was Sarandos’s first time seeing a movie in a theater, then imagined Sarandos thinking, “Why are they all having fun together? They should be watching at home so I can make money off of it!” Despite all the playful jabs, O’Brien ended on a genuinely optimistic note, celebrating the Oscars’ international spirit as a source of hope in a difficult world.

Below, find everybody in contention for cutest and weirdest couple at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Then, O’Brien did a bit where Michael B. Jordan filled in for all the seat fillers in one area. While it’s good to hold people responsible, we’d rather just daydream about a world overflowing with Michael B. Jordans.