Despite working on acclaimed films like the horror hit Talk to Me, as well as What Lies Beneath and War of the Worlds, actress Katie Otto says people rarely ask her about a particularly memorable scene from The Lord of the Rings. When asked by The Guardian what fans are most curious about, she shared:
A recent article in The Wrap explored whether the upcoming 2026 movie lineup will help or hurt the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Analyst Dave Gonzales argued in the piece that Marvel’s insistence on tightly connecting all its films is a continuing problem. He suggests Marvel might be better served by abandoning this approach altogether.
After almost ten years, the final episode of Stranger Things aired on December 31, 2025, bringing the show’s decade-long run to a close. Fans had very different reactions: some loved the heartfelt moments and goodbyes, while others felt the episode was rushed, left some storylines unfinished, and made questionable choices in how the story was told, leading to a lot of online discussion and criticism.
Run Away begins with a family’s life being turned upside down when their child disappears. The story focuses on a parent’s frantic search, and as they investigate, they uncover hidden secrets and troubling truths about the people around them. Like other series based on Harlan Coben’s work, the mystery slowly unfolds, and each episode offers new clues and changes your understanding of what happened.
![The predicted melting curve of iron, derived from two-phase simulations, aligns with and refines existing data from diverse experimental studies [emcAnzellini2013,emcSinmyo2019,emcLi2020,emcKraus2022,emcBalugani2024] and computational investigations [aimcAlfe2009,aimcGonzalez2023,aimcSun2022,aimcSun2023,aimcBelonoshko2021,aimcStixrude2014,aimcAlfe2002,aimcBelonosko2000,aimcWu2024,aimcSola2009], demonstrating the model’s capacity to synthesize and potentially transcend established knowledge of iron’s behavior under extreme conditions.](https://arxiv.org/html/2512.25061v1/x3.png)
A new physics-informed machine learning approach is unlocking the secrets of iron’s behavior at the extreme temperatures and pressures of Earth’s core.
Despite a busy schedule, I managed to find time to play some great games that came out in 2025. Here’s a quick list of my top picks.
With recent success, Fire and Ash became Disney’s third film to earn over $1 billion. Looking ahead to 2025, only the live-action Lilo & Stitch and Zootopia 2 are projected to reach that milestone, with James Cameron’s latest film needing a bit of time in 2026. Since 2023, Disney remains the only studio consistently producing billion-dollar movies, which balances out any less successful projects like Elio.
In March 2025, actor Mickey Rourke rented the former home of author Raymond Chandler. The following month, he was removed from the reality show Celebrity Big Brother after making offensive comments towards JoJo Siwa. The Los Angeles Times reported that the monthly rent started at $5,200 but was later raised to $7,000. Rourke currently owes $59,100 in unpaid rent and, according to the Times, received an eviction notice on December 18th.
In December, we asked you to vote in two polls: your favorite RPG from 2025 and the RPG you’re most looking forward to in 2026. We’ve already shared our own picks for the best of 2025 and most anticipated games of 2026, but we were eager to hear your opinions! Here are the results from both polls.
Lee, ever the orator, proclaims this move as a strategic masterpiece, a chess game played on the grand board of finance. “Fear not, dear investors,” he coos, “for this is not the dilution of your precious holdings, but a preparation for the glorious future where our stock splits like the Red Sea before Moses.” 🌊✝️ Yet, one cannot help but smirk at the irony of such piety in the temple of crypto.