For one reason or another, the idea of a live-action Barbiemovie coming to theaters has seemed bewildering for quite some time. But now that the first look at Greta Gerwig’s take on the popular Mattel toy is out, those concerns seem to have been largely vanished, as the trailer playing in front of Avatar: The Way of…
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Spy x Family Isn't Just Getting Season 2, It's Also Getting a Movie
Just as its pretty stellar first season is about to come to a close, it was confirmed that Spy x Family’sanime will be returning. During this weekend’s Jump Festa, representatives for the series confirmed that a second season is in active development and will be hitting sometime in 2023.
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Akira Toriyama's Sand Land is Jumping Over to Anime
Throughout the last 30 years, Akira Toriyama has become best known as the man behind Dragon Ball Zand artist of acclaimed JRPGs like Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, and Blue Dragon. As a manga creator, his career goes all the way back to the mid 70s, though not all of his pre and post-Dragon Ball work (most of them…
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HBO's Comedy About Superhero Movies Grabs Some Supervillains for Its Cast
Beyond prestige genre dramas, HBO also has some pretty funny comedies under its belt like Barry and Insecure. The next comedy in the works at the network is The Franchise, which will focus on a group of crew members who work together on the set of a popular superhero movie franchise.

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Behold, Doctor Who's Stylish Fifteenth Doctor
The BBC has released the first official look for Ncuti Gatwa’s season of Doctor Who, where he’ll be taking over for Jodie Whitaker as the Fifteenth Doctor. Also pictured is his companion Ruby Sunday, as played by Millie Gibson.

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Jujutsu Kaisen's First Look at Season 2 Winds Back the Clock
The first season of Jujutsu Kaisen’sanime adaptation cemented itself as one of the most fun, strangest shonen anime of the current moment, and had enough promise to make you want to see what came next. With MAPPA’s increasingly packed schedule, it was a matter of when Jujutsu would come back, particularly after …
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Five Nights at Freddy's Gains Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard
A film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s has been on the docket for a few years now, dating back to the mid-2010s. With a handful of delays and changes in creative teams, plus the recent release of two movies fairly similar to ScottGames’ horror game franchise, you could reasonably think that the Five Nights movie…
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'I Can’t Do This Anymore,' Trump's NFT Collection Pushes Even His Closest Sycophants to Their Limits
Former President turned Florida man Donald Trump has made a name for himself as possibly the world’s most successful online troll. While the bulk of his shitposting repertoire has mostly been reserved for observers on the political left, Trump shook things up this week and went after his own supporters.
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How To Use Apple’s Brand New Freeform App
Apple’s got a brand new app out, which doesn’t happen often: Freeform is available now for iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, or macOS Ventura 13.1, and is described as a “flexible canvas” that you can use in pretty much any way you see fit. The emphasis is on sharing and collaboration, but you can use Freeform—essentially a…
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The 10 Worst New Places You're Going to See Ads in 2023
Last week, I tried to count all the ads I saw in a single day. I didn’t make it all the way through 24 hours of my little experiment, but as I was reading the morning news, listening to the radio during breakfast, scrolling on social media, and passing billboards on the way to a coffee shop, I tallied every time I…
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Here's Your State's Most Popular Christmas Cookie According to Google
Google Trend Data has revealed which Christmas cookies are the most popular for 2022, and found that sugar cookies, gingerbread, and peanut butter blossoms win as the overall top picks.
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The Top 10 Scams of 2022, According to the Government
Ever since folks called my elderly mom and told her they had kidnapped me in order to extort her, scammers have held a special place in my heart. (I was not kidnapped, and thankfully, my mom was not conned.) Specifically, that small little part of it that wishes them eternal damnation and diarrhea.
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My Slow-Moving Ride in the Motorverse, the New ‘Metaverse for Cars’
On a brisk November afternoon, a company called Holoride picked me up from Gizmodo’s Midtown Manhattan office in a new, metallic-blue Audi SUV. Holoride’s CEO Nils Wollny stepped out, well-coiffed and wearing a t-shirt branded with the word “Motorverse.” Grinning, he beckoned me into the car. “Are you ready?” he asked…
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A Powerful Recoil Effect Magnified NASA’s Asteroid Deflection Experiment
Scientists continue to pore over the results of NASA’s stunningly successful DART test to deflect a harmless asteroid. As the latest findings suggest, the recoil created by the blast of debris spewing out from Dimorphos after impact was significant, further boosting the spacecraft’s influence on the asteroid.

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This Week's Toys Are Powerful Allies Indeed
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's roundup of the latest toy news. This week, Lego begins teasing its plans for 2023 with a bevy of Star Wars sets and a smooth jazz celebration, Chainsaw Man merch mania continues with everyone’s favorite blood fiend, and Hot Toys heads back to Attack of the Clones. Check it out!

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The Jasad Heir Is a Tournament Arc Turned Political Thriller
American-Egyptian author Sara Hashem is preparing for her epic political fantasy debut, The Jasad Heir, inspired by her experiences living in Egypt. Hashem wrote this novel to answer the question: “what do you owe to a place and a people you’ve barely known but without whom you wouldn’t exist?” As a fugitive queen…
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Our Best Look Yet at Spider-Man: No Way Home's Final Suit
We may not know when Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is coming back to the big screen, but we do know what he’ll look like when he does. Spider-Man: No Way Home ended with Peter Parker crafting himself a new Spider suit so he could keep up his heroic actions after the manic multiverse events. And the suit was inspired by the…
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The 15 Best Experiences in Theme Parks and Fan Destinations 2022
There was no shortage of fan-tastical avenues to take into our favorite imagined worlds within themed entertainment, amusement parks, haunts, and immersive activations in 2022. Walt Disney World welcomed two new attractions between Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. Meanwhile,…
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Rocket Lab Poised to Start New Era of Launches from NASA's Facility on Wallops Island
Private space company Rocket Lab is gearing up for its first liftoff from U.S. soil, launching its Electron rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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2022 Was the Year of Actually Caring About Phones Again
When it comes to smartphones, the last couple of years have felt stagnant, regardless of who you get your handsets from. With all the time we were confined to our homes, there was no need to have the latest and greatest as the world slowed down to a relative crawl. Upgraded specs and a better camera seemed tertiary…
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Here's Why NASA's Launch of a Water-Sniffing Satellite Is a Huge Deal
A NASA satellite launched on Friday with an unprecedented task: providing the first comprehensive view of Earth’s ever-changing bodies of water.
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