Today's NYT Connections Hints and Answer for November 13 (#521)

Quick Links Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Joshua Kim

Tom Hanks' $678 Million Oscar-Winning Classic Finds New Streaming Home

A Tom Hanks classic has found a new home on Peacock from July 1 asForrest Gumpcomes to the streaming platform. As the film that earnedHanks his second Oscar for Best ActorfollowingPhiladelphiathe year before, this 1994 hit also took home other major Academy Awards like Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Coming fromBack to the Futuredirector Robert Zemeckis,Forrest Gumprepresented the first ofseveral collaborations with Hanksthat include later favorites likeCast Away,The Polar Express, and, most recently,Here....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Tommy Barker

Train To Busan Took A Vastly Overused Zombie Trope & Made It Perfect

Train to Busanis easily one of the best modern zombie movies, and it perfected a trope that almost every film in the genre uses. The 2016 South Korean film was directed by Yeon Sang-ho, and represented a return to form for zombies after more than a decade of overexposure. Popular franchises likeThe Walking Deadhad helped to make zombies the most popular horror subgenre of the late Aughts and early 2010s, but things were growing stale....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 588 words · Taylor Mckay

Wednesday Season 3 Gets Major Writing Update After Netflix Renewed Jenna Ortega Show Ahead Of Season 2

Wednesday, Netflix’s unique reinterpretation ofThe Addams Familyfranchise, has received a major season 3 writing update ahead of the show’s season 2 premiere. Netflix recently revealed thatWednesdayseason 3 was already in the works. While this news was certainly a welcome relief, it wasn’t necessarily surprising, given the first season’s immense success – alongsideStranger ThingsandSquid Game, it’s one of the streamer’s most popular shows of all time. While the first half ofWednesdayseason 2is mere days away, the wait for the second season has been long....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Jamie Carter

What The 8 Top Candidates For The DC Universe Wonder Woman Have Said About Replacing Gal Gadot

Wonder Womanis coming to theDC Universe, and a few actresses who have become popular picks to play the superhero icon have already commented on the possibility of taking over the role. SinceGal Gadot will not be back as Wonder WomanforJames Gunn’s DCU, the door is wide open for a new actress to play Diana Prince. Recently, Gunn revealed thata Wonder Woman movie is being written, and it is one of the studio’s priorities....

June 29, 2025 · 8 min · 1557 words · Elizabeth Boyd

Whoa, Terminator Just Gave Us the Skynet Civil War I Never Thought We'd Get

Warning! Spoilers forTerminator#8 ahead! TheTerminatorfranchise just delivered something novel: a civil war within Skynet. The latest issue of Dynamite Entertainment’sTerminatorcomic seriesfeatures an internal power struggle within the mainframe of Skynet itself, leading to an all-out battle between factions of T-800s for supremacy, with the end result having major implications for the series' lore. Terminator#8, written by Declan Shalvey, with art by Colin Craker, ties together the disparate threads of the book’s run up to this point, and it does so in spectacular fashion, with an issue that delves into the mind, and decision-making process, of Skynet itself....

June 29, 2025 · 4 min · 738 words · Timothy Weeks

Why Jack Black's Video Game Movies Keep Dividing Critics And Audiences

Jack Black has become a recurring star in video game movies, butA Minecraft Movieis the latest film to prove that these projects keep dividing critics and audiences. Jack Black is one of the biggest stars working today, and he has consistently gotten involved with massive video game franchises over the past few years. Since 2023,Jack Black has played major roles inThe Super Mario Bros. Movie,Borderlands, andA Minecraft Movie, all three of which were torn apart by critics, with some of these critical receptions surprising general audiences....

June 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1085 words · Daniel Pace

Wolverine’s Best Sidekick is About to Change the X-Men Forever

Warning: Contains spoilers for Laura Kinney: Wolverine #9! The Marvel Universe is filled with characters who cloak themselves in the idea of working alone, andWolverineis one of the prime examples of someone who doesn’t play well with others. Whether the mantle rests with Logan, Laura, or elsewhere, that isn’t actually the case. Gabby’s return upends the idea that Wolverines are loners; they’re just grumpy team players. InLaura Kinney: Wolverine #9, Laura’s little sister, Gabby, joins the fray again after the two spent some time apart....

June 29, 2025 · 4 min · 776 words · Hannah George

"Brutally Honest": This Duck Dynasty Documentary Exposed The Robertson Family’s Most Shocking Secrets Yet

Duck Dynasty’s Robertson family has been on TV for a long time, so one would think they’ve shared everything there is to share, but in a YouTube documentary,the family members opened up about their personal struggles.Duck Dynastyoriginally ran from 2012 to 2017, and introduced the Robertson family, including patriarch Phil Robertson, his sons, and their families. Phil, who passed away in May of 2025, was the founder of Duck Commander, a duck-hunting equipment company....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 779 words · Alison Evans

"We Don't Talk About That": Why Ellie's Immunity Is Still Kept A Secret In The Last Of Us Season 2

WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for The Last of Us season 2, episode 1. The Last of Usseason 2, episode 1 reintroduces one of the story’s most important elements – Ellie’s immunity. The new season picks up five years after the events of season 1, following Ellie and Joel as they navigate life in the survivors’ camp in Wyoming. After a brief appearance from Kaitlyn Dever as the vengeful Abby, a new addition toThe Last of Us’ cast, the majority of this episode explores the fractured dynamic between Ellie and Joel...

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 684 words · Marie Johnson

10 Fantastic Four Villains Who Are More Powerful Than Galactus, Ranked

Fantastic Fourfans may be shocked to know they have villains stronger thanGalactus. He’s perhaps the team’s most recurring antagonist and has been the focal point of several stories. It would be a safe bet for anyone to assume that Galactus is the super-team’s strongest enemy, if not the strongest villain in the Marvel Universe. However, the Marvel Universe is a vast place to live in, especially in the cosmic hierarchy where Galactus resides....

June 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1238 words · Gary Haney

10 Shock Rock Metal Songs That Show Why GWAR Rules With A Bloody Fist

GWARhas left a path of death and destruction in its wake for decades, all while performing some of thebest (and bloodiest) songs in metal. (Literally. Go to a GWAR concert and try NOT to come out covered in blood, bile, and other bodily fluids that spurt from the people they mutilate onstage during their show.) But what the casual onlooker might not realize: GWAR wouldn’t have lasted for 40 years if there weren’t some serious musical chops behind the foam latex costumes, giant weapons and dismembered body parts....

June 28, 2025 · 9 min · 1750 words · Alexander Lee

10 Strongest MCU Avengers, Ranked By Physical Strength

TheMarvel Cinematic Universehas plenty of powerful heroes, but only a rare few of them are genuinely super strong in a physical sense. Themost powerful Avengerslevel a variety of impressive weaponry, magical spells, skills, and powers against their foes, making them versatile threats on the battlefield. Butin terms of physical strength, there are only a handful of Avengers truly worth mentioning. When it comes to physical strength, the Marvel Cinematic Universe admittedly lags behind the comics, with theMCU’s most impressive feats of powervastly being outscaled by the source material....

June 28, 2025 · 9 min · 1846 words · Rebecca Mccall