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HGTV Shows You Totally Forgot About Shutterstock By Jeanne Croteau/Feb. 14, 2017 9:17 pm EST People love shows about home improvement. How do we know? Home & Garden Television, best known as HGTV, is the third most-watched cable network in America. Incredibly, Nielsen estimates that a whopping 82.2% of all American households receive the channel. Clearly, people want to know more about paint samples and fabric swatches! While the recent surge in HGTV’s popularity cannot be denied, we can’t forget about some of the earlier, now-cancelled shows that helped pave the way for the network’s current success....

While MCU fans prepare for the next two big releases this year with What If…? on August 11 and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on September 3, Marvel Studios also threw in its first round of hype for Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye. The first official image from the ten-year veteran’s Disney+ show recently went public along with the official announcement that it will begin streaming on November 24, 2021....

When Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige first announced Disney+ would be home to the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans were thrilled. The MCU would now have movie-level television shows exploring characters and stories that may never have happened otherwise. But fans had a sudden realization: what about all the other shows?Around the same time as word was coming that Disney+ would house Marvel shows, the various Netflix shows started to be canceled - shows like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Punisher....

Two weeks have passed since Zack Snyder’s Justice League premiered on HBO Max, marking the arrival of one of the most expansive superhero movies in history . Director Zack Snyder used every second of the four-hour-two-minute runtime to expand on his original story meant to come in 2017’s Justice League , bringing more cohesion and action to the film. In the time after the director’s cut debuted, behind-the-scenes personnel have been openly sharing the work that they put in, detailing the journey to what ended up on the screen....

In the last few days, the Ray Fisher vs. Warner Bros saga seemed to officially come to a head with Fisher saying he would be willing to retire from the role of Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe. This comes after FIsher firmly claimed for months that he was the subject of abuse and mistreatment on the set of Justice League by director Joss Whedon, who replaced Zack Snyder after his family tragedy....

Tom Hiddleston’s Loki series has come to an end after six weeks of episodes. Not only did Season 1 wrap up, but the events of Episode 6 could have major ramifications on the future of the MCU. The Marvel Cinematic multiverse is upon us after Jonathan Majors made his debut as He Who Remains aka a Variant of Kang the conqueror. When Sylvie decided to stab Kang in the heart near the end of the finale, the Sacred Timeline completely unraveled....

Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is continuing to make waves throughout its streaming run on Disney+, bringing exciting thrills and unpredictable plot twists through each of its four episodes so far. Taking the leading role in a wild adventure through the course of space and time, the God of Mischief has seen more than his fair share of insanity all before being pruned into another dimension. Marvel Studios’ behind-the-scenes team has done everything they can to bring a fully immersive experience, expanding on Loki’s life both before and after this series’ events in the MCU’s own Sacred Timeline....

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier just finished its first season run, and with it came one huge change that will make shock waves throughout the MCU. That change? Fans have a brand-new Captain America, in form of Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson . After a season of questioning the idea of taking on the mantle , Sam finally figured out what his time holding that shield may mean to not only him, but to the world....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to be overloaded with content in the best possible way after going all of 2020 and half of 2019 with no new releases. Of the 25 confirmed movies and Disney+ projects coming out between now and about 2023, 14 are sequels while nine center around heroes never seen in the MCU before. ADVERTISEMENT Even with all of these plans, nothing more than discussions have been held for one of Marvel’s most expansive group of heroes, the X-Men....

Paul Nassif Reveals He Wants A Baby With Brittany Pattakos Instagram By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Nov. 5, 2019 12:07 pm EST It hasn’t been long since Botched star Dr. Paul Nassif and his wife, Brittany Pattakos, tied the knot, but it looks like Nassif isn’t wasting any time making plans for their future. He’s barely back from his honeymoon, but the Botched doctor has already revealed that he’s ready to make a baby with his new bride....

After eight theory-filled weeks, WandaVision has finally come to an end. Whether you laughed, cried, cheered, or stormed out of the room because your favorite fan-theory didn’t happen, the first MCU Disney+ is in the past. Next stop: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Disney+ has already begun shifting gears with the release of two new Legends episodes focusing on Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes. Although this was unexpected, this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise when you consider that this series kicks off in just two weeks....

DC FanDome delivered this year with plenty of exciting reveals and one of those was for Zachary Levi’s Shazam! sequel. Shazam! Fury of the Gods sees Levi return as the main hero alongside Asher Angel who plays his alter ego Billy Batson. The Shazam! family, who were revealed at the end of the first movie, will also be back for more in the sequel. ADVERTISEMENT This time around the god-like heroes will be taking on some gods themselves as Hollywood legends Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu join the cast....

Sony’s Spider-Man universe had a great run in the latter half of 2021, mainly due to the arrivals of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Let There Be Carnage is the sequel to 2018’s Venom, bringing back Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock and his symbiote ally to face off against Woody Harrelson’s Cletus Kasady. Meanwhile, No Way Home capped off Tom Holland’s first MCU trilogy by introducing the Multiverse and paying tribute to previous Spider-Man films....

APPLE PODCASTS SPOTIFY ADVERTISEMENT GOOGLE PODCAST Segments? Ya like segments? The Direct Podcast is back in business this week with a stacked two hours of news, reviews, interviews, and more. ADVERTISEMENT We kick things off as we always do with the Sizzle Reel, breaking down all the major moves that happened in the world of comic book movies this week. Loki is going to Wednesdays! Andrew Garfield’s talking Spider-Man! Warner Bros....

October 22, 2021, was the first day of Hasbro Pulse Con. Unable to attend Toy Fair or SDCC this year, the toy company set out to take their presentations into the virtual setting. Throughout the year, Hasbro has been doing weekly “Fan First” live streams to reveal new products, but Pulse Con is meant to serve as a substitute for the large-scale cons and events where they usually unveil their latest offerings....

Pink’s parents divorced when she was just a kid Instagram Pink is the child of Jim and Judy Moore, a Vietnam War veteran and an emergency room nurse, respectively, according to ABC News. But all was not well in their home, as Pink’s parents got divorced when she was just a kid, after years of acrimony took its toll on their marriage. Naturally, enduring that split took its toll on the young Pink, something she wrote about in the heartbreaking song “Family Portrait” years later....

A privileged childhood Beador is a truly great fit for The Real Housewives of Orange County: she grew up in Southern California and hasn’t lived anywhere else. With this in mind, it’s easy to assume her family was well-off. As it turns out, that appears to be true. In one episode of Real Housewives, Beador and her ex-husband, David, got in a heated discussion about her “silver spoon upbringing.” After Beador told a story about trying to get gas when she had first started driving as a teenager, David said, “That’s what happens when you don’t take the silver spoon out of your mouth....

She never expected to blow up so fast Amy Sussman/Getty Images Bailey has loved performing since she was very young. Growing up in Atlanta, she and her sister Chloe would play together at gigs, something the two of them wanted to do professionally. But it was YouTube that ended up making them famous, specifically a cover of “Best Thing I Never Had” by Beyoncé — when they were only 11-years-old and 13-years-old, respectively....

The Untold Truth Of Little Fires Everywhere Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Cat Lafuente/March 20, 2020 11:30 am EST Little Fires Everywhere starring Kerry Washington, Reese Witherspoon, and a stellar supporting cast debuted on March 18, 2020. The series explores issues of class, race, and family in a suburban America setting. Although the show may be set in the ’90s, you can watch it in a very 2020 way: right from your living room....

Warning - This article contains spoilers for Black Widow. While the full spotlight was on Scarlett Johansson throughout her Marvel Studios swan song, Black Widow wasted no time in creating a new star. ADVERTISEMENT Audiences left the MCU’s first film of Phase 4 adoring Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova. Natasha Romanoff’s sister balanced humor with grit, setting herself up to be a major player moving forward. After escaping the Red Room’s mind control, Belova and Romanoff teamed up one last time to take down Dreykov’s operation....