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  • First-of-their-kind trail cam photos, ‘apex predators’ and 3 more wildlife stories

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    Trail cameras in the mountains of Oman recorded Arabian leopards, critically endangered predators, with prey in a first-of-its-kind sighting.

    Trail cameras in the mountains of Oman recorded Arabian leopards, critically endangered predators, with prey in a first-of-its-kind sighting.

    Screengrab from Oman’s Environmental Authority’s YouTube video

    The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All linked stories were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.

    Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are being discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses.

    Take a look at some recent animal encounters:

    Rare leopards seen with prey in first-of-its-kind trail camera video in Oman

    In the Dhofar mountains of Oman, trail cameras captured a rare and first-of-its-kind sighting of Arabian leopards preying on a rock hyrax. This footage provides a unique glimpse into the lives of these critically endangered predators, with fewer than 120 estimated to survive in the wild. Conservationists are encouraged by this sighting as they continue efforts to protect these leopards and their habitat. | Published Oct. 6 | Read More |

    8 rare creatures found hidden on man in airport security, Thailand officials say

    Slow lorises were found in white mesh bags
    Slow lorises were found in white mesh bags Screengrab from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation’s Facebook post

    At Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok, a man was caught trying to smuggle eight rare animals, including slow lorises and spiny turtles, hidden on his body. These animals are threatened by the illegal pet trade, and the man now faces charges related to wildlife trafficking. The incident highlights the ongoing issue of illicit wildlife trade in Southeast Asia. | Published Oct. 8 | Read More |

    ‘Apex predator’ makes rare appearance on trail camera in UAE mountains. See it

    An Arabian caracal seen at Wadi Wurayah National Park in the UAE in May.
    An Arabian caracal seen at Wadi Wurayah National Park in the UAE in May. Photo from Emirates Nature WWF

    In the UAE’s Wadi Wurayah National Park, a trail camera captured footage of an Arabian caracal, marking the park’s first confirmed sighting of this iconic predator. The Arabian caracal is critically endangered in the UAE, with fewer than 250 mature individuals believed to survive in the wild. This sighting is considered a milestone for conservation efforts in the region. | Published Oct. 8 | Read More |

    Massive ocean creature tangled in fishing gear. Then rescuers added more buoys

    Off the coast of Sydney, a humpback whale became entangled in fishing gear during its migration to Antarctica. Rescuers used additional buoys to help the whale free itself from the entanglement, highlighting the dangers marine animals face from human activities. Humpback whales pass along the east coast of Australia during their annual migration. | Published Oct. 9 | Read More |

    ‘Surreal’ photos show four babies from ‘one of the rarest mammals’ in Australia

    Two young numbats seen at Mallee Cliffs National Park.
    Two young numbats seen at Mallee Cliffs National Park. Photo from Brad Leue / Australian Wildlife Conservancy

    In New South Wales, Australia, conservationists were thrilled to spot seven young numbats, a rare marsupial species once locally extinct. These sightings offer hope for the future of numbats, as they indicate successful breeding in predator-free areas. The Australian Wildlife Conservancy continues to monitor and support the growth of numbat populations. | Published Oct. 9 | Read More |

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  • The Surprising MCU History Between Kang and Doctor Doom

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    Before it was called Avengers: Doomsday, the next Avengers movie was going to be called Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. (Hopefully by now you don’t need us to explain the name change. If you do, we’re in trouble.)

    But changing The Kang Dynasty into Doomsday is not as simple as swapping one character for another and changing a couple of movie logos. Even if we never see Kang onscreen again, we suspect that Kang and Doctor Doom had some history together in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stuff that may have already happened that we just never saw. In fact, some events we did see throughout the MCU might be the direct result of their involvement.

    That’s the subject of our latest Marvel video; watch it below to learn all the details about these supervillains’ shared history.

    READ MORE: The Weirdest Marvel Comics Ever Published

    If you liked that video on the untold story of Doctor Doom and Kang, check out more of our videos below, including one on the latest plot details about Avengers: Doomsday, one on the very early teaser for Avengers: Doomsday, and one on how Steve Rogers’ actions during the end of Avengers: Endgame caused the rise of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.

    Sign up for Disney+ here.

    Forgotten Animated Disney Movies That Deserve Another Look

    From groundbreaking CGI animated movies to lesser-known traditionally hand-drawn gems, here are 11 Disney movies that deserve to be rediscovered.

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  • ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’: Every Easter Egg in the New Trailer

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    The Razor Crest is back! The Mandalorian’s signature spaceship was destroyed in Season 2 of his Disney+ series, but in the new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu we see Mando and his pal Baby Yoda have acquired a new ship that looks just like his old Razor Crest. But how did he get it back? Where did he get it? Is there a Razor Crests R Us just south of Tatooine?

    That’s just one of the Easter eggs, hidden Star Wars references, and little details you might have missed in the first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu movie. In our latest Star Wars video we’re breaking the trailer down shot by shot, and we’ll also get you all caught up on what Mando’s been up to on his show for three seasons (plus The Book of Boba Fett). Watch our full Mandalorian and Grogu breakdown below:

    READ MORE: The Single Worst Post-Release Change in All of Star Wars

    If you liked that video on all the Easter eggs in the new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, check out more of our videos below, including a video breaking down Episodes 10, 11, and 12 of Andor Season 2, one breaking down Episodes 7, 8, and 9 of Andor Season 2, and one breaking down the second batch of episodes from Andor Season 2. Plus, there’s tons more over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The Mandalorian and Grogu is scheduled to debut in theaters on May 22, 2026.

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    10 TV Show Flops That Turned Out to Be Huge Hits

    Universally beloved TV shows aren’t always universally beloved from episode one.

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  • ‘Avengers: Doomsday’: New Plot Details Revealed

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    Marvel just revealed the first plot synopsis for the upcoming mega-crossover Avengers: Doomsday. It reads…

    Doctor Doom has officially arrived in the MCU. This villain, a master of cutting-edge science and powerful magic, will unleash a cascading crisis across the entire multiverse.

    That doesn’t say much in and of itself. But that description, combined with a careful look at the recent early teaser for Avengers: Doomsday in the form of a lights how at a Disney licensing expo has given us some big clues about where the movie is headed — including some things that have made us rethink all our previous theories about the film.

    In our latest Marvel Cinematic Universe video, we’ll break down the latest batch of Doomsday clues and see what they tell us about the movie’s plot. Was everything we thought we knew about the movie wrong? Watch the full video below to find out:

    READ MORE: The Weirdest Marvel Comics Ever Published

    If you liked that video on the latest plot details about Avengers: Doomsday, check out more of our videos below, including one on the very early teaser for Avengers: Doomsday, one on how Steve Rogers’ actions during the end of Avengers: Endgame caused the rise of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom, and one on how the Marvel multiverse really works. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.

    Sign up for Disney+ here.

    Forgotten Animated Disney Movies That Deserve Another Look

    From groundbreaking CGI animated movies to lesser-known traditionally hand-drawn gems, here are 11 Disney movies that deserve to be rediscovered.

    Gallery Credit: Erica Russell

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  • What the Video of Charlie Kirk’s Murder Might Do

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    How many of your children saw the assassination of Charlie Kirk on their phones? Did they seek it out, or did it just roll in unannounced on their feeds? If they had never heard of Kirk before they watched his gruesome murder, how did they make sense of what they saw? Did the horrific image—I won’t describe it, because you have probably already seen it—sear itself into their memories?

    I ask because I have two young children and spend most of my time around other parents. In the days after the videos of Kirk’s death spread across social media, I realized that most children with phones, as far as I could tell, had viewed at least one unedited version. This was likely not the first disturbing video these children had encountered, of course, nor the first act of political violence that had appeared on their feeds. These same children, who are mostly between the ages of eleven and eighteen, saw the President’s bleeding ear and dozens, maybe even hundreds, of images of unfathomable trauma in Gaza. How will these already infamous scenes fall into order in their minds and coalesce into something resembling history?

    Widely dispersed photos and video—the stuff we all see—are the closest thing we have to a collective, democratized history, but the connections between memories and their associated images wear thin and become increasingly unreliable. For baby boomers, those images include people standing and pointing in the direction of gunshots at a motel in Memphis, Kennedy’s exploding head, the documentary footage of crowds at Woodstock, the girl in the picture in Vietnam, the bodies at Jonestown, and so forth. As boomers have aged, those images have become a bit unmoored from their place in time, and more evocative of a feeling of rebellion and change, or whatever. I’m sure many members of that generation would tell you that they watched Kennedy get shot live on television, and would describe the terrible movement of his head, without realizing that what they were describing was the Zapruder film, which first aired to the public in 1975, more than a decade after Kennedy’s motorcade drove through Dealey Plaza. Maybe they will also tell you that they saw the photos of the My Lai massacre—and they very well may have, but perhaps the image they are recalling is that of the naked girl running from a napalm attack in Trảng Bàng.

    My generation—I am forty-five years old—seemingly grew up with far fewer public images of violence. One of the texts I’ve grappled with and referenced before in my column is Jean Baudrillard’s “The Gulf War Did Not Take Place,” which argues that Operation Desert Storm was a conflict designed specifically for a new media landscape in which most people would be following the war on cable news. Americans watched Patriot missiles light up the night sky, but, in contrast to those watching TV during the war in Vietnam, we did not see casualties, or much destruction, nor did we tune in every night to hear a litany of the names of dead servicemen. Until 9/11, the violence that we did see on TV was mostly poor quality and from a distance: the shaky shots of the burning Branch Davidian compound, in Waco; the remains of the federal building in Oklahoma City. (One notable exception was the images of starving children during the 1983-85 famine in Ethiopia, which inspired a worldwide effort marked by the release of the charity single “We Are the World.”)

    So here’s a series of questions:

    If exposure to images of violence changes a generation of children, how are boomers different from my generation—and how will my own children, who will be exposed to far more evidence of political violence than I have been, be different from me?

    Is the effect of seeing carefully selected images of violence through the evening news or newspapers different from that caused by the chaos of violent images children see today through their phones?

    If we agree that history is formed through these images, what does history look like when there are thousands of different choices, camera angles, interpretations, and even fakes? How would we understand the massacre at Kent State if it happened today? What would it look like? What happens when, rather than all of us seeing an image of a young woman in the throes of shock and mourning kneeling over a dead body, we see hundreds of cellphone videos that capture the terror as it unfolds in real time?

    I don’t have any satisfying answers to these questions, nor do I have a particularly strong opinion on whether children should see these scenes or not. There have been years of studies on the effects that violence on television and in video games has on young minds, and some authors have suggested that they desensitize children and might even lead to copycat acts. I have always been a bit skeptical of these claims, and particularly of the way that they are invoked during that emotional period after a tragedy has taken place, when people are looking around for someone or something to blame. And, of course, such studies do not fully explain why some kids can watch gore or play violent video games without any problems, and other kids allegedly turn into killers because of them.

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  • What the First ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Teaser Reveals About the Film

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    At the Disney marketing expo in Shanghai, a light show gave attendees the world’s first glimpse of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom, who is set to debut next year in Avengers: Doomsday. Although not technically an official teaser, the presentation included a surprising amount of clues about Doomsday’s plot — and did show the full face of Doom (or at least the full mask of Doom) for the first time.

    In our latest Avengers video, we’ll break down this light show piece by piece and tell you what we think it means for Avengers: Doomsday. We’ll explain how these images connect to the events on the Loki Season 2 finale and the Fantastic Four: First Steps post-credits scene, and their relationship to the Secret Wars comic book miniseries. Watch our full breakdown of the Avengers: Doomsday teaser below.

    READ MORE: The Weirdest Marvel Comics Ever Published

    If you liked that video on this very early teaser for Avengers: Doomsday check out more of our videos below, including one on how Steve Rogers’ actions during the end of Avengers: Endgame caused the rise of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom, one on how the Marvel multiverse really works, and one on all the Easter eggs you might have missed in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.

    Sign up for Disney+ here.

    Every Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

    It started with Iron Man and it’s continued and expanded ever since. It’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with 37 movies and counting. But what’s the best and the worst? We ranked them all.

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  • How Steve Rogers Accidentally Created Doctor Doom

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    Marvel fans desperately want to know: How does Doctor Doom become the new MCU Big Bad in Avengers: Doomsday? Why does he look like Robert Downey Jr.? And why is he going to fight the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest batch of Avengers.

    In our latest video, we have a pretty interesting theory that answers all of those questions and more. In it, we look back at the actions taken by the Avengers in Avengers: Endgame — and especially the ones by Steve Rogers in his final super-heroic act before retirement — accidentally sparked the events that will directly cause the rise of Doctor Doom. It turns out that “Time Heist” that saved half of the universe was maybe not the best idea after all. Watch our full video below to find out why…

    READ MORE: The Weirdest Marvel Comics Ever Published

    If you liked that video on how Steve Rogers’ actions during the end of Avengers: Endgame caused the rise of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom, check out more of our videos below, including one on how the Marvel multiverse really works, one on all the Easter eggs you might have missed in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame, and one on the potential plot of Avengers: Doomsday. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.

    Sign up for Disney+ here.

    Every Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

    It started with Iron Man and it’s continued and expanded ever since. It’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with 37 movies and counting. But what’s the best and the worst? We ranked them all.

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  • Video killed the radio hits: Woefully memorable ’80s videos

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  • Why Most Entrepreneurs Are Approaching YouTube the Wrong Way | Entrepreneur

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    Most entrepreneurs are getting YouTube completely wrong. They’re copying entertainment creators, chasing viral moments and treating their channel like a content graveyard instead of the powerful authority-building platform it actually is.

    Here’s what they’re missing: YouTube now captures over 12% of total television viewing time, which is more than Netflix, Disney or any major network. When you upload a video, you’re not competing against other YouTubers. You’re competing against prime-time television.

    This changes everything about how you should approach the platform.

    Related: Turn YouTube Into a Business Growth Engine With These Easy Tactics

    Why traditional YouTube advice doesn’t work for entrepreneurs

    Most creators obsess over “beating the algorithm,” but here’s the truth: The algorithm isn’t your audience — it’s a mirror of your audience. YouTube’s AI simply predicts human behavior based on how real people interact with your content. When viewers click your videos, watch them completely and immediately watch another one, the algorithm notices. It’s pattern recognition, not magic.

    Stop trying to hack the system. Start understanding your audience so deeply that the algorithm has no choice but to promote your content.

    When growth stagnates, most entrepreneurs default to posting more frequently. This is backwards thinking. I’ve seen channels grow faster by reducing from daily uploads to once per week because they stopped treating YouTube like a hamster wheel and started treating it like a strategic media platform.

    The real issue isn’t posting frequency; it’s resource allocation. When you’re rushing to meet arbitrary deadlines, you can’t invest the time needed for strategic thinking and quality execution.

    How YouTube actually works in 2025

    YouTube operates on a simple two-step psychology: someone sees your content, decides to click, then chooses whether to keep watching. But there’s now a third element to consider, where autoplay previews let viewers “sample” your content before committing to the full click.

    This mirrors how our brains make decisions. We constantly evaluate whether something is worth our attention, and YouTube has evolved to support this natural decision-making process.

    The platform also tracks “valued watch time,” not just how long someone watches, but how satisfied they felt with the experience. YouTube runs daily surveys asking millions of users whether videos were worth their time, and this data directly influences which content gets broader distribution.

    Related: Ready to Get Off the Social Media Hamster Wheel? Discover the Platform That Actually Boosts Your Discoverability

    The 3 strategies that actually build authority

    1. Master the ideation process

    Most creators spend 90% of their time editing and 10% on ideas. Successful entrepreneurs flip this ratio entirely. The idea sets the bar for every video’s potential. Even a perfect execution of a weak concept will always underperform a strong idea with average execution.

    Use what I call the Creative Faucet Method: When you first turn on a faucet, dirty water comes out. But if you let it run, clear water eventually flows. Your brain works the same way.

    Set aside time each week to generate 30-50 raw video ideas using this breakdown:

    • 40% market research (analyze what’s working in your space)

    • 40% audience mining (scan comments and customer feedback for pain points)

    • 20% innovation (experiment with unexpected angles)

    From those concepts, 3-5 genuinely compelling ideas will emerge.

    2. Perfect your packaging

    Your title and thumbnail aren’t just about getting clicks; they’re your first credibility test. Every element should signal authority and expertise while creating enough curiosity to stop the scroll.

    Effective title frameworks for entrepreneurs:

    • The Contradiction: “Why I Don’t Use Email Marketing (Despite $10M in Revenue)”

    • The Insider Secret: “The Sales Tactic 99% of Entrepreneurs Get Wrong”

    • The Time Constraint: “Building a $1M Business in 18 Months: What I Learned”

    Limit yourself to three elements maximum: your face showing confidence or expertise, clear text that reinforces the title and one visual element that represents the outcome or result.

    With autoplay previews now showing 1-2 seconds of your video without sound, your opening moments have become part of your packaging strategy. Start with movement, compelling facial expressions or visual elements that immediately validate why someone clicked.

    3. Focus on metrics that predict success

    Ignore vanity metrics like subscriber count. Focus on three numbers that actually matter:

    • First 24-hour click-through rate: This predicts long-term performance better than any other metric. YouTube gives new videos an algorithmic boost during their first day, primarily showing them to your core audience. Strong early performance signals broader distribution potential.

    • Retention stability: Look for where your audience retention graph stabilizes after the initial drop-off. This shows you’re delivering on your promise and maintaining interest.

    • Catalog performance: 40-60% of your views should come from videos older than six months. This indicates you’re creating evergreen content with lasting value, not just riding temporary trends.

    Your starting point

    Don’t try to implement everything at once. Pick one area and master it:

    Week 1-2: Fix your ideas. Spend one hour every Sunday generating video concepts. Use customer emails, competitor analysis, and industry forums to find recurring questions and pain points.

    Week 3-4: Improve your packaging. Apply the “mobile glance test.” Shrink your thumbnail to 150 pixels wide (roughly mobile size) and see if you can understand it in one second. If not, simplify it.

    Week 5-6: Track what matters. Check your first 24-hour click-through rate in YouTube Studio. Anything above 8% is strong; above 12% is exceptional. Use this data to understand what resonates with your audience.

    Related: How Brands and Individuals Can Leverage YouTube to Scale Their Business

    Platform algorithms change constantly, but human psychology remains stable. When you build your YouTube strategy around how people actually discover, evaluate and consume content, you’re designing for constants rather than variables.

    The entrepreneurs who build lasting authority on YouTube don’t chase viral moments; they create systematic value that compounds over time. They understand that every video is both a standalone piece of content and a building block in their larger authority platform.

    Master these fundamentals, and you’ll have a YouTube presence that grows your business regardless of what changes the platform makes next.

    Most entrepreneurs are getting YouTube completely wrong. They’re copying entertainment creators, chasing viral moments and treating their channel like a content graveyard instead of the powerful authority-building platform it actually is.

    Here’s what they’re missing: YouTube now captures over 12% of total television viewing time, which is more than Netflix, Disney or any major network. When you upload a video, you’re not competing against other YouTubers. You’re competing against prime-time television.

    This changes everything about how you should approach the platform.

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  • How the Marvel Multiverse Works

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    Everything we thought we knew about the Marvel multiverse was all wrong this entire time. Between shows like Loki and She-Hulk, and movies like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel has not exactly been consistent or clear about the rules of the Multiverse.

    But when you rewatch the entire Multiverse Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you start to realize how the multiverse really works, despite the contradictory explanations. In our latest Marvel video, we’ll break down the Marvel multiverse, and tell you once and for all how it really works. What‘s the difference between parallel Earths and parallel realities? How does time travel fit into a multiverse? How can there be alternate dimensions (like Asgard or the Quantum Realm) in the same singular universe of the multiverse? Watch our full multiverse explainer below.

    READ MORE: The Weirdest Marvel Comics Ever Published

    If you liked that video on how the Marvel multiverse really works, check out more of our videos below, including one on all the Easter eggs you might have missed in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame, one on the potential plot of Avengers: Doomsday, and one on all the deleted cameos in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.

    Sign up for Disney+ here.

    Every Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

    It started with Iron Man and it’s continued and expanded ever since. It’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with 37 movies and counting. But what’s the best and the worst? We ranked them all.

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  • ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2: What Was Changed to Fit the New DCU

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    The last man standing from the DC Extended Universe is … Peacemaker? And Peacemaker Season 2 is here, with the debut episode streaming on HBO Max. but here is where things get a little complicated. Peacemaker was originally a spinoff from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, which was part of the DCEU. Now the DCEU is over, Gunn is overseeing a totally new DC Universe that includes his Superman, but Peacemaker is still going.

    How does this all fit together? In our first episode breakdown for Peacemaker Season 2, we’ll go through all of this convoluted continuity and explain how everything fits together. That involves reshooting some moments from Season 1 so they better fit into the DCU, and even re-recording some dialogue. (Goodbye Justice League. Hello, Justice Gang.)  We’ll also go through the season premiere and point out all the hidden details, DC secrets, and little things you might have missed. Watch our full Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 1 breakdown below:

    READ MORE: Every DC Comics Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

    If you liked that video on all of the Easter eggs in the season premiere of Peacemaker, check out more of our videos below, including one on Superman’s early launch on digital and what it means for the future of movie theaters, one on the possible villain of the upcoming Superman sequel, and one on the scene that explains the difference between Man of Steel and Superman. Plus, there’s tons more over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. New episodes from James Gunn’s Peacemaker Season 2 premieres weekly on HBO Max.

    ’80s Foods We Wish They Still Made

    If you grew up in the 1980s, you surely have fond memories of these popular (now discontinued) snacks.

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  • Discovery Education Experience – EdTech Digest

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    Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education Experience is the classroom companion that facilitates engaging instruction in any environment.

    Experience contains over 200,000 videos, text-based passages, interactives, audio, podcasts, and images that span all grades, subjects, and topics. These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards, and help educators nurture student curiosity.

    The latest updates to Discovery Education Experience include:

    Standards-aligned search improvements ensuring educators find the right resources to support high-quality instruction, now with a more intuitive user interface, an updated Browse by Standards page, a new Filter by Standards feature in Search, and improved alignments of content to standards.

    Exciting new high-quality resources fostering engaging instruction in math, ELA, social studies, and science – including new student science investigations and lessons, new elementary social studies grab-and-go lessons and videos from the DE original series Need to Know, more activities, ready-to-use-resources, and engaging videos within the exclusive Sesame Learning Channel, and new math interactives for grades 6-12.

    More seamless LMS integrations with workflow enhancements for Google Classroom, Schoology, and Canvas.

    Experience works with Discovery Education’s other services, including DreamBox Reading and Math, Pivot Interactives, Mystery Science and Writing, Career Connect, and a suite of Techbooks.

    Through expanded, lasting partnerships with Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, Brightspace, ClassLink, and Clever, integrating Discovery Education’s learning platform into existing Information Technology architecture is easier than ever. For these reasons and more, Discovery Education Experience is the Cool Tool Award Winner for “Best Product or Service” as part of The EdTech Awards 2025 from EdTech Digest. Learn more.

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  • Google’s Vids AI video maker is rolling out to most Workspace tiers

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    We’re in a new age of AI now. Google has an AI video maker available on select Workspace editions.

    runs on Google’s AI model Gemini to create workplace and marketing videos from Google Drive files and descriptions. You can either start a video from scratch or use to get a first draft going. There’s even a option in which Gemini can suggest scripts to get you started on your video.

    You aren’t just limited to what’s in the templates. Google Vids allows you to use your own photos and videos. It also has a virtual recording studio so you can add your own photos and videos, record videos of yourself or just make audio tracks of your voice to accompany your video.

    Google announced its new using the Gemini AI model. Google Vids doesn’t make videos from the ground up like Runway’s Gen-2 or that created one hell of a creepy . Google Vids creates a slideshow of sorts using different types of media and compiles them based on the content of the source documents or the suggestion you type into it. As Google Vids is part of Google Workspace, you can collaborate on a video project in real time with other team members.

    Google Vids is coming to Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus members.

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  • ‘Agatha All Along’ Easter Eggs Everyone Missed

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    There was so much stuff going on in Agatha All Along that even doing weekly Easter Egg videos, we couldn’t possibly catch everything the first time through.

    So now we’ve made one last Easter egg video for the show that’s like a catch-all of everything we didn’t spot the first time around. These hidden references, Marvel callbacks, and little details come from our own team, plus members of our Discord, and some of the behind the scenes materials on the show released by Marvel. They include some of the tiny details of Agatha and Billy’s costumes that represent their pasts in the MCU (including callbacks to WandaVision), how the show’s main song — plus some of the other music cues in the film — are so important to understanding the series.

    Watch all the extra bonus Easter Eggs below:

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    Every Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

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  • Is Daisy Ridley’s ‘Star Wars’ Still Happening?

    Is Daisy Ridley’s ‘Star Wars’ Still Happening?

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    What is going on with Star Wars? According to a recent report in Variety, one of the few Star Wars movies still in active development, the untitled one starring Daisy Ridley as Rey Skywalker, just lost yet another writer — Steven Knight. If the movie still happens at all, that means it is going to take even longer to get to theaters; a new writer has to be found, a new script has to be written, and on and on it goes.

    This has become a familiar story for Star Wars fans. In recent years, Lucasfilm has launched and then quietly scuttled tons of potential Star Wars movies and shows. Remember Rian Johnson’s spinoff trilogy? Or how about the one from the Game of Thrones guys? Who else was excited for Kevin Feige’s Star Wars? Too bad; because it’s not happening.

    So what is happening? In our latest Star Wars video, we discuss the state of Star Wars in 2024. Why are so many projects delayed? When will we see a new Star Wars movie? What will it look like? What do we want to actually see out of any of these projects? Watch our full discussion in the video below:

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  • ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Spoiler Review: Is Knull the New Thanos?

    ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Spoiler Review: Is Knull the New Thanos?

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    The following post contains SPOILERS for Venom: The Last Dance.

    Venom: The Last Dance is here, and with it is the big-screen debut of Knull, one of the biggest villains in the Marvel (comics) Universe in the last few years. Knull has the potential to be a Thanos-level threat, and to anchor a whole slew of superhero movies.

    So how did The Last Dance treat Knull? Is this the first of many appearances in movies, or will this be the last we see of the God of the Symbiotes? In our latest Venom video, ScreenCrush’s Matt Singer and Ryan Arey give their full review of the film. How does it compare to the previous two Venom movies? Is Knull the bad guy this franchise has been waiting for? Can there ever be a great Spider-Man spinoff movie if Spider-Man isn’t legally allowed to appear in it? Watch their discussion of those topics and a whole lot more below:

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  • Will Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Ever Happen?

    Will Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Ever Happen?

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    Marvel just pulled Blade from their upcoming release schedule. After years of delays, the film, starring Mahershala Ali as the title character, was supposed to premiere in theaters in the fall of 2025. Now … who knows if we’ll ever see it at all.

    Is Blade delayed or canceled? Will his bizarre cameo in Eternals be the one time we ever see (or technically hear) Ali’s Blade? Why can’t Marvel do horror in the MCU? Could the Blade character appear somewhere else, maybe even a Midnight Sons movie? That’s the subject of our latest Marvel video, where our team of MCU experts discusses the news of Blade’s postponement, talks about where this project might have gone wrong, and what this news means for future phases of the MCU.

    Watch our full Blade post-mortem below.

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  • ‘Venom’ Recap: What to Know Before ‘The Last Dance’

    ‘Venom’ Recap: What to Know Before ‘The Last Dance’

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    Venom: The Last Dance concludes the trilogy of films featuring Tom Hardy as Marvel’s lethal protector and Spider-Man’s arch-nemesis (who, in the movies, he never actually meets). Sony has made it clear, this is the end of the line for Hardy’s Eddie Brock.

    If you’ve missed any of the steps along the way, our recap is here to help. Rather than watch multiple hours of movies, the video below will get you up to speed in just 13 minutes. It recaps the events of Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and it also discusses Hardy’s cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and what it means for the future of this franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Watch our full recap of everything Venom below…

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  • ‘The Penguin’: Every Episode 3 Easter Egg and Secret

    ‘The Penguin’: Every Episode 3 Easter Egg and Secret

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    The Penguin might be set in The Batman universe, but this is not a show about Batman. It’s a gritty crime story, like The Sopranos or Tulsa King, and that’s what we love about it. But that doesn’t mean the show doesn’t reference DC comics, or that it’s not full of little Easter eggs you might have missed.

    That’s what our latest Penguin video is all about. In it, we’ll show you all the DC references and hidden secrets in Episode 3 of The Penguin, “Bliss.” We’ll discuss how this show includes Bella Reál, the Gotham City mayoral candidate who previously appeared in The Batman, examine the various families in the show, and what lessons they taught their respective children, and the possible appearance by DC’s Talon of the Court of Owls in this week’s episode. Watch our full Penguin Episode 3 breakdown:

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    all the Easter eggs in Episode 2 of The Penguin, all the Easter eggs in the series premiere of The Penguin, and one on all of the Easter eggs in the new Batman: Caped Crusader series. (Lotta Easter eggs.) Plus, there’s tons more over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. New episodes of The Penguin premiere weekly on HBO and Max.

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  • ‘The Penguin’ Episode 2: Every Easter Egg You Missed

    ‘The Penguin’ Episode 2: Every Easter Egg You Missed

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    The new episode of The Penguin features a flashback scene set in Arkham Asylum — and the prison uniforms and visiting room we see are both exactly the same ones we saw in The Batman, the 2022 Matt Reeves film that The Penguin spins out of. In these scenes Cristin Milioti’s character Sofia is referred to as “The Hangman” — which is the character’s name from the acclaimed DC Comics miniseries Batman: Dark Victory. 

    But those are just a couple of the Easter eggs, DC references, and little details you might have missed in the second episode of The Penguin. In our latest DC video, we’ll break down all of them. We’ll discuss the form of light therapy we see Sofia receiving, and explain why we think “The Hangman” is going to make a full-blown appearance by the end of this series. Also: Is this show setting up the death of the Penguin? We’ll discuss all that and more — watch our full video below…

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    If you liked that video about all of the Easter eggs in Episode 2 of The Penguin, check out more of our videos below, including all the Easter eggs in the series premiere of The Penguin, one on all of the Easter eggs in the new Batman: Caped Crusader series, and one on the Easter eggs in the Joker sequel trailer. (Lotta Easter eggs.) Plus, there’s tons more over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. New episodes of The Penguin premiere weekly on HBO and Max.

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