Every year the airwaves and streaming services are flooded with romantic Christmas movies of every shape and size. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all; some gentle tension, some mild complications, a happy ending, plenty of trees and decorations. But Netflix’s latest entry in the Christmas movie genre, Hot Frosty, at least brings something new to … Read more
Dwayne Johnson has previously requested to eat salmon strips instead of chicken wings on First We Feast’s Hot Ones. This camera, this camera, this camera – tell the people what you have going on! First We Feast’s Hot Ones has become a pop culture phenomenon, but one thing it doesn’t have going for it is … Read more
Competitive eaters Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will face off in a special hot dog contest on Labor Day Monday. UPDATE: The showdown between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi in Netflix’s first-ever hot dog eating contest ended with Chestnut as the wiener, devouring 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes to Kobayashi’s 66, demolishing the record. … Read more
Rotten Tomatoes introduces a “Verified Hot” audience badge system to celebrate the best-reviewed films that go above and beyond to entertain. Rotten Tomatoes is about to make it easier for audiences to recognize the best movies in the business thanks to a new “Verified Hot” badge system. The badge signifies a quality above the average … Read more
Joey Chestnut, the undisputed champion of hot-dog eating for all but one of the last 17 years — the proverbial winner of the wieners for nearly two decades — will not compete in this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, a July 4 tradition going back more than half a century. That’s because Chestnut recently signed a deal … Read more
In a surprise move, Mattel and Hasbro are teaming up to release a special Hot Wheels car modeled after Optimus Prime that actually transforms. The new die-cast car toy is a part of the Mattel Creations brand of Mattel’s toy line, and is modeled after Optimus’ first appearance in Generation 1 of The Transformers. Transforming … Read more
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Chester Cheetah! (We’ll workshop that.) In the annals of popular culture, there has never been a crossover quite like this: The meeting of American’s favorite ghost incarceration service and America’s favorite jungle cat who enjoys the taste of corn meal enriched with ferrous sulfate, niacin, … Read more
BTS Jungkook‘s solo music career has been enigmatic. K-pop’s ‘golden’ vocalist started his solo career with an epic milestone, bagging his first solo Billboard Hot 100 topper with the release of Seven. He ‘recruited’ a Grammy-nominated female rapper in his first collaboration to accomplish the mission. Years before his official ‘solo’ debut, Jungkook was flying … Read more
For generations of kids, the words hot and wheels have been synonymous with toy cars. That’s the sort of name brand recognition that makes Hollywood executives salivate. So you can’t be surprised that someone pounced on the idea of making a Hot Wheels series. It was bound to happen sooner or later. As announced today, the animated show will be … Read more
Earlier models of the format, like John Lee Hancock’s “The Founder” and David O. Russell’s “Joy,” were just hints at a growing interest in the lives of those behind well-known products and corporations, which seem to have grown in the ensuing years of inflation and economic insecurity—not too dissimilar to the current spate of movies … Read more