Disney puts a villainous twist on McDonald’s Boo Buckets
Forget pumpkins, ghosts and witches. This year’s Happy Meals feature Scar, Jafar and Ursula.
SCOOP: Combo KFC/Taco Bell locations to serve Coca-Cola and Pepsi
KFC’s switch from Pepsi to Coke had fans asking if combination restaurants would still serve Baja Blast.
‘Whalefall’ is ambitious and ridiculous and beautiful. I love that it exists.
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Taco Bell and Milk Bar celebrate the Birthday Cake Empanada
The latest collab between the two brands puts a sprinkly spin on the Taco Bell dessert. (Also, you gotta try the Crunchadilla.)
Forget Trump. These Ashley Padilla ‘SNL’ political characters are the ones you need to know.
Thanks to her portrayals of Karoline Leavitt, Natalie Harp, Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi, there’s hope for future political cold opens.
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Disney puts a villainous twist on McDonald’s Boo Buckets
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Cheetos Bag of Bones are back for Halloween
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It’s crunch time for Skittles Gummy Crystals
Squishy meets crunchy in upcoming candy. PLUS: Skittles Pop’d Wild Berry and Creepy Crunch expand the freeze-dried lineup.
Ghirardelli takes its chocolate expertise to the cookie aisle
The candy company promises to deliver ‘the quality and delicious chocolate taste consumers know and love’ in two new flavors of cookie.
Shane Gillis’s misogynistic ‘SNL’ monologue is now Lorne Michaels’s legacy
Lorne Michaels speaks for ‘SNL.’ And until Michaels speaks up, Shane Gillis now speaks for him.
We knew Shane Gillis would bomb on ‘SNL.’ We just didn’t expect he would f-bomb.
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Disney puts a villainous twist on McDonald’s Boo Buckets
Forget pumpkins, ghosts and witches. This year’s Happy Meals feature Scar, Jafar and Ursula.
Cheetos Bag of Bones are back for Halloween
A quick review of the White Cheddar and Cinnamon Sugar flavors of the crunchy seasonal snacks.
It’s crunch time for Skittles Gummy Crystals
Squishy meets crunchy in upcoming candy. PLUS: Skittles Pop’d Wild Berry and Creepy Crunch expand the freeze-dried lineup.
Ghirardelli takes its chocolate expertise to the cookie aisle
The candy company promises to deliver ‘the quality and delicious chocolate taste consumers know and love’ in two new flavors of cookie.
Popculturology
‘Like displaying heads on pikes’: Skydance merges Paramount and Warner Bros.
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Warner Bros. expected ‘Digger’ to play like a blockbuster. It’s instead one of the worst opening weekends of the actor’s career.
‘Star Wars: Episode X’ has a director. But does it have a purpose?
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It’s 2026, and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is back on top of the box office
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The Cold Open
Shane Gillis’s misogynistic ‘SNL’ monologue is now Lorne Michaels’s legacy
Lorne Michaels speaks for ‘SNL.’ And until Michaels speaks up, Shane Gillis now speaks for him.
We knew Shane Gillis would bomb on ‘SNL.’ We just didn’t expect he would f-bomb.
Can we end this bit where Lorne Michaels has to have Gillis host every year?
‘Do you really need pickles right now?’ Veronika Slowikowska joins Shane Gillis for his ‘SNL’ promo
For the second week in a row, ‘SNL’ ditches its long-running promo style for a series of quick bits.
Taylor Swift swings by ‘SNL’ to celebrate Dakota Johnson’s birthday
‘You just show up once a week at my house with an empty bottle of wine,’ the pop star told the three-time ‘SNL’ host.
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Taco Bell and Milk Bar team up, Skittles gets crunchy, and you’re my ‘Whalefall’
Your weekly rundown of everything from Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open.
Monopoly at McDonald’s, Johnson and Swift on ‘SNL,’ Skydance victorious, and every single Uglies flavor
Your weekly rundown of everything from Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open.
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Your weekly rundown of everything from Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open.
‘Darkwing Duck’ strikes back, Ashley Padilla and ‘SNL’ return, and that’s a Pretty Pink Baja Blast
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