Mike Novogratz

In a recent interview, Prince William opened up about a particularly difficult year in their family’s life – the year 2024. That year, both his father, King Charles III, and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, faced battles with cancer. He discussed the struggles of managing numerous royal responsibilities while keeping everything running smoothly.

In a moving and emotional episode of “Stranger Things 4” titled “Dear Billy,” we learned about the origins of the Upside Down. It’s not just a dark, monster-infested realm existing independently. Instead, it’s a mirror dimension of our world, devoid of hope and warmth due to its reflection of human suffering. This existence is perpetual because human pain is everlasting. The realization was both terrifying and hopeful, as I penned, “There cannot be light without darkness, nor pain without joy. We would not feel guilt like Max, or experience grief like Nancy, if we did not also feel love.” If our negative emotions can manifest physically as the Upside Down, it implies that our positive emotions can too. Perhaps “Stranger Things 5” will reveal this in its series finale titled “The Rightside Up,” showing us what a dimension fueled by love and joy might look like.

Contrary to expectations, the follow-up to the 2019 blockbuster Joker movie, which grossed an impressive $204 million worldwide, surprisingly underperformed at the box office. This was surprising given its extensive hype. Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav discussed with The Hollywood Reporter potential reasons for this failure. He suggested that the studio’s inconsistency in production might have played a role in Joker: Folie à Deux failing to surpass the $100 million mark, despite its $200 million budget.