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As a Crunchyroll member, I just saw they’re offering a deal for the Fan Annual Plan – it’s $66.99 for a whole year, which works out to only about $5.58 a month! It’s cool to know this is the first price increase for this level of membership in the US since 2019 – almost seven years! That’s pretty good, especially with how often other streaming services raise their prices. And with over 50,000 episodes, 25,000 hours of content, and 2,000 different series and movies available, plus all the music, concerts, and games, it feels like a great value.

Things have changed for HBO’s The Last of Us. Last year, the network suggested the show might last for four seasons. Francesca Orsi, an HBO executive, said they were considering four seasons, with two more to follow after the current one. However, there’s been some internal creative restructuring since then. Neil Druckmann, a key figure from the game’s developer Naughty Dog, is stepping away from the show before season three begins, and that likely prompted a shift in plans.

As a huge fan of both RiffTrax and Mystery Science Theater 3000, I’m so excited to hear they’re teaming up with Shout! Studios, who now owns the MST3K rights! They’re both posting riffs and shorts on YouTube, which is awesome. Mike Nelson from RiffTrax said it best – revisiting MST3K after all these years has really gotten everyone fired up, and he even admitted he missed being around those classic plastic puppets! It’s great to see them working together again after so long.

I think audiences would enjoy seeing me revisit Spider-Man. Marvel is doing really well with their current Spider-Man, integrating him into the Avengers and their wider superhero universe. I don’t want to disrupt that success just to make another one of my Spider-Man films, but I’d definitely be interested in doing it someday if the opportunity arose.

Steven Spielberg is already an award-winning director, having earned four Emmys for projects like The Pacific and Band of Brothers, a Tony Award for A Strange Loop, and three Oscars for films including Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan. He’s now adding a Grammy to his collection, representing both his first nomination and win in that category.

In a playful video, Gates McFadden jokingly questioned why her character, Beverly Crusher, never received a Funko Pop figure, even after becoming more involved in the action on Star Trek: Picard. She playfully wondered if there was discrimination against mothers, doctors, or women who don’t fit the typical ‘sex symbol’ mold. The question immediately reminded her of the memorable (and somewhat infamous) Next Generation episode, “Sub Rosa,” featuring her character’s encounter with a ghostly lover. If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a watch! While The Next Generation was often fantastic, its weaker episodes were truly cringeworthy.

And here’s a statement from DC president and artist extraordinaire Jim Lee:

I’ve owned a promotional VHS tape of the original test animation that eventually became Batman: The Animated Series for years – I think I bought it on eBay around 1999. The DVD release claimed the audio was lost, but I still have it. Consider this a little gift to Bruce Timm.