One of the highest-charting songs ofKaty Perry’scareer manifested out of less than ideal circumstances. Beyond the glitz, glam, and mass appeal of the music industry, being a musician is a full-time job like any other and, as with any job, not everything in the office runs perfectly smoothly. Even the mosticonic records have behind-the-scenes drama. Per an interview with Daniel Way forBehind the WallonYouTube, Bonnie McKee makes it clear that Katy Perry’s job is no different, and her hit song"Roar" manifested from such behind-the-scenes drama....

Kids Baking Championshipseason 13 will see a change to the hosts and judges for the first time as Kardea Brown takes Valerie Bertinelli’s place alongside Duff Goldman after 12 seasons, and Kardea was the perfect choice for her replacement. In January 2024, a devastatedValerie announced that she was fired fromKids Baking Championshipdue to budget cuts. Fans were also very sad to hear that Valerie wouldn’t be returning to the beloved culinary competition series because they’d come to love seeing her on the show....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Umbrella Academy season 4. Summary The Umbrella Academyseason 4 delivers a surprising and controversial ending for the Netflix show, andKlaus Hargreeves' tarot scene actually gives it away four episodes early.The Umbrella Academyseason 4’s endingsees the Cleanse finally happening, as the Marigold and Durango inside Ben and Jennifer cause them to merge into an unstoppable monster.The Hargreeves siblingssacrifice themselves to reset the universe one last time, eliminating all the breaks in the timeline their existence has created....

Warning! Spoilers ahead for NCIS: Origins episode 13, “Monsoon.“The differences in character between Austin Stowell’s Gibbs inNCIS: Originsand Mark Harmon’s Gibbs in the flagship series tease a potential tragedy between the two shows.NCIS: Originsfollows a young Gibbs and his team in the months following the loss ofGibbs' wife and daughterin 1991. Stowell’s Gibbs is shy and reserved and struggles to deal with his emotions in a very similar way to Harmon’s Gibbs....

A character from a Netflix action thriller series might be the perfectReacherreplacement even though he is the complete opposite of the Alan Ritchson character. Adapted fromLee Child’s Jack Reacher books, Amazon’sReacherhas gradually risen in the ranks to become one of the most compelling action thriller shows on stream. Although the show arguably experienced a slight dip in overall quality with its second installment, its future still looks bright after the renewal of its third and fourth seasons and the announcement of its spin-off series....

Star Warsfans have spotted a mysterious new masked man in footage fromStar Wars: Skeleton Crew- is this another Marrok situation, or is this character actually important to the story? Helmets have been something of aStar Warstradition ever since Darth Vader made his debut in 1977. Sometimes they mean something, hiding a person’s true identity; sometimes they’re meaningless, simply designed to look cool, as in the case of someImperial Inquisitors. They always stand out, and they always lead to eager speculation....

A week before the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo confirmed that a separate Direct presentation focused onNintendo Switch1 games willstream on Thursday, March 27. The company confirmed thatthere would be “no updates about Nintendo Switch 2” in the video. The presentationgoes live tomorrow at 10 a.m. EDT and will last around 30 minutes.Rumors about a Nintendo Direct this weekran rampant, with speculation that such a presentation would focus on the last remaining big titles for the Nintendo Switch before revealing more about its successor on April 2....

Outlandershowrunner Maril Davis reveals which novels seasons 7 and 8 will adapt. The historical fantasy series is based on Diana Gabaldon’s series of novels that explore how a World War II nurse is thrown back in time to 1743 and falls in love with a highlander. Starring Catriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, the show began in 2014. While season 7 has yet to be concluded, it has been confirmed thatOutlanderseason 8will bring the story to a close....

The first two seasons ofThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerpremiered in similar ways, and this opens the door for further exciting possibilities in future installments. The Prime Video series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, several thousand years before the events ofLord of the Rings. However, the events ofRings of Powerare still nowhere near the beginning of Tolkien’s stories. There were centuries upon centuries of important events that happened before Sauron made his titular Rings, andRings of Power’s season premieres have been used to explore some of them....

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Severance season 2, episode 3Severanceseason 2 might be even better than the first when all is said and done, with episode 3 delivering another exciting hour of TV. There are a few elements that makethe Apple TV+ showas special as it is. Among them is the show’s thought-provoking nature. Nothing is ever as it seems and while season 1 did a good job of establishing that, season 2’s episodes are taking it a step further....

Summary The Elusive Samuraihas quickly becomea smash hit on Crunchyroll, and it’s easy to see why. The series has already won the 69th ShogakukanMangaAward for its story and its main character, Tokiyuki Hojo, taking the world by storm by simply running away. He’s more than elusive, however, as he has a couple of qualities in common with fellow shōnen hero Gon fromHunter x Hunter. They’re both surrounded by helpful, passionate friends, they’re both way more powerful than they give themselves credit for, andmost of all, they both come alive on the battlefield....

Sonic the Hedgehogfranchise writers Josh Miller and Patrick Casey express interest in seeing some non-Earth adventures in a future sequel. Based on the hit Sega video game character, director Jeff Fowler’s firstSonic the Hedgehogmovie was released in 2020, introducing Ben Schwartz as the titular blue speedster. The film, which also stars Jim Carrey as the villainous Dr. Robotnik, was a hit, and it was followed by two sequels, both of which take place mostly on Earth....

Star Trekwill probably never reveal the full story between these twoStar Trek: The Next Generationcharacters, but I wish it would. With its premiere in 1987,TNGushered in a new era ofStar Trek,introducing the world toCaptain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crewaboard the USS Enterprise-D. In addition to its regular cast of characters,TNGalso introduced some fascinating secondary characters who altered the future of theStar Trekfranchise and continue to have a presence in modernTrek....