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Welcome to Horror Explorer. A curated column highlighting this month’s best movies, series, books, and anything spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, Variety’s executive digital director and the magazine’s resident horror enthusiast. If there’s anything you’d like to see in next month’s public records, please contact us at wearl@variety.com. marquee madness Image credit: 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS “Predator: Badlands” (in theaters Nov. 7) — A prequel to the alien action series starring Elle Fanning and the follow-up to this year’s solid animated film “Predator: Killer of Killers.” Director Dan Trachtenberg, who also helmed the 2022 masterpiece Prey, depicts the journey…

When is a two-point conversion actually a touchdown? For the brewers at Dos Equis, multiple times per season. Since last year, Dos Equis has been part of the action during select college football games aired on the ESPN, ABC, SEC and ACC networks, arranging for special on-screen graphics and other elements to appear every time one of the teams “Go for Dos” and attempts to score a two-point conversion. This year, the Heineken brand has expanded its support and is expected to cover nearly two-thirds of the plays aired this season, compared to just under six months ago. There are…

What you need to know Kim Kardashian reveals she used chat GPT to study for her law school exam Kardashian blames AI chatbot for ‘failing her exam’ Teyana Taylor says Kardashian appears to have a ‘toxic relationship’ with Generic AI engine Kim Kardashian said she used ChatGPT to study for her law exam, and blamed the generative AI engine for her failure. Kardashian, 45, spoke about the use of AI in Vanity Fair’s lie detector test interview series. During the interview, Kardashian’s All’s Fair co-star Teyana Taylor asked Kardashian if she uses ChatGPT for “life advice” or “dating advice,” or…

he’s insanely hot Jonathan Bailey, who played Fiyero in the blockbuster movie “Wicked” and wowed audiences with his dancing, has been named this year’s People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” according to sources. Sources say the big news will be announced on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on Monday. Jonathan Bailey has been named People magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive. Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images The news will be announced on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on Monday. Brett D. Korb/SplashNews.com Last year, Bailey was on People magazine’s readers’ choice list, where fans were able to vote for men…

The Society of French Language Publishers (SCELF), the association of French publishers, returns to Taipei for the second edition of Shoot The Book! At the Taiwan Creative Content Festival (TCCF), which will be held from November 4th to 7th. The initiative, organized in collaboration with TAICCA (Taiwan Creative Content Agency) and supported by Institut Français and the French office in Taipei, aims to foster connections between French publishers and Asian audiovisual professionals while promoting book-to-film adaptations. The program debuted at TCCF last year and is already seeing tangible results. The French children’s book Bob and Marley by author and illustrator…

Rita Ora showed off her hot pink authentic Barbie doll at the 2025 Music Industry Trust Awards in London. The 34-year-old singer made a statement on Monday’s red carpet, wearing an off-the-shoulder hot pink fur coat and a dazzling minidress in the same color. Ora’s tights and pointy heels were also in the same bold pink hue, completing the eye-catching monochrome look. Rita Ora wore a bold hot pink look at the 2025 Music Industry Trusts Awards in London on Monday. Zak Hussain / BACKGRID The singer gave off a Barbie-doll vibe in a hot pink coat, dazzling dress, and…

Sherri Shepherd discovered her superpower. She can’t fly across the country in the blink of an eye, she can’t lift a school bus stuck on the tracks, and while she may have donned a cape to a fancy event in New York, she’s never donned one to rescue a child falling off the Empire State Building. But the power she has is to make people laugh. After going through some really tough times where she had to sleep in her car, her dream became a reality. Now she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “It’s forever,” she…

Kristin Chenoweth admitted that the backlash she received for her reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death “almost broke my heart.” “It was tough for me,” Chenoweth, 57, said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Monday. “But I’m not going to answer any questions about it, because I’ve dealt with it,” she told the outlet, adding, “It almost broke me, and that’s all I’m going to say. You probably know my heart, so you probably know too.” Kristin Chenoweth admitted that the backlash she received for her reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death “almost broke my heart.” wire image “It was…

Laura Dern loved her mother, and it was evident whenever she had a chance to talk about her mother. In a conversation recorded just two weeks before her mother Diane Ladd passed away on Monday, the Oscar-winning actress spoke movingly about her parents on an upcoming episode of the Variety Awards Circuit podcast. Dern joined the show to talk about her performances in Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly and Bradley Cooper’s Is This Sing On, but she also shared some personal reflections on family, longevity and purpose – themes that resonate in both her work and her life. When Laura Dern…

Disney wants to return to YouTube TV in the name of public service. In the media conglomerate’s latest attempt to drum up support for its content in the wake of the Google-owned TV service’s outage, Disney has proposed that YouTube TV resume broadcasting ABC on Nov. 4, when Americans head to the polls on Election Day. “Despite the impasse that caused the current outage, we have asked YouTube TV to restore ABC on Election Day to ensure our subscribers have access to trusted information,” Disney said in a statement. “We believe in putting the public interest first, and we hope…