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What Landman gets wrong: Newsweek and a Texas trade group both published point-by-point rebuttals
What does Landman get wrong about oil, wind power, and actual landmen? Newsweek's expert fact-check and the Fort Worth landmen's association reviewed it point by point.
September 9, 2026 3:47 pm
How did Famous die in Raising Kanan? He was missing for three months before season 4 filled in the timeline
Shawn "Famous" Figueroa had been part of Power Book III: Raising Kanan since the first season, and his unexplained disappearance hung over the opening episodes of season 4. The Starz drama confirmed his fate off-screen in April 2025, then spent three more episodes revealing who was responsible and why — a reveal the final season answered in kind.
September 9, 2026 11:49 am
The best Jack Reacher books, ranked: all 30 novels, from the Lee Child originals to the Andrew Child era
All 30 Jack Reacher novels ranked, from Killing Floor in 1997 to Exit Strategy in 2025 — where the Lee Child originals land, how the Andrew Child era stacks up, and where a new reader should actually start.
September 8, 2026 10:39 am
James Gunn hints Tom Holland won’t want to play Aqualad at 30
With James Gunn shaping the new DC Universe and Tom Holland speculation swirling, the DC hero has a history, powers, and evolution worth a second look.
September 7, 2026 12:03 pm
Who killed Krystal in Raising Kanan? The reveal comes in the very first minute of one episode
Power Book III: Raising Kanan doesn't usually make you wait for a body. Season 4 still managed to surprise people by opening an episode with one — no cold open build-up, no misdirection, just a killing before most viewers had settled in.
September 6, 2026 5:19 pm
Kitchen Nightmares: where are they now?
Gordon Ramsay has now walked into 100 American restaurants across 10 seasons since 2007, screamed at the walk-in fridge, redesigned the dining room, and left. The follow-up question has always been more interesting than the episodes.
September 6, 2026 3:02 pm
What happened to Kareem in The Oval? His billing quietly slipped after season 4
Viewers who noticed Kareem Richardson turning up less often across recent seasons of Tyler Perry's The Oval have mostly landed on one theory: he got killed off somewhere and they missed it.
September 6, 2026 12:44 pm
Where are NCIS actors now? Two of the departed ended up with a whole new show together
NCIS starts its 24th season on CBS this October. Not one member of the 2003 launch cast is still a regular on it, which raises the obvious question of where they all went.
September 6, 2026 10:26 am
Why did Sal leave Impractical Jokers? One viral clip has him preaching in an Ohio church
A TikTok has been circulating with a caption along the lines of: Sal Vulcano walked away from Impractical Jokers to become a pastor at an Ohio church, offering rest to people with nowhere else to go. The clip does show a bearded, dark-haired preacher who could pass for him at a glance.
September 6, 2026 8:09 am
Why did Matthew leave Downton Abbey? The exit aired on Christmas Day — and the backlash made front pages
Matthew Crawley survives the Somme, temporary paralysis, and the influenza pandemic that killed his fiancée. He does not survive the drive home from the hospital where his son had just been born.
September 5, 2026 10:55 am
What happened to Jacob in The Way Home? "Not an open book," says the show's own creator
Hallmark's time-travel drama opens with a hole in the middle of a family. Eight-year-old Jacob Landry walked away from a carnival in Port Haven in 1999 and never came back — Kat's brother, Del's son, presumed dead for two decades.
September 5, 2026 8:37 am
What happened to Larry the Cable Guy? The rumors got loud enough that his rep had to answer
Search his name and the autocomplete gets grim fast. Death rumors, health rumors, and — as of summer 2026 — a viral political statement he never wrote.
September 4, 2026 5:46 pm
Why did Reacher kill Paulie? The fight alone took three weeks to film — and broke real bones
Paulie is the only opponent in three seasons of Reacher who is physically bigger than Reacher — 7-foot-2, 350 pounds, played by Dutch bodybuilder Olivier Richters. Their fight closes out the season 3 finale, "Unfinished Business," which hit Prime Video on March 27, 2025.
September 3, 2026 6:10 pm
Netflix’s upcoming action thriller The Operator lands Mark Wahlberg
Netflix is pairing fresh peril with a familiar face, building another high-stakes thriller around Mark Wahlberg — and the next move he makes is the story.
September 3, 2026 2:21 pm
Why did Chris leave SWAT? Her exit landed the same month CBS cancelled the show — and then un-cancelled it
Lina Esco played Officer Christina "Chris" Alonso from the S.W.A.T. pilot in 2017 — the team's first female operator, one of the few openly bisexual leads on network television at the time, and 106 episodes' worth of the show's emotional wiring.
September 3, 2026 1:01 pm
Who is the villain in Ransom Canyon? Season 1 hid its answer behind a business deal
Ransom Canyon dropped all ten episodes on Netflix on April 17, 2025, and spent most of them dangling a murder mystery — who was driving the blue pickup that killed Staten Kirkland's teenage son, Randall. That question has an answer, and it isn't the villain's.
September 3, 2026 11:44 am
Why did Rachel leave Suits? The writers knew a year before the rest of the world did
Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane from the Suits pilot in June 2011 straight through to the season 7 finale. Her last episode, "Good-Bye," aired on April 25, 2018 — three weeks before she married Prince Harry at Windsor Castle. The timing looked immaculate.
September 3, 2026 7:52 am
What happened to Angela in A Toxic Love Story?
Netflix's true-crime documentary, released July 22, 2026, opens with a woman in Anaheim being terrorized by anonymous emails and ends somewhere entirely different. Angela Connell is the woman receiving the threats. She is also, by the end, the one who went to prison for them.
September 2, 2026 6:04 pm
Why did Gabriela leave Fire Country? The show went three seasons without losing one original cast member — then lost two at once
Fire Country got through 60-odd episodes with its original seven series regulars fully intact, which for a CBS procedural about people who run into wildfires is a statistical anomaly. In April 2025, that streak ended twice in the same announcement.
September 2, 2026 4:47 pm
Why did Tony leave NCIS? Nine years later, Paramount built an entire series out of what came next
Michael Weatherly played Anthony DiNozzo from the 2003 backdoor pilot on JAG through the season 13 finale, "Family First," which aired May 17, 2016. Two things ended that night: a 13-season run, and any pretense that the writers had a plan for what came next.
September 2, 2026 2:12 pm