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You know pommel horse guy. You may not know his real name is Stephen Nedoroscik, but when he takes off his glasses and jumps on that gymnastics apparatus he goes from normal dude to a serious superhero. He’s been a gamer, and after landing the bronze medal in the pommel horse individual competition, it only makes sense that fans watching the 2024 Olympics have latched onto Superman and Clark Kent comparisons. It’s a glasses thing.

Initially, characters resurrected after death were typically found in supernatural series or horror genres. However, when Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) reappeared in the shocking shower scene on Dallas, revealing that the entire previous season was a dream, it opened up the idea of bringing characters back to life through unconventional means even on shows where magic is not a part of the plot, making it quite common.

The makers of Marvel Studios have officially revealed their plans for the upcoming fifth Avengers film, which was initially known as Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. After the departure of actor Jonathan Majors from the role of Kang the Conqueror, the highly anticipated crossover in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been rebranded as Avengers: Doomsday. In this new version, Doctor Doom will be portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. The film is set to hit theaters in 2026 and marks the return of the Avengers after a seven-year gap since the release of Avengers: Endgame in 2019.

As a devoted admirer, I’m thrilled to share that Jake Lockett, the talented actor who brings Firefighter Sam Carver to life in the popular NBC series Chicago Fire, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 13! This promotion is a testament to his consistent and impactful performances since joining as a recurring character in Season 11.

Any universe with hundreds of sentient species and thousands of star systems is bound to have a lot of gender diversity. While “Star Wars” took longer than queer fans would have liked to begin to explore that side of the galaxy far, far away, the franchise has slowly but steadily expanded its canonical view of gender over the last eight years or so. If you only watch the movies and the Disney+ shows, though, you might not even know about all of the trans and nonbinary characters who now populate the timeline. That’s because they’ve generally been relegated to novels and the High Republic comics, at least for now.