How To Lookup Your MacBook Serial Number

MacBook serial numbers hold the key to unlocking valuable information about your device.Looking up your MacBook’s serial numbercan reveal its model, specifications, and warranty status.This small string of characters packs a punch when it comes to identifying and managing your Apple computer. Finding your MacBook’s serial number is simple. You can locate it in the About This Mac menu, on the physical device, or through the Apple Support website. Once you have it, you can use Apple’s online tools or third-party websites to decode the information hidden within....

July 26, 2025 · 7 min · 1483 words · Katherine Bartlett

I Think We’re All in Agreement — Marvel Needs To Do More of What It Just Did for ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’

Marvel Studiosseems to be pulling out all the stops to promoteThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, including an actual tie-in comic. Written byMatt Fractionand illustrated byMark Buckingham, this is meant to bean “artifact” from the world ofFirst Stepsthat chronicles the First Family’s history.It also marks the first time in years that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had a tie-in comic,as there used to be plenty of tie-ins and prequels that took place before a film or recapped its events....

July 26, 2025 · 4 min · 684 words · Ashley Austin

Is Buying a PS5 Worth It Right Now?

As we near the one-year anniversary of the PlayStation 5’s release, it feels like a good time to address a lot of the questions from those who are still feverishly searching for one. It’s clear that, whether because of the ongoing pandemic or theshortage of certain materials, trying to secure a PS5 in the past year has grown increasingly frustrating. If you aren’t utilizing Twitter users who post deals to help you track down PS5s, chances are you’ll have to get extremely lucky in refreshing a store’s website....

July 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1086 words · Lisa Johnson

Jake Gyllenhaal on Working with Jean-Marc Vallée

After taking the 360-degree approach to makingDallas Buyers ClubandWild, directorJean-Marc Valléechose to use the same process on his latest feature,Demolition. The movie starsJake Gyllenhaalas Davis, a successful banker who can’t get his life back on track after his wife is killed in a car accident. Rather than grieve in the traditional sense, Davis decides to literally demolish everything in his life in order to put himself back together. Vallée doesn’t make shot lists, he uses minimal hair and make-up, and opts to film with available light, which gives him and the cast the freedom to be creative right there on set rather than approach each shooting day with a strict plan in mind....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Jason Howard

Jinger Duggar Is Overcoming One of Her Biggest Fears To Learn This New Skill

19 Kids and CountingalumJinger Duggarisopening up about her family’s tiesto the Christian fundamentalist organization,Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP).The former reality star wants to share her experience of growing up in astrict religious environment,with her former church’s rules controlling nearly everything in her life. One of these rules included dressing modestly andwearing long swim skirts in the water,which meant that Jingernever learned how to swimproperly. While talking toPEOPLEabout her latest book,People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of Imaginary Expectations,Jinger confessed how embarrassed she was to realize thatshe couldn’t swim....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Frederick Bryan

Jumanji: The Next Level Digital & Blu-ray Clip Reveals Weta VFX Wizardry

You know what I really needed in my life today?Jumanji: The Next Level. Like many, I’ve been in the middle of a digital binge watch craze since social distancing became a nationwide must. I’ve watched a good handful of horror movies and dramas, but you know what I really needed today to snap me out of the COVID-19 blues for a bit? A delightful action romp, and if that’s something you think you might need right now too, I can’t recommendJumanji: The Next Levelenough....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Bryan Tucker

Jurassic World Exhibition Brings Dinosaurs to Philadelphia

Apparently, there are some people who haven’t watched aJurassic Parkmovie or just didn’t get the message that “life, uh, finds a way,” because the folks at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia will play host to the North American debut ofJurassic World: The Exhibition. At the very least, they’ll be using animatronic dinosaurs instead of genetically engineering their own. The museum partnered with the Creature Technology Company, the same folks who worked onWalking With Dinosaurs, to create mechanical beasties inspired by the films....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Caitlin Lewis

Justified: City Primeval: Vivian Olyphant on Working w/Dad Timothy Olyphant

[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Justified: City Primeval.]Now living in Miami, 15 years after leaving Kentucky behind, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) is finding that being the father of 15-year-old girl (played by Olyphant’s real-life daughter,Vivian Olyphant) can be more challenging than dealing with bad guys, ensuring that a healthy work-life balance isn’t likely to ever happen. Finding himself in Detroit with violent sociopath Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook) in his crosshairs, Raylan is hunting a killer who is unpredictable and dangerous, and who cracks his cool exterior and rankles him just enough to make him determined to see it through to the end....

July 26, 2025 · 11 min · 2308 words · Kaitlin Bowman

Kevin Hart, Wesley Snipes to Star in Netflix Series True Story

Kevin HartandWesley Snipeshave signed on to play brothers in Netflix’s limited seriesTrue Story, the streamer announced Wednesday. Hart will play Kid, a famous comedian, while Snipes will play his wayward older brother, Carlton. Billed as an event series,True Storyconcerns a tour stop in Kid’s hometown of Philadelphia that becomes a matter of life and death when the consequences of a lost evening with Carlton threaten to destroy everything he’s built....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Leah Watson

Love 'What We Do in the Shadows'? Watch the Short Film

It’s been nearly ten years since New Zealand writer-director-actorsJemaine ClementandTaika WaititireleasedWhat We Do in the Shadowsin 2014. The film is shot in a mockumentary style, combining interviews with its main characters and cinéma vérité style filming. Since then, the world has been giventwo TV spinoffs that have created a vampire universethat seems to expand from Wellington to Staten Island and beyond. TheWhat We Do in the Shadowsfilm featured several vampires, namely, Viago (Waititi), Vlad (Clement), and Deacon (Jonathan Brugh)....

July 26, 2025 · 5 min · 976 words · Emily Sullivan

Matthew McConaughey Soccer Film Dallas Sting Scrapped

Skydance and Berlanti Schechter Productions were set to produce a soccer film,Dallas Sting,withKari Skogland(The Falcon and the Winter Soldier)directing the project andMatthew McConaugheystarring in the lead role. However, Skydance and the producers of the feature have decided to scrap the picture as “disturbing allegations surrounding aspects of the true story on which the drama was based” have come to light. PerThe Hollywood Reporter, Skydance had received allegations of impropriety surrounding the story and the studio’s investigations revealed the allegations were strong enough to warrant cancelling the film....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Amy Anderson

MCU: 10 Characters Who Were Too Arrogant for Their Own Good

As arrogance is a poor-quality trait that can often translate to egoism to a dangerous extent, many villains display excessive pride, often losing sight of what’s right or wrong – this usually leads to the downfall of their character. However, there are some protagonists in the MCU who have not only acted conceited in more than one instance but whose arrogance spurred a cascade of events that were problematic. Related:10 MCU Heroes Who Are Actually Low-Key Villains Some characters were self-serving in their arrogance, while others grew more pompous after saving the world when their public image was inflated....

July 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1251 words · Matthew Schultz

Michael Sheen and Patricia Arquette Join Jodie Comer in Kenneth Branagh's New Thriller

The mystery shroudingKenneth Branagh’s newest filmThe Last Disturbance of Madeline Hyndeis getting clearer by the day. According toDeadline, more cast have officially signed on to be a part of the psychological thriller.Patricia Arquette,Michael Sheen,Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure, Michael Balogun, and Kristina Tonteri-Younghave all been added to the cast list. They join the previously announcedJodie Comer(The Bikeriders). Branagh’s new film is independently financed, according to Deadline. It’s slated as a contemporary psychological thriller, but details outside of that have been kept tightly under wraps....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Matthew Turner