The online fitness community was dealt a terrible blow on June 30th, 2023 when Jo Lindner, known online as Joesthetics, passed away at the age of 30. As tributes flooded social media, fans began to wonder how such an in-shape athlete could have died so young. Recommended Videos Lindner had become well-known as a fitness influencer and bodybuilder, amazing over 8 million followers on his Instagram account, and nearly 1 million subscribers to his fitness and weightlifting-focused Youtube channel.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us Recommended Videos The Last of Us hit HBO Max in 2023, with one of the greatest video games of all time arguably becoming one of the greatest TV shows of the decade. The dramatic, heartbreaking, and resonant game features scenes have become iconic in pop culture. One of its most shocking was recreated early on in The Last of Us series, with Sarah (Nico Parker), unfortunately, meeting her demise just as she did in the original game, with the first third of the first episode dedicated to her day-to-day life.

Bella Ramsey stepped into massive shoes when they took on the role of Ellie Williams in HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us. The character was already played to utter perfection by Ashley Johnson in the Naughty Dog games the television series is based on, and many viewers were skeptical of Ramsey’s ability to pull the character off. Recommended Videos That skepticism was unfounded, of course, which Ramsey quickly proved over the course of the first season.

Although often called a rising star, Jenna Ortega is actually a firmly entrenched star in the Hollywood cosmos at this point, thanks to her status as a bonafide scream queen and leading role in Netflix’s Wednesday. Recommended Videos In addition to being the latest actress to embody the Addams family’s unblinking eldest child, Ortega has also lit up the screen in everything from X to the Scream films. She’ll soon reunite with Wednesday‘s Tim Burton in the long-awaited legacy sequel, Beetlejuice 2, in which she’ll play Winona Ryder’s daughter.

The legendary anime Neon Genesis Evangelion revolutionized both anime and the community surrounding it. Famous for its surreal, philosophical imagery, impressive mecha, iconic characters, and a bonkers apocalyptic narrative, Hideaki Anno’s series has become a rite of passage for anime fans, who typically consider it one of the best sci-fi series ever created. Recommended Videos That said, actually watching the entirety of Evangelion isn’t easy, as the original anime has spawned several spin-offs and movies, many of which either reboot, add to, or retell the story.

Season 21 of American Idol is one of the most emotional in series history, and if you’ve got friends who are watching the show tonight, you might want to check in with them after the performance we just watched between Iam Tongi and James Blunt. Recommended Videos Tongi’s journey through the American Idol sphere is something that has been a profoundly moving experience, and it’s a walk he’s dedicated to the memory and legacy of his late father, Rodney.

Unless you have been living under a pop culture rock, you probably know there is a new Netflix series called Wednesday. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, Wednesday marks the first time that the character Wednesday Addams, from the iconic The Addams Family created by Charles Addams, takes center stage in her own series. Tim Burton directed many of the episodes of Wednesday. Wednesday is played to perfection by Jenna Ortega who has received glowing reviews for her work.

As it tends to happen with most long-running shows, The Bold and the Beautiful has seen an overwhelming majority of its cast members jump boat for one reason or another. Now, people are worried that John McCook may be following suit. Recommended Videos The actor has been involved in the soap opera since its premiere in 1987, portraying Eric Forrester. During its three-decade run, the show has gathered a loyal following of viewers, who have gotten immensely invested in its story and characters.

Band of Brothers just recently arrived on Netflix, presenting the streaming service’s many subscribers with an opportunity to watch one of the greatest shows of all time. Recommended Videos Look, I’m biased — I love Band of Brothers, and have for years — but I’m far from alone in my high regard for the World War II epic. The series is considered by many to be one of the best, and most accurate, depictions of WWII of all time (at least from an American perspective), and it contains a detailed and truly impactful look at the men that helped carry the Allied forces to victory.

We’re less than a month away from the premiere of Reincarnated as a Sword, the anime adaptation of the Japanese light novel of the same name, written by Yuu Tanaka and illustrated by Llo. Originating as an isekai (portal fantasy and science-fiction) web novel on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2015, Reincarnated as a Sword was later published as a light novel series, which thereafter received a manga adaptation and a manga spin-off.