WWE Stomping Grounds: You’ll Never Believe Who Corbin Picked as the Special Ref

It's time to settle in and watch the newly-branded WWE PPV event-slash-happening, Stomping Grounds!

And try our best to enjoy ourselves despite Baron Corbin being in the main event!

What is Stomping Grounds? Well it's a show that requires all participants to "Kick Ass and Take Names." Or "Kick Names and Take Ass" if you're Mantis in Infinity War.

A lot of the card features Super Showdown Super Do-Overs - from Rollins and Corbin squaring off again to more Roman vs. the Shane Brigade (in an actual WrestleMania do-over), and also Kofi vs. Dolph one more time. Some of the match stips have changed, but will the outcomes? Will any big titles change hands or will Stomping Grounds be more of a stepping stone?

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WWE Stomping Grounds: Roman Reigns Has His Best Match Since His Return

It's time to settle in and watch the newly-branded WWE PPV event-slash-happening, Stomping Grounds!

And try our best to enjoy ourselves despite Baron Corbin being in the main event!

What is Stomping Grounds? Well it's a show that requires all participants to "Kick Ass and Take Names." Or "Kick Names and Take Ass" if you're Mantis in Infinity War.

A lot of the card features Super Showdown Super Do-Overs - from Rollins and Corbin squaring off again to more Roman vs. the Shane Brigade (in an actual WrestleMania do-over), and also Kofi vs. Dolph one more time. Some of the match stips have changed, but will the outcomes? Will any big titles change hands or will Stomping Grounds be more of a stepping stone?

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Adult Swim’s Final Space Could Fill the Rick and Morty Void in Your Life

Final Space was a bit of an oddity when it premiered on TBS last year. The network is not known for their original animated offerings, and its candy-coated visuals may have kept the door closed on older viewers who didn’t want to spend time with a show that looked like it was for kids.

Why then was late-night legend Conan O’Brien championing the show, attaching himself to it as executive producer? Why were science-fiction and comedy mainstays like David Tennant, Fred Armisen, and Ron Perlman lending their voices to its characters? (Alan Tudyk, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black, and Jane Lynch are all joining the voice cast in the second season.) Just like its mascot Mooncake, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye, and series creator Olan Rogers is focusing on making that clear in Season 2.

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Adult Swim’s Final Space Could Fill the Rick and Morty Void in Your Life

Final Space was a bit of an oddity when it premiered on TBS last year. The network is not known for their original animated offerings, and its candy-coated visuals may have kept the door closed on older viewers who didn’t want to spend time with a show that looked like it was for kids.

Why then was late-night legend Conan O’Brien championing the show, attaching himself to it as executive producer? Why were science-fiction and comedy mainstays like David Tennant, Fred Armisen, and Ron Perlman lending their voices to its characters? (Alan Tudyk, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black, and Jane Lynch are all joining the voice cast in the second season.) Just like its mascot Mooncake, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye, and series creator Olan Rogers is focusing on making that clear in Season 2.

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Every Pixar Movie’s Opening Weekend Box Office

(This is an update to a Pixar box office article originally published in 2017.)

Toy Story 4 opened to an estimated $118 million at the North American box office, easily debuting at No. 1. While that amount is well below industry expectations for the film -- which had been widely pegged as opening with as much as $140 million -- it’s still the biggest opening weekend ever in the Toy Story franchise. It’s also the third biggest opening weekend (domestically) for a Pixar release.

Last year’s Incredibles 2 remains the highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar movie, earning $182.7 million when it bowed in June 2018. That’s followed by 2016’s Finding Dory with $135.1 million.

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A New Ape Escape Game May be on the Way

While the world waits for King Kong to eventually get around to fighting Godzilla, another brand of apes are quietly waiting for their moment to shine once again. A new Ape Escape game may be in the works, if some suspicious tweets are to be believed.

A relatively new Twitter account by the name of @piposaru20th tweeted out this image, along with the translated caption: “Piposar (20 years since then. I've been running around, but i wonder if there's anyone chasing me anymore.” The image shows a titular ape from the Ape Escape franchise peeking around a tree.

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Jeff Goldblum Admits He’s Never Played a Video Game in His Life

Mega-star and internet darling Jeff Goldblum has admitted he's never played a video game in his entire life.

Page Six reports it was during a Cannes Lions talk on Thursday when Goldblum stated to the crowd that he's never actually played a video game despite being in them.

“I know nothing about gaming even though I’ve been the voices for, what was it called? ‘Call of Duty.’ ‘Black Ops,’ I think,” said Goldblum to the crowd.

“We were killing zombies, I think. ‘Jurassic Park,’ I did that thing where I play my character Ian Malcolm … so I’m involved in that, but I’ve never in fact played a video game in my life.”

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