Best Toys and Collectible Gifts of 2018
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The holiday season is the season of caring. The season of sharing. The season... of giving. So why not give someone an awesome toy or collectible as a gift this year? Basically every fandom on Earth has a collectible or toy you can give this season, but your gifts don't need to have a pop-culture tie-in. They can just be fun.
Here are our suggestions for the best toy and collectible gifts for 2018.
Netflix’s New Magic Show Can’t Be Real… Can it?
The death-defying feats of British magician Drummond Money-Coutts, or DMC for short, will make their way to Netflix in a brand-new series, titled Death By Magic.
Premiering on Netflix on November 30, "British magician DMC travels the globe to recreate the stunts that have cost famous magicians their lives. From being buried under wet concrete to escaping a collision with a speeding train, DMC must avoid the fate that met those before him," according to the synopsis.
For an exclusive look at Death By Magic, check out the thrilling trailer below.
Smash Ultimate: Everything You Need to Know About Story Mode
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch features a single-player mode called World of Light, which is all about collecting “spirits” to power up your roster of characters. The mode amounts to a series of challenges that reward you with spirits so you can, in turn, collect more spirits that can be upgraded and help you conquer bigger and tougher challenges. It’s an admittedly addictive system filled to the brim with delightful fan service, and while I didn’t finish my playtime thinking this will be the mode I pour the most hours into, it was a fun way to test my skills as a Smash player.
How Challenges Work
Challenges are primarily how you collect spirits, so completing Challenges will be what you spend most of your time doing in World of Light. Difficulty can vary wildly, so to give yourself the best shot at success you’re encouraged to read the prep screen and go in with the proper spirits equipped. (See us take on five Challenges in the video below.)
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The Walking Dead Answers Where Maggie Went in Season 9
Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes wasn't the only major Walking Dead character to step out of the spotlight in "What Comes After" two weeks ago. That episode also served as the final Season 9 appearance for Lauren Cohan's Maggie Greene. And thanks to tonight's episode, "Stradivarius," we know what happened to Maggie following the series' unexpected time jump.
Warning: the rest of this article contains spoilers for tonight's episode of The Walking Dead!
All the WWE Survivor Series Match Results
As the WWE's second longest-running PPV of all time - shifting over the years from "Teams of 5 Strive to Survive" to the "One Time of the Year When RAW and SmackDown Go Head-to-Head" - Survivor Series is all about scratching and clawing to stand out as the best. Oh, and a quickie two-week build because all the TV time got sucked up by - ugh - Crown Jewel.
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The Tiny Detail You Missed In Haunting of Hill House’s Ending
Full spoilers for The Haunting of Hill House continue below. Read on at your own risk.
If you've made it to the end of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House, you probably have experienced a sense of catharsis at its conclusion. While Nell, Olivia and Hugh all died at the house, thus haunting it in their afterlives, and the Dudleys also made it their final resting place, our final look at the surviving Crains seems happy: they're together, celebrating Luke's second year anniversary of his sobriety. Steve's wife Leigh is pregnant, Shirley and her husband Kevin are still together and Theo is happily dating her girlfriend Trish. But is this really the happy ending it seems to be?
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The Office Had a Mini-Reunion on SNL and It Will Make You Want a Reboot
Thanks to Steve Carell's Saturday Night Live opening monologue, fans of The Office were treated to a mock Q&A where he was asked about a potential reboot by his fellow former Office cast members.
Ellie Kemper, who played Erin Hannon and is the star of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, was up first and told him, in regards to The Office reboot, "I need that money. Let's get that money, Steve!"
When he said it probably wouldn't be such a good idea, she promptly replied, "you're a jerk," and sat down.