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The New Year got Paramount+ delivering the most exciting shows to keep up with its beloved fan base this 2023. Season two of Mayor of Kingstown is the newest addition to the streaming platform, continuing with Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan’s story. The show is a crime thriller that launched on Paramount+ in November 2021 with ten episodes for the first season. Paramount+ renewed the Mayor of Kingstown for season two in February 2022, whose filming began in June. The television series season one performed tremendously, with an 8.2 out of 10-star rating on IMDb and an 89% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Do you remember the famous The Last of Us video game by Naughty Dog? Several film and show creators have adopted the video game into TV projects, with HBO’s The Last of Us being the latest adaptation. Plans to adapt the game and part of 2020's The Last of Us Part II, started in March 2020 on HBO, with the help of Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin as the show writers. The Last of Us started filming in July 2021, following a few delays caused by COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions and other related misfortunes. Season one finalized its filming in June 2022, with nine episodes scheduled to drop this January.

Who doesn't love excitingly shocking crime documentaries, especially the ones to do with financial manipulation? Netflix got your cravings for such shows covered with projects such as The Tinder Swindler, Killer Sally, Worst Roommate Ever, Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer, and recently Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street. The most recent addition is set to premiere as a four-episode documentary series this January.

Are you among those anxiously waiting for the ninth season of Are You the One? The long wait is finally over, as Paramount+ recently unveiled the release date and official trailer for the long-awaited installment.Are You the One? mainly abbreviated as AYTO, is an American dating and reality competition show produced by Lighthearted Entertainment. The show launched its first season on MTV in 2014, at which it has launched seven more episodes.In March 2022, Paramount+ acquired the show as an international version so that the ninth season will premiere on the streamer. Are You the One? has managed a score of 6.6/10 stars over the previous eight seasons on IMDb.

Fans of the famous 1969 Scooby-Doo franchise can finally smile again after HBO Max adopted the newest spin-off, Velma, from the animated TV series. The news comes months after the streamer canceled one of Scooby-Doo franchises, Scoob!: Holiday Haunt. Scooby-Doo has, across many years, produced many TV shows, films, episodes, and games and doesn’t seem to be resting anytime soon. The film was canceled alongside other HBO Max projects, such as Westworld and Gordita Chronicles after the streamer merged with Warner Bros. Discovery and chose to focus on theatrical projects rather than those purposed for streaming.

The psychological thriller film Alice, Darling debuted on Friday, December 30, 2022, in specific U.S. theaters and stars Oscar-nominee Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect; Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates) in an opposite role compared to her hippie or eccentric presentations.

Marvel Entertainment just dropped an announcement video on a kick-ass upcoming documentary to honor the life and works of the late comic book writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee.The documentary's teaser video premiered on Thursday, December 29, on YouTube alongside the icon's official Instagram account @therealstanlee, with the caption, “100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.”

Fans of Apple TV Plus’ Servant are probably the happiest, thanks to how consistent the series has been since its launch, although with quite extensive gaps between the instalments. Servant is a psychological horror, thriller, and drama show which landed on Apple TV+ in November 2019, with the first season followed by seasons two and three in January 2021 and January 2022, respectively. Apple TV+ renewed the show for the fourth and last season in December 2021, which is set to premiere in January 2023. Servant has managed a whopping 7.5/10-star rating during the previous three seasons on IMDb, 68% on TV Guide, and an 88% average Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes (supported by a 77% average audience score).

The long wait is over as Amazon Prime Video announces the upcoming second season of its conspiracy thriller and periodic crime drama, Hunters. The show launched on the streamer in February 2020 for the first ten-episode season.It attracted 7.2 out of 10 stars on IMDb, scores which may have triggered Prime Video to renew the show for a second and last season six months later. There hasn’t been a straightforward reason why the second season has been delayed. Maybe it’s one of those projects whose production was significantly impacted by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hulu recently dropped the official trailer for its comedy-drama movie directed by Sarah Adina Smith, The Drop, after providing it with a January 2023 premiere date. The film joins other Hulu New Year projects such as Death in the Dorms, How I Caught My Killer, Web of Death, and Extraordinary, among others.

If you've heard of the internet, then by now you've heard of Tim Burton's Wednesday, a readaptation of the Addams Family, centered around a teenage Wednesday Addams. The series has been breaking records left and right. It continues to hold the number one spot on Netflix 5 weeks after its debut. It also holds the record for the most hours watched of any English language series in the platform's history, and it's their third most-watched English language series of all time. There are a lot of reasons why the series was so successful. The deadpan humor, their seamless appeal to their target demographic, and a stellar aesthetic are just a few. Wednesday is a beloved character. She embodies the teenage spirit, even as a child, and it's been known for some time now that the audience was hungry for a more grown-up version. We were bound to see a readaptation at some point, but nobody could have foreseen how popular the series would become.

it’s never easy coming to terms with the fact that we’ll never get to see our favorite stars on TV again, especially if they shaped our days of old. Sadly, death is inevitable as it is a fact of life. Lucky for our A-listers, they have a legacy of films and TV shows which we remember fondly. Here's our list of some film and TV celebrities who passed away in 2022, along with their finest works. Note that we've sorted the list according to popularity ranking and so in case we miss one or two beloved icons, feel free to include them in the comment section.

Apple TV+ is adding to its original projects in preparation for the New Year 2023. Super League: The War for Football, a sports documentary produced by All Rise Films, is the newest addition to the streaming platform. Apple TV+ recently revealed the official trailer and release date for Super League: The War for Football. 

If you're a fan of documentary series, then Prime Video should be your next home as the new year 2023 begins. The streaming platform is well prepared to blast the walls with The Test season two, an Australian documentary series from Amazon Studios. The Test landed on Amazon Prime Video in March 202 for the first season, comprising eight episodes. Fans can relate the long way of nearly three years to the intensification of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that halted the production of many shows and films. The show has managed an impressive 8.9 out of 10-star rating on IMDb. Prime Video revealed that the show would launch its second season in early 2023 before coming up with the actual premiere date.

Often when we think of love in our culture, we think of sex, sweaty bodies joined together, electric touch, or pillow talk--two lovers basking in the afterglow, surging with oxytocin. Many of us will spend our lives chasing that feeling, struggling to find someone that makes us feel that way for the rest of our lives. We move from one relationship to another, running at the first sign of trouble. Everything needs to be seamless, and they need to have all of the right qualities. Too many turnoffs, and it's not worth our time.  In sickness and in health are old terms used by a failing institution. We don't want to stick around and let someone ruin our lives. We feel no responsibility to do so. There's no stigma against divorce or breakups. Why be with someone when they're stuck in chemotherapy? Don't we have needs? What if the magic is gone and we're no longer attracted to them? Trade them in for someone younger. Kick them to the curb, never mind what they want. We matter too. But love isn't a feeling. It's not an orgasm every night and the perfect conversation every time you're together. We can't constantly sync up with the one that we care about. That will never happen. Anyone who thinks otherwise is chasing a dream. True love takes work, and it doesn't fade because your spouse gained ten pounds or injured themselves. It about building something together, a life, a family, and success, and having a hand to hold in your last moments. There's nothing more rewarding than sharing your life with somebody.