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Tom Blyth found the role of Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes harder to prep for than Billy the Kid. It all came down to fan expectations. Speaking to ClutchPoints ahead of the premiere of Billy the Kid Season 2: Part Two, Blyth discussed the two roles. Both parts […]

After successfully defending her NXT Women’s Championship at Spring Breakin’ against Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley back in April, the NXT Women’s Champion was getting antsy waiting for a new, viable challenge to step up to bat for her strap, so much so that on NXT, she marched down to the center of the ring […]

With less than a month until the 2024 NBA Draft, every prospect is looking to get in the gym in front of NBA personnel to try and improve their stock. The NBA Draft Combine in the middle of May offered a chance for these players to go head-to-head, but individual meetings are where a draft […]

The Dallas Wings have high expectations for the 2024 WNBA season. Dallas is dealing with some injury trouble, but they still feature enough potential to make noise during the ’24 campaign. Maddy Siegrist, who is currently in her second season with the Wings, has an opportunity to have a breakout performance in 2024. Siegrist is […]

Austin Crute (The Greatest Hits) launched his big-screen career with Booksmart, Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut. The film starred Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as two brainiacs who embark on one wild night before graduation. It’s one of the best coming-of-age films ever and a personal favorite of yours truly. The film premiered at the 2019 […]

After pulling the trigger on the trade, the Los Angeles Clippers felt great, and why wouldn’t they? Sure, they just traded Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a plethora of picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder, but they got back Paul George and, in turn, Kawhi Leonard. The summer of 2019 was a massive win for the Clippers. […]

Tom Blyth starred as a young Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The prequel takes place over six decades before the events of the first Hunger Games film, with Blyth taking over the role of Snow from Donald Sutherland. Nothing is guaranteed in Hollywood, and there has been no […]

Since high school, I’ve seen the career of Star Wars and Young Woman and the Sea Daisy Ridley blossom. I was a freshman in high school when The Force Awakens came out, a fact that shocked Ridley. “Oh my god, you’re so young!” she exclaimed. But since The Rise of Skywalker, Ridley has undergone a […]

You may think you know the New York Yankees, but do you really? The perception of the Yankees franchise is baseball Americana, the very epitome of the sport since its inception, with 27 World Series titles to prove it. However, there was a time when the Yankees’ reputation was as flawed as a scuffed baseball, […]

LOS ANGELES, CA — Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving is one of the most gifted basketball players in the history of the NBA. From his incredible ball-handling to his unreal shot-making ability, Irving is an artist on the court. But the Mavs guard is also an artist off of it, and for a while, that […]

The Thunder host the Mavericks in the NBA playoffs on Tuesday in Game 1! This has the makings of a great series with well each team is currently playing with the Mavericks beating a stacked Clippers team and the Thunder sweeping the Pelicans. We now continue our NBA odds series with a Mavericks-Thunder prediction and pick. The Mavericks have made it […]

Julius Erving, also known as “Dr. J,” won three championships (two ABA titles with the New York Nets and one NBA title with the Philadelphia 76ers), four Most Valuable Player awards (the only player to be voted MVP in both the NBA and ABA) and three  ABA scoring titles. In his 16-year professional basketball career, […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are looking to clinch a first-round series victory in Game 6 against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. On Friday morning, the team held a shoot-around at the American Airlines Center. Emerging defensive star Derrick Jones Jr. took some time for an exclusive interview with ClutchPoints after the shoot-around. […]

The 2024 NBA Draft is right around the corner. In less than eight weeks, the lives of many young men will forever be changed when they hear their name called and they are selected into the brotherhood of the NBA. Bobi Klintman is one of the prospects from Australia’s NBL who will hear his name […]

Among many labels applicable to the Ryan Gosling-led The Fall Guy – a throwback summer blockbuster, an adaptation of a 1980s TV series, a romantic action-comedy — the filmmaking team might be proudest to hear it described as a love-letter to the long-under-heralded craft of stunt work. In The Fall Guy, directed by former stuntman […]

The transition to the NBA can be a major challenge for young players. It can be a lot of waiting your turn and observing from the bench, a vastly different role than many players held in college. For Houston Rockets rookie Jermaine Samuels Jr., it involved a lot of being patient. Samuels went undrafted in […]

Ned Benson is probably best known for his work in the MCU’s Black Widow or his trilogy of Beatles-themed Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby films. His latest film, The Greatest Hits, is an inventive romance film featuring time travel. The Searchlight Pictures film stars Lucy Boynton as Harriet, a woman grieving the loss of her boyfriend […]

Before the social media boom, The IT Crowd aired. Chris O’Dowd starred alongside Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson in the sitcom for four seasons between 2006 and 2013. The series hilariously depicted a department of IT workers without the slightest clue about technology. As evident by its finale date, the series didn’t get a chance […]

Nothing is ever guaranteed in the NBA, and that rings true, especially for end-of-the-bench role players. Atlanta Hawks guard Trent Forrest is no stranger to that plight. Forrest went undrafted in the 2020 NBA Draft and ended up signing a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz. While two-way contracts are still NBA roster spots, they […]

David West Read adapted M.O. Walsh’s The Big Door Prize for Apple TV+. After a successful first season, The Big Door Prize Season 2 premiered on April 24. The second season ups the ante. Now, the Morpho machine depicts the characters’ potential in a video game style. However, these messages are more cryptic than ever. […]

The Big Door Prize Season 2 brings a whole new side to Ally Maki and Gabrielle Dennis’ characters. Characters go through drastic changes and it’s an emotional series amid the comedy. Both are experienced actors with a lot of work under their belts. Maki gained fame for her role in TBS’ sitcom Wrecked. She also […]

David West Read was an executive producer and writer of 17 episodes of Schitt’s Creek. The Dan and Eugene Levy series aired from 2015-20 and was a hit. However, in the age of revivals, no one is out of the question. Schitt’s Creek seems primed to return someday, but Read doesn’t seem so sure. Speaking […]

The Big Door Prize Season 2 premieres on April 24 a year after its first season concluded on Apple TV+. Josh Segarra and Chris O’Dowd both return. The series follows a group in a small town that discovers a machine, the Morpho, that can tell people their potential. While it seems like a no-brainer to use, […]

Toy Story 4 introduced a new character, Giggle McDimples (Ally Maki). She is the best friend of Bo Peep (Annie Potts). However, she’s uncertain of her role in Toy Story 5. At the end of the film, Giggle stays with Woody (Tom Hanks) and Bo as the rest of Bonnie’s toys leave. However, with a […]

This weekend at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas, PGA Tour Champions players, LPGA legends, and dozens of celebrities — including numerous baseball and football hall of famers — will tee it up at the 2024 Invited Celebrity Classic. Celebrity pro-ams are experiencing somewhat of a boom. Two marquee PGA Tour events — the […]

Austin Crute steals the scene in any film he’s in. The Greatest Hits is no exception. From Booksmart to They/Them, Crute has done it all in his young career. In The Greatest Hits, he plays Morris, the best friend of Harriet (Lucy Boynton). The ultimate best friend, Morris helps Harriet process the loss of her […]

To play a Sasquatch in Sasquatch Sunset, you had to attend boot camp. Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, and Christophe Zajac-Denek broke it down. All three actors are acclaimed in their own right. Jesse Eisenberg is a former Oscar nominee for his performance in The Social Network. Riley Keough is fresh off her star-making performance in […]

Pokemon and weddings? If you are a Pokemon fan, you might have fantasized about wearing a Pokemon-themed outfit on your wedding day and it is exactly what Lenard Santos from the Philippines had in mind when he tied the knot while wearing a traditional Filipino wedding attire featuring Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard in its design. […]

Scream 7 is seemingly in flux. With Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega’s exits to Neve Campbell’s return, the production has been a roller coaster. However, Josh Segarra is “still confident” in Danny’s return. Note: Spoilers ahead for Scream 6 Introduced in Scream 6, Danny is the boyfriend of Sam Carpenter (Barrera). He’s positioned as the […]

In We Grown Now, Lil Rel Howery plays Jason, a single father in the Chicago Cabrini-Green public housing projects in the early 1990s. The film, directed by Minhal Baig, portrays the friendship of two young boys as Michael Jordan‘s ascendence looms large and tragedy strikes the neighborhood. Ahead of We Grown Now’s theatrical release (via […]

Johnny Knoxville had one of the best matches at WWE’s WrestleMania 38 against Sami Zayn. Should the Sweet Dreams star return to the company, he has his sights set on the current Intercontinental Champion. Speaking to ClutchPoints about his new film, Sweet Dreams, Knoxville revealed he didn’t catch WrestleMania 40 during the April 6 weekend. […]

In Sweet Dreams, directed by Lije Sarki (Peanut Butter Falcon), Johnny Knoxville plays Morris, a man who agrees to coach a softball team for an addiction recovery center as he works to save his house and his life. With Sweet Dreams now in theaters and streaming on Paramount+ on April 16, ClutchPoints spoke to Johnny […]

Harry Giles III’s NBA career didn’t quite get off to the start he expected, but he’s hoping to get back on track with the Los Angeles Lakers. Giles was once considered the absolute best high school player in the country and a can’t miss prospect. A five-star recruit, he suffered a torn ACL during his […]

LOS ANGELES – The 2023-24 NBA season has brought forth a number of players with legitimate cases for Sixth Man of the Year. Only LA Clippers guard Norman Powell, however, is having a season that has never been done before in NBA history, statistically speaking. But that comes as absolutely no surprise to the folks […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are 16-2 over their past 18 games. The Mavs are looking to end the 2023-24 regular season on a high note as they prepare for their final two games of the year against the Detroit Pistons at home and Oklahoma City Thunder on the road. Mavericks guard Josh Green took […]

Savannah State University graduate student Amari Heard has declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft. Heard joins Jackson State’s Angel Jackson and Virginia Union’s Ny Langley as the only three HBCU students to declare for the draft this season.  Heard is a standout for the Tigers. The forward from West Point, Mississippi was named the 2020 […]

September 30, 2023: U2 is getting ready to play their second show at the Sphere. Pauli “The PSM” Lovejoy came out to drive the neon-colored Trabant across the floor, blasting hits from the Beatles, David Bowie, and Brian Eno. My jet-lagged self sat in section 302. It had been over five years since I last […]

Five Filipino esports personalities led by Joshua “Jusuave” Villamar unite for a new project called Tac Pause — a podcast where they deep dive into anything and everything VALORANT. Consisting of Joshua “Jusuave” Villamar, Matthew Jose “Dadum” A. Duma, Andray “Salvatore” Rivera, Michaella “Mochii” Gonzales, and Lowell “Ell” Marcelo, the Tac Pause podcast goes live […]

The Miami Heat have become well-known in the NBA for having one of the top scouting and developmental staffs in the league. During their run to the NBA Finals last season, they had a total of five undrafted players playing key roles. The Heat had four other undrafted players on the roster, one of whom […]