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The Halloween season may be technically over, but there’s always time to enjoy a good supernatural story. Anime is full of unique premises that range from bizarrely charming to heartfelt in ways you don’t expect. For those of you still dancing to the Dan Da Dan opening, these 10 anime recommendations are exactly what you need. Related: Anime Gets into the Halloween 2024 Spirit with Spooky Art and More 1. GeGeGe no Kitaro GeGeGe no Kitaro has been around since the early 1960s. It’s been through several adaptations across decades, both animated and live-action, but you can find the latest one right here on Crunchyroll. This adaptation follows the titular Kitaro, a mysterious young boy and the last surviving member of the Ghost Tribe who lives among strange, Japanese yokai. Among them are Medama-Oyaji, the remains of his father that inhabit his eyeball, and several other friendly (if not...

Former Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick is returning to the festival scene with a new event called Green Visions Potsdam, which kicks off on May 30 and runs until June 2.

Kosslick, whose 18-year tenure at the Berlinale spanned 2001 to 2019, is festival director of Green Visions Potsdam and has put together a line-up of 18 films addressing issues such as climate protection, sustainability, fast fashion, agriculture and nutrition.

The programme, which Kosslick has selected in collaboration with curator Karen Arikian, opens with the German premieres of French documentary filmmaker Jean-Albert Lièvre’s Whale Nation and UK director Mahalia Belo’s survival thriller The End We Start From,...

In The End We Start From, Killing Eve star Jodie Comer plays a first-time mother attempting to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters.

Produced by Benedict Cumberbatch through his SunnyMarch production company. the actor also plays a small role in this beautiful adaptation of Alice Birch’s best selling novel of the same name.

In the interview, Comer and Belo talk about the feminists themes broached by the film. We also chatted to Belo about the triumphant Gala premiere of her film during London Film Festival this last October.

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The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s season finale of Survivor.

And then there was one.

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Twenty-six days later, the Reba 4 landed two of its alliance members in the Final 3, after Julie was voted out and Jake defeated Katurah in the fire-making challenge. From there it was two members of a showmance battling it out against underdog Jake,...

After 26 days full of Lulu losers, Belo blindsides and Reba revenge, the 45th winner of “Survivor” was crowned on Wednesday night during a three-hour event on CBS. But was it Austin Li Coon, Dee Valladares, Jake O’Kane, Julie Alley or Katurah Topps that claimed the $1 million grand prize?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 13 recap/live blog of “Living the Survivor Dream” to find out who won on Wednesday, December 20, 2023 beginning at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and what you think of this latest addition to the “Survivor” winners list. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

See‘Survivor’ deaths: Full list of castaways we’ve lost

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Are disaster movies about climate change getting more realistic, or is the real world simply starting to resemble a disaster movie about climate change? To judge by Mahalia Belo’s “The End We Start From,” a despairing and all-too-conceivable thriller in which an unnamed woman (Jodie Comer) struggles to protect her newborn baby after a massive flood makes the whole of England go a little “Children of Men,” the answer to that question is regrettably “both.” Ah, how I long for the days when a Hollywood blockbuster about Jake Gyllenhaal trying to survive a now-routine New York weather system was marketed as a piece of escapism.

There are no giant waves in this small-scale British film about an entire society coming apart at the seams — no shots of the London Eye being knocked into the Thames, nor scenes in which panicked scientists look over data so ominous they can only...

On Wednesday’s 10th episode of “Survivor 45,” it was time for another blindside on original Belo as Emily Flippen devised a plan to make Bruce Perreault feel so comfortable in the vote that he might not play his hidden immunity idol. After stubbornly playing the game for 20+ days, Bruce decided to trust someone else and opted out of saving himself at Tribal Council, causing him to be the next in “Survivor” history to be go home with an idol in their pocket. Read on for Bruce’s “Survivor 45” exit interview from the end of the episode.

Early in the episode, Bruce, Emily, Katurah Topps and Jake O’Kane all considered the fact that they were up against a core alliance of four original Reba players that were seemingly never going to break ties with each other. In their plans to topple that alliance, Bruce decided that he could create a lie...

Heading into the 10th episode of “Survivor 45,” Kendra McQuarrie had just been voted out at tribal council by all of her fellow players. That left four original Reba tribe members still in the game, compared to three from the original Belo and just one from the original Lulu. With the numbers solidly in Reba’s hands, did tonight’s elimination end up being just another paint-by-numbers game move from the dominant alliance?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 10 recap/live blog of “How Am I The Mobster?” to find out what happened Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

The following contains spoilers from last week’s episode of Survivor.

Kendra McQuarrie now knows what a “million-dollar chicken” tastes like.

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Winning a trip to the Survivor Sanctuary is typically a pretty big reward, but with the immunity necklace around Bruce’s neck, Kendra was left at the mercy of Drew, Julie, Dee and Austin...

Frasier made a fool of himself this week jockeying for a professorship, while David made a fool of himself trying to improve a disappointing grade. Yep, they’re definitely related.

As Thursday’s episode opens, David is bragging about how he always gets straight A’s… until Frasier slaps him with a B on his latest psychology paper. (He’s devastated, of course.) Frasier’s stint as a guest lecturer is going well enough, but he wants to be promoted to full professor, even though Olivia tells him he needs years of lecturing to attain that. He insists there must...

On Wednesday’s ninth episode of “Survivor 45,” lines had been drawn among original tribal lines and that meant that old Belo was left with the short end of the stick. When Jeff Probst dropped the bomb at the immunity challenge that three players would potentially lose their vote, how the next vote would go was left up in the air. With immunity falling once again around the unanimous target’s neck, Kendra McQuarrie became the next best thing for the old Reba alliance. Read on for Kendra’s “Survivor 45” exit interview from the end of the episode.

Prior to the immunity challenge that gave Bruce Perreault safety for the second cycle in a row, he was the unanimous target among a tribe of people itching to flush his idol out of the game. The challenge also determined that both Emily Flippen and Katurah Topps lost their votes, leaving the vote open to only seven ballots.

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for Survivor Season 45 Episode 9, “Sword of Damocles.”] Getting Bruce Perreault out and breaking up the Reba alliance are proving to be Survivor 45’s biggest battles. For two weeks in a row now, Bruce has been on the chopping block but curtailed those plans by winning individual immunity. In both Episode 8 and Episode 9, a Belo woman has been sent home in his place. When Kaleb Gebrewold tried to break up the Reba alliance in Episode 7, he was eliminated. As of Episode 9, the Reba foursome is in an impressively strong spot. Their unbreakable bond and majority alliance allows them to set their sights on a target and eliminate it. With Bruce ineligible for votes, they set their eyes Jake O’Kane and Kendra McQuarrie, who each did something to piss off a Reba member. Jake tried to get Julie out ...

Heading into the ninth episode of “Survivor 45,” Kellie Nalbandian had just been shockingly blindsided at tribal council by a dominant group of ex-Reba and ex-Lulu players. That game move temporarily saved Jake O’Kane (though he still wasted his Shot in the Dark) and made every remaining ex-Belo contestant question their place in the pecking order. So who ended up having their torch snuffed this week?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 9 recap/live blog of “Sword of Damocles” to find out what happened Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

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Why is Jeff Probst so against voting at Tribal Council?!

On Wednesday’s episode of Survivor, not one, not two, but a whopping three castaways lost their votes at Tribal after being the first three players cut from the immunity challenge. No Beware Advantages here: In addition to taking a big L and being vulnerable at the vote, Emily, Austin and Katurah then had to contend with not having a say as to who went home.

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The return of the “Survivor” auction. The continuation of the anti-Bruce crusade. Targets shifting before tribal council. Another brutal shocking blindside with a devastated reaction. The latest eighth “Survivor 45” episode, “Following a Dead Horse to Water,” had it all so let’s break down the game mechanics that led up to what was a dramatic exit and see which players are on the rise along with new creative twists to “Survivor” classics.

Before having the “Survivor” auction, all of the players went on a scavenger hunt to retrieve rolls of money on the island; all of them except Bruce Perreault, who took his time and ended up with only one roll of $80, while everyone else had at least $300. Ironically enough, he ended up with the largest amount when the auction was over in a new twist that the person with most money at the end of any round between 6-...

The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Survivor.

The return of the Survivor auction brought about some bold new twists, one of which indirectly served as the “nail in the coffin” for original Belo member Kellie Nalbandian.

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After the players scrambled through the jungle to collect cash to bid with, the...

In last week’s episode of “Survivor 45,” Jake O’Kane and Kaleb Gebrewold wrote down Julie Alley‘s name at tribal council in the hopes that Katurah Topps would join them and create a three-three tie. Unfortunately for the two guys, Katurah stuck with Julie, Austin Li Coon and Dee Valladares and the four of them ousted Kaleb. Now, Jake is in hot water with Julie as they get back to camp, because he has to explain why he tried to vote her out. Watch the “Survivor 45” preview video above.

“First and foremost, that was not a personal thing whatsoever,” Jake tells her after getting back to camp. “I understand this kind of like puts us at odds game-wise, and that’s fine … It was more of, can I get Kaleb to stay, rather than, can I get Julie to leave? I understand I lied to your face all day, and I get that.

It was clear last week on “Survivor 45” that Kaleb Gebrewold had his work cut out for him – after being the first player to successfully play his Shot in the Dark and negating the entire merged tribe’s 11 votes against him – if he was going to survive another tribal council in the game. Alas, he could not get it done, though his final nail in the coffin turned out to be an unexpected factor in one player that he was close to, ultimately deciding the direction of the game. In addition, there was another split tribal council with a twist in the jury phase with another castaway being sent home. Let’s break down all the social dynamics in the Top 10 as the merge officially begins.

With the knowledge that two players were going to be sent packing this episode, the other one that seemed likely to go was Bruce Perreault,...

With 10 players remaining in the quest to become “Survivor 45” champ, the competition finally turns to a truly individual game when Episode 8, “Following a Dead Horse to Water,” airs on Wednesday, November 15. In the last two weeks, the merged tribes of Belo, Reba and Lulu had group immunity or were split when it came to the vote, so this will be the first time that every player is vulnerable to elimination. Original Reba, consisting of Austin Li Coon, Dee Valladares, Drew Basile and Julie Alley, have a numbers advantage so long as original Lulu member Emily Flippen and Belo turncoat Katurah Topps continue to work with them. That would leave the remaining Belo players, Bruce Perreault, Jake O’Kane, Kellie Nalbandian and Kendra McQuarrie, as the odd ones out.

Whether tribal lines stick and for how long, there are bound to be peaks and valleys in each player’s struggle to gain power in the game.

On Wednesday’s seventh episode of “Survivor 45,” Jeff Probst threw another twist at the 12 castaways. He randomly divided them into two groups of six and then had them compete for two individual immunity necklaces that would protect them from the two Tribal Councils that would see two players going home. As the unanimous decision to go home at the previous cycle, Kaleb Gebrewold became the easy vote for his group to make and though it wasn’t a slam dunk this time, he was finally sent packing. Read on for Kaleb’s “Survivor 45” exit interview from the end of the episode.

Kaleb’s group consisted of three original Reba players — Dee Valladares, Austin Li Coon and Julie Alley — that were a solid block that would be tough for him to crack. Luckily he had Katurah Topps and Jake O’Kane from original Belo on his side and wanting to keep him around,...

On Wednesday’s seventh episode of “Survivor 45,” Jeff Probst threw another twist at the 12 castaways. He randomly divided them into two groups of six and then had them compete for two individual immunity necklaces that would protect them from the two Tribal Councils that would see two players going home. Unfortunately for Sifu Alsup, his group were the overall losers at the challenge and went to Tc first. When he became the choice for elimination, he also missed out on advancing to the juror stage of the post-game. Read on for Sifu’s “Survivor 45” exit interview from the end of the episode.

“So I felt the whole day, something looming – it was my impending doom,” began Sifu after his elimination. He had expressed earlier at Tc that he saw himself as a big threat in the game and because of the breakdown of his group it was fairly clear to...

Heading into the seventh episode of “Survivor 45,” the three tribes had finally come together in a merge following the ouster of J. Maya Krishnan-Jha. (after Kaleb Gebrewold negated a record 11 votes with his Shot in the Dark). That left just 12 people still in the game. But that number was about to be cut down to 10 after the castaways learned that this week would be a double elimination.

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 7 recap/live blog of “The Thorn in My Thumb” to find out what happened Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

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Kaleb Gebrewold made Survivor history in Season 45 Episode 6. For the first time ever, a Shot in the Dark reached its full potential, completely canceling out the 11 unanimous votes against him. Because he was safe, the players had to scramble and vote again, ultimately sending J. Maya home. Surprisingly, Kaleb isn’t the prime target for elimination in the TV Insider exclusive clip from Survivor Season 45 Episode 7 (above), airing on Wednesday, November 8 on CBS. Rather, it’s Bruce Perrault “in the hot seat.” Jake O’Kane and Kellie Nalbandian make a plan to get Kaleb on their side in the clip above, admitting that Bruce, their fellow original member of Belo, could be a liability in this effort. Bruce found the newly merged tribe’s new idol last week and shared that information with basically everyone but Katurah Topps, his nemesis. The plot against Kaleb was concocted by Bruce, but Emily Flippen...

The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Survivor.

The season’s wildest Tribal Council had to take somebody out.

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In Wednesday’s episode of Survivor, the three tribes finally joined together on the same beach in hopes of “earning” the merge. But it didn’t take...

On Wednesday’s sixth episode of “Survivor 45,” the three tribes of Belo, Reba and Lulu joined together at one beach for the pre-merge. At the immunity challenge, the castaways were divided into two teams where seven earned immunity and a spot in the merged tribe and six others were left vulnerable to the looming vote. After a historic “Shot in the Dark” by Kaleb Gebrewold for immunity, J. Maya Krishnan-Jha became the plan B in a second vote and was eliminated from the game. Read on for J. Maya’s “Survivor 45” exit interview from the end of the episode.

On her way out, J. Maya narrated what her Tribal Council fate, summing it up as “a unanimous vote for Kaleb. He got saved through a Shot in the Dark. I guess I was the collateral damage in the re-vote.” But her impression that she was just “collateral damage” is not entirely accurate.

Heading into the sixth episode of “Survivor 45,” the original Belo tribe had finally lost one contestant (Brando Meyer), compared to the four people gone from the original Lulu tribe, while the original Reba tribe was still sitting pretty at six. With the “drop your buffs” moment coming up on Wednesday night, how would the long-awaited merge affect the current alliances and feuds within the game?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 6 recap/live blog of “I’m not Batman, I’m the Canadian” to find out what happened Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

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The fifth episode of “Survivor 45” aired on Wednesday night, concluding with host Jeff Probst snuffing out the torch of Brandon “Brando” Meyer. The 23-year old from Seattle, Washington was sent home after being voted out by the Belo tribe. Did they make the right decision? And what were the dumbest, most shocking and most exciting moments of this episode?

Below, read our “Survivor 45” Episode 5 Top 6 moments. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who bothers you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize.

See Brando Meyer (‘Survivor 45’ exit interview): ‘Being vulnerable is something that I wouldn’t trade for anything’

Top 5 Moments of Episode 5:

1. Awkward Return to Camp: Nicholas “Sifu” Alsup was none too pleased to see his name written down at the previous tribal council.

The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Survivor.

A tribe swap, as they often do, sealed Brando’s fate, and not even a mysterious advantage could’ve save his life in the game.

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On Wednesday’s Survivor, hunger ravaged the Belo tribe, as they struggled to draw lines in the sand between two competing duos. With...

On Wednesday’s fifth episode of “Survivor 45,” the Belo tribe made their first trip to Tribal Council. As the post-swap tribe most evenly mixed with two original Reba, two original Belo and one original Lulu, the vote was a split decision between which original tribe would be allowed to keep their full numbers in the game. With a gutsy move to sway another castaway in his direction, original Belo member Brando Meyer proved to the others that he was playing too hard and was voted out. Read on for Brando’s “Survivor 45” exit interview from the end of the episode.

Brando’s strategy at the new Belo tribe was to test his connections with new people since he saw his connection to Kendra McQuarrie as one of the weakest from his original tribe. His first attempt to build something new was with a “nerd alliance” with Drew Basile (original Reba...

Heading into the fifth episode of “Survivor 45,” Lulu was still the only tribe to lose a player — in fact, they lost four. Last week’s tribe swap resulted in all of the remaining players being mixed up, with new alliances forming and fresh threats emerging. So who was the fifth person to have their torch snuffed?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 5 recap/live blog of “I Don’t Want to be the Worm” to find out what happened Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

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Wednesday’s episode featured empty bellies, rogue Tribal votes and a bout of passing out, but none of these island stressors caused anyone to quit the game. That’s right, Survivor, fans! No one quit in Episode 5, and for that we are truly blessed.

That doesn’t mean it was a walk in the park for the remaining 14 castaways, especially for Sifu, who’s trying to crack the season’s biggest mystery (for him, anyway): Who wrote “Sifu” at the last Tribal? Since Sean denied it on his way out the door, poor Sifu’s absolutely spun, turning the...

CBSThe fourth episode of “Survivor 45” aired on Wednesday night, concluding with host Jeff Probst snuffing out the torch of Sean Edwards. The 35-year old from Provo, Utah was the fourth castaway sent home after being voted out by the Reba tribe on Day 9. Did they make the right decision? And what were the dumbest, most shocking and most exciting moments of this episode?

Below, read our “Survivor 45” Episode 4 Top 5 moments. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize.

See Sean Edwards (‘Survivor 45’ exit interview): ‘I did exactly what I feel is right’

Top 5 Moments of Episode 4:

1. Lulu in Mourning: If there was ever a time for a tribe swap, it was in this...

If you were confused by the vote at the end of the fourth episode of “Survivor 45,” you’re not alone. This week, members of the new Reba tribe visited tribal council for the first time — that is, all of them but Sean Edwards, who had lost every single immunity challenge up to that point. But even after Sean announced his decision to quit and return home to his husband, the votes didn’t go according to plan. Sean received three of the five votes, while Dee Valladares received one and Nicholas “Sifu” Alsup received one. Huh?

As a voted-out Sean was standing up to give his goodbye hugs, Sifu appeared visibly confused. “Who voted for Sifu?” he wondered aloud. “Did you vote for me?” he asked Sean, who responded with a quick, “No.” When Sean brought his torch up to Jeff Probst to be snuffed, Sifu was seen whispering, “Wow.

Heading into the fourth episode of “Survivor 45,” the Lulu tribe was down three castaways after they lost yet another immunity challenge. The Belo and Reba tribes were still sitting strong at six members apiece, but all of that was about to change as the remaining 15 castaways are told, “Drop your buffs,” in the first tribe swap of the new era. So how did everything play out on Wednesday night?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 4 recap/live blog of “Music to My Ears” to find out what happened Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

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[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for Survivor Season 45 Episode 4, “Music to My Ears.”] Even a tribe swap couldn’t stop an original Lulu member from being voted out in Survivor 45’s fourth episode. If it’s any consolation, the new Lulu wasn’t sent to Tribal Council (the “Lulu loser” streak is over — they won an immunity challenge!), but an original bearer of a yellow buff became the fourth consecutive Lulu member to be voted out. And Jeff Probst were not pleased when that player asked to be voted out like Hannah in the premiere. Jeff gathered the three teams for what they thought was a challenge, but it turned out to be a tribe swap. Players randomly selected buffs wrapped in burlap from a bowl to create new teams. The results were Emily going to Belo (the only new tribe with members from all three previous groups), Kaleb staying at Lulu, and Sean going ...

A tribe swap giveth, while another quit taketh away.

Anything can and will change on a dime on the islands of Fiji, and Wednesday’s episode of Survivor delivered exactly what this season needed. No, not the quitting of yet another castaway (Grr. Argh.), but a chancy li’l game of tribe roulette!

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Of course, Jeff sports a devious smile when he...

It begins as a spatter of heavy rainfall — nothing out of the ordinary for acclimatized Brits, for whom an actual storm can even be cozily welcome after days of noncommittal drear and drizzle. But then it doesn’t stop, deep-set wet turns to invasive flooding, and what seemed a mere bout of inclement weather has swept you — and countless others like you — out of house and home. Megan Hunter’s speculative novel “The End We Start From” was a neat metaphor for the larger threat in seemingly minor signifiers of climate crisis; briskly adapted by screenwriter Alice Birch, Mahalia Belo’s fine film version matches its pragmatic, coolly urgent vision of a world coming apart slowly, gradually, and then all at once.

Tight in budget and focus, this isn’t disaster cinema of the lurid Hollywood school, revelling in the grand spectacle of destruction. For much of the film’s running time,...

The third episode of “Survivor 45” aired on Wednesday night, concluding with host Jeff Probst snuffing out the torch of Sabiyah Broderick. The 28-year old from Jacksonville, North Carolina was the third castaway sent home after being voted out by the Lulu tribe. Did they make the right decision? And what were the dumbest, most shocking and most exciting moments of this episode?

Below, read our “Survivor 45” Episode 3 Top 5 moments. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize.

See Sabiyah Broderick (‘Survivor 45’) exit interview: ‘I got blindsided’ because ‘they were scared’ of me

Top 5 Moments of Episode 3:

1. Post Tribal Council Developments: The Lulu tribe seemed oddly calm upon their return from tribal council and it...

Heading into the third episode of “Survivor 45,” the Lulu tribe was down two castaways (Hannah Rose and Brandon Donlon) after they lost another immunity challenge. The Belo and Reba tribes were still sitting strong at six members apiece, but all of that can change depending on who wins tonight’s third immunity challenge. So how did everything play out on Wednesday night?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 3 recap/live blog of “No Man Left Behind” to find out what happened Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

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The second episode of “Survivor 45” aired on Wednesday night, concluding with host Jeff Probst snuffing out the torch of Brandon Donlon. The 26-year old from Sicklerville, New Jersey was the second castaway sent home after being voted out by the Lulu tribe. Did they make the right decision? And what were the dumbest, most shocking and most exciting moments of this episode?

Below, read our “Survivor 45” Episode 2 Top 5 moments. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize.

See Brandon Donlon (‘Survivor 45’ exit interview): ‘I would have liked to have won something’

Top 5 Moments of Episode 2:

1. Three Unique Ways of Tribal Bonding: At Lulu, the mood was quite somber with Emily Flippen attempting to...

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for Survivor Season 45 Episode 2, “Brought a Bazooka to a Tea Party.”] Survivor 45 learned a valuable lesson from Survivor 44: let the cast be the stars. The second episode of Season 45 did just that, allowing viewers to get to know every player in a way that previously took several episodes. What’s more: the original Survivor main title sequence returned after a hiatus, delighting viewers. Whatever recipe CBS was following with this episode, we ask that they keep using it. Last week ended with Hannah’s shocking self-elimination. She realized the old Survivor adage was true: the game looks much easier when you’re watching from your couch. That theme continued this week as Brandon struggled to pull out a win during any challenge, both group and individual. The majority of the episode delightfully focused on the goings on at the beaches for the three teams, Reba, Belo, and Lulu. Much of...

After 44 seasons and 23 years on the air, “Survivor” is finally updating its sit-out rule.

“It used to be that the sit-out would reset after a tribal council,” host Jeff Probst informed the “Survivor 45” castaways during Wednesday night’s second episode. “So here’s the new rule. You cannot sit out of back-to-back challenges, period. So whoever sits out of this challenge will run in the next challenge. Make sense?”

The rule change is a direct result of what happened in “Survivor 44,” when Claire Rafson sat out of three consecutive challenges, resulting in her tribe voting her out unanimously. The audience uproar prompted Probst to announce on his “On Fire” podcast last spring that the rule “does need to be updated.”

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“In the old days of ‘Survivor,’ we used to have two challenges in most episodes,” the Emmy-winning host explained at the time. “That was...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from the Oct. 4 episode of “Survivor.”

The latest episode of “Survivor” showed just how much people love this game — and will do just about anything to continue, even if they’re not physically thriving .

The episode kicks off with Emily continuing to upset the Lulu tribe. After Hannah’s surprise exit, Kaleb and Sabiyah voice how upsetting it is that she’s continuously calling them out. Emily claims that she’s doing what she thinks is best for her game, and feels she’s being gaslit. She later spirals, and starts very obviously digging for an idol. Since the whole tribe knows she’s looking, they then decide to partner up and look together; when Sabiyah tries to join Emily, she tells her she’d rather look alone.

Unfortunately for Emily, Sabiyah ends up getting the advantage; Brandon is the one to find it,...

Good intentions and an honorable heart don’t always get you very far in the game of Survivor.

But before we dig deep into Episode 2’s happenings — the opening credits are back! If you’re a huge Survivor nerd like me, you’re probably pretty stoked. The music! The emotion! The badass slo-mo action shots! I could go on and on about how integral and nostalgic the theme song is, but I’ll just say I’m really glad “Ancient Voices” is back. Hope it’s here to stay.

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Heading into the second episode of “Survivor 45,” the Lulu tribe was down a player after they lost the immunity challenge and Hannah Rose quit at tribal council. The Belo tribe and the Reba tribe were still going strong at six members apiece, and they both wanted to keep things that way by winning this week’s immunity challenge. So how did everything play out on Wednesday night?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 2 recap/live blog of “Brought a Bazooka to a Tea Party” to find out what happened Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Survivor” winners list and take home the $1 million grand prize. Jeff Probst once again hosts the long-running competition series.

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The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the full lineup for their 2023 festival, which will run in person from Oct. 25 to Oct. 29. The festival will feature the world premiere of Rob Reiner’s “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” and the world premiere of Matthew Brown’s “Freud’s Last Session,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode.

Other titles include Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers,” Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders,” Mahalia Belo’s “The End We Start From,” Christos Nikou’s “Fingernails,” Michel Franco’s “Memory,” Jessica Yu’s “Quiz Lady” and J.A. Bayona’s “Society of the Snow.”

AFI previously announced that Sam Esmail’s “Leave the World Behind,” starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke, will open the festival on Oct. 25. The Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro,” directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, will close the festival. “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story” is the Centerpiece film.

Hey, "Survivor" fans. Tonight, September 27, 2023, the premier episode 1 of Survivor's current season 45 did indeed hit the air, and we saw the first contestant get voted off at the very end, but this was an unusual vote-off. Tonight's premiere episode kicked off with the usual introductions of the new contestants. It was revealed that Bruce Perreault from last season 44 was brought back since he got injured and left early. The tribe names were announced. They are: Reba, Lulu and Belo. The first reward challenge kicked off right after the intros. During it, they had to empty a large crate of heavy sandbags and ropes. Then, they had to retrieve a key from the large crate. Next, they had to swim out to a boat and paddle it back, clip it to the large boat and climb onto it via a little rope/step latter.

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Survivor Season 45 premiere.] Well, that was easy. The first tribal council of Survivor Season 45 featured a shocking self-elimination that led to no votes being cast on night one. And it wasn’t the player who blacked out during the first challenge of the season, but it was someone from his tribe, Lulu (yellow). Contestants were coming in hot from the first moments of Survivor 45. Emily on Lulu came to win, with her cutthroat strategy making its debut in a challenge to Bruce on the boat before the first reward challenge. While Bruce claimed he had no real advantage because he played less than 24 hours in the previous season, Emily argued the opposite. Everyone knowing who he was, she said, was a major plus. But it seemed she was more intent on making an early impression than she was committed to this ...

Wednesday night on CBS, Jeff Probst officially lit the torch on the 45th season of “Survivor.” Just like all of the “new era” cycles, this year’s crop of 18 contestants have been divided into three tribes and come from diverse backgrounds and walks of life. Due in part to the writers’ and actors’ strikes, all episodes will be 90 minutes long this season, a first for the franchise. In the season premiere, viewers met the new castaways and found out who had the unfortunate title of being the first person voted out of Fiji.

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Survivor 45” Episode 1 recap/live blog of “We Can Do Hard Things” to find out what happened Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite castaways on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think...

Spoiler Alert: This recap contains spoilers from the Season 45 premiere of “Survivor.”

Every episode of “Survivor” contains a healthy handful of platitudes about how wild the game is, and the Season 45 premiere is no different. But when Jeff Probst says that he doesn’t know if he’s ever seen so much energy from a new cast, a shot of a contestant open-mouth sobbing before the first challenge has even begun makes it hard to disagree.

Among the first personalities to stand out are Jake, the lawyer-bartender-theater teacher dreaming of moving out of his grandmother’s house; Brandon, the tearful superfan who loves the game of “Survivor” more than anything; and Emily, who feels the opposite: “If I’m not gonna win the game, I would rather be the first person voted off. It’s a complete waste of time if you’re not the sole survivor. Excuse me for being honest.