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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is everywhere lately, from his turn as the villainous Black Manta in Aquaman and his Emmy award-winning role in HBO’s Watchmen, to his most recent role as Bobby Seale in Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7. One of his biggest roles is yet to come, though, as one of the stars of the Matrix 4. Abdul-Mateen talked about the role in a new interview with Variety, and about his unusual audition process for it.

“No one understands the Matrix except for Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski,” Abdul-Mateen said. With that mystery in mind, the actor continued, “you learn to find meaning [in your role], and then you go test it out. If no one says anything, then you just trust that you ended up doing the right thing.”

The audition process lasted two days, but Abdul-Mateen said it wasn’t grueling as one might assume for a kung-fu sci-fi epic. “Lana and I did more conversing than we did acting in the audition because she’s building a family,” Abdul-Mateen said. When Wachoswki called him to tell him he got the part, the actor said that she told him, “I would love to invite you to the family.”

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Batwoman Season 2 features brand new leading character – Ryan Wilder. What happened to Kate Kane? Chris Hayner and Megan Vick review the season premiere.

There’s a new President of the United States and it’s got us thinking about the long line of fictional presidents we’ve seen over the years, whether it’s in our favorite movies, TV shows, or video games. After all, the role of president has popped up in so many stories over the years, that some actors have even played more than one version of the leader.

Whether you prefer the more comedic presidents, the stoic ones that stand up for all that is good and right, or even the ones that are–at their core–badass action heroes, there’s a POTUS for everyone. So come along as we look at our 15 favorite commanders in chief, including a couple that might surprise you.

Did your favorite fictional president not make the cut? Sound off in the comments and let us know who we missed. Then, let’s all go watch Air Force One together.

1. President James Marshall (Air Force One)

Played by: Harrison Ford

We’re listing him first because there’s no way this list could exist without him. Harrison Ford’s James Marshall made the resident of the United States an action hero that beat up hijackers on his own airplane in one of the best and most ridiculous movies of all time. Who hasn’t looked at themselves in a mirror and grumbled, “Get off my plane!” just like Ford did to the terrorist played by Gary Oldman?

2. President Josiah “Jed” Bartlet (The West Wing)

Played by: Martin Sheen

The two-term presidency of Jed Bartlet sits at the heart of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing, which is surprising given Sheen was originally only signed to appear in four episodes of the series. Like many of the best portrayals, Bartlet was strong in his beliefs and stood up for what he believed was right. He wasn’t perfect, though, which brought a nice dose of humanity to the role.

3. President Thomas J. Whitmore (Independence Day)

Played by: Bill Pullman

Who could ever forget President Whitmore’s iconic speech in Independence Day? He’s the kind of president you’d hope to have when aliens invade the planet. Not only can he lead people, but he also happens to be an accomplished fighter pilot ready to suit up in a flight suit and jump back into action.

4. President David Palmer (24)

Played by: Dennis Haysbert

President Palmer was, for all intents and purposes, the conscience of 24 in its first couple of seasons. In a world of double agents, traitors, and the untrustworthy, he served as an example of truth and honesty, of sticking to your beliefs, and of standing tall in the face of adversity. And when he, himself, compromises his integrity, he steps away from office without seeking reelection. It’s hard to want much more from a president.

5. President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Idiocracy)

Played by: Terry Crews

While he may not have figured out that water from the toilet makes plants grow, he was a man who was open to reason. Sure, he was impatient and decided to rehabilitate Not Sure before realizing it takes time for plants to sprout, but President Camacho was a man of passion who wanted the best for his nation. Terry Crews made this role his own, scro, as he cracked open beers with one hand, fired automatic rifles into the air, and whisked his fingers through his glorious hair. More than anything, Camacho inspired hope, even if he’s the dumbest President of all time.

6. President Benjamin Asher (Olympus Has Fallen & London has Fallen)

Played by: Aaron Eckhart

This might be a surprising addition to the list, but what’s not to love about President Asher, the guy Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) was constantly trying to save in the first two Has Fallen movies? Somehow, regardless of what happened, Asher always seemed surprised something much terrible was happening. It’s as if he never quite figured out all of the bad guys wanted to take him out. Even still he never relented and proved himself to be a great friend to Banning, as the two ultimately save each other.

7. President Allan Trumbull (Angel Has Fallen)

Played by: Morgan Freeman

You can’t talk about Asher without talking about his vice president-turned-successor Allan Trumbull. Trumbull was a constant presence as VO in the first two films, before becoming president in Angel Has Fallen. He was always portrayed as a smart and caring man who wouldn’t bow down to pressure–whether from inside the government or outside forces. What’s more, it’s Morgan Freeman in the role. He did seem a little too giddy about that drone strike at the end of London Has Fallen, though.

8. President Andrew Shepherd (The American President)

Played by: Michael Douglas

A presidential rom-com? You might be surprised to learn this movie has one of the best portrayals of a president. After losing his wife, Shepherd loses himself as he seeks reelection. As he gets his life priorities in order, though, he makes some very important changes for the country, attempting to reform climate and weapons laws, while also managing to find love again. That’s quite a bit to get done for a president.

9. President Lindberg (The Fifth Element)

Played by: Tom Lister Jr.

We don’t get a ton of insight into Lindberg in the movie, but the late Tim Lister Jr.’s portrayal of the president in the Fifth Element is fun to watch. In the midst of how over-the-top that movie is, he remains incredibly calm as he’s doling out instructions to his military personnel. It’s a very different energy from when he wrestled as Zeus in WWE.

10. President Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)

Played by: Mary McDonnell

Out of everyone else on this list, Laura Roslin was put in the worst situation. The planet had been destroyed and the 43rd in line for the office as the President, as the Secretary of Education, she had to fill the role of the new leader of humanity. Battling breast cancer as this is going on, she clashed with Commander Adama on many policies. But humanity is contained on a fleet of ships with secret cyborgs living among the people. This was a new era, and it’s hard to know who to trust, especially when you’re a former school teacher who was thrust into this leadership position. But Roslin sure did her best.

11. President Mays Gilliam (Head of State)

Played by: Chris Rock

While the movie Head of State is all about a young alderman being hand-selected by a political party to lose the Presidential election to the sitting Vice President, Mays Gilliam does the unthinkable by actually winning–at the end of the movie (spoiler!). Head of State is a comedy and spends a lot of time making fun of the two-party system in America, along with the election news cycle, but the heart of the film lies within Gilliam, a true man of the people, who will stand up for them at whatever cost. Wouldn’t it be great if someone who knew what it was like to have a working-class job and struggle to make ends meet have power in Washington? Also, this movie has a lot of Nate Dogg (RIP), which we still appreciate to this day.

12. President Charlene “Charlie” Roan (The Purge: Election Year)

Played by: Elizabeth Mitchell

This one feels like a cheat due to her spending most of the movie as a presidential candidate, rather than an actual president. However, Charlie was the president the world of The Purge needed. Her anti-Purge platform took her to the nation’s highest office and, most importantly, it seems to have worked. There’s yet to be a sequel to Election Year. Instead, we have a prequel (The First Purge) and whatever Purge 5 is going to be. What’s more, she survived a Purge night where seemingly she was everyone’s target.

13. President Selina Meyer (Veep)

Played by: Julie Louis-Dreyfus

Obviously, Meyer is best known as the Veep in Veep. She ascended to the president on the series twice, though. Granted, they were both rough terms for her, but what else would you expect from a political satire? We’re not saying we necessarily want Selina as the president, watching her do it is pretty entertaining, though.

14. President Howard T. Ackerman (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3)

Played by: JK Simmons

This one’s pretty simple. Who doesn’t want JK Simmons delivering presidential speeches like this? His role as President Ackerman in Red Alert 3 is pretty perfect and, honestly, more video games should cast him in that part.

In Hitman 3, there’s murder in the air at Dartmoor mansion, as Agent 47 finds himself caught in the middle of a battle for succession. Not only has a member of the Carlisle family been murdered in his sleep, but the head of the family is also in danger of being next on the killer’s list. It’s up to Agent 47 to stop that from happening and finish the job himself.

For more guides, be sure to read our Hitman 3 mission 2 story walkthrough for Dartmoor (Murder in the Family). Otherwise, read our other assassination guides below. We’ll be posting more in the coming days.

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With a fake funeral to prepare for, a photographer has been hired to capture what could be the final portrait of the surviving members of the Carlisle family. The only problem? His flash equipment won’t work as there’s no fuse to help power his devices. When the photographer decides to take a stroll around the estate grounds, tail him, and activate a nearby radio distraction that will draw his attention.

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When drone technology first started to emerge as a new viable, flyable conveyance the pitch by engineers and companies emphasized the pragmatic: Drones would be a way to make unmanned deliveries, for example, of textbooks to students who live far away from schools. Many years later, and the promise for drone tech’s future is now reportedly in delivering pizzas to government-approved landing zones, because this is what 2021 looks like.

The Wall Street Journal has filed a report indicating that Pizza Hut Israel is now exploring and fully expecting by June to “test sending drones to drop multiple orders” at designated spaces like parking lots–“delivery drivers will collect orders from these makeshift drone ports and take them on the final leg to customers.” In other words, customers will not yet be able to accept a delivery directly from a drone, so there’s still something to look forward to.

“Drone delivery is a sexy thing to talk about, but it’s not realistic to think we’re going to see drones flying all over the sky dropping pizzas into everyone’s backyards anytime soon,” Ido Levanon told the Wall Street Journal. Levanon is the managing director of Dragontail Systems Ltd., the technology firm coordinating Pizza Hut’s drone trial.

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To kick things off, Disney+ is releasing four new episodes of WandaVision every Friday in February (See our full WandaVision Season 1 release schedule here). In our review of WandaVision’s two-part Season 1 premiere, we called it ” a good introduction to the MCU’s most high-concept idea so far, but is more set-up than plot.”

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The streamer is also dropping all five seasons of the original Muppet Show on February 19.

On the movie front, Disney+ is debuting Flora and Ulysses on February 19. Per Disney, the film is “based on the Newbery Award-winning book about 10-year old Flora, an avid comic book fan and a self-avowed cynic, whose parents have recently separated. After rescuing a squirrel she names Ulysses, Flora is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora’s life–and her outlook–forever.”

Check out the slideshow gallery below for a spotlight of some of the most notable February Disney+ releases, followed by the full list:

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Friday, February 5

• Disney My Music Story: Yoshiki
• Disney Upside-Down Magic
• Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks (s7)
• WandaVision Episode 5

Friday, February 12

• Life Below Zero: The Next Generation (s1)
• Marvel Battleworld: Mystery of the Thanostones (s1)
• Marvel’s Behind the Mask
• WandaVision Episode 6
• Inside Pixar: Portraits

Friday, February 19

• The Book of Life
• Cheaper by the Dozen
• Cheaper by the Dozen 2
• The Muppet Show (s1)
• The Muppet Show (s2)
• The Muppet Show (s3)
• The Muppet Show (s4)
• The Muppet Show (s5)
• Flora & Ulysses
• WandaVision Episode 7

Friday, February 26

• Car Sos (s8)
• Disney Channel Games 2008 (s1)
• Disney Illuminations Firework Show Disneyland Paris
• Disney Pair of Kings (s1)
• Disney Pair of Kings (s2)
• Disney Pair of Kings (s3)
• Disney Roll it Back (s1)
• Disney’s American Dragon: Jake Long (s1)
• Disney’s American Dragon: Jake Long (s2)
• Mickey Go Local (s1)
• Okavango: River of Dreams
• Secrets of Sulphur Springs (First 5 Episodes)
• Shanghai Disney Resort Grand Opening Gala
• Myth: A Frozen Tale
• WandaVision Episode 8

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David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He’s also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Update: 1/20/21: Shortly following the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the United States’ new president, Twitch announced it has indefinitely maintained its suspension of former President Donald Trump’s Twitch channel “due to the ongoing risk of further incitement of violence.”

The decision to indefinitely suspend the account comes as the company endeavors “to remove the potential for harm to our community and the general public,” following the company’s previous move to disable the channel earlier this month on January 7. Twitch’s full statement reads:

“We have indefinitely suspended President Trump’s Twitch channel due to the ongoing risk of further incitement of violence. The President’s statements continue to be interpreted as calls to action, and we are taking this action to remove the potential for harm to our community and the general public.

Twitch has clear rules that prohibit hateful conduct, harassment, or incitement of violence on our service, and we consider off-service events when making enforcement decisions. However, the events of the past weeks have highlighted a gap with respect to rhetoric that encourages violence, regardless of whether or not it was directly streamed on Twitch. We will be updating our policies as a result of our consideration of this situation.”

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Livestreaming platform Twitch has announced it has disabled the channel for President Donald Trump on Thursday.

In a statement to IGN from a Twitch spokesperson, “In light of yesterday’s shocking attack on the Capitol, we have disabled President Trump’s Twitch channel.”

The company added, “Given the current extraordinary circumstances and the President’s incendiary rhetoric, we believe this is a necessary step to protect our community and prevent Twitch from being used to incite further violence.”

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Yesterday, both chambers of U.S. Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential elections which determined Joe Biden as the winner. Donald Trump, who for weeks espoused conspiracy theories that the election has been stolen, addressed a nearby crowd who then marched to the Capitol and briefly clashed with police and occupied the Capitol buildings.

US legislators from both parties were forced to either flee or barricade themselves for safety.

Following these events, digital companies have taken measures to limit Trump’s presence to prevent further violence. Facebook has announced it will indefinitely ban Trump from Facebook and Instagram, and Twitter has initiated a temporary ban.

Trump’s official Twitch channel was once suspended previously in 2020 after it rebroadcasted several rallies which Twitch says violated its Hateful Conduct guidelines.

Twitch has also recently removed the popular ‘PogChamp’ emote based on fighting game player Ryan ‘Gootecks’ Gutierrez following comments he made in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill insurgency which Twitch says called for further violence.

It’s unclear how long Trump’s Twitch account will remain disabled, but Twitch says it is focused on minimizing harm during the transition period, which is the next two weeks until Joe Biden is inaugurated as President.

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A demo build for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has turned up alongside an old N64 demo cartridge which housed Nintendo racer F-Zero X. Though the demo was partially saved over, some of it was intact enough to reveal new details about the Nintendo classic.

Details about the demo and its existence were shared by Forest of Illusion, a site dedicated to preserving Nintendo’s history. There were several surprises found in the demo data, including several magical spell medallions that were supposed to grant Link different abilities to help with his journey.

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Twitch has indefinitely banned Donald Trump. Previously, the streaming platform temporarily suspended Trump’s Twitch account after the Capitol attacks. Now, with the ban, Trump cannot make another account nor appeal Twitch’s decision.

In a statement to The Verge, a Twitch spokesperson stated, “We have indefinitely suspended President Trump’s Twitch channel due to the ongoing risk of further incitement of violence.”

“The President’s statements continue to be interpreted as calls to action, and we are taking this action to remove the potential for harm to our community and the general public. Twitch has clear rules that prohibit hateful conduct, harassment, or incitement of violence on our service, and we consider off-service events when making enforcement decisions. However, the events of the past weeks have highlighted a gap with respect to rhetoric that encourages violence, regardless of whether or not it was directly streamed on Twitch. We will be updating our policies as a result of our consideration of this situation,” the spokesperson continued.

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