Dwayne Johnson Cameos On Revived ‘Some Good News’ To Surprise Black Adam Fan

Early on in the pandemic, John Krasinski made wholesome headlines with his home-made web series, Some Good News. Then, he sold it to Viacom CBS. The show went on hiatus for the summer and fall, but it’s back in time for Christmas with a holiday special featuring a special cameo from Dwayne “Dwanta Claus” Johnson.

The episode features the usual nice news the show is known for, including George Clooney stepping into the recurring “weatherman” role on the show, but the real news is about Johnson and why he dropped by.

Widowed father Jay Abel tweeted at Johnson. Abel was selling a bunch of his comics memorabilia so that he could afford Christmas presents for his kids, and asked Johnson for a retweet. Johnson, though, was having none of that. Johnson joined the call wearing a Santa hat labeled “Dwanta,” and told Abel that he should hang onto his collectibles, because Dwanta is going to buy everything on the kids’ Christmas lists, including an Xbox Series X for Abel’s 11-year-old son.

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Best New Switch Games In 2020 By Score

2020 is finally coming to a close, wrapping up what was certainly an unprecedented year for the video game industry. While Sony and Microsoft both ushered in next-generation consoles, the Nintendo Switch marched into its fourth year on the market with some great releases that helped sustain its impressive sales momentum.

Although 2020 turned out to be fairly light in terms of Nintendo’s first-party output, that certainly didn’t mean that there wasn’t anything to play on the system. A huge assortment of stellar third-party titles graced the hybrid console this year, including a variety of critically acclaimed indie gems like Hades and Spiritfarer. Nintendo also put out some great titles this year, from an original Switch entry in the Paper Mario series to the record-smashing Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Below, we’ve rounded up all the best-reviewed games to hit the Switch in 2020. This list covers every title that has scored an 8 or higher on GameSpot. For more of our end-of-year coverage, be sure to check out our Best Games of 2020 and GameSpot’s top 10 nominees. And for a look ahead at what the future has in store for the hybrid system, check out our roundup of the biggest Switch games to play in 2021 and beyond.

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New On Netflix This Week: The Midnight Sky, The White Tiger, And More

One of the final weeks of the year finds the new offerings on Netflix, for better or worse, starting to dry up. By week’s end on December 26, there will likely be tons of presents under the tree–but there’s only eight new programs dropping on the streaming service overall.

We would be remiss to not highlight The Midnight Sky, George Clooney’s sci-fi adventure epic, which debuts December 23 on Netflix. Clooney directs and stars in this adaptation of the acclaimed novel Good Morning, Midnight, which tells the story of a father and daughter racing to stop astronauts from returning to a planet which is now an absolute frozen tundra. Should be just the thing to cozy up with as winter takes hold and the holidays begin.

All jokes aside, Clooney himself remarked as soon as he laid eyes on it, this seemed like it would be an unfortunately timely film: “I got the script way before the pandemic, but still there were all these other elements… There’s the denying of climate change but also the idea of how hateful it’s become, how race and all these other things that are tinderboxes in our country really just require anybody to throw a match in it. That’s why I was drawn to the story because if you play that kind of hatred out over a 20-year period of time, it’s not inconceivable that we destroy ourselves.”

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Coming 2 America Gets New Poster, First Teaser Coming Soon

Last week, Amazon debuted its first look at Eddie Murphy’s return as Prince Akeem in Coming 2 America, and on Monday, it debuted the first poster for it as well as announced the first teaser will be coming the next day.

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The sequel will be set in the African nation Zamunda, where newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new adventure that has them traversing the globe from their home country to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.

Coming 2 America reunites a lot of the original cast including Murphy and Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, but also introduces Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, and Wesley Snipes into the fold. Murphy also co-produced the film as well.

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Best New PC Games In 2020 By Score

The last year has been unprecedented in a lot of ways as the world continues to deal with a global pandemic. The ride has been pretty wild in the games industry as well, as the reality of COVID has changed the way games are made, along with every other aspect of life. Despite the big changes, though, 2020 saw a number of top-tier game releases–many of which have helped people deal with on-going stay home orders and greatly diminished social interactions.

As 2020 draws to a close, we’re doing what we always do around this time and highlighting the year’s best games. You can check out the peak of what 2020 had to offer with our Best Game of 2020 nominees list, although that’s just the tip of the iceberg of great titles the GameSpot crew enjoyed over the last year. For PC players, 2020 was filled with great games, and below we’ve compiled a list of all the titles we reviewed this year that scored better an 8 out of 10 or better. If you’re looking for a list that’s platform-agnostic, check out our complete list of every game that received an 8 or higher in 2020.

For more of the year’s best, be sure to check out our Best Games of 2020, but if you’re more of a forward-thinking individual, jump into our hub for the Most Anticipated Games of 2021, which contains features highlighting the biggest games coming out next year.

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