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Every week, Entertainment Weekly grills “Survivor” host Jeff Probst and asks him about the burning questions that pop up after each episode has aired. What with Season 40’s introduction of fire tokens as a kind of currency, the return of the Edge of Extinction and a line-up of super players who have already won the title of Sole Survivor on past seasons, it is little wonder that Jeff has already proclaimed “Winners at War” as “the best season ever of ‘Survivor’ we’ve ever seen.”

Here are his answers to two of the lingering questions that had long-time “Survivor” fans scratching their heads after watching the three tribes merge and witnessing the “get-back-in” challenge for those stuck on the Edge of Extinction.

Why did Natalie and Rob use their four fire tokens for challenge advantages instead of wasting three on an immunity idol? “Natalie and Rob took the approach of...

Let’s celebrate what Denise Stapley accomplished on last week’s “Survivor: Winners at War” when she blindsided an unusually complacent Sandra Diaz-Twine, the lone two-time winner of the CBS reality show who has appeared on the series five times over the years.

She pulled off quite a coup against fellow Dakal tribe member Sandra, who underestimated the more stealthy Denise after she offered her her-soon-to-expire immunity idol in exchange of her two fire tokens. They agreed that Denise would give her on token now and another after the idol proved to be legit at the trible council. What Sandra didn’t know was that Denise was plotting to use her very own idol against her.

See ‘Survivor’ update: Michele Fitzgerald, Natalie Anderson tied at 4 fire tokens apiece

However, what Sandra also didn’t know is that Denise had her own second idol, which she ended up giving to Jeremy Collins,...

Even before Denise Stapley (see above) pulled off her epic blindside of Sandra Diaz-Twine on the sixth episode of the current all-winners edition of “Survivor,” host Jeff Probst already was a big fan of the sex therapist who originally won the 25th edition of the show that was based in the Phillippines that aired in 2012. She not only became the only castaway to attend every single tribal council during her time on the show, Denise became the oldest female at age 41 to become the Sole Survivor.

In a 2015 interview, Probst named Denise as one of his top 10 favorite winners ever and one of his top four females winner of all time. But I am guessing her ranking might be a wee bit higher after she pulled off an epic blindside — one that Probst described as “one of the most vicious moves in the history of the game” to Entertainment Weekly . He also added,...

Let’s get one thing out of the way. The winner of each “Survivor” season deserved to win, because they were able to do the most important thing in the game, which is to convince the jury to vote for them to be the Sole Survivor. Each season comes with a different set of circumstances and we can respect the decision process that goes into rewarding one castaway over the other with the $1 million prize. That doesn’t stop us from feeling a little outraged over some jury decisions, however. Tour our gallery below of the 12 “Survivor” runners-up we feel were most robbed of the title.

Boston Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine are supposed to be the best of the best of “Survivor” champs. Rob has now appeared on the long-running CBS reality show six times, including being a mentor along with Sandra on “Island of the Idols” earlier this year.

Meanwhile, the Queen has been on five seasons and remains the only castaway won the title of Sole Survivor twice.

You would think that now they are enmeshed in a season where all 20 players have won the game previously, they would be careful to not cause anyone to have a reason to vote them out. But both Rob and Sandra aren’t exactly making all the right moves.

SEEEthan Zohn (‘Survivor’ 40) exit interview: Edge of Extinction is nothing like ‘having to go through cancer’

Consider how Rob insists on taking a key role in physical team challenges despite the fact that he has failed to...

Just days earlier, Ashley Nolan's immunity necklace was as good as Devon's, but on Wednesday's episode of Survivor, their alliance went kaput. 

The 26-year-old lifeguard definitely proved that she had the strength to win challenges and the smarts to create strong alliances, but those alliances clearly weren't as strong as she thought. 

"When [Devon and Chrissy] picked Ryan for the reward is when it first struck me as odd. I was like, 'Ok. There's a good chance that I just lost him,' but I was trying to be optimistic, and in my head, I was like, 'Maybe he's going to work for both of us. Maybe he's going to make some moves for both of us against Ben or against Mike,'" Ashley told Et over the phone on Thursday. "But when they got back, everything seemed different."

"I felt like I was being told slightly different variations of things from different people, and that's essentially...

Desi Williams might be one of the sincerest people to play Survivor. 

The Virginia native was voted out on Wednesday's episode of Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers after a tie and a missing vote -- but has no regrets about not voting for Joe. 

"We got to the point in the game where Joe was the only one left in the game who I felt like I could trust," Desi told Et over the phone on Thursday. "At that point in time, Joe was the only person who wasn't lying to me. So I was having this really hard dilemma about whether I vote out the one person I trust in this game... And I felt like if I wrote his name down, that there were larger implications, that I might not ever trust anybody in life again."

"I was having a tough time separating what's happening in the game from who I am as a person...

Mike, Jeremy and Andy endure the Saw franchise. If that wasn’t enough, another round of Horrorlimination is in this episode.

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00:01:40 – What We’ve Been Watching

Mike – Netflix’s Mindhunter, Blood Birthday, Come Out and Play, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Dead & Buried

Jeremy – Slasher: Season 1, Happy Death Day (review), The Gravedancers and Sole Survivor

Andy – Brawl in Cell Block 99, Blade Runner 2049, The Blob (1988)

00:18:00 – #GetUpInDemGuts: The Saw Franchise

01:46:30 – Horrorlimination – 1997 & 2005

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Patrick Bolton was going to leave Survivor the same way he came in -- with a lot of personality. 

The Auburn, Alabama, native became an instant topic of conversation when Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers premiered last month, but not necessarily for good reasons. Patrick seemed to treat the game more like a vacation... that is, until he was voted out on Wednesday night's episode. 

"It was one of the best blindsides, because I saw none of it coming," he told Et over the phone on Thursday. "Until we got to tribal council, Lauren was going home." 

Months later, Patrick, who wished his tribe of Hustlers a "horrible game" for being "liars," doesn't count his heated goodbye among his gameplay regrets.

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"I definitely meant what I said," he insisted. "They definitely deserved not to have a successful game because they took the...

Meet the 18 new castaways competing on Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, which premieres Wednesday, September 27 at 8/7c on CBS.

Season 35, filmed again in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji, will see 18 castaways (including an NFL player, a firefighter, an Olympian and a fisherman) placed into three tribes based on how they are perceived by others: heroes, healers and hustlers. Who will outwit, outplay and outlast the others to claim the Sole Survivor title and earn the $1 million grand prize?...

Three tribes gather in a clearing, groggy from spending a night sleeping on the ground. They know what the day will bring: multiple challenges followed by tribal councils where they vote each other out of the game. The winner will be named the Sole Survivor.

Among the contestants are some familiar faces: Survivor: Millenials vs. Generation X contestants Adam Klein and Sunday Burquest, Survivor runners-up Susie Smith and Carolyn Rivera, Survivor: Cagayan alpha male Lj McKanas and John Raymond, a first boot from Survivor: Thailand.

The chipper host, John Vataha, describes the challenge: one member of each tribe...

TheWrap has partnered with Canvs, the emotion analytics company, for a weekly look at some of the characters and personalities that have TV viewers the most worked up on social media. The data below covers May 24-30 and is drawn from the most emotionally reacted-to television shows, including broadcast, cable, streaming and PPV. A lucky race car driver, the Sole Survivor and a pretty little liar had viewers talking passionately on social media over the past week. During ABC’s broadcast of the 2017 Indianapolis 500, which received 43,158 Emotional Reactions (ERs), racer Scott Dixon was in a fiery crash during the.

Sarah Lacina's meticulous game won her the million dollar prize on Wednesday's season finale of Survivor: Game Changers -- and she plans to be just as careful with her money.

"I've had nine months to think about it!" she told Et on the red carpet, revealing how she'll spend her money after being announced as season 34's Sole Survivor.

Related: 'Survivor' Crowns Season 34 Winner -- Find Out Who Won the $1 Million Prize!

"I'm going to tie it to my church, obviously. Ten percent is going to church off the top, and then my husband and I just want to build a home, and set money aside for retirement," Lacina continued. "It's really boring, but that's really what's going to happen."

Lacina's plan is airtight -- with no room for impulse purchases.

"I want to be smart with it because a million dollars can go quickly," she shared. "I'm just, I'm...

“The last thing you want to do is piss me off.”

– Sarah Lacina, Survivor: Cagayan

Tonight, during the finale of Survivor: Game Changers, Iowa cop Sarah Lacina won the million bucks, the title of Sole Survivor – and most importantly, the Final Fishy.

Sarah came into the season vowing to play more like a criminal rather than a cop. Over the ensuing 39 days, she played one of the strongest games in the history of the show. While she was largely a quiet presence before the merge, Sarah was the decisive force in almost every post-merge vote.

“Sarah always voted the right way,...

(Spoiler Alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Wednesday’s “Survivor” Season 34 finale) Sarah Lacina, a 32-year-old cop from Marion, Iowa won the title of “Sole Survivor” and the $1 million prize in a live vote reveal broadcast from CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. She beat out former NFL player Brad Culpepper and Sports Illustrated swimsuit photographer Troyzan Roberts at the final Tribal Council. Arguably, storylines and editing telegraphed Lacina’s win with a hero narrative throughout the season. A background character on her first season in 2014, her invitation to return on a...

Sarah is at it again!

On week after viewers watched the 32-year-old police officer incredibly manipulate Sierra into giving her the legacy advantage after she voted her out on Survivor: Game Changers, Sarah returned with another crazy move.

Exclusive: 'Survivor' Castaway Sierra Dawn Thomas on the 'Hail Mary' Move She 'Obviously' Regrets

The two-time player offered to give her vote-stealing advantage to Cirie, knowing that the advantage was non-transferable. When Cirie tried to use the advantage at tribal council to vote out Tai, Sarah saw the the move as an attempt to hurt her game, and instead orchestrated the elimination of Cirie's ally, Michaela Bradshaw.

"That is exactly what that was. It was cutting off Cirie's friend, but it was also looking at, 'Ok, if Troyzan and Brad are a pair, if Aubry and Tai are a pair, if Cirie and Michaela are a pair, who is the strongest out of the pair that...

Aaron Taylor-Johnson in The Wall. Photo credit: David James.

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Director Doug Liman’s The Wall is not about Donald Trump’s wall on the Mexican border, the Berlin Wall that symbolized the divide between communist and capitalist countries in the Cold War, or even the Great Wall the Chinese built along their border. No, this wall is the crumbling remains of what was once a building in a contemporary desert war, zone a wall behind which a sniper may be hiding and which later shelters an American serviceman pinned down in that dusty war.

Liman is a skillful film maker but this a decidedly smaller film for the director behind The Bourne Identity and many others. The intimate war drama The Wall starts out in a contemporary desert war zone with a pair of U.S. Army Rangers, Sgt. Allen Isaac (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Staff Sgt.

Zeke Smith didn't win the title of Sole Survivor, but he has perhaps walked away with something more valuable.

The two-time player was outed as transgender three weeks ago by fellow Survivor: Game Changers contestant Jeff Varner, who used Smith being trans as an example of his deception -- in a backwards attempt to save himself from elimination. 

Related: Zeke Smith Voted Off 'Survivor: Game Changers' Weeks After Being Outed During Tribal Council

"There is deception here. Deceptions on levels, Jeff [Probst], that these guys don't even understand," Varner said, looking at Smith. "Why haven't you told anyone that you're transgender?"

Varner was promptly eliminated, though the media wasn't so keen to just snuff his torch and move on. In the weeks that followed, both Varner and Smith gave numerous interviews on the topic, starting a conversation about outing, transgender visibility in the media and even whether CBS was right to have aired the footage.

Through it all...

With 128 days in the books, Ozzy Lusth has officially played Survivor more than any other contestant ever -- and he's also the only one to play four times and never win.

The 35-year-old surfer spent his shortest time on the island this most recent go-around (24 days), after being eliminated on Wednesday night's second episode.

Exclusive: Ozzy Lusth on Witnessing Jeff Varner Out Zeke Smith on 'Survivor': 'The Reaction Was Shock'

This season of Survivor: Game Changers seemed tailor-made for Lusth, who quickly became a fan favorite on his first season, 2006's Survivor: Cook Islands, for his survival skills and incredible immunity streaks, though his time was surprisingly cut short on Wednesday after failing to win an immunity challenge he had played -- and won -- twice before.

After lasting more than an hour and half holding himself up on a giant, building-sized pole, Lusth dropped to the ground, giving immunity...

Survivor took its fourth victim on Wednesday night's episode, as fan favorite Malcolm Freberg was sent home.

In another Game Changers twist, Nuku and Mana were sent to tribal council after Tavua won the immunity challenge -- but only one castaway would be sent home.

Exclusive: 'Survivor' Castaway Caleb Reynolds on Bromance With Tai After 'Game Changers' Betrayal: 'He Had To'

With the numbers in favor of keeping all members of Nuku, the tribe just had to stick together and hope Mana didn't have a Hidden Immunity Idol... but that proved just a little too difficult. After whispering strategy through a discussion with Jeff Probst, both tribes ended up standing in huddles as they made their decisions on who to vote for.

Nuku settled on Sierra, while Mana decided on our favorite modern-day Fabio, whose fate was sealed after Tai guessed right, playing his idol for Sierra.

It was one of the craziest moments in Survivor history...

“Survivor” is typically at its most exciting when returning players are in the mix, and part of the fun is going in which an idea of how the contestants might play. So, based on their previous seasons, which “Game Changers” cast members will come out on top? Here they are, ranked from least to most likely to walk away as “Sole Survivor.” 20. Hali Ford (Worlds Apart) The “Game Changers” theme of this season has left fans scratching their head at a few of the casting choices. Who is Hali? And what exactly did she do to change the game in her.

Meet the 20 returning castaways competing on Survivor: Game Changers, which premieres with a two-hour episode on Wednesday, March 8 at 8/7c on CBS.

Season 34, filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji, sees 20 castaways competing again for the top prize. These returning players have been chosen because they previously made some of the biggest moves in Survivor history. Who will outwit, outplay and outlast the others to claim the Sole Survivor title and earn the $1 million grand prize?...

An “Empire” stalwart, a charismatic rapper and the Sole Survivor had viewers talking passionately on social media over the past week. The Wrap has partnered with Canvs, a language analytics company that measures emotions around content, for a weekly look at the characters and personalities that have TV viewers the most worked up. The data below covers Dec. 14-20 and is drawn from the most emotionally reacted-to broadcast and cable television shows. Of the 21,453 Emotional Reactions (ERs) surrounding last Wednesday’s episode of “Empire” on Fox, 15 percent were prompted by the character Lucious Lyon (portrayed by Terrence Howard). Lucious...

(Spoiler Alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Wednesday’s “Survivor” Season 33 finale) Adam Klein, a 25-year-old homeless shelter manager from San Francisco, California, won the title of “Sole Survivor” and the $1 million prize in the live vote reveal, broadcast from CBS Television City in Los Angeles Wednesday night. A self-described “super-duper fan, Klein’s win is bittersweet. While the Stanford alum shot the show in Fiji last March and April, his mother was battling stage four lung cancer. In private interviews on location, Klein tearily chronicled his desire to have his mother see him compete...

At the beginning of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen-x, the two tribes were separated by generation. Since then, there's been a tribe swap and a merge, which forced these two groups of people to make bonds and alliances with people of the other generation and along the way the lines got blurred. But after the finale, we'll get to the bottom of which generation played this game the best. Let's find out who winds up with the title of "Sole Survivor" in "I'm Going for a Million Bucks."...

Following this past weekend’s channel debuts of Cockneys vs Zombies, Horror Express and Antiviral, the UK’s very own Horror Channel will be screening Eight more weekend film premieres this month, including the UK TV premieres of Tommy Wirkola’s crowd-pleasing, carnage-driven Dead Snow 2: Red or Dead, Jon Knautz’s demonic gem The Shrine, Tyler Shields’s stylish mash-up of Scream and La Femme Nikita, Final Girl, and Ben Kital’s underground possession thriller Beneath.

There are also network premieres Wes Craven’s demented classic The Hills Have Eyes, Leigh Janiak’s acclaimed Honeymoon starring Harry Treadaway and Rose Leslie, John Grissmer’s gloriously gruesome slice of ‘80s slasher, Blood Rage, and Steve Miner’s hilarious cult favourite House.

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Three reporters sneak off to an isolated Polish village, eager to investigate the disappearance of a backpacker.

At 8 Pm Et/Pt on September 21st, the 33rd season of the CBS reality series Survivor will begin. This year’s competition carries the subtitle Millennials vs. Gen X, and it will pit contestants from two neighboring generations against one another. For fans of YouTube, there will be a familiar face in the Millennial camp. Mari Takahashi, known for her videos on the Smosh Games channel, will attempt to outlast her fellow competitors to earn the title of Sole Survivor.

As Takahashi tells Tubefilter, she was introduced to the CBS team behind Survivor after two fellow YouTube stars, Joslyn Davis and Erin Ward, were contestants on another CBS reality series, The Amazing Race. Davis and Ward are friends of Takahashi’s (and fellow Defy Media partners), which led to her selection for the new Survivor season.

To prepare for her Survivor role, Takasashi “binge-watched” all of the show’s previous seasons.

The Arabian desert is one of the most desolate places on Earth, a barren wasteland that stretches out like a body. The new World War I thriller “Game of Aces” finds itself in the desolate heart of that body and follows the story of a German double agent awaiting rescue. Captain Jackson Cove (Chris Klein), an American pilot flying for the British allied forces, has been tasked to recover Captain Josef von Zimmerman (Werner Daehn) and the information he’s carrying for the Allies. Joined by a young English nurse and German translator Eleanor Morgan (Victoria Summer), the two struggle to find Zimmerman, but when they do, he’s severely injured and suffering from amnesia. Soon, the mission disintegrates into a sandstorm of deceit, confusion and danger, and Cove and Morgan must find a way out. Watch an exclusive clip below.

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Meet the 20 new castaways competing on Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen. X, which premieres with a 90-minute episode on Wednesday, September 21 at 8pm on CBS.

Season 33, filmed in Fiji, is a generational competition, pitting Millennials (Vanua Tribe) against Generation X (Takali Tribe). Will the castaways act like the stereotypes placed on their generation or will they surprise everyone? Who will outwit, outplay and outlast the others to claim the Sole Survivor title and earn the $1 million grand prize?...

Survivor took fans on quite the ride for season 32, Kaoh Rong. There were plenty of blindsides, medical evacuations left and right, and a final twist that left everyone stunned when a jury member was voted out. At the end of it all, Michele won the $1 million grand prize and the title of Sole Survivor (though whether she actually deserved it is up for debate).

But now it's time to look forward and see what Jeff Probst has in store for us during season 33, airing in fall 2016.

Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and a member of the jury on Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance. He has been blogging about Survivor strategy for People since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach."I call it 'being cool.' Just not ticking people off." -Judson "Fabio" Birza, winner, Survivor: Nicaragua On Wednesday's Survivor finale, Michele Fitzgerald took home the million dollars, the title of Sole Survivor - and, most importantly, the final Fishy. The finale - like this entire crazy season - was filled with explosive moments. Aubry's fire almost extinguished itself at the final four. There...

Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and a member of the jury on Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance. He has been blogging about Survivor strategy for People since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach."I call it 'being cool.' Just not ticking people off." -Judson "Fabio" Birza, winner, Survivor: Nicaragua On Wednesday's Survivor finale, Michele Fitzgerald took home the million dollars, the title of Sole Survivor - and, most importantly, the final Fishy. The finale - like this entire crazy season - was filled with explosive moments. Aubry's fire almost extinguished itself at the final four. There...

What a ride. "Survivor: Kaôh Rōng," aka Season 32 -- and the second to carry the "Brains, Brawn, and Beauty" theme -- ended last night with a dramatic two hour finale and one-hour reunion show. Who won the $1 million and title of Sole Survivor? Mark the Chicken! Ok, maybe not, but he earned it. He was even there at Final Tribal on Tai Trang's lap.

It would have been awesome if #MarkTheChicken came in carrying the urn with votes #SurvivorFinale pic.twitter.com/ltWnfnH6NN

— Henry Goldblatt (@HenryGoldblatt) May 19, 2016

In the end, the only two players to get votes were Aubry Bracco (Brains) and Michele Fitzgerald (Beauty), with Tai (Beauty) as the "goat." Aubry got two votes (Joe, Debbie) and Michele got five (Julia, Cydney, Nick, Jason, Scot), so it was a solid win for Michele. That was a surprise to many fans, who thought strong strategist/confessional queen...

She might not have been the most expected winner. She might not be the most likable winner in Survivor history. Yet Michele Fitzgerald, the 24 year old bartender from New Jersey, won the million dollar prize on Survivor: Kaoh Rong. 

To put it mildly, fans are not as excited as Michele. Many feel that Aubry was completely robbed of the victory she rightfully deserved. While those fans aren't totally wrong, they're also mistaken to say Michele didn't deserve to win. She might not have been anyone's first pick but Michele certainly deserves her title of Sole Survivor.

(Spoiler Alert: Please do not read this if you have not yet watched Wednesday’s “Survivor” finale) Michele Fitzgerald, a 24-year-old bartender from Freehold, New Jersey, won the title of “Sole Survivor” and the $1 million prize in the live vote reveal, broadcast from the CBS lot in Studio City, California, on Wednesday night. In a season split in to “Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty” tribes, Fitzgerald started on the Beauty tribe. Even though she had fleeting screen time in a season laden with breakout characters, several close watchers of her story arc had pegged Fitzgerald as a potential winner from early.

This fear is very real.

The most famous Power Couple in the history of reality television has to be Boston Rob and Amber (I'm sure Team Green from Season 27 of The Amazing Race would beg to differ, but c'mon, they couldn't even pull off the win in the end). Boston Rob and Amber were each contestants on different seasons of Survivor, who then met on the first edition of Survivor: All Stars, where they managed to not only start building a relationship, but managed to make it all the way to the top two, where Amber eventually took home the title of Sole Survivor (not to be outdone, Boston Rob went on to play many other seasons of Survivor without Amber, eventually winning, appropriately enough, Redemption Island). Oh, and Rob proposed to Amber right before the votes were revealed...like you do.

After Survivor, the pair went on to do not one,...

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Fans knew the Dlc was coming, but they didn’t know when, with Bethesda doing a typically great job of keeping their big announcements behind shutters until such time as they see fit. Now, they’ve officially revealed three Dlc packs – Automatron, Wasteland Workshop and Far Harbor – which will be launching in March, April and May respectively.

Each Dlc focuses on different aspects of the game, and by the looks of things the biggest of the three packs will be Far Harbor, which as far as we know is the only one that actually opens up a whole new area for players to explore.

And with new content come new possibilities in a game that prides itself on offering players a ton of choice in how they want to engage with the world. Naturally, the Dlc has also courted its fair share of controversy, as Bethesda announced that the...

Bethesda Fallout 4 Review

If you’ve been wandering the Boston Wasteland from Day 1, your main Fallout 4 character is probably a behemoth by now; not exactly a Super Mutant Behemoth, but capable of taking one out with a single precise sniper shot or a piston-like smash from a Power Fist. In other words, your Sole Survivor numero uno may be handling themselves a little too well by now, and you may be on the lookout behind their back for a new avatar with which to traverse the glorious wastes.

The simple option is to play as the all-rounder, but if you feel confident in your grasp on the game’s mechanics, why not spice things up? How about a ninja who sticks to the shadows and strikes with fatal precision, or a heavy-handed meathead with an Iq of 40 whose graceless fists accidentally crush peoples’ skulls each time he tries to punch them in the face?...

Meet the 18 all-new castaways competing on Survivor: Kaoh Rong, which premieres with a 90-minute episode on Wednesday, February 17 at 8pm on CBS.

Season 32, filmed on the island of Kaoh Rong in Cambodia, features the return of the "Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty" format. The castaways are split up into three tribes, each with similar characteristics based on Iq, physique and looks. Who will outwit, outplay and outlast the others to claim the Sole Survivor title and earn the $1 million grand prize?...

It's almost Christmas, which means the end of another season of Survivor (2.2/8) and another winner named on the long-running Mark Burnett reality series. Not that it came without some multiple Tribal Council shenanigans and those Immunity Idols in last night’s Season 31 two-hour finale on CBS. But in the end, Jeff Probst delivered the verdict and we had a Sole Survivor for the Cambodia-set competition. On a very uncompetitive night, the Survivor finale was down 8% among…...

Bethesda

One of Bethesda’s greatest strengths across both their Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises, is that ability to tell hundreds of different, self-contained stories that hold your interest just as much as anything with one long-running narrative.

Fallout 4 doesn’t disappoint either, as the Sole Survivor’s quest to retrieve his stolen son is certainly a highlight, yet it’s the hidden gems scattered throughout the irradiated wasteland that shine brightest.

So much has happened in the 200 years since the bombs first dropped, that although choosing a direction to head in can be a daunting task, Bethesda guarantee there’ll be something – or someone – worth interacting with.

It’s that very freedom to explore that has, and always will be, the main draw of the series, but just to make sure you’re getting the most out the game, here are 10 of the most impactful, interesting and intriguing stories the Commonwealth has to offer.

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The very first Survivor Series event took place way back in 1987. Originally, the concept was very simple. Teams of 4 or 5 men/women would band together and attempt to eliminate – one-by-one – their opponents. Whomever was left standing at the end would be declared a survivor. If only a single person was left remaining, they would be decreed a ‘Sole Survivor’, something which was designed to put them over.

As the years progressed, the then-wwf moved away from the team-based premise and started presenting more standard matches on the Pay-Per-View. 1992 marked the first time the show didn’t finish with a traditional Survivor Series elimination match. Instead, Bret Hart faced Shawn Michaels in a singles bout to close out the show.

In 2010, the event’s history was threatened. Feeling the concept was a little tired, Vince McMahon announced to investors that he was going to move away from the idea of the Survivor Series.

The Fallout franchise's big week continues with the release of Funko's Fallout 4 Pop! Vinyl figures. Collect all four! Also in this round-up: five new images from The Wretched and a behind-the-scenes video for We tv's South of Hell.

Fallout 4 Pop! Vinyls: From Funko: "The highly anticipated Fallout 4 series is coming to Pop!

The game’s main character, Sole Survivor, and his loyal companion, Dogmeat, take on the post-nuclear world 200 years after the Great War!

You may need to utilize the T-60 Power Armor to take down the ghoulish John Hancock!

Coming in February!"

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The Wretched Photos: Press Release: "Indie filmmaker Nathaniel Davis wrapped up filming "The Wretched" in well known haunted locations in Oklahoma. The film tells the story of three actresses on a road trip who stop at a haunted bed and breakfast, unbeknownst to them, the guests are used as human sacrifices by the psychotic demented owners,...

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As you read this, millions of Sole Survivors are traversing the Boston Wasteland. Many of these people may be experienced series veterans, who will have quickly settled into their new lives in the more colourful, blue-skied climes of Fallout 4. But there’s a good chance that the vast majority of people are hopelessly scrambling around in the dead earth, running low on ammo, dying chronically, and questioning those all-important stat choices they made at the start of the game.

This list of tips is for those struggling with life in the Boston Wasteland, or those who are yet to awaken from the Sole Survivor’s 200-year slumber, and want to be well prepared when they finally venture out into the stark wilderness. It’s a tough world out there in the Commonwealth – an area that, contrary to what its name suggests, is filled with hostile humans and mutants, itching...

There is a massive shake-up to report on our "Survivor: Second Chance" winner's chart this week as Kelley Wentworth overtakes last week's predicted champ Spencer Bledsoe for who our readers think will be this season's Sole Survivor. Do you agree or disagree with our users' rankings? Hurry -- make your "Survivor" predictions for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate. It's fun and easy, so get started by scrolling down to predict which castaway will be kicked off the island next. -Break- Who will win 'Survivor: Second Chance'? See exclusive predictions According to exclusive Gold Derby odds that are derived from the predictions made by users like you, Kelley is in the first place position to win Season 31 with leading 21/10 odds (32% chance to win). To compare, last week Kelley only had 8/1 odds (11% chance) of winning the game. No doubt our users were impressed by her ability...

Carolyn Rivera had a rough "Survivor" finale night. Not only did the Florida-based corporate executive lose the "Survivor: Worlds Apart" crown to Mike Holloway, but she received fewer votes than she anticipated, in tying with Will Sims for third with one vote apiece. And then to make things worse, Carolyn's candidacy for next season's "Survivor: Second Chances" fell short. [It's no solace, probably, but Mike thinks Carolyn got hosed in the Second Chance voting process] So you'll forgive me for treating Carolyn as the season's second place finisher, at least in terms of exit interview publication. Carolyn earned it. In addition to a key Individual Immunity win, a crucial play on a hidden Idol that she found sans clue and successful maintenance of majority alliance that would have won the day were it not for Mike's Immunity hot streak, Carolyn also earned her place in the Final 3 with a thrilling, tie-breaking fire build victory over Rodney. For the last few weeks of the season I...

A new "Survivor" champ has been crowned and the winner is ... Mike Holloway!  The Texas oil driller walked away with the million dollar check during the landmark 30th season of "Survivor: Worlds Apart," and after that finale, there was no doubt that the 38-year-old would take home the top prize.  This season, the competitors were divided into tribes based on their social class: white collar, blue collar and no collar.   Holloway was a member of the blue collar tribe, Escameca, ending up in the top three with Carolyn Rivera and Will Sims. He beat out his competition in all three challenges and got some help from an unexpected guest ... his mom!  Congrats on being the Sole Survivor, Mike! Besides crowning a winner, host Jeff Probst also revealed the cast of season 31 of the hit series, which will feature fan-favorites from previous seasons of the show.  Kelly Wigglesworth (Season 1)Kimmi Kappenberg...

Mike Holloway won Survivor: Worlds Apart and was declared the Sole Survivor, and recipient of a $1 million prize, on the Season 30 finale. Mike Holloway Wins Survivor: Worlds Apart Mike faced off against fellow finalists Rodney Lavoie Jr., Sierra Dawn Thomas, Carolyn Rivera and Will Sims II in Wednesday night’s finale. Going into the […]

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CBS’ Survivor on Wednesday night revealed the cast for its “Second Chance”-themed 31st edition, as determined by fans.

RelatedSurvivor Twist: Viewer Votes Will Decide Next Season’s Castaways

Starting on May 6, fans cast their votes over a two-week period. The cast of Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance, 10 males and 10 females, boarded a bus after the Worlds Apart reunion show and began their trek to Cambodia, where the Season 31 will film for 39 days.

The pool of 32 former players from which viewers chose from have never won the game and felt they deserved a second chance to compete for the $1 million...

"Survivor: Worlds Apart" came to a close Wednesday night with Mike Holloway earning the title of Sole Survivor. But how did the other four contestants place in the game for the landmark 30th season? And did You predict the results? -Break- See our users' exclusive predictions of the 'Survivor' finale Gold Derby accurately predicted that oil driller Mike would be this season's winner, as our savvy users gave him leading odds of 5/6, or 54% of the combined vote. We were also correct that Carolyn Rivera (13/5 odds; 28%) would come in second place. However, the jury threw us a curveball by declaring a tie between Carolyn and Will Sims (50/1 odds; 2%) for the runner-up position, as both of them wound up with a single vote to win. If you predicted either Carolyn or Will in your second or third positions, you got those questions correct. Our users correctly called Rodney Lavoie's elimination...