Netflix’s South Korean reality dating show Single’s Inferno has finally returned with its highly-anticipated third season – here’s everything you need to know about the new cast.

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As with previous seasons of Single’s Inferno, the series sees a cast of attractive singles travelling to a remote island called “inferno” as they search for romantic connections.

However, cast members are not allowed to share personal details like their ages and occupations with one another until they have successfully paired up with another contestant for a night’s stay in “paradise”.

Here’s everyone that’s been introduced on Single’s Inferno season 3 so far:

Kim Gyu-ri

The first cast member to be introduced is Kim Gyu-ri, who is a 28-year-old model who primarily works with fashion and beauty brands. According to posts on her Instagram account (@citruszl), Kim was also a participant in Miss Korea 2022.

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Choi Hye-seon

The next cast member to be introduced is Choi Hye-seon, a 26-year-old college student at the prestigious Ewha Women’s University. She majors in bioinformatics in the Life Sciences department, and has previously attended Durham University.

Per her Instagram account (@hazelchoiii), she has also modelled for fashion and beauty brands in Korea.

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Choi Min-woo

The first male cast member to appear is Choi Min-woo, who describes himself as “shy and introverted” on the show. He has since shared that he is 24 years old, and works as a model. Posts on his Instagram account (@choimin_woo) reveal that he has walked the runway for several brands, and appeared in a shoot for Esquire Hong Kong.

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Lee Jin-seok

31-year-old Lee Jin-seok is the founder and owner of several cafes in the city of Daegu, where he creates various desserts. From the looks of his Instagram page (@seok_lj), Lee also personally takes charge of brewing coffee and even furnishing his cafes.

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An Min-young

An Min-young is a 26-year-old pilates instructor who owns and runs her very own studio, where she also holds one-on-one sessions with clients. According to her Instagram posts (@my_floria_) and YouTube channel, she also has some modelling experience, and was crowned Miss Korea Busan 2023.

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Lee Gwan-hee

The oldest contestant in the series, 36-year-old Lee Gwan-hee is a professional basketball player for the LG Sakers, where he plays the shooting guard position. His Instagram (@leegwanhee0429) are mainly about his games and various sponsorships, as well as his love for food.

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Son Won-ik

One of the show’s later additions, 31 year old Son Won-ik works as a realtor, and provides consultations for premium properties in prime locations in Seoul. He hasalso  uploaded several blogs on his YouTube channel, and his Instagram page (@hiwonik) features shots from his occasional modelling jobs, and documents several marathons he has participated in.

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Yun Ha-bin

Yun Ha-bin is an actor, and currently plays a minor role in the ongoing K-drama My Demon – as he has revealed on Instagram (@yunhxvin). Little is known about Yu at this point, though he has expressed his desire to “shake things up” on the show.

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Yun Ha-jeong

26-year-old Yun Ha-jeong is an office worker for a medical clothing company, where she is in charge of customer service and order purchases. Her Instagram page (@hi_jjeong2) also suggests that she has dabbled in some modelling work.

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Park Min-kyu

Park Min-kyu is a police officer who is part of the Korea Coast Guard Special Rescue Team. On Instagram (@ssrt_mk), Park showcases his strong swimming abilities and rescue skills, which are essential to him as a first responder to maritime incidents.

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Yu Si-eun

At 27 years old, Yu Si-eun works as a model for wedding, fashion and beauty brands, as shown on her Instagram page (@yoo_si). She was the runner-up of Miss Korea 2022, and Yu’s posts put her at a variety of events, from film festivals to baseball games.

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Cho Min-ji

Introduced halfway through the season in episode five, 26-year-old Cho Min-ji is an aspiring news anchor who currently majors in Economics at Ewha Women’s University. Like several of her fellow castmates, Cho was a former Miss Korea contestant according to her Instagram page (@joymingzi_).

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The members of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK have not renewed their individual contracts with YG Entertainment.

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Today (December 29), YG Entertainment announced in a statement to South Korean news outlet Xsportsnews that the four members of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK – Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa – would not be renewing their individual contracts with the agency.

“We have agreed not to proceed with additional contracts for [the members’] individual activities,” YG Entertainment said, as translated by Soompi. “We will do our utmost to support BLACKPINK’s activities, and we will cheer on the members’ individual activities with warm hearts.”

The news comes just days after Jennie launched her own label, Odd Atelier (OA). At the time, the singer revealed that she had established the company in November 2023, and described it as “a space that aims to create new things that attract attention in a different way from what is usual or expected”.

In early-December 2023, all four members of BLACKPINK “signed an exclusive contract for group activities” with YG Entertainment. It came after a months-long negotiation process, which started as early as July 2023.

As of writing, it is currently unclear whether the remaining three BLACKPINK members – Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa – will sign with existing labels or establish their own agencies.

BLACKPINK made their debut in 2016 under YG Entertainment, and have since gone on to become one of the most successful K-pop girl groups. Notably, despite not having released any new groups music in 2023, the quartet were still the second-most streamed K-pop act on Spotify for the year.

In other BLACKPINK news, Lisa recently shared a festive cover of Britney Spears‘ ‘My Only Wish (This Year)’ to celebrate Christmas. Elsewhere, K-pop group also premiered their virtual concert, ‘BLACKPINK: A VR Encore’, on December 26.

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Globle is yet another variant on everyone’s favourite word game. The similarities are brief, with Globle offering a geography-based puzzle, with a new solution to take on each day. Those who wish to play need only start by guessing any country. The game will then tell you how close you’ve gotten, allowing you to narrow down the options.

• READ MORE: Wordle answer for today

Even if you’re a geography pro, guessing the Globle answer each day can be a real challenge. This is why we’ve included some hints in this page to help jog your brain towards the right answer. If you’d rather just know the solution, we have that too.

As each puzzle releases, we’ll be sure to keep this page updated with the correct answer and hints. We’ll also give you some tips on the best countries to start with, and how to play the game. Let’s get guessing!

Globle hint for today (December 29)

To help get you closer to today’s Globle answer, we’ve included some hints below. We’ll start off fairly vague, before giving bigger clues.

• Country is in Africa
• The capital is Mogadishu
• Name starts with ‘S’

Globle answer for today (December 29)

Today’s Globle answer is Somalia. This is the answer for December 29, with a new puzzle coming tomorrow. Stay tuned for more fun with geography!

Globle answer archive

We’ll be keeping some past Globle answers in the archive list below. Check them out to narrow down your guesses.

• Japan
• Solomon Islands
• Thailand
• Palestine
• Tuvalu
• Nepal
• Malawi
• Nicaragua
• Morocco
• Central African Republic
• Austria
• Antigua and Barbuda
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• Paraguay
• Bulgaria
• Yemen
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• Lesotho
• Kazakhstan
• Venezuela
• Dominica
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Philippines
• Kazakhstan
• Nepal
• Yemen
• Netherlands
• Germany
• Grenada
• Madagascar
• Ethiopia
• Brazil
• Mozambique
• Equatorial Guinea
• France
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Slovakia
• Angola
• Chile
• Barbados
• Oman
• North Macedonia
• Sierra Leone
• Portugal
• Guinea-Bissau
• Turkiye
• Grenada
• Australia
• Liberia
• Philippines
• Morocco
• Sudan
• Malawi
• Pakistan
• Togo
• Denmark
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Central African Republic
• India
• Jordan
• Kiribati
• Azerbaijan
• Latvia
• Armenia
• Myanmar
• Costa Rica
• Botswana
• Ghana
• Estonia
• Costa Rica
• Canada
• Jordan
• Ukraine
• Nicaragua
• Singapore
• Nauru
• Suriname
• Saudi Arabia
• Brunei
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Belgium
• Haiti
• Turkmenistan
• Cuba
• Liberia
• Kosovo
• Laos
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Guinea-Bissau
• Moldova
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Fiji
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Laos
• Turkmenistan
• Germany
• South Sudan
• Honduras
• Netherlands
• Lebanon
• Gabon
• Chile
• Ghana
• Czechia
• Cuba
• Somalia
• Mexico
• Iran
• Bhutan
• Benin
• Spain
• Qatar
• Guatemala
• Malaysia
• Papua New Guinea
• Hungary
• Nigeria
• Niger
• Turkmenistan
• Austria
• Iraq
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Ukraine
• Singapore
• Maldives
• Costa Rica
• Sweden
• Cyprus
• Japan
• Saudi Arabia
• Denmark
• Cambodia
• Eritrea
• Lebanon
• Armenia
• United States of America
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Indonesia
• Bolivia
• Central African Republic
• Bahrain
• Chad
• Cuba
• Zimbabwe
• Kenya
• Tajikistan
• Uganda
• Suriname
• Ghana
• Dominican Republic
• Micronesia
• Malawi
• Mali
• St. Lucia
• Pakistan
• Yemen
• Argentina
• Tunisia
• Namibia
• Cameroon
• Nicaragua
• Japan
• Vatican
• Rwanda
• Bangladesh
• Finland
• Myanmar
• Nicaragua
• Dominica
• Italy
• Tajikistan
• Fiji
• St. Kitts & Nevis
• Taiwan
• North Korea
• Nigeria
• Vanuatu
• Timor-Leste
• Cameroon
• Madagascar
• Hounduras
• Chile
• Barbados
• Grenada
• Slovakia
• Andorra
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Palau
• Jordan
• Papua New Guinea
• Zambia
• Kenya
• Oman
• Turkey
• Germany
• Bhutan
• Albania
• Vanuatu
• Tanzania
• Liechtenstein
• Latvia
• Central African Republic
• Guatemala
• Guinea-Bissau
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• China
• Lithuania
• Slovakia
• Pakistan
• Nepal
• Kiribati
• Malaysia
• Belarus
• Laos
• Benin
• Honduras
• New Zealand
• Monaco
• Morocco
• Belgium
• Switzerland
• Myanmar
• Papua New Guinea
• Singapore
• Malawi
• Estonia
• Liberia
• El Salvador
• Ghana
• Antigua and Barbuda
• India
• Tajikistan
• Hungary
• Zimbabwe
• Jordan
• Iceland
• Indonesia
• Palestine
• Spain
• Nigeria
• Cuba
• Fiji
• San Marino
• North Korea
• United Arab Emirates
• Italy
• Rwanda
• Venezuela
• Singapore
• Kenya
• Estonia
• Guinea
• Kuwait
• Togo
• Dominica
• Cyprus
• Kazakhstan
• Romania
• Botswana
• Turkmenistan
• Japan
• Nauru
• Ukraine
• Türkiye
• Senegal
• Uganda
• Australia
• Bahrain
• South Korea
• Luxembourg
• Iraq
• Burundi
• Panama
• Malta
• Somalia
• Germany
• Sierra Leone
• Kuwait
• Burkina Faso
• Dominica
• United Kingdom
• Uzbekistan
• Tunisia
• Saudi Arabia
• Moldova
• Taiwan
• Bhutan
• Kosovo
• Mali
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Gambia
• Guyana
• Cambodia
• Austria
• Eswatini
• Belize
• South Sudan
• Czechia
• Zambia
• Chad
• Niger
• St. Lucia
• Argentina
• Uzbekistan
• Saudi Arabia
• Portugal
• The Bahamas
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Azerbaijan
• Serbia
• Montenegro
• Equatorial Guinea
• Suriname
• Vietnam
• Eritrea
• Mozambique
• Mexico
• São Tomé and Prícipe
• Ethiopia
• Russia
• Greece
• Dominican Republic
• Gabon
• Barbados
• Peru
• Oman
• Denmark
• Qatar
• Paraguay
• Bahamas
• Marshall Islands
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Albania
• Côto d’lvoire
• Afghanistan
• Mauritania
• Micronesia
• France
• Finland
• Djibouti
• Algeria
• Canada
• Comoros
• Lebanon
• Mongolia
• Ireland
• Haiti
• Cameroon
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Bolivia
• Netherlands
• Armenia
• Slovenia
• Colombia
• Sri Lanka
• Seychelles
• Congo
• North Macedonia
• Côte d’lvoire
• Andorra
• Mauritania
• Solomon Islands
• Syria
• Sweden
• Sudan
• Brunei
• United States of America
• Mauritius
• Israel
• Cabo Verde
• Grenadines
• Nicaragua
• Bolivia
• São Tomé and Prícipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Egypt
• San Marino
• Algeria
• Yemen
• Oman
• Iran
• Syria
• Kenya
• Slovakia
• Equatorial Guinea
• Malawi
• Monaco
• Côte d’lvoire
• Norway
• Luxembourg
• Singapore
• China
• Bhutan
• Eswatini
• Burkin Faso
• Zambia
• Nauru
• Belarus
• Sweden
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Zimbabwe
• Burundi
• Dominican Republic
• Cuba
• Vatican
• Switzerland
• Tunisia
• Austria
• Morocco
• Kyrgyzstan
• Cameroon
• Palestine
• Paraguay
• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Costa Rica
• Guinea-Bissau
• Chad
• Djibouti
• Jordan
• Vanuatu
• Lebanon
• Philippines
• Senegal
• Guatemala
• Namibia
• Uganda
• Dominica
• Uzbekistan
• Montenegro
• Poland
• Greece
• Kyrgyzstan
• Oman
• Turkey
• Botswana
• Ecuador
• Thailand
• San Marino
• Republic Of Serbia
• Belarus
• Moldova
• Kiribati
• Somalia
• Haiti
• eSwatini
• Niger
• Chile
• Iraq
• Vanuatu
• Togo
• Turkmenistan
• Guine-Bissau
• Seychelles
• Bahrain
• Vietnam
• Iceland
• Paraguay
• Germany
• Fiji
• Angola
• São Tomé and Prícipe
• Ukraine
• Central African Republic
• Suriname
• Tuvalu
• United Kingdom
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Jamaica
• Nauru
• Malaysia
• Chad
• Liechtenstein
• Brunei
• Lithuania
• Czechia
• Belgium
• Slovakia
• Tonga
• Hungary
• Qatar
• Kyrgyzstan
• Oman
• Turkey
• Botswana
• Ecuador
• Thailand
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Ukraine
• Central African Republic
• Albania
• France
• El Salvador
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Turkmenistan
• Eritrea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Costa Rica
• Jamaica
• Finland
• Guinea
• Somoa
• Tanzania
• Benin
• Trinidad and Tobago
• New Zealand
• Venezuela
• Israel
• Equatorial Guinea
• Vanuatu
• Gabon
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Liberia
• Kuwait
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Thailand
• San Marino
• Spain
• Guyana
• Andorra
• Slovenia
• Honduras
• Lithuania
• Azerbaijan
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Russia
• Namibia
• Burkina Faso
• Sierra Leone
• Suriname
• Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
• Vatican City
• Madagascar
• Gambia (or The Gambia)
• Croatia
• Taiwan
• Seychelles
• Marshall Islands
• Vietnam
• The Bahamas
• Libya
• Peru
• Tajikistan
• Norway
• Guatemala
• Montenegro
• Sri Lanka
• Japan
• Australia
• Saudi Arabia
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Botswana
• Monaco

How to play Globle

To play Globle, start with guessing any country. You’ll then get a colour match for that country. The deeper the colour, the closer you are. After a couple of guesses you will slowly be able to narrow down the answer. A good tip is to pick larger countries that share borders with other countries. You can clear large sections of the map this way.

That’s all you need to know about today’s Globle puzzle. For more puzzle-based goodness, check out hints for Wordle and Framed. Elsewhere we have an article on 10 games to look forward to in 2022.

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The last couple of years have seen a huge rise in browser-based puzzle games, tasking players with working out a certain kind of answer using limited guesses. Framed is one of the newest, following in the footsteps of Wordle, but offering a slightly different twist. You’ll still need to work out the answer using limited information and only six tries, but it’ll be movies that you’ll be guessing.

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You see, Framed focuses on individual frames, or stills, of an ever-changing roster of movies. Some show a fair amount of action at the start, while others will take careful analysis and decent trivia knowledge to crack. With each wrong guess, a new still is revealed, hopefully adding enough extra information and context for you to guess the correct movie title.

With only six guesses at your disposal, you may need a little help guessing today’s Framed answer. To give you a hint, we’ve included some clues that will tease the title of the movie picked as today’s puzzle. If you’ve already failed today’s puzzle, or would just like to know the answer, we’ve detailed that as well.

Framed hint for today

Today’s puzzle is an American romantic comedy film.

• Released in 2011
• Directed by Ivan Reitman
• Stars Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher

Framed answer for today (December 29)

The answer for Framed today is No Strings Attached. This is the answer for December 29 with a brand new puzzle tomorrow. Check back in if you need any help!

How to play Framed

To play Framed you just need to follow these steps, in your browser of choice. Note that any Framed versions you find elsewhere on app stores or other storefronts are likely to be fakes.

• Go into your browser and visit framed.wtf
• Take a look at the still for today
• Make a guess, if it’s correct, you will see the rewards screen
• If incorrect, you have five more chances, each showing a new still.

Previous Framed answers

Sometimes, when trying to solve the Framed puzzle of the day, it can be extremely advantageous to know previous answers. Here are the answers from the last few days.

• Mean Streets
• Hail, Caesar!
• Christopher Robin
• Scrooged
• White Christmas
• Black Christmas
• The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
• Battle Of The Sexes
• Foxcatcher
• Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
• Nightmare Alley
• The Color Of Money
• Barton Fink
• ParaNorman
• Red 2
• Princess Mononoke
• Nomadland
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• License To Kill
• King Richard
• Jungle Fever
• Hell Or High Water
• The Thin Red Line
• Fallen Angels
• Million Dollar Baby
• The Legend Of Tarzan
• The Maze Runner
• Trance
• Maleficent
• The Fighter
• Jumanji
• Monsters vs Aliens
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• The Green Hornet
• Tick, Tick… Boom!
• Pinocchio
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• Pacific Rim
• Only God Forgives
• Aeon Flux
• Mulholland Drive
• As Tears Go By
• Black Hawk Down
• Beautiful Creatures
• Away We Go
• The Blues Brothers
• Barbie
• Sideways
• The Descendants
• Nebraska
• About Schmidt
• Election
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Dracula
• Train To Busan
• Fury
• Donnie Brasco
• Don’t Breathe
• Panic Room
• The Fog
• Eraserhead
• Arachnophobia
• The Evil Dead
• Despicable Me
• The Boxer
• Encanto
• The Lion King (2019)
• Deepwater Horizon
• Creature From The Black Lagoon
• Minority Report
• Diamonds Are Forever
• Bridesmaids
• The Strangers
• Breakfast At Tiffany’s
• Promised Land
• Big Fish
• The Book Of Eli
• Cinderella
• It Chapter Two
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Doctor Strange
• Dogville
• Crimson Tide
• The Accountant
• Before Sunset
• Blonde
• Finding Forrester
• Beauty And The Beast
• The Kids Are All Right
• Constantine
• Clash Of The Titans
• I Give It A Year
• The Expendables 3
• Blow Out
• Lilo & Stitch
• The Sea Beast
• The Karate Kid
• Cocaine Bear
• Office Space
• The Brothers Grimm
• Get On Up
• Shrek 2
• In the Mood for Love
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• Magic Mike
• Pearl Harbor
• My Dinner With Andre
• Spotlight
• Spider-Man
• Deliverance
• A Bug’s Life
• American Ultra
• Coming To America
• Eastern Promises
• The Favourite
• Dead Presidents
• Bad Moms
• The Prince Of Egypt
• Empire Of The Sun
• Don Jon
• The Help
• Dallas Buyers Club
• Coming 2 America
• Collateral
• Blazing Saddles
• Baywatch
• Jack Reacher
• The Interview
• The Impossible
• Gangs of New York
• Friday
• Batman
• Hustle & Flow
• Hook
• This Is England
• Saturday Night Fever
• Xanadu
• Watchmen
• Mary Poppins
• Hitman: Agent 47
• Gattaca
• The Fugitive
• Disclosure
• Anything Else
• Contagion
• Begin Again
• The Age of Adaline
• A Star Is Born
• Spaceballs
• Batman & Robin
• After Yang
• Man On The Moon
• Norma Rae
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Enter The Dragon
• Girl, Interrupted
• Army Of The Dead
• Deep Cover
• Cruella
• Pulp Fiction
• Dune
• Commando
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Blade
• Atomic Blonde
• American History X
• Bad Grandpa
• Capote
• Man With A Movie Camera
• Battleship
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Barry Lyndon
• Clueless
• Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Beetlejuice
• At First Sight
• Crocodile Dundee
• The Bling Ring
• Dumbo
• Falling Down
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Lion King
• Big
• Army Of Darkness
• James And The Giant Peach
• Creed
• The King’s Man
• Bad Times at the El Royale
• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
• Aquaman
• Cloud Atlas
• Cujo
• The Godfather Part III
• Game Night
• Philadelphia
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Dial M For Murder
• Cast Away
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• The Fifth Element
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Departed
• Deadpool 2
• Red Sparrow
• Limitless
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Battle Royale
• Big Trouble in Little China
• A Wrinkle in Time
• Adaptation
• Jumanji: Welcome to The Jungle
• Ed Wood
• The Menu
• The Green Knight
• Fences
• Furious 7
• Dick Tracy
• Deep Blue Sea
• The Village
• Independence Day
• Pride
• Shrek
• Trainspotting
• Hellboy
• First Man
• Almost Famous
• Snowpiercer
• The Great Muppet Caper
• The Last Samurai
• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
• The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
• A Million Ways To Die In The West
• Looper
• Miami Vice
• Inherent Vice
• Gods of Egypt
• The Fly
• Chappie
• The Big Year
• Brave
• Bridge of Spies
• Anna Karenina
• Toy Story 2
• Speed Racer
• Fifty Shades of Grey
• Cleopatra
• Con Air
• Car Wash
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Garden State
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Beauty and the Beast
• Ben-Hur
• The Place Beyond The Pines
• Sound of Metal
• Before Sunrise
• Centurion
• Aloha
• Elysium
• Hercules
• The French Dispatch
• Free Guy
• Legally Blonde
• War of the Worlds
• Assassin’s Creed
• Peter Pan
• Red
• Queen of Katwe
• Ready Player One
• Synecdoche, New York
• Walk the Line
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Boyz n the Hood
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Out Of Africa
• The Equalizer
• Rain Man
• Ender’s Game
• The Girl On The Train
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Attack The Block
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Riddick
• Team America: World Police
• Milk
• Mars Attacks!
• World War Z
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• The Graduate
• I, Tonya
• The Hunt For Red October
• The Color Purple
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• The Wiz
• Lawrence Of Arabia
• Apollo 13
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• Erin Brockovich
• Drumline
• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Glory
• The Founder
• A Fish Called Wanda
• Prometheus
• Ali
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Do The Right Thing
• The King Of Comedy
• Edward Scissorhands
• Under The Skin
• Man Of Steel
• 8 Mile
• Akira
• You’ve Got Mail
• Amélie
• Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
• GoldenEye
• Basic Instinct
• Step Brothers
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Sin City
• Jarhead
• Fast & Furious 6
• Lost In Translation
• Coraline
• I, Robot
• Finding Nemo
• The English Patient
• Marathon Man
• Heat
• The American
• Forrest Gump
• Ex Machina
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• The Iron Giant
• The Aviator
• Flash Gordon
• Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice
• In Time
• Face/Off
• Cake
• Alien
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• My Neighbour Totoro
• Due Date
• Nightcrawler
• Billy Elliot
• Vertigo
• Lady Bird
• Manchester By The Sea
• Top Gun
• 300: Rise Of An Empire
• Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
• Home Alone
• Shazam
• Babe
• The Polar Express
• Elf
• Die Hard
• It’s A Wonderful Life
• Inside Out
• In Bruges
• The Purge
• Argo
• Mean Girls
• Batman Returns
• Side Effects
• Chicago
• Dumb And Dumber To
• Any Given Sunday
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• House of Flying Daggers
• Black Widow
• Manhattan
• The Great Gatsby
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Australia
• Chef
• About A Boy
• There Will Be Blood
• Cars
• The Da Vinci Code
• Drive
• Warcraft
• Hocus Pocus
• Pain & Gain
• Koyaanisqatsi
• Mamma Mia
• The Hateful Eight
• Paul
• Wayne’s World
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• The Shape of Water
• Quantum Of Solace
• The Princess Bride
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Cool Hand Luke
• Ted
• 21 Jump Street
• The Sound Of Music
• Moneyball
• The Hunger Games
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• Iron Man
• Men In Black
• Gravity
• The Mask
• Escape From Alcatraz
• Gladiator
• Hugo
• Ghostbusters
• Halloween 2
• Frankenstein
• The Hangover
• The Muppets
• Annie
• Bronson
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• A Nightmare On Elm Street
• Marriage Story
• The Thing
• Grease
• Frozen
• Amistad
• Saw
• Armageddon
• Memento
• Anaconda
• The Incredibles
• Fast Times At Richmond High
• Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery
• The World’s End
• Chariots Of Fire
• A Few Good Men
• Perriort Le Fou
• Zoolander
• The Tree Of Life
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Juno
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Dunkirk
• The Matrix
• School Of Rock
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Ad Astra
• American Hustle
• Tropic Thunder
• Casino Royale
• Caddyshack
• Dredd
• Fantasia
• Sicario
• RoboCop
• I Am Legend
• Deadpool
• Cool Runnings
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Monty Python’s Life Of Brian
• A Beautiful Mind
• Titanic
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Air Force One
• King Kong
• Rocky
• The Theory of Everything
• The Gentlemen
• Now You See Me
• The Notebook
• Dead Poets Society
• Captain Phillips
• Aladdin
• When Harry Met Sally
• The Mummy
• The Martian
• Hero
• The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
• La La Land
• Braveheart
• The Revenant
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Mud
• The Lego Movie
• Gremlins
• The King’s Speech
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Moulin Rouge!
• The Hurt Locker
• Galaxy Quest
• Armadeus
• Free Solo
• The Goonies
• Black Swan
• The Social Network
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
• Sleepless In Seattle
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Arrival
• Jojo Rabbit
• Her
• The Big Short
• The Breakfast Club
• Sunset Boulevard
• Notting Hill
• We’re The Millers
• Rango
• Knives Out
• Catch Me If You Can
• The Shining
• 12 Years a Slave
• Fruitvale Station
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• The Dark Knight
• Whiplash
• Seven
• Baby Driver
• Into the Wild
• The Cabin In The Woods
• Color Out of Space
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Saving Private Ryan
• Zodiac
• Back to the Future
• Minari
• Uncut Gems
• Bad Boys II
• Interstellar
• Up
• American Psycho
• Bad Education
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Inglorious Basterds
• The Godfather.
• Apocalypse Now
• Children of Men
• Big Hero 6
• The Proposal
• Parasite
• Crazy Rich Asians
• Soul
• 28 Days Later
• About Time
• Birds of Prey (or Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey)
• The Lighthouse
• Kong: Skull Island
• Joker
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Bird Box
• Isle of Dogs
• Midsommar
• Goodwill Hunting
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Moonlight
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Requiem For a Dream
• Les Miserables
• No Country For Old Men
• 1917
• The Imitation Game
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
• The Godfather Pt II
• Brokeback Mountain
• The Truman Show
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Inception
• 300
• Alien Resurrection
• District 9
• A Quiet Place
• Birdman
• WALL-E
• Gone Girl
• BlacKkKlansman
• Jackie Brown
• Pineapple Express
• Hereditary
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• A Fist Full of Dollars
• One Hour Photo
• Schindler’s List
• The Exorcist
• Bladerunner 2049
• Back to the Future Part II
• Black Panther
• Shutter Island
• O’ Brother Where Art Thou?
• The Witch
• Django Unchained

That’s all you need to know about Framed, and the answer for today. For more puzzle-game goodness, check out our hints for today’s Heardle.

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Wordle may be several years old, but the wildly popular word game has managed to keep players hooked on their phone screens since 2021.

• READ MORE: Why ‘Wordle’ is all over your timeline

It’s for good reason that the game’s popularity hasn’t dwindled: it’s free to play and boasts a simple concept for a fun and engaging puzzle game that doesn’t take too much time. To play, you’re given six tries to work out each day’s answer, with each try providing another hint until you solve (or guess) your way into getting the right answer.

Even if you’ve been playing daily since launch, Wordle stumps the best of us every so often. Some answers are easier than others, and some might even be words you might not have ever heard of (cough, cough… WOOER).

But we’re here to assure you that there’s no shame in needing a little hint every now and then. Don’t worry, we’ll try to give you clues without giving away too much of the answer.

Here’s the Wordle answer for today:

Wordle hint and clues for today (#923, December 29)

To start, yesterday’s Wordle answer (December 28) was LEARN. Here are your clues for today’s Wordle answer

1. This word is a noun
2. It can refer to an immature or irresponsible person
3. Begins with ‘C’

Today’s Wordle answer (December 29)

Still stumped? We’ve got you covered! Today’s Wordle answer has one vowel and no repeating letters.

Here’s the answer for today’s Wordle (puzzle 923 on December 29): CHILD

We’ll update this page each day to ensure it’s got the latest Wordle answer, but if you don’t want to make checking a habit, there are some handy tips to work out each day’s puzzle yourself. Try to open your guesses with a word that has plenty of vowels – as mathematician Jonathan Olson identifies, some great words to use first include ‘Salet’, ‘Rance’, ‘Alter’, and ‘Crate’.

Past Wordle answer archive

When guessing the Wordle answer for today, it can help to know what words have come before. Here’s some recent answers:

• DAISY
• PHONE
• EVOKE
• GRACE
• SLOPE
• TOUCH
• BUILT

Similar games to Wordle

If you find yourself struggling to land each answer every day, good news: there’s plenty of other similar games that can test your knowledge in other areas. The success of Wordle has meant that everyone has tried their hand at making similar games – even Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo chipped in to launch Weezle, which predictably tasks players with working out a lyric from the band’s songs each day.

If Weezer‘s not the band for you, there’s always Taylordle – which is the same game, except with Taylor Swift lyrics.

Beyond that, there’s also a battle royale, a dungeon crawler, and one that tests your knowledge of geography – so there’s plenty to choose from at the moment. There’s even a NSFW version for adults-only!

Wordle is available for free on PC and mobile.

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• READ MORE: Miley Cyrus – ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ review: a potent reclamation of power

The pop singer’s rendition of the rock classic – which appeared on Journey’s 1983 LP ‘Frontiers’  and was written by Jonathan Cain – was performed as part of an intimate friends and family performance at the West Hollywood legendary hotel for the holidays.

In a black-and-white video posted by Cyrus herself on her official X/Twitter page, the singer is seen performing in front of a lit-up Christmas tree. She also joked around while singing and said: “Dave Grohl is coming out of the Christmas tree for the drums” after the first verse and “You know the words to this one – there are none. It’s ‘woah,’” before diving into the chorus.

Faithfully: Live From Chateau Marmont pic.twitter.com/VHXseiUZxN

— Miley Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) December 27, 2023

This is not the first time Cyrus has held a small performance at the Chateau Marmont. Last month, she finally gave her smash hit ‘Flowers’ its live debut at a private performance at the hotel.

She performed the Grammy-nominated track backed by a modest piano accompaniment before an intimate crowd in a dimly lit room at the famed hotel on October 21. She also debut an untitled new track during the performance.

In May, the singer expressed disinterest in touring her eighth studio album, ‘Endless Summer Vacation’. “I can’t,” she stated. “Not only ‘can’t’, because can’t is your capability, but my desire. Do I want to live my life for anyone else’s pleasure or fulfilment other than my own?”

Her last world tour took place in 2014, in support of her 2013 LP ‘Bangerz’, and saw her playing dates in North America, Europe, Latin America, New Zealand and Australia. Her last live outing took place in 2022, when she played a five-date festival tour across North and South America.

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Released in January, Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ has continued to perform impressively on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary charts, reaching the number one spot for the 28th time during the week of October 23. This feat eclipses that of Uncle Cracker and Dobie Gray’s 2003 single ‘Drift Away’, which also topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for 28 weeks.

Upon being announced as a nominee in six categories for the 2024 Grammys, Cyrus praised for her fellow female nominees. “Congratulations to all of this [year’s] Grammy nominees,” she wrote. “Watching women win & rule the music industry makes me proud.”

NME’s Nick Levine gave ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ a glowing four-star review. “‘Endless Summer Vacation’ certainly feels like an accurate reflection of who she is as an artist – and a person – in 2023,” he stated. “And when she sings “But don’t forget, baby I’m a wildcard” on the third-to-last song, you’ll definitely believe her.”

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Hannah Waddingham has said she has “no time” for those who criticise Tom Cruise.

• READ MORE: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ review: staggering stunts can’t make up for the nonsensical plot

Waddingham has been filming scenes alongside the actor for the concluding instalment of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which will arrive in cinemas in 2025.

The actress and TV presenter had plenty of praise for Cruise when he was brought up in her appearance on ITV series James Martin’s Saturday Morning on Christmas Day.

Having spent “five intense days” with Cruise on the USS George HW Bush fighter carrier, Waddingham told TV chef Martin: “I have to say, I have a real problem with anybody that goes at him now.”

She continued: “He is without doubt one of the loveliest and encouraging, positive and inspiring human beings I have ever met. Isn’t he gorgeous? I have no time for anyone saying anything about him.”

Despite Cruise being held in high esteem in Hollywood, he has faced controversy over his off-screen behaviour throughout the years.

In 2005, he made headlines after jumping on the sofa during an appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s chat show to declare his love for then girlfriend Katie Holmes and, that same year, labelled the practice of psychiatry “pseudo-science” in a quarrel with Matt Lauer.

He has also faced particular backlash over his longtime association with the Church of Scientology. In 2008, the actor bewildered fans in a leaked promotional video where he discussed the benefits of the controversial religion.

Meanwhile, Cruise has been sending out hundreds of $125 coconut cakes to friends, family and numerous figures in the entertainment world for Christmas in what has become an annual tradition.

The white coconut bundt cake is only made by Doan’s Bakery in Los Angeles and in past years, stars who have been lucky enough to receive one have included Tom Hanks, Kirsten Dunst and Jimmy Fallon.

It was also reported that Cruise is supposedly dating socialite Elsina Khayrova, the daughter of a prominent Russian MP and ex-wife of a diamond-trading oligarch.

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Paul McCartney has revealed how William Shakespeare’s Hamlet subconsciously inspired The Beatles track ‘Let It Be’.

• READ MORE: Inside ‘Now And Then’: With a little help from AI, The Beatles live again

Macca opened up about the origins of the Fab Four’s 1970s hit, suggesting that his mother, Mary McCartney said the phrase “let it be” to him in a dream. In an episode of  McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast, Macca revealed how Hamlet may have inspired the track without him realising.

“In those days [at school], I had to learn speeches off by heart. So I could still do a bit of ‘to be or not to be’, or ‘O that this too too solid flesh’,” he said.

He continued: “And it had been pointed out to me recently that Hamlet, when he has been poisoned, he actually says, ‘Let it be’ – act five, scene two. He says ‘Let be’ the first time, then the second time he says, ‘Had I but time — as this fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest — oh, I could tell you. But let it be Horatio.’

“I was interested that I was exposed to those words during a time when I was studying Shakespeare so that years later the phrase appears to me in a dream with my mother saying it.”

McCartney’s mother passed away from cancer back in 1956 when he was 14. Speaking about his dream in which his mother said the phrase to him, he said: “It was great to visit with her again. I felt very blessed to have that dream. So that got me writing ‘Let It Be’.”

In other Beatles news, John Lennon‘s son, Julian Lennon recently spoke out about his relationship with his brother Sean, saying that rumours of an alleged feud between them are “such bull”.

The conversation arose as he looked back at the red carpet premiere of the Beatles’ 2021 documentary series Get Back, which he attended with Sean. Recalling the event, he explained that his younger brother initially had reservations about attending.

“He felt overwhelming pressure. And I didn’t particularly want to go. But he said he felt obligated to go,” he told the outlet. “So, because I love him so much I said, ‘Listen, I’m coming with you. We’ll face the demons together.’

“And it’s funny because there’s always been, especially in the U.K. press, ‘Lennon Sons Feuding,’ this, that. We’ve never had a fight in our life. It’s such bull.”

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Olivia Rodrigo has discussed the inspiration behind some of the “emo” lyrics in her recent songs ‘Lacy’ and ‘All-American Bitch’.

• READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Guts’ review: pop sensation secures her place as a generational talent

Both tracks appear on the singer’s recent second album ‘Guts‘, which was released in September.

Speaking on the Kelly Clarkson Show, Rodrigo gave insight into how she conceived the lyrics for the outro of ‘Lacy’ – “And I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you / Yeah, I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you.”

“Very emo of me, writing that,” Rodrigo told Clarkson, laughing. “I took a poetry class at USC,” she continued. “I wrote a poem called ‘Lacy’ for one of the assignments, and I really liked it. I’m like, ‘I’m gonna turn it into a song!’”

Fans have speculated that Lacy could be a number of public figures, including Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams or Sabrina Carpenter. However, Rodrigo has refrained from ever revealing the subjects of her songs, telling the Los Angeles Times earlier this month that she enjoys when fans craft “more creative answers to who Lacy is,” such as her past self.

“I just think it’s not classy to come out and say it’s about this person,” she added at the time. “I also think that would set a weird precedent where I’d have to clear the air with every song I write.”

Meanwhile, on the subject of ‘All-American Bitch’, Rodrigo explained the meaning of its opening lines “I am light as a feather, I’m as stiff as a board.”

“I always thought it was a really interesting phrase, I’ve been meaning to fit it into a song for a long time,” Rodrigo said. “[The game] seems kind of impossible. So I thought it was a good way to describe the impossible standards that are set for us as women.”

NME praised ‘GUTS’ in a five-star review, saying: “In the orbit of her urgent and riotous second album, the 20-year-old turns her own vulnerabilities into a rallying cry: here, she’s a songwriter of control, diving headfirst into the collective female experience while also pursuing adventure, desire and relief.”

The album also landed in the number two spot of NME’s Best 50 Albums of 2023.

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Metallica‘s James Hetfield has looked ahead to 2024 and shared his hopes to continue to “try and improve myself”.

• READ MORE: Metallica: “We’re still trying to figure all this shit out”

The metal legends have spent 2023 touring the world as part of their ‘M72’ shows, which are set to continue into the new year.

Frontman Hetfield has since reflected on another year of touring and new music with the band, which also included the release of their new album ‘72 Seasons‘ in April.

“I usually don’t put a lot of stock into New Year’s stuff, but reflecting on the past year, [I’m] super grateful for what I’ve got, what I’ve gone through,” he said during a new episode of The Metallica Report (per Blabbermouth).

“[I] always really look forward to what the next year will bring. The older I get, the harder and easier it gets. So, I’m always looking forward to getting back out on the road, playing some shows, seeing some faces, familiar faces and new faces at the shows.”

He continued: “So, yeah. I don’t know what else. I guess the new year is kind of a cleansing, and I’ve got a new goal or something. I’m really just continuing to try and improve myself, get better, have a better attitude about life, about other people’s lives, and just try to bring as much joy to people as possible.”

This year Metallica unrolled their ‘No Repeat Weekend’ structure for their ‘72 Seasons’ tour – back-to-back nights in one location during which they performed two different setlists.

2023 also saw Metallica mark a new first in their decades-long career, performing their first show in Saudi Arabia at Soundstorm festival. This week they released footage of ‘The Unforgiven’ from the show.

Back in September, drummer Lars Ulrich said he was “happy” people “still stream or buy or steal our records”. He added: “I’m just happy that fucking anybody cares about what we’re doing and shows up to see us play and still stream or buy or steal our records or whatever.”

Earlier in the year, he opened up about how long Metallica will keep touring for, sharing: “There is a point where it’s maybe not going to function anymore.”

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