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Amazon Prime VideoThe latest trend in television is to create a fictional dystopia and then try to make it real. Squid Game turned playground games into deadly competitions, then simulated the drama with Squid Game: The Challenge. Reality shows depicted in works like The Running Man are replicated in the shameless real-life reality competition Beast Games. Now, Fallout is trying to turn its satirical wasteland into a reality show, but the odds may already be stacked against the strange idea. Prime Video announced that it’s greenlit Fallout Shelter, a reality competition series set in the world of its hit Fallout show. “Set inside Vault-Tec’s bomb-proof vaults, Fallout Shelter drops a diverse group of contestants into an immersive, high-stakes world inspired by the games’ signature dark humor, retro-futurism, and post-apocalyptic survival storytelling,” the press release reads. “Across a series of escalating challenges, strategic dilemmas, and moral crossroads, contestants must prove their ingenuity, teamwork, and resilience as they compete for safety, power, and ultimately a huge cash prize.” You can try your hand at surviving in a vault in the reality competition show Fallout Shelter. | Amazon Prime VideoWhile the name Fallout Shelter has already been claimed by a mobile game, this sounds like a Survivor-style competition that combines physical challenges with a social game of trust and alliances. But does anyone really want this? One of the biggest pulls of Fallout is the lofty, twisting story, something that just isn’t possible in an unscripted reality series. Then there’s the issue of worldbuilding. People keeling over in Squid Game: The Challenge was ridiculous enough, and watching people pretend to be living underground after the nuclear apocalypse might be a bridge too far. It’s not even Amazon Prime Video’s first foray into turning one of its properties into a reality competition, but 007: Road to a Million didn’t make much of a splash among Bond fans. Fallout Shelter borrows its name from Bethesda’s mobile game about vault management. | Bethesda GamesThe other problem facing Fallout Shelter is that it will only be streaming. More and more people may be cutting cable, but competition shows like Survivor, Big Brother, and The Amazing Race still flourish on broadcast television. The only comparable streaming show is the Emmy-winning Danish import The Traitors, but that series is chock full of celebrities, many of whom rose to fame on broadcast competition series.If Fallout Shelter still sounds enticing to you, the series is currently casting. But for now, I think I’ll let Lucy MacLean do the surviving for me.Fallout is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty ImagesHarry Styles is so back — and his new album title might as well be a decree for the new year: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.Nearly four years after the release of Harry’s House, the Grammy winner announced his next project on Jan. 15 with the Kiss All the Time album cover. In it, Styles sports a T-shirt and jeans while standing under a disco ball that shines brightly against a dusky outdoor backdrop. He also shared an Instagram story post encouraging fans to pre-order the album, using an arrow to label himself on the cover. “ME,” he wrote. (Thanks for the clarification, king!)Here’s everything to know about the Kiss All the Time release date, Easter eggs, and more.Harry Styles’ New Album Release DateYou don’t have to wait too long for new music from Styles. Kiss All the Time drops on March 6 — just in time to help you dance into spring.He’s Been Dropping HintsThe Jan. 15 album announcement is a welcome surprise, but if you’ve been keeping up with Styles online, you know it’s not completely out of the blue. In December, he shared a short film titled “Forever, Forever,” which features footage of the final night of Love on Tour in Italy.It ends with the message “WE BELONG TOGETHER” superimposed on a crowd shot. More recently, the image and phrase appeared on posters around the world, directing fans to a website connected to Harry Styles HQ.@harrystyles/InstagramWhat’s In An Era?As Styles told Variety at a Grammys press conference in 2023 — where Harry’s House was named Album of the Year — he never really takes a break from music.“We’ve always tried to not really stop writing, because it feels like you have this big stop and then you come back to it, and it can feel like you’re either trying to prove something or trying to follow something up,” he explained.But while Styles might have been working on music privately, the period between Harry’s House and Kiss All the Time also included multiple side quests, from being spotted in Rome for the conclave election of Pope Leo XIV to running both the Tokyo Marathon and Berlin Marathon (and achieving an astounding personal best of 2:59:13 at the latter). He also made headlines for his reported romance with Zoë Kravitz. Clearly, much to discuss on the new album!

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