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The Two Biggest Gangster Movies Of All Time Head To Prime Video
By Britta DeVore
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Fans of classic cinema – specifically of the mafioso variety – are in for a treat next month as The Godfather and The Godfather Part II will find their way onto Prime Video. Whether it’s your first time or 100th tuning in for the classic Francis Ford Coppola film, you never need an excuse to turn down the lights, pop some popcorn, and settle in for two of the most iconic (if not the most iconic) gangster films of all-time.
With a stacked cast, an incredible storyline, and perhaps even more behind-the-scenes drama than what was going down in the plot, the first two titles of The Godfather trilogy are absolute must-watches when they arrive on streaming.
The Godfather
With a legacy almost bigger than Hollywood, the first installment in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy made its way onto screens back in 1972, long before anyone could have dreamt of an in-house streaming option. The debut film was co-penned by Coppola and writer Mario Puzo, who wrote the best-selling novel on which the movie was based. Filling out the cast was a, quite frankly, insane lineup of talent that included Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, and more.
Kicking off the trilogy with a bang, the first film introduces audiences to the Corleone family, an Italian-American family who all fall in line under their patriarch, Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). Over a decade, audiences tag along with the illegal goings on of the connected family and watch as Vito’s youngest son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), moves from a disinterested and unattached outsider to the family’s cutthroat leader.
While we can only imagine how incredible it must have been to see this one-of-a-kind, action-packed story performed by all of these top-tier actors on the big screen, streaming the movie from the comfort of your own home is certainly a close second.
A box office success, Coppola’s introduction to the Corleone family blew the top off the box office, originally earning more than $81 million during its initial release against its $6-7.2 million production budget. Over the years, through multiple re-releases, the movie has seen that number grow by leaps and bounds, with the film’s total haul between $250-291 million. With the popularity of The Godfather in mind and its availability on streaming not just now but also in the past, it’s wild to think about how many people have seen the film over the last more than 50 years.
The Godfather Part II
Two years later, The Godfather Part II was released into cinemas, continuing the story of Michael Corleone’s (Al Pacino) takeover of the family while also blending in the origin story of how a young Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) moved his life from Sicily to New York City.
Another massive box office success, the Paramount Pictures film has amassed a whopping $93 million lifetime haul against its $13 million production budget. Those who catch The Godfather Part II on streaming will be treated to two legends on the rise as both Al Pacino and Robert De Niro deliver knockout performances in the sequel.
Streaming The Movies
After you’re done watching The Godfather and The Godfather Part II on Prime Video next month, you can hop over to Paramount+ where a separate TV series titled The Offer is now streaming. The show pulls the curtain back on the stranger-than-fiction story of what went on behind the scenes to bring the original film to cinemas and is worth the watch for those enamored by the films.
The Godfather and The Godfather Part II will begin streaming on Prime Video on November 1.
Source: TV Guide
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Hurdle hints and answers for March 1, 2026
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.
There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.
An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.
If you find yourself stuck at any step of today’s Hurdle, don’t worry! We have you covered.
Hurdle Word 1 hint
Mixed metals.
Hurdle Word 1 answer
ALLOY
Hurdle Word 2 hint
A popular board game.
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Hurdle Word 2 Answer
CHESS
Hurdle Word 3 hint
The edge of the beach.
Hurdle Word 3 answer
COAST
Hurdle Word 4 hint
Milk-based.
Hurdle Word 4 answer
DAIRY
Final Hurdle hint
A Spanish character.
Hurdle Word 5 answer
TILDE
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Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on March 1
It’s a new month, and while the Moon may appear totally full, we’re still a couple of days away from this yet. But in the meantime, there’s still lots to spot on its surface.
What is today’s Moon phase?
As of Sunday, March 1, the Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA’s Daily Moon Guide, 94% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.
With just your naked eye, tonight you’ll be able to see the Mares Imbrium and Crisium, as well as the Tycho Crater. If you have binoculars hanging about, dust them off and pull them out to catch a glimpse of the Mares Nectaris and Frigoris, and the Endymion Crater. And proud telescope owners will see all this and more, including the Apollo 15 and 17 landing spots, and the Schiller Crater.
When is the next Full Moon?
The next Full Moon will be on March 3. The last Full Moon was on Feb. 1.
What are Moon phases?
According to NASA, the Moon takes about 29.5 days to orbit the Earth. Over the course of this period, it moves through eight recognisable phases, what we call the lunar cycle. While the same side of the Moon always faces us, the amount of its surface lit by the Sun changes as it continues along its path. The shifts in sunlight create the different appearances we see from Earth, ranging from a fully illuminated Moon to a thin sliver or near darkness. The eight phases are:
New Moon – The Moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it’s invisible to the eye).
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Waxing Crescent – A small sliver of light appears on the right side (Northern Hemisphere).
First Quarter – Half of the Moon is lit on the right side. It looks like a half-Moon.
Waxing Gibbous – More than half is lit up, but it’s not quite full yet.
Full Moon – The whole face of the Moon is illuminated and fully visible.
Waning Gibbous – The Moon starts losing light on the right side. (Northern Hemisphere)
Third Quarter (or Last Quarter) – Another half-Moon, but now the left side is lit.
Waning Crescent – A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before going dark again.
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Men are paying to have negative posts removed from Tea app
As reported by 404 Media, online service Tea App Green Flags will scrub negative posts from anonymous gossip app Tea and similar online forums where women post about negative experiences they’ve had with men they’ve dated.
According to 404 Media’s interview with Tea App Green Flags’ founder, simply identified as Jay, the company launched two years ago to tackle posts on the many Are We Dating the Same Guy Facebook groups. His focus has turned to Tea in the past year.
“We just want to take down posts about people who are being defamed,” Jay told 404 Media. “And when I say defamed, it means like, ‘this guy has a small penis,’ or ‘this guy smells.’ That doesn’t fit the mission statement of what the Tea app was for, which is to warn women against people who are harmful, who are abusive, who are cheaters.”
Tea App Green Flags’ site claims to have removed over 2,500 posts from the Tea App for over 759 clients. Most of the service’s clients are men, although Jay noted that occasionally the wives and girlfriends of men posted on the app will reach out.
Prospective Tea App Green Flags clients must provide their name, age, location, and photo to the service, as well links to specific posts targeting them. According to Tea App Green Flags’ FAQs, they can only remove posts with direct references to a client. On average, the site says, a Tea App “takedown campaign” will take 21 – 30 days. The lengths of other takedowns depend on the platform.
Price-wise, it costs $1.99 to report one Tea account and up to $79.99 to report 25 of them. The company also offers “24/7 Reputation Monitoring,” which costs $19.99 per month and alerts clients when they appear on Tea or Facebook.
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Jay would not share the details of the takedown process with 404 Media. Tea does have a free form for takedown requests on its website, and says that it will “only reply to takedown requests submitted via the takedown portal.”
Jay emphasized to 404 Media that Tea App Green Flags does not extend its services to people who have been accused of sexual assault multiple times on Tea, or who have been accused by one person using their real name and photo in a Facebook group.
“Sometimes we find along the process that there are pedophiles or people who actually did what they did, and they’re very bad,” Jay told 404 Media. “So we say, ‘we’re not doing this.’ We can’t take a rap for that. We’re ethical. We just want to take down people who are being defamed.”
Tea markets itself as presenting “dating safety tools that protect women.” In July 2025, it was the target of a large-scale cyberattack that exposed thousands of user images including drivers’ licenses, leaving users vulnerable to doxxing and harassment. These images were provided as verification for accounts, although the app itself is otherwise anonymous.
Jay claimed to 404 Media that Tea’s anonymity “causes a cesspool of defamation,” and that he would prefer if women shared their faces, even if they are speaking out against dangerous men who have done them harm.
While Tea is meant to be a women-only app, Tea App Green Flags is proof of men’s infiltration of these online dating spaces. (Tea itself was founded by a man: Sean Cook.)
“I have a Tea app account. I’m a dude,” Jay told 404 Media. “All my reps have Tea app accounts. They’re men.”
Mashable has reached out to Tea for further comment.
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