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‘Remake’ Review: Ross McElwee’s Heartbreaking Study of Movies and Memory Turns the Camera on His Own Family Tragedy
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Erin Andrews Reveals This Habit Saved Her Life
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Filmmakers Behind Gaza Drama ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Make Plea for Peace in Venice: “Enough of the Mass Killing, Starvation, Dehumanization”
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TKO Group Doubles Dividend
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AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust it
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Stephen Colbert Reacts to Trump Death Rumors: ‘Are You Dead? Were You in Those Bags?’
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Online speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says minister
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Drake Addresses Claims He Has 'Fake Abs' and Underwent BBL Surgery
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Cow manure just killed 6 workers on a dairy farm. It happens more than you’d think.
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Kelley Wolf Jailed For Harassment After Series of Alarming Instagram Posts
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Bruce Willis lives in a second home as dementia battle progresses, wife Emma Heming reveals
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How sensitive is Greenland’s ice to a warming world?
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‘Nip/Tuck’ star Dylan Walsh allegedly had open cans of White Claw in SUV after car crash: report
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The bigger plan behind Trump’s attempted Fed firing
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land gets the sendoff it deserves in huge Switch 2 DLC
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AI Is Crushing the Early Career Job Market, Stanford Study Finds
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Alexander Payne Dodges Gaza Conversation at Venice Jury Press Conference: ‘I’m Unprepared for That Question’
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Lil Nas X says he's OK after 'terrifying' arrest
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Venice: Gaza March Organizers Reveal Details Of Saturday’s Demonstration, “Hundreds” Expected To Participate
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'It Almost Destroyed Me': Game of Thrones Teen Star Issues Warning to New Harry Potter Actors Over Fame and Social Media
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Charley Crockett on Nashville Pop-Country: ‘I Don’t Think They Stand for Anything’
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Need For Speed Future In Doubt As Criterion Is Rebranded "A Battlefield Studio"
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Jason Kelce Reacts to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s Engagement
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The Rapture’s Luke Jenner Opens Up About Family Trauma and Finding “Permission to Not Think About Yourself”: Podcast
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Meghan Markle Gives Rare Glimpse of Daughter Lilibet, 4, Inside Family Home
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen go makeup-free in rare sighting in the Hamptons
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Brittany Cartwright spotted on PDA-packed date night with mystery man amid Jax Taylor divorce
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Ghislaine Maxwell Doesn't Believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself
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Ron Howard on why people want to go off the grid
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Gaza’s famine is now official. What does that change?
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Trump’s DOJ is going after his enemies
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TikToker Nara Smith Reveals Husband Lucky Blue Doesn't Let Her Drive
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Missy Elliott Settles Long-Running Writing Credit Lawsuit Right Before Trial
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Live Nation Shares Hit New High, MSG Entertainment and Sphere Entertainment Stocks Post Big Gains
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Anime fans hate live-action remakes - here's why studios still keep making them
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Lil Nas X to Remain Jailed Through the Weekend Following Arrest and Hospitalization
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Netflix wants its partners to follow these rules when using gen AI
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BigXthaPlug Arrested in Dallas, Just Hours After His Country Album Dropped
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Republicans are making a very simple, unforced mistake with Latino voters
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