Variety
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Paramount Global to Pursue Simultaneous Talks with Sony/Apollo and Skydance as M&A Drama Drags On
Paramount Global goes back to playing the field this week with two suitors still pursuing the company that has been surrounded by a highly public...
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Chris Pine Had Negative $400 in His Bank Account Before Booking ‘Princess Diaries 2’: The Salary Was ‘Absolutely Earth-Shattering’
Chris Pine reflected on how his role in “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” changed his career — and life. In the May 5 episode of “Sunday...
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‘Gen V’ Won’t Recast Chance Perdomo’s Role After Actor’s Death, Sets Production for May
Chance Perdomo’s “Gen V” character Andre Anderson will not be recast for Season 2 of “The Boys” spinoff series. Perdomo died at the age of 27 in...
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Korea Box Office: ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ Passes $55 Million on Second Weekend, as ‘The Fall Guy’ Trips
Locally-produced crime action thriller “The Roundup: Punishment” dominated the South Korea box office for a second weekend. In contrast,...
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Box Office: ‘Garfield’ Scratches Up $22 Million Overseas Ahead of Domestic Debut
Sony’s animated “The Garfield Movie” scratched up $22 million in its international box office debut. It’s currently only playing in 18 markets,...
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Bernard Hill, ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Titanic’ Actor, Dies at 79
Bernard Hill, the actor known for playing King Théoden in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and Captain Edward Smith in “Titanic,” has died. He was...
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‘X-Files’ Series Finale Scully Pregnancy Debate Reignited by Creator Chris Carter: ‘The Truth Is Out There Is Something Else’
There was a mic drop moment at the end of an event in New York City celebrating 30 years of “The X-Files” when series creator Chris Carter...
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‘Turtles All the Way Down’ Review: A Young-Adult Romance with an Original Dramatic Obstacle: The Heroine Has OCD
"Turtles All the Way Down" makes Aza’s OCD just specific enough to draw us in, then deals with it in a way that’s just manipulative and...
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‘SNL’ Makes Fun of JoJo Siwa’s Edgy Rebrand: Like a ‘Figure Skater Joined a Street Gang’ and ‘Mad Max on Broadway’
On “SNL,” a Weekend Update segment playfully poked fun at 20-year-old singer JoJo Siwa’s transformation into an edgier and more adult persona....
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Jerry Seinfeld Roasts His Excessive ‘Unfrosted’ Press Tour on ‘SNL’: I Used to Be ‘Funny’ and ‘Good Looking’ Like ‘Ryan Gosling’
Jerry Seinfeld joined “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update to make fun of his press tour for his Netflix movie, “Unfrosted,” which chronicles the...
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‘SNL’ Cold Open Addresses Campus Protests and Riffs on Canceled Graduations
As college campus protests ignite across the U.S. over the Israel-Palestine conflict, “SNL” weighed in with its cold open this week as Kenan...
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Kendrick Lamar Drops Yet Another Drake Diss Track, ‘Not Like Us’
Kendrick Lamar continued to ramp up his increasingly personal musical battle with Drake by releasing “Not Like Us,” his third song in 36 hours,...