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Bill Walton, NBA Star, ESPN Commentator and Grateful Dead Superfan, Dies at 71
Bill Walton, the gregarious NBA star who became an ESPN commentator and was well known as a dedicated fan of the Grateful Dead, has died after...
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Jennifer Lopez Says AI Has Been ‘Really Scary’: Ads Are ‘Selling Skincare I Know Nothing About’ Using My Face Covered in ‘Wrinkles’
In director Brad Peyton’s Netflix sci-fi action movie, “Atlas,” Jennifer Lopez stars as the titular character, a data analyst who must turn to AI...
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‘Sister Midnight’ Review: Surreal Indian Comedy Swerves Into Genre Excess
Karan Kandhari’s “Sister Midnight” is a surreal Mumbai fable with an aggressive comedic rhythm. It’s composed by hitting the same few notes ad...
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‘Desert of Namibia’ Review: A Meandering Chronicle of a Listless Japanese Zoomer
“Desert of Namibia,” about a caustic 21-year-old Japanese wanderer, embodies its protagonist’s listlessness to a fault. Director Yôko Yamanaka was...
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Ananya Panday Stars in Riches to Rags Drama Series ‘Call Me Bae’ at Prime Video India (EXCLUSIVE)
Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra as executive producers give a glitzy pedigree to “Call Me Bae,” a new Hindi-language drama series set...
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Taipei Film Festival Sets Competition Selection, Wang Xiaoshuai as Jury Head – Global Bulletin
ISLAND VIEW The Taipei Film Festival has set “A Journey in Spring” as the Taiwan flagbearer in its international competition section. Directed by...
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‘The Good Wife’ Gets Arabic Adaptation on MBC’s Shahid Streamer With Star Hend Sabri in Lead Role
Leading Middle East network MBC Group has ordered an Arabic redo of “The Good Wife” set in Egypt with Tunisian-Egyptian star Hend Sabri (“Finding...
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‘Being Maria’ Review: A Poignant Dive Into the Turbulent Life of Actor Maria Schneider
“Being Maria” is a flawed but fascinating look at the turbulent life of actor Maria Schneider, played by a game Anamaria Vartolomei (“Happening”)....
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China Box Office: ‘The Last Frenzy’ Keeps Theatrical Lead as Momentum Slows Further
“The Last Frenzy,” a comedy film about a dying man’s last hurrah, retained the top spot in mainland Chinese cinemas for the third weekend of its...
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‘The Jinx: Part Two’ Showed the Impossible Task of Topping a True Crime Classic
No one could top the sensational ending to “The Jinx” — not even “The Jinx.” In 2015, the HBO true crime docuseries profiling New York real estate...
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‘The Sympathizer’ Cast Breaks Down the Mysterious Meaning of ‘Nothing’ in the Finale
SPOILER ALERT: The following interview contains spoilers for “Endings Are Hard, Aren’t They?,” the series finale of “The Sympathizer” on HBO....
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‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Would’ve Been ‘Just as Big’ on Netflix, Says Ted Sarandos: ‘There’s No Reason to Believe That the Movie Itself Is Better in Any Size of Screen’
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said in a recent New York Times interview that the 2023 blockbusters “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” would’ve “enjoyed just...