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Summer Walker’s ‘Finally Over It’ Lands at No. 2 With Year’s Biggest Debut for a Female R&B Artist
With her third studio album “Finally Over It” debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week, Summer Walker not only secured the biggest…
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The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All
Thanksgiving, as it tends to be celebrated, is the most honest American holiday: all appetite, no apology. Every other event on our civic…
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Shawn Levy on the Origins of ‘Stranger Things,’ Working With Matt and Ross Duffer and Why ‘Sticking the Landing’ Is Their ‘North Star Principle’
Shawn Levy‘s go-to shorthand for Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of “Stranger Things” — which Levy brought to Netflix through his…
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‘The Morning Show’ Cast and Producers on Filming Season 4 Finale the Day After the Election and Tackling Current Events in Season 5: ‘The World Is Upside Down’
“The Morning Show” has a knack for covering current events — the MeToo movement, space travel and in Season 4, AI. And that reflection of…
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Sen. John Cornyn presses Olympics to bar transgender athletes before 2026 Winter Games
Sen. John Cornyn on Monday called on the International Olympic Committee to ban biological males from female sports ahead of the 2026…
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LISTEN: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Soars to Fourth-Highest Opening of 2025; HBO Preps for Busy 2026 Amid Warner Bros. Discovery M&A Drama
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin unpacks Universal Pictures’ risky decision to break “Wicked” in two…
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Brooks Nader Brings Y2K Style to the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix in Thong Sandals
Brooks Nader went with a retro look for her outing over the weekend, opting for a Y2K-inspired silhouette with her heeled thong sandals as…
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Beyoncé Styles Wild Curls at Formula 1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s hair went wild at the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, where she joined her husband, Jay-Z, and driver…
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‘Wicked: For Good’ soars to a $226 million global debut
Universal Pictures’ two-part Wicked gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. Just a year after part one brought droves of…
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HBO Max Black Friday Deal: 73% Off Basic Plan With Ads for One Year
Warner Bros. Discovery is hoping to lock in new and returning HBO Max customers with a one-week Black Friday promotion. Beginning Monday,…
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WAVES Film Bazaar 2025 Wraps With Awards for ‘Kakthet,’ ‘Ulta’ and AI Filmmaking Innovation
India’s premier film market concluded its five-day run in Goa with a closing ceremony on Nov. 24 that celebrated emerging voices in…
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Chance the Rapper and Julianne Hough Join ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ As Co-Hosts
Three-time Grammy-winner Chance the Rapper and “Dancing With The Stars” presenter Julianne Hough have joined as co-hosts for “Dick Clark’s…
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What Does “Capitalism” Really Mean, Anyway?
The endgame of capitalism, in his account, is a world where “almost nothing escaped commodification.” Beckert here refers to commodities…
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Malika Favre’s and Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley
For the first cover of the December 1, 2025, special centenary issue titled “Our Far-Flung Correspondents,” the artist Malika Favre…
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Parrot Analytics Teams With Qatar’s Nascent Film Committee, Opens Middle East Office in Doha
Prominent media analytics company has partnered with Qatar’s nascent Film Committee to open a regional office in the Qatari capital of…
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China Box Office: Bi Gan’s Resurrection Debuts at No. 1 as ‘Demon Slayer’ Holds Firm
Huace Pictures’ “Resurrection,” directed by Bi Gan, opened on top of the China box office with RMB116.8 million ($16.5 million) over the…
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Billie Eilish’s ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ 3D Concert Movie Set for Release by Paramount, Co-Directed by James Cameron
Billie Eilish’s 3D concert documentary will be released by Paramount Pictures, she revealed Sunday night on Instagram on the last night of…
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Arne Slot should drop Mohamed Salah says Wayne Rooney in latest podcast
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said after Saturday's loss that "everyone in the team has to take responsibility" and with Slot's team…
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Kiran Rao’s Kindling Pictures Backs Bosco Bhandarkar’s ‘Shadow Hill’ at WAVES Film Bazaar
Kiran Rao‘s production banner Kindling Pictures is backing commercial director Bosco Bhandarkar’s feature directorial debut “Shadow Hill:…
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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Finds Its Losers Club: The Young Cast on Landing Their Roles and Their Fears of Pennywise
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 1, Episode 5 of “It: Welcome to Derry,” now streaming on HBO Max. Pennywise the…
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WAVES Film Bazaar Unveils Two New Awards to Boost Filmmaking Support
Two new awards, UNESCO Creative Cities Network City of Film Award for the Best Co-Production Market Project and the Matchbox Gap Award for…
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Bird Flu Epidemic Immigrant Drama ‘Feather Men’ Bows at WAVES Film Bazaar
Immigrant drama “Feather Men” (Khoriya), the debut feature from Delhi-based filmmaker Vishwendra Singh, has been selected for the…
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Cate Blanchett among BBC Radio 4 festive guest editors
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and former prime minister Baroness Theresa May are among the six public figures who will guest edit…