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Trump Loses Bid to Overturn E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 Million Defamation Win
The president has repeatedly tried to overturn the 2024 verdict
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YouTube’s NFL Game Reaches Global Audience of Over 17 Million Viewers
The Chiefs vs. Chargers game sets the record for most concurrent viewers of a live stream the platform has ever seen
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How ‘The Secret Agent’ Used Urban Legends to Hide Its Political Points
TIFF 2025: Director Kleber Mendonça Filho borrowed from Brazilian tales of a hairy leg running amok, which were invented to talk in code about the military dictatorship
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Howard Stern Fesses Up After He Tricks News Outlets Into Running Story He Was Replaced by Andy Cohen
“Here’s the truth: SiriusXM and my team have been talking about how we go forward in the future,” the radio host assures his fans as “The Howard Stern Show” returns
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‘Normal’ Review: Bob Odenkirk Has a Bloody Blast in ‘Die Hard’ Meets ‘Fargo’ Action Romp
TIFF 2025: Ben Wheatley’s latest has a whole lot of fun smashing everything together and keeping us on our toes
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Toronto Film Festival So Far: Short on Prestige Movies, Big on Popcorn Flicks
Other festivals grabbed most of the top awards contenders, but TIFF’s 50th year is showcasing plenty of crowd-pleasers
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Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix Join Over 4,000 Film Workers Against Israeli Institutions ‘Implicated in Genocide’
The letter, shared via Film Workers for Palestine, has gained major support since publishing Monday with 1,300 signatures
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Get Into the Groovy: ‘The White Lotus’ Cast Goes ’70s
We invited the cast of The White Lotus to a ‘70s-themed party. You can bet your bell-bottomed dollar that they were game and ready to dish on how they created one of the twistiest seasons of TV in memory.
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The Trouble With Adolescence
By Kate ManneArtwork by Hernan Bas In the second episode of Netflix’s Adolescence, Detective Sergeant Misha Frank (Faye Marsay) gets her longest piece of dialogue, a short monologue that lampshades one of the central problems of the series:It does nothing to illuminate or even vivify the plight of the female victim. “Do you know what…
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A major exhibition of L.A. artists and a portfolio of Hollywood’s finest actors of the year coalesce in a collaboration of creativity.
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‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Trailer: Daniel Craig Teams With Josh O’Connor to Solve a Holy Mystery
Rian Johnson’s follow-up to “Glass Onion” and “Knives Out” arrives in theaters November 26 and on Netflix December 12
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TheWrapBook: The Art of Television 2025
“TV actors have often seemed more relatable, almost like casual friends we catch up with on a regular basis — unlike the glamorous movie stars of old who sat at a safe distance on a big screen. TV shows typically tell us stories that mirror our daily lives: in offices and hospitals, schools and apartment…
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6 Best Moments From the 2025 VMAs
Lady Gaga takes MTV to MSG, Mariah Carey throws some shade and Yungblud and Steven Tyler pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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‘Bad Apples’ Review: Saoirse Ronan Schools Us in Daring, Darkly Funny Satirical Thriller
Toronto Film Festival: Ronan gives one of her best, funniest performances to date in Jonatan Etzler’s stellar second feature
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‘The Christophers’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Chamber Drama Is a Riveting Meditation on Art
TIFF 2025: Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are a compelling duo in this story of forgery, art and legacy