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Jay Leno injured in nasty motorbike crash
US talkshow host Jay Leno has broken several bones in a motorbike crash, just weeks after he was badly injured in a car fire. The former Tonight Show host revealed in a new interview that he is recovering from multiple broken bones after the motorcycle accident, Page Six reported.
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Three seconds of audio could end up costing Fox $504,000
Despite being a well-known illegal sound that many film and television productions have been fined over, US media titan Fox stands accused of playing the Emergency Alert System attention tone to promote an NFL show on dozens of TV channels. The Federal Communications Commission, which polices use of the sound to protect its integrity, now wants to fine the organization $504,000 – just as it did for Hollywood action film Olympus Has Fallen ($1.9 million, 2014) right down to Jimmy Kimmel Live ($395,000, 2019).
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NBC Universal Reportedly Cancels Jay Leno's Garage Television Series
NBC Universal has canceled Jay Leno's reality television series after seven seasons, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Speaking with unnamed sources from within CNBC, The Hollywood Reporter says the cancellation of Jay Leno's Garage comes amid a "larger schedule shift" within the channel that will see primetime slots filled with reruns of more popular reality shows like Shark Tank and Undercover Boss, plus original business documentaries sprinkled in.
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Mumbling actors, bad speakers or lazy listeners? Why everyone is watching TV with subtitles on
Subtitles aren’t just for the hard of hearing, with Netflix reporting 40% of its viewers regularly use them. But do we just enjoy them or is there a more annoying reason?
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Brendan Fraser On The “Self-Loathing” That Shaped His Early Career: “On Some Level I Felt I Deserved A Beating”
Brendan Fraser is best known for his physical performances in popular comedies like The Mummy and George of The Jungle, but in a recent interview, The Whale star broke down the effect his early car…
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Brett Goldstein Hints at ‘Ted Lasso’ Ending: ‘It’s Better If You Don’t Know Anything’
“I love all of these characters and want it to end well, but Jason has a very clear vision and always has,” Goldstein said of the Season 3 writing process. “No one is phoning it.&…
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Craig Mazin says that The Last of Us 2nd season is a great challenge, because “it is a much bigger and more complicated st
HBO has already officially announced that the adaptation of the video game will have a second season, on social networks they were already able to see a video in which it could be the official intro of the series and the phrase “Season 2” . Its showrunner, Craig Mazin , was apparently thinking about the continuation of the series long before its announcement, since he has revealed a bit about how he would adapt the second part.
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Ukraine war: Russian athletes cannot be allowed at Olympics, Zelensky says
Olympics chiefs say Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete as neutrals, but Ukraine opposes the move.
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The Disney empire was built on 100 years of near implosions
The Walt Disney Company’s massive modern empire is a far cry from the small animation studio Walt Disney and his brother Roy founded in 1923. One hundred years ago, the two brothers took a train from their hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, to Los Angeles, where they worked out of their uncle’s garage before purchasing a tiny studio space on Kingswell Avenue.
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James Cameron has now directed 3 of the 5 highest-grossing movies ever
With 'Avatar: The Way of Water' hitting a new box-office milestone, James Cameron has now directed three of the five highest-grossing movies of all time worldwide.
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Shinichiro Watanabe Couldn’t Watch Netflix’s Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’: It Was ‘Tough to Continue’
Right after 3, 2, 1, Shinichiro Watanabe couldn’t go anymore. The “Cowboy Bebop” anime creator revealed that the Netflix live-action adaptation of the noir series was “tough” to watch. Starring John Cho, the short-lived series was canceled by the streamer three weeks after its premiere in November 2021.
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Beyond Human: A Billion Years of Evolution and the Fate of Our Species
Our lifespans might feel like a long time by human standards, but to the Earth it's the blink of an eye. Even the entirety of human history represents a tiny slither of the vast chronology for our planet. We often think about geological time when looking back into the past, but today we look ahead. What might happen on our planet in the next billion years?
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Jeremy Renner was injured by snowplough when trying to save nephew
Actor Jeremy Renner was trying to stop a snowplough from crashing into his nephew when he became trapped and it crushed him, a police report discloses. The Marvel star was using the six-tonne PistenBully plough to help Alexander Fries free his car from the snow. But the large vehicle then began to roll down the hill, a Washoe County sheriff's department report said.
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Yung Gravy Sued by Rick Astley for Copying 'Never Gonna Give You Up' Voice
Yung Gravy is getting a legal Rick-rolling from the man himself ... Rick Astley is suing the up-and-coming rapper for allegedly ripping off the singer's voice from his most popular hit.
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‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ and ‘Family Guy’ Renewed for Two More Seasons Each at Fox
Fox has ordered two more seasons of its staple animated comedies “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers,” and “Family Guy,” continuing their long-time runs on Fox …
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Performer of the Week: Anna Torv
To say Torv made the most of her brief time on The Last of Us would be quite the understatement. In just two episodes, the Fringe vet crafted such a complex, multi-dimensional character that we were genuinely heartbroken when Tess was killed off in Sunday’s tense hour.
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Former Detroit Lions Linebacker Jessie Lemonier Dead At 25
Former Detroit Lions linebacker Jessie Lemonier has passed away, the team announced. He was only 25.
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He made a children’s book using AI. Then came the rage.
Ammaar Reshi thought of it as just a fun, creative idea: Use artificial intelligence tools to write and illustrate a children’s book that he had always wanted to make for a friend’s daughter. He gave himself only a weekend to do it.
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Even Reality TV Hosts Are Being Replaced By Robots
Milf Manor, The Button, and Pressure Cooker all operate without a host—but at what cost?
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Colette: The most beloved French writer of all time
An icon in her native France, Colette's scandalous life and works still captivate readers 150 years on from her birth, writes Alan Simpson.