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Amidst 'Yellowstone' drama Kevin Costner has begun casting for 'Horizon 2'
Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan’s has been tainted. Deadline revealed a month after the drama’s season 5 midseason finale aired on Paramount Network that co-creator and showrunner Sheridan had opted to end Yellowstone when it returns later this summer. The decision was taken when Kevin sought to merely “spend a week shooting” the final six episodes.
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True Blood Reboot Dead at HBO
HBO is no longer eyeing a return trip to Bon Temps
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Unlikely book hits No. 1 on Amazon after daughter's TikTok showed dad's toil, low sales
Lloyd Devereux Richards spent 14 years writing 'Stone Maidens.' Now 11 years after it published, it's a No. 1 seller all because of a TikTok video.
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ChatGPT fuels AI-written books trend on Amazon
There were over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle store as of mid-February listing ChatGPT as an author, but there is no requirement to disclose the use of AI.
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Over 500 Marilyn Monroe look-alikes flock to Adelaide beach, raising $200,000 for cancer research
The 10th annual Marilyn Jetty Swim has reached a fundraising milestone, raising $1 million for cancer research.
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Richard Belzer, star of Law & Order and acclaimed comedian, dead at 78
Richard Belzer, acclaimed comedian and long-time actor in NBC's long running Law and Order franchise, has died at 78. The news first broke from long-time frien
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JK Rowling says she was bullied off a Harry Potter forum she joined under a pseudonym
JK Rowling has said she was bullied off a Harry Potter forum by fans who had no idea who she really was. The author of the wizarding franchise entered a chatroom at the turn of the millenium anonymously while she was writing the fourth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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The hundreds of changes made to Roald Dahl’s books to suit a new ‘sensitive’ generation
Quietly and systematically, the author’s entire catalogue has been reworked in a bid for ‘relevancy’'
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‘Outer Banks’ Renewed for Season 4 at Netflix
Netflix is in for more “Outer Banks.” The streamer has renewed the adventure series for a fourth season, five days ahead of the debut of Season 3 on Feb. 23. The news was announced Satu…
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Jeremy Renner Posts Recovery Workout Video After Snow Plow Accident: ‘Whatever It Takes’
Jeremy Renner is doing “whatever it takes” to recover following his January snow plow accident, in which the “Hawkeye” actor broke over 30 bones and suffered blunt chest trauma. In an Instagram Story update on Monday, Renner posted a video of him on an exercise bike, using one leg to pedal with the assistance of a pole-like tool. “Whatever it takes,” the caption reads. On the next slide, Renner shared that he’s working on his mental recovery as well, posting a photo of him reading “The Book of Awakening” by Mark Nepo.
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Woody Harrelson Slams COVID Set Protocols as ‘Nonsense,’ Urges Hollywood to ‘Stop’ Forcing ‘Vaccination’: That’s ‘Not a Free Country’
Woody Harrelson railed against COVID protocols on film sets during a new interview with The New York Times. The actor is making the press rounds in support of his new movie “Champions,” an indie sports dramedy from director Bobby Farrelly that’s backed by Focus Features. Harrelson expressed uncertainty about the future of indie movies given “all the COVID protocols” in place, calling such protocols “absurd.”
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Inside Ferrari's near-perfect F1 car launch
Ferrari raised the bar with the launch of its 2023 car, hinting at a high level of confidence in its Formula One chances this year.
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Madonna’s older brother Anthony Ciccone Dead at 66
Melanie said, “My brother-in-law, Anthony Gerard Ciccone, exited this earthly plane last evening. I’ve known him since I was 15, in the spring of our lives in Michigan so many years now gone.” She added, “As brother Dave Henry notes here, Anthony was a complex character; and god knows: we tangled in moments, as true brothers can. But I loved him, and understood him better than I was sometimes willing to let on."
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Netflix cuts prices in some countries to boost subscriptions, shares drop
Netflix Inc said on Thursday it has cut prices of its subscription plans in some countries as the streaming giant looks to maintain subscriber growth amid stiff competition and strained consumer spending.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Sets Premiere Date at Apple, Drops First Teaser
“Ted Lasso” Season 3 officially has a premiere date at Apple. The streamer announced that the critically-acclaimed sports comedy will return on Wednesday, March 15, with new episodes dr…
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AI-generated fiction is flooding literary magazines — but not fooling anyone
A short story titled “The Last Hope” first hit Sheila Williams’ desk in early January. Williams, the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, reviewed the story and passed on it. At first, she didn’t think much of it; she reads and responds to writers daily as part of her job, receiving anywhere from 700 to 750 stories a month. But when another story, also titled “The Last Hope,” came in a couple weeks later by a writer with a different name, Williams became suspicious.
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Tiger Woods must realise his competitive dilemma as his time nears to exit the stage | Ewan Murray
It would be quite the story if Tiger Woods turned up at a tournament and announced he was there only to make up numbers. Eyebrows were raised when Woods used pre-tournament media duties at the Genesis Invitational last week to assert he was in California to win, seven months after his last competitive round, but this was Woods in natural form. When the 47-year-old senses he cannot trade blows with the best in the world he will quietly exit stage left.
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What rewatching old shows teaches us about ourselves
Returning to familiar TV shows is about more than nostalgia.
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De La Soul - The Magic Number
From the (legendary) album 3 Feet High and Rising (1989).
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Former NFL star Chad Johnson says he saved money by living inside Cincinnati Bengals stadium for two years | CNN
After signing his first contract as a rookie for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2001, you might have forgiven Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson for thinking he'd made it.