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25 Years Later, Vin Diesel’s $7 Billion Franchise Starter Makes a Comeback
After 25 years, Vin Diesel’s The Fast and the Furious is making a comeback, on streaming before the end of the end of the $7 billion franchise.
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Shark Tank names MrBeast and Mindy Kaling among season 18 guest investors
American entrepreneurship series “Shark Tank” has confirmed its roster of guest investors for its eighteenth season, which returns to ABC and Hulu in the autumn. The new guest sharks include YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, alongside “The Office” actor Mindy Kaling and former NFL player J.J. Watt. Their arrival adds notable star…
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Danny McBride’s Debut Novel ‘Thrilling Tales Of Modern Men’ Hits New York Times Best-Seller List In First Week
Multi-hyphenate Danny McBride can now add New York Times Best-Seller Author to resumer as his debut novel Thrilling Tales Of Modern Men cracked the list in its first week. The book was number 14 on the list after hitting on shelves on June 23. Random House acquired his first book from McBride in 2023. A…
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WME Group Promotes Marie Sheehy to C-Suite
WME Group has promoted Marie Sheehy to executive vice-president and head of communications, placing her in the company’s senior executive ranks. In the role she oversees all communications strategy and operations across the firm — which spans the WME talent agency, IMG Licensing and Pantheon Media Group — and acts as its lead spokesperson while…
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‘Big Brother 28’ Cast Revealed: ‘Drag Race’ Star Jason De Puy, MMA Fighter Kamuela ‘Kamu’ Kirk and More
The cast of “Big Brother” Season 28 has been revealed, and the 14 houseguests include a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” all star and MMA fighter. Ahead of today’s announcement, there was heavy speculation of returning players, and two surprise players have yet to be revealed. “Big Brother” premieres Thursday, July 9, with a 90-minute premiere starting…
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‘The Sopranos’ Creator David Chase on Making a Movie About LSD Alongside MKUltra Series and Being Concerned About ‘Censorship’ Under Trump
Television legend David Chase, the creator of the multi-award-winning HBO series “The Sopranos,” told Variety he is independently working on a film “that deals with LSD” while also developing a series on the subject for HBO. While he could not go into much more detail, he briefly mentioned that it involves “a young woman” who…
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Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster is the new essential D&D book you need in your collection
Michael E. Shea, the tabletop role-playing game writer behind the Sly Flourish website and the “Lazy Dungeon Master” series, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his new book, Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster. The book expands the low-prep game-mastering philosophy he has developed over more than a decade, and matters because it distils a widely…
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After Gibbs’ Return, ‘NCIS’ Is Officially Bringing Back Another Legendary Franchise Icon
CBS has confirmed that Michael Weatherly will reprise his role as Tony DiNozzo for a season-long arc in the 24th season of NCIS. The announcement matters because it signals a deliberate strategy by the network to reconnect its flagship show with the characters who established its identity, rather than relying on the current cast and…
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‘Dutton Ranch’ Star Natalie Alyn Lind Unpacks ‘Yellowstone’ Sequel’s Finale Bombshells
Actor Natalie Alyn Lind has discussed the shock twists that closed the first season of “Dutton Ranch,” Taylor Sheridan’s latest “Yellowstone” sequel series on Paramount+. In the finale, titled “El Padrino,” her character, ranch heiress Oreana Jackson, discovers she is pregnant and then finds her father, Rob-Will (Jai Courtney), shot dead. The revelations matter because…
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British pop star Britney Spears memoir to become Universal film written by Liz Meriwether
Universal has hired television writer Liz Meriwether, known for New Girl and Dying for Sex, to pen its planned biopic based on Britney Spears’s memoir The Woman in Me. The project reunites much of the creative team behind the Wicked films, with Jon M. Chu attached to direct and Marc Platt producing, signalling a high-profile…