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Ariana Grande impersonator shares DM she received from singer: “You’re very beautiful as YOURSELF”
Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann has shared a private direct message she says the singer sent her in 2019, publishing it in her new six-part Apple TV documentary series “Turning The Paige”. In the message, Grande gently encouraged Niemann to embrace her own appearance, writing that she was “very beautiful as YOURSELF” without heavy make-up…
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Justin Verlander announces he will retire after this season: ‘I’ve realized that time has come’
Justin Verlander, one of the most decorated pitchers in baseball history, has announced that the 2026 season will be his last, bringing an end to a 22-year Major League career. The three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2011 American League MVP made the announcement on social media on Wednesday, having endured an injury-hit final campaign…
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Star Wars Director Officially Reveals How the Franchise Shaped His New Netflix Anime
Anime director Yûki Igarashi, known for his work on Star Wars: Visions, has spoken to Collider’s Steven Weintraub about his feature directorial debut, The Ribbon Hero, a new film coming to Netflix. The film is inspired by Osamu Tezuka’s foundational 1953 manga Princess Knight, and recently had an early preview at the Annecy International Animated…
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Salli Richardson-Whitfield Makes Emmy History Again As First Black Woman To Receive 2 Drama Series Directing Noms
Director Salli Richardson-Whitfield has again made Emmy history, becoming the first Black woman in Television Academy history to earn two drama series directing nominations in the same year. Announced on Wednesday, the nominations recognise her work on HBO’s The Gilded Age and Task, adding to a milestone she first set in 2024 as the first…
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Prime Video’s Near-Perfect 93% Series Is the Perfect Weekend Binge Ahead of Season 2
Prime Video’s autobiographical college comedy Overcompensating, created by and starring Benito Skinner, is being highlighted as an ideal weekend watch ahead of its second season. The first season, released on 15 May 2025, holds a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has been praised for combining sharp humour with genuine emotional depth, marking it out…
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Amazon MGM Studios Chief Peter Friedlander Unveils Another Big TV Reorganization
Amazon MGM Studios’ global TV chief Peter Friedlander has announced his second major restructuring of the year, continuing his push towards genre-based development and programming teams. The shake-up sees three executives — Jen Chambers, Michael McDonald and Odetta Watkins — leave the company, while Kara Smith is promoted to head of drama. Friedlander framed the…
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The Pitt earns 25 Emmy nominations, nearly doubling its debut haul
HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt” secured 25 Emmy nominations for its second season, nearly doubling the 13 it earned for its debut. The haul establishes the series as one of the year’s most recognised dramas and places it narrowly ahead of “Hacks”, which set a comedy-series record with 24 nods. The scale of the…
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New Fallout Game Officially Coming After 10+ Year Wait
According to a new report, Obsidian Entertainment — the studio behind the acclaimed 2010 role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas — is set to return to the Fallout franchise with a brand-new title, nearly 16 years on. Xbox has reportedly moved the studio onto the project under the direction of New Vegas director Josh Sawyer, reuniting…
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Amazon’s New ‘Reacher’ Replacement Is Officially Coming to Theaters
Amazon MGM has officially greenlit a feature film adaptation of James Byrne’s crime thriller as it looks for a new marquee action hero in the mould of its hit series Reacher. The move reflects Hollywood’s appetite for larger-than-life literary heroes following the streaming success of Prime Video’s Reacher, starring Alan Ritchson, and marks the first…
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11 Years Later, ‘Superman’ Star’s 99-Minute Flop Is Somehow the #1 Movie in America
The 2015 comedy film *Vacation*, which stars Skyler Gisondo, has unexpectedly become the number one movie in America on streaming, ranking top on Paramount+ according to FlixPatrol. The revival is notable because Gisondo has since risen to prominence as Jimmy Olsen in James Gunn’s 2025 *Superman* reboot, and because the 99-minute film was poorly received…