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Christopher Nolan Says He Wouldn’t Have Been Able To Make ‘The Odyssey’ Without ‘Oppenheimer’
Christopher Nolan has said his 2023 film Oppenheimer was the key to getting his latest project, The Odyssey, made, telling Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that its unexpected success gave him the leverage to convince a studio to back such an ambitious epic. This matters because The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer’s foundational ancient…
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Did James Franco Find Real Alien Footage or Is He Just Trolling Everyone?
James Franco has resurfaced on social media after years of a low profile following 2018 sexual misconduct allegations, using a new TikTok account to build weeks of cryptic hype around footage he claimed showed an alien encounter at his property. The saga generated significant online speculation, with fans debating whether it was a genuine paranormal…
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8 Classic Mystery Books That Are Perfect From the First Page to the Last
This Collider feature recommends classic mystery novels that hold up brilliantly from beginning to end, opening with two picks that helped shape the genre. Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is credited as the origin of the detective fiction genre, introducing C. Auguste Dupin, the prototype for later sleuths…
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Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes launches extraordinary public attack on his old mate Peter FitzSimons – after being ghosted
Australian radio and television personality Dave “Hughesy” Hughes has publicly criticised his long-time friend, journalist and author Peter FitzSimons, in unusually strong terms after apparently being ignored by him. The confrontation appears to stem from a personal falling-out rather than a professional dispute, though the exact trigger for Hughes’s comments is not detailed in the…
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Kindly Midwest woman took pity on down-on-their luck strangers and helped them out… then one drove to her home and beat her to death
A woman in Missouri, named in reports as Melissa Anderson, was beaten to death at her home after reportedly showing kindness to strangers who had fallen on hard times. According to the report, one of the people she had helped, identified as Joseph Marino, is said to have travelled to her house before attacking and…
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TriStar Pictures Lands Feature Rights To Trevor Henderson’s Viral Internet IP ‘Cartoon Cat’
Sony’s TriStar Pictures has pre-emptively acquired feature film rights to “Cartoon Cat,” another viral internet creature created by Trevor Henderson, following a bidding war for his “Siren Head” concept that landed at Warner Bros. It marks the second Henderson property optioned for film within a fortnight, underlining a growing Hollywood appetite for adapting internet-born horror…
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YouTube still recommending eating disorder videos to teens, research finds
The site is continuing to recommend harmful videos despite new rules meant to better protect teenagers in the UK, a study finds.
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Millionaire art collector’s horrific final moments revealed after he and his pet dog were mown down on Boston street by stranger who took a dislike to them
A wealthy art collector and his pet dog died after being deliberately run down on a street in Boston by a stranger who reportedly took a dislike to them, according to the Daily Mail. The case is notable for its apparently random and unprovoked nature, with the victim seemingly targeted for no clear reason while…
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Hudson Williams Confronts Autograph Hounds Who Followed Him Home in Viral Video: ‘Please F—ing Leave’
“Heated Rivalry” star Hudson Williams told off a group of autograph hounds who followed him to a private residence in Paris for his signature. The confrontation was captured in a now viral video shared on social media on Monday. As Williams stepped out of a car, someone handed him pictures and asked for his signature.…
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DANIEL HANNAN: Here’s why the Left revel in the deaths of political opponents in a way Right-wing people never would…
In this opinion piece for the Daily Mail, columnist Daniel Hannan argues that left-wing figures react to the deaths of political opponents with a lack of grace or even satisfaction that he says would be unthinkable from the political right. The piece appears prompted by the death of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe, after a…