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US blasts China’s rare earths curbs, urges Beijing not to implement them
The two sides have maintained low tariffs, China’s rare earth flows under a delicate, repeatedly extended truce Top US officials on…
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J&J faces first UK lawsuits alleging its baby powder caused cancer
Johnson & Johnson is facing the first lawsuits in Britain over allegations that its talc products cause cancer, as it fights tens of…
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‘Gen V’ Actor Keeya King on Annabeth’s Heartbreaking Confession to Marie Amid Cipher Reveal
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 7 of “Gen V,” now streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video. It turns out Marie…
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Apple rolls out devices with more powerful M5 chip
Apple unveiled a series of product updates on Wednesday (Oct 15), including a refreshed MacBook Pro, an iPad Pro and a second generation…
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Michael J. Fox Met With Eric Stoltz for the First Time, 40 Years After ‘Back to the Future’ Recasting: We Discovered It ‘Had Not Made Us Enemies or Rivals’
Michael J. Fox reveals in his new memoir, “Future Boy,” that he wrote a letter to Eric Stoltz asking to finally meet 40 years after Fox…
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Yo-Yo Ma on What Our Descendants Will Inherit
Earlier this month, the celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma turned seventy—an occasion that led him to reflect on not just his own past but also…
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Gwyneth Paltrow Slams ‘Gwyneth: The Biography’ as ‘Rubbish’ and Shades the Author: ‘It’s Very Sexist… Why Do the Men Get Walter Isaacson and I Get This Hack?’
Gwyneth Paltrow is finally speaking out on “Gwyneth: The Biography,” the much-discussed book from author Amy Odell that published in July.…
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D’Angelo’s Genius Was Pure, and Rare
This week, the R. & B. singer D’Angelo died at age fifty-one, of cancer. He was best known for deftly combining the heft and tenderness of…
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How have Premier League teams really started the season?
Both Manchester United and Chelsea have one of the top five attacks in the league but worryingly also rank in the bottom five defensively.…
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‘One Battle After Another’ Projected to Lose $100 Million Theatrically as ‘Smashing Machine’ and Others Also Struggle Due to Oversized Budgets
Every Monday morning, Virginia-based cinema owner Mark O’Meara pores over grosses to see how the newest releases are playing in his area.…
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Netflix Combines VFX Businesses Under Unified ‘Eyeline’ Brand
Nearly four years after acquiring Scanline VFX, Netflix is bringing together the visual effects operations of Scanline and the Eyeline…
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Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind” Reinvents the Heist Movie
One of the joys of reviewing movies is witnessing a longtime filmmaker’s artistic breakthrough, as has happened with Kelly Reichardt. A…
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Andrea Kalas on Film Preservation Revolution, Scorsese’s Film Foundation and Restoring ‘The Godfather Part III’
LYON, France — Andrea Kalas, Vice President of Media and Archival Services at Iron Mountain and one of the field’s most influential…
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Apple TV+ just dropped the ‘+’—other brands are likely to follow suit
Apple TV+ is dead. Long live Apple TV. On October 13, in a press release about F1: The Movie, Apple TV+ nonchalantly slipped in a line…
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Natalie Portman Reflects on Why Diane Keaton Inspired Her in Lumière Masterclass: ‘She Let Women Be Weird on Screen’
Natalie Portman spoke with great affection about Diane Keaton, who died on Oct. 11, during her masterclass at this week’s Lumière Film…
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Retro football shirts: From practicality to fashion statements
"First and foremost, the easiest way for a kit to become iconic is if the team was successful in it," podcast host and football historian…
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Bruce Springsteen Hails Stephen Graham’s Portrayal of His ‘Troubled’ Father in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’: He ‘Just Naturally Inhabited His Skin’
The accolades are stacking up for Stephen Graham. Less than a month after winning his first Emmy for “Adolescence,” the British actor has…
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‘High Wire’ Director Calif Chong on Stephen Chow Dreams, BFI London Film Festival Premiere and Making Immigration Funny
When Calif Chong was growing up in a working-class Hong Kong household, no one in her family went to the cinema. But Stephen Chow’s…
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Conan O’Brien’s Emmy-Winning TBS Series Lands at Radial Entertainment
Radial Entertainment has struck a deal for the U.S. distribution rights to Conan O’Brien’s long-running TBS late-night talk show, the…
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John Candy’s Son ‘Shocked’ to Discover Resurfaced Interviews Where Journalists Mocked the Actor’s Weight: ‘That Was Heart-Wrenching’
John Candy’s son, Chris, said during a recent event promoting the new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me” (via People) that it was…
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Laurie Metcalf on Signing Onto ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Without Seeing a Script and Charlie Hunnam’s Nude Scene
Laurie Metcalf’s four decades-long acting career spans comedy and drama across television, film and stage. However there’s one dream she…
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“A House of Dynamite” Is a Major Misfire from a Great Filmmaker
Little of this plays to Bigelow’s strengths. She has directed at least one screw-tightening nuclear-crisis movie before, the…
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‘The President’s Cake,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘To the West, in Zapata’ Top Hamptons Film Festival Award Winners
As awards season contenders continue to take shape, the Hamptons International Film Festival has delivered the winners of its 33rd outing…
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Trump threatens to move World Cup and Olympics because of Democratic officials
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to press FIFA and the Olympic Committee to change locations for the World Cup and Olympics because…