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  1. Associated Press site link LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex Trebek, who presided over the beloved quiz show “Jeopardy!” for more than 30 years with dapper charm and a touch of schoolmaster strictness, died Sunday. He was 80. Trebek, who announced in 2019 that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, died at his Los Angeles home, surrounded by family and friends, “Jeopardy!” studio Sony said. The Canadian-born host, who made a point of informing fans about his health directly, spoke in a calm, even tone as he revealed his illness and hope for a cure in a video posted March 6, 2019. In the video, Trebek said he was joining the 50,000 other Americans who receive such a diagnosis each year and that he recognized that the prognosis was not encouraging. But Trebek said he intended to fight it and keep working, even joking that he needed to beat the disease because his “Jeopardy!” contract ran for three more years. Less than a week later, he opened the show with a message acknowledging the outpouring of kind words and prayers he’d received. “Thanks to the — believe it or not — hundreds of thousands of people who have sent in tweets, texts, emails, cards and letters wishing me well,” Trebek said. “I’m a lucky guy.” An outpouring of grief from former contestants and the wider public quickly followed news of his death. “Alex wasn’t just the best ever at what he did. He was also a lovely and deeply decent man, and I’m grateful for every minute I got to spend with him,” tweeted “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings. “Thinking today about his family and his Jeopardy! family — which, in a way, included millions of us.” “Jeopardy!” bills itself as “America’s favorite quiz show” and captivated the public with a unique format in which contestants were told the answers and had to provide the questions on a variety of subjects, including movies, politics, history and popular culture. They would answer by saying “What is ... ?” or “Who is .... ?” Trebek, who became its host in 1984, was a master of the format, engaging in friendly banter with contestants, appearing genuinely pleased when they answered correctly and, at the same time, moving the game along in a brisk no-nonsense fashion whenever people struggled for answers. He never pretended to know the answers himself if he really didn’t, deferring to the show’s experts to decide whether a somewhat vague answer had come close enough to be counted as correct. “I try not to take myself too seriously,” he told an interviewer in 2004. “I don’t want to come off as a pompous ass and indicate that I know everything when I don’t.” The show was the brainstorm of Juann Griffin, wife of the late talk show host-entrepreneur Merv Griffin, who said she suggested to him one day that he create a game show where people were given the answers. “Jeopardy!” debuted on NBC in 1964 with Art Fleming as emcee and was an immediate hit. It lasted until 1975, then was revived in syndication with Trebek. Long identified by a full head of hair and trim mustache (though in 2001 he startled viewers by shaving his mustache, “completely on a whim”), Trebek was more than qualified for the job, having started his game show career on “Reach for the Top” in his native country. Moving to the U.S. in 1973, he appeared on “The Wizard of Odds,” “High Rollers,” “The $128,000 Question” and “Double Dare.” Even during his run on “Jeopardy!”, Trebek worked on other shows. In the early 1990s, he was the host of three — “Jeopardy!”, “To Tell the Truth” and “Classic Concentration.” “Jeopardy!” made him famous. He won five Emmys as its host, and received stars on both the Hollywood and Canadian walks of fame. In 2012, the show won a prestigious Peabody Award. He taped his daily “Jeopardy!” shows at a frenetic pace, recording as many as 10 episodes (two weeks’ worth) in just two days. After what was described as a mild heart attack in 2007, he was back at work in just a month. He posted a video in January 2018 announcing he’d undergone surgery for blood clots on the brain that followed a fall he’d taken. The show was on hiatus during his recovery. It had yet to bring in a substitute host for Trebek — save once, when he and “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak swapped their TV jobs as an April’s Fool prank. In 2012, Trebek acknowledged that he was considering retirement, but had been urged by friends to stay on so he could reach 30 years on the show. He still loved the job, he declared: “What’s not to love? You have the security of a familiar environment, a familiar format, but you have the excitement of new clues and new contestants on every program. You can’t beat that!” Although many viewers considered him one of the key reasons for the show’s success, Trebek himself insisted he was only there to keep things moving. “I’m introduced as the host of ‘Jeopardy!,’ not the star,” he said in a 2012 interview. “My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best,” he explained. “And if I’m successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.” “But not if I try to steal the limelight! The stars of `Jeopardy!′ are the material and the contestants,” he said. In a January 2019 interview with The Associated Press, Trebek discussed his decision to keep going with “Jeopardy!” “It’s not as if I’m overworked — we tape 46 days a year,” he said. But he acknowledged he would retire someday, if he lost his edge or the job was no longer fun, adding: “And it’s still fun.” Born July 22, 1940, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Trebek was sent off to boarding school by his Ukrainian father and French-Canadian mother when he was barely in his teens. After graduating high school, he spent a summer in Cincinnati to be close to a girlfriend, then returned to Canada to attend college. After earning a philosophy degree from the University of Ottawa, he went to work for the Canadian Broadcasting Co., starting as a staff announcer and eventually becoming a radio and TV reporter. He became a U.S. citizen in 1997. Trebek’s first marriage, to Elaine Callel, ended in divorce. In 1990 he married Jean Currivan, and they had two children, Emily and Matthew. Trebek lived with his family in Los Angeles’ Studio City section, not far from Hollywood.
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  3. The tables have turned on “Wheel of Fortune” for Vanna White. The 62-year-old television personality will be filling in for host Pat Sajak after undergoing emergency surgery for a blocked intestine. White took the reins, stepping in to fill Sajak’s big shoes alongside some surprise guests! On the show's official Instagram account, fans got a first look into White’s appearance as host. The long-running show also teased cameos from some classic Disney characters, showing a couple of snaps of them alongside White. “Vanna steps in as host and Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto join in the fun!” the caption reads. “Tune in beginning December 9th.” The show teased more of what it will look like with White as the host, including some of her elegant looks throughout the pre-taped episodes. White modeled her holiday-themed looks on the show’s Instagram, giving fans a sneak peek into the coming episodes. “@officialvannawhite wore a variety of elegant dresses this week,” the caption read. “Which were your favorite, #WheelWatchers? #WheelOfFortune” Sajak and White have been co-hosting the classic game show since the early 1980s, but this will be the first time White will be hosting an entire episode by herself. The last time White filled in was for a segment back in 1996, when Sajak had laryngitis and was unable to finish hosting an episode he had started. It was announced on Friday, Nov. 8 that taping for the show was canceled due to Sajak’s emergency surgery. “The Wheel of Fortune taping on Thursday was canceled because host Pat Sajak underwent successful emergency surgery to correct a blocked intestine,” the show shared on its official social media outlets. “He is resting comfortably and looking forward to getting back to work. Taping resumed today as scheduled and Vanna White has stepped in as host.” Episodes of “Wheel of Fortune” featuring White as the host will begin airing on Monday, Dec. 9. Source: today.com
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  8. As the music industry takes sides in the public war between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun after he bought her former label and acquired her catalog, legal experts are in agreement: The artist likely doesn't have grounds for a lawsuit. Swift on Sunday sparked an internet frenzy over artists' rights after it was announced that a company fronted by Braun would pay $300 million for Big Machine Label Group, which owns the master recordings for six Swift albums going back to when she was 15 years old. In a lengthy Tumblr post, she claimed she was blindsided by the news and wasn't given the opportunity to buy her masters, adding that Braun has bullied her for years and his owning her work is her "worst case scenario." Meanwhile, Braun's wife, Yael Cohen, and Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta defended the deal, with Borchetta claiming he sent Swift a text before the announcement and that her dad could have learned about the sale during a shareholders call last week because he owns a stake in the company. Borchetta also said the last deal memo he sent to Swift, which he posted a partial screenshot of online, would have given the artist ownership of everything she had created — and she rejected the deal in favor of moving her business to Universal Music Group. Swift is represented by veteran Beverly Hills attorney Don Passman, who on Tuesday sent The Hollywood Reporter a statement about that aspect of the dispute: “Scott Borchetta never gave Taylor Swift an opportunity to purchase her masters, or the label, outright with a check in the way he is now apparently doing for others.” Whichever version of the story is most accurate doesn't much matter in terms of Swift's legal options, according to music attorneys consulted by THR. The bottom line: This is a personal issue, not a legal one. "She has no legal recourse," says music specialist Howard King, who represents artists including Kanye West (an on-and-off Braun client), Pharrell Williams and Avenged Sevenfold. "The masters are the record company’s property. There's nothing in a contract that says they can’t sell it to another company. In fact, it happens all the time. There’s no key man clause in these recording agreements." Nashville-based entertainment and music lawyer Derek Crownover agrees it's unlikely Swift would sue, especially since she's already left the label. "The devil is in the details," he says. "But from the satellite view, I don’t see any legal ramifications that could come of this, unless there were restrictions on the sale of the masters to third parties." Theoretically, he says, such an agreement could contain a right to match an offer for the masters — but that's uncommon. James Sammataro, who represents both artists and companies in the music industry, says there may be a confidentiality provision that could have been breached when Borchetta posted the proposed deal terms online, but it's just as likely that he could argue Swift breached it first by posting on Tumblr. Still, he says, "I don't think it's going to result in litigation of any sort." The angst artists feel over not owning their masters certainly isn't new. Music royalty like Prince, Jay-Z and Janet Jackson have publicly complained about not owning the physical manifestation of their work. (Those three artists successfully gained control.) But even before Swift's online missive, the topic has recently been in the spotlight because of a New York Times Magazine exposé titled "The Day the Music Burned." The June 11 feature about the 2008 Universal Studios fire brought to light for the first time exactly how many master recordings were destroyed when the vault they were stored in was swept up in the blaze. Universal Music Group and NBCUniversal reached a settlement in 2013, but a fresh round of litigation hit UMG last month. A $100 million class action lawsuit was filed by the estates of Tom Petty and Tupac Shakur, bands Soundgarden and Hole, and Grammy-winning artist Steve Earle. (King's firm is representing plaintiffs, alongside McPherson LLP and Susman Godfrey.) As for Swift, she could offer to write Braun a check, but King questions why she'd spend that kind of money when she owns everything she makes from here on out and has a highly anticipated album due out later this summer. (She could also refuse to play her old music in live shows, thus diminishing the value of the songs, assuming her fans won't freak out.) King suspects the situation will defuse as the news cycle shifts. "This too shall pass," he says. "Her new album will be a huge success, and she’ll get far more of the profits than she used to get." Sammataro also notes that Swift will still have some control over certain exploitations of her masters that require permission from the owner of the underlying composition. For example, a film studio can't license "Shake It Off" for a movie without the green light from both Braun and Swift. And public pressure arising from this situation might make Braun think twice about exploiting her work in ways she wouldn't be happy with, even if he's within his rights to do so. "Any time Taylor brings attention to an issue it gets magnified," says Sammataro, noting how Swift successfully nudged Apple in 2015 to change how it pays for music. "She has a very loud megaphone and she’s not afraid to use it. She’s had great success in effectuating change." Crownover says the most significant takeaway from this whole mess isn't a legal lesson for artists, but the $300 million boost for Nashville — a city that has long been overlooked by investors in favor of the flashier markets like New York and Los Angeles. "It’s big business now," he says. "It’s not just country records that top out at a million in sales. It’s Taylor Swift. It's The Black Keys. It's becoming a genre-less town, and the private equity firms are making deals here where they never did before." Thanks to Ashley Cullins over at the Hollywood Reporter for the story.
  9. "There’s never a good time to have to do this," stated CEO Mitch Lowe. Are the end credits near for MoviePass? The company says its taking a temporary break. The once high-flying but now embattled theater subscription platform has halted its service just as the July 4 holiday box office weekend gets into swing. MoviePass said its service was halted at 5 am ET on Thursday and may take "several weeks" for it to resume service while it undergoes unspecified "improvements" to its mobile app. In March, the company had brought back its $9.95 a month plan as a promotional offering, but with many restrictions. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange commission that same month the company noted an "overstatement of subscription revenue" in the third quarter of 2018. It did not disclose the number of subscribers it had. The company stated that the halting of its service was temporary but moviegoers won't be able to subscribe during the platform's time on hiatus. "There’s never a good time to have to do this," said MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe in a statement. "But to complete the improved version of our app, one that we believe will provide a much better experience for our subscribers, it has to be done." The fortunes for MoviePass have declined as the company suffered a cash crunch and pivoted to multiple business strategies in the course of a single year. The service once made headlines for a model that seemed to promise, essentially, 30 movie tickets for the price of one. But it wasn't able to sustain that pricing plan. MoviePass' subscription app rival, Sinemia, shut down its U.S. service in late April, saying that its effort to "raise the funds required to continue operations have not been sufficient." However, the movie theater subscription service model has taken off even as MoviePass has faded. The companies that have been seeming to make it work have been the theater chains themselves. AMC Theatres' own subscription service, AMC Stubs A-List, now counts more than 860,000 subscribers as of the end of June. Theater giant Cinemark's Movie Club passed the 500,000 subscriber mark earlier this year. And the smaller Alamo Drafthouse chain has unveiled plans to get into the subsciption game, planning to charge $20 a year for a service to launch by the end of the year. Thanks to Hollywood Reporter for the news.
  10. Netflix is adding an assortment of titles this July, giving subscribers a new batch of streaming options to beat the summer heat. The highly anticipated new season of Stranger Things will be returning to Netflix on July 4 after an extensive hiatus that lasted nearly two years. The seventh and final season of Orange Is the New Black will also be released in July along with new seasons of Queer Eye and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Other TV debuts on Netflix in July include Designated Survivor: 60 Days, the Korean adaption of the Kiefer Sutherland starrer; the second seasons of Workin' Moms and The Let Down; Another Life; and the Tia Mowry-starring sitcom Family Reunion. As for movies, hits like Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns, Inglourious Basterds, Taxi Driver, Philadelphia, The Hangover and Rain Man will make their way to the platform. Netflix original movies set to hit the streamer in July include Cambridge Analytica doc The Great Hack; Point Blank, starring Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo; and the mockumentary Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein. Missed last month? See June's additions here. Missed what is leaving Netflix in July? See here. Read on for the complete list of Netflix's July TV show and movie additions. July 1st Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Astro Boy Caddyshack Caddyshack 2 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke Cloverfield Designated Survivor: 60 Days Disney's Race to Witch Mountain Frozen River Inkheart Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room Kill the Irishman Lady in the Water Little Monsters Mean Dreams Mean Streets Megamind Nights in Rodanthe Paul Blart: Mall Cop Philadelphia Rain Man Road House Room on the Broom Scream 3 Starsky & Hutch Swiped Swordfish Taxi Driver The Accountant of Auschwitz The American The Book of Eli The Brothers Grimm The Hangover The Pink Panther The Pink Panther 2 War Against Women Who's That Knocking at My Door? July 2 Bangkok Love Stories: Objects of Affection Bangkok Love Stories: Plead Good Witch: Season 4 July 3 The Last Czars Yummy Mummies: Season 2 July 4 Kakegurui: Season 2 Stranger Things 3 July 5 In The Dark: Season 1 July 6 Free Rein: Season 3 The Iron Lady Sicilian Ghost Story July 9 Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns Kinky July 10 Family Reunion Grand Designs: Season 10 Grand Designs: Season 15 Parchís: El documental July 11 Cities of Last Things July 12 3Below: Tales of Arcadia: Part 2 4 latas Blown Away Bonus Family: Season 3 Extreme Engagement Kidnapping Stella Luis Miguel – The Series: Season 1 Point Blank Smart People Taco Chronicles True Tunes: Songs July 13 Sorry Angel July 16 The Break-Up Disney’s Princess and the Frog Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein Wyonna Earp: Season 3 July 17 Pinky Malinky: Part 3 July 18 Secret Obsession July 19 Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: New 2019: Freshly Brewed The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Season 3 La casa de papel: Part 3 Last Chance U: INDY: Part 2 Queer Eye: Season 4 SAINT SEIYA: Knights of the Zodiac Typewriter July 22 Inglorious Basterds July 24 The Great Hack July 25 Another Life Workin’ Moms: Season 2 July 26 Boi The Exception Girls With Balls My First First Love: Season 2 Orange Is the New Black: Season 7 The Son Sugar Rush: Season 2 The Worst Witch: Season 3 July 29 The Croods July 30 Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It? July 31 Kengan Ashura: Part I The Letdown: Season 2 The Red Sea Diving Resort Wentworth: Season 7 Thanks to the Hollywood Reporter for the news.
  11. The secret's out, or at least it will be at the end of July, when all seven seasons of Pretty Little Liars leave Netflix. The hit show, which aired on the Disney-owned Freeform, will disappear from Netflix on July 27. PLL is just one of the TV shows and many movies exiting the streaming service next month. Films taking their last bow — for now — include the first two Austin Powers movies, Blood Diamond, Cool Hand Luke, Dumb and Dumber, The Interview, The Terminator, Wedding Crashers and Silence of the Lambs. The Matrix franchise along with The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor will also be removed. Despite the number of titles leaving, Netflix has announced a large number of new additions set to appear on the streaming service in July. Take a look below at the movies and TV shows that will be leaving Netflix in July. Leaving July 1 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Blood Diamond Body of Lies Bull Durham Chasing Amy Cool Hand Luke Definitely, Maybe Did You Hear About the Morgans? Doctor Zhivago Dolphin Tale Dumb and Dumber East of Eden Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer: Season 1 It Takes Two Malibu's Most Wanted Monster-in-Law Pan's Labyrinth Punch-Drunk Love Silence of the Lambs The Boondock Saints The Interview The Matrix The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions The Mummy The Mummy Returns The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor The Terminator The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning The Wild Bunch Turner and Hooch Valkyrie Wedding Crashers Leaving July 2 Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Leaving July 4 The Indian in the Cupboard Leaving July 9 Lion Leaving July 10 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Leaving July 12 Gone Baby Gone Leaving July 14 The Immigrant Leaving July 16 American Gangster Leaving July 27 Pretty Little Liars: Seasons 1-7 Leaving July 30 Staten Island Summer Thanks to the Hollywood Reporter for the news.
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  16. Coming in at No. 2 just won’t do when you’re DJ Khaled. Multiple music sources told Page Six that the rapper and producer is fuming at his label after his ballyhooed new album, “Father of Asahd,” failed to debut at the top of the charts. “He stormed into Epic with an entourage,” a source said. And when projections showed his new record looked likely to come in second, “he was angry and yelling. He threw a temper tantrum,” blaming the also-ran album placing on his label chiefs’ not understanding streaming services and bundle deals. A second source, who also described how the disappointed DJ did not hold back his displeasure, added, “No. 2 won’t do for Khaled. He was not happy when the album didn’t debut at No. 1 . . . Not happy at all.” An industry insider added: “He was furious. There was some nasty stuff said. Publicly, he’s all about ‘positivity,’ but there is a mean side to him that people don’t see . . . He overhyped the record and blew it up as his biggest album ever.” Turns out it wasn’t. “Father of Asahd” debuted behind LA rapper Tyler, the Creator’s fifth studio album, “Igor” — despite an aggressive PR push by Khaled’s team that included a “Saturday Night Live” appearance and a Pepsi #Summergram kickoff event in New York. The album features guests Cardi B, Meek Mill and SZA. Another insider said Khaled went off when an estimated 100,000 downloads of his album that were sold through a bundle deal with an energy drink weren’t included in his sales by Billboard. The source said, “Khaled was upset that his label wasn’t fighting for him and fighting for those numbers to count, which could have propelled him to No. 1. They don’t get it.” Meanwhile, Sony, which owns Epic and also reps Tyler, “is happy regardless. Their artists were No. 1 and No. 2.” A source close to Khaled insisted he’s staying sanguine. “His album is almost gold and it’s not even a month old.” He’s sticking to his positive mantra on social, writing, “Still celebrating the album that was the most streamed and digital sales . . . to the world.” His rep didn’t comment. Thanks to Page Six / SandraRose for the news.
  17. The success of a U.S. television miniseries examining the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl has driven up the number of tourists wanting to see the plant and the ghostly abandoned town that neighbors it for themselves. One Chernobyl tour agency reported a 40% rise in trip bookings since the series, made by HBO, began in May and which has attracted outstanding reviews. English-language tours usually cost around $100 per person. Last April marked the 33rd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in then-Soviet Ukraine, caused by a botched safety test in the fourth reactor of the atomic plant that sent clouds of nuclear material across much of Europe. The HBO miniseries depicts the explosion’s aftermath, the vast clean-up operation and the subsequent inquiry. The area around the plant retains the feel of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where stray dogs roam and vegetation encroaches into windowless, abandoned buildings strewn with rubble. In Pripyat, the ghost town once home to 50,000 people who mainly worked at the plant, an amusement park houses a rusting hulk of a merry-go-round and dodgem-car track, and a giant Ferris wheel that never went into operation. The wheel was to open on May 1 — the traditional May Day holiday. Sergiy Ivanchuk, director of SoloEast tours, told Reuters the company saw a 30% increase in tourists going to the area in May 2019 compared with the same month last year. Bookings for June, July and August have risen by approximately 40% since HBO aired the show, he said. Yaroslav Yemelianenko, director of Chernobyl Tour, said he expected a similar increase of 30-40% because of the show. His company offers a special tour of locations depicted in the series, including the bunker where the initial decision by local officials not to evacuate after the explosion was made. Day-trippers board buses in the center of Kiev and are driven 120km (75 miles) to the area, where they can see monuments to the victims and abandoned villages and have lunch in the only restaurant in the town of Chernobyl. They are then taken to see reactor number four, which since 2017 has been covered by a vast metal dome 105 meters (344 ft) high which envelops the exploded core. The day finishes with a walk around Pripyat. “Many people come here, they ask a lot of questions about the TV show, about all the events. People are getting more and more curious,” said tour guide Viktoria Brozhko, who insists the area is safe for visitors. “During the entire visit to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, you get around two microsieverts, which is equal to the amount of radiation you’d get staying at home for 24 hours”,” she said. SAME SKY When Craig Mazin, the creator of the ‘Chernobyl’ miniseries, came to visit before writing the show, he said of his experience: “I’m not a religious man, but that’s as religious as I’ll ever feel”. “To walk where they walked felt so strange, and also being under that same piece of sky you start to feel a little closer, in a sense, to who they were,” he told an HBO podcast. The disaster and the government’s handling of it — the evacuation order only came 36 hours after the accident — highlighted the shortcomings of the Soviet system with its unaccountable bureaucrats and entrenched culture of secrecy. The accident killed 31 right away and forced tens of thousands to flee. The final death toll of those killed by radiation-related illnesses such as cancer is subject to debate. A Belarusian study estimates the total cancer deaths from the disaster at 115,000, in contrast to the World Health Organization’s estimate of 9,000. “You can’t really come to Kiev and not take the opportunity to see this unique place,” said Gareth Burrows, a 39-year-old nurse practitioner from southern England. “We only ended up watching the show because we were already coming, but I think you will see an increase in tourism because of the show, it will definitely spark interest.” Thieme Bosman, an 18-year-old student from the Netherlands, worries that the bump in tourist numbers will have a downside. “There are quite a lot of tourists already here and it does kind of take away the experience of being in a completely abandoned town, so I think if more and more tourists come here that will ruin the experience,” he said. Thanks to Reuters and ScreenRant for the news.
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