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Watch Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight cross paths with Barry Keoghan’s Joker in deleted scene from ‘The Batman’
© 2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. (SPOILERS) While he does appear opposite Paul Dano‘s Riddler near the end of The Batman, Barry Keoghan‘s Joker also had a face-off with Robert Pattinson‘s Caped Crusader in a scene that [Read More…]
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‘Umma’ filmmaker celebrates proliferation of Asian American filmmakers
©2022 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved/Saeed Adyani The new horror movie Umma, in theaters now, focuses on generational trauma and mothers and daughters, told through the lens of a Korean-American family. It’s written and directed by Iris [Read More…]
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Cory Booker delivers impassioned speech at Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker delivered an impassioned speech on the third day of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings Wednesday. As Jackson wiped away tears, Booker [Read More…]
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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Hearings adjourn
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, completed two full days of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee: 13 hours on [Read More…]
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Biden admin move to expedite asylum processing gets mixed feedback
Miami Herald / Contributor/ Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is gradually moving forward with new changes that would increase the speed at which the U.S. government evaluates requests for asylum – a frequent [Read More…]
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Accused Michigan school shooter must stay in adult jail, but can resume education
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (OXFORD, Mich.) — The 15-year-old boy charged with multiple counts of murder stemming from a November mass shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School must remain in an adult jail, a judge [Read More…]
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Scathing evaluation of Sweden’s COVID response reveals ‘failures’ to control the virus
Cris Canton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A scathing review has been released evaluating the “failures” of the policies that guided Sweden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The review, published in the journal Humanities & Social [Read More…]
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Search goes on for 2nd black box in China Eastern Airlines crash
Wang Yizhao/China News Service via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — The commercial passenger jet that crashed Monday in southern China plunged into a mountainside with such force it created a 66-foot deep crater and shattered [Read More…]
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Amanda Bynes’ attorney says she’s been “flooded” with interview offers; reality show possible?
GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Following Tuesday’s termination of her nearly nine-year-long conservatorship, Amanda Bynes is in demand, according to her attorney. David A. Esquibias tells Entertainment Tonight, “While Amanda’s being flooded with [interview] offers…she’s not ready to talk and is laying [Read More…]
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Alec Baldwin’s first post-‘Rust’ shooting projects: A pair of Italian Christmas movies for kids
ABC News The Italian news service ANSA is reporting Alec Baldwin is in Rome, working on his first movie projects since his involvement with last October’s fatal shooting on the set of his Western, Rust. Baldwin [Read More…]
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Brittney Griner meets with US officials amid concerns over her well-being in Russian detention
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — WNBA star Brittney Griner met with U.S. officials on Thursday for the first time since being held in pre-trial detention in Russia for over a month, according to the U.S. [Read More…]
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US says it will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
Ukrainians Anatoli Boreiko, 64, and his wife, 59-year-old Natalia, recently arrived in New Jersey to stay with their daughter and son-in-law, Luda Boreiko and Yeugeniy Pakkel. – (WPVI) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday [Read More…]
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Supreme Court endorses pastor’s laying on of hands at moment of inmate’s execution
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, in an 8-1 decision, has endorsed a pastor’s audible prayer and laying of hands on an inmate at the moment of his execution, siding [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: 6,000 Mariupol residents allegedly now in Russian camps
Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
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“I want my money! This is not fair!” Wendy Williams takes to Instagram to decry control over her finances
Wendy Williams has posted an Instagram video in which she blasts the people she claims have frozen her access to her own money. As previously reported, in court documents, Wells Fargo requested a conservatorship for the talk show [Read More…]
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Oscars 2022: Here’s who and what could make history
AMPAS The 94th Academy Awards are upon us! Let’s take a look at what could make history at this year’s Oscars ceremony. Troy Kotsur is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the [Read More…]
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Robert Duvall sounds off on the making of ‘The Godfather’ 50 years later
Paramount/Getty Images The long road to bring The Godfather to life is the stuff of Hollywood Legend: The adaptation of Mario Puzo‘s bestselling novel was fraught with protests against the film, budget woes, and casting clashes between the [Read More…]
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In Brief: Gabrielle Union joins Octavia Spencer in ‘Truth Be Told’, and more
Gabrielle Union has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s drama Truth Be Told as a new co-lead opposite Octavia Spencer for the show’s third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The anthology series, based on [Read More…]
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With oligarchs in the crosshairs, alleged Western ‘enablers’ attract fresh scrutiny
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As governments scramble to seize high-profile assets owned by Russian oligarchs, a quiet effort is gaining momentum in the West to target their alleged “enablers” — the lawyers, lobbyists and [Read More…]
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With fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses looming, experts say not so fast
IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Even as most eligible Americans have yet to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine boosters, Pfizer and Moderna have now asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize yet another booster [Read More…]