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Blinken says about 400 US citizens and their families want to get out of Gaza
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday gave the most specific number to date on how many Americans are trapped in Gaza following Hamas’ surprise terrorist attack on Israel. “We’re working [Read More…]

Warner Bros. executive recalls the “magic” of casting Matthew Perry on ‘Friends’
Warner Bros. Television Believe it or not, the main cast of Friends at one point didn’t include Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green or the late Matthew Perry as fan-favorite Chandler Bing. In an article written [Read More…]

River Phoenix’s mother and sister pay tribute on the 30th anniversary of his death
River Phoenix in 1992’s ‘Sneakers’ – Photo by Universal Pictures/Getty Images The late River Phoenix‘s mother and sister are paying tribute to the Stand by Me actor, who died of a drug overdose at 23 [Read More…]

‘Oppenheimer’ coming back to IMAX after record run
Universal Christopher Nolan‘s star-studded, acclaimed biopic Oppenheimer is returning to IMAX, following a record-setting run in the large format theaters over the summer. The movie, which stars Cillian Murphy as the father of the atomic [Read More…]

‘The Marvels’, ‘Aquaman’ sequel + ‘Wonka’ top Fandango’s “most anticipated” holiday movie survey
Marvel Studios While much has been made of so-called “superhero fatigue” at the box office, moviegoers have indicated to online ticket service Fandango that they’re not tired of seeing people in tights. At least that’s [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF confirms strike on Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]

Trump scheduled to visit secure facility to view evidence in classified documents case: Sources
U.S. Department of Justice via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to conduct his first known review of classified evidence shared by special counsel Jack Smith as part of his case against [Read More…]

Trump fraud trial live updates: Banker says Trump declined to share financials in Bills’ bid
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]

Twin Cities see biggest Halloween snowfall in over 30 years
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Minneapolis-Saint Paul woke up to a Halloween “winter” wonderland Tuesday after the cities saw one of the biggest snowfalls in decades. Over 2.5 inches of snow [Read More…]

Connecticut attorney general presses 23andMe for data breach answers
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A data breach at the genetic testing and ancestry company 23andMe resulted in the black market sale of at least one million data profiles of people with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage [Read More…]

‘Bridgerton’ star says she suffered two psychotic breaks on the show, but Netflix gave her no support
Netflix/Liam Daniel Bridgerton veteran Ruby Barker, who played Marina on the hit show, claims Netflix and Shonda Rhimes‘ Shondaland production company gave her no support when she suffered a pair of psychotic breaks. In a [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israeli officials on reports of Russian airport protesters
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]

Sam Bankman-Fried says he didn’t know about hedge fund spending $8B
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried testified Tuesday at his federal fraud and conspiracy trial he was unaware that while he was chief executive of Alameda Research, employees at the hedge fund were [Read More…]

Black Alabamans say highway project caused major flooding, threatening their community
Feldhaar Christian/EyeEm/Getty Images (SHILOH, Ala.) — Deep in rural southeastern Alabama, nestled in the nook of a highway just outside Elba, sits a tiny, close-knit community known locally as Shiloh. After generations of vibrant family [Read More…]

Narrower Biden administration student loan relief plan would target hardest-hit borrowers
Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has released the first draft of a debt relief policy targeted at the hardest-hit student loan borrowers, providing more clarity on what the next [Read More…]

SAG-AFTRA and studios still “far apart” on an agreement, union says
David Livingston/Getty Images Although representatives for SAG-AFTRA and The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the organization representing the major Hollywood studios, are meeting again Tuesday, the performers’ union says the two parties [Read More…]

Milo Ventimiglia and girlfriend secretly tie the knot
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images — Mariano in 2015, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Milo Ventimiglia and his girlfriend, model Jarah Mariano, tied the knot in a private ceremony attended by family and close friends earlier this [Read More…]

With “gratitude,” Matthew Perry’s former fiancée remembers their “complicated” relationship
ABC News The tributes continue to pour in for Matthew Perry, who was found dead in his Los Angeles home on October 28 at the age of 54. Molly Hurwitz, who was in a relationship [Read More…]

In Brief: ‘Sesame Street’ gets new look for season 56, and more
It Follows writer-director David Robert Mitchell and Maika Monroe, who starred in the 2014 cult horror classic, are set to return for the sequel, They Follow, according to Variety. The original, which followed Monroe’s Jay [Read More…]

Report: Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum are engaged
James Devaney/GC Images After more than two years of evading the prying eyes of the paparazzi, Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum are engaged, according to People, with multiple sources confirming the news. The couple had [Read More…]