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 Issue Date: 06/04/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
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Stephen King Discusses “The Life of Chuck,” The End Of The World, and Joy
Stephen King’s first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, “Steve has a movie camera in his head.” So vividly drawn is King’s fiction that it’s offered the basis for some 50 feature films. For half a century, since Brian De Palma’s 1976 film “Carrie,” Hollywood has turned, and turned again, to King’s books for their richness
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Review: Director Sean Byrnes’ “Dangerous Animals”
As if a movie about sharks wasn’t scary enough, the filmmakers behind “Dangerous Animals” have upped the screams by adding what every thriller needs — a serial killer. While that may sound like very dangerous moviemaking, the result is actually taut and well crafted, a worthy birthday present to “Jaws,” celebrating its 50th anniversary this
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Review: Director Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck”
“The Life of Chuck” is a peculiar movie with grandiose ambitions. It teases out a cosmic mystery about life and some guy named Charles Krantz ( Tom Hiddleston ) in a story told in reverse chronological order that gets smaller and smaller with each act. This is a story that begins with the apocalypse and
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Modern Logic Signs Creative Collective AI OR DIE
Design-driven studio Modern Logic has added AI OR DIE, a creative collaborative who recently scored with the viral mock trailer “Karen: Unleashed,” created entirely in AI. The signing marks a first for Modern Logic which is looking to build a new kind of talent roster of tech-forward creative thinkers built for an evolving media landscape.
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Graphic Designer Says Combs Gave Her Night Terrors By Dangling Her From A High-Rise Balcony
A graphic designer testified Wednesday that she was so traumatized after Sean “Diddy” Combs held her over a 17th-floor apartment balcony that she sometimes screamed in her sleep afterward. Bryana ‘Bana’ Bongolan, 33, a friend of Combs’ former longtime girlfriend Cassie, said the 2016 assault at Cassie’s Los Angeles apartment caused a bruise on the
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Jury deliberations near in Weinstein sex crimes retrial
Jurors in Harvey Weinstein ‘s sex crimes retrial are due to start deliberating Thursday, with dozens of witnesses, scores of documents and two days of closing arguments to sift through. The seven-woman, five-man jury will start its private discussions after getting legal instructions from the judge Thursday morning. Closing arguments concluded Wednesday, with prosecutor Nicole
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AFCI and Film Cincinnati set to welcome George Clooney to Cineposium in September
Academy Award-winning actor and filmmaker George Clooney will headline Film Cincinnati’s 2025 Gala to welcome the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Cineposium and celebrate AFCI’s 50th anniversary. Clooney will participate in “A Conversation with George Clooney,” discussing film, family, and the future of storytelling on September 15 at MegaCorp Pavilion in Newport. “We are
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Lily Li named managing director of Heckler Singapore, succeeding Charu Menon who will lead Heckler’s expansion into Amsterdam
Creative studio Heckler has appointed Lily Li as the new managing director of Heckler Singapore. Li succeeds Charu Menon who, after six successful years at the helm of the Singapore studio, will now lead the company’s expansion into Europe with the launch of Heckler Amsterdam. Li is from Shanghai where she served as managing director
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Amazon planning $10B investment in North Carolina for data center and AI campus
Amazon plans to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure, bringing a massive shot in the arm to a region where many textile and apparel jobs dried up a generation ago. Amazon said Wednesday that its investment in rural Richmond County should create
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