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The Latest: Eagles spoil Chiefs' three-peat bid, win Super Bowl 40-22

Read full article: The Latest: Eagles spoil Chiefs' three-peat bid, win Super Bowl 40-22

Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat.

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Super Bowl commercials rely on comedy and nostalgia to avoid potential missteps

Read full article: Super Bowl commercials rely on comedy and nostalgia to avoid potential missteps

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs on the field in this year’s Super Bowl, while laughter dominated the commercials.

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Aliens, sloths and silliness: Super Bowl ads offer laughs, celebs and surprises to win over viewers

Read full article: Aliens, sloths and silliness: Super Bowl ads offer laughs, celebs and surprises to win over viewers

Eugene Levy’s trademark eyebrows fly off for Little Caesars.

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10 new TV shows from 2024 that are worth watching before the new year

Read full article: 10 new TV shows from 2024 that are worth watching before the new year

It could be argued that 2024 wasn’t the best year for TV.

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Q&A: Cillian Murphy on following ‘Oppenheimer’ with the Irish drama ‘Small Things Like These’

Read full article: Q&A: Cillian Murphy on following ‘Oppenheimer’ with the Irish drama ‘Small Things Like These’

Cillian Murphy went back to Ireland for his first film after “Oppenheimer.”.

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'Unstoppable' captures Anthony Robles' singular life, with Robles as his own stunt double

Read full article: 'Unstoppable' captures Anthony Robles' singular life, with Robles as his own stunt double

“Unstoppable," about the one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles, was one of the most-anticipated premieres of the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Prince Harry and Matt Damon set to address this year's Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting

Read full article: Prince Harry and Matt Damon set to address this year's Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting

Prince Harry, actor Matt Damon, and World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres are set to speak at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on Sept. 23 and 24, the Clinton Foundation announced Thursday.

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Q&A: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau discuss their Boston heist comedy ‘The Instigators’

Read full article: Q&A: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau discuss their Boston heist comedy ‘The Instigators’

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck play complete strangers thrown into their first heist in the new action comedy “The Instigators.”.

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What to stream this week: Matt Damon on a heist, 'Dance Moms' jazz it up and J Balvin parties

Read full article: What to stream this week: Matt Damon on a heist, 'Dance Moms' jazz it up and J Balvin parties

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the Boston-set caper “The Instigators” starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, Netflix premiering the final season of “The Umbrella Academy” and J Balvin has an album he likens to a house party.

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NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth

Read full article: NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth

NBA great Dwyane Wade has launched Translatable, a nonprofit online community dedicated to supporting transgender youth.

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John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ hits a box office nerve with $35 million debut

Read full article: John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ hits a box office nerve with $35 million debut

John Krasinski’s imaginary friends movie “IF” claimed the top spot at the box office this weekend according to studio estimates Sunday.

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The NFL schedule has been released. Now it's time for the social media snark

Read full article: The NFL schedule has been released. Now it's time for the social media snark

The NFL schedule has been released.

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This summer, John Krasinski makes one for the kids with the imaginary friend fantasy ‘IF’

Read full article: This summer, John Krasinski makes one for the kids with the imaginary friend fantasy ‘IF’

John Krasinski doesn’t usually worry about reviews.

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Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Read full article: Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Are you ready for some movies this summer.

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'Oppenheimer' crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair's Oscar after-party

Read full article: 'Oppenheimer' crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair's Oscar after-party

Vanity Fair's post-Academy Awards party had its usual decadent food, dancing and opulent fashions where the most popular accessory is an Oscar.

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Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it's an election year

Read full article: Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it's an election year

Through one of the most tumultuous periods in Oscar history, through flub and slap, Jimmy Kimmel has emerged as the steadying hand and abiding face of the Academy Awards.

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Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians

Read full article: Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians

Pope Francis urged all people to do their part to address the world’s problems, especially climate change and the care of children, to open The Clinton Global Initiative Monday in New York in a talk with former President Bill Clinton.

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Clinton Global Initiative will return to New York with Jose Andres, Orlando Bloom, and Matt Damon

Read full article: Clinton Global Initiative will return to New York with Jose Andres, Orlando Bloom, and Matt Damon

The Clinton Global Initiative 2023 will convene “leaders, innovators and dreamers” – ranging from World Bank President Ajay Banga and The Bahamas’ Prime Minister Philip E.

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Issa Rae offers aspiring female directors a chance to shine on rebooted 'Project Greenlight' series

Read full article: Issa Rae offers aspiring female directors a chance to shine on rebooted 'Project Greenlight' series

From Issa Rae’s perspective, there’s plenty of talented female filmmakers willing to work.

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Hollywood's actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here's why and what happens next

Read full article: Hollywood's actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here's why and what happens next

Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions in more than six decades, with huge consequences for the film and television industry.

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Cillian Murphy, playing Oppenheimer, finally gets to lead a Christopher Nolan film

Read full article: Cillian Murphy, playing Oppenheimer, finally gets to lead a Christopher Nolan film

The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, “Oppenheimer,” Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief.

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In ‘Oppenheimer,’ Christopher Nolan builds a thrilling, serious blockbuster for adults

Read full article: In ‘Oppenheimer,’ Christopher Nolan builds a thrilling, serious blockbuster for adults

Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route while making a movie.

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Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

Read full article: Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

Actors will join screenwriters in a combined strike that will have huge consequences for Hollywood.

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Excitement builds for Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' at CinemaCon

Read full article: Excitement builds for Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' at CinemaCon

Universal started out its CinemaCon presentation with the big one Wednesday in Las Vegas: New footage from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.”.

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Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all

Read full article: Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all

Not long ago, some were predicting more and more films would be diverted from theaters and sent straight into homes.

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A duo once more, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon come up for 'Air'

Read full article: A duo once more, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon come up for 'Air'

More than 25 years after they set out to conquer Hollywood together, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are once again a team.

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The view from above the Oscars: The slap, the snafu, Spike

Read full article: The view from above the Oscars: The slap, the snafu, Spike

An Associated Press reporter has spent the past several years watching from an opera box that gives him a unique perspective on the audience at the Oscars.

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With 'Air,' Affleck tells lesser-known Michael Jordan story

Read full article: With 'Air,' Affleck tells lesser-known Michael Jordan story

Ben Affleck is promoting his movie “Air” at NBA All-Star weekend.

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Knight, Clooney, Grant feted at Kennedy Center Honors

Read full article: Knight, Clooney, Grant feted at Kennedy Center Honors

A heartfelt Patti LaBelle praised her lifelong friend Gladys Knight.

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Water.org unveils $1 billion plan for water access at CGI

Read full article: Water.org unveils $1 billion plan for water access at CGI

Water.

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Clinton initiative's NYC return includes Andres, Queen Rania

Read full article: Clinton initiative's NYC return includes Andres, Queen Rania

World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres, Jordan’s Queen Rania, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will help relaunch the Clinton Global Initiative in September.

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Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience

Read full article: Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience

The judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes.

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Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool

Read full article: Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool

When Ketanji Brown Jackson’s younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter to President Barack Obama suggesting her federal-judge mom for a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

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Matt Damon co-writing a book on access to clean water

Read full article: Matt Damon co-writing a book on access to clean water

Matt Damon has some big-name endorsers for a book he'll have out March 1 about access to safe water.

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Grammys release inclusion requirement to ensure diverse show

Read full article: Grammys release inclusion requirement to ensure diverse show

The Grammys will stick to its word with the public release of the full inclusion rider to ensure equity and inclusion in hiring on all levels of production for next year’s ceremony.

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‘Halloween Kills’ carves out $50.4 million at box office

Read full article: ‘Halloween Kills’ carves out $50.4 million at box office

“Halloween Kills” may be available to watch at home, but the latest installment in the Michael Myers saga is making a killing at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters.

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Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez make romance official in Venice

Read full article: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez make romance official in Venice

After weeks of smooching on yachts and holding hands on intimate walks, Jennifer Lopez and old flame turned new again Ben Affleck made it official Friday night.

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With coronavirus rising, 'The Suicide Squad' opens softly

Read full article: With coronavirus rising, 'The Suicide Squad' opens softly

Moviegoing, once expected to be closer to semi-normal levels by now, continues to be battered by the pandemic, the delta variant of the coronavirus and in-home streaming.

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'Reservation Dogs' smashes stereotypes of Indigenous people

Read full article: 'Reservation Dogs' smashes stereotypes of Indigenous people

Two Indigenous filmmakers are smashing the caricatures and stereotypes of Native Americans, who are often portrayed in TV and films as bloodthirsty killers standing in the way of white, westward expansion.

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Want to pretend to live on Mars? For a whole year? Apply now

Read full article: Want to pretend to live on Mars? For a whole year? Apply now

Help wanted: NASA is looking for people to spend a year pretending they are isolated on Mars.

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Grammy Awards to adopt inclusion rider for 2022 ceremony

Read full article: Grammy Awards to adopt inclusion rider for 2022 ceremony

The Grammy Awards are taking an important step toward making the annual show more diverse.

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‘Jungle Cruise’ sails atop box office despite COVID concerns

Read full article: ‘Jungle Cruise’ sails atop box office despite COVID concerns

Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, “Jungle Cruise” still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film’s opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.

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Amanda Knox blasts film 'Stillwater' for exploiting her case

Read full article: Amanda Knox blasts film 'Stillwater' for exploiting her case

Amanda Knox is speaking out about her name being associated with the new film “Stillwater,” saying any connection rips off “my story without my consent at the expense of my reputation.”.

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‘Spencer,’ ‘The Last Duel' set for Venice Film Festival

Read full article: ‘Spencer,’ ‘The Last Duel' set for Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival has unveiled a starry lineup of world premieres for September including Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and Ridley Scott’s medieval drama “The Last Duel,” featuring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver.

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In 'Stillwater,' Matt Damon bridges Oklahoma and France

Read full article: In 'Stillwater,' Matt Damon bridges Oklahoma and France

The set-up of Tom McCarthy's “Stillwater” sounds very Liam Neeson.

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At Cannes under COVID-19, glamour gets unmasked

Read full article: At Cannes under COVID-19, glamour gets unmasked

The pandemic is far from invisible at Cannes.

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A Cannes (sans kisses) to reawaken our romance with movies

Read full article: A Cannes (sans kisses) to reawaken our romance with movies

On Tuesday, the Cannes Film Festival will reopen.

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New this week: 'No Sudden Move' and 'The Tomorrow War'

Read full article: New this week: 'No Sudden Move' and 'The Tomorrow War'

This week’s new entertainment releases include documentaries about celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and another on a landmark 1969 Harlem concert series known as “Black Woodstock” that featured Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone.

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Q&A: Clooney on 'Midnight Sky' and his twilight as an actor

Read full article: Q&A: Clooney on 'Midnight Sky' and his twilight as an actor

“The Midnight Sky,” which Clooney directed and stars in, is an apocalyptic sci-fi drama with some striking solitude. Debuting Wednesday on Netflix, “The Midnight Sky,” based on Lily Brooks-Dalton's novel “Good Morning, Midnight," is Clooney's seventh film as director and his biggest scaled production yet. ___AP: You finished shooting “The Midnight Sky” in February, right before the pandemic began. AP: What drew you to “The Midnight Sky”? I know people who are older -- older than me, even -- who live with real regret.

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The road to the Masters is a long way from Augusta National

Read full article: The road to the Masters is a long way from Augusta National

( (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. – This is no ordinary road to the Masters. Four of the top five players in the world are at Shadow Creek, with top-ranked Dustin Johnson pulling out after his positive test for the coronavirus. Rory McIlroy thinks Shadow Creek might be even better than what Florida offers because of the bentgrass greens that are fast with big slopes. “It's not a bad place to prepare for Augusta,” McIlroy said Wednesday. McIlroy is at Shadow Creek and Sherwood the next two weeks.

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Stars of 'Contagion' reunite for a PSA

Read full article: Stars of 'Contagion' reunite for a PSA

NEW YORK – The stars of the 2011 virus thriller “Contagion” — a prescient film these days — have reunited for a series of public service announcements to warn about COVID-19. Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Ehle have teamed up with scientists from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health to offer four individual homemade videos. “Wash your hands like your life depends on it,” Winslet says in her PSA. “Because right now, in particular, it just might.”Ehle stresses that the coronavirus is novel, meaning no one is immune. “Contagion,” directed by Steven Soderbergh, explores a scenario in which a lethal and fast-moving influenza is spreading around the world.

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A look at entertainers and entities on hold over coronavirus

Read full article: A look at entertainers and entities on hold over coronavirus

“I’m going to socially distance myself.”Behar said she doesn’t trust the government and made the decision to self-quarantine herself. She added she is lucky that she doesn’t have child care needs and has enough money to tide her over. And the crisis is hampering production of potential new shows, with work on more than a dozen pilots halted. The decision comes a day after Disney announced the planned shutdown of its parks. ___The Associated Press receives support for health and science coverage from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

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Hollywood Minute: Nicki Minaj quits to have kids

Read full article: Hollywood Minute: Nicki Minaj quits to have kids

Nicki Minaj tweets she's retiring to have a family, big movies get more inclusive, and Matt Damon eyes the 2021 Oscars.

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