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Comment on this storyComment Read David Simon‘s breakthrough true-crime opus, “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets,” and the riveting prose can summon scenes as vividly colorful as the acclaimed ’90s TV series adapted from it. Blue emergency strobe lights. The orange glow of a would-be seductress’s cigarette. A murder detective’s fifth cup of brown-bile…

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Dua Lipa plays mermaid Barbie in Greta Gerwig’s newly released ‘Barbie’  On Friday, Dua Lipa shared a candid mirror selfie on Instagram featuring the cast of the recently released Barbie film. The 27-year-old singer can be seen posing in a restroom alongside her Barbie co-stars, including Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Hari…

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Return to menu Mei Xiang’s birthday at the National Zoo Saturday is a bittersweet birthday for one of D.C.’s most beloved residents. Giant panda Mei Xiang turns 25, and it’s the last celebration for her at the National Zoo, as she, partner Tian Tian and cub Xiao Qi Ji are all scheduled to return to…

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Actors reveal shockingly low pay for hit TV show amid SAG-AFTRA strike SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) has launched a strike for better pay, and health benefits, and against the usage of AI clones of actors in the entertainment industry, since July 13, 2023, putting a halt on TV and…

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A historic double strike that will effectively shut down Hollywood appears imminent after a union representing nearly all TV and film actors failed to secure a new contract with major studios by a midnight Wednesday deadline. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced overnight that its negotiating committee had voted…

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Jamie Foxx, whose health has been a topic of concern and speculation, has appeared in the public for the first time since his undisclosed medical emergency in April. The 55-year-old actor’s road to recovery seems to be going very well as he’s out and about in public now, with a media outlet getting the first…

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Comment on this storyComment It seems almost redundant for BTS to release an official biography 10 years into their existence. The K-pop superband is a household name across the globe, where it has topped the charts in dozens of countries. Grandmas in Seoul and teens in Spokane, Wash., can dispense all manner of trivia on…

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