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How Miss Piggy went from minor Muppet to TV’s top hog

Nearly 50 years ago, a prima donna pig made her first appearance on “The Muppet Show” and quickly became its breakout star. Within a few years, she was a sought-after Hollywood celebrity, a pinup model and the author of a bestselling book.
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Why Kristen Stewart just saved this historic LA theater

Kristen Stewart fears the death of classic Hollywood cinema. As the actor-turned-director drove through the streets of Los Angeles and saw beloved local theaters replaced by major retail chains, she decided to help save theatergoing in the city that started it all. So she bought a historic movie theater in L.A.
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Meryl Streep to play Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe’s upcoming biopic

Meryl Streep may be making another splash in rock & roll music with her upcoming role as Joni Mitchell. The three-time Oscar winner, who starred as late-in-life rocker in 2015’s “Ricki and the Flash,” will reportedly portray the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer in Cameron Crowe’s biopic. Legendary music producer Clive Davis revealed the casting news during his annual pre-Grammy party in Los Angeles ...
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Movie review: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien shine in Sam Raimi’s gonzo blast ‘Send Help’

The poster for “Send Help” advertises the film as, “from the director of ‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘Drag Me to Hell’ ” – notably not “Spider-Man” (or its two sequels). No, the kind of Sam Raimi film you’re getting here is irreverent, silly and very bloody; a character study that also features incredibly goofy scares. Written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, “Send Help” is a gonzo survivalist riff that works as well as it does because it features two incredibly game actors that surf the wave of Raimi’s tonal madness with a blend of absolute glee and carefully honed skill.
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2026 Oscar nominations: The complete list of nominees

"Sinners" has made Oscars history. The 98th Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday and Ryan Coogler's musical horror earned 16 overall nominations, breaking the record for the most nominations for a film previously held by "All about Eve" (1950), "Titanic" (1997) and "La La Land" (2016). "Sinners'" nominations include best picture, directing, original screenplay and individual acting nods for stars Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo.
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Movie review: Schlocky sci-fi flick offers no ‘Mercy’ for the viewer

The schlocky dystopian action thriller “Mercy” touts itself as having been “filmed for IMAX,” but that’s not such a selling point when almost the entire film is a dim close-up of Chris Pratt strapped to a chair. This real-time AI mystery is a mashup of “Judge Dredd” and “Searching,” in which a Los Angeles detective (Pratt) has to prove himself innocent of murder during a 90-minute trial conducted by an artificially intelligent system called Mercy, presided over by an entity known as “Judge Maddox” (Rebecca Ferguson).