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		<title>Olivia Rodrigo Earns Third Consecutive No. 1 on Albums Chart With &#8216;You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Olivia Rodrigo has earned her third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as &#8220;You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love&#8221; bows atop the chart. The album, which was released on June 12, enters at the chart summit with 485,000 equivalent album units, marking her largest week ever and the biggest for any [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Criminal Minds&#8217; Star Paget Brewster Tells TV Journalist to &#8216;Work at a Shelter&#8217; After Mixed Review, Sparking Outrage From Other Critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Criminal Minds” star Paget Brewster lashed out at ScreenRant staffer Shealyn Scott over X on Saturday afternoon for her story lamenting the changes Paramount+ has brought to the long-running procedural drama. “Hello critic Shealynn Scott,” Brewster wrote in the since-deleted post. “You’re young. You don’t know that bad pics and bad reviews can lead to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Peter Asher: Everywhere Man&#8217; Review: The Beatles-Era Pop Singer Turned Star Producer Gets His Own Boomer-centric Documentary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Owen Gleiberman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Asher has a track record of achievement, but he’s also someone who gives off major boomer vibes; he’s got an aura, a mystique, a history of associational cool. "Everywhere Man" is well worth seeing, as long as you go in knowing that it’s a bit too infatuated with its subject, in that rose-colored Boomers "R" Us way.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iowa Anchor Dustin Nolan Calls Out &#8216;Sanitized News&#8217; as He Quits on Air in Emotional Sign-Off: &#8216;We Have to Take People Out of Their Bubbles&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Dunn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[KWQC anchor Dustin Nolan gave an emotional on-air goodbye to his Quad City audience, announcing on Friday that he’s “chosen to step away from the new industry.” On his way out, he called out “sanitized news” and declared that it is the responsibility of journalists to “take people out of their bubbles and comfort zones [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Box Office: &#8216;Toy Story 5&#8217; Ignites to Series-Best $312 Million Globally, &#8216;Obsession&#8217; and &#8216;Backrooms&#8217; Surpass $300 Million Milestone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Rubin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Toy Story 5&#8221; has ignited the box office with $312 million globally, ranking as the largest opening weekend in Disney and Pixar&#8217;s storied animated series. Those ticket sales include $152 million overseas as well as $160 million domestically. The franchise&#8217;s prior record-holder was 2019&#8217;s &#8220;Toy Story 4&#8221; with $120 million internationally and $238 million worldwide. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Richard Gere Turned Down ‘The Agency’ Before Signing on To Play CIA Bureau Chief After Re-Writes: ‘When Bosko Walks in the Room, He’s the Boss, and Everyone Has To Acknowledge That&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/richard-gere-bosko-the-agency-turned-down-rewrites-1236771414/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[K.J. Yossman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Richard Gere originally turned down the part of Bosko, the CIA’s London bureau chief in Paramount+ series “The Agency,” he tells Variety. It was only after showrunners Jez and John-Henry Butterworth re-wrote the part following extensive notes from Gere that the screen icon agreed to come on board. The show, which stars Michael Fassbender as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>SZA Slams ‘Disgusting‘ Musicians Using AI, Says Platforms Like Suno Train on the &#8216;Best and Brightest Black Minds of Writers and Producers&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbin Bolies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SZA took to Instagram on Saturday to slam artists using AI music generators such as Suno, alleging producer Diplo had equity in the company and was trying to train it on “the best and brightest black minds of writers and producers.” “We make up 13% of the American population yet influence the world w our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Karlovy Vary Film Festival Topper Karel Och Talks About the 60th Edition Lineup and Its Cinematic Ambitions for Regional Filmmakers and Beyond</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Kiang]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Among pop-up bars, bandstands and opulent, 19th century spa buildings painted in sherbet pastels, the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival (KVIFF) takes place each year in July, at the halfway mark between Cannes and Venice. For those weirdos among us who make a chunk of our living running the gauntlet of summer festivals, the Czech [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Concertgoer Falls to His Death During Goose Show at Madison Square Garden</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Dunn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A concertgoer fell to his death during a Goose concert on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, according to CBS News. Police told the outlet that a 51-year-old man fell from MSG’s 300 level and suffered fatal injuries just before 10 p.m. Authorities found the man unconscious and unresponsive. He was later pronounced dead at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aardman Teases New Pokemon, &#8216;Timmy&#8217; Series, &#8216;The (Almost) Untold Story of Danger Delilah,&#8217; Aardman Academy and Looks Back at 50 Years of Clay Animation at Annecy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With more than 50 years of clay animation, Aardman unveiled a glimpse of a bright future this year at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, which opens June 21. The studio&#8217;s legendary trio, co-founders Peter Lord, David Sproxton and fellow director Nick Park, took the stage earlier today in Annecy&#8217;s main venue, the magnificent lakeside Bonlieu [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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