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		<title>‘Passenger’ Review: André Øvredal’s Roadbound Horror is a Stylish, Satisfying Thrill-Ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 21:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some of the most effective horror films craft their scares out of the reassuring everyday. In “Passenger”, the familiar routines and sounds associated with driving become ominous signs of incoming disaster, as a mysterious figure haunts and attacks drivers on the American highways. Norwegian director André Øvredal does not reinvent the wheel with this humble [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How &#8216;Obsession&#8217; Became an Unprecedented Box Office Horror Hit &#8212; and One of the Year&#8217;s Most Profitable Movies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 21:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Obsession&#8221; is, well, the obsession of the box office. That&#8217;s after the low-budget horror film earned $22 million from 2,655 North American theaters in its second weekend and a projected $28.2 million through the Memorial Day holiday. Those ticket sales are 30% above its debut (an impressive $17.2 million from 2,615 cinemas) &#8212; a virtually [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drake Sets Album Charts Record as First Artist to Hold Top Three Positions With &#8216;Iceman,&#8217; &#8216;Habibti&#8217; and &#8216;Maid of Honour&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven J. Horowitz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 19:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Drake has become the first artist to hold the top three slots on the albums chart as &#8220;Iceman,&#8221; &#8220;Habibti&#8221; and &#8220;Maid of Honour&#8221; debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. &#8220;Iceman,&#8221; the album that Drake had been teasing for nearly two years before its release, enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1 with 463,000 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Beartooth Singer Caleb Shomo Comes Out as a &#8216;Proudly Gay Man&#8217; in Emotional Message to Fans</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Earl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 19:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Caleb Shomo, the frontman for rock band Beartooth, has come out as gay in a message to his fans. Shomo took to Instagram on May 23 to reveal &#8220;I am a proudly gay man,&#8221; and explained that &#8220;This is something I&#8217;ve been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for quite some time now.&#8221; His [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Box Office: &#8216;Michael&#8217; Nears $800 Million, &#8216;Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; Hits $600 Million Globally</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Rubin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 17:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Michael&#8221; is nearing another major box office milestone. The musical biopic about Michael Jackson has generated $788 million globally and will soon eclipse the $800 million mark. Over the weekend, &#8220;Michael&#8221; added $28.5 million overseas in another strong showing. The crowd-pleaser, distributed by Universal internationally and Lionsgate domestically, has grossed $468 million overseas and $319 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Man Behind &#8216;Mandalorian&#8217;: How Brendan Wayne Became Pedro Pascal&#8217;s Body Double and Channeled His Grandfather, John Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Moreau]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pedro Pascal may be the face of bounty hunter Din Djarin in &#8220;Mandalorian and Grogu,&#8221; but there&#8217;s another actor who does much of the walking, talking and gun-slinging as the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; character: Brendan Wayne. In 2018, Wayne auditioned and screen tested for an untitled Lucasfilm project, where he had to put on a bulky [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>As &#8216;Star Citizen&#8217; Hits $1 Billion in Lifetime Funding, Cloud Imperium Chiefs Reveal Fan Impact, &#8216;Squadron 42&#8217; &#8216;Closing Stages&#8217; Game Update (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/star-citizen-1-billion-funding-squadron-42-release-update-1236757420/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Maas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 16:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cloud Imperium Games marked a major milestone Sunday (May 24) as the game developer&#8217;s open world massively multiplayer online space game &#8220;Star Citizen&#8221; has reached $1 billion in lifetime funding before formalizing a release date for its full commercial launch. It&#8217;s an impressive benchmark for any title, but especially for a game 14 years in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Gilded Age&#8217; Season 4 First Look, New &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Footage Among Teases in New HBO Max Trailer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Earl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 16:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new HBO Max trailer is filled with new footage of returning series and first look footage of some of the year&#8217;s most anticipated titles. The following shows have clips included in the trailer: In July 2025, it was announced that &#8220;Gilded Age&#8221; would be renewed for a fourth season. Francesca Orsi, executive vice president [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cannes Grand Prix Winner Andrey Zvyagintsev Uses Acceptance Speech to Address Putin: &#8216;Put an End to This Carnage&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 15:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Standing at the Cannes podium Saturday night to collect the Grand Prix for &#8220;Minotaur,&#8221; exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev used his acceptance speech to issue a direct, personal plea to Vladimir Putin to bring the war to an end. Set in Russia in 2022, &#8220;Minotaur&#8221; follows Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov), a successful company director whose carefully [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Box Office: &#8216;Mandalorian and Grogu&#8217; Lifts Off With $102 Million Over Memorial Day Holiday, &#8216;Obsession&#8217; Scores $28 Million in Huge Second Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 15:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the first time in nearly seven years, &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; fans finally had a reason to go to the movies. And plenty of &#8217;em showed up for &#8220;The Mandalorian and Grogu,&#8221; which collected $82 million in its opening weekend and an estimated $102 million through Monday. Those ticket sales are aligned with expectations, though box [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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