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		<title>Oregon D.A. Drops Motion to Delay Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Oregon attorney general&#8217;s office has withdrawn its motion to delay the closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, according to a filing submitted Friday in the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore. The deal could close as soon as July 22, though several states, including Oregon and California, are investigating whether the $111 billion [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Donald Iwerks, Disney Camera Technician and Co-Founder of Iwerks Entertainment, Dies at 96</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Iwerks, son of Mickey Mouse co-creator Ub Iwerks, whose groundbreaking innovations transformed cinematic storytelling and immersive entertainment, died July 9. He was 96. Iwerks spent over six deacdes on projects for The Walt Disney Company, along with his own studio, Iwerks Entertainment. Don pioneered innovations in projection technology, 3D and large-format filmmaking, and immersive [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jack White Offers Opening Slot to &#8216;Satanic&#8217; Band Twin Temple — &#8216;Get in Front of Me, Satan!&#8217; — as Charley Crockett Defends Decision to Dump Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Not today, Satan&#8221;&#8230; or &#8220;Hell yeah, Beelzebub&#8221;? A split is taking place in the polarizing realm of devil-rock, as practiced by self-styled &#8220;Satanic&#8221; duo Twin Temple. On Friday, country singer Charley Crockett took to social media to defend his decision to drop the act from his tour dates — even as Jack White piped up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cineverse Buys Horror-Comedy ‘Portal to Hell’ (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cineverse and its horror division Bloody Disgusting have acquired U.S. VOD and streaming rights to &#8220;Portal to Hell,&#8221; the Slamdance and Frightfest debut feature from Woody Bess. A limited theatrical rollout is expected ahead of Cineverse’s digital release this summer. Trey Holland (&#8220;The Diabolical&#8221;), Romina D’Ugo (“12 Monkeys”), Keith David (&#8220;The Thing&#8221;), and Richard Kind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘Moana’ Cast Guide: Every Live-Action Character vs. the Original Animation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanya Fedak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moana and Maui are setting sail once again &#8212; this time, in live-action. Releasing in theaters July 10, Disney&#8217;s animated musical &#8220;Moana&#8221; comes back to life with a brand new live-action remake led by Catherine Laga’aia, who stars as the titular character. Similar to the original, the film follows Moana’s journey to restore the heart [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on &#8216;Emergency!,&#8217; Dies at 80</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Saperstein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Randolph Mantooth, known for playing paramedic Johnny Gage on the “Emergency!” TV series in the 1970s, died July 9 in Ventura. He was 80. Mantooth broke out in 1972 when he was cast in “Emergency!,” which introduced the profession of paramedics to the public. He co-starred with Kevin Tighe in the popular NBC series which [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Pokémon Go&#8217; Exec Promises 1,000-Person Times Square Mewtwo Event Is Just the Start of 10th Anniversary: &#8216;My Personal Goal Is to Create Core Memories&#8217; for All Players</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, &#8220;Pokémon Go&#8221; vice president of product Michael Steranka was crying in the shower because the first large-scale event for the hit mobile game was, in his own opinion, a disaster. The Niantic-developed game kept crashing, too many people were trying to play at once and the servers couldn&#8217;t handle the game&#8217;s immense [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Love Island USA&#8217; Season 8 Contestant Caleb McDaniel on His Relationship With Jaiden, Not Exploring Melanie and His Newfound Fame: &#8216;I’m Just Now Starting to Realize It’s As Big As It Is&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanya Fedak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, Caleb McDaniel knows he’s the internet’s boyfriend. Caleb quickly rose to fame on Season 8 of “Love Island USA,” entering the villa with about 10,000 Instagram followers, and now sitting with more than 1 million just one week after leaving the show. “I’m waiting to wake up from a dream right now. It’s just [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature’s opt-out policy, including by talent agencies. “Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Little House on the Prairie&#8217; Writer on Landing Fan Favorite From Original Series for That Scary Cameo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SPOILER ALERT:&#160;This article contains spoilers for the &#8220;Little House on the Prairie&#8221; reboot through Episode 2, now streaming on Netflix. Few things are as scary to OG &#8220;Little House on the Prairie&#8221; viewers as Laura Ingalls&#8217; childhood bully, Nellie Oleson, on a bad day. But Netflix&#8217;s updated take on the beloved story takes things to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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