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		<title>Dane Cook&#8217;s Brother Stole $12 Million From Comedian, Hid Bricks of Cash in Pasta Sauce</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ethan Shanfeld]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Uh oh, Spaghetti O&#8217;s! Dane Cook&#8217;s brother stole $12 million from the comedian and hid bricks of cash inside pasta sauce, a new documentary reveals. Premiering on Sept. 29, &#8220;Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story&#8221; delves into the financial drama that absorbed the blockbuster comedian in 2008, when his half-brother and business manager, Darryl McCauley, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s &#8216;Heroes&#8217; Dad Calls Out &#8216;Predatory&#8217; Paparazzi Who &#8216;Hunted&#8217; Her and the Press Who Asked &#8216;Misogynistic&#8217; Questions When She Was a Teen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jack Coleman, the &#8220;Heroes&#8221; actor who played the father of Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s Claire Bennet, posted an emotional tribute to his late co-star following her death this week at 36 years old. &#8220;I’m heartbroken. I couldn’t begin to put my thoughts into words until now, and they will be inadequate,&#8221; Coleman wrote on Instagram algonside a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Lucky&#8217; Creators on Deciding Who Dies in the Finale, Why the Show Really Is Over and Not Knowing About Drew Starkey&#8217;s &#8216;Avid&#8217; Fandom &#8216;Until We Killed Him&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Aurthur]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “All Good Things,” the finale of Apple TV’s “Lucky.” Luciana “Lucky” Armstrong (Anya Taylor-Joy) has just pulled off one last con on the most important person left in her life: her formerly incarcerated father, John (Timothy Olyphant). In the series finale of “Lucky,” the titular con artist [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ariana Grande Granted Permission to Issue Expedited Subpoenas to Reveal Hacker Identities</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven J. Horowitz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ariana Grande has been granted permission to subpoena information that will help reveal the identities of anonymous hackers who allegedly leaked unreleased songs and footage from recording sessions and music videos. A Los Angeles judge approved Grande&#8217;s proposed order for expedited discovery on Tuesday, explaining that because she is unable to identify the hackers, a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Moving Back to U.K. in Shock Decision</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Dunn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the U.K. with their children after living in California for the past six years, according to People. The transition back to Britain, which the outlet says will last for &#8220;an extended period,&#8221; is set to begin in the coming weeks. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sandra Bullock Opens Up for the First Time on ALS Death of Partner Bryan Randall: &#8216;My Person Left A Lot Earlier Than the Body Left’</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcmalkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock is opening up about the death of her late partner Bryan Randall. The “Practical Magic 2” star made the rare remarks about her private life during an appearance on the Smartless podcast hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. Randall, a photographer, battled ALS before dying on Aug. 5, 2023 at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Academy Museum Fall Film Events Include &#8216;Marie Antoinette,&#8217; &#8216;The Craft,&#8217; &#8216;Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth&#8217; &#8211; Film News in Brief</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/news/film-news-in-brief-august-17-1236836442/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures fall programming celebrates several anniversary milestones along with a focus on horror. There will be a 50th anniversary screening of “Carrie” (1976) with Sissy Spacek, a 30th anniversary screening of “The Craft” (1996) with Rachel True and Robin Tunney and a 30th anniversary screening of “Get on the Bus” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Even Stevens&#8217; Star Christy Carlson Romano Says &#8216;Early Fame Is Like CTE&#8217; After Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s Death: &#8216;Another Performer I Grew Up With, Gone Too Soon&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Sharf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christy Carlson Romano, a Disney Channel teen icon after playing Ren Stevens on &#8220;Even Stevens&#8221; and voicing the title character on &#8220;Kim Possible,&#8221; published an emotional essay on Elle&#8217;s website in the wake of Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s death. The two actors got their breakthroughs in 2000, the year both &#8220;Even Stevens&#8221; and &#8220;Remember the Titans&#8221; premiered, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will Cost 4,500 L.A. Production Jobs, Report Finds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gmaddaus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. could cost about 4,500 film and TV jobs over three years, according to a new report issued by Los Angeles County. The report, prepared by CVL Economics, argues that the merger would accelerate the downturn in L.A. production, which has already cost 52,000 jobs over the last four [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>LISTEN: How &#8216;Dateline&#8217; Became a Content Dynamo for NBC News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On today&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Daily Variety&#8221; podcast, &#8220;Dateline&#8221; executive producers Liz Cole and Paul Ryan detail how the venerable newsmagazine became a digital content dynamo for NBC News. Cole, senior executive producer for &#8220;Dateline&#8221; and president of NBC News Studios, and Ryan, &#8220;Dateline&#8221; executive producer and a 14-year NBC News veteran, are at the helm [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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