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		<title>David Sheiner, Character Actor Known for &#8216;The Odd Couple&#8217; and &#8216;Murder, She Wrote,&#8217; Dies at 98</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[David Sheiner, the character actor known for his work in films like &#8220;The Odd Couple&#8221; and shows like &#8220;Murder, She Wrote,&#8221; died June 5 of renal failure in Los Angeles, his daughter Kate Sheiner confirmed to Variety. Sheiner was a Lee Strasberg-trained actor who left Broadway to move to Los Angeles. While studying the performing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Darth Vaul Voice Actor Was Told &#8216;You’re the New James Earl Jones&#8217; and Thought: &#8216;Then Why Are You Paying Me Such S&#8212; Money, George Lucas?&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peter Serafinowicz appeared on a recent episode of the &#8220;Classic Clown&#8221; podcast and looked back at his brief stint voicing the villainous Darth Maul in 1999&#8217;s &#8220;Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.&#8221; While Ray Park physically played the Sith villain on the set of the George Lucas-directed prequel, Serafinowicz contributed his voice to the part [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tay Keith, Producer of Travis Scott’s ‘Sicko Mode’ and Drake’s ‘Nonstop,’ Dies at 29</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jem Aswad]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tay Keith (real name: Brytavious Chambers), the Grammy-nominated producer behind such hits as Travis Scott’s ‘Sicko Mode’ and Drake’s ‘Nonstop,’ was found dead Thursday in his Nashville apartment, local police confirm. No cause of death was announced. A report from Nashville police reads: “No foul play is suspected in the death of Brytavious Chambers, 29, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can the DGA Protect TV Directors&#8217; Jobs by Preventing Actors From Taking Them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Zachary Quinto starred as Dr. Oliver Wolf on &#8220;Brilliant Minds&#8221; for two seasons on NBC. For the June 3 episode, he stepped behind the camera as well, picking up his first directing credit. It&#8217;s fairly routine for actors, writers or cinematographers on a show to temporarily assume the director&#8217;s chair. But it does not sit [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;UFC Freedom 250&#8217; Averages 8.2 Million Viewers Across U.S. and Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House&#8217;s &#8220;UFC Freedom 250&#8221; event averaged 8.2 million viewers across the U.S. and Latin America on Paramount+. According to the streamer, that marks its biggest live exclusive event ever. Of those 8.2 million average viewers, 7 million came from the U.S. and 1.2 million were in Latin America. UFC will release viewership numbers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Twilight&#8217; Director Catherine Hardwicke on Her New Movie &#8216;Street Smart&#8217; About Homeless Venice Youth, Casting Sally Struthers and Why Romantasy Is Booming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since directing “Twilight” in 2008, Catherine Hardwicke has directed TV projects like “Under the Bridge” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” and directed indie films with the likes of Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore.&#160;She’s&#160;shot from London and Rome to Mexico. But for her latest feature, “Street Smart,” Hardwicke tells the stories of people in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>LISTEN: Variety&#8217;s Owen Gleiberman Unpacks Why We Love the &#8216;Toy Story&#8217; Franchise: &#8216;Some of the Greatest Movies Ever Made About Childhood&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia Littleton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On today’s episode of &#8220;Daily Variety&#8221; podcast, Owen Gleiberman, Variety’s chief film critic, sings the praises of Pixar’s “Toy Story” movies as the fifth installment arrives in theaters on June 19. Pixar’s pioneering CG animated series, which began in 1995, amounts to “some of the greatest movies ever made about childhood,” Gleiberman enthuses. In Gleiberman&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TelevisaUnivison Lures Media-Buying Veteran Mike Law as EVP, Brand Partnerships</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Steinberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivison has hired Michael Law, a longtime media-buying executive who was most recently CEO of Dentsu&#8217;s Carat North America, as its new executive vice president of brand partnerships. He will report to John Kozack, who was recently named to lead ad sales for the company. &#8220;One of our biggest opportunities is increasing advertiser [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chris Pratt to Star in America 250 Comedy Shorts Series With Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; U.S. Government Funding Project From ATTN: (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chris Pratt is saddling up for an unlikely buddy comedy: a series of comedy shorts focused on American history, co-starring presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. The series comes from digital and creative media studio ATTN: with Emmy winner Alex Gregory (“Veep,” “White House Plumbers”) serving as as producer. The shorts will follow Pratt as he [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>UTA Signs &#8216;SubwayTakes&#8217; Host and Comedian Kareem Rahma (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ethan Shanfeld]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kareem Rahma, the comedian, musician and host of the viral social media series &#8220;SubwayTakes,&#8221; has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The agency, whose Creators division has grown significantly in the past two decades, will work to secure opportunities for Rahma across digital media, filmed entertainment, brand partnerships and more. The signing comes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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