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Steve Carell surprises high school students with free prom tickets
LOS ANGELES — Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devastating wildfires in Los…
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Germany
Don’t try this at home: Europe’s scariest children’s TV characters
As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of a depressed loaf of bread gracing German children’s TV, we look at some…
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News
Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES — Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering…
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Asia
No Tottenham, no foreign punditry: How North Korea broadcasts its own take on English Premier League football
With sweeping bans on foreign content, North Korea’s media landscape is among the most heavily censored in the world. Football,…
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Asia
Commentary: Squid Game Season 2 plays on the almost comical way we believe in our ability to ‘win’ capitalism
Squid Game plays on the almost comical ability people have to believe in their own capacity to survive and be…
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Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actress who starred in sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
NEW YORK — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing…
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Charles Dolan, HBO and Cablevision founder, dies at 98
Charles Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems…
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United Kingdom
Canal+ shares drop on London trading debut after split from Vivendi
An initial decline was to be expected, said analysts, as certain investment funds were restricted to French-listed stocks. ADVERTISEMENT The…
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Chuck Woolery, original host of ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ dies at 83
Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” who later became a…
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Sport
Studio Kremlin: creative co-working in a revitalised Paris community
EU funding has helped transform an old industrial area of the French capital into a creative hub of community collaboration.…
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