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Waititi Burns The Critics, Klara Burns The Budget

via The Instagram takedown, quote by quote: Deadline · The $701K opening and the 880-theater cut: Deadline · The rival write-up of the takedown: Variety · Sony stops reporting the grosses: Cosmic Book News

On Oct. 31, Taika Waititi posted on Instagram that the critics who gave Sony's "Klara and the Sun" a 26 percent Rotten Tomatoes score are "sad lost souls" who "became critics," signing off with "Irrelevant. Out of touch. Obsolete. In the bin." Per Deadline, th…

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Klum's 25th: Many Hands Made This Hand

via The costume story and the "many hands" quote: E! News · The full party photo gallery: Deadline · The 25th-anniversary coverage: Variety

Heidi Klum opened her 25th annual Halloween Party on Oct. 31 dressed as a hyper-realistic severed human hand, a prosthetic replica of her own left hand down to the green-stone wedding ring and the finger tattoo that reads "Tom." Per E! News, it took six hours …

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Lange Retires, Per Rolling Stone

via Rolling Stone: Jessica Lange on "American Horror Story" and the possible end of her career · Deadline: Jessica Lange retirement report · AOL: Jessica Lange, 77, reflects on her career's possible end

Jessica Lange, 77, told Rolling Stone she "actually feel[s] like I'm coming to an end" — the interview timed to the launch of "American Horror Story" Season 13, with her possible last film, "Long Day's Journey Into Night," still in theaters. The mechanism: the…

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Kelly Clarkson Wins 5 Emmys For A Show That Ended In August

via Deadline: Daytime Emmys winners list 2026 · Billboard: Kelly Clarkson wins one and loses one at the 2026 Daytime Emmys · EW: 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards winners list

The Kelly Clarkson Show took home five Daytime Emmys on Friday, including Outstanding Daytime Talk Series — for a show that wrapped its final episode on August 31. According to Billboard, Clarkson wasn't even at the ceremony. The mechanism has a name: the post…

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Pennywise Got His Surprise Episode. Scheduled.

via Deadline: "It: Welcome to Derry" drops surprise Halloween episode · Variety: "It: Welcome to Derry" Halloween special lands on HBO Max · A.V. Club: "It: Welcome to Derry" dropped a surprise episode on HBO Max for Halloween

HBO Max dropped a 30-minute surprise Halloween special for its "It: Welcome to Derry" series — "A Story of Derry," set in the centuries before Pennywise arrived in the town — which appeared on the platform this Halloween, according to Deadline. The "surprise d…

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Trump's $10B Powerhouse Case Dies With Prejudice

via Deadline: Judge dismisses Trump's $10B WSJ/Epstein defamation suit · CNBC: Trump's $10 billion Murdoch/WSJ defamation lawsuit dismissed · Bloomberg: WSJ wins dismissal of Trump's $10 billion defamation suit

A judge in New York has dismissed Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones over its Jeffrey Epstein coverage — "with prejudice," meaning the case is dead and cannot be revived, according to Deadline. "Dismisse…

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Kung Minkoff Backs Gina Kirschenheiter Against Jeff Lewis

via Kung Minkoff's defense: Page Six · The "white-trash grifter" radio tirade: Reality Blurb · Us Weekly on the feud's new low: Us Weekly

According to Page Six, Crystal Kung Minkoff publicly defended "Real Housewives of Orange County" star Gina Kirschenheiter Friday after Jeff Lewis called her a "white-trash grifter" on his SiriusXM show: "I would say this right to his face; I don't agree with w…

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Bill Maher On Trump's 1,300-Word Rant: 'Kind Of A Flex'

via The Real Time reaction: Deadline · The original 1,300-word post: Deadline · USA Today's recap: USA Today · THR on the Kelly Clarkson toy-store comparison: The Hollywood Reporter

According to Deadline, Bill Maher took on Donald Trump's record-setting 1,300-word Truth Social post on Friday's episode of Real Time — the rant that branded the host a "complete and total loser" just nine days after Trump had praised their "great" White House…

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Criminal Minds Gets Cancelled After 20 Seasons Of Profiling

via The cancellation announcement: Variety · Deadline's confirmation: Deadline · E! News on the finale: E! News · Parade: one star hints it might not be the end: Parade

According to Variety, "Criminal Minds: Evolution" is ending with its upcoming Season 20 on Paramount+, with the final season airing in 2027. The show ran 15 seasons on CBS, revived as "Evolution" on Paramount+ in 2022, and showrunner Erica Messer says it's "ha…

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