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Trump Wants Dana White Behind The Podium

via The offer, in full: Variety · Rival coverage: Deadline · Tabloid angle: TMZ · The expected meeting: TMZ

*On Saturday, according to Variety, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he has offered UFC CEO Dana White the job of White House press secretary. He asked White to bring assistants and named six UFC fighters to "defend us against the lunatic left." The la…

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Godzilla Makes $32M, The Cat In The Hat $6M

via The weekend numbers: Variety · The record, the demos, and the New Jersey detail: Deadline · The pre-weekend projections: ScreenRant

According to Variety, Godzilla Minus Zero opened to $14.5M on Friday and is tracking to a $32M weekend, a record for a live-action foreign-language opening, while The Cat in the Hat brought in $6M. Deadline puts the Warner Bros. Animation film at $17M to $20M …

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Elvis, Inc. Sends Suno A 51-Page Bill

via The two suits: Variety · The October Anthropic suit: Billboard · Rival reporting on the Anthropic damages: Yahoo Finance

According to Variety, Elvis Presley's music rightsholders and the publisher of Eminem's catalog have filed separate federal lawsuits against the AI music generator Suno. The Presley complaint runs 51 pages and claims Suno violates Tennessee's ELVIS Act every t…

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Odom Sells His Life For $14.99 a Month

via The earnings story: TMZ · Rival coverage with the photo: Daily Mail · The launch, analyzed by an OF search engine: Chicago Sports Stuff

According to Daily Mail, former NBA star and ex-Khloe Kardashian Lamar Odom has raked in a five-figure sum in the first eight days of his OnlyFans account. TMZ puts the total at over $50K and says he is on pace to clear $200K, on a $14.99 a month subscription …

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Driver Shuts Down 'Girls' With A Blessing

via The story: Deadline · The interview where he said it: CinemaBlend · Rival coverage: Variety · The revival announcement: People

According to Deadline, Adam Driver has confirmed he is not returning for HBO's five-episode "Girls" revival, telling an interviewer, "No, but I wish them the best of luck." "No, but I wish them the best of luck." Read that again. That is not a sentence a perso…

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Knicks Send Swift A Formal Thank-You

via The statement: Deadline · The clip, both players, full detail: ESPN · Rival coverage: The Guardian · The response, celebrity angle: People

According to Deadline, Knicks guard Tyler Kolek called Taylor Swift a "very performative" fan on a since-deleted NBA clip, and the team's rep responded with a statement thanking her for "many years" of support. A point guard gets asked to name the fakest celeb…

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The Hunger Games Math Has A Floor Now

via The presales report: Deadline · The opening date: Collider · November in theaters: Fresh Calendars

Advance tickets for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping are reportedly the best Lionsgate has seen post-Covid for any title, running ahead of Universal's Wicked, per Deadline. The prequel opens Friday, Nov. 20, and the studio's opening forecast now has an…

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Dolly Parton's Estate Hits Pause, Not Delete

via The dismissal filing: Billboard · The same story: People · The original suit and the texts: Page Six · The $450 million at stake: Page Six

The company running Dolly Parton's posthumous affairs filed to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit against her nephew and former security chief Bryan Seaver in Tennessee court Thursday, per Billboard. The claims die without prejudice, meaning they can come back, a…

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