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In George Lucas’ 1974 rough draft for the first “Star Wars,” there was Cos Dashit, a weak-willed, low-level politician and failed upward until he became President of the Republic before becoming Emperor. Initially, he was a puppet, controlled by bureaucrats of the Empire like Tarkin, and he was never a Force user (or even a…
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A man has been arrested over a house fire that killed three young children, including a baby girl, in Sydney‘s west, in a suspected domestic violence attack. Emergency services, including at least 20 firefighters and six fire trucks, rushed to Freeman Street at Lalor Park at 1am on Sunday following reports a home was ablaze. Two…
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After doing some research, the “Bones” team was able to get FOX behind them. “One of the really daunting tasks that a forensic anthropologist has to deal with is that frequently the human remains are extremely compromised,” Josephson noted. “This means we have to find a reason for this character to exist, and the reason…
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The man that police say was responsible for murdering four people at a party and injuring three injuries before turning the gun on himself has been identified. Police in Kentucky were called to the 2600 block of Ridgecrest Drive in Florence just before 3am in the early hours of Saturday morning. On arrival, police found four…
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Released in 2018 by Netflix, “The Christmas Chronicles” sees two children, Teddy and Kate Pierce (played by Judah Lewis and Darby Camp, respectively), join Santa on Christmas Eve for what should have been a magical night of gift-giving. Unfortunately, the kids cause Father Christmas’ sleigh to crash, and the movie follows the trio’s attempts to…
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Sir Keir Starmer will start the process to renegotiate Britain’s post-Brexit deal within weeks, The Mail on Sunday has been told. The new Prime Minister wants more relaxed freedom of movement rules and lower trade barriers, EU sources believe, and is willing to sign the UK back up to some Brussels rules in exchange. They…
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The impact of “Nausicaä” on the anime industry is not confined to Studio Ghibli. It also made the career of Hideaki Anno, future creator of “Neon Genesis Evangelion,” who animated the scene near the film’s end of the God Warrior coming to life and melting into nothingness. As chronicled in mini-documentary “The Birth of Studio…
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England fans roared as the Three Lions finally broke Switzerland down on penalties in the quarter-final of the European Championship this evening. After a nail-biting 120 minutes in Dusseldorf, supporters did their best to see the national team through to victory – but silence echoed through the stadium as the two teams stepped up to…
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When interviewed, Villeneuve explained that he has big plans for working with Pugh in the future for the “Dune Messiah” film, and that helped get her to sign on for a more limited role in “Dune: Part Two”: “When I approached Zendaya for ‘Part One,’ I said, ‘I’m going to introduce your character, and if…
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A young woman who drowned after she fell overboard during a Fourth of July boat party was a new mother to a baby girl. Jerri MacMeekin was found floating in the waters of Lake Conroe, north of Houston, about 11.30pm on Thursday – two hours after she disappeared. Her brother-in-law Kyle Dean MacMeekin, 29, and his friend Shane Everett…