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Famed Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick falls to her death, ex-boyfriend arrested on suspicion of murder. Image via Pop Culture.
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Amie Harwick's ex-boyfriend arrested over the mysterious death

Amie Harwick, the 37-year-old famed Hollywood sex therapist, former Playboy model, and comedian Drew Carey's ex-fiancee, fell to her death from the third-floor balcony of her home in Hollywood Hills, where police found her body shortly after. Harwick's ex-boyfriend, 41-year-old Gareth Pursehouse, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after Harwick's roommate reported that he broke into the house and started assaulting Harwick shortly before her death.

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Mon Feb 17 - TheDailyBeast
Elton John forced to cancel Auckland stadium show due to walking pneumonia diagnosis. Image via People.
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Elton John forced to cancel New Zealand show due to pneumonia

The 72-year-old pop music legend Elton John was forced to cancel his show at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland due to a diagnosis of walking pneumonia. While the legendary performer still tried to sing for the audience, he had to be escorted off the stage shortly, with fans giving him a standing ovation as he left. John currently has two more scheduled shows in New Zealand.

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Sun Feb 16 - SkyNews
15-year-old Ugandan Disney film star Nikita Waligwa has died of a brain tumor. Image via The US Sun.
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15-year-old Ugandan Disney film star Nikita Waligwa dead due to brain tumor

Nikita Pearl Waligwa, Ugandan star in the Disney film Queen of Katwe, has died at 15 years of age due to a brain tumor. Waligwa was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016, and Queen of Katwe director Mira Nair campaigned to raise funds for her treatment in India. She had been cleared by doctors but was diagnosed with another tumor in 2019 which she could not survive.

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Sun Feb 16 - BBC
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone has returned to dating app Bumble. Image via Insider.
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Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone back on dating app Bumble

The now 61-year-old star of 1992 movie Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone has returned to the popular dating app Bumble after her account was mistakenly blocked by Bumble staff, who received false reports that it was not the real Sharon Stone's account. Stone has stated that she is looking for a long-term, compassionate partner who is serious about a romantic relationship.

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Sun Feb 16 - Amomama
Lynn Cohen, famous for playing Magda in Sex and the City, has passed away aged 86. Image via Variety.
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Lynn Cohen, famous for Sex and the City, dead at 86

Character actress Lynn Cohen, who rose to fame for her role as the housekeeper Magda on the popular HBO television series Sex and the City, has passed away at 86 years of age in New York. Cohen played the role of Magda for 13 episodes from 2000 to 2004, reprising it for the 2008 Sex and the City movie.

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Sun Feb 16 - CNN
Amanda Bynes surprises Instagram fans by announcing her engagement on Valentine's Day. Image via The Knot News.
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Amanda Bynes announces engagement to mystery man

Amanda Bynes, the now 33-year-old former star of popular 90s Nickelodeon shows "All That" and "The Amanda Show", surprised Instagram fans on Valentine's by announcing her engagement but did not reveal who her mystery fiance is, though his hand is visible in the picture of the engagement ring she uploaded online.

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Sun Feb 16 - CNN
He is already facing charges in four jurisdictions, image via AP
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R. Kelly charged once again with abusing a minor

Rapper R. Kelly is now facing even more federal charges as he has now also been charged with abusing a minor for four years in 1997. The victim has not been identified publicly and the trial will take place after he stands trial for his other charges. These new charges also call for the seizure of all assets belonging to his company Bass Productions Ltd.

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Sun Feb 16 - Variety
The movie is based on an iconic video game character, image via Paramount
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Sonic outperforms all Box Office predictions

The new Sonic movie is currently on its way to making $65 million at the Box Office on its opening weekend, potentially making it the best three-day domestic opening for a video-game movie. Paramount, the studio behind the film, had estimated that it would make around $40-45 million on its opening weekend, but it has gone far beyond that estimate.

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Sun Feb 16 - Variety
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'Love Island' host dies of suicide
Sun Feb 16
Flack was suffering from depression before her death, image via Getty Images
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'Love Island' host dies of suicide

Caroline Flack, the ex-host of the popular reality show 'Love Island' has died on Saturday in London. She died at the age of 40 and the death has been ruled as a suicide. She was removed from her position as host in December after she was charged with assault due to an episode involving her boyfriend.

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Sun Feb 16 - NewYorkTimes
Robbie and Ayda Williams announce fourth child's birth in Valentine surprise for fans. Image via MSN.
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Robbie and Ayda Williams surprise fans with the announcement of the fourth child's birth

Robbie Williams, the UK Music Hall of Famer who rose to fame as a member of 90s pop band Take That followed by an incredibly successful solo career, and wife Ayda Field Williams, an American television celebrity, surprised their fans on Valentine's Day by announcing the birth of their fourth child, a son named Beau Benedict Enthoven Williams, through the surrogate mother who gave birth to their previous three children.

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Sat Feb 15 - BBC
Parasite creator Bong Joon-ho is being sued by Indian producer PL Thenappan. Image via India TV.
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Parasite creator Bong Joon-ho is being sued for plagiarism

PL Thenappan, a film producer working in India's Tamil movie industry, has accused Parasite creator Bong Joon-ho of plagiarism, stating that Parasite's plot bears striking resemblance to his 1999 movie Minsara Kanna, in which a young man recruits his whole family to perform housework at the home of the girl he has fallen in love with. Thenappan has revealed that he will soon be pursuing legal action against Joon-ho.

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Sat Feb 15 - DeccanHerald
It is currently unclear how Hopper survived, image via Netflix
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Stranger Things season 4 trailer reveals major spoiler

Netflix's original show 'Stranger Things' is getting a season 4 and according to the latest trailer, Hopper will play an important role. The character was seemingly killed off at the end of the last season although it was teased that he may make a reappearance. The season will start with him working in some kind of Russian prison camp.

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Sat Feb 15 - Forbes
The movie will be based on the incredibly popular video game franchise, image via Naughty Dog
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Tom Holland describes the plot of the new Uncharted movie

Hollywood superstar Tom Holland has revealed that the new Uncharted movie he is starring in will be an origin story for the franchise's main character, Nathan Drake. The film will not follow any of the events from the games and will tell an entirely new narrative. The movie will also star Mark Wahlberg as Sully.

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Sat Feb 15 - Collider
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle fire UK staff, close Buckingham Palace office, Image via Mirror
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle closed Buckingham Palace office

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had let go of all the 15 UK staffers who served their office in Buckingham Palace. They have completely closed the Buckingham Palace office. All the senior officials are aware of the lay-offs and office closure. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex told employees last month following their decision to step down.

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Fri Feb 14 - Google
Slowthai posts public apology for behavior at the NME Awards show. Image via Sky News.
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Slowthai publicly apologizes for NME Awards behavior

Slowthai, the UK rapper who won the NME Award for Hero of the Year, has publicly apologized on social media for his actions at the awards show, where he indulged in overtly sexual behavior with comedian Katherine Ryan, who many viewers thought was made extremely uncomfortable by his actions. Ryan has since stated she knew he was joking and was not made to feel uncomfortable by Slowthai.

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Fri Feb 14 - BBC
Billie Eilish unveils new Bond theme to critical acclaim. Image via Variety.
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Billie Eilish unveils new James Bond theme

Having become the youngest artist ever to perform the theme for a Bond movie at 18 years of age, rising pop star Billie Eilish recently unveiled the song she had been working on for the new James Bond movie No Time to Die. The song is receiving critical acclaim, with the duo of Eilish and her brother Finneas fusing classic James Bond theme elements and their own dark sound.

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Fri Feb 14 - BBC
Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova announce their third child. Image via InStyle.
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Enrique and Anna Kournikova announce third child

Russian tennis champion and American television celebrity Anna Kournikova and Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias have announced their third child, a baby girl, as the latest member of their growing family with two other children, two-year-old twins Lucy and Nicholas. The couple has been together since 2001 and in keeping with tradition shared loving pictures of their newly-born on Twitter and Instagram.

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Fri Feb 14 - CNN
Season 5 of the show will air in two weeks, image via Warner Bros.
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Netflix in talks to renew Lucifer for another season

According to some insider information, Netflix is currently in talks with Warner Brothers to make yet another season of Lucifer, saving the show from cancelation. The show was supposed to end at Season 5 but large viewership numbers and a large amount of fan backlash may have saved the show.

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Fri Feb 14 - TVLine
The movie will be released in the summer of 2021, image via Warner Bros.
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Matt Reeves shares the first glimpse of Robert Pattinson in new Batsuit

'The Batman' director Matt Reeves shared a minute-long video of Robert Pattinson in a batsuit on Twitter on Thursday. The video was a camera test that showed off the new batsuit design from the waist up and under moody red lighting. The new suit looks sleek and polished, even coming off as somewhat metallic.

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Fri Feb 14 - IndieWire
Sonic was released after much delay due to backlash regarding the characters appearance, image via Paramount Pictures
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New Sonic movie burned repeatedly by critics

The new Sonic movie has received mostly negative reviews from critics across the board, some even going as far as to call the movie a nightmare. Although some have praised Jim Carrey's portrayal of Dr. Robotnic, most have disparaged the film for its unimaginative plot and dialogue. Many expect the movie to do poorly at the Box Office.

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Fri Feb 14 - BBC
Sophie Turner and husband Joe Jonas are expecting their first child. Image via Getty Images.
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Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are expecting their first child

Star couple Sophie Turner, who played Sansa in Game of Thrones, and Joe Jonas of the pop band Jonas Brothers are expecting their first child. The two started dating in November 2016 and have been married twice since then, with their first wedding a secret Vegas affair, and the second an elegant public wedding in a chateau in southern France during July.

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Thu Feb 13 - TheCut
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Raphael Coleman dead at 25
Wed Feb 12
Nanny McPhee actor and environmental activist Raphael Coleman dead at 25. Image via CNN.
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Raphael Coleman dead at 25

Raphael Coleman, a beloved child actor in the 2005 movie Nanny McPhee starring Emma Thompson, has died aged 25 after fatally collapsing while on a run. Coleman pursued zoology in his youth and became a member of the environmental activist movement Extinction Rebellion. According to Coleman's mother, he passed out during the trip due to existing health problems and could not be resuscitated in time.

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Wed Feb 12 - Kolotv
Jussie Smollett faces more litigation for faking racial attack on himself. Image via Headtopics.
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Jussie Smollett faces litigation for fake racial attack again

Actor in popular TV show Empire Jussie Smollett has been indicted for the second time by a grand jury in Cook County, Illinois, for allegedly paying his stunt trainers from Empire to fake a racial attack against him, for which Smollett filed four separate police reports in January 2019. The special prosecutor assigned to the case has revealed that Smollett is scheduled to be arraigned on February 24.

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Wed Feb 12 - NPR
Jennifer Aniston stuns fans in 51st birthday photoshoot. Image via Headtopics.
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Friends star Jennifer Aniston stuns in 51st birthday photoshoot

Star of legendary sitcom Friends, Jennifer Aniston recently celebrated her 51st birthday which she commemorated with a photo shoot for Interview magazine, in which the A-lister stunned her 27.7 million Instagram fans with a picture of her in a draped black Versace gown that shows off her toned abs and youthful physique, with Aniston stating she wants women to appreciate themselves at any age.

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Wed Feb 12 - YahooNews
The Broom Challenge goes viral on social media again. Image via Newsweek.
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The Broom Challenge has gone viral again

The infamous Broom Challenge has gone viral on social media again, owing to trending posts claiming NASA has announced that a particular gravitational pull on the Earth for only a small time period will mean that brooms can be made to stand on their own. While NASA has been verified to not have made any such post, the Broom Challenge has been trending worldwide on Twitter for a day.

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Tue Feb 11 - NBC