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World-famous horror writer Stephen King has announced that he has quit Facebook due to the platform's tolerance of fake news and shady privacy practices. He remains active on Twitter and has completely deleted his Facebook account. Facebook has received a large amount of criticism for its lack of censorship, whereas Twitter no longer accepts political ads at all.

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Star Trek: Picard, the CBS TV series following up Discovery, the latest installment to the Star Trek franchise, premiered on CBS's All Access streaming platform to good reviews, and the first episode of the season has now been made available for free on YouTube, though it is for a limited time and it is not clear when it will be taken offline.

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Elon Musk, billionaire inventor and founder of aeronautics firm SpaceX and electric car company Tesla, currently the most valuable car manufacturer in the US, celebrated a year of success and an optimistic outlook for Tesla by releasing a new EDM song called "Don't Doubt Ur Vibe" on his Spotify and Soundcloud channels, his first since 2019's "RIP Harambe".

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The new Loki show has found a new castmember with the casting of famous actor Owen Wilson. The character that Wilson will be playing has been kept a secret but it is possible that his character may feature in a future Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. The show will directly connect to the next Doctor Strange movie.

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Season 2 of Netflix's 'The Witcher' series will begin in February as the show enters its final leg of pre-production. The season will feature four different directors, each of whom will presumably direct two back to back episodes. The show will be filmed mostly within the UK but will also go to Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

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Disney is set to reveal its quarterly earnings on Tuesday and will also reveal how many subscribers their new streaming service Disney+ has received over the last few months. Many expect the number to be somewhere between 25 million to 30 million subscribers. They are also expected to announce to the closure of various theme parks due to the coronavirus.

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Hollywood superstar and filmmaker Adam Sandler has signed a new deal with Netflix and will be making four more films for the streaming platform. His previous deal with Netflix allowed him to make four films and his comedy special '100% Fresh'. HIs 2019 comedy Murder Mystery was one of the most popular films on the site last year.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that the 2020 Oscars, which like the previous year's awards will feature no host, will feature a performance by 18-year-old pop star Billie Eilish, who swept the Grammy Awards a few days ago and became the youngest solo artist to receive an award for Album of the Year.

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Last Thursday, famous rapper Eminem released a surprise album called "Music to Be Murdered By", marking his first album since 2018's "Kamikaze". The album has immediately risen to the number one spot on the Billboard 200, with more than 218 million streams since its release. This marks Eminem's tenth number one album, in the same league as the records of The Beatles, Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley.

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Netflix has ordered a live-action adaptation of 'One Piece', an anime/manga series that is immensely popular across the globe. Although the anime now has hundreds of episodes and is nowhere close to ending, the Netflix version will be just ten episodes long. Tomorrow Studios have been tasked with creating this season.

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NBC has ordered a new television show called 'Langdon' that will follow Robert Langdon, a character made popular by Dan Brown's book series, as he solves mysteries and conspiracies across the world. The show will follow the events of 'The Lost Symbol', one of Brown's only unadapted Langdon books. The character was previously played by Tom Hanks in two different films.

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With Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves replacing Ben Affleck as director, DC's Batman remake has officially begun started filming, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman, with Colin Farrell playing the iconic Batman villain Penguin. The movie also stars Andy Serkis as Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman.

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After Billie Eilish set a series of records at the Grammys, becoming the youngest solo artist ever to win the album of the year as well as becoming only the second person in history to win four Grammys in the same year, her two albums "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" and "Don't Smile At Me" have experienced a record sales surge of 127 percent.

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The 2020 Grammys experienced a large dip in viewership numbers, getting some of the lowest ratings it has received in its entire history. Only 18 million tuned in to watch the award show this year, much lower than its average. This year's show was dominated by just one or two artists, with Billie Eilish winning four of the most important award.

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While the latest season of Doctor Who stars Jodie Whitaker as the first female Doctor Who, it also involves a Time Lord from another timeline, played in the series' latest episode Fugitive of the Judoon by Silent Witness actress Jo Martin, making her the first black Doctor Who. Details on the black Doctor's past and her involvement with Whitaker's Doctor are unclear.

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Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of The Witcher book series that inspired the world-famous games and Netflix show, has said that he chose not to be involved in the production of the show. He said he wanted the showrunners to have the autonomy to pursue their vision and that he did not want to work long hours.

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Matrix 4, the sequel to the original Matrix trilogy, will begin filming in Sanfrancisco next month. The movie is being directed by Lana Wachowski, who directed the original trilogy, and will star Keanu Reeves who will reprise his role as Neo. Carrie-Anne Moss will also be returning to the series as Trinity.

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Rosalind Chao, an actress perhaps best known for her roles in Star Trek and Deep Space Nine, has been cast in Marvel's new Shang Chi movie. It is unknown what character she will be portraying in the upcoming flick but more news will be revealed once the movie begins filming soon.

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Billie Eilish won most of the major Grammy awards this year, winning the best new artist, record of the year, the album of the year and song of the year. The artist is just 18 years old and released her breakout album last year featuring her hit song 'Bad Guy'. Her brother Finneas was named a non-classical producer of the year.

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In an interview on the Gayle King Grammy Special leading up to the Grammy's, teen pop star Billie Eilish opened up about having suicidal thoughts following her meteoric rise to fame, which she says distanced her from her friends. Eilish revealed that she contemplated jumping out from the window of her Berlin hotel, but was stopped by thoughts of her mother.

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Disney has announced that they will be making a live-action remake of their classic film 'Bambi'. This announcement is coming after the massive success of the live-action Lion King remake. The Bambi remake will likely use the same CGI style and technology as the new Lion King. The writer from 'Captain Marvel' will write the screenplay for the film.

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After US President Donald Trump posted the new design for the newly formed US Space Force on Twitter, Star Trek fans were quick to notice the designs stark similarity to the logo for Star Trek's Starfleet Command, calling out the new design as a shameless ripoff. The Space Force has previously also been mocked for copying designs for its camouflage uniforms from Star Wars costumes.

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The 71-year-old rock legend James Taylor, most known for his iconic song "Fire and Rain", has announced a new album titled "American Standard", which will be released on February 28 and will include Taylor's versions of more than 12 classic American songs. Taylor has also announced a tour with fellow soft rock legend singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.

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Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie is producing a new BBC show that will help children over the age of 13 spot fake news stories. The show will air on the BBC channel but will also be available on Youtube in 42 different languages. The show will give children the tools to understand how the news is made.

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According to some insider sources, Disney's new Obi-Wan show has been delayed and the crew has been sent home. The delay is happening because the executives are not happy with the current scripts and are having them reworked before production starts in earnest. It is unclear if the show will release on schedule.

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