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Morfydd Clark, an actress best known for her starring role in 'His Dark Materials', has been cast as Galadriel in Amazon's new Lord of the Rings show. This is one of the first major casting announcements for the show. It will be a kind of prequel series, exploring the time period before the events of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' took place.

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HBO's Watchmen season 1 has come to a close with the finale episode airing on Sunday night. The episode managed to get 1.6 million views, beating out the first episode as the most viewed episode of the season. The show has steadily gained more and more support via word of mouth and has ended on a high note.

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Splash News and Picture Agency has declared a lawsuit against movie star Liam Hemsworth, claiming up to 150,000 USD in damages, after Hemsworth posted an image of himself on Instagram on the set of his new movie Isn't it Romantic. The picture in question was taken by the agency's photographer Janet Mayer, and the agency is claiming Hemsworth's public posting of the image constitutes unauthorized use.

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At the San Diego Comic-Con, Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance to reveal the first trailer for Top Gun 2, a sequel for the original film released 34 years ago which first introduced audiences to Tom Cruise. Cruise will reprise his role as daring US Navy pilot Pete Maverick, and the sequel will also include Val Kilmer from the original movie, though he did not appear in the trailer.

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The Game of Thrones season 8 complete disc set has been released and has become the best selling disc this week. Although the season was heavily criticized by fans as well as critics and sparked a large amount of backlash from the internet, a large number of fans still bought the discs for their collections.

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Some fans of the Witcher franchise were recently given the chance to go see early screenings of the show. Although the review embargo on the show is still active, the fans are allowed to share their opinions via Twitter. Most of these opinions have been positive and specifically praise Henry Cavil's performance.

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HBO's 'Watchmen' is nearing the end of its first season with the finale set to air this Sunday. According to HBO's schedule, the episode will be around 67 minutes long, the longest episode the series has had to date. Most of the show's episodes clock in at around 58-61 minutes.

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Marvel's 'The Falcon and Winter Soldier' has added Desmond Chiam and Misi Ishikawa to its now sizeable cast. The roles the two will play are currently unknown and the show will debut on Disney+ in August 2020. The show will be set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will follow the titular characters as they fight against Baron Zemo.

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The Hollywood Critics Association has named Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve for its Filmmaker of the Decade award, to be presented at a ceremony in January. Villeneuve's films include critical hits Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario and Prisoners, and together have grossed almost 700 million USD at the international box office, along with winning three BAFTA and Academy awards.

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According to some insider information, 'Bandersnatch' star, Will Poulter is no longer on the cast for Amazon's new Lord of the Rings show. Poulter has been forced to abandon the project due to scheduling conflicts. It is still unclear what role he was intended to play and Amazon has already started searching for a replacement.

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According to some rumors, Disnye+ is set to begin production on a show that will follow Cassian Andor (a character that appeared in 'Rogue One') by June 2020. The show will be a 'spy thriller' set in the Star Wars universe and will follow Cassian as he helps the rebellion fight against the empire.

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Martin Scorcese's latest mafia thriller "The Irishman" was released on Netflix on November 27 after being out in cinemas for three weeks. According to Netflix, the movie garnered 26 million viewers in its first week, lower than Sandra Bullock's Bird Box at 45 million, and also lower than the 30.9 million who watched Adam Sandler's comedy Murder Mystery, co-starring Friends star Jennifer Aniston.

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In the latest statistics for UK's pop industry compiled by the Official Charts Company, Ed Sheeran has come out on top as the hit artist of the decade. His albums have spent more time at number 1 on the charts than any other artist, with 79 weeks in total for both singles and albums. Sheeran's singles also stayed in the Top 40s for a combined record of 572 weeks.

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Britt McHenry, the host of UN-PC on Fox Nation, is suing Fox and her co-host Geroge Murdoch for sexual harassment. She claims the network retaliated against her when she initially reported the harassment to higher-ups and that she has been forced to 'stand up for what's right'. The evidence she is presenting includes unwanted sexually expxlicit texts from Murdoch.

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The vintage Rolex worn by 'Marlon Brando' in the film 'Apocalypse Now' has sold for around $1,952,000 in what was the highest bid Phillips has ever received for a watch on its site. The bidder who bought the watch did so by bidding over the phone and wishes to remain anonymous.

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Netflix has announced that 'Stranger Things' season 4 is to begin production and filming in January 2020. They have also said that "Tareco" is the working title for the season although they have not yet revealed what this title is a reference to. They will finish filming sometime in August and will release the season soon after.

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The 34-year-old actor and singer Jonathan Groff has previously been a part of hit TV show Glee, and serial killer drama Mindhunter, along with playing King George III in Lin-Manuel Miranda's landmark Broadway hit Hamilton. Groff has now joined the growing cast of actors starring in Matrix 4, alongside Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss who will return to their Neo and Trinity roles. The movie begins filming in early 2020.

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Vicky Cornell, widow of Soundgarden lead vocalist Chris Cornell who passed away in 2017, has initiated legal action against her deceased husband's band, claiming the band and their manager are deliberately keeping hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from Cornell's estate, allegedly so they can negotiate access to certain unreleased recordings Cornell made before his death.

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René Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' and 'Benson' has passed away at the old age of 79. He died on Sunday due to metastatic lung cancer. He had been acting since the 1960s and has received praise from fans all over the world.

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Guy Beahm, Twitch streaming star known online as Dr. Disrespect, has announced that he is in talks with Skybound Entertainment to produce a television series, possibly animated, based on his Dr. Disrespect character, making him the first Twitch star to get a television series deal. Beahm announced earlier that he would be taking some time off from streaming following controversy surrounding his admission to having an affair.

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Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's latest art project, titled "Comedian", featured a store-bought banana stuck with duct tape to a wall, and sold for 120,000 USD at a Miami art exhibition. At the exhibition, New York performance artist David Datuna ate the banana, citing "being hungry" as his excuse. Cattelan welcomed the move, saying the banana had to be replaced anyway, which the art gallery did a few minutes later.

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The star of the charmingly irreverent Deadpool movies, Ryan Reynolds, is producing and starring in a goofy action comedy "Free Guy", and the first trailer shows him assuming the role of Guy, a bank teller in an open world video game. Guy seems dissatisfied with his life and hits on the realization that he is a video game character, at which point he seeks to make his own destiny.

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Jon Favreau, the creator of 'The Mandalorian' TV show, has said that the Star Wars shows on Disney+ will eventually crossover with the films. He went on to explain that the next two Star Wars shows will star characters that were prominent in the original movies so it is inevitable that the crossover 'goes in the other direction'.

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Bill Nye, the man responsible for and popularised by his 1990's television show 'Bill Nye the Science Guy', is suing Disney for punitive damages. Nye claims Disney underreported the show's profits and gave him less money than he deserved. He is suing Disney for $28 million in punitive damages and the trial is expected to last 10 days.

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Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian was featured in Miami's Art Basel exhibition, and consisted of a banana duct-taped to a wall. The project features Cattelan's triumphant return to the art scene after a break of nearly 15 years. Comedian was sold at the exhibition for 120,000 USD, with the owners agreeing to Cattelan's wish that the banana be replaced with a fresh one every few days.

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