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Aretha Franklin Documentary ‘Amazing Grace’ Finally Getting Released After 46 Years (EXCLUSIVE)
By Chris Willman LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Forty-six years after an Aretha Franklin gospel concert film was shot and abandoned, amazement is truly in order. The...
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Samsung to Put Spotlight on Augmented Reality at This Week’s Developer Conference
By Janko Roettgers LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Samsung will give us a first glimpse at its plans for (AR) at a developer event this week. The...
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Harvey Weinstein’s Attorney Moves to Dismiss Rape Case
By Gene Maddaus LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Harvey Weinstein’s attorney moved on Monday to dismiss the five remaining counts in his sexual assault case, arguing that...
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Facebook Blocks Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Ad, Stops Short of Removing Video
By Janko Roettgers LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Facebook is the latest company to reject a Trump campaign ad that has been decried as racist: The social...
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NBCUniversal, Fox News Pull Controversial Trump Campaign Ad
By Brian Steinberg LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – UPDATED: NBCUniversal and Fox News said they would pull a controversial Trump campaign commercial from rotation on its networks...
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Miyazaki Talks Origins, Challenges of Debut VR Game ‘Déraciné’
By Stefanie Fogel LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – From Software game director Hidetaka Miyazaki has a “strange affection” for his upcoming PlayStation VR title “Déraciné,” he told...
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ABC Shells Out to Keep ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy’ After Big Offer From Fox
By Cynthia Littleton LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Disney and Fox found themselves wrapped up in another bidding war earlier this year, but this time around it...
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Jimmy Kimmel Joins Late-Night Hosts With Special Election Shows
By Brian Steinberg LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Election Night 2018 will be fraught with tight political races and tons of anticipation – and filled with real-time...
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Joe Clayton, Former CEO of Dish and Sirius Satellite Radio, Dies at 69
By Todd Spangler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Joe Clayton, a veteran of the telecom and consumer-electronics industries who served as CEO of Dish Network and Sirius...
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Hate Groups Are Using Online Games To Recruit Teens (Report)
By Liz Lanier LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Some extremist groups are using multiplayer games and in-game chat functions as a way to recruit new members, NPR...