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Stephen King Helps Kids Publish Pandemic-Inspired Book
A group of budding young writers is about to publish a book with some help from Maine’s most famous writer
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NJ High Court Overturns Conviction Over ‘Shining' Reference
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a prosecutor erred by including a photo of Jack Nicholson from the 1980 classic “The Shining,” in the closing argument of a bank robbery trial.
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New Online Store Offers Help to Shuttered Indie Booksellers
With independent bookstores shut down nationwide, a new online seller is offering help
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Stephen King Backtracks on Diversity Comments After Criticism
“The Shining” writer took to Twitter early Tuesday to weigh in on the controversy that ensued after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated a nearly all-white slate for acting Oscars.
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Harold Bloom, Author of ‘Anxiety of Influence,' Dies at 89
Harold Bloom, the eminent critic and Yale professor whose seminal “The Anxiety of Influence” and melancholy regard for literature’s old masters made him a popular author and standard-bearer of Western civilization amid modern trends, died Monday at age 89. Bloom’s wife, Jeanne, said that he had been failing health, although he continued to write books and was teaching as recently...
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Your Favorite ‘Stranger Things' Brainiac is Back!
Brett Gelman, your favorite “Strangers Things” conspiracy theorist, is back to talk about his character in the Stephen King thriller “Mr. Mercedes.” And can he actually speak Russian? Watch to find out on California Live Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.
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Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa On Starring in It: Chapter Two
Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa talks the transition from playing in the NFL to becoming the Old Spice Guy to now staring in It: Chapter Two. As seen on California Live Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.
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Horror Movie Child Star Working to Foster ‘Safe and Sound Schools'
Though Jeremy Ray Taylor’s characters may be portrayed as afraid and anxious in scary movies like ‘It’ and ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’, the actor spends his real life talking to people on how to prevent negative emotions by building a more positive and safe climate in their schools and communities. Working with the organization Safe and Sound Schools,...
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Pictures: The Adults and Child Actors Cast in ‘IT: Chapter Two'
Ready to float again? The hair-raising trailer for Stephen King’s “IT: Chapter Two” was revealed Thursday, and it is as eerie as it is terrifying.
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Pictures: The Adults and Child Actors Cast in ‘IT: Chapter Two'
Ready to float again? The hair-raising trailer for Stephen King’s “IT: Chapter Two” was revealed Thursday, and it is as eerie as it is terrifying.
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The Killer Clown is Back: See the New ‘It 2' Trailer
Warner Bros. released the first trailer for the eagerly anticipated “It 2.” In it Oscar-nominee Jessica Chastain plays the grown up version of Beverly Marsh who returns home decades later after the terrifying events of “It.”
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Summer Movie Preview: Horror Takes a Holiday
Collapsing social structures haven’t been great for, well, the world. But they have been a boon to the horror film.
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Writers Guild Sues Talent Agencies in Heated Hollywood Fight
The Writers Guild of America sued the entertainment industry’s four biggest talent agencies Wednesday in the latest and boldest move in an increasingly bitter and protracted fight between the two sides over the way Hollywood does business. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court claims agents’ use of so-called packaging fees is illegal under California law because they...
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'The Batman' Set for 2021 Release, Minus Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck was previously set to star in the film following his performances in “Justice League” and “Batman v. Superman,” but a new Caped Crusader is to be cast.
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‘The Purge' Returns to Taps Fears Old and New
The prequel opens Fourth of July to essentially ask: How did we get to this point?
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Harlan Ellison, Science Fiction Master, Dies at 84
Harlan Ellison, the prolific, pugnacious author of “A Boy and His Dog,” and countless other stories that blasted society with their nightmarish, sometimes darkly humorous scenarios, has died at age 84. Ellison’s death was confirmed Thursday to The Associated Press by Bill Schafer, an editor with Subterranean Press, the author’s publisher. A woman who answered the phone at Ellison’s office,...
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Temple Fraternity Suspended
A Temple University fraternity has been suspended after allegations of underage drinking and sexual misconduct. The investigation is ongoing.
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‘Late Night': John Krasinski Couldn't Believe Stephen King's Reaction to ‘A Quiet Place'
John Krasinski talks about what drew him to working on “A Quiet Place,” casting the movie’s child actors and some of the best celebrity reactions to the film.
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'Stranger Things' Creators Sued by Filmmaker who Alleges They Stole Ideas
“Stranger Things,” the hit sci-fi series on Netflix, pays homage to pop culture of the past, from Steven Spielberg movies and Stephen King novels to Japanese anime and vintage video games. But a filmmaker claims the co-creators of the show flat-out stole his ideas, and now he is taking his complaints to court, reports NBC News. Charlie Kessler filed a...
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Stephen King to Help Bookstore Owner Who Lost Collection After Flood
Stephen King says he was horrified to hear what happened to Gerald Winters’ bookstore in Bangor, Maine