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ShowbizOscar-nominated actress Sandra Hüller is joining Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday in a secret cameo role, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed, adding one of Europe’s most acclaimed screen performers to the year’s most closely watched blockbuster ahead of its 18 December release. The news, reported on 23–24 October 2026 by multiple entertainment outlets citing The Hollywood Reporter,
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ShowbizTom Skerritt dies at 93, his family has announced, closing a screen career that stretched from the early 1960s into the 2020s and took in M*A*S*H, Alien, Top Gun and the Emmy-winning television drama Picket Fences. The veteran American actor died on Wednesday, 21 October, of natural causes, according to a family statement. FAKTA Who:
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ShowbizNetflix's leadership shakeup deepened as film chief Dan Lin exited days after content chief Bela Bajaria's departure, with 1,000 layoffs and third-quarter earnings due Tuesday adding to the pressure.
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ShowbizDuane "Keffe D" Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur, closing one of the most famous unsolved cases in music history nearly three decades after the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. FAKTA The sentence: 40 years to life
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ShowbizThe 20th anniversary edition of New York Comic Con transformed Manhattan's Javits Center into the East Coast's biggest celebration of pop culture from October 8 to 11, 2026, drawing around 250,000 fans, more than 500 creators and hundreds of exhibitors.
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ShowbizAaron Sorkin has returned to the story of Facebook with The Social Reckoning, the follow-up to his Oscar-winning screenplay The Social Network. The film opened in cinemas across the United States on 9 October 2026, arriving with a high-profile cast, divided reviews and modest box-office expectations.
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ShowbizArtificial, the new film about OpenAI's 2023 boardroom crisis, had its world premiere at the 2026 New York Film Festival on Monday, with Andrew Garfield stepping onto the red carpet as Sam Altman. The Luca Guadagnino-directed drama drew glowing early reactions from critics after months of off-screen
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ShowbizAustralian comedian Judith Lucy, 58, has announced her breast cancer diagnosis in a candid video, saying she is “in shock, but I’m OK”. After a lumpectomy found more cancer, she will undergo a double mastectomy.
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ShowbizAmazon MGM's psychological thriller Verity has decisively beaten Tom Cruise's big-budget satire Digger at the weekend box office, opening to an estimated $33 million in North America while Cruise's film managed only about $7.5 million — the star's weakest debut in nearly two decades.
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ShowbizKenan "Ken" Urker, 34, the on-and-off partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, was found dead in his Raceland, Louisiana, home on Thursday, his 34th birthday. Authorities are investigating an apparent overdose; no foul play found so far.
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ShowbizBritish rock band Enter Shikari have announced they will fall dormant as of 31 December 2027, after 20 years as a band. In a statement shared on 1 October 2026, the group said the indefinite hiatus may end with a return — or with extinction.
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ShowbizProtesters have blockaded an Elbit Systems factory in Staffordshire over the company's supply of military equipment to Israel. The direct-action group 'Silence Elbit Drones' launched the blockade by attaching nine protesters to five 'lock-ons', effectively sealing off access to the factory. The group's actions are aimed at disrupting Elbit's operations due to its role in
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