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Paramount Parent Was Hacked Last Christmas, Told Customers a Year Later
The parent company that owns a controlling stake in Paramount, CBS, and thousands of theaters across the U.S. got hacked late last year, but it took them a full trip around the sun to let any of the tens of thousands of impacted customers know that their data was potentially compromised. The massive entertainment conglomerate…
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Showtime De-Fangs Let the Right One In After a Single Season
Let the Right One In — the gorgeously bleak 2008 Swedish movie based on the 2004 Swedish horror novel — is remembered fondly for its unique vampire story, exploring the grim but loving relationship between a girl who thirsts for blood and the man who acts as her protector and prey-snatcher. The Showtime series based…
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The Man Who Fell to Earth’s New Trailer Unites Its Alien Heroes
Based on the Nicolas Roeg sci-fi classic, Showtime’s The Man Who Fell to Earth serves as a continuation of the film that starred David Bowie. This time Chiwetel Ejiofor arrives on Earth to complete a mission from the same home world as Thomas Jerome Newton, who arrived decades before. Bill Nighy takes over the role…
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Ron Popeil, Iconic TV Gadget Man, Dies at 86
Ron Popeil, that guy you watched on TV as a kid selling Ronco dehydrators and bagel cutters, died on Wednesday at 86 years old. According to the New York Times, Popeil died of a brain hemorrhage at a Los Angeles hospital. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, and four grandchildren.