[ad_1] Quietly, off in the corner, the rise of streaming has created a rom-com renaissance. In films like Greatest Hits (2024) and Fingernails (2023), lower budgets and lower stakes have allowed creators to upset, subvert, and sidestep the tropes in a genre notorious for formulaic plot beats and even more formulaic endings. At first, Jordan […]
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[ad_1] Whether you’re a fan of old tabletop games or role-playing mobile games, the American Writers Museum’s new exhibition “Level Up: Writers & Gamers” has something sure to interest you. In honor of gaming surpassing the music and movie industries combined annual revenue, this exhibition showcases the evolution of game writing as a writing form,
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[ad_1] A mayor in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state, who was a member of the ruling Morena party, was shot dead on Sunday along with three other people, local authorities said, while a prominent vineyard owner was murdered in another central region. Jesus Eduardo Franco, mayor of Tancanhuitz municipality, and the three other victims
[ad_1] Boise, Idaho — Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb’s family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its followers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership structure was hard to discern, its finances opaque. It didn’t even have an official name. But for decades, no secret was as closely
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[ad_1] Shots fired: America’s epidemic of gun violence Shots fired: America’s epidemic of gun violence 10:46 Authorities in Ohio launched a homicide investigation after the bodies of three women were found Saturday inside a home in Columbus. Officers were called to a home on the city’s south side just before 4 p.m. Saturday for what
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[ad_1] Largest-ever “narco sub” found off Colombia Largest-ever “narco sub” intercepted off Colombia 00:45 Colombia arrested a suspected British drug trafficker they described as “invisible” due to his low-key lifestyle that allowed him to remain anonymous while operating as a cartel’s coordinator of cocaine trafficking from the South American country to the United Kingdom, authorities
[ad_1] Wellington, New Zealand — A man from Memphis, Tennessee has been found guilty by a judge in Fiji of murdering his wife during their honeymoon in 2022, the prosecutor’s office said Monday. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, killed his wife, Christe Chen, who was 36, at the exclusive Turtle Island resort in the Yasawa archipelago
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[ad_1] UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect could be moved to New York this week – CBS News Watch CBS News Lugi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could be extradited to New York as early as Tuesday, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Ali Bauman reports. Be the first to know
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[ad_1] On New Year’s Day 2021, investigators responded to a home invasion call from a residence in Canton, Georgia. At the scene, Morgan Metzer was found with her wrists zip tied, and bruising on her face. Morgan Metzer following the attack at her home. Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Morgan Metzer said the intruder had a
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[ad_1] In the early hours of New Year’s Day 2021 in Canton, Georgia, Morgan Metzer was awakened to a terrifying sight. A man wearing a mask and all black clothing was standing at her bedroom doorway. The man ran and jumped on top of her. “That’s when he started pistol-whipping me,” Morgan said. The assailant
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