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I spent last week burning through The Great, Hulu’s new-ish series that has Elle Fanning playing a very fictionalized version of a young Catherine the Great. The first season is about Catherine (not yet the Great) preparing to overthrow her husband, the emperor, and take power, which is a pretty amazing conflict to center on. The show is very reminiscent of The Favourite (it shares both a writer and a very identifiable shooting location), infusing this period drama with modern absurdity and some very over-the-top characters. Nicholas Hoult plays the amazingly pompous and bro-y emperor in a way that almost makes him feel like a tech CEO at times — at one point, he’s even wearing what looks a lot like a hoodie. I don’t know if the show can thrive once Catherine is no longer the unde...

Love a good witch movie? A little bit of magic, a couple of spells, a broomstick or two, and a cauldron always make for a fun and fantastical adventure. Whether about good witches or bad witches, the spellcasters with immense power always have a way of captivating film audiences. Thus, it should come as no surprise that two cult and campy classics based on witches are being remade for modern viewing audiences. From The Witches to Hocus Pocus 2 (see why this movie will feel more like a remake than a sequel below), these reboots are ready to put a spell on you.  Anjelica Huston | Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Seattle International Film FestivalAll about ‘The Witches’ remake  1990’s original The Witches was a fantasy/family film starring Anjelica Huston as the head witch...

Singer Demi Lovato is happily engaged to actor Max Ehrich. Their relationship bloomed amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and has been going strong since. Here’s how her music seemingly predicted this romance. Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich have been together for months Ehrich and Lovato sparked dating rumors in March 2020. Unlike many celebrity relationships, they weren’t spotted out together. Instead, they were caught staying in as coronavirus swept the world. At first, they didn’t address dating rumors but instead stuck to sexy comments on Instagram, indicating their situation. After Lovato walked into frame during an Instagram Live session of Ehrich’s, it became harder to deny. And the sneaky clues continues. Finally, in May 2020, they made their relationshi...

Prince Harry and wife Meghan now live in Los Angeles. London, United Kingdom: Prince Harry and wife Meghan blamed "viper" courtiers for widening their rift with the royal family, according to extracts from a new book published in The Times on Saturday. The couple say they did not contribute to the new biography "Finding Freedom", written by journalists Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, but friends of the couple provided much of its content. The book, serialised in The Times, will claim that Harry felt "unprotected" by his family, and lay bare his split from brother William and his wife Kate. Kate even refused to make eye contact with her sister-in-law at their final engagement in March, according to the new release. Harry apparently referred to senior courtiers as "vipers" who felt tha...

I spent last week burning through The Great, Hulu’s new-ish series that has Elle Fanning playing a very fictionalized version of a young Catherine the Great. The first season is about Catherine (not yet the Great) preparing to overthrow her husband, the emperor, and take power, which is a pretty amazing conflict to center on. The show is very reminiscent of The Favourite (it shares both a writer and a very identifiable shooting location), infusing this period drama with modern absurdity and some very over-the-top characters. Nicholas Hoult plays the amazingly pompous and bro-y emperor in a way that almost makes him feel like a tech CEO at times — at one point, he’s even wearing what looks a lot like a hoodie. I don’t know if the show can thrive once Catherine is no longer the unde...

When an eagle-eyed viewer noticed something on the broadcast journalist Victoria Price’s neck during a televised segment last month, the woman sent her a short, cryptic email. “Just saw your news report,” the viewer wrote to Ms. Price, an investigative reporter for WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla. “What concerned me is the lump on your neck. Please have your thyroid checked.” “Reminds me of my neck,” the viewer added. “Mine turned out to be cancer.” Ms. Price heeded the advice: A week later, she saw her doctor. That visit was followed by a first round of blood work and an ultrasound that she said came back as “suspicious.” Then came a referral for a thyroid specialist. On Tuesday, she learned that she had thyroid cancer and that it was spreading to her lymph nodes. Ms. Price, 28, shared the news t...

A new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claims the couple's relationship with Prince William and Kate Middleton got so bad that they barely spoke. "Finding Freedom," an unofficial biography of Harry and Markle, charts the Sussexes' alleged issues with the royal family and the increasing tension which ultimately led to their resignation. The book has been serialized in the Times and claims that the Sussexes repeatedly tried to resolve their frustrations within the monarchy, but ultimately felt they had no choice but to exit. "I gave up my entire life for this family. I was willing to do whatever it takes. But here we are. It's very sad," Markle reportedly told a friend in March. A spokesperson for Harry and Markle said they were not interviewed for the boo...

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