Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée dies – CNN

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He was 90.”},{“title”:”‘Almost mandatory’: Why GOP candidates are embracing Trump’s election lie to win”,”duration”:”03:19″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/12/26/gop-candidates-trump-election-lie-mattingly-herndon-ip-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/12/26/gop-candidates-trump-election-lie-mattingly-herndon-ip-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211207181107-c2-trump-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/12/26/gop-candidates-trump-election-lie-mattingly-herndon-ip-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”CNN’s Phil Mattingly and New York Times reporter Astead Herndon say Republican candidates running for office are still embracing Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen because they are taking their cues from the party base and it’s the best way for them to win a GOP primary.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Phil Mattingly and New York Times reporter Astead Herndon say Republican candidates running for office are still embracing Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen because they are taking their cues from the party base and it’s the best way for them to win a GOP primary.”},{“title”:”More than 30 reported killed in Myanmar attack”,”duration”:”00:37″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2021/12/26/myanmar-attack-kayah-karenni-intl-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2021/12/26/myanmar-attack-kayah-karenni-intl-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211225200208-01-myanmar-christmas-attack-karenni-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2021/12/26/myanmar-attack-kayah-karenni-intl-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”At least 30 people, including women and children, were killed in the eastern Myanmar state of Kayah, according to the Karenni Human Rights Group, with two members of international humanitarian group Save the Children still missing.”,”descriptionText”:”At least 30 people, including women and children, were killed in the eastern Myanmar state of Kayah, according to the Karenni Human Rights Group, with two members of international humanitarian group Save the Children still missing.”},{“title”:”Watch James Webb Space Telescope lift off”,”duration”:”01:06″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/tech/2021/12/25/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-launch-mc-orig-scn.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”tech/2021/12/25/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-launch-mc-orig-scn.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211225064756-03-james-webb-launch-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/tech/2021/12/25/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-launch-mc-orig-scn.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”The James Webb Space Telescope has finally launched into orbit. 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