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One of Stephen King’s best recent novels is being made into a show for MGM+
15 Jun

One of Stephen King’s best recent novels is being made into a show for MGM+

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MGM+ has ordered an eight-episode series based on Stephen King’s 2019 novel, The Institute, Deadline reported this week. The novel follows the plight of 12-year-old Luke Ellis and a group of other children with telepathic and telekinetic abilities who have been kidnapped and held captive at a facility deep in the Maine woods, where their powers are being exploited. Their story becomes intertwined with that of an ex-cop Tim Jamieson. I really enjoyed this one when it came out, and as a lifelong King reader who has become hardened against the disappointment of terrible adaptations, I’m choosing to remain hopeful.So…
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Scarlett Johansson’s OpenAI Feud Makes Her an Uncanny Folk Hero
24 May

Scarlett Johansson’s OpenAI Feud Makes Her an Uncanny Folk Hero

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There is a distinct moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe when Black Widow became a hero for the everyfan. It happens early in 2012’s The Avengers: She’s tied to a chair. Agent Coulson calls. A nondescript military leader who has been interrogating her hands her the phone. Coulson explains that S.H.I.E.L.D. needs to pull her out of the field. She kicks her questioner in the shin, smashes the chair she’s tied to, takes out three dudes, grabs her heels, and leaves.The Avengers went on to make $1.5 billion globally and catapulted nearly everyone in it to superstardom, even the actors…
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