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Patrick Stewart's best speech as Captain Picard is unbearably emotional in the wake of the Star Trek icon's death
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Star Trek stars and countless others pay tribute to the late, great Patrick Stewart
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HBO's Harry Potter series finds its Sorting Hat and casts four more characters
Three of the four Hogwarts ghosts have been cast, along with the Sorting Hat and the Fat Lady, in HBO's Harry Potter adaptation.
All 6 Red Rising books by Pierce Brown, ranked
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Jamie Campbell Bower hints at Celeborn's missing past in The Rings of Power, debuts new clip from season 3
The Rings of Power's newest star appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and gave us plenty of intriguing hints about what's in store.
Major critic says Sunrise on the Reaping is Rogue One for the Hunger Games franchise
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Beloved Star Trek and X-Men icon Sir Patrick Stewart dies at the age of 86
The venerated actor leaves behind a legacy of film and television performances that impacted generations.
Simon Pegg's reaction to being cast as the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is perfect
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Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn screenplay has officially entered its next phase of development
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The Rings of Power showrunners defend the show from one of its biggest criticisms ahead of season 3
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Harry Potter just perfectly cast three characters fans have been waiting for
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