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November 14, 2024

How a morally ambiguous assassin and a spy 'spoke to the moment' in 'The Day of the Jackal'

In Peacock's thriller series, Eddie Redmayne is the titular assassin being chased by Bianca, a British intelligence officer played by Lashana Lynch.

Review: 'Cross' and 'Day of the Jackal' center on complicated characters with muddy goals

Prime Video's "Cross" and Peacock's "The Day of the Jackal," premiering Thursday, are cat-and-mouse stories, though exactly who is the cat and who the mouse is a revolving situation.

Dave Coulier has Stage 3 cancer: 'Doesn't sound great,' but it's 'very treatable'

Dave Coulier has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy for Stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The "Full House" actor says the diagnosis was "pretty overwhelming."

Quincy Jones' cause of death revealed to be pancreatic cancer, report says

Quincy Jones, the music legend who shaped Michael Jackson's career, suffered from pancreatic cancer before he died at his Bel-Air home earlier this month.

Amazon plans to shut down Freevee, its no-cost streaming service

Amazon will phase out its streaming service Freevee, the company confirmed. The free, ad-supported service was the original home for the series "Jury Duty."

Review: When Santa Claus goes missing, an action film struggles to connect in 'Red One'

Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, the film uneasily splits the distance between fizzy family-targeted comedy and "Mission: Impossible"-style team action.

In unearthed prison phone call, Charles Manson admits involvement in pre-1969 killings

A new docuseries about the cult leader features audio in which he admits to participating in multiple killings in Mexico before the notorious Manson family murders of 1969.

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