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abcnews.go.com -  BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press - Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors gain Guinean citizenship
Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors gain Guinean citizenship
ABC News

CONAKRY, Guinea -- Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing. The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital…

independent.co.uk - Boubacar Diallo - Hollywood couple gain Guinean citizenship after tracing ancestry
Hollywood couple gain Guinean citizenship after tracing ancestry
The Independent

Hollywood actors Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have been granted Guinean citizenship, tracing their ancestry to the West African nation via DNA testing. The pair received their new nationality in a private ceremony in Conakry on Friday. They are…

irishcentral.com - Kayla Hertz  - Early Hollywood stars with Irish roots
Early Hollywood stars with Irish roots
IrishCentral

Who knew that the woman who inspired Betty Boop was raised in an Irish household? From glamorous baby-talking sweethearts like Helen Kane to tough-guy Mafioso duo James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, these actors together create the definition of a…

theguardian.com - Arifa Akbar - High Noon review - Billy Crudup brings classic Hollywood western back with a bang
High Noon review - Billy Crudup brings classic Hollywood western back with a bang
The Guardian

How do you turn a classic Hollywood western into West End musical fare? Add songs, many of Bruce Springsteen's in this case, along with a few rounds of line dancing and a sizzling star in Billy Crudup. Still, it's an odd experience initially as…

nypost.com - John Stossel - How woke Hollywood stifles messages of freedom
How woke Hollywood stifles messages of freedom
New York Post

Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams. In “The Pursuit of Happyness,” a struggling father tells his son, “Don't let anyone tell you, you…

fortune.com - Natalie Jarvey - Netflix's $82.7 billion rags-to-riches story: How the a DVD-by-mail company swallowed Hollywood
Netflix's $82.7 billion rags-to-riches story: How the a DVD-by-mail company swallowed Hollywood
Fortune

It's a story so good it could have been a screenplay. In 2000, Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph sat down across from John Antioco, then CEO of video rental giant Blockbuster, and pitched him on acquiring their still unprofitable DVD-by-mail startup…

hollywoodreporter.com - Mike Barnes - Mark J. Masek, Author of the Celebrity Cemetery Guidebook 'Hollywood Remains to Be Seen,' Dies at 68
Mark J. Masek, Author of the Celebrity Cemetery Guidebook 'Hollywood Remains to Be Seen,' Dies at 68
The Hollywood Reporter

Mark J. Masek, who wrote Hollywood Remains to Be Seen: A Guide to the Movie Stars' Final Homes, an insightful 2001 book about 14 Los Angeles-area cemeteries and their celebrated residents, has died. He was 68. Masek died on New Year's Eve of an…

collider.com - André Joseph - Oscar Isaac's Unhinged Performance in This Sci-Fi Masterpiece Cemented Him As a Hollywood Superstar
Oscar Isaac's Unhinged Performance in This Sci-Fi Masterpiece Cemented Him As a Hollywood Superstar
Collider

Oscar Isaac became one of the most reliable actors in show business by bouncing between popular franchises (Star Wars, Dune) and critically acclaimed dramatic work, ranging from Inside Llewyn Davis to Netflix's Frankenstein. Though his early work…

laist.com - Cato Hernández - The Hollywood Center Motel fire burned down over 120 years of history
The Hollywood Center Motel fire burned down over 120 years of history
LAist

The history of the Hollywood Center Hotel destroyed this week Cato Hernandez talks with host Josie Huang on a Hollywood architectural icon that was recently burned down. Los Angeles lost a piece of history when the Hollywood Center Motel burned…

vanityfair.com - Savannah Walsh - Lucy Liu on Mental Health, Motherhood, and the 'Very Limiting' Hyphenate Hollywood Should Retire
Lucy Liu on Mental Health, Motherhood, and the 'Very Limiting' Hyphenate Hollywood Should Retire
Vanity Fair

On a chilly December evening, the sounds of Lucy Liu 's filmography echoed through an upper Manhattan cineplex. Liu had arrived for a post-screening Q&A in support of her new movie, Rosemead, only to hear dialogue from Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody…

thewrap.com - Alyssa Ray - Universal's Donna Langley Offers Message of Resilience to Hollywood Creatives on Awards Weekend: 'We Will Prevail'
Universal's Donna Langley Offers Message of Resilience to Hollywood Creatives on Awards Weekend: 'We Will Prevail'
TheWrap

Donna Langley relayed a message of resilience to Hollywood creatives and executives ahead of Sunday's Golden Globes and the launch of the greater 2026 awards season. During a Friday night speech at an industry event at Hollywood's Mother Wolf, the…

fourfourtwo.com - Chris Nee - Wrexham are in the hunt for a fourth consecutive promotion but the FA Cup is a chance to add a new angle to a predictable Hollywood story
Wrexham are in the hunt for a fourth consecutive promotion but the FA Cup is a chance to add a new angle to a predictable Hollywood story
FourFourTwo

Wrexham have seldom faltered in their new era. Supercharged by investment and ambition, the Red Dragons are unrecognisable from the club of just five years ago. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the club's enthusiastic co-owners, ignited and…

the-express.com - Charl Wright - Inside the awful story of the woman silenced by Hollywood Patricia Douglas
Inside the awful story of the woman silenced by Hollywood Patricia Douglas
Daily Express US

Patricia Douglas's story was kept quiet for decades Patricia Douglas was 20 years old when she became the center of one of Hollywood's worst scandals. In May 1937, the young dancer and film extra was one of approximately 120 women hired by…

hellomagazine.com - Katie Fitzpatrick - Meet the forgotten first wives of Hollywood's biggest stars - including the woman who introduced Tom Cruise to Scientology
Meet the forgotten first wives of Hollywood's biggest stars - including the woman who introduced Tom Cruise to Scientology
HELLO!

Before they were one half of Hollywood's most beloved power couples, these celebrities tied the knot with women we never see walking the red carpet or making headlines. These women were by their husbands' sides before the blockbuster roles and…

fastcompany.com - Jeff Beer - Branded entertainment will just be entertainment in 2026
Branded entertainment will just be entertainment in 2026
Fast Company

We've had branded entertainment since Procter & Gamble invented soap operas back in the 1930s. But today, brands are forced to diversify the ways in which they gain and hold our attention. It's no longer as viable or effective to depend on…

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