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The official social media accounts of James Bond on Thursday sent birthday greetings to Billie Eilish as the studios behind ...

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For over a decade, a serial predator hunted children across California. Eight girls vanished. Only one came back. Her name is Midsi Sanchez. On her 8th birthday, she was kidnapped by a man who had ...

I want to fail more." The 46-year-old actress vowed to stop "compromising" to please other people after watching Paul in action. She explained: "[It made me think] about those who compromise and those ...

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Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit ...