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Angelina Jolie Makes Toronto International Film Festival a Family Affair

Angelina Jolie brought her entire brood with her to the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Patty Jenkins Set to Direct 'Wonder Woman' Sequel

Warner Bros. Pictures has roped in director Patty Jenkins to helm the sequel to "Wonder Woman," a source close to production confirms to CNN.

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#ExpressiveAsians Hashtag Used to Fire Back at Hollywood Whitewashing

Social media is not happy about a quote regarding Asian-American actors not being expressive enough. At the heart of the controversy is a story told by Nancy Wang Yuen, sociologist and author of the book "Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism."

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Kristen Bell Entertains While Stuck in Florida

Kristen Bell was stuck in Florida over the weekend and helped brighten the day for a group of Hurricane Irma evacuees. The "Frozen" star performed for a group seeking shelter at Meadow Woods Middle School in Orlando, Florida.

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Lady Gaga Will Open Up About Fight with Chronic Illness in Netflix Documentary

Lady Gaga is hoping her forthcoming Netflix documentary will raise awareness of chronic illness, as she herself battles with fibromyalgia. The singer on Tuesday opened up about her condition on social media, saying, "In our documentary the #chronicillness #chronicpain I deal w/ is #Fibromyalgia I wish to help raise awareness & connect people who have it."

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Actress Rebel Wilson Awarded Record $3.6M in Australian Defamation Case

Australian actress Rebel Wilson has been awarded $3.6 million ($4.5 million Australian) by an Australian court after it found a popular magazine guilty of defamation.

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Stephen Colbert Returns to Emmys in Trump-fueled Turnaround

What a difference a year -- and an election -- makes for Stephen Colbert, as CBS' "Late Show" star prepares to host the Emmys.

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Billie Lourd Auditioned for Rey in 'Star Wars'

"Scream Queens" star Billie Lourd landed the gig of Lt. Kaydel Ko Connix in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the forthcoming "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," but she was up for an even bigger role.

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Celebrity-packed Telethon Raises Funds for Hurricane Victims

Jay Leno's 90-year-old uncle is still trapped in the seventh floor of a Florida apartment building. He has enough food and his phone works, but there's no electricity and the temperatures continue to hover in the high 80s and 90s.

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Caribbean Residents Describe Dire Situation As Food, Water Run Out

A week after Hurricane Irma struck a string of Caribbean islands, some residents find themselves in darkness, as power remains out and increasingly worried as food and water run scarce.

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FAIR Health Launches Next-Generation Healthcare Planning Tool for New Yorkers

FAIR Health has launched a groundbreaking website, YouCanPlanForThis.org, aimed at transforming how people in New York State engage in healthcare planning. A next-generation transparency tool, the free site gives New Yorkers unprecedented access to accurate medical and dental costs and comprehensive educational resources, so they can plan financially for a procedure or episode of care.

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The Ensemble Theatre Brings Back Sizzling Romantic Comedy “Sassy Mamas”

The Ensemble Theatre brings back sizzling romantic comedy Sassy Mamas, by Houston playwright Celeste Bedford Walker and directed by Eileen J. Morris, Opening Night and Media Reception, Wednesday, September 27, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

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Clinton's Iraq Vote Looms Over Sanders's Single-payer Bill

The leading Democratic prospects for the 2020 presidential race seem to have learned the lesson of the Iraq war in 2008: If the party is clearly moving in one direction, move with it.

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Isolated, Trump Embraces New York Friends -- And Instincts

President Donald Trump, who has struggled to find friends and navigate the ways of Washington, appears increasingly at home when surrounded by one distinct group: His fellow New Yorkers.

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Aung San Suu Kyi: The Rise and Fall of Asia's Mandela

For years she was the epitome of the peaceful protester, steadfast in her devotion to democracy in her homeland of Myanmar through non-violent means.

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North Carolina Has 6 Black Female Police Chiefs for the 1st Time in State’s History

North Carolina currently has six Black female police chiefs, the first time this has ever happened in state history, according to WRAL. Raleigh’s Cassandra Deck-Brown, Durham’s C.J. Davis, Morrisville’s Patrice Andrews and Fayetteville’s Gina Hawkins, three of the six chiefs, spoke to the station about their unique positions.

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Brexit: EU Chief Juncker Warns UK 'will regret it'

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sought to present a bright future for the European Union after the United Kingdom leaves in 2019, but warned that Britain "will regret" the move as much as the EU will.

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Who Are the Rohingya And Why Are They Fleeing?

They have been raped, tortured and killed. They have been crowded on boats and ping-ponged between nations that don't want them. They have been forced into labor and have no rights to their land.

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Liam Neeson Might Be 'Taken' a Break From Action

The question now is what will Liam Neeson do with his "very particular set of skills"? The 65-year-old actor has reportedly said he's through doing action films such as his wildly popular "Taken" franchise.

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Dems to Mueller: Flynn Failed to Disclose Trip to Broker Saudi-Russian Business Deal

House Democrats sent special counsel Robert Mueller what they say is evidence that former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to disclose a trip he took to the Middle East to explore a business deal with the Saudi government and a Russian government agency.