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On January 24, 2026, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse, was shot and killed by United States Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This occurred amid widespread protests against a federal immigration crackdown and followed the January 7 fatal shooting of Renรฉe Good, also by federal officers.
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Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big-wall climbing routes. Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a full route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (via the 880-metre (2,900 ft) route Freerider at grade 5.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
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The Taipei 101 (Chinese: ๅฐๅ101; pinyin: Tรกibฤi 101; stylized in all caps), formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a 508 m (1,667 ft), 101-story skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by Taipei Financial Center Corporation. It was officially classified as the world's tallest building from its opening on 31 December 2004, until it was dethroned by the Burj Khalifa in 2009.
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Drake Lee Maye (born August 30, 2002) is an American professional football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the Shaun Alexander Award and ACC Football Player of the Year in 2022 after leading the NCAA in total yards.
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Bats (order Chiroptera ) are winged mammals; the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and one of the smallest extant mammals, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is 29โ33 mm (1. 1โ1. 3 in) in length, 150 mm (5.
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Gregory Kent Bovino (born 1970) is an American law enforcement officer who has served as a senior official in the United States Border Patrol since 2019. In the second presidency of Donald Trump, Bovino became involved in the administration's immigration policy. In June 2025, he was named the tactical commander of a mass raid operation in Los Angeles that led to protests across the city.
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Sinners is a 2025 American horror film produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil.
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Michael George Vrabel ( VRAY-bษl; born August 14, 1975) is an American professional football coach and former linebacker who is the head coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Vrabel previously played in the NFL for 14 seasons, most notably with the Patriots. He also served as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans from 2018 to 2023.
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The Rip is a 2026 American action thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan who developed the story with Michael McGrale. The film stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as police officers within the narcotics unit of the Miami-Dade Police Department. It also stars Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Scott Adkins, and Kyle Chandler.
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Michael John McCarthy (born November 10, 1963) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he served as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 2020 to 2024. From 2006 to 2018, he was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers.
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Elizabeth Ann Gilmour (nรฉe Smart; born November 3, 1987) is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News. She gained national attention at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City by Brian David Mitchell. Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, held Smart captive for nine months until she was rescued by police officers on a street in Sandy, Utah.
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Kyle Howard Rittenhouse (born January 3, 2003) is an American man who gained national attention at age 17 for shooting three men in Kenosha, Wisconsin, two fatally, in August 2020, amid protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He had traveled to Kenosha during the unrest and joined a group of armed people who said they were there to protect businesses.
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One Battle After Another is a 2025 American black comedy action-thriller film produced, written, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. The film's ensemble cast is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti (in her film debut).
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Ryan James Wedding (born September 14, 1981) is a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug lord. He represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the men's parallel giant slalom event. After his drug conviction, imprisonment, and release, it is alleged he became a transnational drug trafficker.
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On January 7, 2026, Renรฉe Good, a 37-year-old American citizen, was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross. Good was in her car, stopped sideways in the street when Ross walked around it and then walked back and around her vehicle.
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Mark Kerr (born December 21, 1968) is an American former wrestler and mixed martial artist. During his MMA career, he was a two-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion, World Vale Tudo Championship tournament winner, and a PRIDE FC competitor. In collegiate wrestling, Kerr was an NCAA Division I champion.
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Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 โ July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defenseโas well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophiesโas a new school of martial arts thought.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency.
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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; nรฉe Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who is the 8th United States secretary of homeland security. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025 and represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
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Sean Daniel O'Malley (born October 24, 1994) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Bantamweight Champion. As of December 9, 2025, he is #3 in the UFC bantamweight rankings.
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On June 5, 2002, a 14-year-old girl named Elizabeth Ann Smart was kidnapped by Brian David Mitchell from her home in the Federal Heights neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. She was held captive by Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, and later, in San Diego County, California.
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The Board of Peace (BoP) is an organization established by US President Donald Trump that purports to promote peacekeeping and was authorized by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 to oversee the resolution's implementation. The board was proposed in September 2025 and formally established in January 2026 on the sidelines of the 56th World Economic Forum.
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Marty Supreme is a 2025 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Josh Safdie who co-wrote it with Ronald Bronstein. Timothรฉe Chalamet stars in the title role, with Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher in supporting roles. Set in the 1950s, the film is loosely based on American table tennis player Marty Reisman.
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Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 2001 to 2017, during which time he was Secretary of State for Health from 2009 to 2010, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2008 to 2009 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008.
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The Night Manager (British TV series)
The Night Manager is a British spy thriller television serial based on the 1993 novel by John le Carrรฉ and adapted by David Farr. The six-part first series, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood and Elizabeth Debicki, began broadcasting on BBC One on 21 February 2016.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investigations, enforce immigration laws, preserve national security, and protect public safety. ICE was created as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 following the September 11 attacks.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron, and written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the third in the Avatar film series, and features Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaรฑa, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang and Kate Winslet reprising their roles from the previous films, with Oona Chaplin joining the cast.
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an American fantasy drama television series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011โ2019), it is the third television series in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and is an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg series of novellas, beginning with The Hedge Knight.
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Heated Rivalry is a Canadian sports romance television series created, written, and directed by Jacob Tierney for Crave. Based on the Game Changers novel series by Rachel Reid, it follows two rival professional hockey players, Canadian Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Russian Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), whose on-ice animosity conceals a passionate, secret romance.
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Bugonia is a 2025 black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Will Tracy. An English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan, Bugonia follows two young men who kidnap a powerful CEO, suspecting that she is secretly an alien who wants to destroy Earth.
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Patrick Sean Payton (born December 29, 1963) is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he served as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints from 2006 to 2021, leading the franchise to its first Super Bowl victory during the 2009 season.
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Dhurandhar (transl. 'Stalwart') is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Aditya Dhar. Produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, and Lokesh Dhar under Jio Studios and B62 Studios, it stars Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and several other actors.
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The Beauty is an American science fiction body horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Matt Hodgson. It is based on the comic book The Beauty, written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, and stars Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope, Rebecca Hall and Ashton Kutcher. The series premiered on FX and Hulu on January 21, 2026.
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Robert Kenneth Kraft (born June 5, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio. Since 1994, Kraft has owned the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).
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Limonene () is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon"). Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The Patriots play home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Boston.
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Hamnet is a 2025 biographical historical tragedy film directed by Chloรฉ Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O'Farrell, based on the 2020 novel by O'Farrell. The film dramatises the family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway as they cope with the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a 2026 post-apocalyptic horror-drama film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It was shot back-to-back with its predecessor 28 Years Later (2025), and serves as the fourth installment overall in the 28 Days Later film series. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry.
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Super Bowl LX is an upcoming American football championship game that will be played between the winner of the National Football Conference (NFC) conference championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2025 season.
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Wade Steven Wilson (born May 20, 1994) is an American criminal convicted of the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral, Florida. Due to sharing the name of the Marvel character Wade "Deadpool" Wilson, Wilson has been referred to in the media as the "Deadpool Killer". Wilson was sentenced to death in 2024 after being found guilty of first-degree murder, among other charges.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
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James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials is a British miniseries based on the 1929 novel The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie. Dramatised by Chris Chibnall, and directed by Chris Sweeney, the series stars Mia McKenna-Bruce, Edward Bluemel, Iain Glen, Martin Freeman, and Helena Bonham Carter. It premiered on Netflix on 15 January 2026.
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2026 Australian Open โ Men's singles
Jannik Sinner is the two-time defending champion. Carlos Alcaraz is trying to become the youngest man in history to complete the Career Grand Slam in singles. Novak Djokovic is trying to win a record-extending 25th major title.
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Waldo Cortes-Acosta (born October 3, 1991) is a Dominican professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2018, Cortes-Acosta earned his UFC contract on Dana White's Contender Series, winning by first round TKO.
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Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu (born 26 October 2004) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a full-back, wing-back or winger for Premier League club Manchester United and the Denmark national team. Dorgu began his professional career at Lecce in 2023, where he played in two Serie A seasons, before moving to Manchester United in 2025.
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Tere Ishk Mein (transl. In Your Love) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai from a screenplay written by Himanshu Sharma and Neeraj Yadav. Billed as a spiritual sequel to Raanjhanaa (2013), the film stars Dhanush and Kriti Sanon. It follows Shankar, who develops a relationship with Mukti while she conducts her PhD research on him.
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Mercy is a 2026 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, written by Marco van Belle, and produced by Charles Roven and Bekmambetov. The film stars Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, and Kylie Rogers. Mercy was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on January 23, 2026.
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Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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Derrick James Lewis (born February 7, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he currently holds the record for most finishes in the Heavyweight division and most knockouts in UFC history (16).
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Alain Robert (French pronunciation: [alษฬ สษbษส]; born Alain Philippe Robert; 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber. Nicknamed "the French Spider-Man" or "the Human Spider", Robert carries out free solo climbs of skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes.
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Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik (ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั ะกัะฐะฝะธัะปะฐะฒะพะฒะธั ะัะฑะปะธะบ; born 17 June 1997) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10 achieved on 12 January 2026, the first Kazakhstani man to achieve the feat.
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Melvin James Brooks (nรฉ Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 27 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.
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The Odyssey is an upcoming epic fantasy action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, the film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope, portrayed by Anne Hathaway.
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Arthur Smith (American football, born 1982)
Arthur William Smith (born May 27, 1982) is an American professional football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. He previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2024 to 2025, head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2021 to 2023 and an assistant coach for the Tennessee Titans in the 2010s.
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Landman is an American drama series, created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace and inspired by the podcast series Boomtown, hosted by Wallace. Starring Billy Bob Thornton as a landman for an oil company, the show premiered on November 17, 2024, on Paramount+. In March 2025, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on November 16, 2025.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an upcoming animated adventure comedy film based on the 2007 video game Super Mario Galaxy and Nintendo's broader Mario franchise. The sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), it is being directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel.
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Melanie Lyn McGuire (nรฉe Slate; born October 8, 1972) is an American former nurse who was convicted of murdering her husband on April 28, 2004, in what media dubbed the "Suitcase Murder". She was sentenced to life in prison, on July 19, 2007, and is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey.
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The 98th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will take place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. During the gala, the AMPAS will present Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories, honoring films released in 2025.
