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1 week ago | 
cnn.com | Scottie Andrew |Brook Joyner
When “Jaws” started filming in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in 1974, all signs pointed to disaster. The mechanical figures, meant to portray the massive white shark that terrorizes Amity Island, kept failing, delaying production and frustrating the cast and crew. Director Steven Spielberg was then just 26 and new to big-budget filmmaking. Filming on the ocean, coupled with mechanical shark problems, caused production to run late and over budget.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
wfft.com | Brook Joyner
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
cnn.com | Austin Steele |Brook Joyner
David Lynch, an influential director known for his unique and surrealistic films and TV shows including “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. Lynch’s almost-50-year cinematic career was distinguished by a series of distinctive, highly stylized films that often feature surreal situations, fragmented timelines and supernatural elements.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
wfft.com | Brook Joyner
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Brook Joyner
Shop small, support big! These are a few of the products from Asheville small businesses you can support this season- including pottery from East Fork Pottery, Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn’s blends and Soulku jewelry. Kelly Bowman/CNN Mugs and bowls crafted by East Fork Pottery. In order to keep workers employed post Hurricane Helene the company started selling its seconds online.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Brook Joyner
Dame Maggie Smith poses for a photo in London in 2015. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-known actresses on stage and screen, has died, her sons announced in a statement shared by their publicist Clair Dobbs. She was 89. Smith began her acting career on stage in the 1950s and in 1964, she played Desdemona to Laurence Olivier’s Othello, before reprising the role for the film version the following year.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Brook Joyner
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are underway at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. The show is hosted by Megan Thee Stallion and will feature performances by Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Lenny Kravitz, Katy Perry and more.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Natalie Yubas |Brook Joyner
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the iconic sex therapist whose cheerful and disarming advice helped educate millions of Americans about sexual desires and practices, has died, her publicist Pierre Lehu told CNN on Saturday. She was 96. “Dr. Ruth” — as she was more commonly known — was a leading advocate of sexual education, dispensing colorful, witty advice in her distinctive German accent.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
tucson.com | Brook Joyner
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
omaha.com | Brook Joyner
The mobile network will issue a $5 credit to “potentially impacted” AT&T Wireless customers, which it says is the “average cost of a full day of service.”
