A painting used to promote "Star Wars" before it was released in 1977 has sold for $3.9M, [@Smithsonianmag](
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Director, actor and activist Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, died last night in an apparent homicide, and their son, Nick, has been arrested in connection with their deaths. Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard celebrating their life and work. "Reiner loved to work with great writers," writes Alan Sepinwall. "He had an eye for identifying future stars (all four 'Stand By Me' kids went onto successful careers, though some were derailed by personal struggles and tragedy). And he and his gifted collaborators had a knack for executing each genre at such a high level that you couldn't blame anyone who would look at them and say, 'Yeah, I can't top that. Maybe I should try something else?'"
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Remembering Rob and Michele Reiner
The director, actor and activist and his producer wife died at their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14 in a suspected homicide. Here's a look at their ca...
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Two people have been found dead in the Los Angeles home of director Rob Reiner, @THR@flipboard.com reports. Their identities have not been released...
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Two people have been found dead in the Los Angeles home of director Rob Reiner, [@THR](
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Two People Found Dead at Rob Reiner's House in Brentwood
Two people were found dead Sunday at the home of Rob Reiner in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection could soon demand tourists' DNA, in response to an Executive Order by Donald Trump for visitors to be "vetted an...
 Holy smokes! If our poll is accurate, things are looking bad for the U.S. games in next year's World Cup, the Olympics 2028, and tourism in general. Of the respondents, 14% said the news that U.S. Customs might require tourists to provide DNA and social media details would make them reconsider traveling to the country. 84% were already not even thinking about going to the U.S. And the 2% of respondents who chose the "something else" option were Americans who are advising friends from other countries not to visit, and folks who have close family living in the USA who can't themselves travel. "I live here but would not travel someplace with this requirement," said [@tallastro](
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection could soon demand tourists' DNA, in response to an Executive Order by Donald Trump for visitors to be "vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible." The new proposal also requires applicants who enter on ESTAs to provide social media details, names, dates and places of birth of close family members, and more. There are 42 ESTA countries including the U.K., France, Australia and South Korea. Here's more from [@Independent](
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DNA and family history: What US authorities could demand you hand over at the border
Exclusive: US Customs and Border Protection could soon demand your DNA as part of an Esta application
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Yikes! Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi's memoir, "American Canto," is a massive flop so far. It was savaged in reviews and according to NPDBookScan, has sold 1,164 hardcover copies in its first week on shelves. A book industry insider told [@politico](
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Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will allow users of Sora to create clips of 200 Marvel, Pixar and "Star Wars" characters. [@THR](
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Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI in Major Deal That Boosts Sora
Users of the AI video creation platform will now be able to create clips of 200 characters from Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars franchises.
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At the Big Queer Wedding Party in Austin, Texas, eight couples got married and two renewed their vows. It was "an act of joyous defiance to show that LGBTQ+ Texans are still here β€” and still loving each other," @npub1npnp...ecka writes for The Barbed Wire and [@19thnews](
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β€˜Love Is the Only Motherf****** Way’: Big Queer Wedding Party Celebrates LGBTQ+ Joy and Resilience in Texas
the flower-filled Austin event honored the queer community’s commitment to β€œhold each other up” in dark times.
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Sophie Kinsella, the British writer of the "Shopaholic" series and numerous other novels for adults and children, died today at age 55. As well as a bestselling writer, she was a mother of five, married since 1991 to Henry Wickham, who she met at Oxford. She died of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, which she was diagnosed with in 2022.
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Sophie Kinsella, 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' Author, Dies at 55
Sophie Kinsella has died at the age of 55. The British author was best known for her series of 'Shopaholic' books.
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