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The Lion King Review: Live-Action Film Is Beautiful, Bland

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Unless you’re 99, and maybe even then, your first big-screen experience is likely to have been a Disney movie. Disney -productions—whether we’re talking about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) or the empowerment juggernaut Frozen (2013)—have long been considered safe, wholesome choices for kids, pictures that parents can feel they don’t need to vet in advance. Even I can attest to the potency of the Disney product. Read More...

The Lucky Gambler: Sir James Goldsmith Is a Billionaire Buccaneer

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Luck, be a lady tonight. When Jimmy Goldsmith’s first son was about to be born, in 1959, he insisted on getting a private room at the best clinic in Paris, even though he didn’t have any money to pay for it. Then he went to the Travellers Club on the Champs Elysees and found a rich man whom he could entice into a game of backgammon. “He finally got me out of the clinic,” says Ginette Goldsmith, whom Goldsmith married four years later, “with his winnings from that game of backgammon. Read More...

There Could Be a Second Season of 'Normal People'... in 10 Years

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Season 1 of 'Normal People' captivated viewers, but what is the likelihood of a Season 2? There are talks of a potential second season. Source: HuluNormal People just dropped on Hulu, but most of us have already gobbled up every episode of the first season in one sitting. With a show that good, it's hard not to. Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan captivate viewers with their tumultuous love story, and we're dying to know if they get the happily ever after we've been rooting for since episode one. Read More...