The band responsible for the hit songs “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind” has announced their anniversary tour scheduled to kick off in June. Fifty years after Kansas brought progressive rock to the United States, the band is hitting the road with a special musical rendition of their most popular songs for their fans.
(L-r) Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere director Charles Randazzo with guitarist Richard Williams, violinist Robby Steinhardt, drummer Phil Ehart, and producer Budd Carr in 2015 | Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Santa Barbara International Film Festival Kansas will debut ‘Another Fork in the Road’ in Pittsburg
Almost immediately after wrapping up the “Kansas Classics” tour in May, Kansas kicks off its next tour, “Another Fork in the Road,” in Pittsburg on June 2. The tour will showcase five decades of the band’s music for fans nationwide, hitting major cities along both coasts.
According to a press release on KanasasBand.
(L-r) Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere director Charles Randazzo with guitarist Richard Williams, violinist Robby Steinhardt, drummer Phil Ehart, and producer Budd Carr in 2015 | Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Santa Barbara International Film Festival Kansas will debut ‘Another Fork in the Road’ in Pittsburg
Almost immediately after wrapping up the “Kansas Classics” tour in May, Kansas kicks off its next tour, “Another Fork in the Road,” in Pittsburg on June 2. The tour will showcase five decades of the band’s music for fans nationwide, hitting major cities along both coasts.
According to a press release on KanasasBand.
- 4/12/2023
- by Rose Burke
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
One of the all-time great horror comedies, The Return of the Living Dead is back from the grave and ready to party with a brand new upcoming 4K Uhd release from Scream Factory!
The Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD release is coming on October 18, 2022.
Announced today, the Special Features package includes…
Disc One (Feature Film – 4K Uhd):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative In Dolby Vision (Hdr 10 Compatible) DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1, 2.0 Audio Commentary With Gary Smart (Co-author Of The Complete History Of The Return Of The Living Dead) And Chris Griffiths Audio Commentary With Actors Thom Mathews, John Philbin And Make-up Effects Artist Tony Gardner Audio Commentary With Director Dan O’Bannon And Production Designer William Stout Audio Commentary With The Cast And Crew Featuring Production Designer William Stout And Actors Don Calfa, Linnea Quigley, Beverly Randolph, And Allan Trautman Zombie Subtitles In Their Own Words – The Zombies...
The Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD release is coming on October 18, 2022.
Announced today, the Special Features package includes…
Disc One (Feature Film – 4K Uhd):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative In Dolby Vision (Hdr 10 Compatible) DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1, 2.0 Audio Commentary With Gary Smart (Co-author Of The Complete History Of The Return Of The Living Dead) And Chris Griffiths Audio Commentary With Actors Thom Mathews, John Philbin And Make-up Effects Artist Tony Gardner Audio Commentary With Director Dan O’Bannon And Production Designer William Stout Audio Commentary With The Cast And Crew Featuring Production Designer William Stout And Actors Don Calfa, Linnea Quigley, Beverly Randolph, And Allan Trautman Zombie Subtitles In Their Own Words – The Zombies...
- 8/25/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The 5th annual Guild of Music Supervisors conference, titled “State of Music in Media,” announces its full program slate today. The confab is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Among the speakers are former Recording Academy president and CEO Neil Portnow, producer Daniel Lanois, Rockstar Games’ Ivan Pavlovich (“Red Dead Redemption 2″) and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir.
The decade-old Guild (Gms) offers a networking opportunity for those working across music and visual media, including film, TV and gaming. Many music supervisors and industry decision makers are expected to attend. It also marks the first public function for new Guild president Joel C. High (pictured), whose credits include “Why Did I Get Married Too?” and “Little Britain.” Thomas Golubić, Emmy-nominated music supervisor for “Better Call Saul” and the outgoing president, will deliver the conference’s opening remarks.
Others on deck for...
The decade-old Guild (Gms) offers a networking opportunity for those working across music and visual media, including film, TV and gaming. Many music supervisors and industry decision makers are expected to attend. It also marks the first public function for new Guild president Joel C. High (pictured), whose credits include “Why Did I Get Married Too?” and “Little Britain.” Thomas Golubić, Emmy-nominated music supervisor for “Better Call Saul” and the outgoing president, will deliver the conference’s opening remarks.
Others on deck for...
- 9/4/2019
- by James Patrick Herman
- Variety Film + TV
Reviews like this are tough, because a movie like Return of the Living Dead has been discussed-to-death on the internet for at least the last two decades. What can one possibly say that another hasn’t already? In addition to that, this is also the third Blu-ray release of the film I have seen. There was the disappointing MGM release in 2010, and then much better Second Sight release from the UK that dropped in 2012 and resurrected the original audio track containing the songs that were cut from the Us release. And here comes Scream Factory to topple them all. Sorry to spoil my review, but this is the definitive Blu-ray release of Return of the Living Dead. I have never seen this movie look so beautiful in all the years I have watched it. Couple with that, the fact that there are several audio options for you to choose from,...
- 7/27/2016
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Dan O’Bannon’s quotable, creepy, and downright fun 1985 horror comedy, The Return of the Living Dead, comes out on a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on July 19th from Scream Factory, and we’ve been provided with three copies to give away to Daily Dead readers.
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Return of the Living Dead Collector’s Edition.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Return of the Living Dead Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on July 22nd. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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“On his first day on the job at a medical supply warehouse, poor Freddy...
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Return of the Living Dead Collector’s Edition.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Return of the Living Dead Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on July 22nd. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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“On his first day on the job at a medical supply warehouse, poor Freddy...
- 7/16/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If you’re hungry for a zombie horror comedy with brains, then you’ll want to put watching Scream Factory’s new home media release of The Return of the Living Dead at the top of your summer to-do list. Hitting shelves on July 19th, the Collector’s Edition Blu-ray is teased in high-def clips and a trailer that will make you want to revisit the party and surprising pathos of Dan O’Bannon’s 1985 film.
“On his first day on the job at a medical supply warehouse, poor Freddy (Thom Mathews) unwittingly releases toxic gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas reanimates an army of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger… for human brains! And luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten!
Bonus Features
Disc 1:
New...
“On his first day on the job at a medical supply warehouse, poor Freddy (Thom Mathews) unwittingly releases toxic gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas reanimates an army of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger… for human brains! And luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten!
Bonus Features
Disc 1:
New...
- 7/15/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Scream Factory already gave The Return of the Living Dead fans plenty of reasons to party with their extensive special features list for the upcoming Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of the film, but now they have added one more reason to celebrate with the announcement of a new audio commentary for the release.
Scream Factory revealed on Facebook that a new audio commentary with actors Thom Mathews, John Philbin and make-up effects artist Tony Gardner will be included on the The Return of the Living Dead Collector’s Edition Blu-ray (and also the sold-out Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray).
With new insights from the actors who played Freddy and Chuck, respectively, as well as one of the artists who helped bring the film’s zombies to living dead life, the additional audio commentary should be a special treat for fans when the Blu-ray hits shelves on July 19th. Below, we have...
Scream Factory revealed on Facebook that a new audio commentary with actors Thom Mathews, John Philbin and make-up effects artist Tony Gardner will be included on the The Return of the Living Dead Collector’s Edition Blu-ray (and also the sold-out Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray).
With new insights from the actors who played Freddy and Chuck, respectively, as well as one of the artists who helped bring the film’s zombies to living dead life, the additional audio commentary should be a special treat for fans when the Blu-ray hits shelves on July 19th. Below, we have...
- 4/21/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Since it was announced at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, The Return of the Living Dead Collector’s Edition Blu-ray has been eagerly awaited by fans looking to party with Dan O’Bannon’s unique brand of zombies. Scream Factory is now making those fans happy with their official July release details for the two-disc Blu-ray that contains more than twelve hours of bonus features, comes with new cover art, and is available in two separate editions:
Press Release: Writer/director Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Lifeforce) puts an uproarious spin on the zombie apocalypse movie in 1985’s cult classic The Return Of The Living Dead, starring Clu Gulager (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge), James Karen (Mulholland Drive) and Don Calfa (Weekend at Bernie’s). Considered one of the campiest undead romps of its time, the film helped launch the career of scream queen Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons,...
Press Release: Writer/director Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Lifeforce) puts an uproarious spin on the zombie apocalypse movie in 1985’s cult classic The Return Of The Living Dead, starring Clu Gulager (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge), James Karen (Mulholland Drive) and Don Calfa (Weekend at Bernie’s). Considered one of the campiest undead romps of its time, the film helped launch the career of scream queen Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons,...
- 4/5/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
It's official! Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" is the movie to beat this award season! Just this past weekend, the film wowed the Boston and La film critics groups, and now, the New York Film Critics Online is bestowing it as the Best Movie of the Year! And I'm very happy that they chose Eddie Redmayne as the Best Actor of the Year for "The Theory of Everything!" Here's the full list of winners:
Picture - Boyhood (IFC Films)
Director - Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Actress Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night
Actor Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Ensemble Cast Birdman
Debut As Director Dan Gilroy for NIghtcrawler
Breakthrough Performer Jack O.Connell for Unbroken and Starred Up
Screenplay Birdman (Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Cinematography Birdman (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Use Of Music...
Picture - Boyhood (IFC Films)
Director - Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Actress Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night
Actor Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Ensemble Cast Birdman
Debut As Director Dan Gilroy for NIghtcrawler
Breakthrough Performer Jack O.Connell for Unbroken and Starred Up
Screenplay Birdman (Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Cinematography Birdman (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Use Of Music...
- 12/8/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
British electronica wizard Paul Oakenfold has written the original score for the upcoming Christmas comedy Nothing Like the Holidays, which is premiering on November 21 and tells the story about a Puerto Rican family who celebrates what supposedly is their last Christmas together. Alfredo De Villa (Adrift in Manhattan) directs an all star cast including Debra Messing, John Leguizamo, Melonie Diaz, Freddy Rodríguez, Vanessa Ferlito, Alfred Molina and Jay Hernandez. Music supervision is handled by veterans Budd Carr and Nora Felder.
- 9/9/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
- MovieScore Magazine
The subtleties of dealing musically with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and the threat of global warming were addressed by director Oliver Stone and musician Melissa Etheridge, respectively, during panel discussions Tuesday at The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference.
Discussing his feature World Trade Center on a panel at the Beverly Hilton with his composer, Craig Armstrong, and music supervisor, Budd Carr, Stone said that Armstrong was not his first choice to score the picture. "John Williams turned us down", the Oscar-winning writer-director said. "I listened to dozens and dozens of composers."
However, Armstrong -- best known for his work with Baz Luhrmann on Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! -- ultimately impressed Stone with his delicate approach. "It was very, very subtle music", Stone recalled. "The very first piano theme was right on."
Surprisingly, though shooting was well under way when the Scottish composer joined the project, Armstrong wrote his key theme on the basis of the script.
"It's very helpful to write away from picture, to get the emotional truth," Armstrong said.
The sensitive nature of the subject matter in "WTC" -- the struggle to rescue two New York policemen trapped in the rubble of the towers, and the impact of the search on their families -- was addressed by the filmmakers.
Discussing his feature World Trade Center on a panel at the Beverly Hilton with his composer, Craig Armstrong, and music supervisor, Budd Carr, Stone said that Armstrong was not his first choice to score the picture. "John Williams turned us down", the Oscar-winning writer-director said. "I listened to dozens and dozens of composers."
However, Armstrong -- best known for his work with Baz Luhrmann on Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! -- ultimately impressed Stone with his delicate approach. "It was very, very subtle music", Stone recalled. "The very first piano theme was right on."
Surprisingly, though shooting was well under way when the Scottish composer joined the project, Armstrong wrote his key theme on the basis of the script.
"It's very helpful to write away from picture, to get the emotional truth," Armstrong said.
The sensitive nature of the subject matter in "WTC" -- the struggle to rescue two New York policemen trapped in the rubble of the towers, and the impact of the search on their families -- was addressed by the filmmakers.
- 11/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The subtleties of dealing musically with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and the threat of global warming were addressed by director Oliver Stone and musician Melissa Etheridge, respectively, during panel discussions Tuesday at The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference.
Discussing his feature World Trade Center on a panel at the Beverly Hilton with his composer, Craig Armstrong, and music supervisor, Budd Carr, Stone said that Armstrong was not his first choice to score the picture. "John Williams turned us down", the Oscar-winning writer-director said. "I listened to dozens and dozens of composers."
However, Armstrong -- best known for his work with Baz Luhrmann on Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! -- ultimately impressed Stone with his delicate approach. "It was very, very subtle music", Stone recalled. "The very first piano theme was right on."
Surprisingly, though shooting was well under way when the Scottish composer joined the project, Armstrong wrote his key theme on the basis of the script.
"It's very helpful to write away from picture, to get the emotional truth," Armstrong said.
The sensitive nature of the subject matter in "WTC" -- the struggle to rescue two New York policemen trapped in the rubble of the towers, and the impact of the search on their families -- was addressed by the filmmakers.
Discussing his feature World Trade Center on a panel at the Beverly Hilton with his composer, Craig Armstrong, and music supervisor, Budd Carr, Stone said that Armstrong was not his first choice to score the picture. "John Williams turned us down", the Oscar-winning writer-director said. "I listened to dozens and dozens of composers."
However, Armstrong -- best known for his work with Baz Luhrmann on Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! -- ultimately impressed Stone with his delicate approach. "It was very, very subtle music", Stone recalled. "The very first piano theme was right on."
Surprisingly, though shooting was well under way when the Scottish composer joined the project, Armstrong wrote his key theme on the basis of the script.
"It's very helpful to write away from picture, to get the emotional truth," Armstrong said.
The sensitive nature of the subject matter in "WTC" -- the struggle to rescue two New York policemen trapped in the rubble of the towers, and the impact of the search on their families -- was addressed by the filmmakers.
- 11/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Being a wiseguy is not all fun and games -- offing people, squiring dames, wearing loud suits. Down in the grimy trenches it's actually unglamorous, and this well-wrought Mandalay Entertainment presentation captures the grunty insides of the Mob world.
Featuring splendidly muted performances from Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, "Donnie Brasco" should shake down some sizable initial loot. Admittedly, this decidedly nonglam glimpse inside Mobdom is not an overtly commercial vehicle, but it should nevertheless hold its own in intelligent neighborhoods of discerning viewers.
Depp is featured in the titular role of FBI agent Joe Piscone, a k a Donnie Brasco to the mobsters. The FBI's infiltration of the Mafia in the 1970s was one of the bureau's greatest anti-organized-crime triumphs, and this shrewdly balanced film takes us into two very different worlds. It presents us with two divergent lead characters: suburban family-man agent Brasco and, on the mean-streets side, family man Lefty Ruggiero (Pacino).
Screenwriter Paul Attanasio's adaptation of Joseph D. Pistone's book is a crisply colorful portrait of the underside of the underworld. Day-to-day life for Lefty is that of loud desperation. Like a gray suit in a corporate world, Lefty feels the heel of the organization's chain of command and, like today's white-collar midmanagement, he fears the up-and-comers. In short, although he's distinguished himself as a hit man (26 notches to his belt), he knows he'll never rise any higher. In short, he's vulnerable, and when young and ambitious Donnie befriends him as a "jewel man," he's more than eager to groom him as his protege. Most poignantly, a bond develops between the two men, and the ambitious FBI agent comes to see things in more than black-and-white, good-and-evil terms.
Roiling with some well-rolled paradox and goombah-gutted irony, "Donnie Brasco" is a complex portrait of honor as well as a kind and sympathetic depiction of a man who is truly at the end of his rope. While his performance is not heaped with the bantam-sized swagger of other roles, Pacino nails down probably one of his most gifted portrayals. We feel for his character, a man who realizes that his number has come up. Similarly, Depp's portrayal is rich, clueing us to his character's nearly debilitating dualities. In a supporting role, Michael Madsen is, once again, terrifically terrifying as a sadistic henchman, while Bruno Kirby's scaredy-guy performance as a rank-and-file nickel-and-dimer drills home the mundane reality of toiling for the crime bosses.
Well-produced, with a well-chosen cadre of technical talent, "Donnie Brasco" is a bit of a stylistic departure for director Mike Newell ("Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Enchanted April"), but his perceptive, robust direction makes us feel he is actually of that world. Special praise to cinematographer Peter Sova for the aptly grimy hues and to composer Patrick Doyle for the film's sorrowful score, a perfect texture for the hard psychological scars that the men of this world wear.
DONNIE BRASCO
Sony Pictures Releasing
TriStar Pictures
Mandalay Entertainment presents
a Baltimore Pictures/Mark Johnson production
A Mike Newell Film
Producers Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson,
Louis DiGaimo, Gail Mutrux
Director Mike Newell
Screenwriter Paul Attanasio
Based on the book by Joseph D. Pistone,
with Richard Woodley
Executive producers Patrick McCormick,
Alan Greenspan
Director of photography Peter Sova
Production designer Donald Graham Burt
Editor Jon Gregory
Costume designers Aude Bronson-Howard,
David Robinson
Executive producers Budd Carr, Allan Mason
Music Patrick Doyle
Casting Louis DiGiaimo, Brett Goldstein
Sound mixer Tod Maitland
Color/stereo
Cast:
Lefty Al Pacino
Donnie Johnny Depp
Sonny Michael Madsen
Nicky Bruno Kirby
Paulie James Russo
Maggie Anne Heche
Tim Curley Zeljko Ivanek
Running time -- 121 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Featuring splendidly muted performances from Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, "Donnie Brasco" should shake down some sizable initial loot. Admittedly, this decidedly nonglam glimpse inside Mobdom is not an overtly commercial vehicle, but it should nevertheless hold its own in intelligent neighborhoods of discerning viewers.
Depp is featured in the titular role of FBI agent Joe Piscone, a k a Donnie Brasco to the mobsters. The FBI's infiltration of the Mafia in the 1970s was one of the bureau's greatest anti-organized-crime triumphs, and this shrewdly balanced film takes us into two very different worlds. It presents us with two divergent lead characters: suburban family-man agent Brasco and, on the mean-streets side, family man Lefty Ruggiero (Pacino).
Screenwriter Paul Attanasio's adaptation of Joseph D. Pistone's book is a crisply colorful portrait of the underside of the underworld. Day-to-day life for Lefty is that of loud desperation. Like a gray suit in a corporate world, Lefty feels the heel of the organization's chain of command and, like today's white-collar midmanagement, he fears the up-and-comers. In short, although he's distinguished himself as a hit man (26 notches to his belt), he knows he'll never rise any higher. In short, he's vulnerable, and when young and ambitious Donnie befriends him as a "jewel man," he's more than eager to groom him as his protege. Most poignantly, a bond develops between the two men, and the ambitious FBI agent comes to see things in more than black-and-white, good-and-evil terms.
Roiling with some well-rolled paradox and goombah-gutted irony, "Donnie Brasco" is a complex portrait of honor as well as a kind and sympathetic depiction of a man who is truly at the end of his rope. While his performance is not heaped with the bantam-sized swagger of other roles, Pacino nails down probably one of his most gifted portrayals. We feel for his character, a man who realizes that his number has come up. Similarly, Depp's portrayal is rich, clueing us to his character's nearly debilitating dualities. In a supporting role, Michael Madsen is, once again, terrifically terrifying as a sadistic henchman, while Bruno Kirby's scaredy-guy performance as a rank-and-file nickel-and-dimer drills home the mundane reality of toiling for the crime bosses.
Well-produced, with a well-chosen cadre of technical talent, "Donnie Brasco" is a bit of a stylistic departure for director Mike Newell ("Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Enchanted April"), but his perceptive, robust direction makes us feel he is actually of that world. Special praise to cinematographer Peter Sova for the aptly grimy hues and to composer Patrick Doyle for the film's sorrowful score, a perfect texture for the hard psychological scars that the men of this world wear.
DONNIE BRASCO
Sony Pictures Releasing
TriStar Pictures
Mandalay Entertainment presents
a Baltimore Pictures/Mark Johnson production
A Mike Newell Film
Producers Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson,
Louis DiGaimo, Gail Mutrux
Director Mike Newell
Screenwriter Paul Attanasio
Based on the book by Joseph D. Pistone,
with Richard Woodley
Executive producers Patrick McCormick,
Alan Greenspan
Director of photography Peter Sova
Production designer Donald Graham Burt
Editor Jon Gregory
Costume designers Aude Bronson-Howard,
David Robinson
Executive producers Budd Carr, Allan Mason
Music Patrick Doyle
Casting Louis DiGiaimo, Brett Goldstein
Sound mixer Tod Maitland
Color/stereo
Cast:
Lefty Al Pacino
Donnie Johnny Depp
Sonny Michael Madsen
Nicky Bruno Kirby
Paulie James Russo
Maggie Anne Heche
Tim Curley Zeljko Ivanek
Running time -- 121 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 2/21/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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