While CinemaCon 2026 brought us exciting news about new films, it was also bogged down with status quo nothings about how Amazon MGM still hasn’t found a new James Bond.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.
In the 1990s and early aughts, Thorsen worked as a visiting scientist from Denmark at the CDC’s Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities -- just as new public health initiatives in the area were flourishing and flush with fresh funding.
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Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
His foray into genre continued when fellow Kiwi Peter Jackson helmed the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the early aughts.
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