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Pitt vs. Cruise

The AI clip that shook HollywoodForget the Valentine-friendly release of the new Wuthering Heights, said Nick Schager in the Daily Beast. In Hollywood, “the biggest film of the weekend, and maybe the year, is a 15-second short starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.” The clip seems to show the two stars ...

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Is Andrew’s arrest the end for the monarchy?

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The mystery of flight MH370

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Sepsis ‘breakthrough’: the world’s first targeted treatment?

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Why is the Trump administration talking about ‘Western civilization’?

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