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Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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“Garishly ugly”: Outrage brews over The Sphere’s “Wizard of Oz” featuring AI upscaling that erases key details of the film—and makes up others

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Makalah Wright has written articles for various publications based on mental health, relationships, and Gen Z-related topics. She is currently a senior at the University of West Georgia, where she studies public relations and music. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, shopping, traveling to new places, and playing the clarinet.

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“$10 worth of material”: Marvel fans react to the $89 “Fantastic Four” Galactus popcorn bucket

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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“Ike is going to kill this in a way Elon is not going to like”: Ike Barinholtz was just cast as Elon Musk in Sam Altman biopic “Artificial”

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“No wonder it looks crisp”: New technology replacing green screens in superhero movies like “Superman” has the internet divided

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“I’m looking at you”: Adam Devine calls out Paramount for holding the Workaholics movie “hostage”

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“Women are feral over Tom Hiddleston while exactly zero of us are attracted to Thor”: Superman has spawned “male gaze” vs “female gaze” discourse on social media

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Karl Urban brings washed-up Johnny Cage energy in gory Mortal Kombat II trailer, and fans are loving it

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BookTok and Reylo fans frenzy over “The Love Hypothesis” casting teasers

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“Christopher Nolan unknowingly creating a black market for movie tickets”: Tickets for “The Odyssey” are selling out a year before its release

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“They look the part”: Nintendo announces casting for live-action Zelda movie, internet reacts

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“Krypto was the real MVP”: Director James Gunn reacts to reports that the Superman movie is increasing dog adoptions, calling it a “blessing”

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