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Starz is upping its original slate with four new shows, including a vigilante hero series from Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, a pole-dancer drama, a telenovela and a Sex and the City-style comedy. The show is about a veteran from the south side of Chicago who, after being falsely imprisoned, becomes the personal experiment of a mad prison doctor who's trying to create the perfect man, and ends up with an unstoppable killing machine. Starz will also branch into the world of telenovelas by adapting the... Читать дальше...

American Gods won't make its debut on Starz until 2017, but there's already plenty of buzz surrounding the network's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's beloved novel of the same name. The first trailer was released last month at San Diego Comic-Con, and on Monday, executive producers Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) and Michael Green (Kings), who first met when they both worked on Heroes, presented it to reporters at the Television Critics Association fall previews. [...] a notable change is the expansion of the novel's female characters... Читать дальше...

Evil Dead, Starz's extension of the beloved Evil Dead franchise, will return for its second season Sunday, Oct. 2 at 8/7c, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association fall previews. The new season, which is 10 episodes long and promises to be bloodier and gorier than ever before (something of a dangerous promise considering the amount of chainsaws and shotguns in the show), will kick things off with an extended episode featuring Bruce Campbell's reluctant hero Ash returning to his hometown of Elk Grove, Mich. Читать дальше...

Spencer (Troian Bellisario) is at the top of our potential victim list, thanks to an exclusive photo from the episode that shows someone coming after her with a crowbar. Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows?

Lifetime's UnREAL, which follows the behind-the-scenes drama of a reality dating competition, began its second season in June full of promise. The speed with which UnREAL burns through storylines -- which helped give the first season its addicting edge -- now makes every twist feel cheap and unearned. The show's desire to subvert tropes has been lost in the din of clichés: a Men's Rights Activist abusing his ex-girlfriend because she doesn't love him anymore, a sexy journalist who will screw over (or just plain screw) anyone to get a story... Читать дальше...

Wrestler John Cena and actress Victoria Justice hosted Sunday night's Teen Choice Awards, and among the duo's more charming skits was their gender-flipped impressions of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Later in the show, Key announced the results of a Teen Choice Awards/Rock the Vote poll, which revealed that Hillary Clinton is teens' choice for president.

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Of the close to 1600 people being held in immigration detention centres in Australia, 199 of them are Kiwis, new figures show.

The two new walk-in health clinics planned for Lincoln by partners CHI Health and Hy-Vee are a welcome addition to the array of local health options as health care continues to evolve.

AP Investigation: Popular beaches, where thousands of tourists coming for the Olympics are likely to swim, have dangerously high levels of bacteria

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A photo of the all-too-human human aftermath of one of the hundreds of vigilante killings inspired by President Duterte's ant-drugs stance has got the the nation talking.

Former chief justice Brian Martin has resigned as the head of the royal commission into the Northern Territory juvenile detention just days after being appointed.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned…

This July 5, 2016 aerial photo, shows sewage, below, polluting a water canal that rims the Barra de Tijuca neighborhood near the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The lagoons in the fast-growing Barra da Tijuca region have been…

In this July 5, 2016 photo, the Alegria Sewage Treatment Plant operates alongside Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympics, which will put Rio in the spotlight like never before, were widely seen as the last best hope…

Children try to catch a crab as they play on the polluted shore of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 30, 2016. In Rio, the main tourist gateway to the country, a centuries-long sewage problem that was…

A man washes himself in the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 30, 2016. While local authorities including Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes have acknowledged the failure of the city’s water cleanup efforts, calling it…

Houses stand next to the heavily polluted shore of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 30, 2016. Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human…

In this July 11, 2016 photo, doctoral candidate Rodrigo Staggemeier collects water from Rodrigo de Freitas Lake for a water quality study commissioned by The Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the conclusion of the 16-month study that…

In this July 5, 2016 photo, a bird flies over sewage filled water and sludge flowing into Guanabara Bay in the suburb of Sao Goncalo, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Athletes, who have trained years for a…

In this July 11, 2016 photo, doctoral candidate Rodrigo Staggemeier collects sand from Copacabana Beach for a study commissioned by The Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Samples from Copacabana and Ipanema revealed high levels of viruses, which recent…