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The author of a book tied to the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is drawing fury online after using the shooting to generate sales.  Author Jay M. Feinman’s 2010 book ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’, details ‘why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it.’ Attention was brought onto the 14-year-old publication after…

Fox When it came time for “The Simpsons” to do a “Treehouse of Horror” segment about “It,” the clown-heavy Stephen King book that was recently made into a two-part movie adaptation, they decided to switch things up a bit. They made the segment episode-length, which gave them…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Atop the Mercedes hospitality unit at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, cooled by nearby fans working hard in the midday heat, Lewis Hamilton sat at a table with his race engineer, Peter Bonnington, for some pre-race weekend planning. It was a routine they’d been through plenty of…

Outgoing Media Watch host Paul Barry, who criticised ‘endless’ newspaper real estate stories about ‘properties most of us can’t afford’ in his last diatribe on the program, lives in a sandstone terrace worth up to $6million. Barry ran through a litany of what he sees as the media’s failings on Monday night as he farewelled…

A24 Kyle Mooney’s new movie “Y2K” delivers a sci-fi horror concept that is so stunningly simple that you won’t believe that no one’s taken advantage of it on this scale until now. It’s New Year’s Eve on 1999, and a big high school party is about to…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A particular element of the Chiefs offense this season has led coach Andy Reid to smile and chuckle multiple times. “He’s been doing it for a few years,” Reid said Monday of tight end Travis Kelce. “We do it in practice every day. This isn’t just something that we throw out…

Taylor Lorenz has doubled down on her unsympathetic comments she made about the death of UnitedHeath’s CEO, but clarified that she does not condone murder.  The former Washington Post journalist sparked outrage after she appeared to celebrate Brian Thompson being gunned down in Manhattan on Wednesday.  Lorenz has since defended her sentiment in an interview with TMZ…

Between “Skeleton Crew,” Spider-Man, and “Cop Car,” you both seem obsessed with kids getting into hijinks. Is this a reflection of your own histories as kids getting into hijinks, or is this a little bit of wish fulfillment because you were goody-goodies? What’s going on there? Jon Watts: No, I think what it is, is…

By Bruce Feldman, Antonio Morales and Ralph Russo UCF has inquired about the availability of USC coach Lincoln Riley as it searches for a replacement for Gus Malzahn, three people who have been privy to those conversations told The Athletic on Wednesday. There has been no indication Riley is interested in making the move, the…

EXCLUSIVE The country’s richest banker is lavishing almost $1million on giving his palatial mansion a facelift – while pressing ahead with plans to slug everyday Australians $3 to access their own cash.  Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn came under fire for being completely out of touch after Daily Mail Australia revealed how his bank was…