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It’s Points-Earning Season in the MFL

 Rosters have locked and the Movies Fantasy League is officially underway. Time to start prematurely agonizing over the standings. By Vulture Editors
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Pedro Almodóvar Can’t Talk About His New Movie (But It Will Be About Death)

 The director says he is following up his gay-cowboy short with a mysterious film “about two women in a very intimate situation.” By Rachel Handler
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‘It Never Needed to Go This Long’

 Five months of agony delivered the WGA a historic deal. Here’s how the writers won — and why they’re still angry. By Josef Adalian
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