Australian Open 2024 results: Elena Rybakina beaten by Anna Blinkova in longest tie-break in Grand Slam history

Forty-two points, 14 combined match points, 31 draining minutes – and that was just the tie-break. Elena Rybakina and Anna Blinkova played out an epic Australian Open second-round match on Thursday – one that was settled by the longest tie-break in Grand Slam singles history. Russian Blinkova eventually converted her 10th match point to win…

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Cillian Murphy’s ‘Small Things Like These’ To Open Berlinale 2024 – Deadline

Cillian Murphy movie Small Things Like These will open this year’s Berlinale. The film reveals truths about Ireland’s Magdalen laundries – horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform “fallen young women.” It takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Murphy)…

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This Is the Emmys' Biggest Travesty

Even beyond the realm of television, Breaking Bad was a popular culture phenomenon that had a strong “watercooler effect” as it amped up anticipation for its final season. Between its allusions to the tragedies of William Shakespeare, memorable villains, dark sense of humor, shocking plot twists, and star-making performances from the likes of Bryan Cranston…

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Radio Silence, Project X Entertainment Land MRC Production Deal – IndieWire

While the rebooted “Scream” franchise may be floundering, the writers and directors of the fifth and sixth “Scream” films are forging a new path thanks to a partnership with production company MRC. Radio Silence directing team Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella, plus screenwriter James Vanderbilt’s Project X Entertainment banner (co-founded with William Sherak…

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