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Lights, camera, advertising: Insider tips for making and marketing a movie

Jim Cummings, writer, director and star of Thunder Road, shares his top tips on using Kickstarter and Facebook advertising to sell your own film.

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Black Mirror Season 5: Everything to know

Prepare to be creeped out as the Netflix hit returns with Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie and Andrew Scott.

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<p>Aldis Hodge is Craft, exploring the mysteriously abandoned Discovery in the Short Treks episode Calypso.</p>

Captain Picard is the hero we need, says Star Trek writer Michael Chabon

The best-selling novelist is in the writer's room for the new series starring Patrick Stewart.

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9 great reads from CNET this week

Why some South Texans prefer surveillance to a border wall, how Amazon fired 7 pregnant warehouse workers who then sued, and what makes the updated Google Assistant fascinating -- and a little bit scary.

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<p>JRR Tolkien bids farewell to his love Edith as the First World War interrupts their romance.</p>

Tolkien director: 'Battle between fact and fiction' in Lord of the Rings biopic

Director Dome Karukoski explains how he balanced reality with the imaginary in telling the real-life story behind Lord of the Rings.

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Chicago P.D.'s Tracy Spiridakos opens up about the Upton/Ruzek romance

The actor talks about the challenges of playing a detective, how she dealt with fan reactions to "Upzek" and why the PlayStation is so important to her.

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<p>Captain America (Chris Evans) heads to battle again in Avengers: Endgame.</p>

Avengers: Endgame sound expert explains how you felt the snap

"I was very conscious the audience wasn't hit over the head with the sound," says Juan Peralta of Skywalker Sound. (No spoilers!)

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Sonic the Hedgehog's new trailer reveals the blue blur's new look

Plus Jim Carrey's big, wide red Robotnik mustache arrives, too.

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<p>Troubled star Robert Downey Jr. and director Jon Favreau teamed up for the first MCU movie, released in 2008.</p>

Way before Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a huge risk

As Avengers: Endgame smashes box office records, it's strange to think 10 years ago Marvel movies began as a gamble.

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Stranger Things season 3: Everything to know

The gang returns for another season of creepy monsters and '80s nostalgia.

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The Twilight Zone takes aim at police shootings: 'This is urgent'

Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, who wrote the episode Replay, talks about putting a fantasy spin on this twisted but all-too-real tale of the black experience.

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Fantastic visual effects in Roma and where to find them

It's not obvious, but Alfonso Cuaron's masterpiece is filled with CGI. VFX supervisor Aaron Weintraub walks us through where those secret effects are hiding.

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