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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back” follows the unlikely friendship between two young Japanese schoolgirls bound by their love of drawing, until they go their separate ways. In keeping with his recent works (like “Shoplifters” and “Monster”), the director maintains his knack for working with child actors to create a visually detailed drama whose emotions also, on occasion, feel just as thorough. But lost in Kore-eda’s tender translation is the sense of whimsy and childlike optimism that permeated both the original 2021 manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto and its masterful 2024 hour-long anime film by Kiyotaka Oshiyama. As the second adaptation of the…

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Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon is moving on after her divorce with help from her mom, June “Mama June” Shannon. “Well the marriage didn’t work, but the wedding dress was beautiful,” June, 47, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, September 6, alongside photos of Jessica, 29, wearing a sheer, sleeveless dress with a lacy, low-cut bodice. “We r selling Jessica wedding [dress], it’s a beautiful dress it’s a size 20W, [it] hasn’t been altered, [it] has pockets,” June added, noting that the dress “hasn’t been dry cleaned” but has “no stains.” “I paid $1500 but asking $800,” the Mama June: Family Crisis star…

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Ciara is expecting baby no. 5, her 4th with husband Russell Wilson! The singer sharing the news on Instagram, alongside a video of her hanging four white shirts, with the couple’s other children’s names, on a clothesline next to a blank white baby onsie with the caption, ‘One more person to love.’ More from Entertainment Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtXPiqI2cLorKaPrfpKc4g?sub_confirmation=1 Exclusives from #EntertainmentTonight : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv

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Joe Pierro, a beloved high school and basketball coach in Ohio, has died after being struck by lightning. He was 60. Pierro was killed while mowing the lawn at his home in Steubenville, Ohio on Friday, September 4, according to local reports.  The incident happened just three weeks after Pierro retired following 30-plus years as a coach and teacher at Steubenville High School. “The Big Red family suffered a terrible loss with the sudden passing of longtime teacher, coach, colleague and friend, Joe Pierro,” the school said in a statement via Facebook. “Joe dedicated much of his life to helping…

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