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The world was shocked by the tragic death of singer and former One Direction member Payne, who died on October 16 after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. The 31-year-old artist, a father of one, was one of the biggest names in pop after rising to fame on 'The X Factor' and through his career with One Direction.

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Ariana Grande recently revealed that her mom, Joan, has one fairly peculiar dying request: She wants her ashes scattered at Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World. That iconic castle is hallowed ground for most die-hard Disney fans, a space that somehow epitomizes the very middle of the ”happiest place on earth.” There’s just one problem: Disney doesn’t allow that sort of thing, strictly enforcing a code of conduct designed to keep the entire experience as clean and family-friendly as possible.

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Angelina Jolie’s turn as the iconic soprano Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Maria has received high praise from filmmaker Barry Jenkins, who likened her transformation to Denzel Washington’s role in Malcolm X. Moderating a discussion at AFI Fest, Jenkins noted how Jolie’s immersion into Callas’s character was “whole-bodied,” a method that, according to him, allowed her to embody the role with the same intensity Washington brought to Malcolm X. Jenkins also compared Jolie’s dedication to Jesse Eisenberg’s portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, each actor’s deep transformation mirroring the complex real-life figures they represented.

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At a Penn State-Ohio State football game on November 2, retired Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce reacted in defense when a fan used a homophobic slur against his brother, Travis Kelce. The comment was also made to refer to Travis’s relationship with Taylor Swift, and Jason pulled the phone from the fan and slammed it to the ground. The video clips went viral in no time as they spread across the internet. Now, Penn State police have launched an investigation into the incident and Jason’s reactions have received both appreciation and criticism.