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Movies

Zoo 2

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Zootopia 2 is a 2025 American animated buddy cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and the sequel to Zootopia (2016).

Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and written by Bush, the film stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, Don Lake, Bonnie Hunt, and Jenny Slate reprising their roles from the first film

The film follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde as they pursue a pit viper named Gary De’Snake across Zootopia and try to clear their names after being framed.

Television

Secrets

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“Can You Keep a Secret” is a British television sitcom created and written by Simon Mayhew-Archer and starring Dawn French and Mark Heap. The series premiered on 7 January 2026 on BBC One. In February 2026, it was renewed for a second series.

Television

Mini Wife

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The Miniature Wife is a 2026 science fiction romantic comedy drama television series created by Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner for Peacock. It is based on the 2013 short story by Manuel Gonzalez. The series stars Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen and premiered on April 9, 2026.

Events

Ted Turner

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Robert Edward Turner III
(November 19, 1938 – May 6, 2026)

American businessman, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel. He founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television, as well as television networks TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, and Turner Classic Movies.

Also married to Jane Fonda (1991-2001)

Events

Craig Venter

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John Craig Venter 

(October 14, 1946 – April 29, 2026) 

He is known for having led one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and led the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome.

Books

Berserk

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Aliens 4.2 Beserker by S.D. Perry

Based on the spaceship Nemesis, it consists of three brutal ex-cons and the Berserker itself: an armed exoskeleton powered by the brain of what was once a human, an unstoppable killing machine. The Nemesis is sent to a space station containing the largest alien hive in history, with nearly a thousand hapless humans cocooned and incubate

It took month s to read this as I lost interest several times. It’s all just one big war between humans and aliens, with little in-between.

Probably the least successful of the Alien Books.

Movies

Jacinda

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Prime Minister is a 2025 documentary film about Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023. The film is directed by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe. It premiered in January 2025 at the Sundance Film Festival.