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The national conversation around student loan debt has reached fever highs, yet college-set television shows have historically avoided including that reality of higher education in meaningful story lines. But there’s a growing amount of showrunners and writers who are trying to change that.

Right now, the clock is ticking as the moratorium on federal student loan repayments is set to expire on Dec. 31 after President Joe Biden moved to extend the executive order one final time while also forgiving up to 10,000 from borrowers who make less than 125,000 per year. The debt cancellation is just a drop in the ocean for the 43 million Americans who will need to begin making payments again in January — a daunting expense as inflation is expected to make way to a recession in the coming year.

So why do you seldom see the issue of student loan debt addressed among the college students and recent...

Kodi Lee dropped his brand new single “Miracle” before making a return to the “America’s Got Talent” stage on Wednesday.

Lee shared the track on YouTube, with his team writing: “After many hours of hard work from Kodi and his camp, we are so proud to share his song with the world. Thanks to everyone who made this happen and stay tuned everyone… there is a lot more to come!!”

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The release came before Lee was joined by Teddy Swims and founding member of Journey, Neal Schon, to belt out a very special version of “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

Heck Yeah!!! I love my AGT family https://t.co/P6lfwrOH28

— Kodi Lee (@Kodileerocks) August 25, 2022

Lee sang along to the lyrics while playing the piano, as Swims showed off his killer...

Ralphie’s coming home for the holidays.

A Christmas Story Christmas, a sequel to the 1983 cult classic A Christmas Story, will be released Thursday, Nov. 17 on HBO Max, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The ’70s-set movie sequel, which hails from screenwriter Nick Schenk (Gran Torino, Cry Macho), will see original child actor Peter Billingsley,...

A journey of discovery rooted in questions about faith, fate, and mortality, “Miracle” offers up revelations like slow drips from a faucet, building to a staggering conclusion that synthesizes all of the film’s narrative ingredients. Part two of director Bogdan George Apetri’s Romanian trilogy, the film is self-contained as a piece, yet features characters from 2020’s “Unidentified” along the edges, expanding the tapestry of this world while germinating an entirely new story.

Continue reading ‘Miracle’ Lives Up To Its Name, Seamlessly Blending Narrative, Style, & Technique With Devastating Results [Venice Review] at The Playlist.

Miracle is Romania’s first entry to a competitive section of Venice in 12 years.

Memento international has boarded sales on New York-based Romanian director Bogdan George Apetri’s third feature Miracle ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Horizons section in September.

Divided into two chapters, the crime tale opens on a young nun who sneaks out of her isolated monastery to attend to an urgent matter but never makes it back.

The second chapter follows a police detective’s investigation into her fate, which uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to an unfathomable truth but possibly,...