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A docuseries on the rise and fall of Sean "Diddy" Combs is in the works from Investigation Discovery and "Quiet on Set" producer Maxine Productions.

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Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in a visionary feminist body-horror film that takes cosmetic enhancement to extremes.
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Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson take on boundary-defying roles in Aaron Schimberg's dizzyingly rich think-piece.
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt are rival fixers in a winning action comedy spiked with movie-star chemistry.
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