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  1. Episode 3 Scene 54: The Lilac Ghost
    The Franchise Recap: Maximum Potency The studio scrambles to inject some feminism into Tecto following the backlash against the cancellation of The Sisters Squad.
  2. Episode 2 Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
    The Franchise Recap: Hanging in the Town Square Daniel and Anita suffer the humiliation of saving a stupid movie that may never see the light of day.
  3. Episode 1 Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
    The Franchise Series-Premiere Recap: The Toyman Cometh It’s time we looked at who superhero movies hurt the most: the below-the-line, pull-up-your-sleeves folks.
  • celebrity memoir ‘Please Tell Me, What’s Wrong With Me?’ In his new memoir, Sonny Boy, Al Pacino looks back on his “moon shot” of a life in Hollywood — and a few acute regrets.
  • housewives institute bulletin How Do You Like Them Apples? It’s not that the RHONY reboot is boring, it’s just back-to-basics in a way that’s disconnected from modern-day Housewifery.
  • close read No One Is Afraid of The Apprentice Trump decided he has nothing to fear from a movie about his infamous relationship with Roy Cohn. And he’s mostly right.

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