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A Discovery of Witches Season 1 Recap: Diana, Matthew, The Prophecy and The Congregation

Warning: contains A Discovery of Witches season 1 plot spoilers It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. At the start of A Discovery of Witches season one, the magical world was in crisis. Creatures – witches, vampires and demons – were in decline on Earth. The power of witches was waning, with some forms of ancient magic extinct for centuries. Vampires were finding themselves unable to sire other vampires.  Divisions between the three species were stark, with deep prejudice and resentment between historical enemies the vampires and the witches, while…
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Kristen Stewart to Play Princess Diana in New Movie

Kristen Stewart is about to become Princess Diana in a new movie. You read that right. The surprise casting comes out of a new film titled Spencer, which will chronicle the fateful weekend where the Princess of Wales decides to leave her husband, Prince Charles, the then (and still) heir apparent to the British crown. The movie is the next project from director Pablo Larraín, who has flirted before with biographical films about historical figures touched by tragedy. As the filmmaker behind the underrated and highly intelligent Jackie, Larraín is following up an intimate look at Jackie Kennedy’s life in…
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Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy is an intimate, candid perspective into the curious world of cookbook author and British ex-pat Diana Kennedy - widely regarded as the world’s expert on Mexican cuisine. At five feet tall and 97 years old, Diana is larger than life: a foul-mouthed fireball far more feisty and energetic than her age and petite frame let on. Author of nine Mexican cookbooks, she has spent over 60 years researching and documenting the regional cuisines of Mexico. Kennedy has lived ‘off-the-grid’ on an eight-acre ranch outside Zitácuaro, Michoacán since the 1970’s: composting, growing her own crops, and using…
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