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Looking to make work life a little easier? A wireless printer might just do the trick. As we’re slowly coming out of a pandemic that altered just about everybody’s lives, it’s always great to find news ways to that will help make your work day more productive, and maybe even a little less stressful. Buying a new printer might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of potential splurges, but when your job requires scanning and printing documents, it’s an easy way to improve your workflow....

The news was formally announced late Friday after news of the deal broke early Friday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but CNBC, which first reported the news, reported that Plan B is said to be worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars range but below $500 million. Plan B first announced an intention to explore a sale of its assets or an investor back in October, and the sale is the latest example in a wave of M&A activity across Hollywood over the last few years....

Production on Anderson’s new film was set to take place this spring and summer, until the pandemic delayed filming indefinitely. The script is reportedly about a high school student in the San Fernando Valley who is also a child actor. Anderson is a Valley native and has set three previous features in his hometown: “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia,” and “Punch-Drunk Love.” The new film is rumored to combine the 1970s Valley setting of “Boogie Nights” with the multinarrative structure of “Magnolia....

“Bridgerton” Season 2, which lands on Netflix March 25, apparently aims to harness the power of the “female gaze,” according to new lead Jonathan Bailey. While Bailey appeared in a supporting role during the first season as the main confidante of the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), the eldest Bridgerton sibling takes center stage in the second installment as he looks for his own wife. “There’s so many people who will go, ‘Oh yeah, Bonkerton,’” Bailey said to Entertainment Weekly....

“There’s a story there. I’m from Chicago and Roger Ebert was a neighbor of my dad’s and he would see him at the grocery store,” Bendinger told the AP. “Apparently after that review, my dad confronted Roger in the Carnival Grocery like, ‘Hey, I’m Jessica’s dad and I really don’t like what you wrote.’ People like to quote the ‘Citizen Kane’ line but my dad was [mad].” As “Bring It On” director Peyton Reed added, “The ‘Citizen Kane’ line came later!...

The abuse of Spears’ conservatorship, which rendered her the legal equivalent of a child, also speaks to an abuse that threatens many child performers — kidfluencers, TikTok and reality stars, and anyone who lives in the 44 states that don’t embrace the Coogan Act. Child labor laws have not kept up with the entertainment landscape, and it’s the kids who stand to suffer from it As a former child actor who later became a homeless teenager, I think about stage parents and our inadequate child labor laws a lot....

“This is like peeking through another dimension,” Fumero tweeted this week. “Gotta say though after watching this…I’m suddenly curious about the Latina population in Quebec. Just sayin’.” Fumero continued to tweet her reactions to the new show. “I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and it basically comes down to this… while I understand the Latina population is v small in Quebec (& how many of them are funny actors?) the Amy n Rosa roles could’ve gone to ANY BIPOC so it’s disappointing to see that missed opportunity....