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Amanda Bergeman is a 2017 graduate of Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television. She is currently working on her short film “Periods, Puberty, and the Paranormal”with the Cleveland Camera Rental Incubator. She was previously published under her maiden name, Amanda Haas.

Sufjan Stevens performing during the tour for his album Illinois in 2005
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Usually private about his personal life, Stevens dedicated the album to his “beloved partner,” who passed away in April.
Olivia Rodrigo performs during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
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Olivia Rodrigo’s childhood naïveté meets harsh reality in ‘GUTS’.
Margot Robbie in ’Barbie‘ and Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’
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Neither Barbie nor Oppenheimer directly apologizes or asks for forgiveness, and neither can truly dismantle the damage they have done.
Harrison Ford, left, Shia LaBeouf and Karen Allen star in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (CNS photo/Paramount). 
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This man has seen the Ark of the Covenant melt faces and the Holy Grail grant eternal life. Wouldn’t that convert even the most ardent atheist?
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But even as the show mocks and fixates on his virginity, Colton invites empathy and sparks thought-provoking conversations about sexual morality.
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The truth is there is no ideal family.
Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Teddy Flood (James Marsden) in ‘Westworld’ (photo: HBO)
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In this world, sin has no repercussions.
(Photo: Georgia Vagim/Unsplash) 
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Again and again, the Advent story is echoed in science fiction; in worlds that seem devoid of hope, a child is born to redeem it.