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          <image:caption>Invincible, Invincible Season 4 Finale Title Card.</image:caption>
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            <news:title>Disney+ Spider-Man Art Reveals First Look At Cut MCU Character</news:title>
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            <news:title>The Pitt Season 3&#x27;s Major Problem Confirmed By Noah Wyle</news:title>
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          <image:caption>Noah Wyle as Robby in The Pitt.</image:caption>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/clayface-movie-logo-the-batman</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-04-22T18:06:26Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Clayface Movie’s Logo Looks Strikingly Similar to Reeves’ The Batman Logos</news:title>
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          <image:caption>Clayface from DC Comics, DC Studios logo.</image:caption>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/mandalorian-grogu-clip-star-wars-rebels-zeb</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-04-22T17:01:31Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>First Mandalorian &amp; Grogu Clip Features Star Wars Rebels’ Zeb</news:title>
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          <image:caption>Zeb, Din Djarin.</image:caption>
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            <news:title>Watch: Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Gets Recreated In Lego</news:title>
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          <image:caption>Pedro Pascal Din Djarin no helmet</image:caption>
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