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AMONG THE STAR-STUDDED CAST OF THE EMOJI MOVIE ARE SOFÍA VERGARA, JAMES CORDEN,
CHRISTINA AGUILERA AND SIR PATRICK STEWART, WHO VOICES A CHARACTER CALLED POOP.
FILM
How to make
a Hollywood blockbuster
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HIGH-BROW
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IS IT A BIOPIC?
THE BRIEF
P H O T O
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