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  2. These 25 Juicy Novels Were Based on True Stories - AOL

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    Winter Work, by Dan Fesperman. This masterful novel blends espionage, domestic drama, and murder. The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the final coda to the Cold War and ushered in massive ...

  3. The Truman Show - Wikipedia

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    The Truman Show is a 1998 American psychological comedy drama film written and co-produced by Andrew Niccol, and directed by Peter Weir.. The film's star character is Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, a man who grows up living an ordinary life that—unbeknownst to him—takes place on a large set populated by actors for a reality television show about him.

  4. List of 2020s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    A Battle for Survival (Russian: Лётчик) (2021) – Russian WWII film based on the real story of pilot Aleksey Maresyev [187] Respect (2021) – biographical drama film based on the life of American singer Aretha Franklin [188] Saina (2021) – Indian biographical sports film based on the life of badminton player Saina Nehwal.

  5. Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film) - Wikipedia

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    Nothing but the Truth is a 2008 American political drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie. The film stars Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda and Vera Farmiga. According to comments made by Lurie in The Truth Hurts, a bonus feature on the DVD release, his inspiration for the screenplay was the case of journalist Judith ...

  6. Real-Life Stories of Sometimes-Shocking Home DNA Test Results

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    Connecting with a Surprise Daughter. When Carl-Eric Benzinger took a 23andMe DNA test, the results revealed that he had a niece in Hawaii, according to WYPR in Baltimore. Carl-Eric reached out to ...

  7. Character (arts) - Wikipedia

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    Character (arts) In fiction, a character is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game ). [1] [2] [3] The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. [2]

  8. Ma Mère - Wikipedia

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    Ma Mère (English: My Mother) is a 2004 erotic drama film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, based on the posthumous 1966 novel of the same name by French author Georges Bataille. The film follows the incestuous relationship between a 17-year-old boy and his attractive, promiscuous , 43-year-old mother.

  9. Suicide of Sunil Tripathi - Wikipedia

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    The CBS drama, The Good Wife based the episode "Whack-a-Mole" (first aired on November 24, 2013) on the misidentification of Tripathi. Although the name was changed, the creator of the show researched what happened to Tripathi and based the episode around the legal ramifications that social media sites potentially face as a result of false ...