Charles Dickens’ 1837 novel “Oliver Twist” is classic material: a boy escapes his workhouse to join a gang of pickpockets on the steamy, mysterious streets of Mudfog. Since its release, the novel has been staged numerous times, filmed as a movie starring John Davies in 1948 and adapted into a musical, “Oliver!” in 1968, among many adaptations. The only thing left to do to breathe new life into the classic tale: add parkour, apparently.

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The newly crowned Emmy-award winner for Reality-Competition TV Series, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” is returning in December for a fourth “All Stars“ edition.  The cast of returning contestants was announced last week, but today VH1 revealed what has turned out to be an increasingly impressive list of guest judges every season.

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This year’s crop of talent includes “Black-ish’s” Jenifer Lewis, Ciara, two-time Grammy Award winner Kacey Musgraves, Olympic Silver medalist Gus Kenworthy, Keiynan Lonsdale, “Big Little Lies'” Zoë Kravitz, “Community’s” Yvette Nicole Brown, “Saturday Night Live’s” Cecily Strong, pop-star Rita Ora, iconic club promotor Susanne Bartsch, “Grey’s Anatomy’s” Ellen Pompeo, Frances Bean Cobain, Oscar-nominee Felicity Huffman, fashion designer Jason Wu and “In Contempt’s” Erica Ash.

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The saga of everyone’s favorite (?), very dysfunctional couple for one last round on the big screen in “Fifty Shades Freed.” The question is whether or not their lavish lifestyle can survive flirting and a dark secret from their past.

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are back, and now married, with Christian and Ana living the life of (kinky) domestic bliss. But oh no, their architect has eyes for Christian (I hate it when that happens!) and some Very Bad Person comes racing back into Ana’s.

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So, how do you get millenials to care about their Mom’s favorite piece of kinky literature? Get #zayn and #taylorswift into the mix. The former One Direction member and the biggest pop star on the planet have joined forces for “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker),” which if you haven’t guessed, was written for the movie. And naturally, it backgrounds the new trailer.

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Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are back to tie each other up and have relationship problems in the kinky sequel.

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To the surprise of no one, “Fifty Shades Darker” recently earned an R-rating for “strong erotic sexual content, some graphic nudity, and language.” Well, obviously. Universal isn’t messing with the steamy formula that saw them turn page-turning trash into big screen trash, with “Fifty Shades Of Grey” earning over $570 million worldwide. Can they titillate audiences again? They’re certainly going to try.

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson are back to take it off and get it on, in the sequel the unfolds the latest bedroom antics of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, with James Foley (“Glengarry Glen Ross,” “House Of Cards“) directing the hot and heavy action.

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Watch: Elderly Footballers Hit The Pitch In Diego Luna Directed Film For Rita Ora's "I Will Never Let You Down"

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