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Netflix takes ‘Stranger Things’ to the stage in London

The uncommon world of Hawkins, Indiana, got here alive in London on Thursday as Netflix debuted a stage play primarily based on its hit sci-fi sequence “Stranger Things.” Called “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the play takes place in 1959, twenty years earlier than the interval explored within the TV present. It was produced by Matt and Ross Duffer, the brothers who created the sequence.

Actor Matthew Perry died from ‘acute results of ketamine’

“Friends” star Matthew Perry died from the “acute effects” of the highly effective sedative ketamine that, mixed with different elements, triggered the actor to lose consciousness and drown in his scorching tub, based on an post-mortem launched on Friday. The report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner got here almost seven weeks after Perry, 54, who publicly acknowledged many years of drug and alcohol abuse, was discovered by his live-in assistant floating face down and lifeless within the jacuzzi of his Los Angeles dwelling.

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