Andy Serkis defends lack of diversity in Lord of the Rings cast
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 9 distinct news outlets with 13 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 10.
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"Andy Serkis defends lack of diversity in Lord of the Rings cast" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 12 articles from 9 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Variety, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter and Gizmodo. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Synthesized under Newsylist open intelligence methodology from multi-source international newsroom telemetry. Updated 89d ago.
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Andy Serkis defends lack of diversity in Lord of the Rings cast BBC · 91d ago broke it first
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