Chuck Russell, Director of ‘The Mask,’ Dies at 74
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"Chuck Russell, Director of ‘The Mask,’ Dies at 74" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 7 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline and People.com. 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 69d ago.
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Chuck Russell obituary The Guardian · 68d ago
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'The Mask' Director Chuck Russell Dead at 74 TMZ · 69d ago broke it first
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