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  "path": "/2026/film/festivals/rami-malek-fear-gay-drama-freddie-mercury-1236755809/",
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  "textContent": "Rami Malek had been itching to work with Ira Sachs for some time — going as far as to ask his representatives to get him a meeting with the filmmaker. But when he got the script for Sachs’ next movie, “The Man I Love” — about a New York theater performer navigating life, love and […]",
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