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Gossip (2000)

★ 5.8 · 267 ratings on TMDB

Some people are dying to hear it.

Gossip poster★ 5.8

For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.

DirectorDavis Guggenheim
CastCharles Guggenheim, Edward James Olmos, Eric Bogosian, James Marsden, Joshua Jackson, Kate Hudson
GenresMystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Gossip keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

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