{
  "id": 11527627,
  "title": "‘Verity’ Had a Much More Twisted Ending. Then Came the Focus Group Screenings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/verity-had-a-much-more-twisted-ending-then-came-the-focus-group",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/verity-ending-changed-focus-groups-books-1236897426/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Verity,” now playing in theaters. To say that “Verity,” a new erotic thriller featuring the ubiquitous Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson — who gets to call the former “a selfish, Machiavellian cunt” — has sharply divided critics would be an understatement. This thing has taken a bigger beating […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}