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Oct 2023
1h 20m

The Omen’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ry...

The Ringer
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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan recorded this podcast just for Damien. It’s all for you, Damien! It’s time for Richard Donner’s 1976 horror film, ‘The Omen’—starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Spencer Stephens.


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