{"id":7836,"date":"2018-11-20T05:38:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T10:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7836"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T10:39:25","slug":"rocky-saga-continues-creed-ii-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2018\/11\/rocky-saga-continues-creed-ii-opening-weekend.html","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Rocky&#8221; saga continues with &#8220;Creed II&#8221; opening this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"CREED II | Official Trailer 2 | MGM\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u22BXhMu4tI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542709905135_4958\" class=\"yiv4104351371MsoNormal\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542709905135_4989\"><i id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542709905135_4988\">CREED II<\/i><\/b> releases in theaters this Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4104351371MsoNormal\"><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Adonis Creed (Michael B. 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