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Movie Review: Gen Z gets a moody, existential horror in ‘It Ends’Aug 21, 2026 11:13 am - Every generation deserves its own postgrad malaise movie. Not every attempt is going to be “The Graduate” or “Frances Ha,” but even when they’re mediocre, they’re also often a pure expression from a young filmmaker about what their contemporaries are feeling at that exact moment.
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What to Stream: ‘Outer Banks,’ Anthony Hopkins’ classical album and Anne Hathaway’s 1st 2026 movieAug 21, 2026 11:10 am - The final season of “Outer Banks” and a new album from Anthony Hopkins (yes, Sir Anthony Hopkins) are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a devic...
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A Chinese animated film mocked as ‘terrible’ becomes a box-office hitAug 21, 2026 11:06 am - The new sensation among some Chinese moviegoers is an animated film whose characters appear to have been created with rudimentary 3D animation and have been described as ...
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Iranian families struggle to afford the basics as US ratchets up economic warfareAug 21, 2026 7:16 am - Tehran’s grocery stores are well-stocked, but many families can barely afford the basics. Unemployment is soaring and those with jobs are working more hours for money worth half as much as a year ago, putting food, medicine and everything else — except for heavily subsidized gasoline — further out of reach.
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Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military saysAug 21, 2026 7:11 am - A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the U.S. military said.
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US, South Korean militaries wrap up drill early, a day after North Korea’s missile barrageAug 21, 2026 7:09 am - The U.S. and South Korean militaries wrapped up their annual drill six days earlier than initially scheduled on Friday in a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea, though the North said the step isn't enough to persuade it to return to talks.
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Chicago doesn’t make the cut as Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sitesAug 20, 2026 7:57 am - Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed President Donald Trump.
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College cyclist from the north suburbs, teammate killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crashAug 20, 2026 7:07 am - HAMPTON, Tenn. — Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern T...
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Prices soar as Gaza smuggling booms. Officials, soldiers and middlemen are accused of cashing inAug 20, 2026 7:00 am - Palestinians face inflated prices for groceries and batteries, hospitals have turned to smugglers for medicine and equipment, and Israeli soldiers and other middlemen are accused of pocketing millions of dollars as the smuggling of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip has boomed, according to an Associated Press investigation based on court documents and interviews with traders, truckers and officials.
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Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios suspended after positive test for cocaineAug 19, 2026 12:59 pm - GENEVA — Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios revealed on Wednesday he tested positive for cocaine and cited the doping case as a wake-up call after feeling “helpless a...