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‘Avatar’ and ‘Marty Supreme’ propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for HollywoodDec 28, 2025 2:58 pm - Hollywood wrapped up a turbulent year with big ticket sales for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and a box-office hit for Timothée Chalamet with “Marty Supreme” over a busy holiday weekend in movie theaters.
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‘Heated Rivalry’ series mixes hockey and queer romance and is scoring big audiencesDec 28, 2025 10:34 am - “Heated Rivalry” is scoring big with hockey romance fans. Since its Thanksgiving weekend debut, the steamy television adaptation of Rachel Reid’s 2019 novel has dominated social media feeds and inspired a growing fanbase devoted to the queer romance at its center.
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Tyler Perry sued for sexual assault by ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’ actor seeking $77 millionDec 28, 2025 10:16 am - Tyler Perry has been sued for sexual assault by an actor who appeared in “Boo! A Madea Halloween,” marking the second lawsuit in recent months accusing the filmmaker and studio mogul of leveraging his power in Hollywood to make sexual advances.
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Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91Dec 28, 2025 10:04 am - Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91.
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Derrick Henry’s virtuoso performance helps Ravens stay alive with 41-24 win over PackersDec 27, 2025 10:45 pm - Derrick Henry rushed for a season-high 216 yards and matched a career high with four touchdown runs as the Baltimore Ravens kept their playoff hopes alive by defeating the Green Bay Packers 41-24 on Saturday night.
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NHL-worst Blackhawks snap 6-game skid with a 4-3, shootout victory over the StarsDec 27, 2025 10:24 pm - Rookie Nick Lardis scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
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Texans clinch third consecutive playoff berth with 20-16 win over ChargersDec 27, 2025 6:55 pm - C.J. Stroud threw for two long touchdowns on Houston's first two drives of the game, and the Texans went on to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 20-16 on Saturday and clinch a third consecutive playoff berth for the first time in franchise history.
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College football bowl game roundup: Penn State ends season with win over ClemsonDec 27, 2025 6:13 pm - A roundup of Saturday’s college football bowl games.
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Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talksDec 27, 2025 5:51 pm - Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza ’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents on Saturday for another round of winter rain.Some families in the central town of Deir al-Balah said they had been living in tents for about two years, or for most of the war between Israel and Hamas that has devastated the territory.
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Hundreds mourn in Syria’s Homs after deadly mosque bombingDec 27, 2025 3:58 pm - Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday in the rain and cold outside of a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs for the funeral of eight people killed in a bombing, as an imam warned that the attack could spark more sectarian violence.