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‘Furiosa,’ ‘Garfield’ lead slowest Memorial Day box office in decadesMay 26, 2024 11:30 am - Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” nor “The Garfield Movie” could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising toward a two-decade low.
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5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution and controversiesMay 26, 2024 5:30 am - NORFOLK, Va. — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weeken...
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J.Lo heads to a new galaxy for AI love story in ‘Atlas’May 24, 2024 10:26 am - Let’s all be clear that when it comes to Jennifer Lopez, it's about the love story. And so if we tell you that now, we have J.Lo in “Atlas,” playing a data analyst who travels to a planet populated solely by evil AI bots preparing to extinguish humanity, well, your only question really should be, “Where’s the love story?”
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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53May 24, 2024 9:56 am - Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.
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With a new War Rig and a fleet of motorbikes, ‘Furiosa’ restarts the motorized mayhem of ‘Mad Max’May 24, 2024 7:55 am - When it was time to start making “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” production designer Colin Gibson went to a garage in Australia to find some old friends.
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Use of Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs soars among kids and young adultsMay 24, 2024 6:00 am - Even as millions of older adults clamor for drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, monthly use of the medications soared in people aged 12 to 25.
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Long-term mortgage rates ease for third straight week, dipping to just below 7%May 23, 2024 8:16 pm - The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dipped this week to just below 7% for the first time since mid April, a modest boost for home shoppers navigating a housing market dampened by rising prices and relatively few available properties.
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For a Memorial Day barbecue, update side dishes to keep the flavor, lose some fatMay 23, 2024 3:34 pm - A typical spread at a Memorial Day barbecue might not scream “healthy.” But nutritionists see an opportunity in the side dishes. You just have to be sneaky.
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Charlie Colin, founding member of the band Train, dies at 58 after slipping in showerMay 23, 2024 3:08 pm - Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the band Train, best known for their early-aughts hits like “Drops of Jupiter" and “Meet Virginia,” has died. He was 58.
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Glen Powell gives big leading-man energy in ‘Hit Man’May 23, 2024 12:53 pm - A suspension of disbelief is a prerequisite going into “Hit Man,” a decently entertaining action-comedy-romance about a fake hit man from filmmaker Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the script with star Glen Powell.