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‘Mortal Kombat II’ is no match for a Devil wearing Prada in box office close call
In a box office battle of the sequels, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” had the slight edge over “Mortal Kombat II” in North American theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” earned a chart topping $43 million in its second weekend, while “Mortal Kombat II” took in $40 million…
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American schools have been quietly killing recess to focus on test scores—and pediatricians are warning it’s a mistake
Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected. The updated…
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Evacuations begin for hantavirus-hit cruise ship, with American passengers to be quarantined in Nebraska. ‘This is not another COVID’
The first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship now anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid, where they were being taken to a military hospital. Soon after, a French evacuation plane landed in Paris, where it was met by emergency vehicles that whisked passengers to hospitals. Spanish nationals were…
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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ broke the box office. It may also be the last great victory for Hollywood’s IP machine
Twenty years after Miranda Priestly first demanded her coat, Hollywood got its answer: millennials will show up. The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened to $77 million domestically and $234 million worldwide in its first weekend—the third-best domestic debut of 2026, the biggest opening of Meryl Streep’s career, and the highest opening for a traditional comedy…
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Asia’s ultra-luxury Capella Hotels brand plans to double its portfolio by 2030, starting with Florence and Riyadh
Capella Hotel Group, the ultra-luxury hotel group that once played host to the leaders of two nuclear powers, is pursuing more aggressive growth with plans to double its portfolio by 2030 with new ventures in Europe and the Middle East. “Capella is at an inflection point,” Roland Fasel, the firm’s new CEO, tells Fortune. “We’ve…
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Airfare is up 15%, gas is past $4, and SAP Concur data shows business travel is quietly breaking
Here’s the thing about the gas crisis nobody is talking about: it’s not making companies travel less, it’s making them pay more to do less. According to Q1 2026 numbers from SAP Concur, the platform that processes travel and expense data for millions of business travelers worldwide, fuel transaction costs jumped 14% in a single…
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‘Blue dot fever’ plagues musicians like Post Malone, Meghan Trainor, and Zayn as a growing list of artists cancel tours due to lagging ticket sales
The Pussycat Dolls are the latest music act to cancel swaths of a US arena or stadium tour amid lagging ticket sales. It’s part of a spreading epidemic the industry is calling “blue dot fever,” after the blue dots that represent unsold seats on Ticketmaster’s website. Others who recently succumbed include Meghan Trainor, Zayn, Jelly…
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Gen Z just broke the streaming model: A majority subscribe, binge, and cancel over and over, study finds
The streaming service model relies on the consumer’s willingness to juggle an array of subscriptions. But Gen Z is rejecting that business model. Instead of staying loyal to one platform, younger viewers are increasingly treating streaming services like temporary rentals: subscribe, binge, cancel, and repeat. A new report from entertainment company IGN found 59% of…
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It’s always happy hour at the airport bar, but Ryanair’s CEO is calling for a crackdown on 6am tipples: ‘Who needs to be drinking beer at that time?’
Airports are the place where outside rules suddenly cease to exist. Beyondthe security gates and ID checkpoints, inhibitions loosen and time flows differently. Part of this is by design, from long corridors to the conspicuous absence of clocks, and the hour of the day doesn’t seem as important once inside the terminal. And if it…
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How the next CDC director could reshape America’s $5.3 trillion health care industry
After a long hunt for the next CDC director, former Deputy Surgeon General Erica Schwartz officially got the nomination on April 16. But in the $5.3 trillion healthcare industry that makes up 18% of the country’s GDP, what sort of impact can just one job really have? Especially considering how the Trump administration has made…