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Summer 2026 Box Office Could Top $4.2 Billion — Here’s What Will Hit and What May Miss
Last year, the hopes of a fruitful summer box office free from the shackles of the pandemic or Hollywood strikes were dashed, as a handful of underperforming films kept the domestic total flat from the prior year at $3.6 billion. But with a lineup filled with a higher quantity of films, highly anticipated franchise titles…
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Howard Stern finally reacts to ex-assistant demanding staggering sum in ‘sham’ lawsuit
Three weeks after Howard Stern’s ex-executive assistant Leslie Kuhn filed a lawsuit against him and wife Beth Stern for $2.5 million in damages, the shock jock has responded. The SiriusXM host filed to dismiss the lawsuit on Wednesday, dubbing it a “shakedown” and “transparent sham” in court documents obtained by Page Six. The 72-year-old is…
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California billionaire tax proposal attracts 1.5 million signatures. Here’s what happens next
California, home to the ultra-rich in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, is embroiled in a heated fight over whether to tax billionaires to fund healthcare. This week, supporters of the proposed billionaire tax began submitting nearly 1.6 million signatures, nearly twice the number needed to qualify for the November ballot. Election officials now need to verify…
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GOP governor fears voter wrath for tying himself to Trump: ‘I am concerned’
Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV), one of the only Republican governors in charge of a swing state, hitched his fortunes to President Donald Trump — and now, with the tide of voters aggressively shifting against the president, he seems to be regretting it. According to Politico, “The Republican governor started the year with a sevenfold fundraising…
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Lonely China
Earlier this year, one of the most popular apps in China was called Are You Dead?. This was not a game, but a handy way for the many young people who live alone across the country, mostly in cities, to keep tabs on one another. Users needed to check in with the app every 48…
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Reddit Intentionally Breaks Its Mobile Website, Demanding Users Download Its App Instead
While it’s seldom been known for making popular decisions that enhance the user experience, Reddit’s latest blunder just might take the cake. Despite having a perfectly functional mobile website, the self-professed “front page of the internet” has now chosen to lock users out of it completely, while pushing them toward its app. Yes, seriously: a…
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Long Beach’s hottest new restaurant is an old-school pizza tavern
Families, dates, solo diners and beer nerds are lining up nearly every day to experience Mooney’s Pizza Tavern, a new Long Beach restaurant that’s big on nostalgia and Midwest comfort. The pizzas come large and piping hot, there are vintage arcade games to play in the waiting area, and for dessert, there’s house-made frozen custard.…
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$600,000 worth of tools taken from Home Depot stores across SoCal
Two suspects are in custody after California authorities dismantled what investigators describe as a large-scale organized retail theft pipeline moving stolen Home Depot tools across Southern California and into resale channels for profit. The California Highway Patrol’s Southern Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force launched the investigation after tracking stolen merchandise taken from multiple Home…
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The Secret Weapon Against AI Dominance
More than 90 lawsuits have been filed by creators against AI companies for copyright infringement. Authors, musicians, visual artists, and news publishers have all accused firms such as OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic of using their copyrighted works to train AI models without permission. (The Atlantic is involved in one such lawsuit, against the AI firm…
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After years in comedy, Deon Cole still likes who he sees in the mirror
Deon Cole will tell anyone plainly: Not every comic wants to talk about their audience members. The longtime stand-up comedian will do some crowd work if he must. But he would much rather tell you the jokes he wrote. It’s the nature of a changing audience that is now more likely to stumble upon comedians…