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What Movie Theaters Get From This Box Office Boom
At the beginning of the year, Santikos Entertainment President Rob Lehman laid out ambitious plans to refurbish the lobby of the regional movie theater chain’s Casa Blanca multiplex in San Antonio. But actually pulling the trigger depended on how well the box office performed this year. The first weekend of “Toy Story 5,” which opened…
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Conan O’Brien reveals overlooked male menopause change that surprised him
With age comes wisdom — and hormonal changes. Conan O’Brien found that out after an unexpected exchange revealed a surprising reason behind a shift he’d noticed in himself. Andropause — often dubbed “male menopause” or “manopause” — describes the age-related decline in testosterone levels that many men experience later in life. Unlike the drastic hormonal drop women…
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Staggering six-figure cost of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s MSG wedding police presence revealed
Champagne problems. The police presence at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s upcoming Madison Square Garden wedding will reportedly cost a hefty six-figure sum. More than 70 detectives from New York City precincts are expected to work the high-profile nuptials, according to TMZ. AFP via Getty Images BACKGRID The outlet claimed the cops will be doing…
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Boys Are So Unprepared by the Education System That They’re Hitting High School Unable to Read Anything More Challenging That a Children’s Book
Fewer teens than ever are reading books, and boys especially. And the ones who do read are either years behind where they should be developmentally, or too scared to branch out to challenging literature. According to a new study of children’s reading habits in the UK and Ireland, most boys are still reading primary school…
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Altadena residents unify to pass legislation protecting their community from dense developments
In mid-June, it became apparent that Altadena was having a moment unlike any other in the 18 months since the Eaton fire burned much of the community to the ground. More than 450 people flooded a June 16 Town Council meeting, focused on what some say is a fight to preserve the neighborhood’s identity. In…
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Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks. I’m not sure I want to be around that long
I’d like to congratulate Mel Brooks on making it to the age of 100, but I’m not sure I want to duplicate his achievement. I try not to focus on aging, not that there’s anything wrong with getting older. But sometimes I feel exhausted by the daily trials of modern living, and I’m not sure…
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Power is stripped from state schools superintendents in major education overhaul
The just-approved state budget strips authority from the elected state superintendent of public instruction, transferring power in January to an appointee of the governor, dramatically changing the oversight and management of a public school system serving more than 6 million students from preschool through 12th grade. The change was pushed through by Gov. Gavin Newsom…
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Harrowing 911 call reveals fight to save Brittany Clark after fatal alligator attack: ‘Please hurry that’s my best friend’
Chilling audio of a 911 call captures the moment the boyfriend of an alligator attack victim desperately tried to save her after one of her arms had been ripped off by the beast. Brittany Clark, 31, later died from her injuries after being attacked by the giant reptile while swimming in the Econlockhatchee River in…
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Feds accuse 99 Ranch of discriminating against non-Chinese employees
The federal government is suing 99 Ranch Market, alleging the nation’s largest Asian supermarket chain is discriminating against employees who are not Chinese. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Buena Park-based chain paid non-Chinese employees less money, didn’t promote them and scheduled them for fewer hours than their…
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The Best Thing to Say to Someone Who’s Crying
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: Pentagrafis Studio via Canva) The morning after her father died, Susanne Jones had to go to work. She was waitressing in Germany at the time, and one of her regulars—a man she saw often but barely knew—could tell something was wrong and asked her what had happened. She tearfully told…