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Cannes Film Festival Closes with Surprise Palme d’Or Winner and Hollywood Absences
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Cannes Film Festival Closes with Surprise Palme d’Or Winner and Hollywood Absences

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Cannes, France: The 78th Cannes Film Festival awarded the Palme d’Or to Adèle Kayinda’s “La Terre Nue,” a Franco-Congolese ecological drama—an...

May 28, 2025 09:41 PM Center

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Disney’s Lilo & Stitch Remake Smashes Memorial Day Box Office Records
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Disney’s Lilo & Stitch Remake Smashes Memorial Day Box Office Records

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USA: Disney’s live-action “Lilo & Stitch” earned about $145.5 million over the Memorial Day weekend—setting a new holiday record for a family...

May 28, 2025 09:41 PM Center
Modest Mouse Announces Extended 2025 North American Tour with Built to Spill on Select Dates
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Modest Mouse Announces Extended 2025 North American Tour with Built to Spill on Select Dates

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North America: Indie rock veterans Modest Mouse revealed an expanded 2025 tour schedule, adding fall dates with fellow cult-favorite Built to...

May 28, 2025 09:41 PM Neutral
Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” and Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” Lead Record-Breaking Memorial Day Box Office
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Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” and Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” Lead Record-Breaking Memorial Day Box Office

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Los Angeles, USA: Over the Memorial Day weekend, theaters saw a record $322 million in total ticket sales, propelled by Disney’s live-action “Lilo...

May 28, 2025 09:41 PM Neutral
“Duck Dynasty” Patriarch Phil Robertson Dies at 79
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“Duck Dynasty” Patriarch Phil Robertson Dies at 79

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Louisiana, USA: Phil Robertson, the founder of the multi-million-dollar Duck Commander brand and patriarch of the reality TV sensation “Duck...

May 28, 2025 09:38 PM Neutral
New “Lilo & Stitch” and Mission: Impossible Smash Memorial Day Records
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New “Lilo & Stitch” and Mission: Impossible Smash Memorial Day Records

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Hollywood, USA: The live-action remake of “Lilo & Stitch” wowed audiences with a $183 million opening, and “Mission: Impossible—The Final...

May 28, 2025 09:38 PM Positive
Sleep by Honor Jones explores family roots and adult reckoning
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Sleep by Honor Jones explores family roots and adult reckoning

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New York, USA: In her debut novel Sleep, author Honor Jones depicts 35-year-old Margaret revisiting the suburban shadows of her childhood. Torn...

May 26, 2025 06:08 PM Neutral
Why Starbucks is banning orders under certain names in South Korea
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Why Starbucks is banning orders under certain names in South Korea

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Seoul, South Korea: Starbucks Korea introduced a policy banning certain names on customer orders after political activists and pranksters used...

May 26, 2025 06:08 PM Neutral
‘Bro invented soup’: TikTok’s water-based cooking trend draws eye-rolls
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‘Bro invented soup’: TikTok’s water-based cooking trend draws eye-rolls

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TikTok: A fitness influencer’s “water-based cooking hack” has the internet joking that he’s basically reinvented soup. He touted boiling chicken...

May 26, 2025 06:08 PM Neutral

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