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Certain celestial events affecting the US let you remember, if for one day only, that this woman sang the 80s classic Total Eclipse of the Heart:
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Laura Brannigan
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Kim Wilde
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Bonnie Tyler
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Kim Carnes
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People keep dying. Here's proof: this week we bade RIP to Jerry Lewis. The entertainer's decades-long career included his involvement in TV's signature ongoing telethon for this charity:
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Muscular Dystrophy Association
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St. Jude's Hospital
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March of Dimes
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American Cancer Society
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Netflix made further inroads into its Marvel projects this week with The Defenders, which brought together four heroes who had been previously developed. Which of the following is not in The Defenders?
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Jessica Jones
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Luke Cage
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Mojo Adams
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Daredevil
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Returning to her roots, Tina Fey appeared on an SNL spot seeking to comfort post-Charlottesville America by eating this delicious treat:
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Donuts
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Ice cream
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Sheet cake
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Marshmallows
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This Oscar winning actress recently posting a video on her birthday encouraging fans to enter a contest to win a wine country getaway with her:
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Jennifer Lawrence
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Julia Roberts
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Julianne Moore
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Brie Larson
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And while you're kicking it up in wine country with Jennifer Lawrence, maybe ask her how she feels that this woman is now the highest-paid actress, taking the title JLaw held for two years in a row:
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Scarlett Johansson
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Amy Adams
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Angelina Jolie
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Emma Stone
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Sometimes actors are paid a lot of money, too. The one that was named highest paid this year is this action star:
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Mark Wahlberg
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Tom Cruise
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Chris Pratt
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Robert Downey, Jr.
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A major movie threshhold was crossed this week: What was it?
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For the first summer ever, there will be no $100 million openers
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The major theater chains have actually begun to lower ticket prices
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No animated movie will hold the #1 spot at the box office during the summer
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Wonder Woman became the top-grossing superhero origin film ever
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And it came to pass that the Foo Fighters had the excellent idea of bringing this 80s icon on stage for a few songs during a concert this week:
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Weird Al Yankovic
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Michael Bolton
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Rick Astley
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Paula Abdul
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In closing, this female singer spent the week firing back at fans who objected to her recent appearance in Playboy:
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Halsey
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Rihanna
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Hayley Williams
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Avril Levigne
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