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It Fever gripped North American movie-goers, as the Stephen King adaptation blew past industry estimates. Which record(s) did the scary clown-fest set in its opening weekend?
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Biggest opener for an R-rated movie
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Biggest September opener
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Biggest September opener and biggest horror movie opener
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Biggest R-rated, September and horror movie opener
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Meanwhile, authorities in the US and abroad have asked pranksters - who thought doing so would be heeeeeelarious - to stop attaching balloons of this significant color to storm drains as a reference to It:
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Red
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Black
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Yellow
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Blue
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From this files of How Is This Still a Thing? we read that a Cara Mund, a young lady from this state, is your new Miss America, and the first-time ever winner from that state:
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Oregon
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Alabama
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North Dakota
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South Carolina
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I don't believe you exist. But there is a wonderful fragrance in the air.
We're not sure what this oddball was on when he gave a truly mystifying interview at New York Fashion Week, but his ramblings made all sorts of news this week:
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Jim Carrey
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Tom Cruise
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Alec Baldwin
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Adam Sandler
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Star Wars spun the Wheel of Director following Colin Trevorrow's departure from Episode IX, and is calling back this name who has previously worked with the franchise.
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Rian Johnson
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J.J. Abrams
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George Lucas
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Surprise - Colin will return after all!
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Speaking of directors, in what we're hoping was the most obvious no-brainer deal ever, the director of this big summertime movie signed on to helm the next installment of the franchise:
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Baby Driver
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Wonder Woman
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Despicable Me 3
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The Fate of the Furious
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The Disney family lost a historic contributor this week with the passing of Francis Xavier "X" Atencio, who came up with the concept for these two classic Disney parks rides:
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Space Mountain and Splash Mountain
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The Dumbo ride and It's a Small World
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Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion
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The Jungle Cruise and Hall of Presidents
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I didn’t realize it was a true story...I thought it was complete fiction, just a wacky story. And then I found out it was all true and I was even more fascinated. Despite being tabbed to play the title character in "I, Tonya," this actress claimed she didn't know the whole Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan event was real:
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Margot Robbie
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Jessica Chastain
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Bryce Dallas Howard
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Emma Stone
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Winfrey, Vergara, Willis, Bieber, Clooney, McConaughey....these were just a handful of the celebrities who appeared on the televised hurricane relief telethon. The event, which raised more than $44 million, was called:
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Hand in Hand
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Heart in Hand
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Head and Head
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Head in Hands
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And finally, chalk one up for this movie star, who emerged on the victorious end of a $4.5 million judgement in a defamation suit against Bauer Media:
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Anna Kendrick
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Mindy Kaling
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Michelle Pfeiffer
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Rebel Wilson
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