‘Project Hail Mary’ Blasts off With $80.5 Million, a Best for Amazon MGM

“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.” The science fiction epic starring Ryan Gosling earned around $80.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend playing in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Box office tracker EntTelligence estimates that translates …

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How iNaturalist app users have fun while aiding science

We share our planet with maybe 10 million species of plants, animals, birds, fish, fungi and bugs. And to help identify them, millions of people are using a free phone app. “Currently we have about six million people using the platform every month,” said Scott Loarie, the executive director of iNaturalist, a nonprofit. Has anyone …

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Orthodox Georgians Bid Final Farewell to Longstanding Patriarch

TBILISI, March 22 (Reuters) – ⁠Large ⁠crowds of Orthodox ⁠Christians gathered in the centre of the ​Georgian capital on Sunday to mourn Ilia II, ‌the spiritual leader who led ‌the church through nearly half a ⁠century of ⁠Georgia’s often tumultuous history. Ilia II, born Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili, ​died on Tuesday in hospital aged 93, having served …

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How a fun nature app aids science

The iNaturalist cellphone app not only helps users identify plant, animal and insect species; it also provides invaluable data to scientists studying biodiversity, species decline, and habitat loss. It also provides opportunities for fun: David Pogue joins iNaturalist fan Martha Stewart in a “bioblitz” – a timed competition with other users to spot and ID …

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Iranian missiles hit southern Israel in major escalation of war

Iranian missiles hit southern Israel in major escalation of war – CBS News Watch CBS News Iranian missiles hit southern Israel overnight near its main nuclear facility at Dimona, injuring at least 170 people according to the authorities and causing heavy destruction. Charlie D’Agata reports from the worst-hit town of Arad.

Fentanyl found inside Barbies sold at Missouri discount store, police say

Fentanyl was found inside Barbie doll packages being sold at a discount store in Missouri, police said on Saturday. The Independence Police Department said in a social media post that they were contacted by security at Cargo Largo, a local discount store, after finding a suspicious powder substance in the packaging of a Barbie doll. Tests …

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Hail Caesar! How Sid Caesar reinvented comedy for TV

Comic Sid Caesar (1922-2014) was a master of humor, slapstick and accents, whose 1950s series “Your Show of Shows” and “Caesar’s Hour” rewrote the rules of comedy in the new medium of television. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with David Margolick, author of the biography “When Caesar Was King,” and with comedian Robert Klein, about the …

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Hail Caesar! How Sid Caesar reinvented comedy for TV

If you had a television set in the 1950s, there’s a better-than-even chance that each week you were watching comic Sid Caesar. “I don’t think there’s anybody comparable now, and I don’t think there’s ever been anyone comparable,” said writer David Margolick, the author of “When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy.” …

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