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On May 5th, which some who still believe in joy still consider part of Star Wars Day (dubbing it “Revenge of the Fifth”), Star Wars legend Hamill shared a rather unusual video from a Las Vegas-based account on Twitter. The video showed two people driving what appeared to be a surprisingly faithful replica of Luke Skywalker’s landspeeder down a street in Vegas. The account, named “Las Vegas Locally,” focuses on various oddities found in and around its home city, and this certainly seems to qualify....

Bassist and singer Hoppus, 49, revealed his diagnosis on Wednesday, in a Twitter post that read: “For the past three months I’ve been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. “I have cancer. It sucks and I’m scared, and at the same time I’m blessed with incredible doctors and family and friends to get me through this. “I still have months of treatment ahead of me but I’m trying to remain hopeful and positive....

Meadows is not infected with the virus, but he was repeatedly with President Donald Trump at the White House throughout his recent infection and the massive White House outbreak that infected countless officials. Despite the dozens of recent positive cases at his place of work, Meadows continued to embody the same sort of lax social distancing discipline that he and other Republicans have displayed during the pandemic. “Let me do this: let me pull this away,” Meadows said as he moved back a mic stand that was in front of a pool camera located in a hallway....

Riva is no scholar, critic or cinemaniac. She’s a storyteller, which is why she seems able to record long conversations that took place before she was born, or in places she wasn’t. This is disconcerting at first until you get the idea: when you set out in search of lost time, you ride on the twin engines of imagination and memory. Is Riva making some of this up? Details, details....

After signing Neymar in a world-record €222 million deal from Barcelona, PSG have turned their attention to 18-year-old sensation Mbappe, who is tipped to move to the French capital. PSG 10/11 to win CL Group B Mbappe scored 26 goals in all competitions last season as Monaco dethroned PSG in Ligue 1 and reached the Champions League semi-finals. Asked about Mbappe following PSG’s 3-0 victory over Saint-Etienne on Friday, Brazilian defender Marquinhos said: “We are waiting for confirmation....

He’s right. All over the country, freshly married couples, confronting that cold 1040 “EZ” form for the first time together, are finding out the hard way that when it comes to marital stress, sex has nothing on money. “Money is the last taboo,” says Olivia Mellan, a psychotherapist and author of “Money Harmony: Resolving Money Conflicts in Your Life and Relationships.” “Money is never about money. It’s about love, power, security, control, old age, self-esteem, freedom, independence....

Condemning the Marriott’s decision to host CBP’s annual trade symposium at the Marriot Marquis hotel in Chicago this Wednesday and Thursday, political action group Mijente has launched a petition calling on Marriott to cancel the two-day event. “On July 11, 2019, Marriott International published a statement declaring that they would not allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use their hotels as detention facilities for immigrants,” Mijente said in its petition, which has so far garnered more than 1,500 signatures....

When photos from the set of Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated movie emerged earlier this year, fans couldn’t get enough of the Australian actress, 32, and her co-star Ryan Gosling in their eye-catching costumes. However, filming a movie outside with so many people watching was not such a great experience for Robbie. “I can’t tell you how mortified we were, by the way,” Robbie said during an appearance Tuesday on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon....

By all accounts, Mario’s grand return to cinema has a lot to prove, but luckily for the creative minds at Illumination, there’s plenty of material to work with. The most famous name in games has hopped, skipped, and backwards-jumped across so many adventures over the years, and every now and then, the franchise shows it’s not above including elements friendlier to un-interactive media. The following five games provide a glimpse into a more narratively or cinematically fulfilling Mario world, whether through premise, presentation, or practicality....

One of the month’s biggest releases, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, is the latest installment of Nintendo’s beloved racing series. Although Mario Kart is no stranger to experimental releases like Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit may be the most unusual yet. Using augmented-reality technology, players build real-life courses with cardboard gates and remotely control a Mario or Luigi toy car to negotiate those courses. A camera on the car sends a close-up view of the action to the Nintendo Switch, superimposing virtual competitors and obstacles....

Truckers began the protest in downtown Ottawa last week and have faced scrutiny from the Canadian government, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying they should go home. Since the launch of the fundraiser in support of the protests’ organizers, supporters donated C$10 million—about $7.9 million—to the now-defunct page on GoFundMe, which said Friday it would refund contributions to any donors. The company first halted the fundraiser on Wednesday. Greene called for the company to be “arrested for theft” and told her followers that “no one should use their site” in a five-minute video posted to her account on the conservative social media site Gettr....

“I would like to announce on behalf of the American people, we have to make sure that our leaders are held accountable. We cannot have a president of the United States that is willing to abuse the power of the office of the presidency and be easily bought off by foreign governments, foreign Chinese energy companies, Ukrainian energy companies,” Greene said while appearing on Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Reports. “So on January 21, I will be filing articles of impeachment on Joe Biden....

The congresswoman made the comment about the GOP’s new direction during an interview during CPAC in Dallas, Texas, on the Trump-supporting Right Side Broadcasting Network on Friday, August 5. When asked how Republican leaders should support the America First movement, Greene responded: “Republicans in Congress and Republicans in Washington [D.C.] have routinely let down their voters, have let down their base.” She later added: “They [establishment Republicans] can’t stop us and here’s why....

Richt, little more than a month removed from a heavily criticized “mutually agreed” parting of ways with Georgia, congratulated his former players on Twitter for their 24-17 victory over Penn State in the Taxslayer Bowl. MORE: New coaches for 2016 season | Richt’s Georgia legacy won’t be defined by win-loss record Richt was let go from the Georgia program after coaching his team to a nine-win season. He had coached for 15 years, compiling a 145-51 record, two SEC championships and a 9-5 bowl record....

He just never got to trot it out. Teheran hit his first big league homer to begin Atlanta’s comeback, and Nick Markakis homered in the 10th inning to send the Braves over the New York Mets 5-4 Sunday. Long a Mets nemesis on the mound, Teheran found a new way to torment them. He stepped up in the fifth as a career .153 hitter, clubbed a high fastball over the left-field wall, and took a leisurely jog....

The teams will play a single-admission doubleheader Wednesday starting at 4:10 p.m. DeGrom, with a major league-leading 1.68 ERA and an 8-8 record after 28 starts, had been set to start Sunday at Citi Field against Philadelphia. But the Mets scratched the NL Cy Young Award contender because of rainy weather before a 6-4 win over the Phillies, and instead had ready to pitch Monday. He’s now scheduled to start Tuesday night against the Marlins and on Sunday at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox....

The new contract that was announced on Thursday will keep the 20-year-old in Paris until 2019, reports Xinhua. PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi stated that they moved quickly to tie Marquinhos to a longer deal since the Brazilian youngster had drawn various interests from some “biggest European clubs”. “Marquinhos represents the future of our club and this extension shows how strongly attached he is to Paris Saint-Germain,” said the Qatari....

An image shared on social media showed the chairwoman of the Denver Republican Party, Kristina Cook, holding a rifle, with the words underneath “I bet Dr. King wishes he’d had a sniper on his side that day,” KUSA-TV reported. King was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968. But Bernice King, the activist’s daughter, responded on Twitter by saying: “Listen to his speech, ‘I’ve Been To The Mountaintop,’ delivered the evening before he was assassinated....