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Subscriber only. ‘Materialists’ gives the rom-com a new look, through a gimlet-eyed lens
When you have such attractive players as Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans looking for love against the gleaming backdrop of modern-day New York – well, you’ve entered rom-com heaven, right?

Dodger Stadium anthem singer Nezza says she sang in Spanish against team’s wishes
Nezza, the singer and social media influencer, delivered an emotional version of the U.S. national anthem in Spanish before a game Saturday night at Dodger Stadium that she said went against the Dodgers’ instructions.

Social media use predicts future depression in tweens, new study shows
As American adolescents experience both declining mental health and rising exposure to social media, parents and researchers alike have tried to better understand the link between the two: Does social media fuel mental health struggles? Or are struggling kids more likely to turn to social media?

The sequels that snatched defeat from the victory of ‘Jaws’
When “Jaws” became one of the biggest cinematic hits in history in 1975, it was inevitable that producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown would go back into the water. “If we didn’t make it, somebody else would,” Brown said years later of the first follow-up. “We felt very protective of it.”

REVIEW: ‘Materialists’ gives the rom-com a new look, through a gimlet-eyed lens
When you have such attractive players as Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans looking for love against the gleaming backdrop of modern-day New York – well, you’ve entered rom-com heaven, right?

REVIEW: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ serves up life lessons and eye-popping action
There are lessons to be learned in “How to Train Your Dragon,” which tells the story of a weak and skinny teenage Viking who defies his dragon hunter father to, as the title spells out, domesticate a fire-breathing mythological beast. Lessons about generational discord, about demonizing the other – here, one of a different species, not race, religion or political party – and about how, when training, it is the teacher who learns as much as, if not more than, the student.
