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Dunkin' Preps for IPO, Tesla Cybertruck Recall Alert · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Thursday, May 14th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 230 years ago, today in 1796, Edward
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  Jenner inoculated an eight -year -old boy with
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  material from a cowpox sore to test a protective
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  vaccine against smallpox. marking a careful clinical
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  demonstration. This pioneering achievement showed
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  that exposure to a milder disease could confer
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  lasting immunity, launching a new era in preventive
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  medicine and inspiring generations of researchers
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  and public health efforts. So now you know. And
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  now, it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's mostly cloudy, and it feels like 56 degrees
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  with 7 -mile -per -hour wind. The sunset will
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  take place at 7 .57, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 5 .20. It looks like we're in for a cloudy
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  day, with rain showers likely between 8 a .m.
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  and 2 p .m., followed by showers and thunderstorms,
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  and a high near 63, with a moderate east wind
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  around 10 miles per hour. If you're inland, it
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  will hit a high of 63. Tonight, expect patchy
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  fog and thunderstorms before 8 p .m., then more
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  fog and showers with a low around 48 and light
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  winds around 6 miles per hour. The nearshore
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  GUI at Cape Cod Bay reads 50 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Friday starts with rain showers and patchy fog
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  before 5 p .m., becoming partly cloudy with a
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  high near 55 and a light northeast wind. Saturday
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  will be sunny and much warmer with highs near
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  76 and a southwest breeze increasing into the
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  night. Then Sunday stays mostly sunny near 76
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  before highs drop to near 70 on Monday with light
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  northeast winds. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Cafe
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  and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino
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  Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny Morning sends you. In local news, the parent
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  company behind Dunkin' is planning to go public,
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  setting the stage for the beloved brand to hit
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  the stock market for the third time in eight
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  decades. Inspire Brands, the Atlanta -based conglomerate
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  that owns Dunkin', filed confidentially with
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  the Securities and Exchange Commission for an
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  initial public offering. While there is no date
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  set for the stock market debut or price per share,
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  the funds raised will help pay off the $8 .8
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  billion spent on Dunkin' and its additional $2
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  .5 billion in debt. Goin' Public offers opportunities
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  for growth, but also requires disclosing financial
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  information and addressing shareholder concerns.
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  Now on to sports. Kevin Sullivan scored his first
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  Major League Soccer goal in the Philadelphia
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  Unions, 4 -3 loss to Orlando City, on Wednesday
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  night, serving as a spark during an entertaining
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  seven -goal match at Inter and Company Stadium.
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  Sullivan entered as a substitute for the injured
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  Jovan Lukic in the 44th minute, netting his first
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  league goal in the 75th minute from a tidy cross
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  by Ben Bender. At 16 years and 227 days old,
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  he is the eighth youngest player to score in
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  an MLS regular season match. Head coach Bradley
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  Carnell praised him, saying, he changes the complexion
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  of a game. In local sports, the Red Sox live
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  to take the series tonight against Philadelphia
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  at Fenway with first pitch at 645. Boston bounced
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  back last night with a dominant 3 -1. win behind
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  Sonny Gray, who allowed three hits over six,
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  and a third innings with six strikeouts to pick
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  up his fourth win. Sadon Rafaela drove in two
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  runs, including a solo shot, and Trevor Story
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  added another homer to back the pitching. Tonight,
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  Ranger Suarez takes the mound against the Phillies'
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  Jesus Luzardo in what shapes up as a competitive
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  rubber match. The Red Sox sit at 18 -24 on the
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  season. Every win matters as they fight their
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  way back into contention in the AL East. They
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  have been inconsistent lately, but when their
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  pitching is locked in like last night, they can
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  compete with anyone. Meanwhile, the Patriots'
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  full 2026 schedule drops tonight at 8 p .m. on
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  NFL Network and ESPN. New England will face the
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  Detroit Lions in Munich. Germany on November
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  15th as part of the league's international slate.
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  The Pats also get a shot at revenge against the
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  Seahawks early in the season, the team that knocked
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  them out of Super Bowl 60. Reports have Kansas
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  City coming to Gillette on Thanksgiving, and
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  tonight's release will detail the full division
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  matchups against Buffalo, Miami, and the Jets.
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  In top news. Most United States doctors are quietly
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  using this artificial intelligence tool. Few
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  patients know about it. Your doctor is probably
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  using artificial intelligence, even if they have
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  not told you about it. Over the past two years,
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  medical providers across America have embraced
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  a new artificial intelligence tool called Open
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  Evidence to assist in clinical decisions, enhance
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  medical knowledge, and prepare for licensing
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  exams. The service, a type of chatbot for doctors,
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  was utilized by about 65 % of United States doctors
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  across almost 27 million clinical encounters
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  in April alone. The company informed NBC News.
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  Everyone is using it, said Dr. Anupam Jina, an
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  internal medicine physician at Massachusetts
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  General Hospital in Boston and a professor of
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  healthcare policy at Harvard. Its growth really
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  has been exponential. NBC News spoke with over
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  two dozen doctors, hospital administrators, medical
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  students, and healthcare researchers from Hawaii
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  to Maine to explore the rise of open evidence.
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  Each individual stated they either used it regularly
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  themselves or knew someone who did. Almost two
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  -thirds of physicians, or roughly 650 ,000 doctors,
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  in the United States actively use open evidence.
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  while another 1 .2 million use it internationally,
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  open evidence representatives stated. In business
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  news, a legendary said Wednesday it has completed
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  its purchase of Sun Country Airlines, finalizing
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  a deal that combines two low -cost carriers at
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  a turbulent time for the budget airline industry.
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  Las Vegas -based Allegiant stated the transaction
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  closed after receiving required regulatory and
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  shareholder approvals. When first announced in
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  January, Allegiant said the deal was valued at
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  about $1 .5 billion, including debt. Today marks
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  a defining moment in Allegiant's history as we
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  officially join forces with Sun Country, Allegiant
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  Chief Executive Officer Gregory Anderson said
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  in a statement. The new combined airline is positioned
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  to offer broader access to affordable travel.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 2 % to just
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  over $79 ,000. Ethereum is down 2 % to about
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  $2 ,000. And XRP is down 1 % to $1 .42. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. and our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness. We are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates.
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. The headline
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  sounds like a pun. The wheels are falling off
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  Tesla's Cybertruck. But it isn't a joke. Tesla
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  is recalling 173 Cybertrucks because the wheels
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  can literally fall off while the vehicle is in
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  motion. The recall covers Cybertrucks fitted
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  with 18 -inch steel wheels built between March
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  21, 2024 and November 25, 2025. Tesla acknowledges
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  the separation could cause loss of vehicle control
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  and increase the risk of a crash. Owners should
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  expect a notification letter in the mail by early
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  July 2026. Tesla will replace the affected wheel
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  hubs and rotors at no charge. And in entertainment
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  news, Brad Pitt's Heart of the Beast will sail
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  into theaters on September 25th, 2026. Paramount
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  Pictures announced Tuesday. David Ayer is directing
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  the action -packed survival movie, with J .K.
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  Simmons and Anna Lam rounding out the cast. The
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  film centers on a former Army Special Forces
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  soldier, played by Pitt, who is stranded deep
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  in the Alaskan wilderness with a dog after a
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  plane crash. A trailer shown at CinemaCon last
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  month emphasized the bond between Pitt and his
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  beloved pet. I'm gonna get you home. Pitt assures
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  the canine after their plane crashes. We're just
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  going to have to do this the hard way. The trailer
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  features a frightening moment when Pitt and his
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  dog cross a river. Pitt's effort to keep his
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  dog from falling leads him to wind up in the
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  water. Other moments involve the pair facing
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  off with wild animals. Marty Bowen and Olivia
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  Hamilton are producing alongside Pitt and Ayer.
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  while executive producers include Damien Chazelle
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  and others. Company credits include Chazelle
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  and Hamilton's Wild Chickens Productions, Ayer's
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  Cray Films, Pitt's Plan B Banner, and Balance
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  Temple Hill. Ayer most recently helmed last year's
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  Jason Statham action vehicle, A Working Man,
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  and previously directed Pitt in Fury. His other
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  features include Suicide Squad, Bright, and The
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  Beekeeper. Pitt led director Joseph Kosinski's
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  2025 racing film, F1, which picked up four Academy
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  Award nominations. Pitt's other recent credits
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  include Wolves alongside George Clooney and Giselle's
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  2022 movie, Babylon. Well, all righty, folks,
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  it's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American physician and
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  immunologist, Edward Jenner. And he said, the
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  joy of discovery is certainly the loveliest that
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  the mind of man can ever feel. And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.