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New Dinosaur Species Unveiled, Bruins Extend Winning Streak · 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, October 15th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 29 years ago, today, in 1997, a private
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  company signed the first contract to fly a paying
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  passenger into orbit aboard a Russian spacecraft,
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  establishing a pathway for civilians to reach
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  space via negotiated seats on missions. That
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  agreement opened the door for ordinary people
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  to become active participants in human spaceflight.
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  So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's sunny and it feels
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  like 53 degrees, with 12 miles per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 5 .59 and will
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  rise again tomorrow at 6 .58. It looks like we're
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  in for a sunny day with a high near 60. at a
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  moderate north breeze, around 10 miles per hour,
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  gusting up to 25. If you're inland, it will hit
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  a high of 60 tonight. Expect a chance of rain
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  showers after 3 a .m., partly cloudy skies with
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  a low around 48 and light winds around 5 miles
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  per hour. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 62 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather, Friday begins wet with
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  rain showers and patchy fog and a high near 66,
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  with south winds 6 to 12 mph and gusts up to
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  29 mph. Then showers continue into the evening
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  with lows near 45 and west winds 10 to 14 mph,
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  gusting to 28. A colder breezy Saturday follows
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  with a high near 50 and a northwest wind around
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  14 to 18 mph with gusts up to 32. Then frost
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  is possible late Saturday night into Sunday morning
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  before sunnier conditions return Sunday and Monday,
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  with highs rising to near 61. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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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 mornings send you. In local news, to help
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  Massachusetts schools protect kids from the harmful
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  impacts of social media, Governor Morihealy announced
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  $1 .75 million in funding on Wednesday. The grants
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  will educate students about online safety, cyberbullying,
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  protecting their personal information, recognizing
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  misinformation, and making healthy choices regarding
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  social media use. Healy emphasized the necessity
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  of this funding, stating, we know social media
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  is having a profound impact on our children's
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  mental health, well -being, and ability to succeed
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  in school. Schools can apply for grants of up
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  to $60 ,000 each. with applications due on November
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  9th. This funding is part of Healy's broader
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  efforts to enhance protections for young people
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  against social media dangers. Now on to sports.
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  The Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from the
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  World Series. Last night, they dominated the
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  Dodgers 6 -2 in Game 3 of the championship series,
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  with Jackson Chorio homering on the opening pitch.
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  Only the sixth hitter since 1988. to go deep
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  on the first pitch of a postseason game. Jake
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  Bowers and Garrett Mitchell added back -to -back
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  home runs in the seventh, and Milwaukee's relief
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  corps held Los Angeles scoreless through the
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  late innings. The Brewers lead 3 -9 and can clinch
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  tonight at Dodger Stadium at 8 o 'clock Eastern
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  on FS1. Meanwhile, tonight on Thursday Night
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  Football, the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos
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  meet at 815 Eastern at Empower Field at Mile
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  High. Both teams are 3 -2 and cannot afford to
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  stumble. The Seahawks, defending Super Bowl champions,
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  are without linebacker Drake Thomas and running
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  backs Zach Charbonnet, while Seattle quarterback
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  Sam Darnold has thrown five interceptions over
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  his last three games. Denver secondary took a
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  hit, too. Cornerback Patrick Surtain and safety
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  Talano Hufenga are both out for Week 6. Which
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  quarterback steadies first likely decides this
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  one? In local sports, the Bruins are rolling.
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  They beat San Jose 6 -3 on the road Tuesday night,
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  riding a three -game win streak into Anaheim
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  tomorrow. Jeremy Swamen was stellar, stopping
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  35 of 38 shots. Fraser Minton led the way with
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  two goals, while McEvoy, Zacha, Borjan, and Poitras
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  added one each. McEvoy's return from a six -game
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  suspension was marked by that goal, his first
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  of the season on the back line. The Ducks are
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  unbeaten at 2 -0, but Boston's got the momentum,
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  especially with balanced depth scoring carrying
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  them through this western swing. On the gridiron,
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  the Pats host the Jets on Sunday at Gillette.
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  looking to stay unbeaten in division play. They're
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  sitting pretty at 2 -2, while New York's struggling
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  at 1 -3. Boston's defense ranks fourth in points
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  allowed, giving up just 18 .8 per game, while
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  Campbell's dealing with a knee issue for the
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  Pats, and the Jets have Breecefall questionable
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  with a quad problem. Meanwhile, BC takes on unbeaten
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  Pittsburgh Saturday at Alumni Stadium. The Eagles
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  are 0 -2 in ACC play, trying to crack the win
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  column against the 5 -1 Panthers. Over in basketball,
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  the Celtics lock down Peyton Pritchard on a two
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  -year extension, keeping the guard in Boston
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  through the decade. In top news, in a remarkable
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  discovery, a new dinosaur species, a long -clawed
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  predator the size of a tiger, has been identified
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  from a fossil found 100 years ago. This cousin
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  of the Tyrannosaurus rex, named Invictabalatrix
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  zamborina, belonged to a group of two -legged
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  carnivores known as megaraptorans. Researchers
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  believe this dinosaur would have measured between
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  10 and 13 feet long and almost 5 feet tall. Dr.
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  Cassius Morrison, the lead author, emphasized
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  that while Invictabalatrix was not the apex predator
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  of its time. It would have posed a significant
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  threat to early humans. The fossil itself sat
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  unnoticed at the Natural History Museum in London
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  since 1924. In business news, Bank of America
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  has hired an army of external contractors to
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  help it patch software vulnerabilities exposed
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  by advanced artificial intelligence models, including
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  anthropics mythos, the bank's chief executive
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  officer, Brian Moynihan told CNBC on Wednesday.
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  Moynihan stated that earlier this year the company
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  rushed to enhance a wide spectrum of its internal
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  and vendor code using thousands of employees
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  and outside personnel. He noted, we put on 1
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  ,000 contractors to help us do the patching work
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  in the second quarter and those people remain
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  here today. The bank spent a couple hundred million
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  plus on software remediation and regulatory issues.
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  related to anti -money laundering compliance
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  in the third quarter. Moynihan reassured investors
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  that the spending increase was temporary, explaining,
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  once you patch, you don't have to patch as much.
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  In other areas, artificial intelligences help
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  into reduce expenses, with savings expected to
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  rise from $300 million this year to $700 million
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  in 2027. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  3 % to $81 ,000. Ethereum is down 6 % to about
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  $2 ,000. And XRP is down 4 .5 % to $1 .31. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In 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. Things are
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  finally looking up for NASA's first missions
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  to Venus in a generation. Most planetary scientists
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  believe the heyday of Venus exploration was more
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  than a generation ago, but that is about to change.
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  Two NASA missions are on track to launch to Venus
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  in the early 2030s. The first mission, known
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  as the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of
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  Noble Gases, Chemistry and Imaging, is now scheduled
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  for launch in December 2030. This will send a
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  probe through Venus's atmosphere, returning the
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  first direct images of the planet's surface since
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  1982. A second mission, Venus Emissivity, Radioscience,
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  NS Air, Topography and Spectroscopy, will follow
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  in November 2032. And in entertainment news,
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  Steven Spielberg's new sci -fi thriller, Disclosure
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  Day has officially invaded two streaming services.
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  The year 2026 is shaping up to be a remarkable
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  one for sci -fi, particularly alien invasion
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  stories, and fans are enjoying the thrilling
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  spectacle. This film marks Spielberg's return
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  to the genre, following iconic works like E .T.
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  the Extra -Terrestrial. Written by David Cope,
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  it serves as a conspiracy thriller, exploring
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  themes of truth and power. The movie stars Emily
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  Blunt and Josh O 'Connor alongside Colin Firth,
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  Eve Hewson, and Coleman Domingo. It grossed $244
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  .4 million globally with a $115 million budget.
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  Now it ranks third on the global top 10 list
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  of both Apple TV and Prime Video. Well, alrighty,
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  folks. It's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today... Our quote comes from the American astronaut
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  and physicist, Sally Ride. And she said, The
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  stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter
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  when you are closer to them. 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.