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Political Party of the Day:

As in political-themed get-together, there’s a Zootopia-themed viewing party for tonight’s presidential debate, and this invite has turned the Republican and Democrat animal icons into characters you’d find in the hit Disney movie (via THR):

Movie Food of the Day:

Speaking of Disney, in honor of National Pancake Day, here are some exquisite flapjacks inspired by The Little Mermaid, which are almost too beautiful to eat:

Flip your fins and flapjacks for @drdancake‘s #TheLittleMermaid creation. pic.twitter.com/OEdr3zeeog

— Disney (@Disney) September 23, 2016

Wedding Photos of the Day:

Tom Hanks photobombed a lucky newlywed couple’s wedding photo shoot in NYC’s Central Park over the weekend:

Tom Hanks rather brilliantly photobombs a couple’s wedding photos in Central Park https://t.co/DCJdn7obg3 pic.twitter.com/0WqKI2V4X5

— Yahoo Movies UK (@YahooMoviesUK) September 26, 2016

Actor in the Spotlight:

Speaking of Tom Hanks, Burger Fiction highlights his career in this video on his evolution in TV and movies:

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Opening Shot of the Day:

Darren of Must See Films looks at the opening shot of Boogie Nights in this video essay on the economy of storytelling:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Olivia Newton-John, whose birthday is today, kicks it to John Travolta on the set of Grease in 1977:

Movie Comparisons of the Day:

Candice Drouet has made another video showcasing similar shots in classic movies, such as Persona and Mulholland Drive, side by side:

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Reworked Trailer of the Day:

The Boy Who Could Fly, which was released 30 years ago today, is sold as a thriller in this recut trailer:

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Alternate Movie Poster of the Day:

Some of the prints of this excellent poster for The Fly by artist Matt Ryan Tobin glow in the dark (via Geek Tyrant):

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of “Crocodile” Dundee. Watch the original trailer for the fish out of water comedy below.

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The Important News

Star Wars: Another standalone Star Wars movie was confirmed for 2020.

Image Comics: The Spawn reboot is aiming for an R rating.

Remakes: A new version of High Noon is in the works.

Sequels: Paul Walker’s character may return to the Fast and Furious movies. Antoine Fuqua will direct The Equalizer 2.

Prequels: Charlize Theron’s character may get her own Mad Max: Fury Road prequel. Jamie Dornan joined Robin Hood: Origins.

Box Office: Sully continued to dominate in theaters.

Biopics: Jared Leto will play Andy Warhol.

Horror: Rings and the Friday the 13th reboot were delayed again.

YA Adaptations: Tom Holland has a surprising part in A Monster Calls.

TV Adaptations: Maggie Smith will star in a Downton Abbey movie. Bill Hader joined Power Rangers.

R.I.P.: Curtis Hanson died at age 71.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Passengers, Ghost in the Shell, Mean Dreams, Trespass Against Us, Ordinary World, London Town and The Whole Truth.

TV Clips: Allied.

See: First look at J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon in Justice League. And a first look at the cast of the Jumanji reboot.

Watch: An animated Justice League spoof.

Learn: Which iconic actor found Luke Skywalker and which novel was almost a Star Wars sequel. And the theory about a secret Star Wars romance.

See: Star Wars: The Force Awakens redone with Nintendo characters. And Rogue One redone with Pixar characters.

Watch: The Avengers actors get together to promote voting. And Chadwick Bosemen talks about Black Panther’s origin story.

See: How Duncan Jones’s Mute is related to Moon.

Watch: Angela Lansbury performs “Beauty and the Beast” for a special anniversary event.

See: Ellen DeGeneres initiates some Disney and Pixar crossovers.

Watch: A fake trailer for a Burt Macklin FBI movie.

Play: A Jack Reacher video game.

Watch: Hillary Clinton appeared on Between Two Ferns.

See: What animated superhero movies would look like made by Tim Burton.

Watch: A fake trailer for a Studio Ghibli Legend of Zelda movie.

See: All of this week’s best new posters.

Our Features

Film Festival Reports: Our picks for the best of the 2016 Toronto Film Festival. And our picks for what to see at Fantastic Fest 2016.

Interviews: Antoine Fuqua on his Scarface remake. And on Vincent D’Onofrio’s odd voice. Blair Witch filmmakers on mythology and deleted scares.

Guest Post: Don Coscarelli on why art houses still matter.

Marvel Movie Guides: The top 10 MCU costumes. And how Dr. Strange can join the Avengers in the MCU.

Geek Movie Guide: Geek-friendly titles on the screenplay Black List.

Sci-Fi Movie Guide: Looking at Operation Avalanche, Star Trek at 50 and more.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And our guide to everything hitting Netflix next month.

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Crossovers of the Day:

Since Ellen DeGeneres is the voice of Dory from Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, when she has a guest from another Disney animated film on her talk show, she likes to create crossovers. Here’s one with Kristen Bell as Anna from Frozen and then one with Tom Hanks as Woody from Toy Story (via /Film):

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Mashup of the Day:

Let’s call this crazy scene of people in T.rex cosplay beating each other up for your entertainment a mashup of Jurassic Park, Fight Club and Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome (via Fashionably Geek):

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Reworked Trailer of the Day:

If Green Room was a 1970s Grindhouse picture, here’s what its trailer might have looked like:

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Trailer Parody of the Day:

The latest parody of Justice League redoes the trailer in Archer-style animation (via Geek Tyrant):

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Poster Parody of the Day:

This week Documentary Now! spoofs Jiro Dreams of Sushi, so it’s a great time for this parody poster for another spoof idea involving actor Jim Belushi (via Twitter):

Movie Takedown of the Day:

See how non-tubular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is in the latest Honest Trailer beatdown:

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F/X Breakdown of the Day:

Watch how the visual effects were done for Pete’s Dragon with this breakdown for Wired magazine (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Fernando Rey, who was born on this day in 1917, with co-star Gene Hackman and director William Friedkin on the set of 1971’s The French Connection:

Supercut of the Day:

Learn how to speak like the characters from Fargo in this Fandor Keyframe video condensing the film into just “yah” and “jeez” lines (via Geek Tyrant):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of The First Wives Club. Watch the original trailer for the comedy below.

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Mashup of the Day:

Nintendo characters and gameplay are employed in this first part of a retelling of the plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (via Geek Tyrant):

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Scene Remake of the Day:

In this video from Free Dad Videos, a 3-year-old girl takes the place of Luke Skywalker during the Death Star trench battle and it’s soooo cute (via Design Taxi):

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Bonus Feature of the Day:

Ahead of the release of their new Blood Simple Blu-ray, the Criterion Collection shares a bonus feature on the film’s storyboards, with commentary from Joel and Ethan Coen, Barry Sonnenfeld and Frances McDormand:

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Music Performance of the Day:

Watch Angela Lansbury sing “Beauty and the Beast” with piano accompaniment by Alan Menken at a special 25th anniversary screening of Disney’s animated feature (via /Film):

Cosplay of the Day:

Dragon Con is one of the best places to see awesome cosplay, and Sneaky Zebra makes the best cosplay montages, so this video is a total delight:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Buster Keaton and Francis McDonald in a promotional photo for the Keaton-directed Battling Butler, which debuted in theaters 90 years ago today:

Reworked Movie of the Day:

Here’s what Monty Python and the Holy Grail would look like if it was a serious, not silly, take on the Arthurian legend:

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Bad Analysis of the Day:

Learn the hidden meaning of Shrek from an alien from the future who totally misundertands the animated comedy:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Michael Mann’s use of windows in his movies is showcased in this video tribute by Matt Adams (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Watch the original trailer for the film below.

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The Important News

DC Extended Universe: Zack Snyder unveiled Batman’s new suit for Justice League. Billy Crudup will play Barry Allen’s father in The Flash. Margo Robbie will produce her Harley Quinn spinoff.

X-Men: Mr. Sinister will be the villain in Wolverine 3.

Star Wars: Rogue One will be scored by Michael Giacchino instead of Alexandre Desplat.

Sequels: Benicio Del Toro will star in The Predator. Peter Berg wants to make The Rundown 2. Cailee Spaeny will star in Pacific Rim 2.

Remakes: Conrad Vernon will direct the Toxic Avenger remake.

Alternate Cuts: The “black and chrome” version of Mad Max: Fury Road will hit video in December.

Biopics: Stan Lee’s life will be embellished and depicted in a movie. Harvey Weinstein is making a competing Egardo Mortara movie.

Animation: Dax Shepard will co-direct the Scooby-Doo animated feature with Tony Cervone.

YA Adaptations: Storm Reid will play the lead in A Wrinkle in Time.

War Movies: Tom Hanks has written and may star in the World War II movie Greyhound.

Box Office: Sully is a winner for Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Fifty Shades Darker, Moana, Miss Sloane, Nocturnal Animals, Annabelle 2, Blair Witch, Bastards, The Promise, The Bye Bye Man, Finding Altamira and Trolls.

Hear: A crazy fan theory about The Blair Witch Project.

Watch: X-Men: Apocalypse mall-set deleted scenes. And a video orientation guide to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.

See: How Captain America: Civil War should have ended. And Captain America: Civil War redone with video game sounds. And Deadpool inserted into Captain America: Civil War.

Watch: A video essay on why the MCU scores are so bad. And a video comparing similar scores. A reponse theory about film scores.

See: Tim Drake’s action-packed audition video to play Robin.

Watch: 10 ways Indiana Jones uses his whip.

See: All of this week’s best new posters.

Our Features

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: Here’s what we think of Moonlight, Arrival, A Monster Calls and Loving. And here’s what we think of La La Land, Jackie and Sing. And here’s what we think of Bleed for This, Lion, Nocturnal Animals and Colossal.

Interviews: Kurt Russell on his future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And Kurt Russell on his TV series with Mel Gibson. And Greg McLean on the horrifying original ending of The Darkness. And Adam Wingard on almost directing Furious 8.

Horror Movie Guide: Here’s all the latest horror movie news and trailers.

Comic Book Movie Guide: Meet Martian Manhunter, heart and soul of Justice League.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And our guide to all the best indie and foreign films new to DVD.

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Alternate Sound Effects Edit of the Day:

An animator called Frobman redid the sound for the big fight scenes in Captain America: Civil War so they sound like the video game Marvel vs. Capcom (via Geek Tyrant):

A little bit of editing fun.
Was I the only person who thought then when watching Captain America Civil War? pic.twitter.com/2HT7ecrImb

— Frobman (@TisDaFrobman) September 11, 2016

Redone Trailer of the Day:

Speaking of mashups of superhero movies and video games, here’s the Justice League trailer redone in 8-bit animation:

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Bonus Feature of the Day:

From the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray of X-Men: Apocalypse, here’s a retro-style orientation video for Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters (via /Film):

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Fake Movie Tie-In of the Day:

These The Exorcist themed Oreo cookies would be a hot item if the cream wasn’t actually pea soup flavored. See more fake horror movie Oreo tie-ins at Dread Central.

Fan Theory of the Day:

Netflx provides animated evidence of how the Back to the Future trilogy follows the Lockard Theory of the chiasmus:

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Movie Truth of the Day:

Slate shows how much it costs to live in a Nancy Meyers movie, and clearly her characters are richer than rich:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Sam Neill, who turns 69 today, is the only one not studying his Jurassic Park script in this set photo from 1992:

Character Study of the Day:

Speaking of “giant lizard” movies, Kyle of Frame by Frame looks into how Godzilla changed monster movies:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Stanley Kubrick gets another video essay, this one by Channel Criswell on the cinematic experience of his films:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This weekend marks the 80th anniversary of the theatrical release of My Man Godfrey. Watch the original trailer for the classic comedy below.

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

Only Honest Trailers could make an argument for how Captain America: Civil War is almost as bad as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice:

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Movie Recap of the Day:

Speaking of Captain America: Civil War, here’s a recap of the movie in rap song form:

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Alternate Ending of the Day:

And, hey, how did Iron Man get home at the end of Captain America: Civil War? Here’s how the movie should have ended:

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Reworked Movie of the Day:

And speaking of Marvel superheroes, here’s The Amazing Spider-Man redone as a stalker thriller:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Claudette Colbert, who was born on this day in 1903, plays a game with Clark Gable during down time on the set of It Happened One Night in 1933:

Remake of the Day:

Remaking movie scenes with kids is often enjoyable, but this lengthy Big Lebowski-inspired short is something special (via Geek Tyrant):

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Cosplay of the Day:

The Alamo Drafthouse is the kind of movie theater where you can feel comfortable seeing movies in crazy Beetlejuice cosplay. Probably for a screening of Beetlejuice (via Fashionably Geek):

Movie Score Comparison of the Day:

Supplementary to a video essay featured yesterday, here are a bunch of movies whose scores sound a lot like other scores:

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Supercut of the Day:

With the Emmys coming up this weekend, the small screen deserves some love here. Somewhat movie-related, here’s a video by Fernando Andres showcasing HBO and the rise of TV as Film (via One Perfect Shot):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 25th anniversary of the now incorrectly titled Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Watch the original trailer for the horror sequel below.

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Audition Fight Reel of the Day:

Tim Drake (the voice of Hiro in Big Hero 6) made a concept fight demo to show that he should play Robin in the DC Extended Universe (via /Film):

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Weird Video of the Day:

Speaking of the DCEU, “Weird Trailer” maker Aldo Jones took his dancing Bruce Wayne from his version of the Justice League spot and put him in a lot of other movies:

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Franchise Analysis of the Day:

Every Frame a Painting looks into why the Marvel Cinematic Universe has such bland music scores in this deep analysis video essay:

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Raw Footage Reel of the Day:

The below video contains four minutes of awesome, fiery footage from the making of Mad Max: Fury Road before digital effects added and subtracted things (via The Playlist):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Ian Holm, who turns 85 today, gets applied with condensed milk by director Ridley Scott as Sigourney Weaver stands by on the set of Alien in 1978:

Hollywood Craftsman of the Day:

The latest Academy Originals video spotlights casting director Bernie Telsley, who talks about finding the ensemble for Across the Universe:

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Mashup of the Day:

Star Wars meets Ghostbusters in this clever piece of fan art from Messy Pandas:

Redone Movie of the Day:

Watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows retold in 8-bit video game style:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons why the new live-action Jungle Book is also basically a remake of The Lion King:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of The Bad Seed. Watch the original trailer for the classic thriller below.

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The Important News

DC Extended Universe: Joe Manganiello will play Deathstroke in the next Batman movie.

Biopics: A 5,000-year-old Otzi the Iceman is getting his own movie.

Musicals: Rebecca Ferguson joined the P.T. Barnum movie The Greatest Showman on Earth.

Westerns: Jared Hess will direct the next Shanghai Noon sequel.

Festivals: Fantastic Fest revealed its third wave of titles for this year’s program.

True Stories: Johnny Depp will play a detective who investigated the Biggie and Tupac murders.

YA Adaptations: Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling joined A Wrinkle in Time.

Remakes: Jeff Nichols will write and direct the Alien Nation redo.

Reel TV: Meryl Streep will star in the series The Nix for J.J. Abrams.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Live By Night, Gold, ARQ, The Vessel, Collateral Beauty, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Underworld: Blood Wars and Free Fire.

MovieClips: The Lego Ninjago Movie.

See: New images from Rogue One, Spider-Man Homecoming and Fences.

Watch: A deleted scene from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

See: How Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows should have ended.

Watch: The Avengers vs. Transformers mashup trailer. And a Superman vs. Thor mashup trailer.

See: ILM’s visual effects breakdown for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Watch: Tributes to Tom Hanks. And a Tom Hanks biopic starring Sully.

Learn: The true story behind The Disappointments Room.

Watch: An honest trailer for The Blair Witch Project.

See: A count of all the times Batman kissed someone in the movies.

Watch: A sweded trailer for Suicide Squad.

See: All of this week’s best new posters.

Our Features

Fall Movie Guides: Our preview of this season’s horror releases. And our preview of this season’s geek movie releases.

Festival Buzz: Our guide to the hottest movies headed to the Toronto International Film Festival.

Animated Movie Guide: We broke down everything we know about Moana.

Comic Book Movie Guide: Why you should fear Batman if he’s fighting Deathstroke.

Box Office Guide: We broke down the summer’s box office winners and losers.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.

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Video List of the Day:

With the Toronto International Film Festival kicking off today, Kevin B. Lee and Fandor Keyframe present a countdown of the best TIFF premieres of the past decade:

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Cosplay of the Day:

One of the best cosplayers of this year’s Dragon Con mashed up two favorite superhero movie characters of 2016, Deadpool and Suicide Squad‘s Harley Quinn (via Collider):

Supercut of the Day:

We’ve seen enough Batman movie kill counts, so now it’s time for love with this supercut of all 60 of his kisses on the big screen (via io9):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Peter Sellers, who was born on this day in 1925, looks on as Stanley Kubrick shows him how to play the title characters of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 1963:

Funny Movie Review of the Day:

The Onion‘s Peter K. Rosenthal reviews Sully with focus on how it doesn’t ignores the tragedy for the geese involved in the story:

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Mashup of the Day:

Funny or Die highlights how many characters Tom Hanks has played involving airports and airplanes and captains by mashing his movies up for a new version of Sully:

Actor in the Spotlight:

Also in honor of Tom Hanks starring as hero Chesley Sullenberger in Sully, Fandango and MovieClips present a supercut of the actor saving the day:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Speaking of Tom Hanks movies about saving the day, The Nerdwriter looks at Saving Private Ryan and how Steven Spielberg constructs a battle scene:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Paul Feig is another filmmaker in focus today, as one of his fans got a tattoo of his face, a unique kind of director tribute (via Paul Feig):

@paulfeig update: this is the finished product pic.twitter.com/FWE05D8Y4u

— frank (@notfrankievalli) September 7, 2016

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the release of Hollywoodland. Watch the original trailer for the movie that first put Ben Affleck in a DC superhero suit below.

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