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This image released by Amazon MGM Studios shows Emma Thompson in a scene from "The Sheep Detectives." (Amazon MGM Studios via AP)

Analysis: Hollywood more likely to cast a man named Chris or talking animal than a woman over 60

Actress EMMA THOMPSON on Hollywood not casting older women in leading roles: "Women are half the population and we get older. So where are the stories about us? The older we get, the more interesting we are." A new analysis by a British anti-ageism campaign finds that the film industry's top-grossing movies are more likely to feature a male lead named Chris, or even a talking animal, than a woman over the age of 60, drawing renewed calls for Hollywood to address what advocates describe as a pervasive culture of age-based discrimination.

May 30, 2026
Marcia Lucas, wife of director George Lucas, right, carries her Oscar statuette as they arrive at a post Academy Awards party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, April 4, 1978. (AP Photo, File)

Marcia Lucas, Oscar-winning ‘Star Wars’ editor, dead at 80

Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning film editor whose work helped shape the original "Star Wars" trilogy and who was a central figure in Hollywood's New Hollywood era, died Wednesday at her home in Rancho Mirage, California. She was 80.

May 30, 2026
Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Chicago mayor visits Pope Leo at Vatican, invites pontiff to return home

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson led a 46-person delegation to the Vatican on Wednesday for a private audience with Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born pontiff who was meeting with his hometown's leader for the first time since his election to the papacy. The pope declined to wear a Cubs hat that was presented to him by the mayor.

May 29, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi faces questions in the House Judiciary Committee over the Justice Department's handling of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

TikToker loses job after praying for Pam Bondi’s cancer to worsen

A Massachusetts woman has been fired from her job at a credit union after posting a TikTok video that appeared to pray for former Attorney General Pam Bondi to suffer a severe case of throat cancer, setting off a wave of condemnation online. The TikToker said: "Dear MAGA Lord Jesus, please let her end up with a hole in her throat that she has to push every time she speaks..."

May 29, 2026
Tourists ride bicycles near the Lincoln Memorial, as a blue protective coating as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, is seen in the background, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Washington. The Washington Monument stands in he background. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

40 things to do in Washington, D.C. this weekend: May 29-31

Washington closes out May with a busy weekend of baseball, live music, theater and museum-hopping. From Kid Cudi and Jazz in the Garden to Nationals baseball, Washington Spirit soccer and blockbuster Smithsonian exhibitions, there are plenty of reasons to get out and explore the city.

May 29, 2026
FILE - An American Airlines American Eagle jet flies past the air traffic control tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Nov. 8, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)

American Airlines pushes elites to buy first class as free upgrade era fades

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom is making no secret of where the carrier stands on complimentary upgrades: The airline would rather sell first-class seats than hand them to frequent flyers for free, a strategy that is reshaping the value of AAdvantage elite status for millions of loyal customers.

May 29, 2026
Florida Highway Patrol Sergeant Steve Gaskins walks near the peak at the southbound lanes of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Fla. where the new suicide prevention barrier has been completed. For decades, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge has been one of Tampa Bay’s most iconic landmarks. But the 190 foot-high peak has also drawn hundreds of people wanting to take their own life. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP) **FILE**

Florida troopers net 249 in multi-agency immigration sweep

Florida Highway Patrol teamed up with five federal, state and local agencies this month for a three-day immigration enforcement operation along South Florida highways that resulted in 249 arrests and transfers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

May 29, 2026