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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 24-30: Aug. 24: Guitarist Mason Williams is 87. Singer Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites is 83. Actor Ann Archer is 78. Actor Joe Regalbuto (“Murphy Brown”) is 76. Actor Kevin Dunn (“Samantha Who?”) is 70.

LONDON (AP) — Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Weapons” scared its way to the top of the box office in its debut and managed to stay there during its second weekend, beating out “Freakier Friday” and newcomer “Nobody 2.

Nura Maznavi got a kick out of learning that New York City Muslim mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani met his wife on Hinge.

BAYEUX, France (AP) — For centuries, the storytelling masterpiece has been a source of wonder and fascination.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Greg Iles, the Mississippi author of the “Natchez Burning” trilogy and other works, has died. He was 65.

Tristan Rogers, who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC's “General Hospital,” died Friday, less than one month after he made a special appearance on the soap opera. He was 79.

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Amy Schumer, Howie Mandel and Debra Messing are among more than 1,000 entertainment figures who have signed an open letter condemning the Toronto International Film Festival for its handling of a film about the Hamas attacks in Israel.