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Forward Kawhi Leonard expected to re-sign with Los Angeles Clippers in free agency

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Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard is expected to re-sign with the team in free agency this summer.
According to reports, both the Clippers and other teams within the NBA expect Leonard to stay put. The All-Star has a $36 million player option for the 2021-22 season but will opt out in favor of signing a long-term contract.

Now that Leonard has opted out, he can either sign a one-year deal worth $39.3 million in order to give the Clippers full Bird rights starting in 2022-23 and allowing them to offer him a max five-year deal in the summer of 2022. He could also sign long-term with LA now, though the Clippers can only offer a four-year deal with the early Bird rights they hold. Free agency officially begins Monday, Aug. 2, at 3 p.m.

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Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury set to play for Blackhawks this season

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Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has informed the Chicago Blackhawks that he will play for the team during the 2021-22 season after being acquired in a trade last week. The 36-year-old Fleury has one year remaining on his current contract with a salary cap hit of $7 million for this season.

After spending the past four seasons with The Golden Knights traded Fleury to Chicago last week after spending four seasons there, however rumors circulated that Fleury would not want to play for Chicago because he did not want to leave Vegas and uproot his family again at this stage of his career. Fleury, the 2020-21 Vezina Trophy winner, said that he needed to take some time to consider his future, after having found out he was traded on Twitter.

Along with Fleury, Chicago has also added Seth Jones, Tyler Johnson, Jake McCabe, and Caleb Jones to its roster this offseason, and should be getting captain Jonathan Toews back after he missed the entire 2020-21 season.

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Check out the trailer for Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” featuring Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short

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Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short investigate a strange killing in the new trailer for Only Murders in the Building, a new series premiering August 31st on Hulu.

Set in a swanky apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the show stars Martin, Gomez, and Short as three strangers who come together after one of their neighbors is killed. Along with trying to investigate the crime, the trio also decides to document their efforts in their own true-crime podcast.

The trailer teases an absolutely ridiculous investigation that includes Martin’s character trying to photograph his neighbors by capturing them in the background of his incredibly conspicuous selfies, and Short instructing a distraught tenant to enunciate better for the podcast. Sting even makes a cameo as a prime suspect, prompting Gomez’s character to quip, “The guy from U2?”

Martin co-created and wrote Only Murders in the Building with John Hoffman. The series will premiere with the first three episodes, with new episodes arriving every Tuesday after that.

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“Jungle Cruise” tops North American box office in opening weekend with $34M

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Disney’s fantasy adventure film “Jungle Cruise” was the No. 1 movie at the North American box office with a three-day estimate of 34.18 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend. The film also earned 30 million dollars worldwide in Disney Plus Premier Access. Disney+ subscribers in the United States have the option to pay an additional, one-time 29.99 dollars fee to watch the film.

Coming in at No. 2 is The Green Knight with $6.8 million, followed by Old at No. 3 with $6.7 million, Black Widow at No. 4 with $6.4 million and Stillwater at No. 5 with $5.1 million.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, “Jungle Cruise” stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and follows a wisecracking skipper and an intrepid researcher on a quest to discover an ancient healing tree deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle. The film is inspired by Disney’s theme park attraction of the same name. At the international box office, the film brought in 27.6 million dollars from 47 markets.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/08/01/jungle-cruise-tops-box-office-34-million-despite-covid-concerns/5449140001/

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Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars drop their new Silk Sonic track ‘Skate’

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, who comprise the duo ‘Silk Sonic,’ have dropped their new single titled ‘Skate,’ the second single from the pair following ‘Leave the Door Open’.

In the accompanying music video, directed by Mars himself, a red car with an invitation to a “summertime jam” appears. The video was co-directed by Florent Dechard and Philippe Tayag.

Watch the video for ‘Skate’ at the link- here.

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Take your first look at Lady Gaga in the “House of Gucci” trailer

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The official trailer for the upcoming true-crime drama ‘House of Gucci,’ starring Lady Gaga, has been released.

The Ridley Scott-directed film is centered around the iconic Italian fashion family, and Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani, who orchestrates the murder of then-husband Maurizio Gucci, played by Adam Driver. The real Reggiani, who earned the nickname “Black Widow,” was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 1995 killing. She was released in 2016.

‘House of Gucci’ is based on the 2001 book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, written by Sara Gay Forden. Along with Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, the film also stars Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, and Salma Hayek.

‘House of Gucci’ hits theaters on Nov. 24. Take a look at the trailer for the film – here.

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