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Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see.

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San Diego band Slacker talks about friendship, growing up and the inspiration behind their surprisingly intimate rock songs. Hear their special performance from KPBS and a post-show interview where they share the stories behind their music and upcoming debut album.

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Mall-o-Ween Returns to Mershops North County Mall for a Spooktacular Celebration! October 13— Mershops North County Mall invites families from across North County to celebrate the return of its annual Mall-o-Ween celebration on Saturday, October 25, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. This beloved community event promises a frightfully fun afternoon filled with candy, costumes, crafts, and more—all conveniently indoors and perfect for all ages! Guests are encouraged to come dressed in their Halloween best and enjoy: - Costume Contest in Center Court with prizes for standout looks - Spin-to-Win Giveaways for a chance to snag fun surprises - Crafting Stations for kids to create their own spooky masterpieces - Trick-or-Treating at participating stores throughout the mall “We’re thrilled to bring back Mall-o-Ween as a safe, family-friendly Halloween tradition,” said Nicole Shaw, Marketing Director at Mershops North County Mall. “It’s one of our favorite ways to see our community come together, kids in costumes, parents having fun, and stores joining in the spirit of the season.” The event is free and open to the public, offering a ghoulishly good time for children and families to celebrate Halloween in a safe, festive environment. Event Details: Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025 Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Location: Mershops North County Mall, 272 E Via Rancho Pkwy, Escondido, CA About Mershops North County Mall Mershops North County Mall is North County’s premier shopping, dining, and entertainment destination, located in the heart of Escondido, California. The center features a dynamic mix of national and local restaurants and family-friendly experiences all in a vibrant, indoor environment. Dedicated to serving as a community hub, Mershops North County Mall regularly hosts engaging events, seasonal celebrations, and partnerships that bring people together. For more information, visit https://www.northcountymall.com/ or follow @northcountymall on social media.

When a young boy decides to run away from home with his beloved pet duck Mr. Quack Quack, the two find themselves lost in a strange world filled with singing anthropomorphic blue apes and cannibal crocodiles, deadly booby traps, and psychedelic hellscapes. Shot in Malaysia by veteran sexploitation filmmaker Donn Greer (101 ACTS OF LOVE), THE RARE BLUE APES OF CANNIBAL ISLE is a singularly bizarre “kid’s film” that’s ready to inspire nightmares yet again after being lost for nearly 50 years. Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

Presented as part of AMONG FRIENDS – UNTER FREUNDEN, a campaign of the Goethe-Institut USA to celebrate and strengthen transatlantic friendship. Summer 1990, Halberstadt, East Germany: The Berlin Wall has fallen, and the country is filled with uncertainty over what lies ahead. In a major step toward reunification, East German Marks can be exchanged for West German ones at a rate of two to one, giving citizens mere days to exchange their currency before the old bank notes become worthless. When three friends, Maren (Sandra Hüller), Robert (Max Riemelt), and Volker (Ronald Zehrfeld), stumble upon the vault near Halberstadt, where the old notes are being stored, they stuff their backpacks full of cash and hatch an intricate plan to put the soon-to-be worthless money into circulation. The group’s plan seems fool-proof until notes that never existed in the GDR begin to circulate. Writer-director Natja Brunckhorst spins the real events behind the “treasure of Halberstadt” into a crowd-pleasing tragicomedy adventure blending comedy, reflections on friendship, societal resilience, and community. Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi is part of this growing profession and is hired to go undercover and break up affairs by any means necessary; a “mistress dispeller.” Offering strikingly intimate access to a real, unfolding love triangle, "Mistress Dispeller" documents all sides of what is usually kept behind closed doors. As Teacher Wang attempts to bring a couple back from the edge of crisis, sympathies shift between husband, wife and mistress while emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms collide in this spellbinding look at modern love. Visit: 'Mistress Dispeller' Digital Gym CINEMA on Instagram and Facebook

What happens when a young and curious filmmaker challenges his creativity with the limitless possibilities of a fake A.I.? A surprising mix of various stories, from new and old times, about the original myth of Dracula: a vampire hunt, zombies and Dracula crashing a strike, a science-fiction tale about Vlad the Impaler’s return, an adaptation of the first Romanian vampires novella, a tragic romance, a vulgar folktale, A.I. generated kitsch stories… and much more! Visit: "Dracula" Digital Gym CINEMA on Instagram and Facebook

The photographer Peter Hujar, whose images exist in an important lineage and dialogue with the work of groundbreaking gay artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and David Wojnarowicz, forms the center of the latest movie by fearless independent American filmmaker Ira Sachs ("Passages"). Based on rediscovered transcripts from an unused 1974 interview by nonfiction writer Linda Rosenkrantz (played by Rebecca Hall), in which she asked Hujar (Ben Whishaw) to narrate the events of the previous day in minute detail, Sachs’s film is a mesmerizing time warp, an illustration of the life of the creative mind, the quotidian and the imaginative at once, fully and lovingly inhabited by its two brilliant actors. With this engrossing and wholly unexpected film, Sachs shuttles us back to a specific moment in New York queer cultural history and a still-influential art scene that lives on in words as much as images. Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram