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The week’s hottest reads

Top 50 on our Best-Selling Books list. 2D

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IN LIFE

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LIFELINE

For the week ending 10/26

Truth Hurts,Lizzo

Senorita, Shawn Mendes & Camila

Cabello

Someone You Loved,Lewis Capaldi

Circles, Post Malone

No Guidance,Chris Brown ft. Drake

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LOS ANGELES – For a Hollywood superstar who has spent dec-

ades in the public eye, including two terms as the Republican Gov-

ernor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger clearly loves to sur-

prise.zJust ask him about his passion for drapes, as revealed by

his Terminatorkilling machine during “Terminator: Dark Fate”

(opening Friday), Schwarzenegger’s fifth appearance in 35-year-

old action-franchise. The 6-foot-2-inch former Mr. Universe body-

builder gleefully insists that the evolved Terminator’s love of inte-

rior design is taken from his own life.

“My horoscope is a Leo. But my

rising sign is Cancer,” Schwarzeneg-

ger explains with a straight face, be-

fore acknowledging, as laughter

erupts in a Four Seasons hotel suite,

how odd it sounds coming from him.

“It sounds funny, huh? But they

knew about my passion for decorat-

ing, beauty and artsy stuff.”

This love was initially a surprise

to “Dark Fate” director Tim Miller,

who allowed Schwarzenegger to im-

provise his Terminator’s riff on style.

“Arnold is an enigma wrapped in a

mystery,” Miller says. “Yet, he’s so

forthcoming too.”

MOVIES

Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals so much more of himself, returning in

“Terminator: Dark Fate.” ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY

Schwarzenegger

has designs to

reveal soft side

‘Dark Fate’ character echoes his life

Bryan Alexander USA TODAY

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton reunite in “Terminator: Dark

Fate.” KERRY BROWN/PARAMOUNT

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The Overlook Hotel is still plenty

creepy, as is the crusty naked ghost la-

dy in Room 217. But the adaptation of

Stephen King‘s “Doctor Sleep” is more

likely to keep you awake at night with

the fresher stuff than the retreads.

A sequel to “The Shining”– which

finds a middle ground between King’s

original 1977 novel and Stanley Ku-

brick’s seminal1980 movie – “Doctor

Sleep” (eeeE; rated R; in theaters

Nov. 8) catches up with Danny Tor-

rance (Ewan McGregor) decades after

his crazed dad tried to kill him at their

horrifyingly spooky Colorado lodging.

But while its predecessor was about

addiction, writer/director Mike Flana-

gan’s follow-up interestingly exam-

ines the recovery and redemption of a

haunted man. That is, when it’s not

trying to scare the pants off you with a

family of hippie psychic vampires and

their villainous matriarch.

While Danny physically survived

the trauma of the Overlook, he didn’t

escape the phantoms that still want to

consume his psychic powers, or

“shine.” He finds a way to lock them

away, but spends decades trying to

suppress his abilities using drugs and

alcohol. The adult Dan winds up in

New Hampshire, gets sober with the

help of a friend (Cliff Curtis) and

works at a hospice, where he’s able to

use his shine to help terminal patients

die comfortably, thus earning the

nickname “Doctor Sleep”.

During this time, Dan is also con-

tacted psychically by Abra Stone (Ky-

liegh Curran), a young girl with a

stronger shine who reaches out to

form a bond with someone like her.

But Abra enlists his help after shepsy-

chically feels the brutal murder of a

boy with similar abilities by a shady,

ancient troupe known as the True

Knot. Led by the enigmatic Rose the

Hat (Rebecca Ferguson), they remain

semi-immortal by feeding off the psy-

chic essence of children like Abra.

(Rose’s recruitment mantra is “Live

long, stay young, eat well.”) And when

Abra surfaces on their radar, Dan be-

comes involved in a cross-country

cat-and-mouse chase that culminates

in a snowy, bring-your-own-axshow-

down at the Overlook.

McGregor doesn’t always get props,

but he’s a sneakily good actor, and he’s

great portraying the “Shining” trauma

made real in Dan’s grownup existence.

There’s a reluctant heroism, too, that

MOVIE REVIEW

Good

‘Doctor’

revisits

‘Shining’

scares

Brian Truitt

Columnist

USA TODAY

As an adult, Dan Torrance (Ewan

McGregor) is still haunted in “Doctor

Sleep.”JESSICA MIGLIO

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When you're moving too fast
and you doing too much, some-
times you can't see the things that
you're meant to see. But after my
accident, I see things differently. I see
life from a whole new perspective. My
appreciation for life is through the
roof.” – Kevin Hart said in a video
shared to Instagram late Tuesday
night showing his recovery from a
Sept. 1 car crash in Malibu, California.

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THEY SAID WHAT?
THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES

Superstar singer Taylor Swift will
receive the artist of the decade
award at the American Music Awards
next month. Dick Clark Productions
announced Wednesday that Swift will
be honored during an ABC live tele-
cast on Nov. 24 at the Microsoft
Theater in Los Angeles. To celebrate
her career, Swift also is expected to
hit the stage to perform some of her
biggest hits.

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