Friday’s folio
July 26 — France’s high-speed rail network was hit by a series of suspected coordinated arson attacks overnight. Officials say 800,000 customers are impacted, just hours before the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, which begins at 1:30 p.m. ET (NBC, Peacock). Athletes from more than 200 countries will float down the Seine River on over 90 boats.
☁️ Cloudy and 87° today. Keep the umbrella handy this weekend for possible showers.
🗳️ Vice President, and presumptive Democratic nominee for president, Kamala Harris will be in Atlanta on Tuesday for a campaign event.
📖 After bipartisan backlash, Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods reversed course and said state funds could still be used for AP African American studies courses.
🚲 Atlanta Streets Alive returns Sunday from 1-5 p.m. along Peachtree Street from Midtown to Downtown.
🚌 Fulton County Schools will host back-to-school events tomorrow at Riverwood High School in Sandy Springs and Banneker High in Union City.
🐔 The Chick-fil-A on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs has reopened in a new building with a double drive-thru.
🎸 Spin Doctors will headline the second annual Blue Stone Arts & Music Festival on Sept. 27-28.
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🗣️ Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.
🚨 Federal law enforcement officials arrested Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of famed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in El Paso, TX.
🪧 Hollywood’s video game performers voted to go on strike starting today over concerns about AI in the industry.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Flex living at Ponce
• Film review: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
• The Sports Section
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• Top Stories of the Week
Have a good weekend,
Collin & Sammie
🍅 Tomato lovers and food enthusiasts! Join us for the 13th year of Georgia Organics’ Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival on Sun., July 28 from 3-6 p.m. at Westside Motor Lounge! Celebrate the tomato in a carnival of flavor and a feast of the senses in a fun-filled day you won’t forget. Learn more here.
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1. Scout Living at Ponce City Market now taking reservations
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2. ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ can’t succeed on its own terms
WEEKLY FILM REVIEW | BY SAMMIE PURCELL
🍿 Since his first standalone film in 2016, Deadpool has taken the attitude of “who cares” and run with it, breaking the fourth wall to make fun of everything under the sun, including and especially superhero movies.
The whole endeavor is really a stroke of evil genius on Ryan Reynolds’ and the rest of the creators’ part. They’ve created a movie world where Deadpool can crack jokes about the Marvel Cinematic Universe as he desperately tries to become an Avenger, a world where they can poke fun at the mainstream while still sitting comfortably within its ranks. It’s modern nerd movie culture in a nutshell – an inability to accept the thing you love is now at the height of popularity.
By design, there’s a lot of this sort of irony baked into “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the newest installment in the “Deadpool” world. But the movie is also trying to do something a little more earnest than its predecessors, making a case for the importance of caring about those who have been discarded and forgotten. That storyline rests on the shoulders of the second half of the film’s title, and Hugh Jackman’s reprisal of the Wolverine character is nothing to scoff at. But “Deadpool & Wolverine” banks on your connection to all of the movies that came before it, a cobbled-together mess of emotional cash-ins and references. Will it make you laugh sometimes? Sure. But a good movie needs to exist on its own terms.
🦸♂️ Read Sammie’s full review here.
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3. Professional Bull Riders and the last Atlanta Open
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🥇 The Olympics are here! The quadrennial event returns to Paris exactly 100 years after the last time it was hosted in the city. Here’s a list of athletes from Georgia. (TV: NBC)
🇺🇸 Atlanta native Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic Team at today’s opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
🐂 Gas South Arena is hosting Georgia’s first Professional Bull Riders event this weekend.
⚾ The Braves lost their fifth game in a row last night as the Mets won 3-2 in 10 innings. The teams play again tonight at Citi Field at 7:10 p.m. (TV: Bally)
⚽ Atlanta United faces D.C. United in a League Cup match tonight at Mercedes-Benz at 8 p.m. (TV: Apple TV+)
🏈 Atlanta Falcons training camp kicked off today and the team will host two open practices, including at Seckinger High School tomorrow.
🏎️ After significant drama at the Hungary Grand Prix last weekend, the drivers will look to focus on driving at the famous Spa track in the Belgium Grand Prix on Sunday at 9 a.m. (TV: ESPN+)
🎾 The Atlanta Open continues this weekend. Check out our coverage here.
🍅 Tomato lovers and food enthusiasts! Join us for the 13th year of Georgia Organics’ Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival on Sun., July 28 from 3-6 p.m. at Westside Motor Lounge! Celebrate the tomato in a carnival of flavor and a feast of the senses in a fun-filled day you won’t forget. Learn more here.
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4. Top Stories of the Week
A look back at this week’s most-read stories from our website.
① Sage Woodfire Tavern closes fifth location in Dunwoody
② Delta recovers from IT glitch as lawmakers promise oversight
③ Sprinkling salt on your watermelon isn’t just a Southern thing
④ Why NFA Burger regular Toni Williams doesn’t gatekeep her favorite restaurants (pictured)
⑤ Cosm immersive entertainment venue coming to Centennial Yards
💭 Test your knowledge of the week’s news in tomorrow’s News Quiz. Keep an eye out for our email at 8 a.m. or bookmark this page!
