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Nichelle Nichols, the beloved Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ is living with dementia and struggling financially. Three parties fight to control her fate.

Anaheim, CA - December 12, 2019: Pop Comics in Center Street Promenade in Anaheim, California, is a comic book wonderland. Pop comics is located at 203 W. Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA. (Ana Venegas / For The Times)

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Review: James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ proves there’s life after ‘Suicide Squad’

Less a sequel than a do-over, this supervillain extravaganza is the latest, goriest and flat-out weirdest emission from the DC Extended Universe.

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