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German woman returns ancient Greek relic — 50 years later.

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The movie’s stiff Spider Woman set pieces are a relic of the ’90s musical that put Chita Rivera in a massive web.

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The snobbish sommelier is a relic from the past—a figure from a less-enlightened time in wine.

At a time when consensus feels like a relic of another era, one issue has managed to unite policymakers across the ideological spectrum: kids and smartphones.

It’s easy to imagine Hollywood one day making an apocalyptic film that features the abandoned landscape with only these museum relics still standing — and “Split-Rocker” erupting in explosive, unkempt flowers.

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