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When a group of amateur investors rallied around the stock for GameStop back in 2021, the story blew up the internet. News outlets around the world, including us here at Planet Money, rushed in to explain why the stock for this retail video game company was suddenly skyrocketing, at times by as much as 1700% in value, and what that meant for the rest of us.

"Based on a true story"

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Harrison Ford in The Fugitive. PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive / Alamy Stock Photo hide caption

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Ashes were thrown at Pink, Bebe Rexha was hit by a cellphone and many fans watch concerts through screens. YouTuber Tiffany Ferguson theorizes what's behind all the bad concert behavior. Jacques Demarthon/ AFP; Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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A screenshot from the premiere of The Joy of Painting shows the painter Bob Ross with the work, A Walk in the Woods, which is up for sale. YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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This rare Bob Ross painting could be yours — for close to $10 million

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Sinclair Daniel and Ashleigh Murray in The Other Black Girl. Hulu hide caption

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Other people just going about their lives in public are not fodder for your social media. Let's think a little harder about the etiquette of putting pictures and videos of strangers up online. Delmaine Donson/Getty Images hide caption

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The Fall movies, TV and music we can't wait for

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A pug reacts to the camera on the first day of the Festival of Dogs weekend at Castle Howard on May 21, 2022 in York, England. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images hide caption

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Wouldn't it be great if pets could talk? This might be the next best thing

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On 'GUTS', Olivia Rodrigo is more than the sum of her influences

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When the home that was featured — at least its outside — on The Brady Bunch went on the market, buyer Tina Trahan reportedly told her agent she was "obsessed" with the single-story, mid century ranch style house. PG/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images hide caption

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Beyoncé performs onstage during her Renaissance World Tour at PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. Kevin Mazur /WireImage for Parkwood / Getty Images hide caption

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Jimmy Fallon hosts the The Tonight Show in March 2023. Todd Owyoung/NBC hide caption

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This 1:24 scale miniature was used to film pivotal scenes from the first Star Wars film. It's now at the center of a auction of items collected over decades by Greg Jein, a master model-builder for film and TV. Heritage Auctions hide caption

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Some of the celebrity couples who have announced their splits in recent months include (L-R): Billy Porter and Adam Smith, Britney Spears and Sam Asghari and Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner. Rich Fury/Kevin Winter/Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption

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Nia Vardalos stars as Toula and John Corbett stars as Ian in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. Focus Features hide caption

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