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Pumpkin spice season favorite Hocus Pocus gets a sequel: It has a 38% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and was a box office flop when it was released in July 1993 — although that could be at least partially attributed to theHalloween movie being released in the middle of summer — but Hocus Pocus has since amassed somewhat of a cult following. Nearly 29 years later, the original film’s three stars — Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker — reprise their roles as a trio of witches for Hocus Pocus 2, which is available to stream on Disney+. The sequel sees the three witches accidentally summoned to modern-day Salem by three girls, and the film also serves as a prequel as it dives into the Sanderson sisters’ origin story.

⚽ In the English Premier League: Leicester City plays against Nottingham Forest at 9pm.

In Serie A, Verona plays against Udinese at 8:45pm.

Finally, Rayo Vallecano face Elche at 9pm in La Liga.

AFCON 2025 won’t be taking place in Guinea: CAF has reopened the bid to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after Guinea was stripped of its hosting rights due to inefficient infrastructure and facilities, the confederation said in a statement.

Could we come forward with a bid? We’ve been touting our sports infrastructure of late ahead of launching a bid to host the 2036 Olympics, and talk of a potential joint bid with Saudi Arabia and Greece for the 2030 World Cup. We’ve got AFCON form, having hosted the cup back in 2019.

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Amira Reda is singing popular songs from films and musical theater hits at Room Art Space tonight at 9pm.

Not a fan of colorful artwork? Lamasatt Art Gallery is hosting a Monochrome Exhibition, which features ink, lead and charcoal pieces. The exhibition ends tomorrow.

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DROPPING TOMORROW- Semiconductor chips are “the new oil”: Longtime Enterprise readers will know that semiconductors have been a hot topic for the past couple of years — and for good reason. The chips are critical components of most electronic devices, from smartphones to medical equipment and weapons. Economic historian Chris Miller’s Chip War offers an intriguing account of the events that led to the US perfecting chip design, how faster chips contributed to the US defeating the Soviet Union, and how the US’ role as the world’s leading superpower is tied to computer chips. The US is now ramping up domestic production of semiconductor computer chips, following a global shortage created by the pandemic, with much of the world’s chip manufacturing coming out of Taiwan, Korea, and Europe. Taiwan alone accounts for 37% of global chip supply. China, which is heavily reliant on foreign chips and now spends more on chips than oil, has made production of silicon chips a national priority but is struggling to catch up with Taiwan. Likening semiconductors to oil as a “critical resource,” Miller anticipates an upcoming battle over semiconductors.