内容摘要：A customer looks at geoducks from Canada at a restaurant in Sanya in southern China’s Hainan province on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A customer looks at geoducks from Canada at a restaurant in Sanya in southern China’s Hainan province on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

“What deranged maniac would create something like this?” asks the head of the Galactic Federation about Stitch but they could easily refer to whoever at Disney green-lit this lazy cash grab that assumes we won’t remember the original, wastes the comic zip of Zach Galifianakis and Billy Magnussen and product-places Capri Sun.Screenwriters Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes are credited with the new story but it’s built on the work of the original’s Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, right down to swiping whole chunks of dialogue, the same structure and same characters.

Disney’s live-action remakes/re-imaginings have been a staple for more than a decade, with titles raided again including “The Little Mermaid,”“The Jungle Book,” “Mulan,” “Dumbo,” “Pinocchio” andHere’s hoping “Lilo & Stitch” convinces the studio to generate some new stories.

Our heroine here is Lilo, a 6-year-old lonely Native Hawaiian girl who is shunned and bullied by her peers. She shoves back, pouts and adores Elvis. She is played winsomely by Maia Kealoha. “Am I bad?” Lilo asks her sister. The reply: “You’re not bad. You just do bad things sometimes.”This image shows Maia Kealoha, left, and Sydney Agudong in a still from the film “Lilo & Stitch.” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures via AP)

This image shows Maia Kealoha, left, and Sydney Agudong in a still from the film “Lilo & Stitch.” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures via AP)

artfully plays her older sister and mother figure, trying to keep the siblings afloat after the death of their parents. The filmmakers have beefed up the older sister’s story with her yearning to be a marine biologist. Agudong proves a soulful sister, playing a ukulele, singing and surfing.Edmonton, which evened the series, hosts Game 3 on Sunday.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks hired Jeff Blashill on Thursday, giving him a second chance to prove himself as a head coach in the NHL.Blashill, a 51-year-old Michigan native, coached the Detroit Red Wings for seven seasons. He

after the team went 32-40-10 during the 2021-22 season.While Blashill had an underwhelming stay with Detroit, finishing with a 204-261-72 record, he has a player development background that likely was appealing for the rebuilding Blackhawks. He has coached in the AHL and USHL, along with the college ranks.