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It’s a question so simple we can believe we haven’t asked ourselves before: Who is better, Tom Cruise or Ben Affleck? One of them, Affleck, dominated the box office last weekend with The Accountant. The other, Cruise (obvi), has a big weekend ahead with the release of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Both have had their tabloid ups and downs. Both have had careers that slalomed between popcorn movies and credibility pictures. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome to the Donald Trump show! Tonight, the Trump campaign is kicking off a show that will air on the candidate’s Facebook page every night at 6:30pm ET via Facebook Live from the campaign war room at Trump Tower. The show will be hosted by Boris Epshteyn, a senior adviser to the campaign, Tomi Lahren, a conservative commentator for Glen Beck’s TheBlaze, and Cliff Sims, another Trump adviser. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If the galaxy far, far away had Twitter (it doesn't, right?) and that universe tweeted about the movies made there, it would be filled with nothing but 🔥 and 💯 emojis considering all the Star Wars news that's come out recently. First, we got updates on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: Episode VIII. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nintendo's next console is almost here. Nintendo Switch, previously codenamed NX and announced this morning, is on track to release in March 2017. When it's out, your home and portable play will be combined into one unit: Switch is a tablet with detachable controllers that can dock with your TV, playing its games anywhere. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The fall of Zenefits was swift. In mid-November, The Wall Street Journal reported that the human resources startup had fallen behind on its revenue targets. Two weeks later, BuzzFeed revealed that the startup's salespeople sold insurance in states where they weren't properly licensed, with some of them faking their online training requirements. By February, its founder, a former media golden boy named Parker Conrad, resigned as both CEO and director. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's just about judgement day for Volkswagen, which has admitted rigging its diesels to spew more pollution than the law allows. Tuesday, US District Judge Charles Breyer will decide whether to approve the $15 billion settlement VW struck with the Department of Justice. But some worry the agreement could harm the electric car industry it is meant to promote. The settlement, covering 2.0-liter diesel cars sold in the US, addresses three points. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Evan has a habit. He's not ashamed of it, but he doesn't want to reveal too much about himself, lest his colleagues learn how he's spending so much of his time. Like so many others, the middle-age software developer can't look away from the presidential election. But his fixation takes a particular form: with every browser refresh, he hopes math will reveal the future. Evan is a poll obsessive, FiveThirtyEight strain-a subspecies I recognize because I'm one of them, too. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Amid a seemingly incessant deluge of leaks and hacks, Washington, DC staffers have learned to imagine how even the most benign email would look a week later on the homepage of a secret-spilling outfit like WikiLeaks or DCLeaks. In many cases, they've stopped emailing altogether, deleted accounts, and reconsidered dumbphones. Julian Assange-or at least, a ten-years-younger and more innocent Assange-would say he's already won. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Here's a phrase we never thought would be true: Bob Dylan has won a Nobel Prize in Literature. Yes, the legendary folk-rock singer-songwriter has added to his apostrophe stash with "Nobel-Prize-winning," thanks to garnering an honor typically given to the likes of T.S. Eliot, Toni Morrison, and other internationally acclaimed novelists everyone likes to say they read. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Alexa can already order you an Uber, control your smart home devices, and keep you company. She's about to learn much better DJ skills, save you six bucks a month on streaming music, and possibly even change the way you listen to music in your house. Amazon Music Unlimited, a beefed-up subscription service built to compete with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, launches today. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices