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Many of the most successful movies over the past few months have been driven by female ticket buyers.

The Housemaid and Wicked for Good have performed better than some films aimed more towards men.

NPR's Netta Ulaby has more.

French sex symbol Brigitte Bardot died today at her home in southern France.

She appeared in more than two dozen films and later became an animal rights activist.

Here's how she viewed her career in a BBC interview, heard here through an interpreter.

Brigette Bardot was 91.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

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President Trump is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this afternoon in Florida.

Zelensky has said they'll discuss trying to find an end to the Russian war in Ukraine.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.

President Trump posted on social media today that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone in advance of his meeting with Zelensky.

He called it a good and very productive call.

The president is to meet tomorrow at Mar-a-Lago with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

They're to discuss the next step in the war with Hamas in Gaza.

Trump's 20-point peace plan is still in its first phase.

President Trump wants to move to the next step.

Nimrod Novik served as an advisor to the late Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.