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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:

• Sorry, haters: The new female-centric "Ghostbusters" just got a powerful new ally — Dan Aykroyd, star and co-writer of the original, who saw a test screening and wrote that "it has more laughs and more scares than the first 2 films." [Entertainment Weekly]

• Dwayne Johnson has signed on to play pulp-fiction hero Doc Savage, "The Man of Bronze," in a new action movie to be directed by Shane Black ("The Nice Guys," "Iron Man 3"). [The Huffington Post]

• "X-Men: Apocalypse" earned $80 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, while "Alice Through the Looking Glass" underperformed with $34.1 million. [Box Office Mojo]