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Now that’s winning one for “The Gipper” — the late actor and President Ronald Reagan.

The film “Reagan” has surged to the top of the home sales charts following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on Nov. 5.

“Reagan” was listed as #2 on Amazon’s Best Sellers list overall Monday forDVD, Blu-ray and digital downloadsales.

It was listed No. 1 over the weekend, the movie’s publicist said.

The team that created “Reagan” cited similarities between the two Republicangiants and the synergies between Trump’s successfulcampaign and the movie that retells the lifestory of Reagan,a popular two-term president and previously a Hollywood actor.

Reagan earned the nickname the Gipper for his first big role as an actor portraying gravely ill football player George Gipp in the 1940 film classic Knute Rockne, All American. Gipp was in his hospital bed, when he asked coach Knute Rockne to have the team Win just one for the Gipper.

“First and foremost, Reagan believed in America and Americans. I believe Trump feels the same. Reagan was, and Trump is, willing to fight for what they believed was right,” “Reagan” screenwriter Howard Klausner told The Post. Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan in the 2024 film “Reagan.” Courtesy Everett Collection

Asked if the Reagan film will do well with home sales, he said, “I do. I believe people are just consuming the overwhelming majority of their filmed entertainment in the home now.”

Actor Robert Davi, who played Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev in the film and is a staunch Trump backer, said, “The film showed how Reagan was demonized just as Trump was.”

He said he was “elated” by Trump’s victory and was in Palm Beach with the president-elect for the victory celebration. Start your day with all you need to know

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“They were both red, white and blue. The difference is in literary style. Trump is like Hemingway and James Joyce, direct and stream of consciousness, Reagan had a more restrained, poetic style,” Davi said.

The film stars Dennis Quaid as Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller as first lady Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight as a KGB agent and Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, Reagans first wife. It first hit theaters just before Labor Day.

Mark Joseph, founder and CEO of MJM Entertainment Group, produced “Reagan.” President Ronald Reagan works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House as he prepares a speech on tax revision on May 24, 1985. AP

But there were complaints of liberal bias after only a few theaters in blue New York City and much of the metro region didnt screen the film.

“Reagan” also faced censorship from Meta, Facebooks parent company, which later admitted to the error of blocking promos for the film.

“Reagan” still reached $30 million in box office receipts, surpassing presidential biopics LBJ, Nixon and Oliver Stones “W” about former two-term GOP PresidentGeorge W. Bush., the publicist said.

Davi said the voters saw through efforts to censor Reagan and cancel Trump.

“New York and California are 98% propaganda wings for the Democratic party and they don’t want anything that hurts their agenda. As we saw with the election and with Elon Music taking over X, [Americans] realize the absolute vacant and subversiveness of the media industrial complex,” the conservative actor said.

“Many people that have seen the film have come up to me and said it was the best film they’ve ever seen. Random people at the supermarket.”

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A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in India, killing seven people on board.

The accident happened within minutes of the helicopter taking off, officials said, on what should have been a 10-minute flight.

The helicopter was flying to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, from Kedarnath temple town in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

It comes three days after an Air India flight crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in northwestern India, killing at least 270 people.

The helicopter, which was operated by private helicopter service Aryan Aviation, went down in a forested area several miles from the Kedarnath pilgrimage route at around 5.30am local time.

Officials said the crash was believed to have been caused by poor weather conditions.

Authorities say they have launched a search and rescue operation and are expected to review operational protocols for flights in the region.

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The dead include the pilot and pilgrims from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh and western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, according to officials. The bodies were badly burned in a fire that followed the crash, they said.

Smoke and debris at the crash site. Pic: Reuters
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Smoke and debris at the site. Pic: Reuters

Tens of thousands of pilgrims visit Kedarnath, which is home to one of the four most sacred Hindu temple shrines, each summer. Many use helicopter services due to the difficult mountainous terrain.

Helicopter mishaps are not uncommon in the region, where sudden weather changes and high-altitude flying conditions can pose risks.

Earlier this month, a helicopter operating in the Kedarnath Valley made an emergency landing shortly after taking off on a highway due to a technical fault. The pilot was injured but all five passengers on board were unharmed.

In May, a helicopter crashed in Uttarkashi district, killing six people, including the pilot. One person survived.

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Brazil ends crypto tax exemption, imposes 17.5% flat rate on gains

Brazil scraps crypto tax exemption for small traders, enforces flat 17.5% rate across all gains, including self-custody and offshore holdings.

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Ohtani blasts two HRs to halt 10-game drought

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani hit two homers in an 11-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night, emphatically ending the three-time MVP’s longest homer drought since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Ohtani led off the bottom of the first with his 24th homer, hammering Landen Roupp‘s fourth pitch 419 feet deep into the right-field bleachers with an exit velocity of 110.3 mph.

The slugger had been in a 10-game homer drought since June 2, going 10-for-40 in that stretch with no RBIs, although he still had an eight-game hitting streak during his power outage.

Ohtani led off the sixth with his 25th homer, sending Tristan Beck‘s breaking ball outside the strike zone into the bleachers in right. He also moved one homer behind the Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Seattle’s Cal Raleigh for the overall major league lead.

Dodgers fans brought him home with a standing ovation as Ohtani produced his third multihomer game of the season and the 22nd of his career.

Ohtani reached base four times and scored three runs in his first four at-bats, drawing two walks to go with his two homers.

Ohtani hadn’t played in 10 straight games without hitting a homer since 2023 in the final 10 games of his six-year tenure with the Los Angeles Angels.

Ohtani had slowed down a bit over the past two weeks after he was named the NL Player of the Month for May with a formidable performance, racking up 15 homers and 28 RBIs.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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