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The world’s biggest passenger airliners—many of which had been earmarked for the scrapyard—are being brought back into service as carriers rush to restore long-haul air travel.Aircraft lessors said airlines are clamoring for their once-parked fleets of big jets, which typically each ferry hundreds of passengers on long-distance routes. The demand is limiting availability and pushing up the prices of rentals.  The wait for new aircraft, meanwhile, stretches for years. Sought-after wide-body planes, which contain seats…

Photo: Ron Batzdorff/NBCQuantum Leap—a reboot/sequel of the 1990s sci-fi series about a scientist trapped in time, temporarily “leaping” into other people and helping them solve problems along the way—has been a success for NBC, so much so that the network extended its order for the show’s first season. Now that the first eight episodes have aired, including last Sunday’s fall finale, the show goes on hiatus until January 2, returning with 10 more episodes following the decade-hopping adventures of Dr. Ben Song (Raymond…

Image: Gideon Kendall/Z2 ComicsWeird Al’s up to a lot lately, especially with the arrival of the Daniel Radcliffe-starring biographical sendup Weird: The Al Yankovic Story on Roku today. But the musician is also dipping into the world of comics with a superstar team up trawling through the lyrics of his musical history, and we’ve got a sneak peek.Z2 Comics’ The Illustrated Al, penned by Yankovic, takes a visual trip through over 20 of Yankovic’s classic songs in an audacious anthology that takes Weird Al’s most weird…

Noah Centineo and Quintessa Swindell as Atom Smasher and Cyclone in Black Adam.Image: Warner Bros.“I’d like to punch Aquaman in his face.” That’s Noah Centineo, one of the stars of this week’s mega DC film Black Adam, when asked which DC hero he’d like to share the screen with. His co-star, Quintessa Swindell, said Rorschach from the Watchmen, and those two answers, different as they may be, tell you so much about the young actors.In Black Adam, Centineo and Swindell play Atom Smasher and Cyclone, two members of the…