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“As a result of that and that I have a direct family history, I get screened every three years with colonoscopies and that is something I talk about on the radio — the importance of screenings,” he says.

Instead, the final five included a surprise entry: Andrea Riseborough, star of the little-seen independent film “To Leslie,” which benefited from an intense effort by high-profile celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Kate Winslet and Edward Norton to praise and host private screenings of the film.

There aren’t any completely free movie screenings at the major cinema chains, but older adults can find discounts at most of them, including Cinemark theaters, where “senior day” tickets can be as low as $5 for people 62 and older.

There are also plenty of film screenings at senior centers and, of course, since this is the city of cinema, there are free screenings all over the city at any given time.

Excluding skin cancers, colorectal is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States, but the rate of people being diagnosed with it has dropped overall since the mid-1980s, mostly due to early screenings and reducing lifestyle-related risk factors, the society said.