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The 2026 Reader's Choice Awards Are Open: It's Time To Give Some Flowers
You asked. We listened. Well, technically, you nominated. Now it’s time to vote. The 2026 TCF Reader’s Choice Awards ballot is officially…
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The British Public Is to Blame for the U.K.’s Dysfunction
With Starmer out, the government has churned through seven prime ministers in ten years. The ‘system’ isn’t the only problem. Source link
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Jennifer Coolidge Puts a Modern Spin on the Bouffant Beehive
Jennifer Coolidge proved Paulette Bonafonté still adores a bouffant beehive at the “Elle World” prequel series premiere in New York on…
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Warner Bros. Announces ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Creator Feature Debut ‘Prehistoria’ and ‘Bad Fairies’ Additional Voice Cast
As Annecy Animation Festival attendees try to avoid the scorching sun as much as they can, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation turned up the…
Culture
Tom Gauld’s “Landscape Portrait”
For the cover of the June 29, 2026, issue, the British cartoonist Tom Gauld took inspiration from a visit to an exhibition of…
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What Science Knows About Grief
When I asked Shear about the biological aftermath of grief, she brought up two-person neuroscience, an emerging discipline that studies…
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The Curious Career of “the American Dream”
The American Dream has always had its skeptics, and not just among those who have been institutionally marginalized. Rags-to-riches…
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What’s the Point of Sex, Anyway?
The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.…
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Lush! Gavin and Stacey superfans buy Uncle Bryn's house
A couple from Banbury buy the Barry house which Rob Brydon's character called home through the show. Source link
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Socialism Is on the March
How the Democratic Socialists of America became the country’s fastest-growing political force. Source link
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Penélope Cruz Gives Matthieu Blazy’s Reworked Chanel Cap-toe Another Outing in Los Angeles
Penélope Cruz gave Matthieu Blazy’s reworked Chanel cap-toe another outing in Los Angeles on Saturday, attending a SAG-AFTRA Foundation…
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Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds
TL;DR Kapwing found 59% of TikTok videos shown to new accounts are AI slop, three times YouTube’s rate, with kids’ content the worst-hit…
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Three men die in White City building fire
The men were rescued from the single-storey building but died soon after, London Fire Brigade said. Source link
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‘Yugly’ Sells Wide Ahead of Annecy World Premiere, as nWave Team Enthuses at Quirky Characters, European CG With Heart (EXCLUSIVE)
For the third year in a row, the nWave team boarded the Eurostar from Brussels to its now well-established annual Annecy Animation…
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Why the Odyssey Keeps Defeating Filmmakers
Since the fifteenth century, most adaptations of Homer have taken the form of translation, which has never been easy. Homer wrote a very…
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'I got crushed': AI giants are funding ad wars in races across the country
WASHINGTON — In congressional races across the country, a new crop of super PACs is taking to the air with millions of dollars worth of…
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How Matthew Rhys Stays Hungry
Rhys and I chatted over Zoom while he was in Florence, Italy, on a “bit of a family outing” with Russell and their son. We discussed his…
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A Lonely Adolescent Summer, Set to “Bad Moon Rising”
Any time is a good time to grow up if you find what you love, but there was something special about coming to self-consciousness in the…
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Reese Witherspoon and the ‘Legally Blonde’ Cast Reunite in Mirrored Pumps, Strappy Sandals and Jelly Platforms
Twenty-five years later, Reese Witherspoon still knows exactly where to take Elle Woods pink. The actress led a reunion of “Legally…
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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies at 69 in plane crash near La Baule
TL;DR Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986 and led gaming peripherals maker Guillemot Corp, has died at 69 in a plane crash in…
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BBC sees destroyed villages in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon
The BBC has been given rare access to the part of southern Lebanon that is under Israeli occupation, as part of a humanitarian convoy of…
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Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Soars to $71 Million on Opening Day
Playtime is over. Or, actually, maybe it has just begun? Either way, “Toy Story 5” topped the box office charts on Friday. Disney and…
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Success Teaches More Than Failure Ever Will
I used to tell founders to swing the bat. Take the shot. Move. My view has sharpened over time. We learn far more from what works than…