Ozempic. It’s been touted as a miracle drug, used endlessly as a Hollywood punchline, and become the impetus for almost $5 billion in sales for pharmaceutical companies in 2023 alone. Since its release in 2017, the injectable weight loss medication and others in its class have revolutionized the landscape of …
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The first “Parental Advisory” album Metro Boomin ever owned was Nelly’s Country Grammar, which helped define hip-hop’s St. Louis sound in 2000. His mom bought it for him. That record infused in Metro a great love of and pride in his hometown of St. Louis. Of course, he already loved …
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Bittersweet goodbyes are in order for fans of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows. The popular vampire mockumentary series will come to an end with its sixth season, which is set to begin production in January, according to Vulture. What We Do in the Shadows first premiered in 2019 …
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The Colorado Supreme Court ejected former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he had engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. “A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment …
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At her Saturday night performance of the Celebration Tour, Madonna spotted Andy Cohen in the audience at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “If you say one more bad thing about me on your show, you’re gonna get in so much trouble,” Madonna joked from the stage. “You little troublemaking queen!” Cohen …
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S mack in the center of Paris’ Trocadéro esplanade stands 21 Savage, face-to-face with the Eiffel Tower for the first time. It glows in the distance, across the Seine river, as a light rain falls and dusk settles around us. He’s flanked by four security guards, all dressed in black …
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Do you like the Star Wars franchise? How about the new version of Dune? And what about Avatar, The Matrix, Starship Troopers, Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones? And also: Westerns, samurai movies, Inglourious Basterds, ancient mythology (Greek, Roman, and a smattering of Eastern), the Dungeons & Dragons …
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An Oscar-winning actress and lifestyle entrepreneur collides with a retired optometrist on a Utah ski slope. The optometrist sues, claiming a life-altering brain injury. Not so fast, says the starlet; it was his fault, and she countersues, seeking damages of… one dollar. The media, not surprisingly, laps it up, covering …
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Justice Clarence Thomas once told a member of Congress that “one or more justices will leave [the court] soon” if lawmakers did not raise their salaries, ProPublica reports. At the time, Thomas was taking on large amounts of debt to finance his lifestyle, and would soon begin cultivating financially beneficial …
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Republicans are excusing Donald Trump after the former president channeled Hitler and accused immigrants of “poisoning the blood of our country.” On Saturday, Trump addressed a crowd of supporters in Durham, New Hampshire. During one of his rants on immigration, Trump declared that migrants are “poisoning the blood of our …
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