Month: July 2025

After a long, complicated slog toward Thursday’s FCC approval, Paramount Global and Skydance Media will now face a number of tricky questions in becoming one company. While the $8 billion-plus transaction will need a few more days to become official, several strategic dilemmas have already been percolating. Here are the biggest questions the new leadership
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Wednesday, July 23rd, at 5 pm in a keynote address to the White House “Winning the Race” AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump issued his AI Action Plan.  His Artificial Intelligence Action Plan. That plan called for unleashing innovation by removing the barriers of federal regulation. It called for
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“But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis, it’s actually cerulean,” explained Andy Sachs to Miranda Priestly in the 2006 hit film “The Devil Wears Prada.“ Now after almost two decades, the sequel to the legendary film is currently in the works, with Anne
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Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith (Penguin, October 30) Best-selling and critically acclaimed novelist, essayist, and short-story writer Zadie Smith has a new essay collection coming out in late October. Smith’s essays cover a wide range of topics that have captured the author’s attention lately: films like Tár, Queen Elizabeth II, Michael Jackson, Toni Morrison,
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While Senate Republicans recently took steps to restore $400 million in proposed funding cuts to the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a global HIV prevention program estimated to have saved 26 million lives in developing countries since its 2003 launch, the Trump administration’s State Department has drafted a plan to end PEPFAR. The
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After making headlines last week for only packing two pairs of panties while on vacation, Tracee Ellis Ross was photographed in front of brick building donning a Paloma Wool look that was refreshingly classic. The “Black-ish” actress, who has her own traveling show “Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross” debuting on Roku this Friday, July
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Would You Join an Audiobook Walking Club? When I was out for my own early-morning walk earlier this
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Gisele Bündchen‘s youngest is soaking up some new sights.  The supermodel reflected on her recent birthday by sharing several heartwarming photos of her and partner Joaquim Valente‘s baby, who they welcomed back in February.  In one snap shared to Instagram July 23, Gisele—rocking a black baseball cap and off-white sweatshirt—carried her 5-month-old in a cream-colored
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Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser’s latest work is a gripping, compelling, and frequently disturbing read. Well argued, thoroughly researched, and intricately connected, Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers makes a unique argument for the toxic concoction that led to the “golden age” of mass murderers. Fraser’s serial killer recipe has a lengthy and
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It’s that time of year again. Downtown San Diego’s Gaslamp District has again become flooded with advertisements for some of the most popular film and television franchises attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Walking down 5th Avenue toward the convention center, con-goers are being inundated with marketing material from the likes of FX, Hulu, Prime
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The White House has recently issued a statement concerning The View co-host Joy Behar. This was given in response to a comment shared by the co-host on the show, possibly made in real time. Following this, fans are wondering about the future of the show, with the statement addressing its potential future, especially as another
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Last week, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham shared corresponding messages on social. “And if you go forward…” Nicks posted, quoting a lyric from “Frozen Lake,” a song that appeared on the fabled 1973 album Buckingham Nicks, which she and Buckingham released just about two years prior to joining Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham’s post completed the line–“I’ll
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused
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This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, in a departure from his previous calls for transparency, announced that he would not ask for a vote on whether the files pertaining to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein should be released. Only a week before, on the
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Without a doubt, Brandee Younger is one of the most celebrated and unique jazz artists to emerge in the 21st century. Following in the footsteps of pioneering jazz harpists Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby, this Grammy-nominee continues to redefine the harp’s potential in jazz and beyond, with a matchless style that marries this American-invented art
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