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After being approached by the chaos-plagued reality show’s producers, former Vanderpump Rules star Kristen Doute is considering making a return to the show to discuss the huge cheating scandal that broke over the weekend, with the condition that jilted star Ariana Madix approves of Doute’s inclusion, People reports.

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If you give a mouse a cookie, legend has it that a cascade of desires from the mouse will follow. But if you give the mouse a shot of a hormone, new research suggests it will fare better than its peers after a long night of binge drinking.

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You can only expect so much objectivity from a podcast with a title like The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling. Its latest installment, however, still somehow manages to lower the bar from floor level. This week, we’re apparently diving into a toilet before giving it a good flush. It’s time (once again, for some reason) to discuss J.K. Rowling’s ongoing and already widely debunked “concerns” about trans women in public restrooms.

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Following a nearly hour-long interview with beleaguered Dilbert creator Scott Adams on Monday night, NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo suggested the pro-Trump cartoonist shouldn’t be canceled for the racism scandal that’s derailed his career.

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As if Succession ending wasn’t enough, HBO has announced another big hit will be unveiling its final season in the months to come. Barry, the beloved dark comedy from Bill Hader and Alec Berg, will also be wrapping up after its fourth season. Is there some sort of Season 4 curse going on over at HBO?

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Despite being more than a decade old, NASA’s Curiosity rover is still delivering stunning images and insights from the surface of the Red Planet. Case in point: The workhorse rover recently snapped some of the clearest images of sun rays on Mars yet.

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Elon Musk publicly mocked a recently terminated Twitter employee early Tuesday morning, suggesting that the staffer, who has muscular dystrophy, asked for physical work accommodations he didn’t actually need.

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Two of the four Americans who were kidnapped after driving into Mexico are dead, the governor of Tamaulipas State said Tuesday. Two others have reportedly survived the ordeal, one with unspecified injuries.

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An Illinois coroner has confirmed that a man reported missing last April only to be found eight months later in a hideaway closet in his own house had committed suicide.

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The Trump Organization says it ended a tumultuous 2022 without telling anyone outside the company how business is doing—a claim that, if believed, could be an indication of its looming financial difficulties in the face of a tsunami of legal trouble.

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It’s taken just over a decade for Ike Barinholtz to fully make it in Hollywood, with starring roles in big films like Blockers and high-profile streaming shows like The Afterparty. Now, with History of the World, Part II, he’s returning to his sketch comedy roots.

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In her latest bid to be president, Marianne Williamson seems to have some early, and unlikely, fans for her 2024 Democratic primary campaign: Republicans.

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Donald Trump’s chilling remarks this weekend were widely reported, but they haven’t gotten the attention they deserve—probably because Trump says so many problematic things all the time. Yes, Trump spews crazy thoughts a mile a minute. But in my estimation, this instance was different… more troubling.

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Musicians like Three 6 Mafia aren’t “supposed” to win Oscars.

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This is the latest for our destination dining guide, Eat Sheet. For more on how we do these a bit differently, head here first.

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It might take a little while longer, but, according to Daily Beast investigations reporter Jose Pagliery, on this episode of The New Abnormal podcast, we may be moving closer to former President Trump being held accountable for inciting the Jan. 6 riots.

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Daisy Jones & The Six drops us headfirst into the gritty and glamorous world of 1970s rock’n’roll. Out of a storm of drugs, cigarettes and booze comes the thrilling creation of musical masterpieces.

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For an award show that is known for its self-importance, the Oscars has rarely produced moments that land with an undeniable emotional impact in recent years. That certainly does happen, largely thanks to winners delivering affecting speeches. But as the Academy tinkers with its telecast’s format year in and year out, desperately trying to manufacture enticing moments for an increasingly disinterested viewing public, it’s failed at doing... Читать дальше...

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Mel Brooks is a comedy genius, but 1981’s History of the World Part I is far from an enduring classic; save for its memorable musical number “The Inquisition,” it’s a compendium of schticky gags that are as corny as its jokes about race and homosexuality are outdated. Thus, the world was certainly not clamoring for a follow-up.

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Could crowd size—or lack thereof—be an inherited trait? Based on the paltry number of people who showed up to hear former President Donald Trump and his outspoken eldest son speak at this weekend’s CPAC gathering, it seems, at least, possible.

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A former high school art teacher is leading a bipartisan effort to recall an elected official for shirking his lawful duty and perpetuating a Trumpian fiction about voter fraud in Cochise County, Arizona.

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A Florida woman accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is on the lam after tampering with her ankle monitor bracelet and failing to appear at her trial.

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A legal observer with the National Lawyers Guild was arrested and charged with domestic terrorism while monitoring a Sunday night demonstration against an Atlanta police training facility that opponents have dubbed “Cop City.”

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Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s taking this whole culture war thing a little too literally. She’s recently mused about a national divorce, to protect red states from the dangers of “woke” policies practiced in blue states. Another idea she’s offered is a ban on blue staters from being allowed to vote for five years after moving to a red state. Ridiculous, unworkable, unconstitutional stuff, for sure. But also familiar territory.