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From Hawkins to NYC: ‘Stranger Things: Tales of ’85’ and ‘Kevin’ transport to animated otherworlds
Welcome again to Cartoon Corner, a semi-regular feature of this space where we review cartoons. They’ve had their ups and downs over the years, creatively, commercially, but for a long while it’s been mostly ups. Originally they were made for everyone, then seemingly for kids but interesting to adults, and eventually just for adults; they…
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Trump plan to halt his own overthrow flagged by analysts: ‘The body count is rising’
President Donald Trump is attempting to halt his own overthrow with frequent cabinet changes, a pair of political analysts claimed. Bret Stephens and Frank Bruni, sharing their thoughts in The New York Times, believe Trump’s hiring and firing in recent weeks have been an attempt at preserving loyalty within his cabinet selection. Trump fired Department…
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‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County’ spinoff confirmed with Bobbi Althoff, Aspyn Ovard and more
The “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is getting a spinoff. Hulu confirmed Wednesday that “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” will drop on the streaming platform later this year starring “Really Good Podcast” host Bobbi Althoff and more influencers. The “new group of dynamic young mothers” also includes Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, Salomé…
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These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost
Lots of smart glasses have AI bots inside them now. The one in L’Atitude 52°N’s glasses is called Goya, named after Francisco Goya, the famous Spanish artist who painted renowned masterpieces of romanticism. CEO and founder Gary Chen, who has worked on wearable devices for companies like Oppo, OnePlus, and HTC, says his company’s glasses…
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Octavia Butler blocked reprints of her ‘lost’ novel. More than 40 years later, it’s back on shelves
Alyssa Collins knew when she assumed her post as the Huntington’s inaugural Octavia Butler fellow in 2021 that the science-fiction luminary had openly criticized her lost novel, “Survivor.” Butler’s disdain for the book was so evident in her notes and letters that Collins, now an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies at Cal State…
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America’s nightmare may finally have met its end
Is MAGA finally over? The “finding out” part of “FAFO” we’ve been hoping for has arrived as the tide certainly seems to be turning against Trump, with many of his biggest supporters suddenly abandoning him in the wake of the Iran conflict. Which of course has led the rest of us to ask, What the…
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Men are going to extreme lengths for physical perfection — beware 5 trends that can destroy your health (and make you ugly)
How far would you go to become a “Chad” — or even just a “high-tier normie”? Spend five minutes scrolling “looksmaxxing” forums and you’ll see users trading tips on how to escape being deemed “subhuman” at any cost. Welcome to “hardmaxxing,” the outer edge of the internet where physical attractiveness is treated as something to…
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Life Isn’t Easy in the OnlyFans Economy
On-screen, the actor Elle Fanning has the cherubic, moon-eyed guilelessness of a storybook princess or an animated woodland creature, the kind that belies a character much more tenacious than she first appears. In the new Apple TV series Margo’s Got Money Troubles, based on the 2024 novel by Rufi Thorpe, Fanning plays an imaginative and…
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Drug courts fail women, but there’s a solution
When Susan Burton lost her 5-year-old son after he was struck by a police vehicle in Los Angeles, her grief drove her into addiction. Crack cocaine became her way to cope, and California’s response was to lock her up again and again. Over two decades, she was incarcerated six times, released each time without treatment,…
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The only three people Trump listens to have him trapped in a ‘quagmire’: MS NOW panel
Donald Trump’s Iran problemis not going away and maybe worsening, and he can thank the only three people who seem to have his ear, according to the panel on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe.” With the Strait of Hormuz still caught up in a stranglehold as a result of the president’s unprovoked war on the Middle…