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Zoe Saldaña Doesn’t Take Any of This for Granted
—Photograph by Mark Seliger for TIME Zoe Saldaña’s three sons always say she’s flexing. Every time she suggests her family watch one of her movies, “They’re like, ‘Mom, stop flexing.’” Her physical training for the Taylor Sheridan series Lioness, which required her to carry around 50 lbs. in the oppressive Texas heat? A flex. Her
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The Caves That Could Help Us Find, or Become, Aliens
It’s a scene that sounds like it was lifted from Alien—a researcher interested in extraterrestrial life descends into the depths of a cave, where a droplet filled with creepy crawlies lands smack dab in her eye. “I was like, ‘OK, I’m pretty sure that something alive fell in my eye,’” says Penelope Boston. She is
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In wake of UCLA’s WNBA draft showing, shaky Sparks trying to rebuild future with the past
Amid a glittering sports celebration, a team from Los Angeles dominated the WNBA draft. But it wasn’t Los Angeles’ WNBA team. The Sparks couldn’t hold a candle to UCLA. At a Monday event during which six Bruins were drafted among the first 18 picks — a WNBA record — the Sparks didn’t have their first
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A cautionary tale about tax cuts
Americans are getting crankier about paying taxes. Most people don’t enjoy paying Uncle Sam, but for much of the 2000s and 2010s, a sizable percentage of Americans thought that the amount of federal taxes they paid was “about right,” according to Gallup. But recently, the share saying their taxes were “too high” has been climbing;
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Republicans furious at lackluster GOP efforts ahead of midterms: ‘They want to lose’
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, the Republican Party faces a crisis of its own making — losing the support of its own voters. A clear example of this erosion emerged during a recent redistricting campaign in Virginia, where rural Republicans expressed deep frustration with their party’s leadership and apparent lack of effort, CNN reported.
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Last man on moon, Apollo 17’s Jack Schmitt, reveals secret hidden in lunar dust that could spur space-travel boon
The last man to walk on the moon says he can’t explain what it was like up there but that more and more people may learn soon enough — thanks to a trillion-dollar industry hidden in the lunar dust. Dr. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, 90, an Apollo 17 astronaut who spent three days on the moon
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Hollywood still isn’t ready for women to take risks
There’s a good chance you’ve never actually seen a film from a woman’s point of view. For decades, mainstream storytelling has been shaped by a largely masculine narrative logic: linear progression, cause and effect, escalating stakes, resolution. It is clean, structured and goal-oriented. The universal “hero’s journey.” Even when women are at the center, the
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Trump is ‘flailing out erratically’ as war spins out of control: biographer
President Donald Trump’s “erratic behavior” is spiraling out of control along with the war in Iran, according to a longtime close-up observer. Author Michael Wolff, who’s written four books about the 79-year-old president, told The Daily Beast’s “Inside Trump’s Head” podcast that Trump’s foul-mouthed outbursts, threats to annihilate Iran’s “whole civilization,” insults against the pope
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Catherine Opie marks the opening of the new LACMA building with seven portraits
Ahead of the opening of the new David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curators gathered for the artist Catherine Opie, who offered to take their portraits. “I wanted to honor the teams of curators who form the cornerstone of any institution’s vision through the exhibitions they bring to the public,”
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What to Know About the Latest Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Against Eric Swalwell
Democratic United States Rep. Eric Swalwell attends the SEIU-United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW)’s Gubernatorial Candidate Worker Forum at Meruelo Studios in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2026. —Etienne Laurent—AFP/Getty Images Eric Swalwell may have resigned from Congress, but the scandal that forced him to vacate his House seat and end his bid for California