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Hillary Clinton had +300 odds. Jared Kushner was at +2,000. You could bet more broadly on the presence of “any current congressman.” A several-years-old half-joke was spreading anew, and the gambling site BetOnline seemed to see an opportunity. In late December, the company listed high-profile politicians, actors, and athletes and their odds of showing up
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Donald Trump’s biggest foe is now dropping out of the 2024 Presidential Race. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced Wednesday that he was suspending his presidential campaign, just hours before another Republican debate (which he had not qualified to participate in). In his announcement speech from Windham, New Hampshire, Christie started by discussing how
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Ever since she vaulted into the spotlight, I have found frequent joy in watching Simone Biles’s gymnastics routines on video. Her beam sequences and tumbling passes rate as wonders of the modern world, and part of her gift is making even the most complicated moves—the ones so difficult that they’re named after her, since she’s
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How do we end up in our environments? And once we’re there, is it possible to reverse course? In her debut book, American Girls: One Woman’s Journey Into the Islamic State and Her Sister’s Fight to Bring Her Home, Jessica Roy, the former digital director of ELLE.com, seeks to answer these questions through the story
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It may be one of the newer streaming platforms, but Peacock has already proven itself a worthy contender with a library of hit NBC shows and movies ranging from cult classics to recent blockbusters. To save you from the tedium of scrolling through the latter, we’ve compiled a list of the best movies you can
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Alex Haughey’s new film is Under the Influencer, now available on streaming (Apple TV, Amazon). At first glance, the zany satirical comedy feels like something akin to a Harmony Korine picture, complete with dazzling color, meticulous framing (shout out to cinematographer Matthew Lynn, QC’s It Lives Inside), and strange and offbeat characterization. Quickly though, we’re
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With Hollywood finally picking itself back up from multiple strikes and the Golden Globes embracing the future after several years of upheaval, the Golden Globes 2024 could mark a fresh start on many fronts. Honoring many of the biggest films and shows of last year, from Barbie and Oppenheimer to the final season of Succession,
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In October, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon was highly anticipated, but it had relatively low turnout at the box office. Though the movie had a reported $200 million budget, it only brought in about $23.2 million domestically and $44 million worldwide its opening weekend. Could it be that everyone has been waiting for
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Alex Haughey’s new film is Under the Influencer, now available on streaming (Apple TV, Amazon). At first glance, the zany satirical comedy feels like something akin to a Harmony Korine picture, complete with dazzling color, meticulous framing (shout out to cinematographer Matthew Lynn, QC’s It Lives Inside), and strange and offbeat characterization. Quickly though, we’re
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