With buttercream, bits and beavers, “The Great British Bake Off” is finally back to prime saucy form
4h By Ashlie D. Stevens"Bake Off" is always at its best when focused on good people in good knitwear trading baking-themed innuendoGovernment shutdown held at bay after House passes 45-day funding bill
4h By Kelly McClureFrom here, the bill will go to the Senate for a voteEvolving "Hair Love" into "Young Love": Matthew A. Cherry's "live action-feeling" animated comedy
2:00pm By Melanie McFarland"We have over 150 different hairstyles," says Cherry about bringing realism to both storytelling and his charactersWhat are the biomarkers of Alzheimer's really telling us?
1:59pm By Carlyn ZwarensteinThere's still no established cause for Alzheimer's, but emphasizing some symptoms can have unintended consequencesDeSantis talks "s**t show" debates and cowboy boots on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
1:52pm By Kelly McClure"I was the one guy that people said was actually acting like a president," DeSantis boasts to MaherCozy, filling Italian wedding soup just might be the perfect option for a chilly autumn weekend
1:30pm By Michael La CorteIt's kind of a perfect meal — all in one bowlGirl math vs. Boy math: an insight into the internet's tit-for-tat battle of the sexes
12:59pm By Nardos HaileThe meme has taken social media by storm but what does it say about the battle of the sexes?Leftists, save yourselves! It's a bad moment for nihilistic self-indulgence
12:27pm By Paul RosenbergThe far-left bromance with RFK Jr. is only helping Trump. Remember how left-wing purity worked out in the 1930s?Andy Taylor on new solo album: "It's the beginning of something that I didn't think I'd have"
10:59am By Annie ZaleskiThanks to cancer treatment, the guitarist has a dynamic solo album and a presence on a spooky Duran Duran LPScott Hall pleads guilty in Trump's Georgia election interference case
10:16am By Kelly McClureHall is the first of 18 co-defendants to plead guilty to tampering with electronic voting machines in Coffee CountyWhat doctors don't tell teens about antidepressants and sex
10:00am By Mary Elizabeth WilliamsOur teens are more medicated than ever — but we're not being honest with them about the sexual side effectsThere are more of us than there are of them
8:01am By Lucian K. Truscott IVThe people dying from COVID were votersGOP waging a "coordinated national effort to undermine American elections," says leading official
6:01am By Areeba ShahNew report highlights a nationwide onslaught of threats and harassment that's driving election officials to quitMethadone could help solve our opioid overdose crisis. Why is it so hard for people to get?
6:00am By Aaron FergusonMaking addiction medications low-barrier is key to beating back the tide of death caused by prohibition"How to Fix a Pageant" director on 2022 Miss USA scandal: "It was clear something was not right"
Fri 9:18pm By Joy SahaFilmmaker Nicole Rittenmeyer on challenges of investigating beauty pageants and why "it's not a bunch of bimbos"Leave Britney Spears alone – yes, we're talking to Britney fans also
Fri 8:01pm By Nardos HaileThe popstar's mental health is always questioned by fans and the public. . . when does it cross a line?Gypsy Rose Blanchard granted early release from 10-year sentence for 2015 murder of her mother
Fri 6:07pm By Kelly McClureBlanchard, a victim of Munchausen by Proxy, will be paroled from Chillicothe Correctional Center on December 28Should celebrities have to disclose if they got plastic surgery? It depends
Fri 6:05pm By Joy SahaJennifer Lawrence is at the center of plastic surgery rumors recently. Does she owe her fans an explanation?"Make it make sense. You can’t.": GOP infighting erupts after House hardliners push for shutdown
Fri 5:52pm By Tatyana TandanpolieGOP hardliners in the House vote down bipartisan bill as the government barrels toward a shutdownGen. Milley strikes back at Trump in farewell speech: "We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator"
Fri 5:28pm By Tatyana TandanpolieThe general's remarks come just one week after the former president suggested he be put to deathWitness to Tupac Shakur shooting indicted on murder charge 27 years after the rapper's death
Fri 5:26pm By Nardos HaileThe rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996, and since then there has been speculation about who did it"Bleeding cash": Trump machine diverting millions in campaign funds to mounting legal fees
Fri 2:43pm By Tatyana TandanpolieA Trump-aligned super PAC paid law firms representing 13 potential witnesses or co-defendants in Trump's casesTrump is using guns to send his campaign message
Fri 2:08pm By Tatyana TandanpolieHe paid visit to the firearm shop that sold a rifle to the Jacksonville shooter and claimed to have made a purchase"The last thing we wanted to do was start a fire!": Peter Facinelli on his wildfire survival film
Fri 1:06pm By Gary M. KramerThe actor-director spoke to Salon about his career, giving hope on a bleak topic and making fire the antagonistThe right is coming for Taylor Swift. They don't stand a chance
Fri 12:00pm By Olivia LuppinoIt doesn't matter who she's dating or what trolls say, she's reached a point in her career where she is untouchableTrump has "masterfully" crafted a narrative where he's the "victim of biased prosecutions": expert
Fri 5:45am By Areeba ShahJudge Tanya Chutkan rejects Trump's request she recuse herself in D.C. case — his followers will think it's unfairThat "Love Is Blind" twist gives us a glimpse at the meddling behind reality TV drama
Thu 7:31pm By Nardos HaileThis season's twisty detour illuminates the broader chess game reality TV can be for its contestants and audienceHere for the right reasons: Why "The Golden Bachelor" is already our favorite edition
Thu 3:00pm By Melanie McFarlandThere's a lot to love about Gerry Turner, but the contestants, i.e. Aunties Who Party, are the reason to watchIn a so-called post-racial NFL, Colin Kaepernick is still seemingly shut out in new NY Jets letter
Wed 7:06pm By Nardos HaileThe athlete-turned-activist has not played football since 2017; six years later he wants back inThis secret McDonald's sandwich is only available at exactly 10:35 a.m.
Wed 12:00pm By Joy SahaEver wanted a hash brown on your double cheeseburger? Now's your chance
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