Taylor Swift Teases “Patient Zero” Music Video with Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell: All the Easter Eggs

Taylor Swift Teases “Patient Zero” Music Video with Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell: All the Easter Eggs

Meanwhile, Johnson and Farrell’s casting in the music video appears to be an Easter egg in and of itself. In an Emmys 2026 sketch, Swift—whose Encore project will release Sept. 25—delivered a confusing jumble of words including “Saccharide, Ares, from the vineyard, North or South,” and one fan noted that the Verity actress could be the answer to the final clue. …

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America’s Got Talent Crowns Season 21 Winner

America’s Got Talent Crowns Season 21 Winner

Simon Cowell Will Be Absent From ‘America’s Got Talent’ for Weeks Amid Back Surgery There’s a new rockstar headed for the limelight. During the finale of America’s Got Talent on Sept. 23, it was singer and guitarist Nene Royal whose heavy metal style ultimately won over the hearts of the judges and America to be crowned…

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Judge Orders White House to Restore Access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. What Happens Next?

Judge Orders White House to Restore Access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. What Happens Next?

Vowing to fight any legal block on his ban, Trump insisted: “Almost without question and, as usual, we’ll go for appeal, because fake news people and publications that only write negatively, and who violate our national security by writing false and defamatory stories with unknown ‘sources,’ shouldn’t be allowed access to the [Oval Office].” However,…

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Exclusive: The Admiral Who Must Prevent War With China

Exclusive: The Admiral Who Must Prevent War With China

His mother washed hair in a South Philadelphia barbershop and later worked a makeup counter in a department store. “Neither my father nor his father finished high school. In fact, nobody in my family before me had ever had a university education,” he says. He would later attend Villanova, the Catholic college also attended by…

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How to Prepare for the 2026 Armory Show: A Reading List

How to Prepare for the 2026 Armory Show: A Reading List

The gallery list If you haven’t already, take a look at the list of exhibitors in the Galleries section. It’s a large selection, more than any one art lover can take in over a single weekend. Planning ahead is essential. Names of note to prioritize this year include: Victoria Miro: The prestigious British gallery remains…

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Philanthropy Must Build the Architecture of Hope

Philanthropy Must Build the Architecture of Hope

Mahatma Gandhi taught us that service to others is among life’s highest forms of fulfilment. His ideas have shaped me and my ideas of philanthropy profoundly: sarvodaya, his vision of the welfare of all, and, antyodaya, his insistence on the uplift of society’s most marginalized. But the highest purpose of philanthropy is to make itself…

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America, China and the Evolving New World Order

America, China and the Evolving New World Order

Beijing is pursuing this ambition at a moment when Washington, despite its power, appears less willing to shoulder the traditional burdens of global leadership. Its domestic political divisions, the Trump Administration’s apparent disregard for international law, and its erratic approach to foreign policy and global conflicts have raised questions about the future of American stewardship.…

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Australia Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ OpenAI Breach of Government Health Portal

Australia Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ OpenAI Breach of Government Health Portal

Shocking, yet predictable, says Albanese Several high-profile incidents of AI agents going rogue preceded the Australian government breach. In July, OpenAI announced that, during a cybersecurity test, its agents infiltrated the AI company Hugging Face. Nonprofit research laboratory Transluce also reported other incidents of OpenAI systems’ unsuccessful hacking attempts, including a digital library at the…

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