Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Ex-White House staffer goes incognito as she’s spotted in LA — but there’s a dead giveaway it’s her
Recently fired White House press secretary Katie Zacharia tried to duck under the radar in Los Angeles Wednesday, wearing shades and a hoodie. But the former top official’s black-and-gold Make America Great Again hat gave the SoCal native away. She also appeared to be wearing headphones as she walked with a hot beverage in her…
Read MoreJennifer Lawrence’s Reaction to Being Connor Wood’s Celeb Crush Is Straight Out of Her Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence’s Reaction to Being Connor Wood’s Celeb Crush Is Straight Out of Her Playbook The odds are in Connor Wood’s favor—at least when it comes to getting Jennifer Lawrence’s attention. After the Dancing With the Stars contestant publicly named the Hunger Games actress as his celebrity crush, Wood’s wish was inadvertently ranted. “I just…
Read MoreOld Navy’s Giftober Sale Offers 50% off Everything in Your Cart
It feels like the holidays arrive faster and faster every year, and that means holiday shopping also sneaks up on us faster, too! Old Navy is the perfect place to get into the spirit ASAP, especially when they have major deals going on. Their Giftober savings event is going on now, bringing 50% off to…
Read MoreSaddle Up for Bravo’s New Series Small Town Trouble: Texas With Drama-Filled Trailer
Bravo is choosin’ Texas—and how can we tell? The network revealed a first look at its new reality series Small Town Trouble: Texas, which follows five Southern housewives making waves in the San Antonio suburb of Boerne (pronounced “Bur-nee”) on Oct. 22. As Hailey Head teased in the debut trailer, “It’s just the cute, sweet, quaint…
Read MoreCurator Catherine Nichols’s Lyon Biennale Turns the City’s Trading Past Into a Poetic Framework
Catherine Nichols. Photo: Atdhe Mulla In the opening speech for the 2026 Lyon Biennale of contemporary art, artistic director Isabelle Bertolotti said she appointed curator Catherine Nichols for her “regard légèrement décentré” or “slightly off-center gaze.” It was meant as a compliment. Australian-born Nichols (who lives in Berlin and is presently a curator at Hamburger…
Read MoreJohn Anderson, Country Music Star, Dead at 71
“It’s all I’ve ever done,” Anderson told the Country Hall of Fame. “I had no backup plan.” Born in Apopka, Florida, in 1954, Anderson made his move to the Athens of the South after he graduated high school in 1972, with the encouragement of his parents—although they had no knowledge of the scene. By 1976,…
Read MoreAmid Protests and an Early Closure Announcement, Art Basel Paris Finds Buyers for Its Safest Bets
Art Basel Paris 2026 opened its hyper-exclusive avant-première on October 20 before opening to VIPs a day later. Courtesy Art Basel The show must go on, as they say, though the event around which Paris Art Week arguably orbits will run only half as long this year. Art Basel Paris announced today (Oct. 22) that…
Read MoreDodgers exec reveals details of end-of-season chat with embattled owner
In the wake of the Dodgers’ elimination in the National League Championship Series last week, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said one of his first offseason phone calls was with team owner Mark Walter. His takeaway from their chat? “It’s been business as usual,” Friedman said this week. Los Angeles Dodgers owner and chairman…
Read MoreNorth West Transforms Into Reality Star Natalie Nunn in Must-See Halloween Costume
North West is the newest member of the Bad Girls Club. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter is clearly a student of culture as she dressed up as Baddies star Natalie Nunn for her first Halloween costume of 2026. In a series of posts shared to her TikTok Oct. 21, the 13-year-old proved she actually runs L.A. with a complete transformation into the reality star,…
Read MoreThe Price of Faustian Bargains with Trump
On Mar. 9, 2025, Musk had promised that, whatever his disagreements with U.S. policy toward Ukraine, “Starlink will never turn off its terminals. We would never do such a thing or use it as a bargaining chip.” Critics have raced to blame Musk alone, casting him as the puppeteer behind the throne, the first business…
Read MoreLakers encouraged by status of key player’s injury after scary moment
The Lakers’ season-opening win over the Warriors to kick off the franchise’s Luka Doncic era went about as well as could’ve been expected. Doncic, in addition to Walker Kessler and Austin Reaves, dominated the team’s in-state rival, with the Lakers’ “Big 3” combining for 77 points, 21 rebounds, 14 assists, five steals and three blocked…
Read MoreThe Cornell 7 and the Problem with Writing as Punishment
But what, exactly, can an assigned essay demonstrate? An essay can be thoughtful and persuasive; it can express regret, recognize harm, and promise change. But how do we know whether the person who wrote it believes any of what is written? What happens when completing an assignment becomes a substitute for demonstrating genuine understanding or…
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