Posts by Sophie Clearwater
NOAA updates 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast
NOAA has lowered its 2026 Atlantic hurricane season forecast to between seven and 13 named storms, citing El Niño as a primary factor in the expected below-average activity. Source link
Read MoreFueled by Private Wealth, China’s Next Art Capital Thrives Off-Grid
Installation view: “Mei-yu Front,” organized by BY ART MATTERS. Photo by LIULIU JIANG © BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou On a 104-degree afternoon in Hangzhou, I wandered into a quiet residential compound near the Xiangshan campus of the China Academy of Art on the outskirts of the city. Bamboo lined the walkway, and a small Zen…
Read MoreSydney Towle Shared How She Wanted to Remembered in One of Her Final Interviews
Sydney Towle knew what message she wanted to leave for her followers. Prior to her death on Aug. 5 at the age of 26 amid a yearlong battle with cholangiocarcinoma—a rare bile duct cancer—the influencer shared what she would tell her fans if she knew she was making her final video. “I would just remind…
Read MoreFiction That Feels Like a Total Escape
Most of us have felt the need to escape from our lives—to disconnect, walk away and disappear. Everything from spending too long with the headlines to a fluctuating bank balance to looming deadlines can inspire that feeling, though for most of us, going entirely off grid is a luxury we simply cannot afford. Nothing can…
Read MoreBoyhood Child Star Ellar Coltrane Has Surprising Career After Leaving Hollywood for “Middle of Nowhere”
While it’s been a minute since the Desperate Housewives star lived on Wisteria Lane, she’s since found a new address IRL. “I had my whole adult life here,” Eva told Marie Claire in November 2024 about leaving Los Angeles. “But even before [the pandemic], it was changing. The vibe was different. And then Covid happened,…
Read MoreKeke Palmer Has the Perfect Reaction to Becoming Host of The Voice: Celebrity
Keke Palmer Has the Perfect Reaction to Becoming Host of ‘The Voice: Celebrity’ Keke Palmer is ready to bring a little sweetness to The Voice: Celebrity. After it was announced the Nope star would be hosting the competition series’ newest spinoff, which will see an all-celebrity cast compete for judges Joe Jonas, Queen Latifah and Riley…
Read MoreThe Fight Over Tracking Elon Musk, Taylor Swift and Other Private Jets
Platforms have restricted live-location accounts, but publicly available aviation data keeps celebrity jet tracking alive. Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images A few years ago, social media accounts tracking celebrities’ private jets dominated the internet. The most prominent was @ElonJet, which tracked Elon Musk’s air travel and amassed more than half a million followers in 2022.…
Read MoreInside Hilary Duff’s Friendship With Ex-Boyfriend Joel Madden and His Wife Nicole Richie
In fact, she continued, “I had a really great relationship with him, and we still have a great relationship, which is really good and unusual. He’s a good person, and I always will care about him.” Declaring herself ready to “like a guy,” Duff, then 19, continued, “Dating is fun. I kind of feel like…
Read MoreThe Chaos and Cruelty of ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27, 2026. —Blake Fagan—AFP/Getty Images Within the span of just six days, immigration enforcement agents fatally shot two more people, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine. Their deaths are not an…
Read MoreBig Waves Meet Biodiversity: Why Surfing Paradises Could Offer a Key Opportunity for Marine Conservation
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A recent mapping study examines places in northwestern Africa where coastal ecosystems overlap with surf breaks, highlighting areas that could support recreation, the environment and local economies, if protected Source link
Read MoreSalmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeño Peppers From Chipotle and Qdoba
Salmonella, a bacteria that mostly spreads through contaminated food and water, is one of the most common foodborne pathogens in the U.S. and globally, infecting tens of millions of people every year. Incidences of the disease are on the rise globally, according to a 2025 study. Salmonella cases increased by almost 50% between 1990 and…
Read MoreTom Holland Debuts Golden Wedding Band After Marrying Zendaya
With great weddings come even greater hardware. Case in point, Tom Holland, 30, recently stepped out wearing a notable gold wedding band for the first time since marrying Zendaya, 29, earlier this year. In photos exclusively obtained by E! News Aug. 6, the pair are seen taking a stroll together with their dogs to a…
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