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A portrait of cookbook author and television presenter Nigella Lawson (Scott McNaughton / Fairfax Media / Getty Images)

Nigella Lawson joins "Bake Off"

Francesca Giangiulio
Restaurateur Dame Prue Leith poses for a portrait as she prepares to host a long table banquet during Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Park. (Photo by Jim Dyson / Getty Images)

Prue Leith is leaving "Bake Off"

Francesca Giangiulio
Atmosphere at the after party for Sony Pictures Classics and The Cinema Society's special screening of "Eleanor the Great" held at Katz's Delicatessen (Adela Loconte/Variety via Getty Images)

Rob Reiner, remembered at Katz’s Deli

Francesca Giangiulio
Costco Wholesale store exterior, Connecticut. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Costco sues the Trump administration

Francesca Giangiulio
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Starbucks workers strike outside a Starbucks coffee shop on November 17, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Starbucks workers strike on Red Cup Day

Francesca Giangiulio
Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" (Comedy Central)

Jon Stewart hopes to stay at Daily Show

Angelina Mazza
The silhouette of a commercial airplane flies over skyscrapers (Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Foul food sends Delta flight back to LA

Francesca Giangiulio
Food court, blurred (RonFullHD / Getty Images )

The Pentagon's mall-style food court

Francesca Giangiulio
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Bad Bunny (John Nacion / Variety / Getty Images)

Trump pulls a Mariah on Bad Bunny

Angelina Mazza
Taylor Swift and host Jimmy Fallon during a deep dive of “Life of a Showgirl” on Monday, October 6, 2025 (Todd Owyoung/NBC)

Taylor Swift gets spicy on Tonight Show

Angelina Mazza
Ariana Grande attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)

Ariana Grande draws White House ire

Angelina Mazza
AI "actress" Tilly Norwood (Particle6)

AI-generated “actress” sparks backlash

Angelina Mazza
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Bad Bunny performs live during "No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí; Una Más" Residencia on September 20, 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Gladys Vega/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny nabs Super Bowl post ICE fears

Angelina Mazza
Dolly Parton performs during "Dolly: An Original Musical" fireside chat and press conference on January 28, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Dolly Parton delays Vegas residency

Angelina Mazza
"South Park" (Comedy Central)

“South Park” gives Carr toxoplasmosis

Angelina Mazza
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, California, on April 30, 2025. (CAMILLE COHEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris memoir revisits Biden tensions

Angelina Mazza
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Ready for the Rapture? (imageBROKER/PsychoShadow/Getty Images)

#RaptureTok says the end is nigh!

Angelina Mazza
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin defies Trump's threat

Sophia Tesfaye
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) yells toward President Donald Trump as he addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol building's House chamber in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

10 Democrats vote to censure Al Green

Tatyana Tandanpolie
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer answers questions from the media during a visit to the Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Epsom Hospital on January 06, 2025 in Epsom, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK PM Starmer stands firm on Trump visit

Ashlie D. Stevens
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US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Mandel Ngan - Pool/Getty Images)

Biden claims ERA is "law of the land"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Continuing the coup of January 6"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
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