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Wake up, everyone! Nespresso's best-selling espresso machines are discounted on Amazon for up to 25 percent off for Black Friday weekend. A variety of Breville Nespresso's deluxe machines are the ultimate coffee upgrade—especially when you can get one for $70+ off, including the Nespresso BNV550MTB Vertuo Next Espresso Machine with Aeroccino (was $209, now $164.99) and the Nespresso BNV520MTB Vertuo Next Espresso Machine (was $199.95, now $127.46).

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Cyber Weekend is officially upon us and many of these killers deals will be live through Monday—and some for the entire week. Because there are so many sales to sift through, we did the work for you and spent the day finding all the best ones worth shopping this weekend and beyond. We'll be spending the weekend sorting through all the best Cyber Monday deals 2021 that are worth your time, so keep checking back here for more and more still-on-going Cyber weekend and Cyber Monday deals... Читать дальше...

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Parts of the U.S. have begun an all-out assault against the new, highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the variant is likely already circulating in the country.

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As the world waits to find out how dangerous the super-mutated COVID variant Omicron might be, Dutch authorities revealed that 61 people arriving on two flights from South Africa—where the strain has been spreading—have tested positive.

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Virtually every actor, at some point, has to face their death on screen or on stage. There are some, like Sean Bean, whose very presence conjures a knowing anticipation of their eventual fall. Others, like the multitude of Black characters in horror films, speak to the history of racist violence against Black people both within and outside Hollywood, where actors big and small, owing to a dearth of opportunities, are compelled to jump on stories that recognize them as props and not people. Читать дальше...

Alamy

ROME—In many ways, the real story of Patrizia Reggiani, played by Lady Gaga in House of Gucci, begins where the film ends. The once grande dame of Milan high society turned murderess spent 18 years in San Vittore prison—which was once occupied by German Nazis—which she preferred to call “San Vittore residence.” In various interviews after her incarceration, she referred to her time there as both “relaxing” and “horrible,” during which she “slept a lot.”

Marceline V.Q.

As she skillfully tied her partner onto a steel suspension tripod, Marceline V.Q. let her inspiration lead her. Using natural hemp ropes to recreate a scene from Michelangelo’s well-known fresco painting, The Creation of Adam, Marceline pondered every reaction her partner made, as the woman hung in midair.

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We’re nearing the two-year mark since the world was first introduced to the eccentric, flashy, and boisterous criminal that is Joe Exotic through the sensation that was Netflix’s Tiger King.

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The Russo-Ukrainian war is in the news again. Not content with its annexation of Crimea—when is an aggressively expansive imperialist country ever content with Crimea once it’s got it in the pocket?—Russia has amassed an invasion-sized force at the border of Ukraine and is busily mobilizing reservists sufficient to provide an occupation force.

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If there’s one thing that stands out amidst the ornate facades of Venice’s edifices it’s something new. The sea and its air are cruel neighbors for these ancient buildings—cracked, chipped, peeling, and even crumbling, such is the state of many a palazzo. And so even though the exterior of Ca’ di Dio, Venice’s newest five-star hotel, is restrained relative to its neighbors, its recent immaculate restoration has left it with a spotless facade ensuring it stands out on the lagoon.

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America’s elite colleges and universities really don’t want the public to take a peek behind the curtain and get a better understanding of who gets admitted and why. And it’s not for the reasons you might think.

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The two messenger-RNA vaccines for COVID-19 are highly effective. At least early on.

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Alex Jones is standing next to a heap of concrete slabs. There’s one piece jutting out, to eye-level with his squat frame. Jones puts a hand on it. This is “monument to the wreckage of the police state,” he tells the camera.

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These are the things I know about my mother’s disappearance.

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More than a year after Donald Trump decisively lost the 2020 presidential election, there are still some pro-Trump Fox News personalities who believe the “Big Lie” that the election was stolen.

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Former Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes is out at Newsmax and will host his last primetime broadcast for the right-wing cable channel early next week, if not sooner, five sources familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast.

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In 2012, Stephen Sondheim, then 81, was still determinedly focused on working, creating—the process he famously called the hat.

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Consider this your friendly PSA: Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales aren't exclusive to style gurus and technology buffs. Makeup and skincare lovers can score major savings on their holy grail products, too, and prices have already started dropping around the Nordstrom beauty department.