Month: August 2020

Supermodel Olivia Culpo has opened up about her endometriosis diagnosis for the first time, and offered support to others who suffer from ‘painful periods’. Olivia Culpo, 28, has spoken out for the first time about her endometriosis battle. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model took to her Instagram Story on August 26, and opened up about the
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Independent Bookstore Day is coming up this weekend on Saturday, August 29. Unfortunately, celebrations will have to happen virtually this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of events to attend to celebrate independent bookstores across the country. Independent Bookstore Day’s official website is hosting a number of events
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After legal disputes, multiple missed deadlines, and close brushes with electoral fraud, Kanye West finally got his name onto the presidential ballot in three more states. It was confirmed on Tuesday that the rapper officially qualified to appear on the ballot in Idaho and Minnesota as an independent candidate in the 2020 presidential election, according
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That’s true, though one would hope that the hero history has chosen for this moment might be, say, an epidemiologist, or someone who doesn’t respond to Americans’ cries for racial justice with tweets about shooting protesters. But according to the Republicans who spoke at the RNC, this fraught moment demands the expertise and compassion only
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Horror comes in many guises and forms, with many takes on the genre feeding off of our own personal fears and aversions. From the guts and gore of splatter cinema to eerie tellings of the paranormal, there’s plenty of ways to harvest the screams of fear-loving fans. There is, however, one guaranteed method of unnerving
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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez backs Alex Morse despite alleged ‘smear campaign’ (Getty Images) Left-wing Democratic firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given her backing to congressional hopeful Alex Morse, who faced an alleged homophobic smear campaign over his Grindr hook-ups. Morse, a progressive challenger hoping to unseat centre-left Democratic congressman Richard Neal, faced a scandal earlier this month (7
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Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the Booker International Prize has announced its 2020 winner, The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison. BBC’s Razia Iqbal hosted the virtual celebration which included remarks from the judges and Booker Prize staff and readings from
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