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“We Eked Out A Meager Living”: Billie Eilish’s Mom Denied Accusations That Billie And Finneas O’Connell Benefited From Nepotism

“It was like, ‘Oh, Billie is a nepo baby.’ And I’m like, ‘Did you know that I got that episode of Friends because I was about to lose my health insurance?’”

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Zeyi Yang

Europe Votes to Slap China-Made EVs With Tariffs—but Tesla Gets Off Easy

Despite opposition from Germany, the European Union will start imposing tariffs as high as 45 percent on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Elon Musk’s marque takes the smallest hit.

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Jason Parham

The Black List Upended the Film Industry. The Book World Is Next

“I was loath to jump into it,” Black List founder Franklin Leonard says of expanding into publishing. “It’s not a great look to be like, ‘I'm from Hollywood and I'm here to save you.’”

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Chris Herring

Ewing rejoins Knicks as basketball ambassador

Patrick Ewing, the New York Knicks' all-time leading scorer, has rejoined the franchise as an ambassador to assist both basketball and business operations, the team announced Friday.

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Jeff Passan

Sources: Japanese star Sugano heading to MLB

Tomoyuki Sugano is heading to MLB after a renaissance season in Japan that has seen him post a 1.67 ERA over 24 starts for the Yomiuri Giants, sources told ESPN.

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Jeff Passan

11 wins away from forever: Bryce Harper, built for October, begins another chase for his first title

As the Phillies try to bring a title to one of baseball's most passionate cities, they are fueled by a star who has been in the headlines since he was 15.

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James Dator

Brewers fans mocked Pete Alonso RIGHT before he destroyed their world

Karma.

There are just some moments in sports that result in pure karmic perfection. On Thursday night Pete Alonso of the Mets was on the right side of that cosmic energy.

Everything looked bleak for New York’s season. Down 2-0 in the 8th inning of their Wild Card game against the Brewers, with seemingly nothing going their way, Alonso dropped a routine popup in foul territory at the worst possible time.

This Pete Alonso misplay would've been INFAMOUS if Diaz didn't get out of...

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Kenneth Arthur

Jared Goff’s advanced stats on NFL ‘perfect game’ are mind-blowing

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Jared Goff isn’t overrated or underrated; he’s just the perfect QB for Lions,

If you can’t win quarterback of the week after making history on Monday Night Football, there’s literally nothing left to do to get recognition. And Jared Goff knows a lot about what it’s like to not get credit for wins, something that’s usually very hard to do as a quarterback, let alone one who was the No. 1 pick in the draft.

Goff could be the first No. 1 pick...

The Verge

David Pierce

Get ready to meet your AI best friend

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The new Microsoft Copilot is a big departure. It shed some of its Bing-y styling and increasingly corporate vibes in favor of something warmer and friendlier, all in an effort to be more than just a work tool. It might just be a website redesign, but it feels like a shift in how Microsoft perceives the future of AI assistants.

On this episode of The Vergecast, we try to make sense of that future. Everyone seems to believe in the potential for...

The Verge

Andrew Webster

Hasbro is bringing classic board games to Fortnite, starting with Clue

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Epic is trying to turn Fortnite into an ecosystem of games and has enticed the likes of Lego to build experiences for the platform. Now, Hasbro is jumping in as well, with plans to create Fortnite adaptations of its most popular board games.

The first is called Murder Mystery: Clue, and it’s available today. It’s not exactly a board game (see the screenshot above) but, rather, a reimagining in the form of a multiplayer murder mystery that takes place over multiple...

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Jim Tankersley

Jobs Report Adds to Economic Momentum for Harris

In recent weeks, reports have shown inflation slowing and the economy growing at a robust clip. The Federal Reserve has also cut interest rates, bringing mortgage rates down.

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Associated Press

These 6 red states successfully blocked Biden’s student loan cancellation plan

Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota, and Ohio were granted a temporary injunction on Biden’s plan.

A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.

Just as it briefly appeared the Biden administration would have a window to push its plan forward, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp in Missouri granted an...

Fast Company

Lance Lambert

Helene’s widespread devastation heightens the risk of a regional housing market correction

The Southeast housing market’s vulnerability to a hurricane-induced market correction is greater now than in the past.

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter.

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Mark Schofield

KhaDarel Hodge’s second career touchdown was worth the wait

Falcons-Buccaneers ended in dramatic fashion, and a moment years in the making for KhaDarel Hodge

KhaDarel Hodge’s first career NFL touchdown came midway through the 2022 season. It was his first year with the Atlanta Falcons — his fifth year in the league — and in a November game against the Carolina Panthers, Hodge caught a vertical route from Marcus Mariota late in the fourth quarter for his first NFL TD. It was a game the Falcons lost by a final score of 22-15.

He had to...

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Mark Schofield JaredMueller David Fucillo James Dator

4 NFL upset picks for Week 5

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The SB Nation staff lists their favorite upset picks for Week 5 of the 2024 NFL season

If Thursday Night Football is any indication, we are in for a special Week 5 of the 2024 NFL season.

Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons began the week in dramatic fashion, using a last-minute drive to force overtime against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and then winning in walk-off fashion when KhaDarel Hodge turned a quick hitch route into a 45-yard touchdown.

That...

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto

The Pentax 17 is low-stakes analog photography fun that doesn’t feel like a toy

$500 is a lot for a point-and-shoot film camera, but it rewards you with a joyous experience.

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Emma Roth

WordPress co-founder is paying employees to leave if they disagree with him

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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg offered employees $30,000 or six months of salary to leave the company if they didn’t agree with his battle against WP Engine. In an update on Thursday night, Mullenweg said 159 people, making up 8.4 percent of the company, took the offer.

Automattic, which is in charge of WordPress.com and its commercial services, has been involved in a public dispute with WP Engine after Mullenweg called the third-party hosting service...

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Andrew Liszewski

Snoop Dogg, Martha Stewart, and Bic are somehow all involved in this weird iPhone case

Each case includes two matching Bic EZ Reach lighters. | Image: Bic

Bic, the company best known for ballpoint pens, razors, and lighters, has just revealed a collaboration that no one could have possibly had on their 2024 bingo cards. Its new Hold the Phone case has a molded cutout on the back to hold one of Bic’s EZ Reach lighters, specifically those designed by Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg as part of a collaboration with the company.

Just two color options will be available...

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

Joker: Folie à Deux can barely hold a tune

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Todd Phillips’ new Joker sequel is a pitchy mess that wants to explore what happens when villains become folk heroes.

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