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- Cinema Online
Jia Ling attracts attention with weight gain
The comedienne went from 105kg to 55kg to now 70kg
- People
Husband Is Angry After Wife Makes Scrapbooks for Their Daughters That Don't Include Him: 'What About Me?'
In a post shared to Reddit, the woman writes that she has been compiling the books for her 2- and 6-year-old daughters since they were born
- BuzzFeed
10 Ridiculously Sexist Myths About Periods That Made Me Roll My Eyes So Hard, I Saw My Brain
"Periods ruin everything" - Pliny the Elder, probably
- The Guardian
Nadia Davids wins Caine short story prize for ‘triumph of language’ Bridling
The South African author’s work was described as ‘an impressive achievement’ by chair of judges Chika Unigwe
- The Independent
Amazon workers fume at tech giant for scrapping remote work
‘Our culture is unique,’ the company’s CEO told employees on Monday, before asking them to turn up to the office five days a week
- BuzzFeed
14 Things People Never Would Have Been Able To Identify Without The Help Of The Internet
Maybe just don't open anything you find in an old mine.
- Variety
James Cameron Buys ‘Ghosts of Hiroshima’ Book Rights, Will Direct Film When ‘Avatar’ Production Allows
Director James Cameron has purchased the rights to Charles Pellegrino‘s upcoming book “Ghosts of Hiroshima,” which will be published by Blackstone Publishing in August 2025 (the 80th anniversary of the bomb’s dropping in 1945). Cameron will combine and adapt “Ghosts” and Pellegrino’s 2015 book “Last Train From Hiroshima” into a single film, which he will …
- BuzzFeed
16 Bizarre Mysteries That Might Never Be Solved, And It’s Incredibly Weird
The world keeps on turning, despite whatever is happening in these pics.
- The Telegraph
What life is like with the Middletons – according to James
When James Middleton disappeared for two days walking in the Lake District to clear his head in 2017, he came back into phone reception to find a barrage of messages from his worried family.
- Reuters
Hezbollah exploding pager trail runs from Taiwan to Budapest
Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The operation, with a trail running from Taiwan to Budapest, was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw thousands of pagers explode across Lebanon, wounding nearly 3,000 people, including many of the group's fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. The Lebanese security source said the pagers were from Taiwan-based Gold Apollo, but the company said in a statement it did not manufacture the devices.
- The Independent
Shakira abandons stage after fan appears to film up her dress at Miami nightclub
Singer appeared to scold fan before calling it quits and exiting the stage
- Cinema Online
Cindy Au hopes for more jobs in the near future
The actress needs more work now that she is living on her own post-divorce
- Twentytwo13
Major child abuse case gets Malaysian King’s attention, police to probe CEO of company allegedly linked to charity homes
Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim, has instructed police to conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged criminal, and child abuse cases, linked to Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings (GISBH).
- The Independent
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent
- The Hill
Trump quips he wishes Biden hadn’t called him: ‘He was so nice to me’
Former President Trump said Tuesday that both President Biden and Vice President Harris were “so nice” in their calls following an apparent assassination attempt on Trump, hinting that it made it more difficult to attack them. “He was so nice to me yesterday. In one way I sort of wish the call wasn’t made because…
- INSIDER
Meet Shou Zi Chew, the 41-year-old CEO leading TikTok through its fight to avoid a US ban
Shou Zi Chew led Apple competitor Xiaomi through a blockbuster IPO. Now, he's leading TikTok as it navigates the threat of a US ban.
- BuzzFeed
I Asked First-Time Voters If They're Going With Kamala Harris Or Donald Trump, And Some Of The Responses Were Really Surprising
"I wasn't previously motivated to vote before this election, honestly, but the hate, divisiveness, and negativity from the Trump campaign is ridiculous."
- The Independent
Hillary Clinton condemns Elon Musk’s ‘creepy’ message to Taylor Swift: ‘Another way of saying rape’
The former US Secretary of State offered her view on Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris
- INSIDER
'The Lord of The Rings' made almost $3 billion at the box office — so you might be surprised by how much its actors got paid
Cate Blanchett recently said "no one got paid anything" for "The Lord of the Rings." Here's what we know about the cast's salaries.
- The Independent
Hezbollah vows to respond after multiple dead and thousands wounded in mass pager explosions
A Hezbollah official said the explosions were the biggest security breach the group had experienced in nearly a year