Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained in three words why the president’s State of the Union address on Tuesday was so terrible. “Weakest performance ever,” Buttigieg said on CNN after the speech, noting that the speech received low approval ratings from voters, much lower than previous State of the Union addresses from Trump and other
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Friday rapid-fire wrap up time. Here are the links we didn’t quite get to, but are still worth browsing: First look at Sally Field in Remarkably Bright Creatures [People] The Most Popular Books on Goodreads
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Radiohead have shared a brief statement addressed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after the Department of Homeland Security used a choral rendition of their song “Let Down” in an Instagram Reel. It reads: We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down. It ain’t funny, this
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British actor Nicholas Galitzine turned heads Thursday at the Emporio Armani Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026/2027 show, commanding the front row with understated elegance and cinematic charm. Seated beside supermodel Kendall Jenner, 30, the 31-year-old star effortlessly blended Italian tailoring with star power, proving why he’s one of fashion’s rising faces. Classic Italian Tailoring Galitzine kept his
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Resident Evil Requiem doesn’t feature any narrative choices for most of the runtime, but Requiem‘s horror story all builds up to one decision at the end. Grace Ashcroft’s big moment determines how the game will conclude, so it’s important to make the right choice. In the climax, Grace is confronted with a text prompt to
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Cat Sebastian, a favorite among historical romance fans for the Regency Impostors series and midcentury stories like We Could Be So Good, has brought her talent to the 21st century with her contemporary debut, Star Shipped, an enemies-to-lovers romance between two co-stars on a long-running sci-fi TV show.  Simon and Charlie have shared the limelight
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Hold on to your kilts: The Traitors officially has a new winner. Traitor Rob Rausch took home $220,800 during the Peacock’s reality competition series’ nail-biting season four finale Feb. 26. The Love Island USA alum beat out the last Faithfuls: Love Island U.K.‘s Maura Higgins, Dancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas and Olympic figure
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Maura similarly shared her heartbreak during the Feb. 26 finale after learning she’d been played.  “I was so convinced, you’ve embarrassed me,” she told Rob. “You’re never going to have a girlfriend after this—you’re such a good liar.” Still, the Love Island USA star admitted there were “no hard feelings,” telling him, “I’m just in
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I used to roll my eyes at wool trousers. Not because they looked bad — but because every “style expert” sold them with the same lazy script: buy grey flannel, add a navy blazer, brown shoes, done. In real life, that formula can make you look like you’re wearing a uniform you didn’t choose. Here’s
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Mitski’s eighth album Nothing’s About To Happen To Me is here, and she’s marking the occasion with a new music video for the song “If I Leave.” In the video, directed by Jared Hogan, Mitski and her band make the most of an extremely spooky house, peeling wallpaper and all. Watch that below. Nothing’s About
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Days before President Donald Trump’s anti-trans State of the Union address, in which he falsely claimed that schools across the country are secretly “transitioning of students without their parents’ knowledge” and used a Virginia college student as a prop to argue for schools outing trans kids to their parents, trans celebrity Trump supporter Caitlyn Jenner
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Amanda Seyfried’s latest film isn’t exactly subtle, and she’s not pretending otherwise. The 2026 movie calendar release, The Testament of Ann Lee, has already sparked conversation about the intense imagery, prompting some walkouts among audience members, and now the actress is adding another unexpected detail to the mix. While making the press rounds, she revealed
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Today’s Featured Book Deals $2.99 A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown Get This Deal $5.99 Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz Get This Deal $1.99 The Waves Take You Home by María Alejandra Barrios Vélez Get This Deal $5.99 Inharmonious by Tammye Huf Get This Deal $2.99
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Say hello to the new Olaplex No.3PLUS complete repair treatment! Yes, you read that right, the brand’s popular repair treatment was just reformulated and updated, and there are some changes you need to know about before buying.  In case you weren’t already using the original No.3 product, here’s how it worked: in 3-10 minutes, it
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Megan Thee Stallion has joined the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway. For eight weeks beginning in March, she’ll take on the mononymic role of Zidler—changed from Harold Zidler—the proprietor of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the show’s de facto narrator. A statement obtained by The New York Times says that “a hint”
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Before the advent of television and the internet, almost everyone in America read magazines. Collier’s, The Atlantic, Harper’s, The New Yorker and their ilk had an insatiable need for freelance writers to fill their prestigious pages, and a stellar period of magazine journalism was born. Although women were underrepresented and undervalued in journalism, three remarkable
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New Balance has announced the launch of the International Baseball Pack, a lineup of performance cleats designed to honor the national pride and heritage of their global baseball athletes. The collection includes country-inspired colorways of New Balance baseball and softball models of Lindor v3, Ohtani v1, 3000 v7, 4040 v8, and Velo v4, each crafted
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CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse have revived their Gnarls Barkley alias for one more album. Atlanta is due out on March 6 on Atlantic-affiliated imprint 10k Projects; a lead single shared today (February 25), “Pictures,” marks the pair’s first new studio release in 18 years. Give it a listen below. “Pictures” takes its inspiration from
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Sam Greene / USA TODAY NETWORK CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten outlined Donald Trump’s abysmal polling numbers, particularly with Independents, ahead of Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. “The bottom line is this: Donald Trump has never been weaker going into a State of the Union address… and weaker by a considerable amount,”
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For years, I thought Wuthering Heights was just a cool, old-timey house name. Dramatic? Sure. Gothic? Absolutely. But meteorological? Not even remotely on my radar. And then I stumbled across an explainer for the 2026 movie release from The Weather Channel that completely reframed everything I thought I knew about the title. Suddenly, Emily Brontë’s
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