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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 7 of Game of Thrones. The major players of Game of Thrones descended upon King’s Landing for a conversation in the Season 7 finale, and Sunday night’s episode treated viewers to several epic reunions. But of all the characters who were finally brought together in the capital city,…

Kim Kardashian West is a busy lady. She’s got a beauty line, her family’s famed reality TV show, and, of course, her two kids North, 4, and Saint, 2, to parent with husband Kanye West. With so much to juggle, a lesser mogul might be overwhelmed, but not Kardashian West. Her priorities are pretty straightforward,…

Jennifer Lawrence was responsible for what might have been the best Kim Kardashian West interview we’ve ever seen when she took over as a guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night, but that’s not to say they were without a few awkward moments. The reality star arrived at the studio sans bra in a…

More than a decade ago, Matt Lauer was caught on camera making lewd comments to his Today show co-host Meredith Vieira. In the wake of Lauer’s shocking firing from the NBC morning show on Wednesday over allegations of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, TMZ published footage from 11 years ago of Lauer commenting on Vieira’s…

Props to CNN’s D.J. Judd, who pointed out a historical irony: But on reflection, some of our sense of irony on this issue is misplaced, because observers assume that British aristocracy is a bastion of “whiteness.” (This remark is not aimed at Mr. Judd, who is obviously sophisticated about these issues). I’m just saying that…

As millions of people across the globe face extreme heat advisories, with temperatures even soaring beyond 90 degrees in Siberia last week, a recent study published in the British journal Nature Geoscience warns long-term global warming—and thus sea level rise—could be twice as bad as climate models project. “In terms of rate of change, we…

Despite mounting concerns from the international community—including Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman—Israeli soldiers reportedly killed at least four Palestinians and injured hundreds on Friday as the March of Great Return continued for the fourth straight week in Gaza. Snipers with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are still shooting Palestinians who are protesting Israeli occupation at the…

Declarations of outrage were followed by demands for an immediate investigation on Thursday after reports that the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition slaughtered dozens of innocent civilians, including many children traveling on a school bus, when it bombed an area near a crowded market in Yemen. The International Committee of the Red Cross reported on Twitter that…

When Claudio Borio speaks, the big bankers and investors, the economics profession, and senior policymakers listen quite carefully—even if his sentiments don’t reach the shores of the popular media. Borio, the chief economist for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the central bankers’ central bank, recently remarked on the fragility of the global economy, and…

While the Jennifer Aniston we know and love is an age-defying red carpet knockout, the roles she plays don’t always reflect this. The Friends alum’s latest project, for instance, shows a totally new sartorial side to the screen icon. Aniston, 48, is currently on the set of Dumplin’ in Jonesboro, Georgia—and her look could not…