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‘SNL50’ Audience Was ‘Terrible, ‘Just Famous People’

‘SNL50’ Audience Was ‘Terrible, ‘Just Famous People’

“Saturday Night Live’s” 50th anniversary special in February may have been attended by everyone from Robert De Niro to Kim Kardashian, but according to “SNL” alum Pete Davidson, the audience inside the room was “terrible.” In an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” on Wednesday, Davidson — who stars in the new comedy “The Pickup” with Eddie Murphy — …

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The Sydney Sweeney/American Eagle Discourse Has Left People Reexamining Other Famous Women Who Appealed To The Male Gaze

The Sydney Sweeney/American Eagle Discourse Has Left People Reexamining Other Famous Women Who Appealed To The Male Gaze

Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad garnered quite the reaction last week. In the ad, which boasts the tagline “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” the Euphoria actor says, “Genes are passed down from parent to offspring, often determining traits like eye color, personality, and even hair color. My jeans are blue.” Steve Granitz / Getty Images As well as being accused …

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Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published | Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published | Jeffrey Epstein

The long-running scandal surrounding the disgraced late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein broadened on Tuesday after the New York Times published a trove of previously unseen letters to Epstein from numerous powerful figures as well as unseen photographs from inside his Manhattan mansion. The letters, written to Epstein by a number of high-profile individuals, were reportedly compiled as …

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New long-necked marine reptile species discovered in Germany's famous Jurassic fossil beds – Phys.org

New long-necked marine reptile species discovered in Germany’s famous Jurassic fossil beds  Phys.org Paleontologists Unveil New Species of Plesiosaur  Sci.News Forgotten Jurassic Fossil Reveals a Long-Necked Sea Monster Hidden for Decades  SciTechDaily New ancient marine reptile species discovered in Germany’s famous Jurassic fossil beds  EurekAlert! 183-million-year-old sea monster species found hiding in German fossil bed  Interesting Engineering Source link

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Photons pass famous Bell test but without entanglement, shows study

Photons pass famous Bell test but without entanglement, shows study

For decades, entanglement has been the hallmark of quantum weirdness, a ghostly connection between particles that Einstein famously called “spooky action at a distance.” It is at the heart of quantum computing, encryption, and our deepest understanding of the universe. However, recently, researchers in China have pulled off something that sounds almost impossible. They passed one of the toughest tests …

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Figma IPO’s surprise winner is a charity with 13 million shares—and a famous backstory that sparked a bitter feud over a donor’s oil fortune

Figma IPO’s surprise winner is a charity with 13 million shares—and a famous backstory that sparked a bitter feud over a donor’s oil fortune

As Figma went public this week to much fanfare—and an almost instantaneous 250% stock pop—quite a few folks from Silicon Valley made money. But the biggest winner in terms of immediate IPO proceeds is not any of the marquee Silicon Valley venture capital firms such as Index Ventures, Greylock, and Kleiner Perkins, who sold only small slivers of their stakes …

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Who Took the Famous Vietnam War Image?

Who Took the Famous Vietnam War Image?

S aigon, Vietnam, June 8, 1972. Just before sunrise, a small group of newsmen slid into combat fatigues and safari jackets before slipping through the waking city in a convoy of vans and rental cars. As they sped northwest, they snaked past legions of people seeking refuge, a silent cortege of poverty and misery. Burdened with all they could carry …

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MIT Just Proved Einstein Wrong in the Most Famous Quantum Experiment – SciTechDaily

MIT Just Proved Einstein Wrong in the Most Famous Quantum Experiment  SciTechDaily Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials  MIT News MIT confirms Einstein was wrong in century-old light experiment  Interesting Engineering Like Superman, light has two identities that are impossible to see at once  Tech Explorist Niels Bohr defeated Einstein: scientists created a diffraction grating of «frozen» atoms that …

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Tom Cruise Spotted at Concert of Famous Rock Band That Once Mocked Him

Tom Cruise Spotted at Concert of Famous Rock Band That Once Mocked Him

Tom Cruise Spotted at Concert of Famous Rock Band That Once Mocked Him originally appeared on Parade. Tom Cruise just made a surprising appearance at an Oasis concert at London’s Wembley Stadium years after the band’s frontmen mocked him in a documentary. Fans were shocked to see the A-list actor at the event, given the history between him and the …

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