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PARTING SHOT: Alan Cumming
AFTER THE MASSIVE SUCCESS OF THE TRAITORS LAST YEAR (STREAMING now on Peacock), host Alan Cumming knew this third season had to be bigger. “There was a pressure to not just repeat ourselves, it actually upped the ante.” And they did just that, with a more explosive cast and even wilder twists. “It is bigger. I’m sort of a cult leader. I’ve gone from just a dandy lord of the manor in his castle to official cult leader. I’m fine with it.” Cumming hosts a castle full of reality TV stars who all play a game of murder in the hope of winning upward of $250,000. But Cumming says their TV background has little to do with their success on The Traitors. “Everybody has this sort of myth that you have to be in one of those gamer shows to do well at this game, and it’s not true. Sometimes it’s actually good to have better social skills.” Last year, Cumming’s Emmy win ended RuPaul’s historic 8-year winning streak for RuPaul’s Drag Race. “I saw Ru and I went up to him and I just went, ‘I am so sorry.’ And he just went, ‘Con-drag-ulations.’ And I was like, ‘He said it!’” [laughs]
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January 31, 2025
Newsweek US
TAKE A 'MONEYBALL' APPROACH TO VISA REFORM
WHILE CLAIMS OF A “CIVIL WAR” within MAGA ranks may be exaggerated, a holiday exchange on X [formerly Twitter] underscored a growing fault line in the Republican Party between the working-class voters who propelled President Donald Trump back into power and the billionaire elites he's tapping to shape his administration.
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January 31, 2025
Newsweek US
BABY BLUES
China's low birth rate and aging population are ending any hopes BEIJING had of overtaking the U.S. as an economic giant
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January 31, 2025
Newsweek US
Julia Stiles
“What’s funny is that I did everything as a director that I swore I would never do to my actors.”
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
AMERICA'S BEST - REGIONAL BANKS & CREDIT UNIONS 2025
REGIONAL BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS ARE the financial backbone of communities nationwide.
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
How the Other Half Live
Patricia Arquette returns for season 2 of Severance. Free from the corporation, she reveals her character's struggle with her newfound independence
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
\"I'm not too worried about her not being likable.\"
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
'These Were Courageous Leaders'
Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Bernice tells Newsweek how her family aligned with the Carters in the fight for civil rights
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
'A Clarion Call to Service'
Former ambassador to China heralds Jimmy Carter's 'exceptional dedication to humanity and world peace'
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
An Iron Dome for America
Donald Trump has promised to build a missile defense system to protect the continental U.S. from a nuclear strike. A new report lays out how it might look
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
THE GOLDEN AGE OF GENETIC SEQUENCING
HOW GENES ARE MAPPING THE WAY TO CANCER CURES
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January 24, 2025
Newsweek US
Mystery of Ginger Cat Is out of the Bag
The genetics behind the vibrant orange color in feline coats is finally confirmed after 112 years
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie
PARIS HILTON AND NICOLE RICHIE ARE READY TO BRING A LITTLE “SANASA” to the world with Peacock's Paris & Nicole: The Encore, their first project together since their reality show The Simple Life ended in 2007. What's “sanasa”? It's a song and phrase the longtime friends created as kids and popularized on The Simple Life. The show, a cultural phenomenon in the early days of reality TV, followed them over a series of blue-collar jobs. Now they're bringing it back as an opera. “I know this is just going to make people laugh, have fun, be nostalgic and just celebrate our friendship,” Hilton said. While Richie acknowledged “you can't do Simple Life again,” she said now “felt like the right time.” The famous pair also revisit some old jobs in Arkansas, like fast-food chain Sonic, where they now have drinks named for them. “I think that there is a part of our friend- ship that the show ended up showing that people connect to,” Richie said. As for this new special, Hilton is glad to do something positive for their fans. “It's been such a crazy past couple years, and I just feel like the world needs more joy.”
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
What Next for Your Drugstore?
Walgreens and Amazon are placing opposing bets on the future of retail pharmacy
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
AMERICA'S GREATEST WORKPLACES for Diversity
AS COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE TO navigate the evolving dynamics of the workplace, diversity remains a cornerstone of organizational success and social responsibility.
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
FIGHTING SPIRITS
ANDREA MCCARTHY TOLD FRIENDS and family when she gave up alcohol on January 1, 2024, that she would toast 12 months off the sauce with a drink to ring in 2025. As that anniversary approached, the Los Angeles-born content creator told Newsweek she had had a change of heart.
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Lessons Over Lunch
Ninety-year-old volunteer Hugh showed me how the winter years can be full of purpose
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Is California's Green Dream Hot Air?
The state aims to rely on zero-carbon energy sources in two decades' time but has hurdles to overcome along the way
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Power Struggle
As the dust settles following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, new front lines could be drawn in Syria's old civil war
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Downsizing Goes Bust for Boomers
Rising property costs are not just affecting young Americans—older people are ‘aging in place’ due to a dearth of affordable accessible housing
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January 03-17, 2025 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Ray Romano
\"I read about three scripts, and at the end of each there was a little twist, a little turn, [and] it was funny.\"
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December 27, 2024
Newsweek US
Has J.K. Rowling Won the Culture War?
After years of backlash over trans issues, the Harry Potter author has received major business backing
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December 27, 2024
Newsweek US
Nothin' Lasts Forever
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour' ends its record-breaking run..
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December 27, 2024
Newsweek US
SPY IN THE SKY
CHINA FACES ACCUSATIONS of ESPIONAGE and WEAPONIZING OUTER SPACE as it BUILDS a NEW OBSERVATORY in CHILE critics say WILL BE USED for MILITARY PURPOSES
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December 27, 2024
Newsweek US
'This Murder Is a Symbol of the Times'
Conservatives and liberals agree on the state of the health care industry following the killing of Brian Thompson
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December 27, 2024
Newsweek US
The Defense Industry's Fight With ESG
EUROPEAN DEFENSE COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY smaller businesses, are being blocked from investment they sorely need by sustainability rules, a senior NATO official and several industry figures have said.
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December 27, 2024
Newsweek US
Margo Martindale
Jamie Lee [Curtis, producer] called me and she says, \"Jamie Lee Curtis here. I have a project for you. And you're gonna do it.\"
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December 20, 2024
Newsweek US
Malala Yousafzai
\"AFGHANISTAN IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE world where girls are banned from access to education and women are limited from work.\"
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December 20, 2024
Newsweek US
In the Eyes of the Law
Jude Law is unrecognizable as an FBI agent on the trail of aneo-Naziterrorist group in real-crime drama The Order
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December 20, 2024
Newsweek US
Gonzo Intelligence
Instead of keeping a low profile, Moscow's spies are embracing the limelight and even being welcomed home by Vladimir Putin after their cover is blown
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