Vogue's Anna Wintour exits editor-in-chief post, but remains brand's global boss | Love Island USA tells viewers to stop harassing contestants: 'Remember they're real people' | Lalo Schifrin, who wrote endlessly catchy Mission: Impossible theme, dead at 93
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Vogue's Anna Wintour exits editor-in-chief post, but remains brand's global boss; Vogue's Anna Wintour, seen attending the 78th Tony Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on June 8, told the magazines staff on Thursday she will be stepping down as the fashion magazine's editor-in-chief\.

Vogue's Anna Wintour exits editor-in-chief post, but remains brand's global boss

June 26 , 2025 at 03:21:52 p.m. EDT • :

Anna Wintour is stepping away from her role as U.S. Vogue's editor-in-chief but will retain editorial control over the storied magazine.

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Love Island USA tells viewers to stop harassing contestants: 'Remember they're real people'; Hit reality show Love Island USA issued statements this week asking viewers to stop targeting its Season 7 contestants, shown in this promotional photo, with online harassment and hateful comments\.

Love Island USA tells viewers to stop harassing contestants: 'Remember they're real people'

June 26 , 2025 at 06:05:54 p.m. EDT • :

Love Island USA — currently the most-watched streaming reality show in the U.S. — has issued a rare and serious warning to its many fans that harassing its contestants will not be tolerated.

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Lalo Schifrin, who wrote endlessly catchy Mission: Impossible theme, dead at 93; Film composer Lalo Schifrin, pictured at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles in 2018, died Thursday at the age of 93\.

Lalo Schifrin, who wrote endlessly catchy Mission: Impossible theme, dead at 93

June 26 , 2025 at 07:36:38 p.m. EDT • :

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the instantly recognizable theme for Mission: Impossible and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93.

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Sealed, sold, delivered: How blind boxes like Labubu became a viral obsession; Different series of Labubu blind boxes pictured on display at a local store in Toronto\. The collectible has become popular, particularly on social media, as consumers share videos of them unboxing the toys\.

Sealed, sold, delivered: How blind boxes like Labubu became a viral obsession

June 26 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The viral blind box craze blends surprise, scarcity and social media to fuel a booming global business — and spark debate about the risks and rewards of mystery-box shopping.

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Why Marge Simpson's death suddenly has viewers talking about The Simpsons again; The internet has been abuzz with the news of Marge Simpson's death in the recent season finale of The Simpsons\. Sure, it's a flash forward, but it's got people talking about the long-running show's role as a pop-culture juggernaut\.

Why Marge Simpson's death suddenly has viewers talking about The Simpsons again

June 25 , 2025 at 06:03:17 p.m. EDT • :

Crack open a Duff beer and pour one out for Marge Simpson, the blue-haired, raspy-voiced matriarch whose death in this year's season finale of The Simpsons has reinvigorated a conversation about the pop-culture institution that some critics say is long past its prime.

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Montreal-based rom-com Mile End Kicks set to make debut at TIFF; Director Chandler Levack poses for a photograph at the Houndstooth in Toronto, ahead of the premiere for her film I Like Movies, as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, on Tuesday, Sept\. 6, 2022\. Her new film, rom-com Mile End Kicks, will premiere this fall at TIFF\.   

June 26 , 2025 at 12:13:06 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal-based rom-com Mile End Kicks set to make debut at TIFF

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6 sizzling books to add to your summer reading list; composite of two headshots, a South Asian man with a beard and eyeglasses on the left, an Arab woman with long black hair and wearing a red blouse on the the right\.  

June 20 , 2025 at 02:24:30 p.m. EDT • :

6 sizzling books to add to your summer reading list

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Jaws attacked 50 years ago, changing how we look at movies — and sharks; Steven Spielberg's Jaws premiered in theatres on June 20, 1975, ushering in a new era of summer blockbusters and creating a legacy that continues to thrill and chill movie viewers 50 years later\.  

June 20 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Jaws attacked 50 years ago, changing how we look at movies — and sharks

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Sean (Diddy) Combs's sex trafficking trial is nearing its end. Here's how it played out; Sean \(Diddy\) Combs, seen in this courtroom sketch, watches proceedings as text messages between him and his former chief of staff Kristina Khorram are shown during his sex trafficking trial in New York\. Combs is accused of forcing his ex-girlfriends into taking part in drug-fuelled sex parties that he called freak-offs\.  

June 24 , 2025 at 05:11:11 p.m. EDT • :

Sean (Diddy) Combs's sex trafficking trial is nearing its end. Here's how it played out

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Canadian Denis Villeneuve to direct next James Bond movie; Canadian director Denis Villeneuve arrives at the Oscars on March 2\. Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie, it was announced Wednesday\.  

June 25 , 2025 at 08:52:57 p.m. EDT • :

Canadian Denis Villeneuve to direct next James Bond movie

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