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  • Trump and Mamdani’s White House Lovefest Leaves Trump Allies “Shocked,” Says Source

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    A horde of a few dozen reporters, cable news anchors, and camera crews sprinted across Lafayette Square, before forming a roiling mosh under the bronze statue of Andrew Jackson, impatiently waiting for the arrival of Zohran Mamdani.

    He never came. After a considerable wait, an aide for Mamdani came out and informed the ravenous scrum of journalists that the whole throng-on-the-park situation was “unsafe” (fair enough). Your correspondent monitored the chaos from a safe distance. One frazzled reporter, after extricating himself from the pack, described the scene as “mob conditions.” Kaitlan Collins was nearly decked in the head by a large camera.

    President Donald Trump, who moments earlier had hosted Mamdani for an extraordinary press conference in the Oval Office, joked that no one he’s welcomed into the White House—not even heads of state—have drawn as much attention as the mayor-elect of New York. “For some reason, the press has found this to be a very interesting meeting,” Trump said. “The biggest people in the world, they come over from countries, nobody cares, but they did care about this meeting, and it was a great meeting.”

    Those hoping for a brawl—like Senator Rick Scott, who wrote on X earlier Friday that the “little communist” was set to be “schooled” by Trump—were surely disappointed. The New York Post will have to find a grisly crime in the five boroughs for tomorrow’s front page, because no blood was spilled in the Oval on Friday afternoon. From the moment the meeting was opened to press, the president sat behind the Resolute Desk and lavished praise on the young Democratic socialist who stood to his right. He congratulated Mamdani on his election win and gave him a warm handshake. “The better he does, the happier I am,” Trump said, beaming.

    The pair fielded a series of questions from pool reporters carefully crafted to drum up conflict. Trump, who just this week called Mamdani a “communist,” was asked about those attacks. He brushed them off: “I mean, he’s got views a little out there, but who knows. I mean, we’re going to see what works.” Even more stunning, when a reporter asked Mamdani about his labeling of Trump as a “fascist,” Trump stepped in to rescue him. “That’s okay, you can just say yes, it’s easier than explaining it, I don’t mind,” Trump said, playfully tapping Mamdani on the arm.

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  • At Dick Cheney’s Funeral, Talk of “Spontaneous Combustion,” Unlikely Democratic Reverence, and No Mention of Iraq

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    Dick Cheney was possibly the most disliked vice president of all. He was the co-architect of the Iraq war and an unabashed defender of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques after the attacks of 9/11. Cheney, along with his partner Bush, helped pave the way for the populist revolution of Trump and his MAGA movement. Yet at the time Cheney wore his dismal approval rating like a badge of honor and relished being caricatured as Darth Vader.

    But there was another Cheney—a kinder, gentler one, recalled in eulogies by his cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Reiner and notably by George W. Bush. In remarks that never mentioned 9/11, Iraq, or the 2008 financial meltdown, Bush praised Cheney’s judgment, reticence, loyalty, and humor. In a touching tribute, Cheney’s granddaughter Grace Perry spoke movingly of how much Grandpa loved driving her to rodeos across Wyoming in his pickup truck (without using GPS).

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  • Bon Iver’s fABLE Salmon Is Now an Official Pantone Color

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    There are two Pantone colors on the covers of Bon Iver’s SABLE, EP and SABLE, fABLE: Black C and 1625 C. The latter now has an official name: fABLE Salmon. Read more about the Bon Iver partnership on the Pantone website, and take a look at the swatch below.

    Justin Vernon worked on the art direction for SABLE, and SABLE, fABLE with the Minnesota-based painter Ruben Nusz and Secretly Group’s head of art and design, Miles Johnson.

    “It was fun dialing in the specific color to Justin’s vision,” Nusz told writer Andy Battaglia for Pantone. “Many people don’t know that we see color through not only cultural biases but also through the lens of language. Color and language are inseparable. As we adjusted the color temperatures for the salmon (between cool and warm) and the hues that mix to make the color, we were careful not to make the salmon too red, too yellow, or too orange. When a color is more abstract, it’s less pinned down by language—it opens up. As we perfected the color, it came to be defined by two words: Bon Iver.”

    Johnson added, “There’s a lot of space [in cover art] that gives you access to a record, but it can also act as a barrier or alter your perception of the music. Justin was very keen here to keep peeling away any layers that might be on top.”

    Pantone has partnered with musicians a number of times in the past. There has been Love Symbol #2, in honor of Prince; Pink Noise by Laura Mvula; and Grateful Red and Stealie Blue, for the Grateful Dead. And, while not given an official name by Pantone, you can find the green hue from Charli XCX’s Brat in the catalog as Pantone 3507 C.

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  • An Exclusive Look Inside Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji’s Viral Clerk’s Office Wedding

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    McCurdy first met Mamdani in 2019 at at a party for Tiffany Cabán’s Queens District Attorney race. A few months later, she began volunteering on his 2020 state assembly campaign. When the pandemic hit, the Savannah College of Art and Design grad offered to help craft his visual identity: If people couldn’t meet the candidate, they could at least see him on social media. “At that point, in March of 2020, there was one single photo that we’d been using for everything: for literature, for media, for pressers, anything. A singular photo,” she says, laughing. So she started taking photos for him for his Instagram, where McCurdy estimates he only had only around 2,000 followers at the time. (That number soon went up and up and never stopped: “People love seeing the guy,” she says.)

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  • Hollywood 2026 U.S. Credits

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    The credits behind our 2026 Hollywood Issue.

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  • What time does I’m a Celebrity start tonight?

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    I’m a Celebrity is back — and the timing couldn’t be better. Just as Celebrity Traitors withdrawal symptoms are starting to set in, the iconic reality game show has returned to fill the gaping hole in our TV viewing schedules. And this season looks like a fun one.

    This year, ten celebs have made their way to the Australian jungle to duke it out in a game of gruesome, gritty celeb survivor. Each night, the celebs complete a series of missions to earn food and supplies, along with the viewers’ support — and each week, another celeb is voted out, until one King or Queen of Jungle remains.

    While there may be no cloaks or turrets or thickset bangs, we’re all in. But when does the show start?

    When does I’m a Celebrity start?

    The first two episodes of I’m a Celebrity have already aired. So, hurry over to ITVX to catch up! The first episode aired on Sunday, 16 November at 9pm on ITV and ITVX and the second came the following night. Both are now available for streaming.

    What has happened on I’m a Celebrity so far?

    In the first 90-minute episode, the celebs faced their first challenges — there were some snakes and ants involved, along with the “Cockie Van” designed to look like a cockroach. You could say, we are so back. Angry Ginge and Ruby Wax were given the first Bushtucker Trial: The Divey.

    In episode two, the first Bushtucker Trial got underway and saw Angry Ginge and Ruby enjoying the jungle’s “most exclusive, swankiest, VIP restaurant” – where they had to munch their way through an assortment of revolting foods (mealworms, cockroaches, crickets) all playfully named after celebrities.

    Meanwhile, back at camp, Jack Osbourne opened up about the death of his father Ozzy Osbourne, while speaking to Lisa Riley.

    In the preview for episode three, it was revealed that Aitch would be taking on the next Bushtucker Challenge: “Jungle Doomsday.”

    Apparently, the show is already so popular, the fan app is crashing. At the end of the second episode, an influx of over 2 million votes led some viewers to experience issues voting on the app.

    Fan reactions to I’m a Celebrity

    So far, fans are all in this season, with Ruby Wax already emerging as a standout.

    “I was watching I’m a celeb for Ginge and Aitch but Ruby has been the best for me. She has been hilarious,” one viewer wrote.

    “I’m a celeb is so so good this year already,” wrote another.

    A third fan wrote, “I think Aitch and Angry Ginge are going to be one of the funniest duo’s we’ve seen on I’m a celeb history.”

    What time does I’m a Celebrity start tonight?

    Tonight will be the third episode, and it’s set to air at 9pm on ITV and ITVX.

    How long is I’m a Celebrity on for?

    While we don’t have a confirmed end date for the show, it will be airing every evening. Usually, the show runs for around three weeks… so that’s your evenings sorted until early December!

    How long is each I’m a Celebrity episode?

    Each episode runs just over an hour and will wrap up at around 10:15pm each night.

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  • Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Are at War. What’s Her Endgame?

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    What, I asked, would it take for Trump’s supporters to start asking Trump the questions they would ask anyone else under the same circumstances: Did he take part in Epstein’s crimes—and, if not, what did he know about them?

    Greene suddenly turned rational. The web of yarn untangled. She noted that she met with several of Epstein’s victims in September, as part of a bipartisan group, to hear their stories. Democrats questioned the victims about their interactions with Trump. “I sat in a closed-door, private meeting with them, with no press, and they over and over said that Donald Trump never did anything wrong,” she stated.

    When it came to why the administration and Republican leadership had worked to keep further revelations on Epstein secret, Greene was at a loss. “I can’t comprehend it. I honestly can’t,” she said. “That’s why I’m committed to keeping my name on the discharge petition, even though it goes against my own Speaker and the White House. I’m working on the Oversight Committee investigation. I even told the women, I’ll read your list on the House floor because I have speech and debate protection. They do not have any protection legally. So I’m going to full lengths, even though it’s not always in my favor, to be committed to transparency.”

    “Gulf of America” hats are stacked in the sitting room of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office.

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    Inside Greene’s office, three newspapers are displayed: The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and The Epoch Times. “Live, Laugh, Love”–style plaques occupy nearly every surface; one sits on a desk in the room where we met, beside a collection of MAGA hats. Greene swigged from a large can of Monster Energy as she insisted, over the course of 45 minutes, that she hadn’t changed.

    “Everyone thinks that I have suddenly changed, and I haven’t,” she said. “I’m doubling down on how much I love this country and its people. I’m radically doubling down, to the point where it doesn’t matter who I disagree with. I’m disagreeing with my own side.” The only difference now, she said, is that she’s earned a strange new respect in the mainstream. CNN invited her on the network for the first time in her career. She appeared on Bill Maher’s Real Time, with the host calling her “the one Republican who’s dissenting.” She only did The View because she had never been invited on before. Joy Behar joked, “You’re taking my job.” She said she remains blacklisted from Fox News over her criticisms of the network, adding that she no longer watches much. “I watch Fox News the least,” she said. (A Fox spokesperson disputed this, noting Greene was last on Fox News in June and February before that). Greene said she prefers to watch CNN, NBC, CNBC, the BBC, and local news.

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  • Massive Attack Promise New Music for 2026

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    Massive Attack don’t release new music often, but that could change in 2026. On social media, the band shared, “from next year we will release a cache of work created in the recent past,” adding that “tracks will be available physically and digitally via a new label.” The caveat, of course, is that the music will not be on Spotify, the digital streaming platform from which Massive Attack are trying to pull their catalog. The band has also directed fans to a new WhatsApp channel where there will be “direct announcements on 2026 releases and special performances.”

    Massive Attack self-released the Eutopia EP in 2020. It marked their first new music since 2016’s “The Spoils,” “Come Near Me,” and Ritual Spirit EP. The band released its most recent studio album, Heligoland, in 2010. The album, along with the 2016 tracks, all arrived via Virgin.

    The 50 Best Albums of 1998

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  • The best moisturisers of all time, tried & tested by Glamour editors

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    Where in my skincare routine should I apply moisturiser?

    “The most important thing is that your SPF will always come last.  Following this rule, in general you should apply your skincare in order of consistency – starting with the thinnest and working up to the thickest which will usually be your moisturiser,” suggests Dr Christine.

    Dr Christine advises to follow the rough order of toner first, then facial essences/serums, followed by a moisturiser and a dedicated sunscreen for face. “The only exception to that rule is if you use a facial oil in which case that comes after the moisturiser to occlude or seal everything underneath it in.”

    After you’ve massaged in your moisturiser, don’t forget to gently dab on some eye cream (a caffeine eye cream, if you fancy), and use one of the best silk pillowcases while you sleep to complete your truly comprehensive skincare regime. Just remember: everyone’s skin concerns will differ slightly, so it’s worth working out what your skin loves to sip on, taking into account seasonal or hormonal changes.

    Which moisturisers are best for each skin type?

    If you’re looking for the best moisturiser for oily skin or acne-prone skin, Dr Christine shares that it’s better to look for a lighter, water-based, oil-free moisturiser. “Moisturising ingredients and humectants such as hyaluronic acid, squalane, ceramides and glycerin are all well suited to oily skin,” adds Dr Alexis Granite. “Other actives to consider include retinol, salicylic acid and niacinamide, all of which are especially good if you are prone to breakouts in addition to oily skin,” she continues.

    Dr Alexis also advises to avoid occlusives that will block your pores, “including petrolatum, lanolin, mineral oil and paraffin.”

    How about the best moisturiser for mature skin and the best moisturiser for dry skin?

    “As we age, we produce less oil and our skin becomes drier.  Look for richer cream moisturisers that contain ceramides and lipids to really nourish the skin barrier, and prevent further moisture loss,” shares Dr Christine. According to Dr Alexis, you may also benefit from layering a hyaluronic acid serum underneath “to help combat dryness.”

    And if you want the best moisturiser for sensitive skin, Dr Christine advises to “look for fragrance and paraben-free, hypoallergenic formulations to avoid any unnecessary irritation.” You might also want to consider formulas with ceramides, emollients and aloe vera to help repair your skin’s moisture barrier.

    How often should I moisturise?

    According to Dr Christine, “for those with very oily skin, moisturising with a light product once daily may be enough. Others might require a richer heavier cream that they might need to reapply throughout the day.” The truth is, dermatologists agree that constant hydration can benefit every skin type (yep, even oily and acne-prone). “Skin oil (sebum) and skin hydration are two separate things and just because the skin is oily does not mean it is well hydrated,” shares Dr Alexis.

    For a day moisturiser, you should try and get some antioxidants (vitamins A, B3, C or E), so it’s always a good idea to look out for potent plant extracts such as resveratrol, as well as some level of SPF (you still need to apply an actual sunscreen, though – something with at least SPF 30 should suffice). At night, should should use your night cream to incorporate a collagen-boosting retinoid, which is renowned for its rejuvenating, youth-boosting benefits.

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  • Geese, Turnstile, Oklou, and More Releasing Rough Trade Exclusive Vinyl Records

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    Rough Trade has announced its top 100 albums of 2025, led by Viagra Boys’ Viagr Aboys. To celebrate, the indie retailer is selling exclusive vinyl pressings tied to the top 30 albums on its list. Featured are new offerings from Geese and Cameron Winter, Turnstile, Pulp, Oklou, Bon Iver, Clipse, and others. Find the list of exclusives, available in-store and online, below. Check out Rough Trade’s 100 favorite albums here.

    To celebrate their place at No. 1, Viagra Boys released the following cheeky statement:

    Shrimptech Enterprises AB Official Communiqué;

    Viagra Boys (and/or affiliated shell companies) would like to extend our deepest gratitude towards Rough Trade for awarding Viagr Aboys with Album of the Year 2025™.

    Sales through all Rough Trade locations and online internet shops have been simply outstanding since its April 25th release, resulting in Shrimptech Enterprises AB stock soaring to stratospherical levels during Q2 and Q3 of the fiscal year.

    Shrimptech Enterprises AB and Viagra Boys would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Rough Trade and all individuals who bought the record and thus saving us from inevitable bankruptcy due to ill informed investments in the horse medicine sector and/or various pending copyright infringements lawsuits. You will be awarded with Very Special Records and questionable merchandise in due time.

    Best regards,

    Shrimptech Enterprises AB Corporate Relations Division

    01 Viagra Boys: Viagr Aboys

    Viagra Boys’ semi-self-titled album is getting a special tricolor vinyl pressing. There is also a new live companion LP, Shrimp Sessions IV. Plus, Rough Trade is selling a new Viagra Boys T-shirt.

    02 Oklou: Choke Enough

    Both Choke Enough and its deluxe edition have unique editions. The original album is pressed on clear vinyl, and the deluxe version is opaque evergreen.

    03 Pulp: More

    To go with the Pulp comeback album More, Rough Trade is selling a new 12″ featuring the band’s cover of Johnny Cash’s “The Man Comes Around.”

    04 Cameron Winter: Heavy Metal / Geese: Getting Killed

    Cameron Winter and his band, Geese, are lumped together at No. 4. The frontman’s solo debut, Heavy Metal, is released on splatter vinyl with an exclusive 7″ that he recorded live at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Then, Geese’s Getting Killed also gets the splatter treatment and a companion 7″ that was recorded at the Rough Trade out-store at London’s George Tavern.

    Cameron Winter: Heavy Metal

    05 Turnstile: Never Enough

    Rough Trade has a neon green edition of Turnstile’s Never Enough.

    06 Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong

    Rough Trade has an exclusive 12″ from Black Country, New Road called Forever Howlong Demos: Live at the Cornish Bank. It’s a four-track release that the band recorded in July 2024.

    Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong

    07 Samia: Bloodless

    There is a glittery black edition of Samia’s Bloodless, as well as well as an exclusive live CD capturing the singer’s tour stop in Minneapolis.

    08 Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow

    Rough Trade is selling exclusively a live album from Jason Isbell, Live in Dublin.

    Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow

    09 Caroline: Caroline 2

    To go with Caroline 2, there is a 12″ titled Not Everything Needs to Even Out.

    10 Hayley Williams: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

    Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party gets a special new mirtazapine teal splash vinyl pressing.

    Hayley Williams: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

    11 Saint Etienne: International

    There is a new tricolor France 98 vinyl pressing of Saint Etienne’s final album.

    Saint Etienne: International

    12 Bon Iver: SABLE, fABLE

    Rough Trade is selling 200 copies of the SABLE, fABLE photography zine, with 50 of them signed at random by the artist.

    13 CMAT: Euro-Country

    There is a pink yolk in the middle of the new clear vinyl edition of CMAT’s Euro-Country.

    14 The Lemonheads: Love Chant

    The Lemonheads’ Love Chant is getting released on picture disc, and there is a companion live LP called Two Weeks in Australia Two.

    15 Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out

    Be sure to grab the “slutcore version” of Lambrini Girls’ Who Let the Dogs Out.

    Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out

    16 HotWax: Hot Shock

    HotWax are releasing a Live at Rough Trade East LP.

    17 Saya Gray: Saya

    Saya Gray’s Saya now comes with previously unreleased demos and new tracks.

    18 Hotline TNT: Raspberry Moon

    The raspberry açai green tea edition of Raspberry Moon comes with an alternate sleeve.

    Hotline TNT: Raspberry Moon

    19 Say She She: Cut & Rewind

    Say She She’s exclusive Larger Than Live! is limited to 500 copies.

    Say She She: Cut & Rewind

    20 Jensen McRae: I Don’t Know How but They Found Me!

    The new edition of Jensen McRae’s I Don’t Know How but They Found Me! has a flex-disc featuring “Massachusetts.”

    Jensen McRae: I Don’t Know How But They Found Me

    21 Clipse: Let God Sort Em’ Out

    Clipse’s comeback album is pressed on pink vinyl.

    Clipse: Let God Sort Em Out

    22 Brutalismus 3000: Goodbye Salò

    Goodbye Salò the Remixes is an exclusive 12″ to accompany Brutalismus 3000’s new album.

    23 Jehnny Beth: You Heartbreaker, You

    Like HotWax, Jehnny Beth also has a Live at Rough Trade East album.

    Jehnny Beth: You Heartbreaker, You

    24 Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex

    Accompanying Tropical Fuck Storm’s Fairlyand Codex (now pressed on fairyland frost vinyl) is Live at 3RRR FM, 25 July 2025.

    Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex

    25 Matt Berninger: Get Sunk

    The new pressing of Matt Berninger’s Get Sunk comes with a flex-disc featuring “Bonnet of Pins.”

    26 YHWH Nailgun: 45 Pounds

    Rough Trade is offering a new edition of 45 Pounds that includes a flexi-disc with a live recording of “Hawk.”

    27 Smerz: Big city life

    Smerz’s Big City Life is pressed on pink vinyl.

    28 Annahstasia: Tether

    The black silk pressing of Annahstasia’s Tether comes with a flexi-disc featuring “Sunday.”

    29 Quadeca: Vanisher, Horizon Scraper

    The flex-disc offering with Quadeca’s album contains the song “Melisa.”

    Quadeca: Vanisher, Horizon Scraper

    30 Buntspecht: Konstrukt 5

    Austrian indie band Buntspecht’s Konstrukt 5 is pressed on green-and-grey splatter vinyl and comes with a bonus live CD.

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  • In Gaza, Home Is Just a Memory

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    In October, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, after two years of war. In the weeks since, sporadic Israeli strikes have killed at least a hundred people in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials, but the ceasefire, however fragile, is holding, and so is a semblance of hope. Palestinians are now returning to destroyed city blocks, where services are scarce, and access to water, food, and electricity is limited. The few remaining schools are still doubling as shelters, and local charity groups are trying to circulate aid and other basic resources.

    The United Nations estimates that at least 1.9 million people were displaced during the war. One of them is Shahd Shamali, who is twenty years old, and is currently living at a camp in Deir al-Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip. For several weeks, we communicated via WhatsApp video calls. From my screen, I could see her sitting at a shared desk in a room, where others held their phones at chest height to catch the router’s range. When our calls dropped, as they often did, Shamali and I would switch over to text messages and voice notes.

    Shamali was raised in Rimal, a neighborhood in western Gaza City, near the Mediterranean Sea. It was once a business and commercial hub, with ministries, banks, schools, and galleries within a few blocks of one another. Palm-lined boulevards cut between modern glass apartment buildings, and upscale restaurants overlooked the water. The neighborhood has since been reduced to a sprawl of tents and wreckage, storefronts hanging from cages of bent metal. Shamali and her family lived in Al-Jundi al-Majhoul Tower—a fourteen-story building that sat across from an ice-cream shop and a sports store and was home to hundreds of residents. On September 14, 2025, they learned of an impending strike, forcing them to evacuate the area.

    In written responses to The New Yorker, the Israel Defense Forces said they act in accordance with international law, taking “all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians.” When asked about the strike on Al-Jundi Tower, the I.D.F. referred to a previously issued statement about a strike on a “high-rise tower in Gaza” on September 14th, which said that the building was being used by Hamas for “intelligence gathering” purposes.

    I spoke with people in Gaza who recalled receiving an advance warning of ninety minutes before their building was struck by the I.D.F., whereas others told me they were given less than five minutes. Shamali and her neighbors in Al-Jundi Tower had twenty minutes. I asked her to describe her home, and the life she made there, before it was erased, and the consequential choices she and her family made in the brief evacuation window: what they took, how they got out, and where they went. “Those twenty minutes,” Shamali told me, “felt like two seconds.” Her account captures the kind of tragedy that Palestinians have endured, and how it shapes their thinking about what lies ahead, even after the ceasefire—their feelings about home and about the future, when both remain precarious.

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  • Getting Ready, Cocktail in Hand, With Maude Apatow at the Sunset Tower

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    November 6 was Maude Apatow’s big day. The actor—who in May 2026 will be able to claim hyphenate status with the theatrical release of her directorial debut, Poetic License—received Max Mara’s Face of the Future Award at the Chateau Marmont.

    She accepted it wearing, obviously, Max Mara (a black turtleneck and pink petal skirt from the brand’s spring-summer 2026 collection, to be exact) as a crowd that included Kate Hudson and Sarah Paulson (also wearing Max Mara) clapped on. Given the fashion-brand-ness of it all, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was just a fashion-brand thing. But considering the impressive list of past recipients—over the past 20 years, the Face of the Future Award been awarded to names like Gemma Chan, Elizabeth Debicki, Rose Byrne, Hailee Steinfeld, and Emily Blunt—is somewhat of a bellwether on the bright young things of today that will become the household names of tomorrow.

    “I honestly can’t believe my name is being spoken in the same sentence as them,” Apatow says, her eyes wide and bob sharp while sitting in the distinct brown and pink suites at Sunset Tower.

    She’s several weeks out from filming the hotly anticipated Euphoria season three. Still, the thought of talking about it with a reporter sends her into a fit of anxiety: “Oh my god, I’m so scared to say anything,” she says, hiding her face in her hands. “I guess everyone knows this, but it’s like five years in the future. So we’re all out of college and living our lives and in the workforce. I have a full job.”

    Maude Apatow with a cocktail at Los Angeles’s famed Sunset Tower.

    Photo: Elias Tahan for Max Mara

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  • Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mom Is Posting From His Substack. Why?

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    On Tuesday, as an attorney for Sam Bankman-Fried argued with a judge considering his appeal, an email landed in the inboxes of those who subscribed to the disgraced crypto mogul’s Substack.

    The email was from Bankman-Fried’s mother, Barbara, a Stanford Law professor. So there was no confusion, she wrote, “Just to confirm for those asking: yes, the post below was written by Barbara Fried.”

    Attached was a 65-page report, written by Fried, which made an aggressive case in defense of her son, who was charged in 2023 with defrauding customers of his crypto exchange FTX out of billions of dollars. The erstwhile billionaire was convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

    It’s a sentence Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are appealing in federal court this week. Oral arguments began on Tuesday, with his lawyer Alexandra Shapiro reportedly making the case that his first trial was “fundamentally unfair.” She put forth a similar argument to Bankman-Fried’s mother: that FTX collapsed as a result of a liquidity crisis, not fraud.

    Judges in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – where, in a neat coincidence, Bankman-Fried’s mother once clerked – were reportedly skeptical of his lawyer’s arguments. “From my reading of the record, [there was] very substantial evidence of guilt,” one of the judges told Shapiro. The other two judges on the panel reportedly shared in that skepticism.

    Should Bankman-Fried lose his appeal, which seems likely given the high burden in such cases, there is another well-trodden path out of federal prison: a pardon.

    President Donald Trump has, in just his first year back in office, proven to be perhaps the most unrestrained pardoner in modern presidential history, with a particular focus on white collar criminals. Those to whom he has tossed salvation include Silk Road creator Russ Ulbricht, Ozy Media fraudster Carlos Watson, and another criminal cryptobillionaire, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.

    So it may not be that far-fetched that Bankman-Fried, despite his past life as a Democratic megadonor, would nab a coveted get-out-of-jail-free card from Trump. He’s been making the rounds. Bankman-Fried sat for a jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson in March, during which he put forth some subtle MAGA-signalling. “In 2020, I was center-left and I gave to Biden’s campaign. I was optimistic he would be a center-left president,” he told Carlson. “I spent the next few years in D.C. a lot. I was really really shocked by what I saw there… and not in a good direction.” He added: “By late 2022 I was giving to Republicans as much as Democrats.”

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  • Death Grips Are Working on a New Album

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    Death Grips are working on a new album. “The Writing and recording of our next album is underway,” Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett and Zach Hill shared on Instagram, along with a carousel of photos from the recording studio. “We’re looking forward to the new Death Grips record.”

    Death Grips have not released a new album since 2018’s Year of the Snitch. The band toured in 2023, and, this past April, resurfaced to confirm that Death Grips remain “active.” The note came after seemingly now-former member Andy Morin suggested privately that the project ended.

    Since the last Death Grips album, Zach Hill launched a band called Undo K From Hot. He also reissued the Hella album Hold Your Horse Is in 2023. And, just last week, he and the Australian experimental musician Lucas Abela released an album titled Bag of Max Bag of Cass.

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  • Introducing Shuffalo, Our New Word Game

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    Anagrams hold a special place in the annals of wordplay. Although dismissed by some as “intellectually frivolous” (A. E. Housman) or a mere “trifle” (Ben Jonson), the art of anagramming—rearranging the letters in one word or phrase to form another—has provided plenty of writers with literary inspiration. The metaphysical poet George Herbert, for instance, observed that the letters in MARY can be shifted around to spell ARMY, taking this to be a sign of the Holy Mother’s mysterious power. For Vladimir Nabokov, who created the alter ego Vivian Darkbloom—see what he did there?—anagrams were metaphors for the unconscious: “All dreams are anagrams of diurnal reality,” he wrote. And any genealogy of letter-scramblers must include the poet Jim Morrison, who unforgettably nicknamed himself “Mr. Mojo Risin’.”

    You don’t have to be a writer, or on psychedelics, to enjoy the power of the anagram. Most puzzle fans know the rush of extracting a word from alphabet soup, or the delight of realizing that, say, the letters in BRITNEY SPEARS can also spell PRESBYTERIANS. If this kind of thing lights your fire, then The New Yorker’s new daily game, Shuffalo, is for you.

    Shuffalo is an anagramming challenge with a twist: your goal is to unscramble a set of letters to make a word—but every time you do, an additional letter gets added to the set. As you play, the words get longer and the game gets tougher, culminating in an eight-letter scramble. (If you get that far and want to really show off, play on to the nine-letter bonus round.) Those who get stuck can always use a hint, but keep in mind that your final badge is determined by the number of hints you used. To see how it’s done, watch this video featuring the comedian and self-proclaimed vocabulary whiz Kate Berlant.

    Part of the fun of Shuffalo—which was based on a game created by the New Yorker crossword constructor Adam Wagner—lies in the surprising transformations that you discover as you play. It calls to mind the Surrealist parlor game Exquisite Corpse: tack on one thing, and you get another thing entirely. Add an “I” to SOLVE, it turns out, and you can make OLIVES; then add a “T” to make VIOLETS; an “N” to make NOVELIST; and another “N” to make INSOLVENT. (Well, maybe that last one isn’t such a big leap.)

    You can play a new Shuffalo every day in our Games hub, or by signing up for the Puzzles & Games newsletter. Is it intellectually frivolous? Depends who you ask. Either way, we hope it will add some delight to your diurnal reality. ♦

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  • Prince Albert II on His Mother Princess Grace’s Wish to Be Remembered “As a Decent and Caring” Person

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    Still, the gala’s unofficial theme, not apparent in the white roses and grilled branzino, was most definitely Wicked, in honor of the Prince Rainier III Award winner, Jon M. Chu. In a call ahead of the gala, the director—who rocketed to fame with Crazy Rich Asians before tackling the two-part Oz tale—explains how his 2001 Princess Grace Award funded an ambitious senior thesis, complete with a 20-piece orchestra, a choir, and dancers. The musical that resulted was the “thing that unlocked my whole career,” he says. Agents and managers saw it; Steven Spielberg did too. “When you are the recipient of generosity as a young artist, you don’t forget it because you need it so badly,” says Chu, who now sits on the foundation’s board of trustees.

    Back in the ballroom, the musical theater veteran Jessica Vosk, who had a nearly yearlong run as Elphaba on Broadway, sang a medley from Wicked. The auctioneer peddled a pair of tickets to next month’s New York premiere of Wicked: For Good, with Chu sweetening the pot: “I will grab you by the hand on that carpet, and I will walk you to whoever we see and get you in there!” It sold for $55,000. Bowen Yang, who explained that Chu cast him in the Wicked films despite “bravely” forgoing an audition, was a presenter alongside the musical’s composer and lyricist, Stephen Schwartz. The costume designer Paul Tazewell, who earned a historic Oscar win for his work on Wicked, was there too.

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  • Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne Announce Separation

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    Arcade Fire co-founders Win Butler and Régine Chassagne have announced that they are separating after more than 20 years of marriage. “They continue to love, admire and support each other as they co-parent their son,” they wrote in a statement. “Their work in Haiti with KANPE continues and their bond as creative soulmates will endure, as will Arcade Fire.” Find the full statement below.

    Butler and Chassagne married in 2003, the year before Arcade Fire released their breakout debut, Funeral. The couple welcomed its first and only child in 2013, shortly before the release of Reflektor.

    In 2022, not long after Arcade Fire released WE, several women came forward to accuse Butler of sexual misconduct. The musician said that he had extramarital relationships and maintained that the experiences were consensual. Chassagne responded to the allegations with a statement showing support for her then-husband. “I know what is in his heart, and I know he has never, and would never, touch a woman without her consent and I am certain he never did,” she said. “He has lost his way and he has found his way back. I love him and love the life we have created together.”

    Arcade Fire returned earlier this year with Pink Elephant, their first album since the allegations against Butler. The band also went on a tour in support of the album that wrapped up in the spring. Today’s statement on Butler and Chassagne’s separation suggests that the group will tour again soon.

    Arcade Fire:

    After a long and loving marriage, Win & Régine have decided to separate.

    They continue to love, admire and support each other as they co-parent their son.

    Their work in Haiti with KANPE continues and their bond as creative soulmates will endure, as will Arcade Fire.

    The band send their love and look forward to seeing you all on tour soon.

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  • All Aboard the S.S. Carbone

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    I’m going to get straight to the point: Carbone has a miniyacht. Its name is Fortuna. Its port of origin is the Bellagio Fountain in Las Vegas, whose 8.5 acre chlorined waters reach thirteen feet at their deepest point. A captain named Mike technically could floor it, but he’s not gonna, because that would make you spill your glass of champagne, or your potato chip loaded with Petrossian caviar. There’s also olives and bloody-mary spiced cashews, but that feels like less precious culinary cargo in the grand scheme of things.

    And the schemes are indeed grand: the Fortuna sails for forty five minutes to an hour as the fountains Bellagio erupt behind you in a choreographed sky-high water dance to a soundtrack of your choice, which can be anything from Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” to Frank Sinatra’s “Luck Be a Lady” to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”. Is the latter an odd choice for a boat ride? Yes. Did I still make it? Also yes.

    The boat is invite only. I was invited because I was writing about it, but in general, you need to be some sort of celebrity, influencer, a Bellagio V.I.P. or a F.O.M.C. (Friend of Mario Carbone.) The kitchen can whip you up a bunch of different things, but they suggest champagne and caviar, because the yacht experience is best before dinner or after dinner. And that dinner will presumably be at the soon-to-open Carbone Riviera.

    Carbone Riviera isn’t your typical Carbone. It’s not dark and clubby but rather maximalist and airy: blue and gold stone mosaics adorn pillars and a ceiling is painted with tan and taupe swirls. (The interior designer is Martin Brudnizki, who designed Annabel’s in London as well as Fouquet’s in New York City.) In the center of the room sits a cornucopic arrangement of roses, oranges, and artichokes. A cherub holds up a bowl of lemons. On the walls hang Mirós, Renoirs, and a Picasso.

    About that Picasso: it’s from the restaurant that used to be here, which used the artist as its namesake. Picasso was a legendary fine dining staple on The Strip for 26 years, before it closed in 2024. After the chef, Julian Serrano, retired, MGM Resorts (which owns the Bellagio) knew it had tough kitchen whites to fill.

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  • The Pixel Watch 3 Is $100 Off

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    Are you an Android user who is constantly looking at Apple Watch owners with envy? You’re in luck, as the Pixel Watch 3 is marked down to just $200 at Amazon in several colors. I spotted three discounted colors of the 45mm aluminum version in matte black, champagne gold, and polished silver.

    • Photograph: Julian Chokkattu

    • Photograph: Julian Chokkattu

    • Photograph: Julian Chokkattu

    While Apple users have always had the Apple Watch, it’s taken Google a little while to catch up with its first-party hardware offerings. They’ve come a long way in the last few years, enough that the previous generations of the Pixel Watch are capable enough to recommend, while still seeing significant discounts. This version benefits from a lot of the Wear OS updates of the last few years, while only missing out on a few features of the updated Pixel Watch 4.

    The health and fitness tracking on the Pixel Watch have received a number of improvements since Google purchased FitBit back in 2019. This model has improved heart rate tracking and sleep data, and can automatically detect what kind of workout you’re doing. Unfortunately, one of our writers didn’t have the best experience with the AI-powered running coach, but that’s more the fault of AI and less of accurate measurements.

    One advantage the Pixel Watch has over the Apple Watch is looks. Round watches tend to look more natural, and the rounded glass face has a unique and elegant look that stands out, although you’ll have to choose from straps made specifically for the Pixel Watch. We were impressed with the battery life on the larger version, which was able to run for around 24 hours on a single charge with one or two tracked activities per day. That should be enough to get you through the day and track your sleep as well, as long as you aren’t working out constantly.

    Ultimately, there’s a reason the Pixel Watch tends to stay on top of our list of favorite smartwatches for Android users. It’s uniquely elegant, and particularly good for Pixel smartphone owners, so a healthy discount just makes this an even more appealing choice.

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