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This Official Poor Things Party Brought the Film’s Freaky Glam Vibes to Life

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Photo: Sabina Graves/Gizmodo To celebrate the upcoming digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release of Poor Things, io9 attended a party inspired by the Emma Stone-starring film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The cinematic soiree was delightfully twisted, just like the parties Stone’s Fraken-creation Bella Baxter enjoys—complete with immersive actors portraying her role. The mini-gala, held in Los … Read more

Joe Manganiello Goes Full Instagram Official With New Girlfriend

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Joe Manganiello has introduced his girlfriend, Caitlin O’Connor, to his social media fans!  Over the weekend, the “Magic Mike” actor posted a carousel of photo highlights from the past week, which featured the blonde bombshell in two slides, on Instagram. The lovebirds, who started dating in September 2023, made their first red carpet appearance together in December … Read more

Joe Manganiello Goes Instagram Official With Girlfriend Caitlin O’Connor

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Love is in the air, and it seems like things are getting more serious for Joe Manganiello and his girlfriend, actress Caitlin O’Connor. The Magic Mike’s Last Dance star took to Instagram on Sunday to share a slideshow of snapshots taken over the past week — including his Valentine’s Day date with O’Connor, where they apparently … Read more

Rice is not included in Apple’s official guidance for a wet phone

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Getting water on phones happens to the best of us. Lucky for us, there’s one household staple the internet consistently suggests will draw that liquid out and save phones: uncooked rice. But contrary to popular advice, Apple, like most people in tech support, explicitly advises against putting your wet phone in a bag of rice.  … Read more

Blasts hit a natural gas pipeline in Iran that an official says was an act of sabotage

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Explosions struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran early Wednesday, with an official blaming the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the country as tensions remain high in the Middle East amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Details were scarce, though the blasts hit a … Read more

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are TikTok official. The video is charmingly cringe.

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Taylor Swift talked her talk and went viral again — this time on TikTok. On Monday night, the pop star uploaded a video of her boyfriend Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl after-party. The video opens with Kelce displaying some real “boyfriend in an Instagram story” behavior by sticking his tongue out and playing to … Read more

Germany’s top security official wants easier ways to track right-wing financing

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BERLIN — Germany’s top security official said Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to trace right-wing extremists’ financing and plans to set up an “early recognition unit” to detect far-right and foreign disinformation campaigns as early as possible. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s proposals follow large protests against the far right in Germany in … Read more

17 people detained after attack at Istanbul election campaign event, official says

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ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained 17 people in connection with an attack at an Istanbul campaign event for upcoming municipal elections, Turkey ‘s interior minister said Sunday. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya provided no details on the assailants’ affiliation or motive for the attack that critically injured a woman. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at an … Read more

Former Obama Official Chides Trump for Confusing the ‘Job of the President of the United States With a King’

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Rick Stengel, the Obama administration’s under secretary of state for public diplomacy, weighed in Wednesday on the D.C. appeals court’s rejection of former President Donald Trump’s claim to absolute immunity, chiding the politician for confusing “the job of the president of the United States with a king.” Stengel joined MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House” in the … Read more