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Editor's pickEntertainment & Culture

Taylor Swift Adds Four New Songs To The Showgirl Era

The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore is here, bringing four newly released songs to Swift's 2025 album.

Beaux Media Editorial · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 min read

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Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas and daughter Carys at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023.

Entertainment & Culture

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas Celebrate Their Shared Birthday With a Kiss

The actors marked their September 25 birthdays with a warm Instagram tribute and a seaside photograph.

Sep 25, 2026 · 2 min read

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Animals

A Concert For The Moon Bears

Rick Wakeman played an outdoor piano concert for more than 150 rescued moon bears at a sanctuary in Vietnam.

Sep 25, 2026 · 2 min read

A path beneath moss-draped trees at the entrance to the Hall of Mosses trail in the Hoh Rain Forest

Beautiful Places

Inside The Hoh Rain Forest, Washington’s World Of Moss And Quiet

On the west side of Olympic National Park, short forest loops invite visitors beneath moss-draped maples and along the Hoh River.

Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min read

File photograph of the boat-shaped Durupınar formation in eastern Türkiye, seen across rocky terrain in 2007

Entertainment & Culture

Could This Be Noah’s Ark? Researchers Begin Testing a Mysterious Site in Türkiye

A team is drilling into a boat-shaped formation near Mount Ararat, but laboratory results are still needed to determine what lies beneath.

Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

U2 Announces First Studio Album In Nine Years, 'Carnaval De Luz'

The 12-song record arrives November 13, with “Silencio” out now and a Dolly Parton duet closing the album.

Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

American Horror Story Returns With A Three-Episode Premiere

The anthology’s 13th installment opened September 24 with three episodes available through FX and Hulu.

Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min read

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AI & Technology

Meta Introduces Its First Audio-Only Ray-Ban Glasses

The 43-gram, audio-focused glasses start at $349 and ship October 13, while the separate Gen 3 model keeps a camera.

Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

Hillman Is Back After 39 Years — And A New Generation Is Moving In

Netflix’s sequel returns to the fictional Hillman College with legacy faces, a new freshman class and a familiar question: how do you build a future without losing sight of where you came from?

Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

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Beauty, Health & Wellness

Could A Weight-Loss Drug Hold Clues To Living Longer?

A study in older female mice found semaglutide improved strength, memory and lifespan — a striking lab result that has not been tested for aging in people.

Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

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Beautiful Places

Vermont’s First Red Leaves Are Here — Where To See Color This Weekend

The Northeast Kingdom leads Vermont's autumn color as the state enters its second week of foliage tracking, with more reds beginning to appear elsewhere.

Sep 24, 2026 · 4 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

George Lucas And Mellody Hobson Open A Museum For The Art Of Storytelling

The new Los Angeles museum brings illustration, comics, cinema and painting together, making a case for the images that shape our culture.

Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

Ryan Murphy Has Written A Script For A Potential “Glee” Return

The co-creator says he has spoken with about 10 original cast members, but a revival has not been confirmed.

Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

Rod Stewart Is Eager To Return To The Stage After Heart Procedure

Penny Lancaster says the singer is doing well after doctors found a slight blockage and he underwent a coronary stent procedure.

Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

Taylor Swift Reveals A First Look At “Patient Zero” With Dakota Johnson And Colin Farrell

A 13-second preview offers a glimpse of Swift's cinematic new video ahead of the single's Friday release and the full video's Sunday premiere.

Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min read

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Beautiful Places

Badlands After Dark: A National Park Certified For Its Sky

South Dakota's Badlands National Park now holds international dark sky certification. What that recognises is not scenery — it is restraint.

Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min read

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Beautiful Places

The Frog That Came Back To Yosemite Valley

California red-legged frogs vanished from Yosemite Valley for decades. A long, patient reintroduction has them breeding there again.

Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Travel

The Gulf Coast Got Its Train Back — And Kept It

Passenger rail vanished from the Mississippi and Alabama coast after Hurricane Katrina. It returned in August 2025. A year on, the route is still running.

Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min read

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Travel

Machu Picchu Is Not Harder To Visit — Just Less Improvised

Timed entry, fixed circuits and capped daily numbers now govern Peru's most famous site. Read the rules once and the visit gets better, not worse.

Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

One Library, 100,000 Rare Books, And A Very Long Scanner Queue

The University of Delaware is sending more than 100,000 volumes to be digitised over three years. The interesting part is which books get chosen.

Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

A Renaissance Altarpiece, Reassembled After Four Centuries

Raphael painted his first altarpiece around 1504. Nuns later sold it panel by panel. In 2026 a New York museum brought the pieces back into the same room.

Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Hayden Panettiere photographed at the Heroes World Tour event in London on 31 August 2007.

People

Hayden Panettiere Remembered: A Life of Talent, Courage and Purpose

From a fearless television heroine to a country-music standout and a campaigner for whales and dolphins, Hayden Panettiere leaves a body of work — and a spirit of candour — that reached far beyond the screen.

Aug 17, 2026 · 6 min read

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Travel

Europe's Night Trains Are Back, And They Change The Shape Of A Trip

Sleeper services are being revived across the continent, and the appeal turns out to be less about carbon maths than about how the journey feels.

Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min read

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People

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library And The Long Game Of Giving Books Away

One programme, started for the children of a single Tennessee county, now posts free books to children across several countries every month.

Aug 17, 2026 · 4 min read

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Beauty, Health & Wellness

Sunscreen Without The Noise: What Dermatologists Actually Advise

Strip away the online arguments and the professional guidance on sun protection is short, boring and surprisingly easy to follow.

Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min read

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Entertainment & Culture

Kinda Chic: The Quiet Confidence Of Style That Stops Trying So Hard

A softer way of getting dressed is spreading online, and its whole appeal is that it looks like nobody agonised over it.

Aug 17, 2026 · 4 min read

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Beautiful Places

Scotland's Seven Natural Wonders: A Slow Route Worth Planning

From a sea cave that sounds like an organ to a glen carved by ice, Scotland keeps its most extraordinary landscapes surprisingly reachable.

Aug 17, 2026 · 6 min read

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AI & Technology

AlphaFold And The Quiet Revolution Happening Inside Every Cell

A decades-old biology problem was reframed as a prediction problem — and the answer was handed to researchers everywhere, free.

Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min read

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Animals

Beavers Are Back In Britain, And The Rivers Are Already Noticing

Hunted out of Britain centuries ago, beavers are being returned to the wild under licence — and their engineering is doing work no budget could buy.

Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min read

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Travel

A village of pastel doors becomes a slow-travel favourite

No resorts, no queues — just cobbled lanes, painted shutters and a local rule that afternoons belong to nobody in particular.

Aug 13, 2026 · 4 min read

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Animals

The shelter photographer who changed adoption day

Better light, a patch of grass and a little patience: how one volunteer approach helped animals find homes faster.

Aug 11, 2026 · 4 min read

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People

The flower stall that gives away its last bunch

A closing-time ritual turned into a neighbourhood tradition — and a lesson in how generosity travels.

Aug 9, 2026 · 3 min read

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People

The long table that fills every Friday

One household started cooking for whoever showed up. The guest list now stretches down the block.

Aug 7, 2026 · 5 min read

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Beauty, Health & Wellness

The five-minute morning that people actually keep

Ambitious routines collapse by February. A shorter, gentler version is proving far more durable.

Aug 5, 2026 · 4 min read

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Beautiful Places

The hidden lagoon that locals are protecting first

Before the photographs travelled, the community agreed on visitor limits. It may become a template for others.

Aug 1, 2026 · 4 min read

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Beautiful Places

How a flower field became a town-wide project

Rows of red and yellow now stretch to the horizon, planted by growers, schools and a very determined cycling club.

Jul 30, 2026 · 4 min read