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Hey Upper East Siders. Hot off the blogs: Blair Waldorf—everyone’s favorite Manhattan socialite, high priestess of headbands, and deliverer of withering one-liners—is making a comeback. Gossip Girl author Cecily von Ziegesar is set to release Blair, a standalone novel picking up 20 years after the original series was set.While there isn’t much information on the storyline, we know that the book will loosely follow Blair, now in her forties, as she makes her comeback to the Big Apple and climbs a very different social ladder. According to Deadline, the novel will be released in summer 2027.The Gossip Girl book series…

Last year, we learned pop star Charli XCX would headline and produce a new horror flick from Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike. What first sounded like an odd team-up is now… well, still odd, but it sounds like it’s got the potential to be fun as hell when it comes out. Per Deadline, the film’s officially dubbed Untitled Tokyo and sees XCX “possessed by a violent, tortured spirit.” She’ll play Katie, one of three best friends who’ve reunited in Japan after years apart. Unfortunately, their girls’ trip takes a turn when a spirit takes her over and hell breaks loose. Production for…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Chauncey Wiggins scored 22 points, and Florida State survived a late Notre Dame rally for an 82-79 win on Saturday in Atlantic Coast Conference play.Florida State (11-12, 4-6 ACC) hit five straight 3-pointers to open the game and jumped out to a 17-2 lead with 14:00 left in the first half. The Seminoles led 41-32 at halftime, then watched Notre Dame close the gap in the final minutes of regulation.AdvertisementLogan Imes’ 3-pointer gave Notre Dame a 75-74 lead with 2:07 remaining, but Wiggins answered on the next possession, burying a 3 of his own to…

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks announced Friday that he has joined prediction market Kalshi as a shareholder, making him the first NBA player to invest directly in the company. “The internet is full of opinions. I decided it was time to make some of my own,” said the two-time NBA MVP in a social media post. “Today, I’m joining Kalshi as a shareholder. We all on Kalshi now.” The announcement has not gone over well on social media. On Reddit, for example, one user described it as “literally a conflict of interest,” while another described Kalshi as “cancerous” and…

On Friday, New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Kristen Gonzales introduced a bill that would stop the issuance of permits for new data centers for at least three years and ninety days to give time for impact assessments and to update regulations. The bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation and Public Service Commissions to issue impact statements and reports during the pause, along with any new orders or regulations that they deem necessary to minimize data centers’ impacts on the environment and consumers in New York.The bill would require these departments to study data centers’ water, electricity…

One of the best rivalries in sports takes place Saturday when North Carolina hosts Duke at 6:30 p.m. ET, another chance to claim the latest DraftKings promo code, which gives new users $300 in bonus bets if your first $5 bet wins. This is their first matchup this season, and Duke won all three of their head-to-heads last year. The SportsLine Projection Model expects a similar result this year, backing Duke as a 5.5-point favorite as one of its Saturday college basketball best bets at DraftKings. The model is also backing the Los Angeles Lakers to cover as 2.5-point favorites against…

Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t quite a done deal yet. As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the US Department of Justice has started its probe of Netflix’s proposed purchase, but is notably interested in whether the streaming giant was involved in any anticompetitive practices. According to the civil subpoena seen by WSJ, the Justice Department is looking into any “exclusionary conduct on the part of Netflix that would reasonably appear capable of entrenching market or monopoly power.”While Netflix announced plans to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in December at a value of $82.7 billion, the deal was…

Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesHims & Hers on Saturday said that it will pull its copycat weight-loss pill off the market after sparking controversy and threats of legal action earlier this week.”Since launching the compounded semaglutide pill on our platform, we’ve had constructive conversations with stakeholders across the industry,” the telehealth provider posted on social media. “As a result, we have decided to stop offering access to this treatment. We remain committed to the millions of Americans who depend on us for access to safe, affordable, and personalized care.”Hims & Hers had previously said it planned to create…

They moisturize; even out skin tone; and, in 2026, the best tinted moisturizers cater particularly well to mature skin. I should know: At 45, I leave a bottle of Dr. Julius Few’s Tinted Mineral Sunscreen next to my Nespresso machine—it’s that important to my morning routine.This hasn’t always been the case. Some tinted moisturizers of the past were too emollient, which gave them limited longevity—particularly on thinner, aging skin. Other formulas were too mattifying, which only served to emphasize fine lines. Many products also relied on dense pigments to even out the skin tone, which caused color to emphasize texture…

An analysis by WIRED this week found that ICE and CBP’s face recognition app Mobile Fortify, which is being used to identify people across the United States, isn’t actually designed to verify who people are and was only approved for Department of Homeland Security use by relaxing some of the agency’s own privacy rules.WIRED took a close look at highly militarized ICE and CBP units that use extreme tactics typically seen only in active combat. Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly members of these paramilitary units. And a new report from the…