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The SAG-AFTRA strike is over. Few expect Hollywood to quickly bounce back

10Nov

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The SAG-AFTRA strike is over. Few expect Hollywood to quickly bounce back

Six months after picket lines first formed outside iconic studio gates, Hollywood can finally return to work.Wednesday’s hard-fought tentative agreement on a new contract between SAG-AFTRA and studios sparked jubilation, with performers flocking to local watering holes, including a brewery near the guild’s Wilshire Boulevard headquarters. Sound stages mothballed since last spring are poised to reopen, welcoming back thousands of actors and film crew members. There was palpable relief among studio executives who were desperate to salvage the current television season, awards shows, film festival appearances and their 2024 movie releases. Union leaders hailed the proposed three-year accord, saying it would make acting a more sustainable career. But the industry isn’t expecting to quickly bou...

FDA Approves Most Potent Weight Loss Drug Yet

10Nov

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Health

FDA Approves Most Potent Weight Loss Drug Yet

Weight loss drugs have dominated the headlines over the past year, and now there’s a new medication that may be the most effective one yet.On Nov. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tirzepatide (which will be sold under the brand name Zepbound), to treat overweight and obesity. Made by Eli Lilly and Co., the drug is already approved, in different doses, for type 2 diabetes, as Mounjaro, and its effectiveness in those patients is due in part to its weight loss effects.About 70% of Americans are overweight, with a body mass index (BMI) between 27 and 30, or obese, with a BMI over 30—which increase the risk of a host of other health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and more. Yet there really haven’t been effective medications to treat obesity. ...

Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Friday, November 10, 2023

10Nov

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Life Style

Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Friday, November 10, 2023

Today’s is an easy one if you’re SHARP enough to notice a few things! If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Friday, November 10, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, I’ll explain the meanings of the trickier words and we’ll learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below for November 10, NYT Connections #152! Read on if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today’s Connections game.If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day, bookmark this page. You can also find our past hints there as well, in case you want to know what you missed in a previous puzzle.Below, I’ll give you some oblique hints at today’s Connections answers. And farther down the...

Kartik Aaryan attends Sara Ali Khan’s Diwali bash day after her KWK episode | Bollywood

10Nov

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Entertainment, Movies

Kartik Aaryan attends Sara Ali Khan’s Diwali bash day after her KWK episode | Bollywood

Amid the innumerable parties this Diwali, Sara Ali Khan also hosted a Diwali bash at her residence on Thursday. And among the guests was her ex-boyfriend and Love Aaj Kal 2 co-star Kartik Aaryan. Kartik sported a clean-shaved look and arrived in a bright yellow kurta and white pyjama paired with kolhapuris for the bash. Ananya Panday, who had joined Sara on Koffee With Karan couch, also attended the party with boyfriend Aditya Roy Kapur. Also read: Koffee With Karan: Sara Ali Khan addresses breakup with Kartik Aaryan Kartik Aaryan arrives at Sara Ali Khan's Diwali party in yellow. A paparazzo video shared a video of Kartik posing for photographs before entering the party venue. He however, didn't smile wide like he always does and posed briefly before walking in. Sara on being ...

Meet the World’s First Whole-Eye Transplant Recipient

9Nov

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Health

Meet the World’s First Whole-Eye Transplant Recipient

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health have performed what they say is the world’s first whole-eye transplant, combined with a partial face transplant, in an important step forward for the fields of both transplantation and vision restoration.In May, a team of more than 140 health care workers performed the 21-hour procedure on Aaron James, a 46-year-old Arkansas man badly injured in a workplace accident in 2021. James, a high-voltage power lineman and military veteran, suffered a massive electric shock when his face accidentally touched a live wire on the job. James was lucky to survive, but lost his left eye, much of his face, and part of his left arm.It’s not clear whether James will ever be able to see from his donated eye. Still, the novel combined transplant has given James major cosmetic be...

Opinion: An IED made me a double amputee, but it didn’t end my Army career

9Nov

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Business, Opinion, Politics, World News

Opinion: An IED made me a double amputee, but it didn’t end my Army career

Over the last 16 years, I’ve managed a major military base, run a government contracting business, appeared in two motion pictures and made motivational speeches before hundreds of audiences all over the country, most notably to the New York Giants when they beat the New England Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl. Do these sound like the accomplishments of a disabled person? In 2007 I lost both my legs above the knee in an IED explosion in Iraq. My first job was to recover. But my next task after being wounded was figuring out how to stay in the Army. I am a 26-year Army veteran. During that time, I served in every major conflict in which the United States was involved, including Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Kuwait, Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Operation Enduring F...

Ananya Panday accepts she is haunted by her past comments on ‘struggle’ | Web Series

9Nov

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Entertainment, Movies

Ananya Panday accepts she is haunted by her past comments on ‘struggle’ | Web Series

Ananya Panday was seen with Sara Ali Khan on Koffee With Karan season 8 episode 3 on Thursday. When asked by host Karan Johar if she was 'haunted' by her past comments, especially, when she said a few years ago that her father, actor Chunky Pandey, had to 'struggle' in films and was never invited on Koffee With Karan (KWK), Ananya said she finds being trolled for such comments 'silly'. Also read: Ananya Panday gets trolled for considering Koffee With Karan as barometer of success Ananya Panday on Koffee With Karan season 8 episode 3. Ananya Panday is haunted by her past commentsAnanya Panday said, "A little bit (haunted by past comments), because initially, I used to get really troubled by it. I would just be like 'Why are they still saying it? Why aren't they able to let go?' I t...

9Nov

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Life Style

TikTok Myth of the Week

Did you know that a significant percentage of the U.S. population has one of the less-efficient variants of the MTHFR gene? TikTokers love to say this, and it’s true. They’ll also claim that if you have a MTHFR variant, that you need special vitamins, and that the wrong vitamins (or even some medications) will be toxic to you. This is not true, even though some influencers have built their entire online personalities around claims like these.They’ll tell you that MTHFR (which TikTokers love to call the “mother f-er gene”) is responsible for your (or your child’s) autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, thyroid issues, or other conditions. They’ll offer testing for the gene or for vitamin levels in your blood; they’ll also sell you coaching to guide you through the process of determining which s...

The Archies trailer is here: Watch Suhana, Agastya, Khushi’s love triangle | Bollywood

9Nov

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Entertainment, Movies

The Archies trailer is here: Watch Suhana, Agastya, Khushi’s love triangle | Bollywood

The much-awaited trailer for Zoya Akhtar's Netflix film The Archies was released on Thursday and it featured all its lead actors, including newcomers Agastya Nanda, Suhana Khan and Khushi Kapoor. From a peek inside life at Riverdale, a quaint hill station, to the love life of its ensemble cast, The Archies trailer gave the best look yet at the coming-of-age film based on the beloved Archie Comics. Also read: The Archies stars Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor channel Veronica and Betty at Netflix event The Archies trailer features Suhana Khan, Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor and others. Watch The Archies trailerThe Archies is a teen-musical film based on the American comic book series of the same name. It is produced by Tiger Baby Productions and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Set in 1960s India,...

The Whole World Is at Risk for ‘Compassion Fatigue’

9Nov

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Health

The Whole World Is at Risk for ‘Compassion Fatigue’

After serving in the Vietnam War, Charles Figley became interested in the concept of trauma—not only the lasting psychological wounds that people experienced after living through traumatic events themselves, but also how their loved ones often came to share those burdens. "Simply being a member of a family and caring deeply about its members makes us emotionally vulnerable to the catastrophes which impact them," he wrote in 1983.At the time, Figley—who now runs the Tulane University Traumatology Institute—called these trickle-down effects "secondary traumatic stress reactions." Today, however, he often uses the term “compassion fatigue" to refer to the emotional and physical exhaustion that sometimes afflicts people who are exposed to others’ trauma.In the nearly 50 years since Figley bega...