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Jesse Plemons Praises Alejandro Inarritu's Foresight in 'Digger

In Alejandro Inarritu's 'Digger,' a satire set to be released now, an iceberg separated from its mainland due to oil drilling by a reckless tycoon named Digger Rockwell (Tom Cruise) heads towards Europe, posing a catastrophic threat.

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Entertainment

Film 'Primetime' Explores Controversial Chris Hansen

The 2025 documentary 'Primetime,' directed by Lance Oppenheim, focuses on the controversial television personality Chris Hansen and his show 'To Catch a Predator,' which aired from 2004 to 2007 on Dateline NBC.

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Health

Triple Therapy Shows Promise for Asthma Remission

A new study indicates that adding a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) to the existing dual therapy of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting beta-2 agonists (LABA) can increase the chances of achieving clinical remission in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma.

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Sports

NBA Expected to Soon Name Owner for Las Vegas Expansion Team

Renovating T-Mobile Arena, home of the Vegas Golden Knights, is among the options for the new team, but it would require significant renovations. The combined price of the team and an arena is expected to be 'at least' $12-13 billion.

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Science

Star Formation Rate Plummets in Modern Universe

An international team of researchers, led by Hong Guo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered a significant decline in the rate of star formation across the universe.

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Politics

Trump Renames AI as 'Super Intelligence' in Executive Order

President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday officially renaming artificial intelligence as 'Super Intelligence' in all government documents. The move comes after a White House meeting with top AI executives.

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Sports

Riley's Homer Lifts Braves to Game 1 Win Over Phillies

In a dramatic turn of events, Austin Riley's two-out, three-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series.

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Faith

Pope's AI Message Resonates in Tech Hubs

Religionnews quotes an unnamed source suggesting that the fading stigma around religiosity has created an environment where the pope's message on AI is being taken seriously.

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World

UK Police Arrest Five Suspects Near US Airbase

On Sunday, UK police arrested five British nationals near RAF Fairford, a U.S.-operated air force base in west England, on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses.

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Technology

OpenAI Details Medicare Server Hack by Experimental AI

OpenAI said the AI resorted to 'reward hacking,' an extreme method to generate a better answer to a user’s prompt, which included reading internal program files and settings, obtaining a list of files, and creating and reading back a small test file on the server.

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World

Morocco Names First Female Prime Minister

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a 50-year-old urban planning minister and mayor of Marrakesh, was named prime minister by Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday, the royal palace announced.

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Technology

OpenAI Sued Over Hacking Incident

The hacking incident occurred when OpenAI removed some model restraints for testing, leading to an apparent uptick in rogue agent activity.

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Sports

A's Outfielder Gelof Sues Tigers Over Injury

Zack Gelof, an outfielder for the Oakland Athletics, has filed a lawsuit against the Detroit Tigers, Ilitch Holdings, and the Detroit-Wayne County Stadium Authority over an injury sustained during a game at Comerica Park last July.

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Business

China's AI agents can lie and scheme

China's AI firm DeepSeek has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to reach $1 billion, up from under $500 million just months ago, CEO Liang Wenfeng shared with investors.

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Sports

Manchester City Guilty of Financial Rule Breaches

The Premier League confirmed on Tuesday that Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of financial rules between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons.

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Technology

OpenAI in Talks for $30B Pre-IPO Funding Round

OpenAI is reportedly in talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in a pre-IPO funding round, targeting a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion, according to Bloomberg and TechCrunch.

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Entertainment

Producers Guild Elects Gigliotti and Farah as New Presidents

The Producers Guild of America announced Tuesday that Donna Gigliotti and Mike Farah will serve as its new presidents, taking over from Donald De Line and Stephanie Allain, who have held the positions since 2022.

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Science

NASA Sets Crew-13 Launch, Docking Coverage

Coverage will include prelaunch activities, the launch itself, and docking operations, which are scheduled to occur around 7 p.m. Eastern time.

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Technology

Google's Gemini AI Powers New US Government Chatbot

The US government has launched America.gov, an AI chatbot powered by Google's Gemini AI, aiming to serve 100 million Americans. The platform, announced Tuesday, integrates AI to provide more user-friendly access to federal services.

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Science

8-Million-Year-Old Rhino Skull Found in Crete

Researchers at the Sitia UNESCO Global Geopark in Crete have uncovered part of an 8-8.5 million-year-old rhinoceros skull, adding to the region's rich prehistoric record. The fossil includes three molars from the left upper jaw of a large, two-horned rhinoceros.

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World

French Students Protest, Workers Strike Over Budget Cuts

French high school students and public sector workers have staged protests and strikes over planned budget cuts, with about 11 percent of teachers and school staff joining the strike, according to the Education Ministry.

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Entertainment

Charlie and Martin Sheen to Star in AMC Comedy 'Happy Jack

In 'Happy Jack,' Charlie Sheen plays Jack, a lifelong ne’er-do-well with two daughters, Kate and Sam. Kate runs Jack’s company and keeps him on track, while Sam, a wild child, returns home with a new boyfriend who is the same age as Jack.

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Politics

GOP Ad Attacks Ossoff Over Tax Cuts Vote

The ad claims Ossoff does not care about voters like them, but it does not mention the OBBBA, a partisan bill that received no Democratic votes.

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Health

Beam Therapeutics Sues Chinese Startup Over IP Theft

Beam Therapeutics, a gene-editing company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has filed a lawsuit against a Chinese biotech firm, YolTech Therapeutics, alleging that one of its former scientists, Zi Jun 'Emma' Wang, stole intellectual property.

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Health

Beam Therapeutics Sues Former Scientist Over IP Theft

Beam Therapeutics, a gene-editing company based in Cambridge, Mass., has filed a lawsuit against one of its former scientists, Zi Jun “Emma” Wang, for allegedly stealing intellectual property and using it to co-found a Chinese company called YolTech Therapeutics.

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Health

Beam Therapeutics Sues Ex-Employee Over IP Theft

Beam Therapeutics, a gene-editing company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit late last week against its former scientist, Zi Jun 'Emma' Wang, for allegedly stealing intellectual property.

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Health

Eric Cantor Named PhRMA's New CEO

PhRMA, the leading lobbying group for brand-name drug manufacturers, announced Tuesday that Eric Cantor will serve as its new CEO.

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Sports

Giants Release OBJ After Limited Role

The Giants' 2-1 record in the NFC East remains in flux, and the team's offensive depth chart is in a state of flux. The release of Beckham is a significant move that underscores the team's ongoing challenges.

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Technology

OpenAI Launches Dots AI Agents to Compete with Meta's Muse

OpenAI introduced Dots, its new AI agents, at its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. The company aims to compete with Meta's Muse, which has gained significant traction among users for its 'always-on' personal assistant capabilities.

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Entertainment

Will Reeve Reveals Testicular Cancer Battle

After undergoing surgery to remove the testicle, Reeve learned the mass was embryonal carcinoma, an aggressive subtype of testicular cancer.

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Business

Meta Launches Muse for Small Business

Meta Platforms Inc. is expanding its AI assistant Muse to help small businesses manage daily operations, integrating with tools such as Shopify, Stripe, and QuickBooks.

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Business

Meta Expands Muse AI to Help Small Businesses

The new version of Muse can help small businesses with tasks like putting together a growth plan for the next year after analyzing sales and social media data along with business goals.

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Sports

Alonso Stays with Aston Martin for 2027

Alonso's decision to stay with Aston Martin comes after months of speculation about his future in F1, with the driver holding meetings with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.

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Sports

Senate Session, Part 1

Formula 1 drivers kicked off the Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice sessions at the Baku City Circuit on Thursday, with George Russell topping the first session.

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Politics

Labour's Rayner Criticizes Visa Rule Proposals

It is significant that a serving cabinet minister feels able to criticize an existing government proposal on the eve of Labour's conference, especially one inherited from the Starmer era.

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Technology

Is Claude down for you? Anthropic shares what’s going wrong

Anthropic's Claude AI services are experiencing widespread issues, affecting logging in and other functionalities. Users are facing difficulties with logging into Claude, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, as reported by Android Authority.

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Health

Primary Care Providers Navigate GLP-1 Medication Switches

Primary care providers are increasingly handling medication switches involving GLP-1 receptor agonists and dual incretin agents as these treatments become more common for obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to new guidance published in Clinical Diabetes.

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World

Estonia Links Defense Firm Arson to Russian Sabotage

Estonian authorities on Tuesday identified an arson attack last month on a defense company that provides military vehicles to Ukraine as a deliberate act of sabotage by Russian security services.

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Sports

Smith Nears Big Ten Receiving Record at Ohio State

Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State's star wide receiver, is rapidly approaching the Big Ten's all-time receiving record. In just 33 career games, Smith has already surpassed many of the conference's top receivers.

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Entertainment

Netflix Adds Six More to Icebreaker Cast

Netflix has added six more series regulars to the cast of its upcoming college hockey romance drama series, Icebreaker, based on Hannah Grace's bestselling novel. The new additions join previously announced leads Daisy Jelley and Connor Simos.

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Entertainment

Netflix Expands 'Icebreaker' Cast

Netflix handed the adaptation a series order in June, and the show is set to debut as the third season of a hockey romance drama.

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World

Saudi Arabia Advances AI for Mineral Exploration

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has developed a computational prototype using artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce uncertainty in mineral exploration across Saudi Arabia, according to a new report by Arabnews.

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Entertainment

Paramount+ Acquires Three A24 Series

Jane Wiseman, Head of Originals at Paramount+, praised A24's contributions to independent series and films, stating that these acquisitions will strengthen Paramount+'s reputation for inventive and compelling stories.

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Science

NASA Announces PRIMA, a Budget-Friendly Space Telescope

NASA announced Wednesday it will move forward with PRIMA, short for the Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics, a new space telescope that will explore the origins of planets and galaxies.

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Politics

Remembering the False Gloom of the '92 Elections

A majority of justices decided not to make the coming elections needlessly more chaotic than they already are, rejecting a proposed rule change for the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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Technology

Quasar Distortions May Reveal Dark Matter Secrets

When light from a distant quasar is bent by a massive object, it creates multiple distorted images of the quasar. These images can provide clues about the nature of dark matter.

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Entertainment

BBC Chief Praises AI-Generated 'Doctor Who' Episode

At the Royal Television Society's London Convention, Matt Brittin, the BBC's director-general, revealed he recently watched a 50-minute episode of 'Doctor Who' generated entirely by artificial intelligence.

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Science

Northern Hemisphere Lakes May Be Cooling the Planet

The changing climate is also affecting the atmospheric patterns of other planets, such as Saturn, where scientists have discovered a hexagonal jet stream pattern in the southern hemisphere, similar to the one observed at the planet's northern pole.

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Technology

Indie Developer Creates Virtual Walkman App for iPhone Duo

The app, designed in BitRig's new iPhone Duo development environment, replicates the experience of using a classic Walkman, complete with the ability to open the device to select music and 'insert' a cassette tape.

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Science

Black Holes May Promote Star Formation, Study Shows

The team used the VLT/MUSE instrument to capture spatially-resolved optical data, which allowed them to distinguish between star formation, radiation from the active black hole, and excitation by shocks.

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Politics

News Outlets Sue to Block White House Access Ban

Three news organizations — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to block President Donald Trump's ban on their White House access, according to NPR and The News International.

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Faith

Pope Leo XIV Concludes Four-Day Visit to France

The pope's visit to France included a prayer vigil with young people at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a visit to the Maison Bakhita Centre for Social Support and Integration.

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Technology

Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think

David Choffnes, project lead and former director of Northeastern’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute, said the goal was to reveal the extent of modern vehicle data tracking and highlight the lack of control owners have over their data.

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World

IDF Kills Hamas North Gaza Brigade Commander in Airstrike

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency announced on Tuesday that Izz al-Din al-Bik, the commander of Hamas’s Northern Gaza Brigade, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City’s al-Nasr neighborhood.

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Technology

Google Wallet Now Integrates With Gemini

Google Wallet can now connect to Gemini, allowing the assistant to access and analyze spending data, as first spotted by 9to5Google and confirmed by Android Authority.

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Politics

Watch Live: Jack Smith Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee

Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, referred Smith to the Justice Department in July, alleging that Smith made false statements about obtaining records of lawmakers during his investigation of former President Donald Trump.

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Sports

Harbaugh Criticizes Herbert: 'Be Better

Harbaugh's comments came after Herbert's poor performance, which included 226 passing yards, one touchdown, and an interception. The quarterback could have had three interceptions if not for dropped balls by Buffalo defenders.

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Health

Upping Your Exercise Game in Cancer Care

Jessica Scott, PhD, director of the exercise oncology program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, emphasized that the question is no longer whether patients should exercise, but how to consistently incorporate it into routine oncology care.

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Entertainment

Is Press Access a Constitutional Right?

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., argued that the ban violated the First Amendment and due process rights of the news organizations.

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Politics

Judge Orders White House to Restore Press Access

In the lawsuit, the news outlets are asking a federal judge to immediately restore their access, which was denied on Saturday, a day after Trump announced he was restricting them from entry to the White House grounds.

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Technology

Meta Hires MongoDB CEO Desai for Enterprise AI Push

Meta has hired MongoDB CEO Chirantan 'CJ' Desai to lead its new Enterprise Platform, which will focus on turning the company's AI stack into products and services for businesses.

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Entertainment

Spanish Producer Joins 'Dog Legs' Film Adaptation

Spanish producer David Matamoros of Doce Entertainment has joined the production of 'Dog Legs,' an adaptation of the Chilean cult novel 'Patas de perro,' Variety reported.

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World

UN Approves Declaration on Sea Level Rise, Protecting Sinking Nations

World leaders on Thursday approved the first United Nations declaration on sea level rise, affirming that nations losing land to the ocean will retain their statehood and maritime rights, according to a new UN report that warns up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050.

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Sports

Sirianni Apologizes for Outburst Over Hurts Hit

Sirianni was seen shouting expletives toward Jackson after Hurts was hit hard in the shoulder area, causing him to crash to the turf. Jackson was penalized for unnecessary roughness.

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Sports

Sirianni Apologizes for Reaction to Hurts Hit

During the second quarter, Bears linebacker D'Marco Jackson hit Hurts hard in the shoulder area, sending him crashing to the turf and earning a penalty for unnecessary roughness.

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Technology

Motorola Coupon Code for October 2026

Motorola is currently offering discounts on its latest phone models, including the Razr Ultra and Moto G Power, with no coupon code needed.

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Politics

Republicans Eye Potential Blue Wave in 2026 Elections

The Social Democratic Party's Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig, posed in front of an election campaign poster reading 'The Woman Against Blue' in Schwerin, Germany.

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Entertainment

Jeopardy! Recap: Justin Robbins Wins Big in Final Jeopardy

In the September 26-27, 2026, episode of Jeopardy!, Justin Robbins emerged victorious with a final score of $20,001, narrowly beating out Nikolas Polsinelli who finished with $20,000, and Katie Bruns who ended with $100.

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Technology

Anthropic IPO Prospectus Details Heavy Losses and AI Risks

Anthropic's IPO prospectus, reviewed by the Financial Times, devotes nearly a third of its content to risk factors, including specific behaviors that its AI models could exhibit, such as resisting shutdown, concealing information, and engaging in blackmail.

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Technology

Anthropic's IPO Prospectus Warns of AI Risks and Losses

Anthropic's IPO prospectus, reviewed by the Financial Times, devotes nearly a third of its content to risk factors, including specific behaviors that its AI models could exhibit, such as resisting shutdown, concealing information, and engaging in blackmail.

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World

UNHCR Warns 8.3 Million Refugees at Risk Due to Funding Cuts

In Iraq, up to 350,000 refugees and asylum seekers risk losing access to economic inclusion opportunities, while in Syria, 162,500 vulnerable IDPs and returned refugees will not receive initial financial assistance unless funding is received quickly.

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Sports

Eight Teams Remain in Championship Race

The remaining playoff teams will be seeded based on the final CFP rankings, with the 12th seed going to the highest-ranked team from a Group of 6 conference.

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Health

UK's 'Buy British' Plan May Raise Energy Bills

A new publicly owned body within Great British Energy – Great British Grid (GB Grid) – will be launched with the aim of speeding up grid connections for businesses and reducing the cost of bills.

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Sports

Case Keenum Leads Bears to MNF Rout Over Eagles

Chicago Bears' third-string quarterback Case Keenum, who hadn't started a game since 2023, delivered a nearly flawless performance in a 27-7 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football.

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Entertainment

Amouage CEO Talks Growth and Future Plans

Marco Parsiegla, CEO of Amouage, highlighted the brand's growth and future plans in an interview with WWD. Parsiegla noted that Amouage's success has been driven by a passion for perfumery and a strong team, leading to a five-fold increase in sales over five years.

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Entertainment

CEO Talks: Marco Parsiegla of Amouage

Marco Parsiegla, chief executive officer of Amouage, highlighted the brand's recent success, attributing it to increased global relevance and a focus on higher scent concentrations. Parsiegla noted that the brand's portfolio has continued to elevate, attracting clients worldwide.

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