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Subscriber only. ‘Weapons’ is a fright-night delight from a promising director

Even greater than the pleasure that accompanies the emergence of a new talent is the pleasure of seeing that talent confirmed. With Weapons , an almost absurdly enjoyable nerve-shredding night at the movies, the writer-director Zach Cregger vaults into the esteemed company of modern horror maestros like Ari Aster ( Hereditary , Midsommar ), Robert Eggers ( The Lighthouse , Nosferatu ) and Jordan Peele ( Get Out , Nope ).

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What do Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce talk about? Now we know

During Taylor Swift’s appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast this week, she described the first time she went to one of his football games. Surrounded by a group of his very tall friends, Swift said, she just strolled through the general admission entrance at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City – a very different path than the one she’d taken a few months prior when she headlined the venue in summer 2023 on her sold-out Eras Tour. She wore a hat and a mask and no one recognized her, because why would Taylor Swift randomly be at a Kansas City Chiefs-Chicago Bears game?

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1 day ago Music

Travis Kelce, left, and Taylor Swift on his New Heights podcast.

The potential key to upgrading toothpaste? Sheep’s wool and human hair.

The next major innovation in dental care just might be a new ingredient added to our toothpaste and mouthwash from an unlikely source: sheep’s wool or human hair.

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3 days ago Health

Sherif Elsharkawy with wool in the research laboratory. MUST CREDIT: King's College London

D.C. attorney general sues Trump administration over ‘hostile takeover’ of police

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has sued President Donald Trump over his executive actions asserting control over the D.C. police department and attempting to install an emergency police commissioner, one of the most extraordinary exertions of federal power in the city’s half-century of home rule.

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Stray dog’s desperate act inspires hundreds to post their rescue pup photos

Katie Simon was sitting on her porch in Jamestown, Tennessee, when she spotted a dog in the nearby woods with something trailing closely behind.

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4 days ago World

Sadie Mae, a stray dog that showed up near Katie Simon's front porch in Jamestown, Tennessee, in mid-July with her six puppies. MUST CREDIT: Katie Simon

9-year-old sets up stand, offers free compliments to anyone who stops by

'Chatting with people is my favourite social thing to do,' Ethan said

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5 days ago Relationships

Ethan Wargo, 9, runs a free compliments stand from his front lawn in Sycamore, Illinois.

‘Alien: Earth’ delivers Xenomorph terror with a ‘Peter Pan’ twist

This review contains mild spoilers for “Alien: Earth,” Season 1.

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6 days ago Television

The Jonas Brothers know what their audience wants — to be kids again

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Near the end of the Jonas Brothers concert on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, Nick Jonas started ruminating about how grateful he was for everyone who helped him and his brothers, Joe and Kevin, succeed in the music industry. Their parents. Many people in attendance that night, which was the kickoff show for the band’s 20-year anniversary tour. And, of course, a multibillion dollar corporate entity.

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August 11, 2025 Music

Subscriber only. ‘Freakier Friday’ offers mixed doubles with mixed results

More frantic than funny but sweet in its plastic Disney way, Freakier Friday will be a welcome and effective date movie for mothers, daughters, grandmothers and anyone else who had the 2003 Freaky Friday on heavy DVD rotation with Mean Girls in the first years of the new millennium. All other audiences are warned away, including aging boomers nostalgic for the 1976 Jodie Foster-Barbara Harris original film or Mary Rodgers’s 1972 book. Directed by Nisha Ganatra ( Late Night , The High Note ), the new sequel tries to double the pleasure of the Freaky Friday concept, but it only fitfully doubles the fun.

August 11, 2025 Salon

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Walk the scenes of ‘The Gilded Age’ in Newport’s preserved mansions

Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, can feel like stepping onto a film set because many scenes from HBO’s hit show “The Gilded Age” were filmed in the town’s gigantic 19th-century mansions. Even beyond the shiny veneer of a TV, Newport is remarkably well preserved, a living monument to an era of extreme opulence and ambition.

August 10, 2025 Travel USA

The Breakers, Newport's largest mansion, borders the Cliff Walk along the city's western shoreline.

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LATEST STORIES BY THE WASHINGTON POST

Subscriber only. ‘Weapons’ is a fright-night delight from a promising director

What do Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce talk about? Now we know

The potential key to upgrading toothpaste? Sheep’s wool and human hair.

D.C. attorney general sues Trump administration over ‘hostile takeover’ of police

Stray dog’s desperate act inspires hundreds to post their rescue pup photos

9-year-old sets up stand, offers free compliments to anyone who stops by

‘Alien: Earth’ delivers Xenomorph terror with a ‘Peter Pan’ twist

The Jonas Brothers know what their audience wants — to be kids again

Subscriber only. ‘Freakier Friday’ offers mixed doubles with mixed results

Walk the scenes of ‘The Gilded Age’ in Newport’s preserved mansions

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