Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were captured privately talking about living to at least 150 years old on the sidelines of China's massive Victory Day parade in Beijing. According to audio picked up on CCTV, the two were overheard musing about the possibility of immortality through organ transplants and advanced medical procedures. (Giordano et al., Politico)
Read MoreThe operator of Pornhub will pay a $5 million fine to settle charges that it failed to stop child sexual abuse videos from being published on its websites, the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Utah announced Wednesday. (Dou, The Washington Post)
Read More“The Testament of Ann Lee,” an experimental, colonial-set musical about the rise of the Shaker movement from the team behind “The Brutalist,” is the Venice movie nobody can agree on — but that’s not stopping it from garnering Oscar buzz for Seyfried. (Yuan, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe “Let Them” theory, such as it is, is simple: Release what you can’t control — namely, the opinions, emotions and reactions of others — and reclaim your time and energy. (Nguyen, The Washington Post)
Read MoreIn my two decades writing criticism, I’ve rarely run across something that refuses to let me see it just one way, but one such resistor is “The Wizard of Oz” at Sphere in Las Vegas. (Wilkinson, The New York Times)
Read MoreOnce among the world’s fastest-growing religions, Mormonism is facing a 21st-century reckoning, driven by social-media influencers—and the church is racing to counter them. (Wells, The Wall Street Journal)
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