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The co-founder of an AI startup isn’t supposed to end up a billionaire because of the company that pushed her out. That’s the Lucy Guo story: she left Scale AI in 2018, kept her equity, and by April 2025 Forbes’ billionaire tracker had named her the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire with an estimated net … Read more
Paul Pogba went from World Cup winner in 2018 to a doping ban in 2024, and then back on a Ligue 1 pitch for AS Monaco in November 2025 — his career a sequence of extremes. Through the trophies, the ban, and a very public family feud, one question keeps coming up: what actually happens … Read more
Most people met Dylan Minnette as Clay Jensen, the mixtape-making narrator of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, and it would be easy to expect him to keep chasing teen dramas. Instead, he doubled down on Wallows — the band the Los Angeles Times (music and culture coverage) traced to a childhood music program — and this … Read more
Few artists made the early 2000s feel as loud and bright as Avril Lavigne, yet the question people still type most in 2026 is blunt: what happened to her? The verified storyline is more direct than the tabloid version: she disclosed a Lyme disease diagnosis in 2015, as Canadian public broadcaster CBC News reported, and … Read more
Few presidents leave a mark that people still argue about at dinner parties, but Ronald Reagan is one of them. He took the oath as the 40th president on January 20, 1981 (U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian), and 69 days later John Hinckley Jr. shot him outside the Washington Hilton, according to … Read more
Emmanuel Macron’s path to the French presidency reads less like a standard political résumé and more like a French film: a small-city schoolboy, a former teacher 24 years his senior, and a political movement built from scratch. He has led France since 14 May 2017, according to the Élysée (official French presidential website), and the … Read more
Few Hollywood releases this decade have arrived wrapped in as much noise as Disney’s live-action Snow White. Between a casting storm that erupted years before cameras rolled and a box-office opening that landed well below expectations, the film became a lightning rod for a debate about representation, nostalgia, and the business of franchise filmmaking. Domestic … Read more
There’s a reason audiences still talk about the man who played Aragorn – Viggo Mortensen isn’t just an actor; he’s a polyglot, a poet, and a painter who brings the same depth to his off-screen life as he does to his roles. From his multilingual upbringing to his acclaimed performances, here’s everything you need to … Read more
It’s rare that a poker legend becomes a courtroom defendant over how a deck of cards is turned, but that’s exactly what happened to Phil Ivey. His 11 World Series of Poker bracelets earned him a place in the Hall of Fame before a baccarat table nearly cost him millions. Born: February 1, 1977 (age … Read more
There’s something refreshing about watching a breakout actor who didn’t spend years in the Hollywood audition circuit. Anna Lambe, described by CBC as an Inuk actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut, made her debut in a hometown-shot film and later appeared in HBO’s True Detective: Night Country. If you’ve searched her name, you probably want the basics: … Read more