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Medical Notes: The New Test Saving Generations Of Men, A Solve For Your Balance Issues, And How To Use Boredom To Your Advantage

A test that could save generations of men. Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of death in American men, and most cases can only be diagnosed after a biopsy. Luckily, new research in the journal E-bio Medicine reveals a new urine test that could significantly reduce the need for these procedures. It detects three biomarkers present in prostate tumors, and makes an accurate diagnosis even when a blood test comes back normal. Have you gotten your teeth cleaned […]

October 15, 2025

Viewpoints

Culture Crash: The Evolution Of Leonardo Dicaprio & His Latest Film Role

Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest movie stars to ever live. He proved his dramatic chops immediately with his tender performance in 1993’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, before becoming one of the most charming romantic leads of the 90s with Romeo + Juliet and of course Titanic. He’s teamed up with many of the greatest living directors for all-timer roles like Billy Costigan […]

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Viewpoints

Viewpoints Explained: In Rememberance: Honoring Scientist & Advocate Jane Goodall

This is Viewpoints Explained… Jane Goodall has passed away at the age of ninety-one. She’s best known for devoting her life to the study and protection of chimpanzees, and for forever changing the way we see animals. For Goodall, her journey into science was anything but typical. Back then in the 1950’s in Europe, it was almost unheard of for a woman to study animals alone in the wild. Science was dominated by men, and the image of a young […]

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Music

Museum auctioning off Billy Joel memorabilia as exhibit dedicated to him closes

'Billy Joel -- My Life: A Piano Man’s Journey' exhibit (Courtesy Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame)The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is movin' out its Billy Joel exhibit, which has been drawing crowds to the museum in Stony Brook, New York, for the past two years. But unlike most museum exhibits, fans will be able to take home some of the more than 100 items of memorabilia.The exhibit is closing Oct. 25, and on […]

October 15, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: Eddie Murphy doc, Lisa Ann Walter comedy special, and more

A documentary all about Eddie Murphy is making its way to Netflix. The film, called Being Eddie, arrives Nov. 12. It will detail the comedian's journey from being a cast member on Saturday Night Live right out of high school to the film career that followed. The documentary features stars Dave Chappelle, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jamie Foxx and Jerry Seinfeld telling all about the Oscar-nominated actor ...Abbott Elementary and The Parent Trap star Lisa Ann Walter is releasing her first-ever stand-up […]

October 15, 2025

Entertainment

Jennifer Aniston explains why she turned down ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast gig

Jennifer Aniston arrives to 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' at the Ed Sullivan Theater on September 10, 2025, in New York City. (James Devaney/GC Images via Getty Images)Jennifer Aniston is opening up about her decision to not become a Saturday Night Live cast member.The actress spoke about the career decision during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard's podcast Armchair Expert. Aniston said she declined an offer Lorne Michaels gave her to join the cast of the late-night comedy sketch […]

October 15, 2025

Music

Grateful Dead announces ‘Dave’s Picks Vol. 56’, featuring two 1981 London concerts

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir performing with the Grateful Dead at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on September 13, 1981. Bob Weir plays an Ibanez guitar. (Photo by Clayton Call/Redferns)Grateful Dead has announced details of the next release in their Dave’s Picks bootleg series.Dave’s Picks Vol. 56, the fourth and final Dave’s Pick of 2025, will feature two nearly complete shows recorded March 20, 1981, and March, 21, 1981, at the Rainbow Theatre in London. The shows were the opening two […]

October 15, 2025

Music

Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel & Bono docs nominated for Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Bono on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'/(Disney/Randy Holmes)Documentaries about Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel and U2 frontman Bono are among the films recognized with nominations for the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards.The theatrical release Becoming Led Zeppelin, HBO's Billy Joel: And So It Goes and Apple TV's Bono: Stories of Surrender all received nods in the best music documentary category. The Jeff Buckley doc It’s Never Over Jeff Buckley and two films directed by Questlove, Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music and Sly Lives! […]

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Entertainment

Report: British actor James Norton to play Brian Epstein in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films

James Norton attends the "King & Conqueror" Global Premiere at the BFI Southbank on August 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)British actor James Norton has reportedly landed a role in Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles films.Deadline reports that Norton, who currently appears in the new Netflix series House of Guinness, will play Beatles manager Brian Epstein in The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, which is scheduled to hit theaters in April 2028.Epstein, known as The Fifth Beatle, managed […]

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