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This past February, my friend Stari asked me two questions: “Do you like Umamusume?” followed immediately by “Would you go see a movie with me?” My answers were “I only know that it exists lol” and, after a couple follow-up questions, “Putting it on my calendar now!!” At the time, I had no idea what…

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks during a hearing on “Arctic Frost Accountability: Oversight of Telecommunications Carriers’ Responses to Jack Smith’s Witch Hunt” in the Hart Senate Office Building on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Privacy, Technology, and the Law Subcommittee brought in current and former telecommunications executives…

Oprah Winfrey may have helped create Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz as television brands, but she is not taking the blame for what they became. After years of criticism over giving both men a national platform, Winfrey drew a hard line between the experts she introduced to daytime audiences and the political figures they later…