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Justin Timberlake: Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton's 'Say Something' Is a Raw, Restless Collision of Two Worlds

August 6, 2026

Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton's 'Say Something' opens with shattering glass and builds around a

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Good Mythical Morning: Rhett and Link Rode Jurassic World All Day at Universal Studios to See What Would Happen

August 6, 2026

Rhett and Link spent an entire day at Universal Studios riding Jurassic World on repeat,

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Gavren Dochterman: The All-Glass $45M Wave House on Lake Tahoe That Was Built in 2008 and Still Looks Like Nothing Else

August 6, 2026

Built in 2008 by architect Mark Jolleski on Crystal Bay on the Nevada side of

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Ghost Town Living: He Legally Claimed U.S. Public Land and Mined Real Silver From It

August 6, 2026

Brent, a resident of the Cerro Gordo ghost town in California, spent seven months legally

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Starter Story: How Charlie Chang Built 6 YouTube Channels That Earn $2.4M a Year

August 5, 2026

Charlie Chang is a self-described introvert in Southern California who runs six YouTube channels generating

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TJR: TJR Bought a Gaming Chair and Accidentally Manifested a Koenigsegg

August 5, 2026

Tyler Riches bought a Koenigsegg-branded gaming chair because he needed a chair. A year and

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Brett McFarland: Brett McFarland Turned a Prison Sentence Into a Country Music Dream

August 5, 2026

Brett McFarland performed 'Blessing in Disguise' live at the Eureka Theater, telling the true story

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Charlie Chang: Claude 4.5 Just Built a 3D Office and a Full Website From Scratch, and It Took One Prompt

August 5, 2026

Anthropic's Claude 4.5 built a navigable 3D office from 17 photos and a complete luxury

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Brett McFarland: Brett McFarland's 'Humboldt' Is a Love Letter to California's Most Outlaw County

August 5, 2026

Brett McFarland's 'Humboldt' traces the folk-country roots of California's most defiant county, from the 1968

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Charlie Chang: Coachella VIPs Reveal What They Do for a Living, From a $1.2M Talent Manager to a 6-Grammy Violinist

August 5, 2026

Charlie Chang spent Coachella Weekend 1 moving through the $9,000 Safari campground tents, invite-only parties,

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Jacob Collier: Jacob Collier Builds a Live Orchestra Arrangement from Scratch in San Francisco with Zero Rehearsal

August 5, 2026

Jacob Collier walked out in front of a full orchestra in San Francisco with no

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Green Day: Green Day's 'Warning' Is Still Asking Whether You Question Everything or Shut Up and Be a Victim

August 5, 2026

Green Day's HD-upscaled 'Warning' video returns the song's core challenge to sharper focus: question everything,

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