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Bludgeoned by mediocrity
Big week for dads. 

– Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
Hollywood PAs' impossible jobs
Star power  
Hollywood PAs' impossible jobs
The drug charges for Matthew Perry’s ex-assistant have shed light on a role with no set hours, few boundaries and little protection.
Litigious stripes  
The White Stripes are suing Trump over ‘flagrant misappropriation’ of Seven Nation Army.
Leonine swipes  
Speaking of Trump, this week he did what no one else could – annoyed Taylor Swift into endorsing Harris.
Penitent types  
In the wake of Dave Grohl's sorry baby scandal, here are the best, worst and weirdest celebrity apologies.
Don't eat this
Choc-chip biscuits
Choc-chip biscuits
When he set out to sample 13 shelf-stable supermarket biscuits, Nicholas Jordan was hoping for a premiere experience. Instead, he was bludgeoned by mediocrity.
Extremely online
Extremely online
The juiciest election this week wasn’t the one with aliens and dogs and Peanuts but Katy Perry’s unexpected coup at the VMAs – to the chagrin of many. The big winner, though, was Chappell Roan: newly minted cover star and snarling sensation. And the big loser was Fred Again (again). 

Good reads: The Cut partied with JoJo Siwa, PinkPantheress and Paris Hilton! This Industry heartthrob is having the best year ever and Brad Pitt is having the worst. 9/11 memes have gone too far and so have wrenches. Also capybaras are reclaiming their land?? Chaos reigns! Mamma mia.
The funniest things on the internet
Jonny Hawkins' tour of their tabs
Jonny Hawkins' tour of their tabs
They find the internet too noisy and hate trends. As you can imagine, this list is insane.
Top of the list
A book – grows up  
In glorious comebacks: Jacqueline Wilson has written a follow-up to her Girls series, 22 years after the last one. It's called Think Again and it's a warm hug for all former tweens.
In glorious comebacks: Jacqueline Wilson has written a follow-up to her Girls series, 22 years after the last one. It's called Think Again and it's a warm hug for all former tweens.
Another book – peters out  
Also back: Liane Moriarty, whose new novel Here One Moment that opens with a mysterious, crackling stranger predicting the deaths of everyone on her flight. It doesn't quite live up to its premise.
Also back: Liane Moriarty, whose new novel Here One Moment that opens with a mysterious, crackling stranger predicting the deaths of everyone on her flight. It doesn't quite live up to its premise.
A show – always on  
Season four part two of Emily in Paris has just dropped! Not that we needed any excuse to watch it but in case you were searching for one...
Season four part two of Emily in Paris has just dropped! Not that we needed any excuse to watch it but in case you were searching for one...
An album – goes off  
Tindersticks, in their fourth decade of music, are still kicking: still soulful, still delightfully understated, still conjuring the beauty of small things on the fringes of pop. Their 14th album Soft Tissue is out now.
Tindersticks, in their fourth decade of music, are still kicking: still soulful, still delightfully understated, still conjuring the beauty of small things on the fringes of pop. Their 14th album Soft Tissue is out now.
This week's weirdest story
*Sharp intake of breath*
*Sharp intake of breath*
The Ig Nobel prize goes to a team who found mammals can breathe through anuses.
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