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The Odyssey is setting critical and box office records in various categories nearly every day, but there remains a loud subsection of social media users, mostly found on X, who remain dead-set against the film. One of those users is the site’s owner, Elon Musk, who has previously said that “Chris Nolan has lost his integrity” in response to comments about Nolan casting the actress, Lupita Nyong’o, who is Black, as Helen of Troy, among other sharp posts about the film.Now, Musk is making new claims about the film, showing off a Grok-created Odyssey clip, and then saying, “Before this…

The number of measles cases in the United States has outstripped last year’s 33-year high. Already this year, health officials have recorded 2,295 cases, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reports July 21. That surpasses the 2,286 cases documented in 2025. Many of this year’s cases have come…

The EU is supposed to grow again, but there is still some disagreement about how. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is sticking to his proposal for an associate EU membership status for Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkan countries, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. Critics complain…

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ToplineBillionaire Leon Black claimed he socialized with Jeffrey Epstein because of his many high-powered connections—including Elon Musk—but never considered him a friend, according to a transcript released Friday of the billionaire’s interview with the House Oversight Committee, despite once signing a birthday card to him “Love and Kisses.”Key FactsBlack sat…

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