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1. Google’s AlphaGenome 2 zooms in on the cellular roots of disease  The Verge
2. AlphaGenome 2: Deciphering how cells read DNA to better understand disease  Google DeepMind
3. Google DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome 2 to predict the impact of genetic variants — The Verge  UA.NEWS
4. Google DeepMind’s AlphaGenome 2 Predicts Cell-State Variant Effects  Unite.AI
5. Sundar Pichai confirms AlphaGenome 2 is accessible to non-commercial research users  Traders Union

1. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday can't break stuff if it won't install  The Register
2. Microsoft fixes over 1,000 Windows flaws – and one is being exploited  ZDNET
3. Windows 11's November 2026 update is here: 4 reasons why you should download and install it right now  TechRadar
4. Microsoft fixes audio issues caused by September security updates  BleepingComputer
5. Windows 11 November Update: 5 Changes MSPs and IT Teams Need to Know  Channel Insider

1. ‘Dancing With the Stars’: Jenna Dewan Addresses ‘Online Noise’ After Elimination  TV Insider
2. ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Recap: Stunned Silence at the Most Shocking Elimination of the Season on Grammys Night  People.com
3. Watch Brandy and Monica, Sheryl Crow & Maren Morris Perform Live for ‘Grammy Night’ on ‘DWTS’  Yahoo
4. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Grammy Night Attracts Star-Studded Performances as a Frontrunner Is Eliminated: See the Scores, Who Went Home  The Hollywood Reporter
5. Dancing With the Stars Shockingly Eliminates Frontrunner Before Semi-Finals  E! News

1. Kirk Cousins isn’t officially back in No. 8, yet  NBC Sports
2. Raiders name Fernando Mendoza starting QB after trading Kirk Cousins  ESPN
3. Inbox: He would’ve been a much bigger story  Green Bay Packers – packers.com
4. Fernando Mendoza gets 3-word message from Kirk Cousins after Raiders trade  USA Today
5. Kirk Cousins traded to Vikings: Raiders gave QB option to stay or leave franchise, per report  CBS Sports

1. Nvidia Scandal Puts Lori Huang, Jensen Huang’s Wife, In the Spotlight  The New York Times
2. Nvidia CEO ‘should have known better’: Former FBI special agent  The Hill
3. Spy scandal highlights contradictions at heart of Trump’s China policy  The Washington Post
4. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Affair Strains Taiwan’s Devotion to Its Hometown Hero  WSJ
5. Congress Set to Subpoena Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Republican Says  Bloomberg.com

1. Ukraine peace talks end with prisoner swap but no breakthrough  Financial Times
2. Trump envoys to meet Putin in Moscow after latest Ukraine talks end with no breakthrough  CNN
3. Seeking to Broaden Ukraine Talks, U.S. Urges Russia to Include Europe  The New York Times
4. Russia-Ukraine talks turn to post-war security but end without breakthrough  BBC
5. US envoys to meet Putin and Zelenskyy separately after peace talks see some progress - as it happened  The Guardian

1. Missing 11-Month-Old Is Rescued After Being Buried Alive in Dog Crate  The New York Times
2. Sheriff: Missing Lexington County baby found alive after being buried in dog crate  WIS News 10
3. Update: Lexington County missing infant  Lexington County Sheriff's Department
4. A missing baby was found buried alive a day after authorities say his father took him  CNN
5. Baby rescued after buried alive in crate for 24 hours in South Carolina woods; father arrested  WWLTV.com

1. NASA asks Earthlings to wave as Voyager 1 reaches a light-day away  The Register
2. NASA Invites Media, Public to Join Voyager 1 One-Light Day Activities  NASA (.gov)
3. Nasa asks public to ‘light up the world’ for Voyager 1 milestone  The Telegraph
4. Join NASA’s worldwide Voyager 1 celebration on Tuesday, November 17  Popular Science
5. Voyager 1 Is the Farthest Human-Made Object in the Universe—and the Spacecraft Is About to Reach One Light-Day From Earth  Smithsonian Magazine

Mackenzie Crook directs the story of the British professor whose probe lost contact upon touchdown.

Ruth Jones sends a message from 'Nessa' to co-star Joanna Page as Page prepares for her jungle debut.

1. Black Ole Miss students say they immediately confronted classmates who made monkey noises — and one kept doing it  New York Post
2. Ole Miss students speak out after alleged racial harassment in viral video: "It's still hurtful"  CBS News
3. Ole Miss students ‘devastated’ by racist monkey gestures and noises captured on door camera  NBC News
4. University of Mississippi student apologizes, withdraws after alleged racist taunts in viral doorbell video  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
5. Two white students at University of Mississippi make monkey gestures in Ring video  The Guardian

1. White House threatens criminal investigation into Democrats’ oversight efforts  Politico
2. White House Threatens Congress, Saying Aggressive Investigations Could Be Crime  The New York Times
3. White House warns incoming House Oversight chair it ‘will not be extorted’  CNN
4. Trump Administration Tries To Warn Democrats Against Investigating Trump  Forbes
5. White House readies aggressive fight against planned investigations by Congress  The Washington Post

Richard Avedon circa 1985, from the documentary Avedeon —Susan Middleton

Richard Avedon, whose career began in the early 1940s and ended with his death, following a cerebral hemorrhage, in 2004, was one of the greatest fashion photographers of his era. Even if you think you don’t care about fashion, you’ve probably been awed by his 1955 Dovima With Elephants, in which the supermodel Dovima, draped in a two-tone Dior gown, stands regally between two pachyderms, her arms outstretched as if to read their magnificence with her fingertips. Compositionally, it’s perfect. But it also links the inherent splendor of human creativity and beauty with the even more overwhelming grandeur of the animal kingdom. It’s fashion photography as spiritual meditation.

Being a great fashion photographer would have been enough. But as Ron Howard’s gracefully constructed documentary Avedon shows, Richard Avedon’s way of looking at the human face and body informed everything he achieved in his roughly 50-year career, from capturing the quicksilver essence of public figures like Malcolm X, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and Henry Kissinger, to catching Marilyn Monroe in a moment where, rather than playing to the camera, she seems lost in a private world where no one can follow. As Avedon’s son, John, says in the film, “He exalts the individual. His work is very much about trying to discover himself in other people’s faces, in other people’s lives.”

Avedon makes a fine introduction to both the man and the artist. Though he would always love the theatricality of fashion photography, he also made pictures that functioned as social protest. In 1939 African American opera singer Marian Anderson had been barred from singing in Washington’s Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who cited a white-performers-only policy. It was an outrage that had long troubled Avedon. In 1963 he had the chance to photograph members of the DAR at a convention, showing a group of women in dowdy gowns, smug with self-certainty; one of them, caught off-guard, actually has her back to the camera. It can’t be the kind of portrait any of them were hoping for.

Avedon at work in Montana in 1983 —Laura Wilson

Through juxtaposition of images and voice-over recordings from Avedon himself, Avedon offers insight into the photographer’s mode of working. His preference was to capture subjects in front of a plain white background. Around the time of his project In the American West, completed in 1984, he explained, “One cowboy against a white background represents all cowboys. Whereas if he’s leaning against a fence post, he’s just a cowboy.”

And what about Avedon the man? He grew up in Manhattan, the son of an emotionally withholding father; he had siblings, including a younger sister, Louise, whom he adored, and who struggled for most of her life with mental illness. Even as a kid, he loved photographing Louise, who was exceedingly beautiful. When he was 9, he took a photographic negative of one of those pictures, taped it to his shoulder, and spent the day in the sun. By evening, his sister’s image had been recorded on his skin.

It’s a strange, touching story, especially considering that Louise would become more withdrawn over the years, and would eventually be diagnosed with schizophrenia. A photographic image can be explained, strictly speaking, by science. But it’s also a place for ghosts of both people we once knew and those we never had the chance to meet. Avedon left many of those ghost pictures behind, from joyful images of the models who also became longtime friends, like Lauren Hutton and Isabella Rossellini, to striking portraits of blazing stars like Picasso and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as fading comets like the older, 1950s-era Buster Keaton. Avedon is a road map through his career, a lifetime of looking at faces and striving to capture the life that animates them, before it vanishes forever.

1. Adobe’s AI experiments let you walk around in photos and interview your characters  The Verge
2. Adobe Transforms its Creative Cloud Tools into Agentic Workflows Built with the Precision and Control Pros Expect, Giving Creatives More Time for Their Craft  Adobe Newsroom
3. Adobe’s Cutting-Edge AI Research Projects Are All About Precision Editing  CNET
4. Adobe Gives Sneak Peek at Real-Time Generative AI Video Editing Feature  Variety
5. Adobe is fully in its agent era  Fast Company

1. NFL midseason surprises: 6 teams and players nobody saw coming  SB Nation
2. 2026 NFL midseason: Our MVP, top rookies, best coach, surprises, disappointments and more  Yahoo Sports
3. Mid-Season 2026 Fantasy Football Awards: Fantasy MVP, Biggest Disappointments & More  FantasyLife
4. PFF 2026 Midseason Report: The highest-graded player on every NFL team  PFF
5. 2026 NFL Midseason Report: First-Half Surprises, Second-Half Storylines and Super Bowl Picks  Sports Illustrated

1. What to do if you, or someone around you, might be having a heart attack  The Washington Post
2. Don’t mistake a heart attack for heartburn  Hometown News Brevard
3. Heartburn or heart attack? Doctor, patient warn of subtle signs you may need emergency care  WPXI
4. Silent heart disease can strike without warning  The Hans India
5. Heart attacks in young adults: Symptoms you should never ignore  Daily Nation

1. How did the universe take shape? A new simulation offer clues  CNN
2. Smithsonian Scientists Built a Virtual Universe 1.5 Billion Light-Years Across  SciTechDaily
3. A massive new simulation reveals how the universe emerged from darkness  Science Daily
4. New supercomputer simulation ‘Lumina’ provides glimpse into first 2 billion years of the universe  Hindustan Times
5. Unveiling the truth of the universe through simulated catalogs: Unleashing the power of a theoretical telescope, ‘supercomputer’  EurekAlert!

1. NFL trade deadline winners, losers: Vikings find QB, Jags go all-in, Jonathan Taylor stranded - The Athletic  The New York Times
2. NFL Week 10 latest intel, buzz questions, fantasy tips, post-trade deadline news  ESPN
3. The top 5 biggest impact deadline trades, including Jaguars and Bears shooting for a Super Bowl  Yahoo Sports
4. NFL trade deadline: Ranking all 18 in-season deals as Kirk Cousins, Jeffery Simmons reshape Super Bowl race  CBS Sports
5. NFL trade deadline fantasy fallout: Vikings land Kirk Cousins, Josh Downs heads to Kansas City  NBC Sports

1. As higher prices seep into broader economy, Fed officials consider faster hikes  AP News
2. Fed’s Paulson Says Gradual Tightening Seems Appropriate for Now  Bloomberg.com
3. Fed’s Logan Opens Door to Faster Pace of Rate Increases  WSJ
4. Economic and monetary policy outlook  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
5. Fed should move policy 'with care' as it responds to inflation, Barkin says  Reuters

Russell Brand's romantic past is drawing renewed attention following his prison sentencing, including ex-wife Katy Perry's description of his behavior during their marriage as "very controlling."

Years before the comedian was convicted of rape and sexual assault, Perry said Brand struggled with her role as "the boss" of her own career and shared how their whirlwind marriage ended with a text message in which he announced he wanted a divorce.

Now, her past comments are resurfacing alongside renewed interest in Brand’s relationship history, from his brief romance with Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell to his marriage to his current wife Laura Brand, who testified in his defense.

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Here's a look back at Brand's most notable relationships.

Brand described a brief romantic encounter with Kate Moss in his memoir, "Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal," writing that their connection elevated his celebrity status.

"I could never have anticipated the instant elevation that this liaison would afford me, it was like being awarded a celebrity Victoria Cross," he wrote, according to the New York Post.

The comedian, who met Moss through a mutual friend, expressed his admiration for the model in the book.

"Kate Moss is the prettiest girl in all our schools," he wrote. "Behold our queen, but don’t look at her directly or all else you gaze upon till death brings down your lids will be as shadows compared to her beauty."

In the book, Brand wrote that he became smitten, but their connection faded after he publicly downplayed the encounter to journalists.

Brand and Australian actress Teresa Palmer briefly dated after meeting while filming "Bedtime Stories" in 2008. By July of that year, both were publicly discussing their relationship, with Brand suggesting he was ready to leave his womanizing reputation behind.

"I’m a changed man," he said at the time, according to Cosmopolitan. "I’ve met someone very beautiful and I’ve settled down."

Palmer expressed similar enthusiasm about their budding romance.

"We’ve only been together for a month, but it’s going brilliantly," she said, according to the outlet.

The pair attended the O2 Silver Clef Awards together in London on July 4, 2008, but their relationship was short-lived. By the fall of 2008, the couple had separated.

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Brand and Katy Perry, who met on the set of "Get Him to the Greek" in 2009, announced their engagement in January 2010 before marrying in India on Oct. 23 of that year. Their marriage lasted approximately 14 months before Brand filed for divorce in December 2011.

Perry later discussed their relationship in a 2013 Vogue interview, describing behavior she considered "controlling."

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"He didn’t like the atmosphere of me being the boss on tour. So that was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting," she said. "I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day. I let go, and I was like: This isn’t because of me, this is beyond me. So I have moved on from that."

During the interview, Perry said Brand informed her of his divorce plans by text message. The moment she received the message was captured on camera and featured in the pop star's 2012 documentary "Katy Perry: Part of Me."

Following Brand's sentencing, another video showing an interaction between Brand and Perry gained traction online.

During an interview at the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar party, Brand appeared to criticize Perry for swearing on camera and displayed a badge bearing the word "Obey."

"He didn’t like her getting more attention than him," one social media user wrote on X.

Months before his conviction, Perry made a pointed remark about an ex during a concert in July at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England.

While playing an interactive game that asked audience members to act out their reaction to seeing an ex, Perry said, "I hope my ex isn’t here. He should be in jail," according to The Mirror.

Perry did not specifically name Brand.

Brand began dating Isabella Brewster, a former talent agent, following his split from Perry. The pair reportedly met at a yoga class.

He confirmed their romance during a July 18, 2012, appearance on Howard Stern's radio show, just days after his divorce became final.

"Some things in the newspaper aren’t true … that’s true, actually," Brand said when asked about Brewster, according to E! News.

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Their relationship appeared to move quickly. According to Cosmopolitan, the pair were reportedly considering renting a home together in Los Angeles.

By late August, however, the romance had ended.

"Isabella and [Russell] broke it off," a source told Us Weekly at the time. "He has been in London since the Olympics and is traveling for standup."

Following his split from Brewster, Brand was briefly linked to Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell. The pair reportedly grew close during preparations for the 2012 London Olympics' closing ceremony, at which both performed.

They were photographed holding hands during a visit to Hampton Court Palace with Halliwell’s daughter, Bluebell, and were also reportedly spotted enjoying a picnic on Hampstead Heath.

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Despite the attention surrounding their budding romance, the relationship reportedly ended within weeks.

"He isn’t ready to settle down so soon after coming out of marriage," a source told The Mirror.

Brand began dating producer and journalist Jemima Goldsmith in 2013. Their relationship lasted approximately a year, during which the comedian publicly expressed his love for her and said their connection felt different from his previous romances.

"I really love her. I’m very, very happy in a relationship that feels very different from anything I’ve experienced before," Brand reportedly said during a 2014 appearance on "The Jonathan Ross Show."

Their breakup was reported in September 2014.

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In November 2026, Goldsmith spoke publicly about her relationship with Brand, offering a different account of her experience with him.

In a statement posted on X following his sentencing, she accused him of "violence, coercive control and abuse." She alleged that she had called police to have him removed from her home during a violent incident in 2014.

Goldsmith said she chose not to pursue charges or speak publicly at the time because she feared the impact of media attention on her teenage children.

"I have neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period in 2014," she wrote. 

Brand’s relationship with his current wife, Laura Gallacher Brand, began years before his marriage to Perry.

Gallacher, an author and illustrator whose sister is British broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher, first became involved with Brand in 2006. She was 19 and he was 31. Their initial relationship ended the following year amid his reported difficulty with monogamy.

"When I met him, I was aware that he liked women, and I was aware toward the latter half of that year that he was engaging with other women," Laura told the court during Brand's trial, according to Sky News. "I was not interested in having a relationship with him if he was sleeping with other people. I was invested; we both had told each other we loved each other, but it was clear it was difficult for him to be monogamous."

After Brand’s marriage to Perry ended, he and Laura reconnected in 2015.

The couple welcomed daughter Mabel in November 2016 before marrying on Aug. 26, 2017, in a ceremony near Henley-on-Thames, England. Their family later grew with the birth of their daughter Peggy in July 2018 and a son in 2023.

Laura publicly defended her husband during his 2026 rape and sexual assault trial.

Laura described Brand as "caring and kind, a wonderful father to our children and an amazing, attentive husband," adding that he has an "eye for detail I have never known before."

"I feel very seen by him," she said. "We have a very honest, frank and clear relationship and marriage … Our relationship has always been [about] honesty. I love him very much."