A 'Mean Girls' star described the career setback that made him feel like "someone had died," and the au pair job he took after playing Kevin G

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Rajiv Surenda Mean girls side by side
Rajiv Surendra said he missed out on the opportunity to star in a film adaptation of "The Life of Pi," after "Mean Girls," which left him feeling dejected.

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TikTok's 'lucky girls' say they manifest success by simply believing things always work out for them — because, why not?

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Laura Amy, left, and Natasha Badger are "lucky girls."

Laura Amy; Natasha Badger

How Putin's Russian goon squad used Mexican gig workers to troll an American election

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The Wagner Group is a private company in name only. A trove of leaked documents demonstrate that it is best understood as an arm of the Russian state.

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Inside the self-proclaimed 'first generative-AI conference,' executives explain why the hot new technology behind ChatGPT is 'not just hype, but something real'

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From left: Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic; Amjad Masad, the CEO of Replit; Emad Mostaque, the CEO of Stability AI; Greg Larson, the vice president of engineering at Jasper, and Sameer Dholakia, a partner at Bessemer, speak on a panel on February 14 at the Gen AI conference in San Francisco.
From left: Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic; Amjad Masad, the CEO of Replit; Emad Mostaque, the CEO of Stability AI; Greg Larson, the vice president of engi

I'm a reality TV casting director — here's what we look for in a contestant on shows like 'Queer Eye'

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Ally Capriotti Grant.

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Day in the life of the founder of Rebundle, a hair-extension brand that closed a $2.1 million pre-seed round with investors like Colin Kaepernick

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Ciara Imani May
Ciara Imani May is the founder of Rebundle

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I left my tech job due to burnout before all the layoffs started — and now I'm looking for a new role in a hyper-competitive market

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"I asked myself: Is this what I want for my life? I'm nearly 30. Do I really want to be giving up so much for my job?"

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9 things to know before you get leg-lengthening surgery

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Surgeon operating on a knee.
Dr. Shahab Mahboubian warns it's no walk in the park.

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Rising tensions with Russia have NATO militaries worried about the revival of a Cold War-era submarine threat

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An undersea cable is laid to Hiddensee island in the Baltic Sea in July 2009.

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9 elements you need to be more influential and persuasive at work and in business

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Dr. Amanda Nimon-Peters examined the last four decades of behavioral science research on influence and persuasion, and developed nine principles.

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