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Published Jul 8, 2026, 1:33 PM EDT

Game Changer and Very Important People were shut out this year

Dropout snubbed by the Emmys despite actually having the best game show around

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Now in its second season, X-Men ‘97 is every bit the epic, comic-book-accurate, action-fest everybody wanted it to be. Much of its success goes back to the decision Marvel made to make the series a direct continuation of the original X-Men: The Animated Series from the 1990s, rather than “just another X-Men cartoon.” Fortunately, the powers-that-be at Marvel saw what fans have been saying since the 1990s: X-Men: The Animated Series is spectacular. With complex, thoughtful stories ripped straight from the comic books, the show was a cut above most Saturday morning cartoons from the era.

You may feel sluggish at first, but adapting to the heat can make you faster over the long term.

Beth Skwarecki

Beth Skwarecki

Senior Health Editor

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Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years.

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President Donald Trump’s name will not be returning to the Kennedy Center anytime soon.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday ruled against the arts institution’s motion to stay a lower court’s decision that Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center pending its appeal.

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You’ve probably seen one of the memes about Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s wig in the live-action Moana remake. It “deserves its own credit in the movie,” one of the memes says. “Everyone in the Moana trailer is fighting for their lives… meanwhile Dwayne Johnson’s wig is fighting gravity, the wind, and its own contract obligations,” another says. Even parody singer Weird Al Yankovic, who has long, curly locks himself, waded in, saying: "We've told all the casting agents that the Weird Al biopic sequel is currently on hold, but they just keep sending in headshots."

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has closed out a two-day summit in Turkiye with a pledge of 70 billion euros ($80bn) in assistance for Ukraine’s fight against Russia as United States President Donald Trump projects optimism about the prospects for a future peace deal.

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Healthcare operates with back doors for some.

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Everyone in healthcare knows what it means to “make the call.”

A family member cannot get an appointment with a specialist for months. A friend has been denied a medication that every physician involved agrees is appropriate. A colleague is caught in an endless cycle of prior authorizations, referrals, and appeals. Rather than trusting the process, someone reaches for their phone. A text is sent to a department chair, a hospital CEO, an insurance executive, or an old residency classmate. Suddenly, what seemed impossible becomes routine. The appointment appears. The authorization is approved. The problem dissolves.