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Jamie Spears has finally resigned as Britney's conservator

After controlling the minutiae of his adult daughter's life and finances for 13 years, Jamie Spears finally relinquished his role in the conservatorship that governs Britney Spears' life. The pop star isn't technically free of her guardianship yet.…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

MyPillow maestro Mike Lindell held the world's worst cybersecurity conference

Mike Lindell sure has a lot of opinions about election integrity for a guy who runs a pillow company. For months now, he has been peddling garbage about how the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen. This week, he was supposed to finally prove…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

Megan Thee Stallion made a compelling case for strict boundaries

It's thrilling to see Tina Snow thriving! Megan Thee Stallion covers the new issue of Essence, talking her forthcoming album, balancing music and college, and generally giving fans an update on how she's doing these days. In portraits shot by…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

Vaccination rates are up — but will it even make a difference now?

If any good news has come from the Delta variant rearing its ugly head, it’s that it might’ve been just the wake-up call some people needed to get the shot. Since last month, the average rate of first COVID-19 vaccine doses given in the U.S. has…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

“I don’t want to go another 10 years”: Marlon Wayans’s dramatic era starts now

You might not recognize Marlon Wayans when he first appears in Respect, the new Aretha Franklin biopic. As Ted White, Aretha's manager and first husband, Wayans quietly captivates in a dapper suit and brown fedora, barely hiding a mischievous grin…

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

60 clever things that make life so much easier, it almost feels like cheating

From meal prep to cleaning, we rounded up products that streamline your routine so much, it almost feels like you're cheating at life.

Mic · Aug 12, 2021

This year's festivals aren't the post-pandemic escape we hoped for

It was supposed to be our Hot Vax Summer, months of heady revelry after a year and a half of isolation and fear. But anti-vaxxers and the Delta variant have put a damper on things, plunging a lot of us into the fresh despair of knowing there's a way…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

Senate Democrats are finally taking climate change seriously in their reconciliation bill

While President Biden was all too happy to settle for an infrastructure bill that sacrificed addressing bigger issues in the name of good, old-fashioned bipartisan agreement on roads and bridges, it looks like Senate Democrats are finally going to…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

An alpaca named Geronimo is tearing England apart

Here are a few things I know about alpacas: Unlike their more widely recognized cousin, the llama, alpacas are considerably smaller, typically weighing in around 125 pounds, and standing about 3 feet high at the shoulder. They also have a more…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021

'Jeopardy!' tried to please everyone and wound up pleasing no one

It was always going to be this way, wasn’t it? Amid a wave of backlash and controversy following reports that Mike Richards, the executive producer of Jeopardy!, was a frontrunner to succeed Alex Trebek, the man with a disconcerting professional…

Mic · Aug 11, 2021