Chris Lavergne
I’m the Founder of Thought.is and the Publisher of Thought Catalog.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Has Cleared $2 Billion, but It Might Hit $3 Billion
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has pulled in $2.022 billion worldwide since opening July 31, making it the 8th film ever to clear $2 billion and the second-fastest to get there, behind only Avengers: Endgame. At home it sits at $785.8 million, now 4th all-time in North America and ahead of Avatar. It hit $1 billion…
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The Best Eclipse Photos Capture the Thin Line Between Terror and Wonder
For a little over two minutes, a total solar eclipse swept from the Arctic down into Spain, plunging a narrow band of the planet into daytime darkness for the first time on mainland Europe since 1999. Totality lasted just 2 minutes and 18 seconds at its longest, and it hadn’t touched mainland Europe since 1999,…
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BMW Just Started Playing Spider-Man Ads on the Dashboards of $160,000 Cars When Owners Start Them Up
The ads are everywhere!!!!!! The Spider-Man: Brand New Day banner pops up the moment the car starts, and owners have to click through it before the screen fully lets them in. BMW’s own press release called the video “a special surprise” for drivers. The promotion runs through Aug. 10 as a partnership with Sony-Marvel. Reddit’s…
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Where the Danger Grows, So Too Does the Solution: A.I. Just Created Novel Viruses Never Seen Before in Nature
Where the danger grows, so too does the solution: An AI wrote genetic recipes for viruses never before found in nature. Sixteen came alive inside bacteria, and some reproduced faster than the natural virus they were modeled on. The same technology could create lifesaving medicines or help build a pandemic, but the rules meant to…
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“My First Chance At A Title Knowing It Won’t Be The Last,” Alexandra Eala Said After Becoming the First Player from the Philippines to Win a WTA Title
Alexandra Eala came back from a set down to beat top seed Jessica Pegula and become the first player from the Philippines to win a WTA singles title. She’s just 21, and this is the breakthrough that turns a promising prospect into a name the tour has to reckon with. Eala trailed Pegula by a…
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Rob Reiner’s Kids Jake and Romy Threw the First Pitches at a Dodgers Game to Honor Their Dad
Baseball was the thing Jake Reiner shared most with his dad, and in April he wrote that he’d trade every game they ever went to for one more hour to say goodbye. Jake Reiner, 35, and Romy Reiner, 28, threw ceremonial first pitches at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 2, closing out a three-game series between…
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Mary Beth Barone’s Netflix Special “Galaxy Brain” Is Her Bid to Headline Madison Square Garden
Deborah Vance doesn’t count. The one woman to actually headline the Garden as a stand-up is Amy Schumer, who sold it out a decade ago at the peak of a feminist comedy wave that made her a star. Barone’s new Netflix hour is her bid to bring that moment back, built around jokes about the…
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Samantha Morton Wept When She Got the Call That Christopher Nolan Wanted to Meet, After 35 Years of Independent Films and Stretches Where She Couldn’t Pay Her Mortgage
After 35 years of independent films and stretches when she couldn’t make the mortgage, Samantha Morton got the call that Christopher Nolan wanted to meet — and wept. A big-picture arc: three and a half decades of small movies, real money worries, and one phone call that turned into an Oscar-tipped role and a standing…
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Hannah Einbinder and Paul W. Downs Both Want Mayor Jo to Lead the First ‘Hacks’ Spinoff
Both stars agree on which side character deserves her own show, and their pick is the small-town mayor. Einbinder wants to see her go full villain, calling it a “Better Call Saul” situation with Mayor Jo as “an absolute criminal.” Mayor Jo, the local politician orbiting the world of “Hacks,” is the character Hannah Einbinder…
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A 16-Year-Old Risked His Life to Save a Drowning Boy. Then His Mom Refused the GoFundMe, And Asked People to Do This Instead
This is heroism. The 16-year-old is Ryder Williams, a rookie California State Parks lifeguard who went down under 10-foot Santa Cruz surf with a drowning boy and refused to let go, surfacing again and again still gripping him until he got him to shore. President Trump is now bringing Ryder and his family to the…
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Lando Norris Won the Hungarian Grand Prix After a Backmarker Rammed His Teammate Off the Road
Lando Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri had the race in hand before Carlos Sainz, locked in a fight with Fernando Alonso for 15th, ignored the blue flags and rammed him off the road. His front-right tire caught Sainz’s rear-left, costing him up to two seconds. “Get out of the f—ing way, you…
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Obama Pulled Caitlin Clark Aside at WNBA Practice and a Hot Mic Caught What He Said
Barack Obama surprised the WNBA All-Stars at practice, then pulled Caitlin Clark aside for a quieter word a hot mic caught anyway. “Don’t let all this nonsense get you down,” he told her. Obama walked in on the WNBA All-Stars during practice at his newly opened presidential center on Chicago’s South Side, then leaned in…
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Villagers Challenge Kushner Mega Resort as Prosecutors Say Alleged Cocaine Smuggler Forged Deeds
Albanian prosecutors say the deeds he used to sell it were forged. Jared Kushner’s Sazan Island Resort carries a €1.4 billion price tag for the decommissioned military island, plus a $4.7 billion plan for the surrounding coast. One leaked master plan lays out 600 townhouses, 520 villas, 1,400 apartments, a marina for 350 superyachts, and…
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Ultimate Icon Recovery: Yungblud Goes to Whole Foods in Malibu. Drives There in 2026 Can-Am Defender Max Side-By-Side
Yungblud pulled out of a festival 10 days ago to work on his mental health. Now he’s in Malibu, carrying his own Whole Foods bag to a Can-Am Defender. This is the first time Yungblud has been seen in public since he canceled his set at Canada’s Cowboys Music Festival to focus on his well-being.…
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Lamine Yamal Went Straight to Hug Leo Messi After the Game
Lamine Yamal walked past his own celebration and went straight to hug and console Leo Messi after the game. “I’m sorry,” Yamal told him. Messi replied, “Congratulations, you deserve it even more.” What a beautiful moment. That exchange came moments after Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New…
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Men Were Just a Quarter of the Luxury Handbag Market Last Year, and Erling Haaland Is Single-Handedly Dragging Them in with His £1 Million Bag Collection
It’s not a purse. It’s European! Apparently Erling Haaland has generated $8.8 million in brand value for Hermès over the course of the World Cup, more than any other luxury name tracked by Launchmetrics during the tournament. His collection includes a limited-edition multi-pocket Haut à Courroies Birkin and a rare HAC painted with a road-and-mountain…
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Lamine Yamal Says the Kitchen and Bedroom Were in the Same Room Where He Grew Up, and Seeing His Brother Get the Childhood He Never Had Is What Makes Him Happiest
“I came from an apartment where the kitchen and bedroom were in the same place. So I see my mother happy, I see that my brother can have the kind of childhood I would have wanted, and that’s what makes me happiest.” — Lamine Yamal Spain is in Sunday’s World Cup final at MetLife Stadium…
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The 6.9 Million People Whose Genetic Data Leaked from 23andme Are Finally Getting Paid, and the Total Is $46.75 Million
The breach exposed the genetic and personal information of 6.9 million customers back in 2023. Now a bankruptcy judge has signed off on the payout, though $14.29 million already went out means the new money coming is $32.46 million. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brian Walsh in St. Louis ruled the deal fair and equitable on July…