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Blush is the most underrated beauty product. So, when I learned that Merit Beauty dropped four new shades of its fan-fave Merit Flush Balm cream blush, I knew I had to try them. This blush formula has been on my radar for a while thanks to all the rave reviews it's racked up—not to mention hundreds of TikTok creators who've shown the product's versatility as a blush, an eye shadow, and a lip balm. [Read More]

Fiction in translationReviewThis Dutch novel takes aim at the depersonalising corrosiveness of the internet, but becomes laboured When he launched his takeover of Twitter earlier this year, Elon Musk sparked consternation by declaring he would loosen the social media platform’s content moderation policies – a move that could set Twitter on a collision course with the EU’s digital regulators. In an online world rife with offensive and potentially dangerous material – hate speech, harassment, misinformation, incitements to violence, accounts promoting self-harm and eating disorders – the problem of content moderation is becoming ever more vexed. [Read More]

World news9/11 last calls reveal horrorTranscripts of telephone calls made from World Trade Centre after the September 11 attacks reveal a police force gradually coming to grips with the enormity of the disaster as those inside the building pleaded for help. The transcripts, released by court order yesterday, show that callers from the top floors of the second tower were told to stay put after a hijacked plane hit the first tower. [Read More]

The great women's art bulletinArtKaron Davis’s sculptures chart the emotional and physical effects of pushing one’s body beyond its limits – and asks what it takes to be Black in a white Eurocentric industry It begins with barre. The young girl’s left hand grips the bar, her right hand in first position, her tutu adorably upright, while she inquisitively, and somewhat nervously, looks at her reflection in the mirror. It’s a process every dancer starts with, and it’s this image that visitors see first at Beauty Must Suffer, an exhibition by US-born artist Karon Davis at Salon 94 in New York. [Read More]

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. In just a few hours, a new winner of “The Voice” will be officially crowned. [Read More]

Drugs This article is more than 13 years oldThis article is more than 13 years oldAs the government prepares to classify mephedrone as a class B drug, Dina Rickman uncovers the dangers of young people's current drug of choice; KetamineThree teenagers are huddled over a CD case in the corner of a Brighton squat. Rave music blares from the soundsystem as they cut lines of white powder from a crumpled wrap. [Read More]

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'We sacrificed a lot, hopefully to save a lot': Parents of girl who inspired Megan's Law tell how their grief is just as strong 20 years after her rape and murder at hands of convicted sex offenderMaureen and Richard Kanka, parents of slain Megan Kanka, have spoken out nearly twenty years to the day after their daughter was raped and killed at age seven in July 1994The Kankas have said they sprang to action after they learned neighbor and convicted sex offender Jesse Timmendequas committed the crimesThough Maureen Kanka described their work as 'so chaotic, and it was so traumatic' to The New York Daily News, it helped lead to Megan's LawBy Zoe Szathmary Published: 13:40 EST, 27 July 2014 | Updated: 13:05 EST, 10 August 2014 e-mail 13 [Read More]

Tammy Girl is officially back. Nope, you're ~not~ dreaming. The iconic nineties brand that solved all of our school disco outfit woes circa 1998 has relaunched, seemingly out of no-where, on ASOS. And Y2k babes are going wild.  Picture it: you've got three days to go ‘til the event of the year (read: the peddle pusher-clad school disco), and you’re meandering the high street for stylish outfits that'll leave your crush's jaw on the dance floor. [Read More]

Only four houseguests remain in Big Brother 24, which means that the next (and final) Power of Veto competition is more important than ever. Whoever wins decides who is the sole vote to evict during the next Big Brother 24 live show. And consequentially, the POV winner determines who gets cut before the final three. [Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from the Big Brother 24 Week 11 Power of Veto competition and the live feeds. [Read More]