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Extra Extra: Here Are 179 Photos From The Met Gala Red Carpet
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Ben Yakas
Published Sep 14, 2021
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• Nicki Minaj is defending her tweet this week which claimed—through a classic "cousin's friend" anecdote—that the COVID-19 vaccine could cause swollen testicles.
• Anti-vaxxers have begun to latch onto another potentially dangerous, wholly unproven medicine to treat COVID-19: "an iodine-based treatment largely for topical use that kills bacteria" that is often used in ERs to clean up wounds.
• America is in the midst of a hospital crisis because of overpacked ERs, which is turning into deadly rationing of care for patients in need.
• Christopher Nolan is taking his cinematic talents to Universal.
• Here's every look from Monday's Met Gala red carpet.
• Facebook knows that Instagram is toxic for teenage girls, but that hasn't stopped them from denying there is any "correlation between social-media use and depression."
• Todd Rundgren, of all people, said he was frustrated trying to collaborate with "shoe designer" Kanye West.
• Larry David clearly was having a hell of a time at New York Fashion Week.
• AV Club underwent the unenviable task of ranking all 205 Weezer songs.
• California voters are deciding on whether to keep Governor Gavin Newsom in the recall election today.
• And finally, why won't the very still man throw the frisbee?
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