[ad_1] In June 2021, the insurance plan for North Carolina state employees was paying for 2,800 people to take weight-loss drugs. Last year, it paid for nearly 25,000. Medications like Wegovy cost the North Carolina State Health Plan $100 million last year, rising seemingly out of nowhere to represent 10 percent of its spending on… Continue reading Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs
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Oscars 2024: Can Anyone Stop ‘Oppenheimer’?
[ad_1] Oscar Futures Who’s up, who’s down, and who’s currently leading the race for a coveted Oscar nomination. The season’s slumbering colossus finally woke up. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Universal Pictures Every week between now and January 23, when the nominations for the Academy Awards are announced, Vulture will consult its crystal ball to determine the… Continue reading Oscars 2024: Can Anyone Stop ‘Oppenheimer’?
Fall TV Shows Can’t Stop Looking Backward
[ad_1] Illustration: María Jesús Contreras The fall TV of 2023 has an allergy to modern life. There’s the last season of Netflix’s The Crown, which will pick up in the ’90s. Season two of Julia (Max’s Julia Child show) takes place in the ’60s and ’70s. Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+) and Fellow Travelers (Showtime)… Continue reading Fall TV Shows Can’t Stop Looking Backward
Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’ Rerelease Trailer
[ad_1] Does anybody have any questions?! Photo: A24 And you may find yourself in the year 2023And you may find yourself topping lists of the best concert documentaries of all timeAnd you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large indie-film distributorAnd you may find yourself in a beautiful (Alamo Draft)houseWith a beautiful 4K… Continue reading Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’ Rerelease Trailer
Talking Heads & David Byrne to Reunite for Stop Making Sense
[ad_1] Photo: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns And you may find yourself succumbing to the idea of a nostalgia exercise. More than 20 years since they last tolerated one another in a public setting, the members of Talking Heads will reunite at the Toronto International Film Festival to celebrate the extraordinary legacy of Stop Making Sense. The festival… Continue reading Talking Heads & David Byrne to Reunite for Stop Making Sense
Why We Can’t Stop Watching Big Brother
[ad_1] Network TV viewers are faced with ever-dwindling pickings as the Hollywood strikes drag on. CBS’s answer: plugging multiple primetime slots with one of its longest-running reality shows. Big Brother, now in its 25th season, airs three episodes a week. Contestants living in a house together play bizarre games (often involving slime) to gain advantages,… Continue reading Why We Can’t Stop Watching Big Brother
Niece didn’t stop by to stay hi while in Chicago for Lollapalooza
[ad_1] Dear Amy: I have twin nieces, both 29. We’ve always been close. Their dad (my brother) is an alcoholic known to draw unwanted attention to himself. You can imagine being teenagers and dealing with this challenge and embarrassment. I am the “Gunkle” (gay uncle) who has always been their biggest cheerleader, helped financially for… Continue reading Niece didn’t stop by to stay hi while in Chicago for Lollapalooza