Author: Shekari Philemon

On a grey April morning in Brooklyn, Zendaya is curled into a small beige couch at an art gallery and café, dressed in a pale yellow knit sweater, white trousers and a khaki trench coat, looking far more relaxed than her schedule has any right to allow. She has been in the middle of a relentless press tour for The Drama while simultaneously preparing for the final season of Euphoria, a summer release of The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Dune: Part Three arriving in December. It is, by any measure, a staggering year. She is the first to…

Coffee is what most people reach for first thing in the morning, drawn by what it does for their energy levels or their focus. Far fewer think about what it might be doing for their liver. But researchers who study metabolic and liver health have been paying close attention to this connection for years, and the picture that has emerged is surprisingly encouraging. Regular consumption appears to offer meaningful protection for one of the body’s most hardworking organs, and the evidence is becoming harder to ignore. The liver processes nutrients, filters toxins, and performs hundreds of functions that keep the…

For decades, weight loss has sat at the center of almost every conversation about diabetes prevention. The logic is straightforward enough. Excess body fat promotes inflammation and makes it harder for cells to respond to insulin, so reducing that fat should lower the risk. For many people, it does. But a growing body of evidence suggests the relationship between weight and metabolic health is far more layered than that simple equation implies. A new study published in the journal Diabetes followed adults at risk for type 2 diabetes through a structured two-year lifestyle intervention, then tracked them for roughly nine…

What started as an offhand post on social media has become something considerably more official. Flavor Flav, the 67-year-old rapper and co-founder of Public Enemy, proposed a multi-day celebration of female athletes to the Clark County commission in Las Vegas this week, and the body approved it without a single dissenting vote. The event, called SHE Weekend, is scheduled for July 16 through 19 and will include a parade and a concert. The proposal had been in the works since February, when Flavor Flav first floated the idea publicly following the U.S. women’s hockey team’s gold medal victory at the…

With the Iran conflict still unresolved and his foreign policy record under mounting scrutiny, President Donald Trump has turned his attention to Cuba, escalating pressure on the communist island in ways that have raised the specter of military action. The administration’s approach combines economic strangulation, legal maneuvers, and pointed threats, a formula that produced results in Venezuela but has so far failed to break Iran. At the center of this latest escalation is a federal indictment of 94-year-old former Cuban President Raúl Castro, unsealed on Cuban Independence Day, charging him with murder and conspiracy in connection with the 1996 downing…

Mindy Kaling has been open about many things over the years, but her weight loss journey has remained one of the more scrutinized chapters of her public life. In a recent interview, the actress and writer finally laid out the full picture, and the motivation turns out to have very little to do with Hollywood or appearance. It has everything to do with her three children and how long she intends to be around for them. Kaling, who is 46 and a mother to an eight-year-old daughter, a five-year-old son, and a two-year-old daughter, spoke candidly about wanting to be…

Long before the White House, the memoirs, and the historic presidency, there was a junior associate at a Chicago law firm who had already decided she knew exactly what kind of person Barack Obama was going to be. Michelle Obama, now 62, has shared a candid and deeply funny account of how thoroughly she misjudged the man she would eventually marry, painting a picture of low expectations meeting a reality that exceeded them in every possible way. The story emerged during a recent podcast appearance where Michelle reflected on the early days of what would become one of the most…

It was brief, unannounced, and entirely unplanned as a public moment, but Meghan Markle’s recent stopover in the United Kingdom has drawn significant attention nonetheless. The Duchess of Sussex passed through London Heathrow on her way back to Los Angeles from Geneva, where she had delivered a keynote address on the dangers of social media for children. The layover marked her first confirmed presence on British soil in years, a detail that carries considerable weight given the complicated circumstances surrounding her relationship with the country she left behind. The visit coincided with her eighth wedding anniversary with Prince Harry, adding…

Few transitions in American life come with as little preparation as moving into the White House, and for Michelle Obama, the challenge was not just personal but deeply maternal. In a recent podcast appearance, the former first lady opened up about the years she spent trying to shield her daughters from the extraordinary pressures of life in the public eye while ensuring they still had something resembling a normal childhood. Malia Obama was 10 years old when Barack Obama was inaugurated, and Sasha was just 7, making them among the youngest children to inhabit the White House in generations. The…

Picture a heart attack. Chances are, the image that comes to mind is a man. That single assumption has quietly shaped decades of medical research, clinical treatment, and public health messaging in ways that have cost women their lives. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death among women in the United States, yet the majority of women are unaware they are even at risk. Nearly 45% of American women are currently living with some form of the condition, and if present trends hold, that figure could climb to nearly 60% by 2050, according to a recent scientific statement from…