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New Jersey man dies from red meat allergy caused by tick : NPR

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Researchers say they believe they’ve documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by tick bites.

The findings, by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The report says a 47-year-old airplane pilot in New Jersey fell ill four hours after eating a hamburger at a barbecue in 2024. The man’s son found him unconscious on the floor of a bathroom surrounded by vomit. The man was declared dead at a hospital. The autopsy cited a “sudden unexplained death.”

CDC warns about red meat allergy caused by some tick bites

Two weeks before he died, the man had become ill several hours after eating a steak dinner, waking up with abdominal discomfort, writhing in pain, having diarrhea and vomiting. “I thought I was going to die,” he told his son. But the man and his wife decided not to consult a doctor, saying they weren’t sure how to explain what had happened.

A blood sample collected after the man’s death showed he had an allergic reaction. His wife said that earlier that summer, he had 12 or 13 “chigger,” or tiny mite larvae, bites around his ankles that left itchy, small bumps. But scientists believe those bites were actually from larvae of lone star ticks, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome.

What is alpha-gal syndrome?

Alpha-gal syndrome is a tick-borne illness that causes a red meat allergy.

Alpha-gal is a sugar molecule found in mammals like cows, pigs and lambs. It’s also found in the saliva of some ticks. Humans don’t produce the molecule so when a tick transmits it, alpha-gal can produce a hive-like rash or an anaphylactic reaction about 2-6 hours after a person consumes meat.

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“It is like it is trying to fight off,” said Saravanan Thangamani, who directs the SUNY Center for Vector-Borne Diseases at Upstate Medical University. “It is a foreign body. But basically, as a result of that, we have this anaphylactic shock or allergy.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were more than 110,000 suspected cases identified between 2010 and 2022. But the CDC said the number of cases is likely higher, with as many as 450,000 people affected, as many people are unaware of the allergy and it requires a diagnostic test.

In a report released in July 2023, the CDC said 42% of surveyed health care providers had never heard of the disease.

The American Gastroenterological Association advises people with unexplained diarrhea, nausea and abdominal pain to be tested for alpha-gal syndrome.

Red Meat Allergies Caused By Tick Bites Are On The Rise

In the U.S., alpha-gal syndrome is primarily associated with lone star ticks, according to the CDC. Most reported cases occur in the South, East and Central states, where lone star ticks are common.

Thangamani, who runs the Upstate Tick Testing Laboratory in New York, said the number of lone star tick encounters this year in that state sent to his lab doubled from 2024. And he notes a trend of lone star ticks migrating north.

“In 2023, we received ticks from seven counties in New York State that are lone star tick encounters,” Thangamani said. “This year we got about 15 counties. In addition to increasing numbers, they’re also expanding in geographic range, so this is a cause of concern.”

How can I protect myself?

There is no vaccine to prevent alpha-gal syndrome. After infection, physicians recommend patients change their diet to avoid consuming meat such as beef, pork, lamb, venison, or rabbit.

Thangamani said preventing tick bites is key to avoiding tick-borne illnesses. This includes wearing repellent like DEET, protective clothing and avoiding tick habitats.

Ticks suck. Here's a guide to identifying them and avoiding bites

If you are bitten by a tick, remove it as quickly as possible and save it in a plastic bag. That way doctors could identify what kind of tick it is and even test it for disease.

“We can’t reduce the tick exposure, but if we can remove the tick as soon as we come from an outdoor activity, we essentially eliminate a lot of issues that arise after a tick bite,” Thangamani said.



This story originally appeared on NPR

I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude for the best passive income stock to buy

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I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude for the best passive income stock to buy


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I’m always on the lookout for passive income opportunities. And I’m interested in ways artificial intelligence (AI) can help make things easier, faster, and more efficient.

With that in mind, I asked three of the leading chatbots for their ideas about the best passive income opportunities. The results were interesting – but not that useful…

What they said

ChatGPT was the only one to give me an answer at all. Gemini said it isn’t allowed to recommend stocks and Claude said it doesn’t have access to live market data.

ChatGPT however, did give me a name. It actually gave me a few, but the stock at the top of the list was Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) – a popular name with dividend investors.

It highlighted a few key points, including the firm’s strong record of rising payments and its strong competitive position in a pretty resilient market. But it missed one important thing: the stock comes with a 2.75% dividend yield. And while ChatGPT rightly noted that this isn’t particularly high, it didn’t realise that I won’t even get 2.75% by buying the stock.

Dividend taxes

Johnson & Johnson is a US business and I’m a UK investor. That means any distributions I might receive from the company are subject to a 30% withholding tax. This is reduced to 15% with a W-8BEN form. So by the time the dividends hit my account, what I’ll get is more like 2.35% – and this highlights something important.

Without knowing everything about my financial situation, it isn’t possible for ChatGPT to give an accurate assessment of my returns. That’s not its fault, but it’s a key limitation.

My tax situation means my income from Johnson & Johnson’s likely to be 15% lower than ChatGPT might think. While I like the stock, I think there are more attractive opportunities.

FTSE 100 dividends

In my view, UK investors happy with a 2.35% dividend should think about buying Howden Joinery Group (LSE:HWDN) instead. It’s another strong business but with a higher yield.

The company is probably less recession-resistant than J&J, but I think it looks like a terrific business. Unlike its rivals, it focuses on trade sales, which gives it some key advantages.

One of these is that selling to trade customers is more likely to generate repeat business. And another is that the firm doesn’t need expensive showrooms – it can operate out of warehouses.

This means it can charge lower prices than its rivals while maintaining wider margins. I see that as a really powerful long-term position to be in, which is why I like it as an investment.

Insider knowledge

There are good reasons why ChatGPT can’t tell me which dividend stocks I should buy. It depends on specific things about me that it’s unreasonable to expect AI to know.

It’s not just about being a UK tax payer, a lot of things determine what’s best for me. So while I think J&J’s a reasonable idea, I don’t think it’s my best passive income opportunity. 

In this sense, I actually think the other chatbots have the right response. In a situation where AI isn’t in a position to make a fully-informed suggestion for me, the best thing to do is hold off.



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‘Reverse arthritis in 8 weeks’ with anti-inflammatory diet expert says

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‘Reverse arthritis in 8 weeks’ with anti-inflammatory diet expert says


The Stanford doctor explains how to ‘beat joint inflammation in eight weeks’ to reduce risk of arthritis (Image: Getty )

A top professor has revealed the ‘best’ anti-inflammatory diet to follow, which, according to research, can ‘reverse arthritis symptoms in just eight weeks’. In a recent podcast episode with ZOE Health co-founder Jonathan Wolf, Dr Tamiko Katsumoto MD, an expert in rheumatology and immunology, explained how diets high in inflammatory foods, such as processed goods, heighten your risk of developing arthritis.

The debilitating health condition now plagues one in five people, causing discomfort and stiffness that can affect any joint. However, it is most prevalent in the hands, knees, hips, feet, and lower back.

While smoking was once the leading cause of chronic disease, today, poor nutrition takes the top spot, warns Dr Katsumoto. She also highlighted that inflammation plays a significant role, as excessive amounts in your body can trigger various health issues.

Dr Katsumoto, a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University, specialises in the benefits of plant-rich diets on individual health and has been studying the impact of diet on the immune system, reports Surrey Live.

In her discussion with Jonathan about the science behind arthritis, she unveiled a diet that can reduce inflammation, enhance mobility, and “shield you from the threat of this disease.” The health expert also delved into the differences between osteoarthritis, wear and tear, and rheumatoid arthritis.

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative condition that deteriorates progressively, frequently causing persistent pain. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune condition that prompts the body’s immune system to attack healthy joint tissue.

It is crucial to understand that arthritis cannot be cured.

Nevertheless, certain treatments, including dietary changes, lifestyle modifications and medication, can help decelerate its progression and control symptoms – whilst reducing the likelihood of developing arthritis.

Since excessive inflammation within the body can trigger this health condition, reducing inflammation is essential.

In research entitled ‘A multidisciplinary lifestyle program for rheumatoid arthritis: the ‘Plants for Joints’ randomised controlled trial‘, scientists stated: “Reversing and preventing adverse lifestyle factors could potentially reduce the incidence and burden of RA, as well as alleviate its comorbidities.”

Dr Katsumoto suggests contemporary diets worsen the problem, but adopting healthier choices could diminish your risk of the disease. The bone, joint and muscle specialist also emphasises the most advantageous foods, lifestyle adjustments and supplements for joint health.

When Jonathan enquired whether “full-blown arthritis” is unavoidable if you’re beginning to experience symptoms, the Stanford professor responded: “Not necessarily.”

He then questioned: “Could you reverse arthritis with the right foods?”

To which the doctor answered: “Yes”. Dr Katsumoto, an arthritis expert, debunked a common myth about the condition, stating: “I think the biggest myth is that there’s nothing you can do to change your arthritis course. I think there are actually a lot of things that we are all capable of doing through diet, lifestyle, etc, that can make a difference.”

In a study that reportedly ‘slowed arthritis inflammation in eight weeks’, Jonathan shared some encouraging news: “Within eight weeks of changing your diet, [you can have] have a profound impact on your arthritis because it’s having this profound impact on inflammation.”

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Reversing unhealthy lifestyle factors and making healthier diet choices could potentially reduce arthritis risks (Image: Getty)

He then posed a question to Dr Katsumoto: “You’re saying if you are living with arthritis and you were to make that sort of change in your diet, you think it can really change not only your symptoms but even potentially get you to a point where you say, ‘I don’t even need to take all the medication I’m taking today’.”

Jonathan continued: “I understand that you’re also really interested in food as playing an important protective role. And that in particular [you’re] excited about a breakthrough new clinical trial that the team was telling me about actually earlier this week, which I think is called plants for joints. Could you tell me about that?”.

The professor shared: “This was a very exciting trial. I’m a huge fan of randomised controlled trials. I think this is our highest level of evidence. This is a group, our Dutch colleagues, they actually did two studies in parallel. They did one in rheumatoid arthritis and they did one in osteoarthritis.

“To clarify, it was a metabolic-associated osteoarthritis. So patients that tended to have metabolic syndrome were maybe overweight. So those patients with OA.” Jonathan responded: “So randomised controlled trials are basically the gold standard of scientific testing?”

Dr Katsumoto confirmed: “Yes, they are helpful in that they minimise any confounding bias in terms of the fact that people are put into two different groups, there’s an equal chance of whatever intervention working or not, and comparing to a placebo provides a robust comparator.

Woman holding her wrist joint

Inflammation can trigger a wide range of conditions, including arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, vision loss, cancer, and diabetes (Image: Getty)

“Basically what they did was they put them through a lifestyle intervention, and this is absolutely really thrilling to me because I’m a huge fan of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Just to quickly provide their six pillars of lifestyle medicine; diet is number one, in addition; exercise, stress reduction, social connections, sleep, and then finally avoidance of risky substances. So those are the six pillars of lifestyle medicine.

“Essentially what this randomised controlled trial did was put these patients through either the active arm. They called it the plants for joints arm that underwent these six lifestyle interventions versus the placebo, which was essentially the standard of care. They ran them through this program for 16 weeks and what they found at the end of the study and even at eight weeks at the midpoint, they saw dramatic improvements in the patient’s joint disease.”

She continued: “So for the rheumatoid arthritis patient, the endpoint they looked at is called DAS28. This is a disease activity score based on 28 different joints. So you measure swollen and tender joints. You measure the CRP inflammatory marker. You measure how the patient is feeling.

“Based on that endpoint, which is a very robust endpoint, there was a very statistically highly significant difference in terms of the RA patients that underwent this lifestyle program. They looked more deeply to see what was the most likely thing driving this difference, and it was most likely diet. Of course, you can’t separate out, it was a full holistic intervention of multiple different domains.”

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Ultimately, Dr Katsumoto believes nutrition “played a huge role” in the extraordinary outcomes – particularly anti-inflammatory foods.

The  American College of Rheumatology (ACR) suggests the Mediterranean diet (MD) as an anti-inflammatory eating approach for those suffering from arthritis.

Which diet offers the finest anti-inflammatory foods?

Highlighting the most effective anti-inflammatory eating plan for reducing arthritis risk, she championed the Blue Zone diet. This eating approach draws inspiration from the dietary habits and lifestyle patterns of the world’s longest-living populations.

The regime emphasises plant-based foods, fish, grains, seeds, nuts, pulses, beans and lentils whilst eliminating much dairy and meat consumption.

Discussing the ‘top’ vegetables for combating inflammation, the Stanford professor explained: “Cruciferous vegetables. These are things like broccoli, and kale, and cauliflower, and these really kind of the deep leafy greens… And they’re so important. I really think food is medicine. And these are incredibly important in terms of helping our liver detoxify.

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The Blue Zone diet is mostly plant-based food (Image: Getty)

“We’re living in a very polluted world. I think that these are super helpful foods that can help us clear our body of a lot of these toxins, these endocrine disruptors, which we haven’t talked about. But there’s a lot of these things that we need to be thinking about that are super helpful for my patients.”

Regarding meat consumption, scientists suggest those with the greatest longevity dramatically limit their intake of animal products.

Dr Katsumoto explained that meat should be consumed sparingly, stating: “If you look at the blue zones, they say that the majority of blue zones end up eating meat less than five times a month. So really that comes down to maybe once a week. Meat should be considered a treat.”

She continued: “Another food type that I love a lot are things like chia seeds and flax seeds. I think chia seeds are the perfect food. They’re high in fibre, high in omega-3, and high in protein. They’ve just got so many great components that I add them to my smoothies. I just try to incorporate them wherever I can. I get a big bottle of them and add them wherever I can.”

Regarding fish, she notes that oily varieties are particularly beneficial for reducing inflammation.

She explained: “So we know omega-3 fatty acids are incredibly anti-inflammatory. That being said, I also encourage my patients to not go too heavy on fish, to eat the smaller fish, so not so much the tuna and the swordfish, you know, things that are much larger and can end up bio accumulating things like heavy metals and toxins.

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The Blue Zone diet is inspired by the diets of people in the world’s longest-living populations (Image: Getty)

“Try to go for the wild-caught instead of the farmed… I tend to also recommend my patients to check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s resource called seafoodwatch.org. Seafood Watch has a lot of examples where what’s sustainably caught and which ones are thought to be healthier. We have to be thinking about pollutants. Our oceans are not the cleanest, so we have to be thinking about that as well.”

What constitutes the ‘ultimate’ plate of anti-inflammatory food?

Revealing what the perfect plate of food should contain, she explained: “So half of the plate focuses on high-quality vegetables and some fruits. Then, a quarter of the plate is proteins, preferably plant proteins or lean proteins, but things like beans and lentils. I’m a big fan of tofu.”

Another item the medic champions is refined grains, which she believes should occupy the final quarter of the plate. “So, whole wheat and whole things like quinoa. And some of these ancient grains are really good, like farro and bulgur and millet.”

Rheumatoid arthritis explained by NHS doctor

What is inflammation and arthritis?

Inflammation represents the body’s natural response to injury or infection, manifesting through symptoms such as swelling, redness, and discomfort. When this response occurs within the joints due to an overactive immune system, it can develop into a condition called inflammatory arthritis.

In such instances, the body mistakenly attacks its own joint tissues, causing pain and deterioration.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences states: “Acute inflammation combats infection and stimulates tissue repair and regeneration. When it fails to improve quickly, it can turn chronic and lead to disease. Inflammation resolution failure is increasingly recognised as leading to cancer development.”

Instances of how inflammation can trigger illness encompass cancer, as inflammatory processes may harm DNA and prompt cellular multiplication, potentially heightening cancer risk. Regarding arthritis, when the body’s defence system erroneously targets its own cells or tissues, conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus may develop.

The NHS states: “Arthritis is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in a joint. In the UK, millions of people have arthritis or other, similar conditions that affect the joints. Arthritis affects people of all ages, including children.”

Symptoms:

  • Pain, swelling, and stiffness in joints
  • Redness and inflammation of joints
  • Limited movement
  • Tiredness and fever

Causes:

  • Ageing
  • Injuries that damage a joint
  • Certain health conditions
  • Genetic factors
  • Environmental factors, such as infection with certain viruses and bacteria

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Arthritis lacks a cure, yet numerous therapeutic approaches exist to help control the condition and decelerate its advancement. Possibilities encompass medication, physiotherapy, surgical interventions, and lifestyle modifications.

The NHS states: “Osteoarthritis treatments include lifestyle changes, medicines and surgery. Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis aims to slow the condition’s progress and minimise joint inflammation. This helps prevent joint damage. Treatments include medicine, physiotherapy and surgery.”

Countless people living with arthritis enjoy dynamic, rewarding lives. Through understanding the condition and discovering methods to control symptoms, you can continue leading an active existence.

If you’re worried about your bones, muscles or joints, it’s time to have a chat with your GP. To keep in tip-top shape and lower the risk of chronic illnesses, experts recommend regular exercise, cutting down on alcohol, giving up smoking, keeping a healthy weight, avoiding processed foods, eating a balanced diet, ensuring adequate sleep and staying hydrated.



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MacGruber Returns To SNL, Will Forte Joins Glen Powell, Watch Video

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MacGruber is back on “Saturday Night Live” to tackle his most explosive case yet… the Epstein files?!

Former “SNL” cast member Will Forte reprised his role as the hapless action hero on this week’s episode, joining host Glen Powell in a pre-taped sketch. Forte’s MacGruber once agin faced a ticking time bomb as Powell’s Colton and Chloe Fineman’s Tawny did their best to help him defuse it. But the mood changed when Colton revealed they were in this mess because he had in his possession the unreleased government files on Jeffrey Epstein (and his infamous “list”).

MacGruber paged through the files, insisting that “no one is above the law”… before spotting a name that made him gasp. The bomb ticked closer to zero, but instead of stopping it, MacGruber took time to shred all of the Epstein files, insisting he was just keeping them out of the wrong hands. So whose name did he see on there, anyway? “I do know one guy,” he allowed… but the bomb exploded before we could hear his full confession. (MacGruber popped up in two more videos, too, explaining why he’s really not guilty at all.) 

Forte was an “SNL” cast member from 2002 to 2010, debuting the MacGruber character in a 2007 episode. The character proved so popular that it led to a 2010 film starring Forte, later followed by a TV series on Peacock in 2021. 

Press PLAY below to watch a clip from the sketch, and give this week’s “SNL” a grade in our poll. 

 






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Trump’s dinner with top CEO’s consisted of praising a ‘booming’ economy while addressing tariff concerns

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Trump’s dinner with top CEO’s consisted of praising a ‘booming’ economy while addressing tariff concerns

Last week, some of the nation’s top CEOs talked and laughed with President Trump while enjoying dinner at the White House, chewing over a US economy that the president claims is headed for growth not seen since the days of the Gipper back in the 1980s.

But privately, many left that night wondering if the president really knows the score.

Tax cuts, deregulation and drill-baby-drill can do wonders to jolt growth, they all agreed.

Tariffs, not so much.

The president’s proposed solutions, they believe, are destined to fall flat.

It’s not all doom-and-gloom, of course, but the US economy is a far cry from the Reagan years of massive growth and low inflation, nor is there much evidence it’s heading in that direction.

The president also appears unaware that the country’s biggest economic problem is that of affordability.

This is not just when it comes to homes, but persistently high inflation that is stoking voter anxiety according to every poll available.

At the Wednesday dinner, Trump predicted GDP growth of 6%, nearly double what it’s growing now.

More people working helps address the affordability problem, he argued.

Higher tax revenues combined with tariffs will help pay down the budget deficit and lower costs even more.

No one at the table — among them JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon and BlackRock’s Larry Fink — spoke up at dinner with an opposing view, I am told.

But privately, the attendees were far less sanguine.

Those I spoke to believe based on all the data available, 6% GDP is a pipe dream.

Tariffs will depress growth because less of our products will be sold overseas by countries that retaliate.

Plus, inflation appears to be growing, not subsiding, again thanks to tariff costs.

The affordability crisis is real and whatever Trump is doing isn’t working thus far or the GOP wouldn’t have lost all those races two weeks ago.

Or as one told me: “Trump has some smart economic advisers, but a lot of yes men who simply tell him what he wants to hear,” adding: “I hope he’s right about 6% economic growth because he will need it.”

Fears aren’t a ‘con job’

Then there’s the “solutions” to affordability issues Trump has come up with.

He’s been floating ways to make home ownership more affordable like a 50-year mortgage, even as he beats up Fed chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates.

The CEOs offered up their own solutions — mainly how to get average people buying more stocks.

That could cover their retirement costs and make owning a home easier since stock returns, historically, have outpaced most other investments.

I am told that Trump’s advisers know things aren’t so great, but to warn Trump that what he’s doing isn’t working is the fastest way to lose your job.

And Trump, of course, wouldn’t be the first president to govern in a bubble. 

Joe Biden convinced himself that the border was secure, inflation was low and he was sentient enough to run for a second term.

I can see how it’s difficult for anyone close to Trump to lend credence to the notion of a “crisis” of affordability because it appears to support the left’s agenda.

But Trump has called it a Dem “con job” and recently told my Fox colleague Laura Ingraham that the public’s economic anxiety is “fake.”

That won’t make it go away.

It also robs us of a chance for a serious debate on how to fix this economy.

Tax increase on MAGA

That debate, unfortunately, didn’t happen the other night with Trump, though several of the CEOs later told me the 50-year mortgage will raise home prices, not lower them, because people can borrow more and spread mortgage payments out further.

It’s also a slight of hand, of course, since borrowers will be paying the bank more interest over a longer period of time and accumulating less equity.

Ditto for Trump’s obsession with cutting rates to lower the cost of home ownership.

What he doesn’t seem to recognize is that inflation at 3% is still well above the “target” rate and that’s on top of the massive increases that Biden’s policies led to.

Gas prices are going down, eggs cost less, but other stuff is costing more.

The culprit seems to be his tariffs, lower than first pitched during “Liberation Day” but still adding to price pressures.

Pushing Powell to lower rates in the face of persistent inflation will only make matters worse; inflation is a tax increase on the working class where it is felt the strongest since they can’t speculate their way around it.

It is a tax increase on MAGA.

Again, Trump believes he will soon produce results that will make voters true believers: factory jobs will return, lower gas prices will stifle inflation, a 50-year mortgage will re-invigorate the American Dream.

The GOP will cruise to majorities in the upcoming congressional midterms based on a Reaganesque economic boom.

Like the CEO I interviewed, I hope he’s right.

The evidence is starting to suggest that he’s not.



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Gov. Hochul flip-flops her governing principles to accommodate Mayor-elect Mamdani’s agenda

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Gov. Hochul flip-flops her governing principles to accommodate Mayor-elect Mamdani’s agenda

The news was shocking, yet also so familiar that I’ve adopted a rote reaction.

It goes like this: Does Gov. Hochul actually have any governing principles, or is she just making it up as she goes along?

That was my thought Friday when reports emerged that Hochul is suddenly, as The Post put it, “open to raising taxes on NY corporations to fund socialist Zohran Mamdani’s freebies.”

Holy flip-flop!

Wait, is this really the same Hochul who said absolutely no to those same tax hikes in June?

“I’m not raising taxes at a time where affordability is the big issue,” she said back then, on television no less.

That was a week before the Democratic Party’s mayoral primary, and Mamdani looked like a sure loser to Andrew Cuomo.

Sensing as much, Hochul shot down Mamdani’s plan to raise income taxes on wealthy city residents by 2 percentage points and hike the corporate rate from 7.25% to 11.5%.

She also refused to endorse him or anyone else in the big field.

Her stance seemingly reflected the hard lessons she and others in Albany had learned.

When your state is a leader in population out-migration to other states because of sky-high taxes, rampant crime and excessive government spending, anyone with half a brain could see there was no future in following the same course.

Hochul’s response to the Mamdani plan got right to those points.

“I don’t want to lose any more people to Palm Beach,” she said without apparent hesitation.

“We’ve lost enough. Let’s be smart about this.”

That’s a straightforward stance, and she left herself no wiggle room.

‘Back of the napkin’

The wiggle has suddenly emerged now that Mamdani is mayor-elect.

The timing is a reminder that pols often see Friday as the best time to leak news they hope few people will notice.

The use of aides who speak anonymously is another way to downplay a bad news dump, which this clearly was.

“There have been back of the napkin style discussions about how to increase the corporate tax rate,” Politico reporters wrote Friday.

They cited anonymous sources in saying that Hochul is facing left-flank pressure to raise taxes next year as a way to help pay for Mandani’s raft of free this and free that.

In effect, the sources are admitting that the governor is caving in to that pressure, which probably means it’s coming from the Legislature and the radical leftists who make up the core Mamdani voters.

The eat-the-rich, anti-business crowd will be delighted that the governor has caved.

But to those New Yorkers who foolishly believed her no-new-taxes vow, she’s broken yet another pledge on a fundamental issue, and that’s hardly admirable.

Indeed, she can’t seriously claim she’s concerned about the exorbitant cost of living in New York while also raising broad-based taxes that will ultimately filter through the entire economy.

That’s how New York got in the mess in the first place.

Yet Hochul has obviously changed her mind since June, and no doubt the switch is based on a political calculation she has made.

She saw how Mamdani won both the primary and the general election by boosting turnout in the five boroughs with his tax-and-spend agenda.

She seems to believe it will work for her, too.

The catch is that state-wide voters are far more moderate than those in the five boroughs, and she might have forgotten that Mamdani won just over 50 percent of the voters in a multi-candidate field, and that more than 1 million New Yorkers backed someone else.

US’ ‘worst governor’

And when it comes to campaign charisma, Hochul is no Mamdani.

Is she also planning to follow him and betray Israel?

Already her tax gamble seems questionable given that she faces a tough re-election campaign.

Her pact with Mamdani offers a big fat target for Republicans planning to run against her next year.

Upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik announced her candidacy and came out of the gate swinging, calling Hochul “America’s worst governor.”

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is also testing the waters.

New York’s exorbitantly high taxes are certain to be a target no matter which of the two secures the GOP nomination.

To see how out-of-control New York government is, consider that the current state budget is a gargantuan $254 billion, which is $100 billion higher than just a decade ago.

Florida, which has more people than New York, manages to get by on $117 billion.

State spending was a focus in Hochul’s 2022 campaign, where GOP challenger Lee Zeldin ran heavily on soaring crime and New York’s reputation for being among the nation’s top tax states.

Zeldin almost pulled off an upset, but even though he lost by 5 points, the GOP flipped three House seats, which helped the party seize control from Democrats.

That led then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to blast Hochul’s campaign as inept, with the governor blaming an out-of-state consultant.

This time, Hochul’s opponent will be able to show a clear pattern of her making no-tax pledges, and then doing a 180-reversal.

Recall that before last year’s general election, she paused her plan for Manhattan congestion pricing to help protect suburban House Democrats in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, because the tax on drivers was extremely unpopular.

Yet as soon as the votes were counted, Hochul ended her “pause” and imposed a $9-a-day tax on cars entering Midtown, the cost-of-living concern be damned.

Hidden in plain sight

She’s doing something similar now with a ban on gas stove hookups in new homes.

It was supposed to start in January for new buildings up to seven stories, and then for all buildings in 2029, but state lawyers agreed to a delay during a court challenge to the expensive ban.

Stefanik smells a rat and insisted that the voluntary delay “is a cynical political ‘pause’ so she can screw New Yorkers with higher prices after the election.”

Something of an affirmation comes from an unlikely source —environmentalists.

They are furious at Hochul, saying what she used to say: that the ban was necessary to reduce deadly emissions.

The pattern is so obvious that New Yorkers would be wise to assume that additional taxes, fees and far-left measures are waiting in the wings and would be unveiled if Hochul wins again.

Her penchant for trying to hide the ball is a very odd strategy in an era when most voters prize authenticity above all else.

Across the spectrum, from Donald Trump to Mamdani, a common thread of the victors is their ability to persuade voters that what you see is what you get.

No one can seriously argue that is true of Hochul.

The one consistency in her elective career is that what you see today won’t be what you’ll get tomorrow.

Like a weather vane, her positions tell you only which way the wind is blowing now.

It’s the business she’s chosen.



This story originally appeared on NYPost

5 Things to Know About Britney Spears’ Friend & Manager – Hollywood Life

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5 Things to Know About Britney Spears’ Friend & Manager – Hollywood Life


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Britney Spears‘ manager, Cade Hudson, first made headlines when he was spotted spending time with her in March 2023. Despite working alongside one of the most famous names in Hollywood, Cade keeps his life away from the public eye and has a private Instagram account. However, he appeared in a series of selfies that Kim Kardashian shared from a hangout with Britney and Cade at her Calabasas home in November 2025.

 

Read on to learn about Britney’s manager, friend, and dancing partner, Cade Hudson.

1. Cade Hudson Is An Agent

Paris Hilton’s wedding to Carter Reum was full of big-name celebrities. The guestlist included Kyle Richards, Paula Abdul, Bebe Rexha, Ashley Benson, and the rest of the Hilton clan. So, how did Cade score an invite to this event? He doesn’t have a song in the charts, a hit reality television show, or a movie coming out. What gives? Well, it turns out that Cade is one of the movers and shakers in Hollywood. He’s an agent at the legendary talent and sports agency, Creative Artists Agency, which represents Sean Penn, Ciara, Ansel Elgort, Emma Roberts, and more. This would also explain why he attended the wedding as Emma’s date.

2. Cade Reportedly Spoke Out Against Britney’s Conservatorship

Amid the #FreeBritney movement, Cade was criticized for being quiet and not standing up for Britney. However, he eventually spoke out on the matter in July 2021. “I’ve kept my mouth shut for 12 + years on Britney. Enough is enough,” Cade wrote in a now-private social media post, per TMZ. “After getting thousands of death threats, getting water bottles thrown at my head in bars from bystanders telling me I’m brainwashing her – Britney, I’m now speaking up.”

Cade referenced Britney’s breakdown in 2007, saying, “Britney who was accused of some errors as a new mom at 26 with 100 cameras in her face daily waiting to document any wrong move she did gets placed under a never-ending conservatorship?”

“This is a violation of someone’s basic human rights that were taken away. I’ve kept my mouth shut out of the fear of losing my job as her agent and losing the career I worked my ass off for 15 years to build, out of threats from the man we all know who, but I won’t even dignify mentioning his name,” he continued. “I’m officially done being quiet.”

Cade Hudson: 5 Things to Know About Britney Spears' Friend & Manager
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3. Cade Reportedly Helped Britney In Her Conservatorship Fight

Cade was by Britney’s side during her conservatorship woes, according to TMZ. Before working as her agent, he was one of her “closest friends for a dozen of years.” Cade reportedly hooked up Britney with attorney Mathew Rosengart, who helped her in her fight against the controversial conservatorship.

4. Cade Was Accused of Sexual Misconduct

In 2017, Cade was named in a sexual harassment complaint by actor Sean Rose that involved several agents employed by Creative Artists Agency. In documents obtained by The New York Times (via the Los Angeles Times), Sean claimed that in 2013, Cade offered him sex in exchange for meeting actress Amanda Seyfried. “After being my friend on social media for seven years, and liking my posts, Sean is now accusing me of soliciting a sex act from him,” Cade said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times via his attorney, denying the claims. “My recollection is that he laughed it off and remained my friend on social media.”

“I have the utmost sympathy for victims of harassment and abuse, but this is no such case,” he added. He also noted that he is gay and was single at the time of the alleged incident.

In 2013, Cade was a publicist at Full Picture. He started working for CAA “about a year later”, per the Los Angeles Times.

5. Cade Is Close With the Mayor Of New York City

Cade doesn’t just hang out with Hollywood’s elite; He has been spotted spending time with New York City Mayor Eric Adams several times, per New York Daily News. According to the outlet, they enjoy “weekly visits to Zero Bond, the exclusive members-only nightclub” in the NoHo neighborhood.




This story originally appeared on Hollywoodlife

Inside incredible new £5bn Paramount theme park after UK plans dropped | Travel News | Travel

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A spectacular £5 billion Paramount Pictures theme park is set to open near Seoul, South Korea, after the studio’s much-hyped UK project was abandoned last year. The new Hwaseong International Theme Park, located just outside the South Korean capital, promises to bring the magic of Paramount’s greatest hits to life with attractions inspired by Nickelodeon, Top Gun, and Star Trek.

The announcement marks a striking turnaround for the studio, whose previous attempt to launch a major European park, the so-called “Dartford Disneyland”, collapsed earlier this year. That project, officially known as the London Resort, was scrapped in January 2025 after its parent company was forced into liquidation by the High Court.

Initially unveiled in 2012, the £2.5billion UK venture aimed to transform the Swanscombe Peninsula in Kent into a world-class entertainment destination, complete with eight roller coasters, medieval castles, an Aztec pyramid, a 2,000-seat theatre, and a nightclub.

Developers claimed it would create 30,000 jobs and attract 12 million visitors annually, working with the BBC, ITV, and Paramount Pictures to deliver attractions based on Top Gear, Doctor Who, Paddington Bear, and Mission: Impossible.

But despite more than a decade of planning, the dream was undone by mounting debts and environmental setbacks.

The site’s designation as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England proved the final blow, forcing developers to shut down the project after racking up over £100 million in losses.

Now, Paramount’s theme park ambitions are being reborn in Asia. Concept art for the Hwaseong project reveals a cinematic landscape dominated by a colossal mountain framed by an arch of stars, a striking nod to the studio’s famous logo.

Visitors will reportedly enter through this grand gateway before venturing into immersive themed zones, with rides ranging from a hot-air-balloon adventure to a cutting-edge inverted roller coaster.

The park’s first phase is expected to open in 2030, with further expansions planned through 2035.

While the UK may have lost its shot at hosting Europe’s answer to Disneyland, South Korea looks set to gain a world-class destination.



This story originally appeared on Express.co.uk

The Most Dysfunctional Mother-Son Movie Relationships

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The Most Dysfunctional Mother-Son Movie Relationships



They say no love is stronger than a mother’s for her child. While this bond can create great things and nurture a child to be a better person, the opposite can also be true, and a mother’s love can be misguided, awkward, or downright malicious. Cinema has also been an ideal place to explore these awkward relationships, with movies like 1981’s Mommie Dearest becoming synonymous with broken family relationships under a misguided matriarch. Yet, when it comes to mother-son relationships, things can get a bit messy (just ask the Greek gods), and these tales of exaggerated or frighteningly realistic family connections can make for some unsettling and uncomfortable films.

These films deal with some uncomfortable subject matter, but all approach it with a degree of artistic merit or notable shock value to make them powerful watches despite the content. We will count down to what we think is the best movie exploring the dysfunctional relationship between a mother and son, committed to film in movies. You can also choose to enjoy without delving deep into the psychology of what is happening.

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‘His Mother’s House’ (1974)

Peter, a young man reeling from a breakup and academic burnout, returns to his childhood home in rural Norway in search of a reset. His mother, recently widowed and living alone in a creaky old house, welcomes him back with the kind of warmth that feels off. The quiet reunion turns into something suffocating. She hovers, she clings, she manipulates. Peter tries to move forward by meeting someone new, but his mother’s grip won’t let him go.

Directed by Per Blom, His Mother’s House is a slow-burning Norwegian drama that’s all about atmosphere and unease. The house itself feels claustrophobic, quiet, and loaded with tension. Bente Børsum’s performance as the mother is chilling in its subtlety. She isn’t loud, and she doesn’t yell, but she’s always there. And Svein Sturla Hungnes nails that trapped, twitchy energy of a man unraveling in real time.

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‘The Strangler’ (1964)

Leo Kroll is a mild-mannered lab technician with a secret. He’s been strangling young women across Boston and leaving the police baffled. But the real horror isn’t the killings. It’s in Leo’s relationship with his bedridden mother. She is domineering, emotionally manipulative, and constantly belittling him, treating him like a child while demanding his complete devotion. As the investigation deepens, Leo’s psychological state is traced back to his toxic maternal bond.

The Strangler is a gritty, low-budget movie with that grimy, black-and-white ‘60s thriller vibe. Victor Buono plays Leo with this eerie stillness. He’s not a monster, but a man who has never had a shot. The scenes with his mother are a real horror show. She infantilizes him, mocks him, and then begs him not to leave her. It’s textbook entrapment, and it’s brutal to watch. The movie, underrated, has aged into a cult favorite for fans who like their thrillers with a side of psychological rot.

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‘The Baby’ (1973)

A social worker gets one of the most bizarre cases of her career when she is introduced to the Wadsworth family. Housing a home where drugs and partying are commonplace, a matriarch and her daughters watch over their youngest brother, whom they only refer to as ‘Baby.’ Baby is an adult man still trapped inside the mind of a baby and treated as such, yet his cruel mother and siblings are also quick to dish out torture to the infantile man. The social worker takes it upon herself to save Baby, who she believes may have been conditioned to act that way.

There is a certain degree of camp in this famous exploitation film that makes it hard to put any further down this list. Yet, its bizarre premise makes it undeniably one of the most memorable portrayals of a messed-up mother-son relationship. Ted Post’s bizarre feature is not for the faint-hearted, and while there is little that happens here that is graphic, it is incredibly uncomfortable to watch a man act like a baby while his ‘mother’ whips him. The ending is equally bizarre, making this more of a curiosity than a classic.

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‘Throw Momma From the Train’ (1987)

For a more lighthearted look at a terrible mother/son relationship, you can’t do better than 1987’s Throw Momma From the Train. Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) can’t get over his ex-wife’s betrayal (she took credit for a manuscript he wrote) and is teaching a writing class when a student approaches him, Owen Lift (Danny DeVito), who lives with his wretched mother (Anne Ramsey). Inspired by the movie Strangers on a Train, the two decide to make a deal to “take care of” each other’s problem.

Directed and produced by Danny Devito, Throw Momma From the Train earned Anne Ramsey an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The performance became influential, inspiring many a ‘mean old woman’ going forward, and her overbearing and cruel attitude toward her son was comedic gold. Overall, the movie is a delightful comedic romp and an excellent love letter to Alfred Hitchcock, taking inspiration from his film Strangers on a Train and giving it a dark, comedic twist.

13

‘The Grifters’ (1990)

Anjelica Huston and John Cusack play Lilly and Roy Dillon, mother and son con artists. Lilly is a bleached blond, hardened professional who works for a mob bookie named Bobo and hasn’t seen her son in years. When she drops in for a visit, she finds him internally bleeding after a scam gone wrong. She’s disappointed with his inferior scamming skills and with his girlfriend Myra (Annette Bening), whom Roy is unaware is also a con woman. Lilly wants Roy to get out of the game altogether, while Myra wants him to go in with her on a long con, and obviously, something has to give.

Director Stephen Frears amps up the dark angle of this 1990 thriller with Lilly resorting to murder, trying to rob her son, and attempting to seduce him to get away with it all. Huston was initially reluctant to play the role of this vicious mother, and it’s easy to see why. Still, there is a wicked wit to The Grifters, backed by a sleek noir aesthetic that makes it highly engaging despite its troubling premise around a distorted mother/son relationship.

12

‘Ma Mére’ (2004)

Directed by Christophe Honoré and released in 2004, it’s based on a posthumously published erotic novel by Georges Bataille, a controversial figure who wrote in excess on sex and violence. The film is the story of Hélène, mother to 17-year-old Pierre (Louis Garrel, already known by this point for starring in Bertolucci’s The Dreamers), and a recent widow. Hélène uses the death of her husband to introduce her son to a world of depravity.

French art house darling Isabelle Huppert is known for pushing boundaries in her films, and her role as Hélène in Ma Mére is no exception. From the outset, her character is sexually inappropriate towards her son, telling him in detail about past promiscuity before involving him in an orgy with her friends. This is just the beginning of Pierre’s obsessive downfall under the guidance of his mother. The movie was hit with an NC-17 rating in the US, although an R-rated version is available.

11

‘Hush’ (1998)

Martha (Jessica Lange) dotes excessively on her son, Jackson (Jonathan Schaech), although his girlfriend Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) finds it more than a little stifling. Soon after they visit Martha’s home, Helen realizes she’s pregnant, and she and Jackson marry, with Jackson’s paternal grandmother insinuating that Martha is not to be trusted. Despite Helen’s wishes, the couple moves in with Martha. It soon becomes apparent that family secrets from the past regarding Jackson’s deceased father are not what they seem and that Martha’s goal is to keep Jackson and the baby for herself.

Jessica Lange is the real star of Hush. Even though the film received a mixed reception, almost unanimously, the actor gave a career-defining performance as the plotting mother-in-law. The way the film explores the awkward family dynamic between the three leads to some uncomfortable moments, with the movie delivering a thrilling premise, albeit with a bit of cliché and predictability that keeps it from being a true standout of the psychological thriller genre.

10

‘The Babadook’ (2014)

Amelia and her son Samuel are struggling. Amelia, with the past and the death of her husband, leaves her to raise a child alone, and Samuel is acting out. Things are made worse when Samuel becomes convinced that a creature from a book, Mister Babadook, is trying to kill him and his mom, making him lash out violently. As Amelia starts to experience strange occurrences around the home, she becomes increasingly paranoid and lashes out, often at Samuel.

There is a degree of empathy for Amelia as a mother, even as she turns delusional and struggles to remain civil with her son. Both seem to have gotten a bad shake in life and are struggling to find a sense of normalcy. Still, this does not make the relationship any less toxic, as Samuel’s outbursts are made worse by Amelia acting back in kind; seeing them interact can be very uncomfortable. Still, as a slow-burn horror film, The Babadook is pure perfection.

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‘Ready or Not’ (2019)

Former foster child Grace (Samara Weaving) seems to have lucked out with the well-heeled family of her husband-to-be Alex (Mark O’Brien), although she wonders why he’s been a little scant with the details of their estrangement. Upon meeting them on her wedding day, they appear to be a highly dysfunctional family, headed by matriarch Becky (an icy Andie MacDowell). Grace figures she can survive the family tradition that Alex’s father Tony brings up, involving a puzzle box and the drawing of a card.

Unfortunately, Alex doesn’t explain to her until after she’s drawn the Hide and Seek card that the family tradition is now for his family to hunt her down and kill her or risk death themselves. What follows is a violent, nightmarish night during which there are moments when both Alex and his brother Daniel (Adam Brody) try to help Grace escape. Still, Becky has none of it, and she is determined to protect her sons from the family curse by killing her daughter-in-law in this comedy horror from 2019.

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‘A Christmas Tale’ (2008)

Catherine Deneuve stars in this 2008 dysfunctional family drama as the glamorous matriarch of the Vuillard family, Junon, who is welcoming her children and their families home for Christmas. She and her husband Abel are dealing with the news that she has leukemia, which is a particularly fraught diagnosis for the family. There were originally two children born to Junon and Abel: Elizabeth and Joseph. When Joseph was a child, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and his parents conceived another son in a desperate bid for a bone marrow match.

Henri (Mathieu Amalric) has always known of his provenance and his failure to save his brother. He reacted by becoming the black sheep of the family, generally delighting in stirring up emotions the rest of the family would rather leave buried. It’s a beautiful film about a noisily dysfunctional family, and Deneuve and Amalric are at the top of their game as a battle-scarred mother and son with good reasons for distrust.



This story originally appeared on Movieweb

V for Vendetta’s Movie Adaptation Cut Its Most Prophetic Detail

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A new adaptation of V For Vendetta is on the way from DC Studios, reportedly bringing Alan Moore’s powerful tale of state authority to its own HBO TV series. And while the previous film adaptation earned accolades, a V For Vendetta TV show can right one of the movie’s biggest wrongs, including a key comic storyline it left out of the film.

The V For Vendetta movie successfully captured Alan Moore’s prediction of the surveillance state, but completely removed the ‘Fate’ super-computer. A piece of futuristic technology whose power (and relationship with the fascist government’s leader) so powerfully predicted the modern age, the new TV series simply needs to include it.

V For Vendetta’s ‘Fate’ Computer is Its Most Powerful Prediction

The Concept of An All-Surrounding, Reality-Warping, Digital Reality Was Prophetic

Adam Susan Uses The Fate Computer in V For Vendetta Comic

In the original V for Vendetta graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, the fascist Norsefire government builds its super-computer Fate as a means of turning the UK into an unparalleled surveillance state. Over time, the party’s leader Adam Susan develops quasi-religious, erotic feelings for the machine.

By excluding Fate from the film adaptation, the Wachowskis stopped short of recognizing the role technology would play in the future of politics. With the rise of social media in all cultural conversations and political arenas, the idea of the nation’s leader falling in love with an all-knowing, all-seeing, artificial program is so commonplace, it loses much of its satirical ‘shock’ value.

Adam Suttler (John Hurt) speaking from a large video screen in V for Vendetta.
V for Vendetta John hurt

While political dissenters have adopted the film’s version of V’s iconic mask in rebellion, Fate deserves more comparisons in the modern age of political paranoia. After all, it is Norsefire’s substitute for divine omniscience and infallibility, entirely removed from justice, that seems to have predicted the rise of Q, the conspiratorial creator of the QAnon movement.

Both ‘V’ And ‘Fate’ Help The Series Challenge Superhero Culture

The Tradition of Superheroes Can Also Create Entities Like QAnon

V looking over his shoulder standing next to a subway in V for Vendetta
V looking over his shoulder standing next to a subway in V for Vendetta

While Moore could not have been making such a specific prediction with Fate at the time the comic was created, he evoked the specter of his own fictional allegory when speaking with Screen Rant, discussing what he views as the harmful effects of “superhero logic” upon the culture:

“I think that when you get that actually playing out in peoples’ political thinking, then you get something like QAnon. You get a completely invented, imaginary threat that we can only get saved from by a completely invented, imaginary hero.

“It’s when you’ve got the thinking that pervades third-rate superhero comics actually being allowed to govern consensus reality, the one that we all have to live in, that’s when you’re going to get things like the January the 6th Capitol Invasion, y’know?”

Moore has long explained the creation of V for Vendetta’s eponymous terrorist revolutionary, “V,” as a satire of the concept of the classic superhero. An anarchist whose bizarre, violent campaign against Norsefire results in the collapse of the regime, and what’s left of UK society along with it. And as a result, his own ideology must also be suspect.

V for Vendetta Ending Meaning

Moore clearly sees a connection between the distorted concept of heroism in V for Vendetta and the current QAnon-style of political discourse, where an unseen, “masked and heroic” figure is celebrated as a force of justice. In a way, V becomes a mirror of his fascist adversaries in Norsefire, one of the many tragedies of the series.

The V For Vendetta TV Show Can Finally Use Fate in The Story

Fate’s Metaphor For Modern Social Media & Punditry Make It A Must For The TV Series

Evey opening monologue and V's first appearance

Admittedly, the Fate subplot in V for Vendetta may have been difficult to include in the context of a film adaptation. But the same may not necessarily be true of what a future TV adaptation could achieve. Among the super-computer’s other purposes in the series, V is able to hack Fate’s system, in order to warp Adam Susan’s reality, driving the infatuated leader insane with fabricated reciprocations of his “love.”

This blurred line between a computer program’s version of the world, and the reality its user wishes to see reinforced is one modern audiences continue to see explored in films like Her, Blade Runner 2049, Ex Machina, and more. If nothing else, the basic concept of Fate is so relevant to how V for Vendetta relates to contemporary politics, its lack of an on-screen depiction would be a massive missed opportunity.

With the internet facilitating the spread of misinformation and rise of demagoguery even more dramatically than in the era the film was created, Alan Moore’s twisted classic comic V for Vendetta is still achingly relevant forty years on.



Release Date

March 17, 2006

Runtime

132 minutes

Director

James McTeigue

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