Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn’t she paid like it?

Chances are, you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice. She’s the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors including Taylor Jenkins Reid,Emily Henry, Michael Crichton, V.E. Schwab and Kristin Hannah. She’s also narrated long-form articles for The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Vanity Fair. You may have read her own…

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Anthony Hopkins reprises Hannibal Lecter while wearing Kim Kardashian’s Skims on his head

Anthony Hopkins reprised his iconic “Silence of the Lambs” character, Hannibal Lecter, for an audience of one: Kim Kardashian. On Thursday, Hopkins posted a video on Instagram sporting the new face wrap from Skims, Kardashian’s shapewear and clothing company. Since the release of Skims’ Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap — made for “targeted compression for shaping…

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Apple overcomes Trump’s trade war, slow start in AI to deliver surprisingly strong quarter

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple shook off a thicket of tariffs and a botched entry into artificial intelligence to accelerate its revenue growth during its springtime quarter, but the trendsetting tech company still faces a bumpy road ahead that could lead to higher iPhone prices. The April-June results released Thursday came against a backdrop of adversity…

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Scientists in South Africa are making rhino horns radioactive to fight poaching

MOKOPANE, South Africa — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents. Under the collaborative project involving the University of the Witwatersrand, nuclear energy officials and conservationists, five rhinos were…

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