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Hayden Panettiere once wrote that starring on “Nashville” and reading the show’s script was like “looking in a funhouse mirror.”In her 2026 memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” published three months before her August 16 death, Panettiere wrote that it felt like her “personal problems were writing the script,” particularly…

For a while, it felt like everyone was moving South.The trend took off during the pandemic, when remote work gave more Americans the flexibility to live wherever they wanted. Many headed to states where homes were more affordable and jobs were easier to find.Southern states such as Florida, Texas, Georgia,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Zach Golden. It has been edited for length and clarity.When the first game of the 2026 World Cup was played, I got everything ready and set up in my living room to watch it. There was no way I was going…