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  • In a survey of 700 epidemiologists, the Times found that most of them do not expect their lives to return to pre-pandemic normal until most Americans are vaccinated.
  • According to a new poll on vaccines from National Geographic, 69% of men say they're likely to take the COVID vaccine while only 51% of women say they're likely to do so.
  • Stevie Nicks closed a deal to sell a majority stake in her publishing catalog, which are valued at about $100 million.
  • Black Panther star Letitia Wright got immediate blowback after she posted an anti-vaccination video on Twitter.
  • These are some of the reasons why Europe ended up "sleepwalking" into a second wave of the coronavirus after getting it seemingly under control over the summer.
  • The House voted to remove marijuana from the federal schedule of controlled substances, and provide for the regulation and taxation of legal cannabis sales (but it still has to pass the Senate).
  • The 50 most influential people in pizza (according to Smart Pizza Marketing) includes several local pizza masters.
  • Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems hopeful that the House and Senate can agree on a pandemic stimulus bill before the Dec. 11th government funding deadline, but whatever it turns out to be is going to be mighty watered down and insufficient.
  • What happens to Zoom in a post-pandemic world?
  • You can rent the historic Long Island beach house where Hugh Grant scared Nicole Kidman in The Undoing.
  • Vulture looks at how Citizen Kane became the consensus pick for greatest movie of all time (at least for now).
  • And finally, look at this hero: