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  • In the second part of the Times' blockbuster report on Donald Trump's taxes, they look at the impact The Apprentice had on him and offered him a financial lifeline, "bringing him new sources of cash and a myth that would propel him to the White House."
  • Vox has some ideas on what Joe Biden could do to fix Trump's COVID-19 mess if he becomes president.
  • Oscar winner Barry Jenkins is going to direct a sequel to Disney's 2019 The Lion King ala The Godfather: Part II.
  • In other Disney news, the company plans to layoff 28,000 employees across its "parks, experiences and consumer products division."
  • Trump followers are now parroting Trump's false rhetoric about unfair elections: "While some were troubled by the idea that Mr. Trump might refuse to leave if he was decisively defeated, many simply do not believe that he could, or will, lose fair and square."
  • Watch Sharon Van Etten cover the Nine Inch Nails classic "Hurt."
  • Check out the finalists for the Comedy Pet Photography Awards.
  • A lot of animals have strange mating habits, but one of the weirdest is southern alligator lizards who engage in “mate-holding,” in which "a male grips a female’s head in his mouth for hours or even days at a time."
  • Would you pay $6K for a vintage Aladdin shirt? A lot of people apparently would.
  • Iggy Pop, A$AP Rocky, and Tyler, The Creator star in a truly great Gucci ad directed by Harmony Korine.
  • Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat sequel, which is reportedly titled, Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan, will premiere late October on Amazon Prime.
  • And finally, this dog has a peculiar reaction to affection: