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TMZ.com Kanye West apparently finds the idea of Meek Mill being a high-ranking celebrity that's to be taken seriously laughable -- to which Meek says ... hey, at least I still have my wits about me. The Philly rapper responded to a Clubhouse chat that Ye participated in this weekend -- during which, he mentioned Meek being part of a group of stars whom Kanye suggested were being rallied to reign him in amid his ongoing media appearances.

The largest-ever collection of works by Leonardo da Vinci is drawing record crowds at the Louvre in Paris this year, the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. The Louvre has brought together more than 100 paintings, drawings and manuscripts for the exhibition, which opened in October and will end in February. Leonardo was a perfectionist, which is why, experts say, he produced only about 15 paintings. The exhibition includes 11 of them, the most ever brought together in one place.

Dolly Parton stays out of politics, but her sister Stella Parton has no problem addressing lawmakers head-on. When a Kentucky State Senator expressed concern about the subject matter of some of Parton’s Imagination Library books, Stella stepped in. She took to social media to express her disappointment and condemn the Senator in defense of her sister. In 1995, Parton launched the Imagination Library, a program that provides millions of children under the age of five with free books.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the latest “Empire” episode, titled “The Tameness of a Wolf,” which aired on Wednesday, April 13. Following last week’s shocking episode in which Camilla (Naomi Campbell) and Mimi (Marisa Tomei) were killed off, “Empire” this week kicked off with the Lyon family at Camilla’s funeral — and with Rhonda (Kaitlin Doubleday) taking over her role as the boss of Empire fashion.

Redeem now With guests cutting back on visits, Wingstop's new CEO explains his playbook for boosting sales.   One move is ending an exclusive delivery partnership with DoorDash and adding Uber Eats.  Last week Wingstop also entered the chicken sandwich wars, years after competitors.   Wingstop was among several tech-savvy restaurant chains that became a pandemic winner, logging more than $1 billion in digital sales in 2020.  This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

“Mister Crocodile,” “Corgi, A Royal Family” and “Piggy Builders” are among 84 TV series animated projects set to unspool at the 2021 Cartoon Forum which takes place in Toulouse, southern France, over Sept.

Costume & cultureFashionThe mystery of abandoned clothingClothes are abandoned to mark territory, to collaborate in creative acts, or to remind us that the wearer is absent. There is always "personal or cultural meaning" in a garment left behind.On a deserted beach in New Zealand, I encountered a pair of shoes abandoned in the sand. The shoes were neatly arranged, as if left temporally by a swimmer who expected to collect them on his return, and yet there was no-one else in sight (neither on the beach, nor in the sea).

There are four ways through the Kang conundrum, and none of them involve Jonathan Majors. Marvel is at an impasse. Streaming viewership of its TV shows isdown, The Marvels opened to a third of its predecessor movie’s box office take, and the release schedule of the studio’s upcoming film projects is more uncertain than ever. The MCU has hitched its wagon to a sprawling multiverse road map that’s failing to captivate general audiences, and now, that multiverse is without its villain.

Play video content RANTING & RAVING Kanye West is apparently in the grips of a serious mental health episode ... that's the only conclusion to draw from his furious rant, attacking his ex-business partners, Donald Trump and, of course, Jewish people. Looking like a cult leader, Kanye was surrounded by a few dozen people early Friday morning somewhere in Las Vegas when he just lost it -- during a roughly 10-minute explosion he seemed to draw a direct line from Jesus to himself as he screamed, "