When Michael Leonardi was fired from his job as a television writer at the WWE in 2016, he says he was told by an HR representative and the head writer at the time that he was “not fit for the role” — this despite, according to Leonardi, him getting a …
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Move over Timothy Chalamet. There’s a new guest host in town — and one of her sketches is already taking over TikTok. Ariana Grande hosted the third episode of Saturday Night Live’s 50th Season and in less than seven days her sketch “Bridesmaid Speech” has become the most watched sketch …
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On Sunday, Justine Moore, a partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, tweeted about a curious discovery. It was an Instagram account with the handle @ethos_atx, which purported to represent an upscale restaurant called Ethos in Austin, Texas. But, as Moore noted, no such business exists — …
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Outside of the CasaSur Palmero Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a makeshift memorial filled with letters, flowers, and candles has been growing since the untimely death of Liam Payne, who rose to fame as a member of the 2010s British boy band One Direction. On Wednesday evening, David Kraventz, the …
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By one major investor’s estimate, Elon Musk‘s X Corp. — the social media business that most prolific users will probably never stop calling “Twitter” — has plummeted some 80 percent in value since the world’s richest man purchased it for $44 billion two years ago. That may not currently bother …
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After a decade of covering the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, I spent nearly a year traveling the country to profile those most impacted by that ongoing struggle: trans kids. To date, more than 650 bills have been put forward in 2024 seeking to repeal basic rights and protections from members …
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Sometime after 2 p.m. on May 1, 2023, Jordan Neely boarded a northbound F train in Manhattan at Second Ave. Neely, 30, was no stranger to the subway. For years, Neely performed as a Michael Jackson impersonator, both underground and at the tourist hub of Times Square, bringing whimsy to …
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L uke Cowan switches off the safety of his .204-caliber rifle. The single shot rings out and then a thump as the animal hits the ground. At just 25, Cowan’s hair has grayed, but he still retains a boyish face pinkened by years of hunting under the Texas sun. Wearing …
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It’s been seven months since former mommy vlogger Ruby Franke was sentenced to four consecutive one-to-15-year prison terms after pleading guilty to four counts of child abuse. But Lifetime, the television channel famous for tabloid-esque, low-budget retellings of gruesome news stories, is already making a dramatized version of her case, …
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On Thursday, Tesla will at last reveal its prototype for a fully autonomous “robotaxi,” a vehicle that CEO Elon Musk had originally wanted to unveil in August and envisions as the future of the brand. Certain investors and tech entrepreneurs are extremely skeptical that the company can pull off such …
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