Ja Morant, one of basketball’s brightest young stars and a starting guard in the recent NBA All-Star Game, has been accused of both beating up a 17-year-old boy and threatening a mall security guard during separate incidents that occurred in July 2022. While the Memphis Grizzlies star’s alleged fight with …
Read More »Alex Murdaugh's Brother Says He Cleaned Up Nephew's Remains
Alex Murdaugh’s younger brother, John Marvin Murdaugh, took the stand on Monday at Alex’s murder trial, and described arriving at the crime scene where his sister-in-law and nephew were murdered in June 2021. “No mother, father, aunt, or uncle should ever have to see and do what I did that …
Read More »Hundreds of Newspapers Drop 'Dilbert' Following Cartoonist's 'Racist Rant'
Hundreds of newspapers — including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and the entire USA Today network — have dropped the syndicated comic Dilbert following racist remarks made by the strip’s cartoonist Scott Adams. The Cleveland Plain Dealer were among the first to drop the office place-based comic …
Read More »James Bond Novels to Be Reprinted With Racist Language Removed
On the heels of the controversy over Roald Dahl’s children’s books, the publishers of the James Bond novels have announced that the upcoming reprinting of Ian Fleming’s spy series will also have derogatory and racist language removed from the original text. While the editing of Dahl’s books focused on making …
Read More »Roald Dahl's Children's Books to Be Republished With 'Classic' Text Alongside Edited Versions
Following the uproar and “debate” over the decision to republish Roald Dahl’s children’s books with less offensive language, the author’s estate and publisher have announced that they would re-release those same books with the original text intact. Earlier this month, the Roald Dahl Story Company and publishers Puffin announced that …
Read More »Paris Hilton Reveals She Was Drugged and Raped When She Was 15
Paris Hilton revealed in a new interview that, when she was 15 years old, she was drugged and raped by an “older” man. Prior to the publication of her biography Paris: The Memoir — where she writes about the incident in greater detail — the heiress and reality TV star …
Read More »History Repeats Itself in TikTok's Ancestor Trend
Ever since Stephanie Black was 10 years old, she wanted to be an archaeologist. But she was 17 the first time she put that dream into action. After her mother told her she needed to have a plan for her life, Black slammed her door, opened her laptop, and clicked …
Read More »Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson Arrested on Federal Fraud Charges
Carlos Watson, the MSNBC anchor-turned-CEO of the beleaguered Ozy Media, was arrested Thursday on charges related to securities fraud. The Wall Street Journal reports that Watson’s arrest comes less than two days after Ozy’s former chief operating officerSamir Rao pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges related to his role at …
Read More »Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova Laughs Off Possible Criminal Charges: 'It's All You Can Do'
A little over two weeks have passed since the art installation Pussy Riot: Putin’s Ashes closed in Los Angeles. Now sources in the Russian media report that the activist-art group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova may face criminal charges in Russia for staging it. “My job is to hurt Putin as much as …
Read More »MusiCares, The Amazing Organization Supporting the People Behind the Music
It’s undeniable that music is vital for us all, after all, you wouldn’t be reading this article if you weren’t a music fan. As one of the most accessible art forms in our society, music allows us to express our feelings and fuels life’s many moments, from celebrations to heartbreaks …
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