As COVID-19‘s social distancing rules cancel graduation ceremonies around the country, the class of 2020 will likely find themselves at home come the big day, watching the proceedings on their screens. In light of these cancellations, social media giants such as Facebook and YouTube plan to celebrate graduates by hosting …
Read More »Celebs Are Bored: Mandy Patinkin Learns How to Tweet
As much of America continues to self-quarantine, the propensity to go stir-crazy increases with each passing day. Celebrities are no different: bored out of their minds while sitting at home indefinitely. Maybe they are ceaselessly launching Instagram Lives just for some human connection. Maybe they’re teasing us with some quarantine …
Read More »People Are Flocking to Georgia Beaches to Take Instagram Photos
“What lockdown?! Down here, beaches are open!” the Instagram caption reads, below a photo of a man in a baseball cap and pastel Bermuda shorts, posing against the pristine blue skies and taupe shoreline of Georgia‘s Tybee Island. Known for its picturesque beaches, the island is popular among residents of …
Read More »Staying Sober Is a Whole New Challenge With Social Distancing
For people who struggle with addiction, staying sober can be a daily challenge, even in the best of times, with a stable routine, healthy sleep schedule, and support systems that are readily accessible. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown Americans’ lives into disarray, bringing with it varying degrees of stress, financial …
Read More »Woody Allen's Memoir Canceled After Hachette Employees Stage Walkout
One day after its employees staged a walkout in protest, Hachette Book Group announced that they will not be publishing Woody Allen‘s memoir, Apropos of Nothing. The autobiography was set for an April 7th release. “The decision to cancel Mr. Allen’s book was a difficult one,” the company said in …
Read More »New HBO Doc Centers on the Atlanta Child Murders, Reopening of Case
In spring of 2019, a decades’ old investigation into the murder of more than 25 black children in Atlanta WAS reopened by local authorities. And, on April 5th, HBO will delve into that case with Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children. Over the course of the late Seventies and …
Read More »Kobe Bryant Public Memorial Set for Los Angeles' Staples Center
A memorial service for Lakers star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven other victims of the January 26th helicopter crash will take at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, “the House That Kobe Built,” on February 24th. The Los Angeles Times confirmed that the date of the public memorial combines …
Read More »What to Expect From the Harvey Weinstein Trial
Before the #MeToo movement began in 2017, Harvey Weinstein was a major power player during awards season, with his notoriously aggressive marketing campaigns for his production company Miramax often marking the difference between a win and a loss. So it is perhaps fitting that his criminal trial begins a day …
Read More »Thousands of Koalas Believed to Have Died In Australian Bushfires
In the midst of the looming threat of war with Iran and myriad other world issues in the news cycle, you might not have heard about the fires currently blazing in the Australian bush, parks, and forests. But the bushfires have been devastating to residents of the area, with 20 …
Read More »Jeffrey Epstein Accused of Sexual Abuse By Nine More Women in New Lawsuit
The late financier Jeffrey Epstein has been accused of sexually abusing nine more women in a new lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The incidents began as early as 1985 and targeted victims as young as 13 years old, according to the suit filed against Epstein’s estate. The women, identified …
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