For the past few weeks, Vivian Jenna Wilson, the estranged daughter of Elon Musk, has taken to the Threads platform to deliver scathing criticism of her father, characterizing him as a cruel absentee father who is “desperate for attention and validation from an army of degenerate red-pilled incels and pick-mes,” …
Read More »Olympic Boxing Champion Imane Khelif Files Online Harassment Complaint in Paris
Three days ago, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division of the 2024 Olympics. It should have been a triumphant moment for an athlete who spent years training for this moment and won all four of her matches on the world’s biggest stage. Instead, …
Read More »TikTok's Biggest Edit Trend Is Borrowing From 'Chicago'
In a hazy, smoke-filled theater, dozens of red strings dangle from the ceiling. They’re connected to the backs and hands of reporters, all slumped over in their seats, notebooks in hand. There’s a man in the spotlight, with what appears to be a marionette doll over his knee and another …
Read More »U.S. Gymnast Jordan Chiles Must Return Bronze Medal, Olympic Committee Says
U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she was awarded in the women’s floor exercise event following a scoring change on appeal, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Sunday. On Saturday, Chiles learned that her bronze was in jeopardy after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that …
Read More »U.S. Gymnast Jordan Chiles May Lose Bronze Medal After Score Voided on Appeal
U.S gymnast Jordan Chiles may have to return the bronze medal she won at the 2024 Paris Olympics following an appeal filed by the Romanian team, which finished fourth and fifth in the women’s floor exercise event. During the August 6 event, Chiles initially earned a score of 13.666, which …
Read More »How Elon Musk and X Became the Biggest Purveyors of Online Misinformation
Elon Musk has trouble telling the truth. Whether he’s overpromising on what his companies can accomplish or twisting the facts about his own children, it’s clear he doesn’t feel constrained by reality, which is no doubt what made him into the mogul of misinformation he is today. Almost two years …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Gifts Simone Biles' Dad a Death Row Records Chain for His 75th Birthday
Simone Biles‘ dad Ronald celebrated a milestone birthday just days after his daughter made history at the Olympics — and now he has a gift from Snoop Dogg to remember it by. On Thursday, the gymnast’s sister Adria shared a photo of their dad Ronald celebrating his 75th birthday with …
Read More »Breaking's Olympic Debut Was a Little Goofy, But That's OK
The Paris 2024 Olympics were clearly saving the best for last — no, not the big finals in basketball, soccer, volleyball, or even the modern pentathlon. We’re talking about the official debut of Breaking (or breakdancing), which bowed with the women’s competition on Friday, Aug. 9. After an introduction provided …
Read More »A Newcomer's Guide to 'Borderlands'
It’s been a big summer for movies, and alongside blockbuster superhero team-ups and schlocky Shyamalan thrillers now comes the next video game adaptation in the form of Borderlands. Co-written and directed by b-movie horror maker Eli Roth (Thanksgiving, Green Inferno), Borderlands is an action-comedy assimilation of the popular first-person shooter …
Read More »Australian Olympic Breaker 'Raygun' Loses Dance Battles, Wins Our Hearts
The moves were downright dizzying at the Olympics debut of a new event in Paris on Friday: breaking, more commonly referred to as “breakdancing.” As with other athletic competitions introduced to the games in recent years, there was plenty of debate as to whether breaking — here organized into a …
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