Ziwe Fumudoh is not performing at BKLYN Clay, but glimpses of the eponymous character she took from buzzy Instagram Lives to a late-night premium cable show emerge as soon as she arrives. She’s direct, clear that she wants to immediately start our lesson at this hip New York ceramic studio. …
Read More »War Misinfo Is Everywhere. So Twitter Is Cracking Down on … Nudity
X, formerly Twitter, may sound like a porn site, but it’s growing more hostile to adult content. Although currently awash in misinformation and extremist hate speech related to the ongoing war between Israeli armed forces and Hamas militants, the platform is apparently focused on keeping nudity out of users’ feeds …
Read More »Bill Cosby Faces New Lawsuit from Woman Claiming Actor Raped Her in His Dressing Room in 1992
Bill Cosby is being sued by a new Jane Doe accuser who claims the disgraced 86-year-old actor drugged and raped her in his dressing room in 1992 while an NBC employee stood outside the door, according to court records obtained by Rolling Stone. The woman is coming forward for the …
Read More »Carlee Russell Found Guilty in Hoax Kidnapping Case
Carlethia ‘Carlee’ Russell, a woman who admitted that she lied about being kidnapped when she went missing for two daysin July, was foundguilty of two misdemeanor charges during her court appearance in Hoover, Alabama. The nursing student was charged with one count of false reporting to law enforcement authorities and …
Read More »The Most Shocking Moments in Caroline Ellison's Testimony Against Ex Sam Bankman-Fried
On a Wednesday afternoon in SDNY’s courtroom 26A, Caroline Ellison cried on the witness stand after reading a text message she had sent to Sam Bankman-Fried last November. It was Ellison’s second day of testimony against Bankman-Fried, her former boss and boyfriend, who faces seven counts related to fraud. “That …
Read More »His True-Crime Podcast Stood Up for Victims. Now, He's Accused of Abuse
W hen Sara Benincasa first met Ben Kissel in 2010, she was smitten with him almost immediately. Tall and handsome with boyish features, a six-foot-seven-inch frame, and an aw-shucks Midwestern mien, Kissel was working as a stand-up comic in New York City, just like she was at the time; they …
Read More »How an Obession With Self-Care Paved The Way for Ozempic
In the six years since Ozempic’s release, the drug has grown from a relative newcomer on the market into a dominating force in the weight loss industry — one inspiring a handful of similar medications, including Mounjaro, Wegovy, Rybelsus, Victoza, and Sanxeda. But as this new wave of diet options …
Read More »TikTok Dragged Her for Eating 48 Oysters on a Date. Restaurant Manager Says It's 'Nothing New'
A woman who slurped down four dozen oysters at an Atlanta seafood restaurant and recorded the whole meal for TikTok has sparked new debates about dating etiquette — but the eatery’s general manager says it was just business as usual. In the video, which has circulated widely on X (formerly …
Read More »Musk's X Drowning in Israel-Hamas Misinformation Amid Fact-Checking Delays
Community Notes, Elon Musk‘s solution to combating misinformation on X (formerly Twitter), is barely able to keep up with a wave of graphic media, false claims, and hateful content relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The fact-checking feature depends on approved volunteers to suggest and then vote on notes that can …
Read More »Gigi Hadid Condemns 'Terrorizing of Innocent People' After Hamas Attack on Israel
Gigi Hadid, who is half-Palestinian, has spoken up about Israel–Hamas war, saying, “The terrorizing of innocent people is not in alignment with and does not do any good for the ‘Free Palestine’ movement.” Hadid, whose father MohamedHadid is aPalestinianimmigrant and practicing Muslim, took to Instagram to share her thoughts on …
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