X Corp., the company formerly known as Twitter that ditched its bird logo in July, has notched another lawsuit in its growing pile of legal woes. That ad agency, X Social Media, sued X. Corp in Florida on Monday, arguing that consumers are likely to to confuse their ad services …
Read More »MusiCares Debuts Humans of Hip Hop
For more than 50 years, talented individuals have brought hip hop to life from the Bronx to Brazil and back again. And this year, the genre is celebrating its monumental fifth decade. In honor of this Golden anniversary, MusiCares® and Vivid Seats are joining forces to support the humans who …
Read More »Jimmy Butler Is Ready to Be the Next Big Country Music Star
F ew pro athletes have overcome more than Jimmy Butler. Homeless by 13. Unrecruited out of high school. Played ball at a small junior college. Landed at Marquette. Came off the bench till his junior year. Slid to 30th in the draft. Didn’t start as a rookie. Spent years banging …
Read More »Can Swiftmania Finally Help Change the Kansas City Chiefs' Name?
Since Taylor Swift attended last Sunday’s Kansas City Chiefs game, the path of her impact has been clear and undeniable. Jersey sales for Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Swift’s rumored boyfriend, have increased by 400 percent. Interest in Chiefs tickets has skyrocketed, according to StubHub. Swifties have even started giving …
Read More »Julia Fox Bares All: 'If You Can't Handle the Truth, That's Your F-king Problem'
I am on a date with Julia Fox — at least, that’s what it feels like. We’re in the dimly lit VIP suite at Body by Brooklyn, a spa inconspicuously tucked under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Clinton Hill. We’re wearing fluffy terry-cloth robes; there are rose petals inexplicably strewn all …
Read More »When #MeToo Comes Knocking At Your Door
In Yomi Adegoke’s debut novel The List, British journalist Ola Olajide has everything she ever thought she wanted. She’s built a successful career, holds a coveted staff position at a popular woman’s lifestyle publication, and is almost ready for her upcoming wedding to her boyfriend Michael Koranteng. But when an …
Read More »Lil Tay Goes Live to Drop Music Video, Rail Against Her Father, and… Play Some Pretty Piano?
Viral social media star Lil Tay, who became famous at nine for her outrageous clips featuring her rapping and throwing around huge piles of cash, broke her silence Saturday with a music video and a series of Instagram Lives in which she played piano, acoustic guitar, and electric guitar. Lil …
Read More »Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Abuse Victim Convicted in Mother's Murder, Will Be Released Early in December
Gypsy Rose Blanchard — whopleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 for her connection to the murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard —will be released early on parole in December. On Thursday, the Missouri Department of Corrections confirmed that Blanchard will be released on Dec. 28 after serving …
Read More »How Sam Bankman-Fried Crashed and Burned Ahead of His Criminal Trial
The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s $40 billion crypto empire shocked the world with its speed and scale. In mere days, the company he founded, FTX, fell from its perch as a top cryptocurrency exchange and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Customers who deposited funds on FTX — sometimes their life …
Read More »Mad Genius Behind the Viral Song 'Sitting' Actually Prefers to Stand
Horror fans will know him as one of the engineers from last year’s hit killer-doll movie M3GAN, while Nineties-sitcom aficionados will recognize him as Estefan from the revival seasons of Will & Grace. But to the very online, Brian Jordan Alvarez is also the mastermind behind the cult web series …
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