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Last Wednesday, Rolling Stone and Variety made more news regarding their upcoming Truth Seekers Summit, presented by SHOWTIME on August 2nd. The two brands announced a digital content hub for attendees, featuring the kind of reporting that’s at the heart of the event’s celebration of hard-nosed journalism and documentary and …

When trans activist and actress Ts Madison was scrolling on Instagram last week, she never considered that a small circulating video from a trans TikTok creator would end in a transphobic rant from one of the internet’s biggest Black comedians. But that’s exactly what happened. On Saturday, comedian Jess Hilarious …

When far-right influencer Andrew Tate was arrested by Romanian authorities on suspicion of sex trafficking last December, the Romanian agency DIICOT argued that Tate and his brother Tristan used the “loverboy method” to lure women to their compound in Bucharest under the guise of having a relationship with them before …

Doja Cat stan accounts across social media are going dark, the result of an ongoing battle between the Grammy-nominated, rapper-pop star and her fanbase. The hot war has already brought up thorny issues about what exactly celebrities owe their biggest fans. But another major player has been embroiled in the …

An associate of Jeffrey Epstein‘s has been sued in United States District Court in the Southern District of New York for allegedly raping a 16-year-old autistic girl. Leon Black, the billionaire founder of the hedge fund Apollo Global Management, is accused of raping the then-16-year-old girl in 2002 at Epstein’s …

Ben Crump, co-counsel Ray Hamlin, and other attorneys held a press conference on Tuesday in New York featuring a key witness who claims undercover officials were involved in the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965. Mustafa Hassan —who spoke for the first time publicly about his observations from the day …

Twitter owner Elon Musk seized on reports that Lebron James Jr. suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball practice to spread conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccine. “We cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine, but, by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing,” Musk wrote in response to a tweet about …

Back in November, Judge Elizabeth A. Scherer sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without parole for killing 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Now, nearly nine months later, the judge has received a public reprimand from the Florida Supreme …

Ever since Ozempic was first released to the public in 2018, the diabetic injectable has become a fan favorite for patients — even those without diabetes — to lose weight. Others in its drug class like Wegovy, have also seen a surge in demand, one so high that the Food …

LeBron James’ son Bronny suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball workout on Monday. The athlete was taken from the University of Southern California campus, where practice was held, to the hospital where he was treated in the intensive care unit. He was later released to general care, a spokesperson for …