Elon Musk suggested he would re-assign NPR‘s Twitter account because the company had stopped tweeting, NPR claimed on Tuesday. In a series of emails to an NPR reporter, the billionaire reportedly threatened to transfer the @npr handle to “another company.” “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, …
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TikTok influencer Jackson Mahomes, also known as the cringe-posting little brother of Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has been arrested for felony aggravated sexual battery. He was booked Wednesday morning into the Johnson County Detention Center on $100,000 bond. The incident stemmed from a February accusation by a restaurant …
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For Alex Newell, making history is tiring work. Less than 12 hours after the Shucked actor walked the white carpet at the 2023 Met Gala became the first nonbinary actor to be nominated for a Tony in the Best Featured Actor in a Musical category. There were tears and press …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarked Tuesday on the social app Bluesky — a decentralized alternative to Twitter that sill has under 100,000 users — that she hadn’t tweeted in days. But she had posted to Bluesky (or “skeeted,” as some users like to say) more than a hundred times in the …
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2023 is a big year for Microsoft and Xbox. After acquiring Bethesda back in 2020, Microsoft (finally) has a slate of exclusive titles coming up, an area where it lagged behind Sony, its main competitor. Back in January, Tango Gameworks released the excellent rhythm action-adventure game, Hi-Fi Rush, and later …
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K-pop superstars New Jeans, singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama and rapper Saweetie are among this year’s Gold House A100 honorees. The annual list, from the AAPI collective Gold House, recognizes “the 100 Asian Pacific leaders who have most significantly impacted American culture and society in the last year.” Other artists on the …
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Marketers are the rockstars of the creator ecosystem. They play the crucial role of opening doors for talent, driving innovation, and creating monumental cultural impact. The entertainment industry is undergoing significant disruption as branded content and brand experiences rival those of major television and movie studios. The future of entertainment …
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Ashley Easterling’s son had been missing for 40 days when she says she got a call from a stranger offering to help find him. She dropped off her 30-year-old son, Robert “Alex” Easterling, at an acquaintance’s house in Pickens, Mississippi, on April 20, 2022, and he had not been seen …
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A registered sex offender and the bodies of six people were found on a property near the town of Henryetta, Oklahoma, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Jesse L. McFadden, the 39-year-old sex offender, fatally shot six people including his wife and her three children,before taking his own life, authorities …
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When TV shows aren’t popular, they get canceled—at least that’s the precedent set by years of broadcast and cable programming. But in the current era of streaming services, a surplus of shows, and an evaporating pile of cash,has created an overwhelming wave of cancellations completely at odds with shows’ viewership, …
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