Mark Zuckerberg is squaring up to Elon Musk in the competition of which tech CEOs can blow the most billions and make their workers suffer the consequences. As The New York Times reports, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, would lay off 13 percent of …
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By day, he’s an animator for an ad agency in Seattle. But outside of his 9-to-5 job, he’s “Sunday Nobody,” a pseudonymous artist whose grandly absurd projects aim to delight a young, internet-savvy audience, using the kind of cultural touchstones that make for overnight virality. In fact, you may have …
Read More »'Laguna Beach' Babes Kristin Cavallari and Lauren Conrad Finally Squash Love Triangle Beef
Kristin Cavallari, Lauren Conrad, and Stephen Collettitalking about their love lives? No, you haven’t slipped back in time. The real-life stars behind Laguna Beach‘s most iconic love trianglereunited to discuss the show and their relationships on Back To The Beach, a Laguna Beach rewatch podcast. Hosted by former stars (and …
Read More »Someone Just Got Rich: $2.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot Has a Winner
After months in which the Powerball lottery went without a winner for the top prize, it appears somebody has hit the big time. A ticket matching all six numbers drawn Tuesday morning (10, 33, 41, 47, 56, and Powerball 10) was sold in Los Angeles County at a gas station …
Read More »Casey Anthony Breaks Silence About 2011 Murder Trial in Docuseries Trailer: 'I Lied, But No One Asked Why'
Casey Anthony is ready to tell her side of the story when it comes to her controversial 2011 murder trial, in which she was found not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony, in the upcoming three-part Peacock docuseries Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies. In the first official …
Read More »Benny Drama to Star in (and Write) Comedy Coming Out Story for Amazon
From TikTok to the big screen! Benny Drama — born Benito Skinner — is set to get his big break thanks to Overcompensating, a scripted Amazon comedy about a gay football player coming to terms with his sexuality. And Charli XCX is in charge of the film’s music, so it …
Read More »Twitter Bans Sarah Silverman, Kathy Griffin for Parodying Alleged Comedy Lover Elon Musk
Elon Musk cast some doubt on his own declaration that comedy is now ‘legal” on Twitter after suspending several accounts — including those belonging to actual comedians Sarah Silverman and Kathy Griffin — for parodying him over the weekend. Taking advantage of these last fleeting days before a blue checkmark …
Read More »Suspect in Homicide of Lyric Woods and Devin Clark Apparently Dropped Five Songs to Soundcloud After Murders
The name of the 17-year-old suspect accused of killing 14-year-old Lyric Woods and 18-year-old Devin Clark was released Monday after attorneys for the teen failed to file an appeal to stop him from being tried as an adult (per ABC). Issiah Ross was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder. …
Read More »Rodger Cleye's Singing Made Him a Viral TikTok Trend. He's Just Happy to Be Here
At this point, it feels like the internet was created to make fun of people. Nothing consistently brings apps like TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or even Reddit together like a person people can collectively dump on. And even if you’re fully posting in your lane, on algorithm-based apps like TikTok, …
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Ronnie Lee refused to eat pork. “Swine,” he said, “was unclean.” My oldest cousin was never particularly religious. In fact, the only time I ever recall Ronnie Lee in the pews of a church was for various family funerals and weddings, where he often came dressed to the nines with …
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