A day after the Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for promoting an antisemitic film, Nike cut ties with the star basketball player. In a statement sent to Rolling Stone, the company said: “At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism.To …
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LeBron James touched on the controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving’s boosting of an antisemitic film and the decision to not broadcast an episode of The Shop with Kanye West in the Lakers star’s postgame press conference Friday. “I believe that what Kyrie did caused some harm to a lot of people,” …
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Kyrie Irving finally apologized early Friday for boosting an antisemitic movie, hours after the Brooklyn Nets suspended him for repeatedly failing to disavow antisemitism. However, General Manager Sean Marks said Irving’s apology was a “step in the right direction” but “certainly not enough,” according to the New York Times. “There …
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According to self-proclaimed health gurus on TikTok, toxic isn’t just a Britney Spears song anymore. It’s also apparently a descriptor for the average person’s gut. Like all viral health trends, this one focuses on an adversary that needs to be conquered, but this time, the enemy isn’t carbs, gluten, or …
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A judge ruled at Paul Haggis’ rape lawsuit trial that the defense could call on Leah Remini — who, like Haggis, is a former Scientologist — to testify as a character witness. Before the trial started in Oct., it was reported that the actress and perhaps the Church’s most high-profile …
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Elon Musk has owned Twitter for just one week — though in all the turmoil, it has felt like a lifetime. From the firing of top executives “for cause,” to the restriction of employee access to content moderation tools, to right-wingers turning on the man they once believed to be …
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In a series of rapid changes to the Twitterverse, the company plans on emailing employees on Friday about whether they have been laid off and will temporarily close its offices, Reuters reported on Thursday. “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult …
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Jordan Rondel was three years into bringing her small business, The Caker — a sophisticated line of pre-made cake mixes — from New Zealand, where she launched it in 2010, to the United States when she got an unexpected notification in her Instagram inbox from none other than Chrissy Teigen. …
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Kyrie Irving finally addressed the controversy surrounding the antisemitic film he shared to his Twitter followers. But even with his statement, he didn’t apologize, with NBA commissioner Adam Silver criticizing the Brooklyn Nets star for not offering “an unqualified apology.” On Wednesday, Irving “took responsibility” for his action and said …
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How can we be better for our children? Can anyone ever truly change? Those are the questions at the core of God of War Ragnarök, the ninth(!!!) installment of the now iconic PlayStation series. By the events of 2018’s soft reboot God of War, Kratos, the titular god, has spent …
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