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 surreptitious cell phone recordings, Courtney Clenney can be heard berating her boyfriend Christian Obumseli, hurling insults at him, calling him a racist slur, and seemingly slapping him. The videos were taken by Obumseli on his cell phone some time before April 3, when Clenney fatally stabbed him with a …
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Dwyane Wade is firing back at his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, who claimed that the former NBA star was using their daughter’s transition to profit off potential brand deals and partnerships. The now-estranged couple share two children together, including 15-year-old Zaya Wade. On Tuesday, Funches-Wade filed a petition asking a judge …
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Members of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited Brittney Griner on Thursday, just over a week after the WNBA star lost her appeal on drug smuggling charges. “We are told she is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances,”White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday …
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Nick Cannon will soon have enough children to build a soccer team. Via a nude photoshoot (of course) with model Alyssa Scott, the two announced that they have a “miracle” on the way after the couple lost their 5-month-old son to brain cancer last December. The baby on the way …
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