Tiffany Haddish is gearing up to release her second collection of essays I Curse You With Joy on November 29 (pre-order it here). “After my first book, I knew I wanted to share more of myself in I Curse You With Joy,” Haddish shared in a statement, calling back to …
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Computer scientist Stephen E. Wilhite – who created the GIF image format back in 1987 – died on March 14 at the age of 74. His wife Kathaleen R. Wilhite said his death was due to complications from Covid-19, CNN reports. “He was an avid camper and loved traveling and …
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Bill Murray is turning his cache of classic stories into a new NFT collection with the help of the website the Chive. The project, announced earlier this week, is set to launch in April with the arrival of the first 100 out of a total of 1,000 NFTs Murray and …
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“Ukraine is a frontier society and I have a frontier mentality. I thrive in this kind of chaos.” Max Leonov, 45, knocks back a double espresso at the bar of Buenavista, his Cuban restaurant and venue in downtown Kyiv. He scrutinizes a group at a noisy table, his pale skin, …
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Raven-Symoné and the cast of Disney Channel’s Raven’s Home walked off the show’s set on Tuesday in solidarity with other Walt Disney Company employees to protest the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “In support of our LGBTQ+ family and all of those who will be damaged by the ‘Don’t Say Gay …
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As we often see on the platform, TikTok users have a habit of imbuing what would otherwise be minor interpersonal drama with incredibly high dramatic stakes, prompting millions around the globe to play armchair detective. The latest example of something that should have been confined to the group text blowing …
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Anthony Rapp is pushing back against Kevin Spacey’s recent demand that Rapp’s sex abuse lawsuit be terminated on the grounds that his alleged 1986 assault wasn’t serious enough to qualify for revival under the Child Victim’s Act. In a new court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Rapp rejects Spacey’s March …
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When Henry Hoeft decided to join the foreign legion in Ukraine, he pitched his local newspaper on the story. The result for the 28-year-old was a PR coup: A glowing front-page profile in the Columbus Dispatch. The piece described him, appealingly, as “as a former infantryman in the U.S. Army …
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Samantha Long knew something was wrong with her friend James Derrick when he started talking about fringe ideas on their first phone call in months. “It was essentially two hours of conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory, from things like ‘Covid isn’t real,’ to [theories about Joe] Biden, who was about …
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UPDATE (3/17): Pete Davidson is no longer heading to space with Blue Origin. The company announced the news less than a week before the actor was scheduled to embark on the trip. “Blue Origin’s 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29,” the space exploration company said …
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