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Following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, protests erupted across the nation. As millions of Americans took to the streets to protest police brutality and black squares flooded Instagram, corporations scrambled to declare their dedication to fighting racial injustices and integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs throughout their …

Beyond the box office numbers, the best way to tell if a movie is a hit is the prevalence of related memes. Perhaps you remember how Barbie and Oppenheimer conquered your social media feeds when released simultaneously last year, going on to earn more than $2 billion combined? No, it’s …

Ryan Kobayashi, father of Hannah Kobayashi, who has been missing since the beginning of November, died Sunday morning from an apparent suicide. A statement from the RAD Movement — a non-profit assisting the Kobayashi family in their search for Hannah — confirmed Ryan’s death. “The Kobayashi family endured a devastating …

The main event might be over, but the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson boxing match is still in the spotlight. Jake Paul’s company Most Valuable Promotions has released a statement about the match’s veracity, following a slate of claims that the fight was rigged. In the statement, MVP called the claims “incorrect …

Lyle and Erik Menendez appeared via audio at a court hearing Monday as their two elderly aunts asked a judge to resentence the brothers for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. Los Angeles County Judge Michael Jesic heard the testimony but said it was too …

Right now, the only thing standing between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and being the head of the Department of Health and Human Services is a confirmation hearing with a soon-to-be Republican-dominated Senate. But given Kennedy’s long history of making misleading and misguided statements about health, we can expect to see …

In an age when more and more games have taken on the continual live-service model, only so many can gain traction (some only last a few days). Given how many falter, it’s a badge of honor that the OG, 2004’s World of Warcraft, has survived so long that it’s nearly …

“Teslas are the safest cars on the road, but most people don’t know that,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter) last year. The superlative is typical of the billionaire, and the automaker itself, which boasts that its vehicles “are engineered to be the safest in the world.” …

Video game adaptations are in vogue right now. While interpretations like Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) have dominated the box office, longform series like HBO’s The Last of Us (2023) and Amazon’s Fallout (2024) have taken the Emmys by storm, catching mainstream audiences …

Lucien Laviscount knows what it’s like to play a leading man. The Emily in Paris star has spent the past four years playing suave British CFO Alfie in the hit Netflix series, a character that’s seen him matchup against seemingly every eligible bachelor in this fictional Paris —and continually win. …