When Mary Bronstein’s daughter was seven years old, she became sick. At the time, the writer-director had no choice but to travel from New York to San Diego — the only place where her daughter could get the necessary long-term treatment. While Bronstein’s husband (director and screenwriter Ronald Bronstein) remained …
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On Sept 5, 2024, a year before his death, Charlie Kirk was debating at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We have a problem in Black America,” he argued. “The biggest problem is not racism, it’s a lack of dads. If dads are around, kids flourish.” He pointed to Barack Obama, a …
Read More »Emilie Kiser Blocks Three-Year-Old's Death Records From Going Public — For Now
A non-dissemination order has been instituted to temporarily halt the release of records in the case of influencer Emilie Kiser suing to keep the records of her three-year-old son’s drowning death private, according to a filing in the Superior Court of Arizona. On May 18, Trigg Kiser, son of mom …
Read More »Mom Influencer Emilie Kiser Sues to Keep Her 3-Year-Old Son's Death Records Private
Arizona-based influencer Emilie Kiser has filed a lawsuit to keep the investigative records of her three-year-old son’s drowning private. On May 18, Trigg Kiser, son of the mega-popular mom influencer, died following a drowning incident. The drowning, which happened on May 12, took place at the Kiser family home in …
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W ho better to play a New York high society socialite than Chloë Sevigny, the former club kid turned fashionista who was profiled by Jay McInerney for The New Yorker at 19? In 1995, one year after that infamous piece hit newsstands, Sevigny would star as a Manhattan teen who …
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F or Quinta Brunson, the end of the monthslong SAG-AFTRA strike doesn’t mean a return to the familiar. Instead, it’s a chance for the Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and actress to join her same set with a brand-new view on life, hard work, and stability. The creator of ABC’s hit …
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Recently, I Googled a keyword associated with the media coverage of Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, the millennial power couple who recently announced they were ending their four-and-a-half-year marriage on Instagram following weeks of speculation. There was a story attributing the split to the couple’s “very different lifestyles,” with a …
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A new season of Netflix’s Selling Sunset has ushered in some new cast members, including 32-year-old real estate agent Bre Tiesi. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Tiesi spent years as a model and also worked in the nightlife scene as a bottle server where she built a rolodex of …
Read More »'A Very Specific Flavor of Sh-t': Why Mommy Influencers Make Us Feel So Bad About Ourselves
On the internet content creator hierarchy, there’s no one more widely reviled than the momfluencer. With her flawless locks and perfectly appointed nursery in various shades of ecru, with nary an errant Lego or Cheerio in sight, she has been a figure of both derision and immense authority, with all …
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Sex has always ruled the genre long ago mislabeled “reality TV.” It’s present whenever you start the cameras rolling on a group of people, whether at their place of work or in a well-appointed villa with unlimited booze. Even a survivalist show like Naked and Afraid, which drops contestants in …
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