The Miss Universe Organization is arguably in better hands now. On Wednesday, it was announced that Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip — a Thai media tycoon who has been open about her experiences as a trans woman — purchased the pageant for $20 million, CNN reports. Jakrajutatip is also the CEO of …
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When most unknown bands come over to America from England, they find themselves in a cramped bar playing to roughly 12 people only paying half attention. The floors are sticky, the bathroom makes the NYC subway look like Buckingham Palace, and they’re running their own merch table. But when the …
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Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story creator Ryan Murphy has hit back at claims that he did not reach out to victims’ families prior to the show’s release on Netflix, which resulted in what one victim’s family member called a “retraumatizing” of the events. Following Monster’s release in Sept., several victims’ …
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Over a year after Prince Harry first revealed he was writing a memoir, his publisher announced Thursday that the much-anticipated book, Spare, will arrive in Jan. 2023. “It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as …
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Kanye West returned to Instagram Thursday after an eventful and career-ruining three weeks to proclaim that he lost “2 billion dollars in one day.” After scrubbing his Instagram page of almost all the posts that preceded his restriction from the platform earlier this month — only a photo of his …
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Either the nation’s most prolific serial killer was burying dozens of bodies on his property for decades undetected, or police are on a wild goose chase. Either way, the case has captured the minds of true crime TikTok — and the people want answers. In the southwestern corner of Iowa, …
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Machine Gun Kelly didn’t have to stretch his acting muscles too hard for his upcoming role. On Thursday, the trailer for the singer’s own semi-autobiographical film Taurus dropped, showing Kelly as a rising rockstar navigating fame. In the zodiac-titled film, Kelly (real name Colson Baker) plays Cole, a rock star …
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Just in time for Halloween, the right has found a new scare tactic warning parents that drug cartels are targeting children by disguising fentanyl as candy. The bogus claim was touted by Georgia’s Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker during a recent speech, which Jimmy Kimmel skewered during his show Tuesday, …
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Atlanta post-punk outfit Algiers have acquired a rare verse from Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha for their new song, “Irreversible Damage.” “Irreversible Damage” is a blistering and relentless cut, built around ceaseless percussion, uneasy synths, and what even sounds like a drawn out version of an amber …
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Three men accused of taking part in the plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer were found guilty of all charges against them on Wednesday, Oct. 26, The Associated Press reports. Joe Morrison, Pete Musico (who’s Morrison’s father-in-law), and Paul Bellar were all convicted of supplying “material support” for a …
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