For playwright Kimberly Belflower, there’s countless individuals that helped turn her play John Proctor Is the Villain from a collaborative college workshop into the hit play currently running on Broadway. But the person she uniquely credits the core of the show might take people by surprise: New Zealand-born global superstar …
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Free our internet bestie, Poot. She didn’t do anything! On Monday night, Demi Lovato joked about never allowing her photoshopped Poot out of her basement in a silly TikTok a decade after the world was first introduced to her fictitious twin. “When someone asks me to let Poot out of …
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“I didn’t get double chins because they ran in my family. I got double chins cause nobody ran in my family.” This quip is just one example of the teachings of Toni Fine, 34, a TikTok influencer known for her no-nonsense approach to weight loss. Fine has become recognizable to …
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TikTok users have been in full panic mode in the midst of President Donald Trump’s ongoing game of chicken with tariffs and the U.S. economy. Now, the conversation has finally reached a boiling point over … handbags? Trump’s tariffs mean an astronomical consumer burden on everything from wedding dresses to …
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When TikTok creator Franchesca Ramsey pops onto people’s for-you-pages, ukulele in hand, most people expect to hear a short but gospel tinged song about a fictitious political party themed on vicious and face-eating leopards. But this satirical song has a real-life story behind its rise on TikTok — and it …
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One of the internet’s favorite — and most controversial —shows is getting a squeaky new primetime spin. YouTube show Pop The Balloon will become a live dating show on Netflix, with the streamer releasing its own weekly spin on series best known for giving judging a person at face value …
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Brittany Broski knows what you’re thinking. We’re in an influencer economy where it feels like at any moment your favorite beauty reviewer could flood your feeds with an unexpected (and unwanted) pivot to a pop career. So, to have a well-known comedy and entertainment creator — first introduced to the …
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It’s been a crowded television season, with audiences’ attention divided between campy hits like 9-1-1 and Doctor Odyssey, newcomers like The Pitt, and the established prestige offerings of Severance and White Lotus. But one of the hottest new shows online isn’t a television show at all — it’s a series …
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On the eve of the expiration of the extension Donald Trump granted ByteDance on its deadline to sell TikTok to a U.S. entity, or be banned again, the president has announced plans to issue another executive order extending the deadline by 75 additional days. In a Truth Social post, he …
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Before D.C.’s Verizon center became the Capital One arena, it was the home for Chris Olsen’s first concert experience. “My mom took me to the Monster Ball when I was 10,” he says. “I knew what it was going to be. She was a little shocked and was like, ‘I …
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