The Supreme Court ruled last week that Harvard’s admissions process, which factored race into decisions about which candidates to accept, was unconstitutional. The college is still allowed to consider whether applicants are relatives of alumni, though, which has led a civil rights group to file a complaint in light last …
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“OK the past few weeks have been MANICCC,” Masoom Minawala Mehta, a lifestyle and fashion influencer with 1.3 million Instagram, posted in her stories on Sunday. In addition to dealing with events in her personal life — a canceled trip to Spain, and a husband with a broken leg — …
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YouTuber Grace Helbig has been diagnosed with breast cancer. In a seven-minute-long video shared to the nearly three million subscribers on her channel, Helbig expressed optimism about her medical team’s proposed treatment plans. In the video, she said she received her official diagnosis more than a month ago, but only …
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Bowen Yang‘s podcast Las Culturistas has paused production while the comedian and host addresses what he described as “bad bouts of depersonalization.” “Taking a very short break from [the podcast]. Bad bouts of depersonalization are fucking me up bad but I am doing my best to get better!” Yang wrote …
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Over the weekend, promotional posters for Jung Kook‘s forthcoming single “Seven” were plastered across London. The BTS member’s latest solo release is scheduled to arrive on July 14, but he’s kicking things off early with two not-so-new singles: “My You” and “Still With You.” Both records, released in 2020 and …
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The Supreme Court’s jarring decision to strike down race from college admissions wasn’t just infuriating, but also an uncomfortable trip back to memory lane. I wasn’t too surprised by the super-conservative majority decision, but disgusted by the weaponizing of Asian-American students against Black students. Throughout my academic life, I, a …
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Beneath the tepid dirty talk and torture porn, The Idol is simmering with one big source of tension: Can pop star Jocelyn (played by Lily Rose Depp) make her big career comeback? We see the chaos of a pop star trying to get back on track before choosing to go …
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Rick Froberg, the singer and guitarist in post-hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, has died at the age of 55. Longtime collaborator John Reis, who played with Froberg since the mid-Eighties when they were members of the San Diego band Pitchfork, confirmed Froberg’s death Saturday on Instagram. “Rick …
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Standing behind a camera atop a tripod onstage at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin, North Carolina, Lyle Lovett peers into the viewfinder and pauses for a moment before hitting the shutter button. Lovett’s road manager yells loudly, “Fire in the hole,” as the room goes …
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday commented on the “strangeness” of a recent ad by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ campaign targeting 2024 rival candidate Donald Trump, claiming the former president “did more than any other Republican to celebrate” pride month. The ad, which begins by citing Trump’s 2016 Republican National …
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