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Britney Spears, according to her attorney, fears her father and has no intention of performing again should he remain in charge of her career. Still, a judge has declined to suspend the singer’s father—James Spears—from his role in the court conservatorship that has remained in place for 12 years. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Los […]
Once again, Trump‘s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been made the target of an act of widely publicized vandalism. This time, however, the act is said to have been carried out by a guy in an Incredible Hulk costume. TMZ’s report on the pickaxe-assisted incident, which is said to have went down […]
The REFORM Alliance team has secured its first major legislative victory. On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1950 into law. REFORM Alliance—which was co-founded by Meek Mill, Jay-Z, Michael Rubin, and others—was heavily involved in pushing the bill through the legislature this session alongside its primary sponsor, Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove. The organization’s chief advocacy officer, Jessica Jackson, and its national […]
California Rep. Katie Porter presented another masterclass in political interrogation. On Wednesday, the Democratic lawmaker began trending on Twitter after she grilled a pharmaceutical CEO on his wildly high salary and the significanct price surge for Revlimid—a cancer drug commonly used to treat multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic syndrome. Porter presented her argument during a House Oversight Committee hearing that centered on an […]
California’s governor has signed a historic reparations bill amid nationwide outcries against racial injustice. “After watching last night’s debate, this signing can’t come too soon,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, as he signed Assembly Bill 3121 into law. The legislation makes California the first state to officially consider reparations for slavery; however, as Deadline points out, […]
Employees who work for Disney parks in Florida and California got some grim news this week when they learned from a memo that their employer (The Walt Disney Co.) was planning to lay off 28,000 people. This was attributed to the substantial COVID-19-induced attendance losses experienced by those tourist attractions, which is perhaps something you saw coming if […]
On Saturday, 40-year-old Tatiana Turner was arrested and charged for driving her car through a pro-Trump group during a clash between protesters and counter-protestors at a Black Lives Matter event outside of Los Angeles (specifically, the suburb of Yorba Linda). As BuzzFeed News points out, footage of the chaos was captured and uploaded onto social […]
On Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will make it easier for former inmates to pursue a career as a firefighter. As HuffPost reports, Newsome approved the measures as the state continues to battle wildfires that have already claimed over two million acres. Emergency responders and services have been pushed to the limit […]
“God is not done with California,” Sean Feucht, a self-described “founder of multiple movements” and a “lover of Jesus Christ,” bragged over the weekend. Perhaps to his surprise, neither is COVID-19. Feucht, further described in this CBS Sacramento report as a pastor associated with Bethel Church in Redding, also boasted about an alleged attendance of more than 12,000 […]
A fire that’s caused the evacuation of thousands of people and destroyed more than 7,000 acres has now been determined to have been caused by at least one idiot. In a public statement shared on Sunday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shared an update on the cause of the El Dorado Fire, revealing […]
