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While Sunday night’s Grammys went off without any real controversy, the same can’t be said for the show’s premiere ceremony. Once again, Bill Burr got the people talking with a racy joke about identity politics. Burr began his presenting gig with some pretty innocuous jokes about his portion of the show not being televised. “Was […]
Prince William is the latest to speak out in response to the ongoing criticism facing the royal family in the wake of this month’s Oprah Winfrey interview with his brother Harry and sister-in-law Meghan Markle. William’s brief comments on Thursday, notably, make him the first member of the family to directly address the interview. Previously, Buckingham […]
Stacey Dash says she’s sorry for the divisive comments she made during her time as a political pundit. The 52-year-old actress issued the apology during an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, insisting she regrets the role she played while working at Fox News. The conservative network hired Dash as an analyst/commentator in 2014, but fired her nearly three years later […]
A paraplegic inmate in St. Louis, Missouri, is suing the city after he was allegedly forced to go more than five months without bathing. The complaint states 39-year-old Anthony Tillman arrived at the St. Louis City Justice Center on Oct. 5, and has been denied a shower because the facility is not equipped to accommodate wheelchair-users. Upon his arrival, Tillman […]
Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy has responded to claims from Naya Rivera’s father of “broken promises” and “hollow gestures” in connection with a previously announced vow of establishing a college fund for the late actress and singer’s son Josey. In a number of tweets on Tuesday, George Rivera suggested there’s been little to no movement on the […]
Gunplay has addressed widely criticized footage in which he’s seen hurling a number of deeply offensive comments and anti-Asian slurs at someone on Instagram Live. In the footage in question, recently shared by WorldStarHipHop but circulating since at least a month ago, the Maybach Music Group-affiliated artist is seen calling someone on his Live a “g**k […]
JT has, once again, deleted her Twitter account. The City Girls member deactivated her account amid backlash over her treatment of a fan who claims to have cancer. Screenshots shared by Pop Crave show the fan reaching out to JT, requesting just five minutes of her time. The user—Shaddai Randolph—accompanied her message with a photo of her on […]
A North Carolina police department is facing backlash over a disturbing video taken during a K-9 training session. The footage, which was sent to FOX 46 by an anonymous source, shows an unidentified Salisbury officer shouting “Stay!” at the K-9 before taking questionable actions. We see the man approach the dog and then lifting it up off […]
Sales of books written by Dr. Seuss soared after the author’s estate announced earlier this week that six titles would no longer be published because they contained racist and insensitive imagery, Rolling Stone reports. As of Wednesday evening, Dr. Seuss books occupy all but one entry in the top 10 of Amazon’s Best Sellers in Books […]
Amid calls from NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and others to step aside, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held a news conference on Wednesday, marking his first such event in roughly a week. Late last month, Gov. Cuomo asked Attorney General Letitia James and Janet DiFiore—chief judge of the Court of Appeals—to jointly appoint an […]
