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A children’s theme park based on the wide world of Sesame Street is under fire amid the sharing of quickly-made-viral footage showing a character seemingly declining to provide a high-five or other acknowledgment to two young Black girls. The footage in question was shared by Instagram user @_jodiii__ and shows a park worker (in character […]
Constance Wu has shared that she attempted suicide following backlash over controversial tweets. The actress opened up about her experience in an extensive message shared via Twitter on Thursday, nearly three years after she stepped away from the platform. Wu, 40, has kept a relatively low profile since she faced a wave of criticism for her comments on Fresh Off […]
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was reported earlier this year to have been arrested at an airport in Moscow, with questions still surrounding the widely condemned incident months later. While the arrest itself took place back in February, the 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury player still remains detained in Russia, which was recently determined to […]
The record-setting box office success of Minions: The Rise of Gru isn’t without its mini-controversies. As you’ve surely seen on TikTok and elsewhere in recent days, particularly enthusiastic fans of the franchise have been showing up to their local theaters in uniformly well-suited throngs. This practice—formally known as the #Gentleminions trend—has resulted in a windfall […]
Chris Brown has publicly shared criticism over the attention being given to his latest album, while simultaneously announcing the release date for its deluxe edition. Breezy, Brown’s tenth solo studio album, was released last month and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Brown, however, argued in a recent Instagram Stories update that […]
A judge has ruled in favor of three U.S. drug distributors in a lawsuit over the ongoing opioid addiction crisis. A federal judge made the ruling in favor of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, McKesson Corporation, and Cardinal Health Inc. on Monday. Per Reuters, U.S. District Judge David Faber argued in his ruling in the West Virginia-focused suit that […]
Twitter users are going in on “Bodega Bro.” Griffin Green, a recent college grad from the midwest, received backlash this week after posting a TikTok criticizing NYC bodegas—small convenience stores that sell a mix of food and staple household items.. The 22-year-old claimed he had just moved to the Big Apple for a tech job, but was struggling to find […]
Former POTUS Donald Trump allegedly threatened Sweden with “trade restrictions” over the 2019 arrest of ASAP Rocky. As TMZ reported on Friday, Morgan Johansson—the country’s Minister for Justice and Home Affairs—recently opened up about Trump’s alleged bullying and noted his worries over how such threats might impact “slightly weaker” governments. “If you can try and […]
Ezra Miller had all the potential of becoming Hollywood’s next big star. The actor, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, got their start on Californication and showed a lot of promise in feature films like 2008’s Afterschool, 2011’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower in 2012. Miller was cast […]
By now, you’ve heard a thing or three about claims surrounding alleged damage done to a revered Marilyn Monroe dress by Kim Kardashian, who wore the dress to this year’s Met Gala. A representative for Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, however, is refuting these claims. Per a report from TMZ, which pointed out that Ripley’s […]
