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A Durham, Ontario region police officer is now facing disciplinary charges for a video she posted online in support of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ while dressed in uniform. Constable Erin Howard is charged under the Police Service Act with two counts of discreditable conduct, two counts of insubordination, and two counts of breach of confidence. She is due to make her […]
The unscripted slap that Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock during the 94th annual Academy Awards will likely go down as one of the most shocking live television moments of all time. Smith, who approached Rock on stage moments after he delivered an off-side joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, managed to silence an […]
In HBO’s award-winning biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, it was important to recreate the Oscar scene. Dandridge was the first Black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her title role in the Otto Preminger-directed Carmen Jones. The 1954 film, which featured an all-Black cast including Harry […]
TMZ has obtained an internal email sent by an Applebee’s franchise executive suggesting that the company’s best response to rising gas prices would be lowering the wages of new potential employees. Wayne Pankratz, an exec for American Franchise Capital, which owns a reported 50 Applebee’s locations across the Midwest, believes the restaurant could benefit from a number of factors, including inflation, the gas price […]
Elon Musk has a question for his followers. The Tesla CEO—who recently challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “single combat”—hopped back on Twitter on Friday to ask his followers about free speech, and if they feel “Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle.” In a poll he shared, in which over 2 million users participated, roughly […]
Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean islands have hit the market for $125 million. According the Wall Street Journal, the properties include the 160-plus-acre Great St. James and the 72-acre Little St. James, located near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The late financier reportedly purchased the latter—widely known as “Pedophile Island” and “Orgy Island”—in 1998 for around $8 million. […]
A California man is facing decades behind bars for his alleged involvement in illegal wildlife trade. According to the Justice Department, 30-year-old Jose Manuel Perez—aka “Julio Rodriguez”—was arrested last month after he tried to smuggle dozens of reptiles from Mexico into the U.S. Federal agents say the Oxford resident was stopped at the border, and was found with […]
A Brazilian singer says she’s no longer ashamed to let it rip, after she was hospitalized with a case of “trapped farts.” Viviane de Queiroz Pereira—better known by her stage name Pocah—made the admission in a recent Instagram story after she was treated for intestinal gas buildup. The 27-year-old told her 15.7 million followers she was too […]
Drake remains a class act. The OVO rapper teamed up with LeBron James to surprise a family with a life-changing gift. He captured the moment in an Instagram video filmed at Toronto’s Harbour 60 restaurant, which is where he shot his 2011 “Headlines” video. ”Lot of memorable nights in this room in my life, for sure,” he tells the […]
Latto has elaborated further on recent comments regarding an unnamed artist who made the process of clearing a feature difficult, stating in a nearly 44-minute discussion with the Breakfast Club team on Wednesday that her aim was simply to offer “insight” on such behavior for other women. The 777 MC was asked about the comments […]
