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It’s a race against the clock as construction continues on the massive stage inside the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles for Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, with special guest Drake, on Thursday. TMZ reports a crew consisting of more than 200 people has been working around the clock to complete the largest-ever “environmental experience.” The event […]
The plumber who discovered hundreds of cash-filled envelopes inside a wall at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch is getting rewarded for his good deed. Crime Stoppers of Houston announced Tuesday it would give $20,000 to the unidentified plumber. Lakewood Church had originally donated the money to Crime Stoppers in 2014 to offer as a potential reward after $600,000 was taken from a church […]
A Lil Uzi Vert fan is hoping to see the Eternal Atake artist at his upcoming college graduation. Instagram user @bigassheel (a.k.a. Raheel Ahmad), who will graduate from Temple University in Uzi’s hometown of Philadelphia next January, had a chance encounter with Uzi back in 2019 during which he received some added incentive and encouragement […]
A plumber called in to a country-focused radio station in Houston this week with quite a story to tell involving cash, checks, and a toilet at Joel Osteen’s megachurch. On Thursday morning, per a report from regional outlet KPRC, the team at 100.3 The Bull were asking listeners to give them a ring if they had […]
A Massachusetts man was recovering from open-heart surgery when a friend gave him a get-well card with three scratch-off tickets earlier this month. One of those scratch-offs contained the $1 million prize, CNN reports. Alexander McLeish received three “$5,000,000 100X Cashword” instant tickets, a crossword-style game where players are given letters in order to build words. The first […]
Hours before announcing a straight-to-series order for the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, HBO buried an untitled GoT spinoff starring Naomi Watts, even after the pilot episode was filmed. Former WarnerMedia chairman Bob Greenblatt spoke with James Andrew Miller for his latest book, Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, about pulling the plug on one failed show and its incredibly expensive pilot, while […]
A Russian robotics company has issued an unusual offer. The company is willing to pay someone $200,000 to use their face and voice for a human-like robot. According to a press release, Promobot has been “seeking a face for a humanoid robot-assistant which will work in hotels, shopping malls, and other crowded places. The company is ready […]
U.S. debt collectors have a new tool at their disposal: social media. Under financial regulations that went into effect Tuesday, debt collection agencies can now contact people via text or direct messages on social media. The rule was added to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a 44-year-old piece of legislation that controls how debt collectors can […]
Dave East is now the proud owner of a convenience store in Harlem. The 33-year-old rapper took to Instagram on Sunday to announce the news with a post in which he credited the late Nipsey Hussle with inspiring his drive. “Bought my first store today,” Dave East captioned a photo of himself holding a set of […]
Following the news that the family of 9-year-old Astroworld victim Ezra Blount rejected Travis Scott’s offer to pay for the child’s funeral expenses, it has now been revealed that four more families have come forward to deny the request as well. According to Rolling Stone, the attorneys for the families of 21-year-old friends Jacob Jurinek and Franco Patino, 21-year-old […]
