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After stops in Hawaii and Italy, tourism organization Destinations Québec Cité wants HBO’s The White Lotus to consider Quebec City as a possible location for season three. In a publically available pitch deck, Robert Mercure, the general manager of Destinations Québec Cité, pleaded his case to the series creator Mike White, hoping that the veteran writer would bring The […]
Germany has returned multiple historic sculptures to Nigeria after they were stolen more than a century ago. The sculptures in question, widely referred to as the Benin bronzes, were the subject of a joint declaration between the two governments earlier this year. That agreement established plans to begin transferring the pieces back to Nigeria following […]
After clothing store H&M released a new collection featuring Justin Bieber’s face printed across several articles of clothing, the Canadian pop star took to Instagram to denounce it, stating that H&M moved forward with the collection without his approval. The collection includes a sweatshirt, a bag, and a dress with Bieber’s face and lyrics etched […]
The “Some Cut” Challenge wasn’t supposed to be a TikTok challenge. Ysabelle Capitulé, a 24-year-old Bay Area dancer, was tapped by Victoria Monét to design some music festival dance breaks to the Trillville classic after she previously curated moves to go with the singer’s “Ass Like That” single. But back in September, Monét’s choreography went viral—with almost […]
As made clear in the early days of the Elon Musk era of Twitter, the platform’s unique status among social media offerings is changing rapidly, with many longtime users expressing mounting frustrations over looming changes. This has been coupled, of course, with a shared feeling of grief brought on by the realization that Twitter (or […]
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has turned down an effort from the defense attorney of the man convicted in the murder of Nipsey Hussle to have their client’s conviction reduced to a lesser charge. As reported by regional outlet KNBC, Judge H. Clay Jacke rejected efforts to have the initial first-degree murder conviction of […]
A Florida teenager is being charged with first-degree attempted murder after authorities claim he stabbed his mother and hit her over the head with a frying pan until the handle broke. The violent outburst from 17-year-old Tobias “Toby” Jacob Brewer reportedly happened because his mother was “constantly on his case about cleaning his room,” according to the arrest report […]
A peculiarly located human heart has Tennesseans scratching their heads this week. Per a report from regional outlet WBIR-TV, the heart in question was found in a salt pile at a Tennessee Department of Transportation facility in the McEwen area last week. At first, the heart was mistaken for what the report describes as a […]
There’s a new most-liked Instagram post in town and it’s all thanks to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 proceedings. As of Tuesday, the title changeover had been made official: Lionel Messi of Argentina’s victory-celebrating post on Instagram, as seen below, is now the most-liked in the social media platform’s history. At the time of this writing, […]
Hours after Elon Musk shared a poll on Twitter asking if he should step down as head of the company, Snoop Dogg hopped on the platform to ask his followers the same question. “Should I run Twitter?” Snoop tweeted. The poll, which was posted Sunday night, has since received nearly three million responses, with 81 percent of […]
