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A woman on an American Airlines flight had an apparent mental breakdown, causing her to try to open the plane’s door mid-flight and attack flight attendants. Yahoo News reports that as a result, flight attendants had to duct tape the woman to her seat, with the whole incident captured on a since-deleted TikTok video, filmed by […]
The mother of TikTok star Matima ‘Swavy’ Miller has responded to Wendy Williams’ comments about the 19-year-old’s death. “Look at my eyes and stuff. Y’all, like as a mother, Wendy Williams, how dare you? So disrespectful. I used to watch you as a child and even though you have a gossip show and all that, […]
A TikTok creator is bringing attention to what many have argued is merely the latest example of the wildly popular app’s unfair treatment of people of color. In recent days, TikTok user @ziggityler has shared a number of videos focused on what he says he experienced when trying to update his bio in the app’s […]
An Australian girl known for making TikToks about her family’s farm has died by suicide. The New York Post reported the death of Caitlyn Loane, who was a fourth-generation farmer in Tasmania, Australia. She worked as a livestock manager at her parent’s cattle farm, which encompassed 1,400 acres, or 2.3 square-miles. The 19-year-old wanted to manage the […]
A 19-year-old TikTok star known for his dancing videos died from an apparent gunshot wound in Delaware on Monday, police have confirmed. Swavy, whose real name is Matima Miller, was identified as the victim of “a fatal shooting incident” by the Wilmington Police Department, according to a Tuesday statement. He died after being transferred to a hospital […]
It’s no secret that social media stars have become a huge target for online trolls. Case in point: a 36-year-old mother whose viral transformation videos have garnered millions of TikTok likes and countless critical comments. Alicia Hebner, who goes by Princess Glitterhead on social media, made headlines earlier this year for her series of glow-up videos centered on her snap-in dentures. […]
It’s a full-force bright-skies Saturday when I sit to chat with Curtis Waters about his latest project, Plastic World. He is our generation’s answer to the one effortlessly cool scene kid of the early aughts: the self-effacing wuderkind has a penchant for a very self-aware brand of irony, and grew up in Nepalese culture, which […]
Viral TikTok star Georgie Boy aka George the Monkey unexpectedly passed away this week during a routine visit to the vet, his owners confirmed. The black-capped capuchin amassed over 17 million followers in under two years, largely for videos where he excitedly opened packages and studied their contents. “We have devastating news. George went to the […]
Joe Biden has issued an executive order that will invalidate the Trump administration’s efforts to ban TikTok, WeChat, and eight more communications and financial technology apps linked to China. According to CNN, Biden’s new order requests the Commerce Department to conduct a broad review of the applications, with the secretary of commerce, director of national […]
After seeing a viral TikTok video about a door-opening contraption, one woman recognized the device as being similar to one that was used to break into her family’s hotel room when she was 15 years old. Josie Bowers—now 19 and known on TikTok as @josiebowers10—shared a video in which she’s seen dueting another TikTok clip from […]
