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Image Credit: Donald Traill/Shutterstock Thirty years ago, a city of millions turned its hate on five teenage boys. The Central Park Five — Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray and Yusef Salaam — were accused of gang-raping a white jogger. They were vilified in the press, Donald Trump called for their execution and they
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Just last year, Jennifer Lawrence announced her willingness to return to the Hunger Games franchise, saying “If Katniss ever could ever come back into my life, 100 percent.” But right now, she has an even more demanding project on her plate: the upcoming birth of her second child. The news came after the Lawrence—once the
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Image Credit: Getty Images Simon Cowell is known for many things in the entertainment industry, from being a judge on talent competition shows to forming one of the biggest boy bands, One Direction. Recently, he made headlines by breaking his silence on former band member Liam Payne’s passing. In a statement released on Instagram on Friday,
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Lily Gladstone remembers where she was when she first heard that over 200 unmarked graves had possibly been found at Kamloops Indian Residential School—a segregated boarding school for First Nations youth run by the Catholic Church in Canada. At the time, Gladstone was in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in the midst of filming Killers of the Flower
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People often say to me that I wouldn’t personally be affected by a second Donald Trump presidency. After all, I live in a blue city in a blue state, and I’m a married, heterosexual woman who isn’t looking to have any more children. I won’t need medication like mifepristone for a miscarriage (though I do
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Image Credit: Getty Images Kaseem Ryan, better known as “Ka,” has died at the age of 52. On Monday, October 14, 2024, his family announced his passing through an Instagram post, stating,  “He leaves an extraordinary legacy as a recording artist, including eleven remarkable self-released solo albums. Ka is survived by his wife, mother and
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Another week, another series of sexual assault-related bombshells from the world of music. First, Diddy. The firehose of stories about Sean (Diddy) Combs and his “freak off parties” involve everything from alleged sexual assault and sex trafficking to kidnapping, weapons charges, drug use and arson. The memes involving the more than 1,000 bottles of lube
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In a musical landscape that thrives on reinvention, UniversalDice’s Misfit Memoirs comes across as both refreshingly grounded and intriguingly unclassifiable. The band, helmed by Gerry Dantone, crafts a 14-track album that veers between heartfelt simplicity and sprawling complexity, offering up slices of life that are alternately raw, tender, and jagged. The album opens with “My
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian comedian and former talk show host Mike Bullard has died at age 67. His family confirmed to Global News that Bullard was found dead of a suspected heart attack. Bullard got his start in comedy doing live standup at comedy clubs across Ontario, before moving to
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Jason Kelce has apparently had it with Taylor Swift’s fans. The retired NFL player accused the billionaire singer’s fanbase of election interference this week, saying that they’re responsible for forcing him into an “agonizing review” of the 2005 coming-of-age film Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. But just a few days after Kelce’s grumpy announcement, his
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Image Credit: Getty Images Two of the most popular companies are partnering to give anyone with a sweet tooth the best treat. Krispy Kreme and McDonald’s are working together to provide free doughnuts to customers. In a press release, the Krispy Kreme president and CEO explained the reason behind the company’s decision to collaborate with
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Big Blue (alternately known as Big Blue – A Fishy Tale) emerges from the combined minds of Kris Hallesy and Matthew Aird, and in its essence, it is an ode to the adventures of youth that slip too easily into the realm of myth. Here, the myth takes the form of Big Blue, a fish
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