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James Murdoch, the youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, severed his last corporate link to the family business on Friday, resigning from the board of directors of News Corp. due to “disagreements over certain editorial content” and “certain other strategic decisions.” He had already left Fox Corp., the television and entertainment side of the
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All of popular culture has gone topsy-turvy in 2020 due to the relentless coronavirus pandemic. Some things are impervious to change, however, and among them is the gifting suite. This sacred chamber, in which a nominated celebrity enters empty-handed and emerges with a swag bag of high-price gifts from brands eager for an endorsing photograph
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We all want to claim something. To have a little purchase on the land in this lifetime. It’s the American dream, you know. Things threaten that airtight American dream, of course, which is fine. It’s not a dream if it doesn’t take some grist to get. For example, people already living on the one you
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Larsa Pippen is telling Kanye West to MYOB when it comes to women’s reproductive rights, saying that if he can’t get pregnant, he shouldn’t be dissing a woman’s right to choose. Kanye West resurfaced on Twitter on July 31 with more abortion tweets, and Larsa Pippen isn’t having it. The 43-year-old rapper wrote, “Over 22,500,000
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After years of back-and-forth between lawyers for alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, a judge allowed documents from a 2015 civil case to be unsealed on Thursday night. Giuffre had sued Maxwell for defamation after Maxwell said her allegations of Epstein’s sexual abuse were false, and Maxwell’s depositions in the
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TORONTO – Ryan Reynolds is using his Hollywood superstar status to launch an on-set film production inclusivity program for marginalized communities. The Vancouver-born “Deadpool” actor announced plans on Friday for the Group Effort Initiative, which will recruit 10 to 20 trainees from Black, Indigenous and “all other marginalized communities” to work alongside experienced professionals on
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Ayesha Curry shared a photo of herself locking lips with NBA star Steph Curry, a day after celebrating their nine-year wedding anniversary. Thanks to the power of the iPhone’s self-timer feature, Stephen Curry, 32, and Ayesha Curry, 31, were able to capture an incredibly romantic moment. The married couple was pictured locking lips while sitting
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After wink-winking via Twitter about delaying the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump is facing yet another round of dramatic condemnations from the conservative establishment. “Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” the president wrote, insinuating that such a move may be necessary due to his mistrust in vote-by-mail, a process that
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Ellen DeGeneres sent a letter to her show’s crew after allegations about workplace misconduct surfaced earlier this month. BuzzFeed spoke with 10 former employees of The Ellen DeGeneres Show who claimed they were “fired after taking medical leave or bereavement days to attend family funerals.” The employees also told the outlet that they were “instructed
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While FX’s ‘Pose’ received 5 Emmy nods, fans & cast members were disappointed in the oversight of the transgender actresses in the show. Dyllón Burnside spoke to HL about the apparent snub. For the second year in a row, the transgender actresses on FX’s Pose have been shut out of Emmy contention. While the show did receive 5
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Though Campbell agrees in the book that Princess Michael of Kent is “universally deplored in royal circles,” the author argues that the Moretto Veneziano “blackamoor” brooch she was photographed wearing before an event attended by Meghan was not racist because it depicted a Moorish Venetian prince—and not a “Sub-Saharan black slave.” She advised me, “Google
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