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Image Credit: Getty images Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards are standing by their BFF, Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia. After country music star Zach Bryan abruptly broke up with LaPaglia—one-third of the BFFs podcast—in October, the other two hosts created a fiery diss track titled “Smallest Man,” blasting the musician over allegations of emotional abuse. But the song,
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One day after the presidential election, and in the days following, Black people across the country, reportedly as young as middle schoolers, received text messages addressing them by name and telling them that they would be transported to plantations to work as slaves and “pick cotton.” While the exact language of the messages vary slightly,
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Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic Thriller album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the
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The GOP has taken back control of the Senate, capturing a narrow majority in the upper chamber after flipping key seats in West Virginia and Ohio red. Republicans are also expected to pick up Montana. Republicans will have control of the Senate for the first time since early 2021, raising the stakes of a presidential
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There are a lot of reasons for Democrats to be optimistic heading into Election Day. Seventy-seven percent of Democratic voters say they’re enthusiastic about going to the polls to vote for Kamala Harris—a huge leap from just 55% in March, when Joe Biden was still at the top of the ticket, and from 50% in
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Image Credit: Getty Images Neveah Crain would have turned 20 this year. Instead, in 2023, the pregnant Texas teenager lost her life after making three urgent visits to various emergency rooms. Crain’s tragic case underscores the impact of the growing anti-abortion movement, which is severely restricting access to essential reproductive healthcare for many Americans. This
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Liza Minelli at the 1973 Oscars, with her father Vincente Minnelli.Getty Images. Liza Minnelli (noncompetitive) – February 21, 1990 Liza Minnelli was the first person to begin their EGOT journey with a Tony Award (best lead actress in a musical, Flora the Red Menace). In 1973, she won back-to-back at the Oscars and Emmys for
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Image Credit: Anadolu via Getty Images Oklahoma has been experiencing intense weather patterns. By late Wednesday night, a severe thunderstorm warning from the National Weather Service for southern Oklahoma County, northwestern Cleveland County, and northwestern McClain County escalated into a tornado watch. The extreme weather, characterized by large hail and damaging winds, has resulted in
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Image Credit: AP Halsey‘s dating life has long been in the spotlight, especially because of her relationships with other stars like Yungblud and G-Eazy. The “Without Me” singer, 29, revealed she was engaged to Avan Jogia on X (formerly known as Twitter) in 2024, following her split from Alev Aydin in 2023. Here’s the full history
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​​This post contains spoilers about the sixth episode of The Penguin, “Gold Summit.” “People will tell you where they’ve gone / They’ll tell you where to go / But till you get there yourself, you never really know,” Joni Mitchell sings in 1976’s “Amelia”—words that Cristin Milioti found herself sobbing to at the 80-year-old’s triumphant
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