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Ronnie Lee refused to eat pork. “Swine,” he said, “was unclean.” My oldest cousin was never particularly religious. In fact, the only time I ever recall Ronnie Lee in the pews of a church was for various family funerals and weddings, where he often came dressed to the nines with high-shined Stacy Adams and silk-brimmed,

Courts and Crimes Actress’ testimony would show Church of Scientology’s “various tactics used to destroy her” A judge ruled at Paul Haggis’ rape lawsuit trial that the defense could call on Leah Remini — who, like Haggis, is a former Scientologist — to testify as a character witness. Before the trial started in Oct., it

‘Don’t Respect It’ Lakers star says of canceled Kanye West episode of The Shop, “It was hate conversation going on there. And I don’t represent that” LeBron James touched on the controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving’s boosting of an antisemitic film and the decision to not broadcast an episode of The Shop with Kanye West in

Elon Musk has owned Twitter for just one week — though in all the turmoil, it has felt like a lifetime. From the firing of top executives “for cause,” to the restriction of employee access to content moderation tools, to right-wingers turning on the man they once believed to be their savior, to brands pausing

Another Loss On the heels of a suspension from the Brooklyn Nets, Nike cuts ties with the star basketball player A day after the Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for promoting an antisemitic film, Nike has cut ties with the star basketball player. In a statement sent to Rolling Stone, the company said: “At Nike,

Nick Cannon will soon have enough children to build a soccer team. Via a nude photoshoot (of course) with model Alyssa Scott, the two announced that they have a “miracle” on the way after the couple lost their 5-month-old son to brain cancer last December. The baby on the way marks the Wild N’ Out

Once the Black Panther, always the Black Panther. In the first episode of Wakanda Forever, Marvel’s official Black Panther podcast, host Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler on how the Marvel film went from potential script to worldwide success. Coogler is returning to direct the upcoming sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and

Kyrie Irving is finally addressing the controversy surrounding the antisemitic film he shared to his Twitter followers. But even with his new statement, he didn’t apologize. On Wednesday, Iriving “took responsibility” for his action and said he doesn’t believe that what the film said was “true or reflects my morals and principles.” “I oppose all

In a series of rapid changes to the Twitterverse, Elon Musk plans to lay off about 3,700 Twitter employees, or about half of the current workforce, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday that cited people familiar with the matter. The move comes as an effort to cut costs following Musk’s $44 billion purchase of

COVID. Monkeypox. The old-fashioned flu. We’re living in a new era of overlapping viral outbreaks. But as frightening as these diseases might be, at least there are safe, effective and readily-available vaccines for each of them—even if the first COVID vaccines did take a year of frantic work. There’s at least one viral disease we

Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal are not happy with the NBA’s decision to not suspend Kyrie Irving for his antisemitic actions on Twitter. Last week, Irving promoted a venomously antisemitic book on Twitter, which Rolling Stone first reported. On Inside the NBA Tuesday, the former pro players said they believed that Irving should have been

Twitter, which was officially acquired by Elon Musk last week, has frozen access to content moderation tools for all but a handful of employees, Bloomberg reports. As the U.S. election nears, this may hamper the staff’s ability to prevent misinformation. The news follows a string of company upheavals that have taken place since Musk took

~Spooky~ Timing Tens of thousands of users have reported receiving sudden account suspensions Instagram has said it is investigating why thousands of users have suddenly had their accounts suspended. Users across the globe have reported being locked out of their profiles, having received a message which states: “We suspended your account on October 31, 2022.” Responding

Twitter Blues Elon Musk to fire employees who don’t meet Nov. 7 deadline for implementation, according to The Verge Elon Musk has been busy since he took the reins at Twitter on Thursday, Oct. 27. Just before it was official, he brought a sink to HQ, then he fired some top executives, made plans to

Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam — who each spent more than 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X — will receive $26 million from New York City to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of the men, as The New York Times reports. Aziz

(Sub)Culture Sources told The New York Times layoffs are imminent as soon as this weekend Elon Musk is readying to layoff employees at Twitter, according to four sources who spoke with The New York Times. Some may lose their positions as soon as this weekend per the report. He has already fired several executives according

Halloween Tragedy in Seoul Another 150 people were injured in the capital’s Itaewon district, according to officials At least 149 people died and another 150 were injured during a crowd surge on Saturday night in Seoul, South Korea’s Itaewon district, the city’s fire department said. As The New York Times reports, the popular nightlife area

The family of murdered high school student Hae Min Lee has requested an evidentiary hearing regarding the decision to vacate the conviction of Adnan Syed in her death, claiming prosecutors treated the family in a “callous and unconstitutional manner” by not giving them enough notice or an opportunity to comment on the decision. Steve Kelly,

Stripped of Their Cash The Rhode Island man used a portion of swindled money to gamble in Las Vegas The Tinder swindler and Anna Delvey have some competition. On Thursday, a man from Rhode Island pled guilty to federal criminal charges of securities fraud and wire fraud after admitting he lied to investors and stole

The Miss Universe Organization is arguably in better hands now. On Wednesday, it was announced that Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip — a Thai media tycoon who has been open about her experiences as a trans woman — purchased the pageant for $20 million, CNN reports. Jakrajutatip is also the CEO of JKN Global Group PCL, a