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Judge Judy has made her decision: Officer Byrd is out. Petri Hawkins Byrd, the longtime bailiff on Judge Judy was not asked to continue to serve as Judge Judy’s courtroom officer when Judy Sheindlin’s new show, Judy Justice, which debuts Nov. 1 on IMDB TV. Byrd told Entertainment Weekly that …

In the wake of the shocking murder of popular Memphis rapper Young Dolph, his girlfriend and the mother of his two kids is championing her campaign, “Black Men Deserve to Grow Old.” Mia Jaye had already been promoting her initiative to raise awareness and money for families who lost the …

Defence attorney Kevin Gough speaks during the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s alleged killers at Glynn County Superior Court on November 19, 2021 in Brunswick, Georgia. Photo: Octavio Jones (Getty Images) The balls on this guy. The defense attorney for the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery sunk to a new low …

For an outstanding chronicle of the early years of AIDS activism, look no further than Sarah Schulman’s Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987–1993, which is also an exemplary model for telling a more complete story of a political movement. In writing Let the …

President Joe Biden praised retired Gen. Colin Powell as a close friend and as a national leader during his storied military career, joining others who have served in the White House in remembering him after his death Monday at age 84 of COVID-19 complications.“Colin embodied the highest ideals of both …

A new report from Wired and Reveal claims Amazon’s internal security is so lax that low-level employees could spy on the shopping habits of celebrities. According to Business Insider, an anonymous Amazon service representative told Wired he saw co-workers search the shopping history of musician Kanye West and several unnamed …

Earlier this summer, in a viral TikTok ‘Scholarship Prank,‘ students tricked their mothers and grandmothers into thinking they were recording a touching video tribute for a scholarship. But those warm and fuzzy feelings quickly turned to outrage as the students falsely shared that their loved ones had once engaged in …

Yvonne Orji attends the Los Angeles Premiere Of MGM’s “House Of Gucci” at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on November 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Amy Sussman (Getty Images) Insecure may be ending, but Yvonne Orji is sticking with HBO. Variety reports, the actress/comedian’s latest project will be …

“We brought the car to the American people. Then we built them a truck,” a male voice boomed during the launch event for the Ford F-150 Lightning. As the streetlights of Dearborn, Michigan, flickered lazily behind the stage set up outside company headquarters, a giant screen showed black-and-white footage of …

Some students have chosen to isolate during the festivities. Source link