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Wendy Williams attends the 2019 NYWIFT Muse Awards on December 10, 2019 in New York City. Photo: Lars Niki (Getty Images) Seven weeks after the start of the Wendy show’s 13th season, how’s she doin’? Well, Wendy Williams says her journey to health—and back to the famed purple chair on …
Read More »Animals of the Future
Dani Choi In June of this year, not long before the midwinter solstice, catastrophic floodwaters draining from the Gippsland Plain, in southeastern Australia, left in their wake an otherworldly phenomenon: Translucent spider silk, extending half a mile in some places, trailed over riverbanks, roadsides, and fields, rising into glistening spires …
Read More »Man Charged With Murdering Two Mothers In Separate Incidents
St. Petersburg police on Wednesday (Oct. 13) charged a man, who was already behind bars in connection with the death of a 35-year-old woman, with the murder of a second woman. Ken Knight, a spokesman for the St. Petersburg Police Department, said investigators don’t believe the shootings were related and …
Read More »Yeezy Apparel Ordered To Pay Almost $1M In Settlement Over Shipping Practices
A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge has ordered the companies behind rapper Ye’s clothing and sneaker brands to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit tied to the brand’s advertised shipping timeframes. NBC News reports a suit was filed on behalf of the people of California by the Los Angeles, Alameda, …
Read More »Observing a One-Year-Old: The Transactional Satisfaction of Flushing the Toilet
Photo: Panama Jackson Being a baby is probably hard. You can’t use words to effectively communicate so you have to use a mix of cries, Obama-sized hopes and the baby version of prayers to see even the most minimal of desires through. For instance, if you’re a baby and you’re …
Read More »How Self-Reliant <em>Was</em> Emerson?
Vedran Štimac In the lead-up to the bicentennial of American independence in 1976, a graduate student sent a proposal to an editor at a trade publisher in New York. Would he consider taking on a book about the Minutemen and their “shot heard round the world,” set painstakingly in a …
Read More »Washington Football Team To Retire Sean Taylor’s Number
On Nov. 27, 2007, NFL player Sean Taylor was shot and killed in a botched burglary at his Miami, Florida home. He was only 24 years old. The Washington Football Team is now honoring him by retiring his number. According to ESPN, Taylor’s No. 21 jersey will be retired, which …
Read More »50 Cent Blasts Starz Amid ‘BMF’ Episode Leak and Talk of Buying The Network
50 Cent is sick of the “sh*tshow” taking place at Starz and is considering buying the entire network to continue spearheading his dominance on the channel. BMF fans might’ve noticed there wasn’t a new episode to watch this Sunday. 50 noted this as well and alluded to what caused the …
Read More »Viola Davis Shares a First Look at Herself as Forever First Lady Michelle Obama
Viola Davis on March 03, 2020 in Beverly Hills, Calif.; Former First Lady and author Michelle Obama on November 15, 2018 in Inglewood, Calif.Photo: Rachel Murray (Getty Images), Kevin Winter (Getty Images) What happens when a beloved Oscar, Tony, Obie, Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, BET, and NAACP Award-winning actress …
Read More »R&B Artist Emani 22 Dead At 22 Years Old
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