The UFC announced on Thursday that Cris “Cyborg” Justino will defend her featherweight title against Holly Holm at UFC 219 on December 19th in Las Vegas. It’s still unknown if the fight will be the night’s main event. Germaine de Randamie defeated Holm at the inaugural Women’s Featherweight Championship earlier …
Read More »Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana in Record-High Numbers: Poll
A new Gallup poll released earlier this month shows that a record-high percentage of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, with 64 percent of those polled in favor of legalization. This marks the highest level of public support since the proposal was first made nearly five decades ago; in 1969, just …
Read More »LeBron James on Race Relations, Donald Trump, Retirement
LeBron James doesn’t know exactly when he wants to retire. But he believes the “icing on the cake” will be fouling his 13-year-old son, LeBron James. Jr., six times in one game. The mortality of his career and joking about his kids was just one of many topics that James …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein: What You Need to Know
Ever since The New York Times published a damning exposé on Thursday, revelations have been coming fast and furious about once-revered Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey detailed how the cofounder of Miramax Films and the Weinstein Company has allegedly been sexually harassing women in and …
Read More »Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock: What We Know So Far
At least 59 people were killed and more than 500 were injured in a shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival outside the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Authorities have named Stephen Paddock as the prime suspect. He was discovered in his room on the 32nd …
Read More »Hugh Hefner Will Be Buried Next to Marilyn Monroe's Crypt
Hugh Hefner will be buried next to Marilyn Monroe, the Hollywood star whose radiant looks helped launch his publishing career. The Playboy founder, who died Wednesday from natural causes at age 91, purchased the crypt next to Monroe’s at L.A. cemetery Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park for $75,000 in …
Read More »Watch Detroit Lions Anthem Singer Take Knee During Performance
With NFL players “taking a knee” Sunday to protest both racial injustice and Donald Trump’s recent comments aimed at the protests, singer Rico LaVelle supported the #TakeAKnee demonstration by kneeling during his performance of the National Anthem before the Detroit Lions game. As Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions players on …
Read More »Amber Tamblyn Pens Open Letter to James Woods: 'I See Your Gaslight'
Amber Tamblyn had no qualms calling out James Woods for his recent proclamations on Twitter in an open letter she published to Teen Vogue Wednesday. The actress first joined in a fiery exchange between Woods and Call Me By Your Name actor Armie Hammer on Monday after Woods tweeted about …
Read More »Richard Branson Shares Images of Hurricane Irma's 'Unforgiving' Damage
Richard Branson was among the thousands of individuals caught in the pummeling wind and rain of Hurricane Irma over the weekend. The billionaire founder of Virgin Group took shelter with his family in a wine cellar in Puerto Rico to ride out the storm, and he took to social media …
Read More »The Human Cost of Monitoring the Internet
People only pay attention to content moderation when it goes wrong. On Easter Sunday, Steve Stephens jumped out of his car and shot a 74 year old man, killing him. They had never met, but Stephens filmed the murder on his phone, and posted it to Facebook. In late April …
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