London On Da Track Responds To Gay Rumors After Video Shows "Gay Porn" In Studio

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  307 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Earlier this week, producer Beatmonster Marc posted a seemingly harmless video of himself hanging out with a bunch of guys, one of whom happened to be London on da Track, while a Young Thug song plays in the background. During the clip, though, the camera passes over a TV monitor, on which there appears to be video of two men hooking up. Of course, there have been gay rumors surrounding Young Thug ever since he got big, and, upon hearing the Thug track in the background, social media instigators and thirsty media outlets assumed that the Slime Season rapper must have been involved. [Read More]

Social media created a generation of 'weakened kids' threatening American culture and capitalism, NY

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  432 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Redeem now A recent WSJ op-ed argued that Gen Z is a generation of "weakened kids." The article was based on an interview with NYU professor Jonathan Haidt.  Haidt said that social media and a culture of victimhood are to blame for Gen Z's state.  The Wall Street Journal ended 2022 with an opinion piece on the "national crisis" of Gen Z, written by Tunku Varadarajan and based on an interview with social psychologist and New York University's Stern School of Business professor Jonathan Haidt. [Read More]

SZA Dropped Some Details About Her SOS Deluxe

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  219 words  |  Larita Shotwell

In case you snoozed and missed the moment, SZA dropped some deluxe news on Friday night. During a surprise album celebration party for SOS in Brooklyn, the singer teased that she’s almost ready to release the long-awaited new version of her sophomore album. “The deluxe is like a whole ‘nother album,” she said, perfan footage of the event shared on X. “It’s called Lana. It’s seven to ten songs. [Read More]

Thomas brothers say new podcast has been 'like therapy' and encourage listeners to 'open up and talk

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  466 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Adam, Ryan and Scott Thomas discuss new podcast 'Mancs On The Mic' By Polly Foreman Scott, Adam and Ryan Thomas spoke to Heart about their new Global podcast 'Mancs On The Mic'. The Thomas brothers are back with a new episode of their brand-new Global podcast Mancs On The Mic, which sees Adam, Ryan and Scott Thomas look back at their lives together. The Manchester-born brothers, who together have had a vast TV career spanning from Emmerdale and Corrie to Love Island, and - more recently - hit ITV show Absolutely India: Mancs in Mumbai, revealed that recording the podcast together was 'like therapy'. [Read More]

Uncle Ben's Changing Name To Ben's Original After Criticism Of Racial Stereotyping

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  467 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Uncle Ben's will now be known as Ben's Original. Food giant Mars, Incorporated said Wednesday that it is changing the rice brand's name, which has faced criticism for racial stereotyping. It said the change signals "the brand's ambition to create a more inclusive future while maintaining its commitment to producing the world's best rice." Mars also said it will remove the image of the elderly Black man in a bow tie from its packaging. [Read More]

What $10 Was Worth the Year You Were Born What That Could Buy Today

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  115 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Advertisement The rate of inflation fluctuates year to year, month to month, as markets and economies change.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics can calculate how much the American dollar was valued in any given year and month. Business Insider used the CPI inflation calculator to find the value of a $10 bill every year in January, from 1965 to 2010, in 2019 dollars. We then figured out how much different products — from Sharpies to New Balance shoes — cost in 2019 to put into perspective the buying power of $10 in past years. [Read More]

Giannis Antetokounmpo Surprised By Adrian Griffin Firing, Claims No S

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  351 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Play video content IT WAS A SUPRISE Giannis Antetokounmpo just shut down rumors that he had a say in Adrian Griffin's firing ... telling reporters Wednesday night the move blindsided him. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar opened up on his coach's eyebrow-raising departure for the first time following a 126-116 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers ... saying straight up Griffin's exit "caught me by surprise." "We were 30 and 13," he said as he sat at a postgame podium. [Read More]

A Timeline of Valerie Harper's Battle With Cancer

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  800 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Valerie Harper's fans were saddened to learn that The Mary Tyler Moore Show actress died  on Friday at the age of 80. Harper -- best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the beloved series, as well as its spinoff, Rhoda -- spent many years before her death struggling with two separate cancer diagnosis. However, the beloved TV star was resilient, maintained a positive attitude, continued to charm fans and appear on the silver screen. [Read More]

Fans of a popular extreme-eating YouTuber were disturbed after she posted QAnon conspiracy theories

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  931 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Redeem now YouTuber Veronica Wang, known for her Mukbang eating videos, called Democrats "demons" and baselessly accused the political party of pedophilia and child trafficking. Wang, who has 1.73 million YouTube subscribers and nearly 200,000 Instagram followers, spread theories associated with QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory that Democrats are involved in child trafficking.  In her Instagram stories, Wang made the false accusations that "satanic Democrats" were "sacrificing children, aborting and selling last trimester babies, and raping kids. [Read More]

Lorin Stein on Translating Frances Most Dangerous Author

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  305 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Submission: a Novel will be published October 20. Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review, discusses tackling Michel Houellebecq’s Submission (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a novel set in a near-future France that has just elected a Muslim president. English translation of the above: “It was arousing, in a way, to pick a Muslim, given the overall political situation.” The scene: Here, the book’s protagonist, François, a professor who specializes in decadent 19th-century writer J. [Read More]