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Just ‘Despicable’: Actor Dressed as Gru From Despicable Me Fired After Making Racist Gesture in Pic With Biracial Child
Full disclosure: I love Despicable Me with the hilarious, sometimes anti-hero, Gru and all his Minions. But a child’s family vacation featuring some of her favorite movie characters from the film was marred when an actor dressed as Gru made a racist gesture while posing in a picture with the little girl. Just despicable. “I’ve…
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Supreme Court to Weigh In on Louisiana Abortion Law in What Is Expected to Be a Test of How Trump’s Conservative Picks Will Vote
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday announced it would review an anti-abortion law out of Louisiana in a case being seen as a test of the impact Donald Trump’s newly picked conservatives on the court will have on women’s right to choose to have the procedure. At issue is a Louisiana law that requires doctors…
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Expletive-Laced Locker Room ‘Pep Talk’ Has LA Sparks GM Penny Toler in WNBA’s Sights
The WNBA is looking into what was reportedly an expletive- and epithet-laden locker room “pep talk” given by Los Angeles Sparks general manager Penny Toler to her losing team during Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs. “We understand the heat of the moment and that the Sparks lost in the semifinals, but we don’t condone…
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All About the Comeback: Cardi B Wants to Name Her Next Album ‘Tiger Woods’
In a year when Cardi B stayed winning (a Grammy, a BET Award and a Billboard trophy among her victories), it’s obvious she’s good when it comes to the come-up. That appears to explain, at least in part, how the rap star came to decide to dub her next album “Tiger Woods.” Hip-hop and sports…
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Open Secret? This Time, Trump Publicly Seeks a Foreign Country’s Help in Digging Up Dirt on Biden
Despite being the subject of a House impeachment inquiry over reports he sought the help of a foreign power for personal gain (aiding his re-election hopes), Donald Trump on Thursday publicly asked a different foreign power—China—to do the exact same thing. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump said China…
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#TrumpMeltdown: House GOP Worries About Lack of Controls as the Donald Becomes Increasingly Combative on Impeach Probe
As Democrats’ determination to continue its impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump becomes more evident each day, Trump has begun to look and sound increasingly unhinged, including a meltdown Wednesday that made for a trending hashtag on Twitter. The Trump White House’s lack of a “playbook” about how to respond to his impeachment woes has House…
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Amber Guyger Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Murdering Botham Jean
Amber Guyger, the ex-Dallas cop convicted of murdering her upstairs neighbor Botham Jean after she entered his home uninvited and shot him dead, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison. The same Dallas County jury that found her guilty Tuesday of murdering the 26-year-old accountant last year as he sat in his living room…
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Jordan Peele Inks 5-Year Moviemaking Deal With Universal Pictures
Moviemaker Jordan Peele is obviously a hitmaker, with his blockbuster debut, Get Out, and his follow-up hit, Us. But with a new five-year production deal he’s inked with Universal Pictures, Peele is set to be a king (or queen) maker, too. The major studio announced Tuesday that it had entered into a five-year exclusive production…
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Really, Sis? Woman Risks Her Own Circle of Life in Dance With a Real ‘Lion King’ at NYC’s Bronx Zoo
In what would seem to be the very definition of a stupid human trick, a woman was captured on Instagram video engaging in a dance with possible death when she jumped an enclosure at New York’s Bronx Zoo and decided to shake her tail feather with a full-grown lion. Herman Reynoso was visiting the zoo…
