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Woman Files $10,000,000 Lawsuit Against Usher for Allegedly Exposing Her to Herpes
By now you’ve probably heard about the $1 million settlement that R&B singer Usher made to a stylist who claimed that the pop star infected her with the herpes simplex 2 virus. Court documents show that the singer was allegedly diagnosed with HSV-2 in 2009 or 2010 and knowingly had sex with a woman without…
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Madame Tussauds ‘Adjusts’ Beyoncé Wax Statue After Removing It
Madame Tussauds caught hellfire when Beyoncé’s wax figure hit social media. The statue looked more like Kate Hudson and nothing like Beyoncé. From the lighter complexion to the facial features, many people guffawed about the fact that the museum hadn’t done a better job. On Thursday the statue was temporarily removed from the museum’s floor;…
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Jada Pinkett Smith Addresses Rumors She and Will Smith Are Swingers
For years, rumors that they’re swingers have circled around the marriage of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, and that being in the swinging lifestyle is what has kept their marriage going strong. Finally, Pinkett Smith is speaking about what she refers to as the most absurd rumor of them all. In an appearance Thursday…
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Game of Thrones Creator on Confederate Series: We Might Mess Up, but We Haven’t Yet
Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are responding to the backlash concerning their new HBO series, Confederate. The alt-history series, which is built around the fictional premise of the Confederacy having won the war and slavery still existing, was met with criticism after HBO announced the show Wednesday. Benioff, Weiss, and producers…
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Passenger on JetBlue Flight Had to Endure Someone’s Feet on Armrests
Imagine realizing that you’d struck gold and didn’t have to sit next to two other people on your flight, only to find out that you’d have to endure something worst than fighting over armrests and people trying to make their way to the restroom. In the case of Jessie Char’s flight from Long Beach, Calif.,…
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Kanye West Gifts Paralyzed Fan With a Pair of Yeezys and a Handwritten Note
Kanye West made a fan pretty happy when he gave him a pair of Yeezy Boost 350 V2s. Tyler Wesley, who was paralyzed after an accident caused him to sustain a vertebrae break, proudly displayed West’s gift to him on Instagram. “Tyler, You are an inspiration you show the world anything is possible thank you…
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British Study Shows Cyberbullying Thrives on Instagram
What’s the worst social networking site for cyberbullying? At one point, you’d probably say Twitter, but according to a new study done by Ditch the Label, a British anti-bullying nonprofit group, it’s Instagram. Instagram, where diet teas and makeup gurus thrive, actually has a larger base of younger people than other sites, and people between…
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HBO, Game of Thrones Creators Come Up With a Series That’s a White Nationalist’s Wet Dream
In today’s “Who asked for this?” news, Game of Thrones creators have a new show coming to HBO called Confederate. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ show will give an alternative spin to history, and show what the world would be like if the Confederacy won the war. Basically, it sounds like every member of…
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Harpo, Who Dis Woman? It Sure Isn’t Beyoncé
You see that lovely photo of the white woman above? Allegedly it’s Beyoncé’s Madame Tussauds wax figure. And it has users on social media going, “WTF?” For some reason the photo looks more like Jennifer Lawrence with a bloated face than Beyoncé, and people on Twitter want answers: Who could this wax figure be? Maybe…
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No One Wants to Be on a Plane With Your Lice-Infested Child
I remember the first time I heard the term “lice.” I was in the third grade and was warned by my grandmother: “Never borrow anyone’s comb or brush at school. You’re not bringing lice into this house.” Those words have stuck with me till this day; so imagine my shock and horror after reading about…
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