Search results for: “quotemedia/f”
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Alec Baldwin Pays for His Latest Hateful Rant
Lord, how many times will Alec Baldwin have to explain that he is not a raging bigot? Earlier this year, he allegedly called a black photographer a “coon.” He also attacked a British journalist on Twitter, calling him a “toxic little queen.” (And he didn’t think that was homophobic.) Last week he worked overtime: He…
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Sylvester Stallone Reportedly Hurls N-Word at Paparazzi
Sylvester Stallone reportedly got a little testy with photographers who were hot on his trail in Beverly Hills on Thursday, TMZ reports, leading him to allegedly hurl a racial slur, “This [f———g] [n-word] here, this [f——-r].” The incident occurred as he and a friend were leaving Caffe Roma and were being followed by a group…
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Anchors Gracefully Handle a Correspondent's F-Bomb
What should live correspondents do when they can’t get their earpiece to work? Curse. F-bombs are particularly effective. That’s what ClickOnDetroit’s Lauren Podell did during a newscast this morning about a fire investigation. The show’s anchors—who handled it all quite impressively—threw it to Powell, and instead of getting an update, they got, “I can’t get…
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US Media Use American to Show Philippines Typhoon Tragedy
One of the most powerful storms to have ever made landfall dominated news coverage over Veterans Day, with news outlets chasing as many angles as they could in the Philippines tragedy, including first-person accounts, where to send aid, the connection to climate change and, no doubt, finding an American face to place on the story.…
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Facebook-ing Suspect, 16: It Wasn't Over Jacket, It Was Over Your Mom
The 16-year-old arrested in an ice-skating rink shooting in New York City’s Bryant Park threw f-bombs and smiled at reporters as detectives escorted him in handcuffs out of the Midtown South Precinct stationhouse en route to court, the Daily News reports. Cory Dunton was arrested early Sunday after police cornered him in his apartment, even…
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‘The Kinsey Collection’: Where Art and History Intersect
When Bernard and Shirley Kinsey failed to answer questions about their family’s genealogy for their son’s third-grade history class, the Los Angeles couple embarked on a mission to learn more. “We knew instantly that we needed to do more work on our own,” Bernard Kinsey told The Root. “From that situation, we decided that we…
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With Police Closing In, Teen Updates Facebook
A 16-year-old was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with attempted murder after a standoff with police. The teen continuously updated his Facebook status while police were outside his door, the New York Daily News reports. Corey Dunton has been charged in a shooting at Bryant Park ice rink in Manhattan that left one person…
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NSA Spying, Cuba Policy Weaken US Image
(The Root)—Years from now, when pundits give way to historians—and the Tea Party has imploded—Barack Obama’s presidency will be judged not on the success of his national health care law, but instead on his ability to repair the damage done to this nation’s image on his watch. Since the beginning of the 20th century when the…
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Is Kanye West an Internet Troll?
Michael Arceneaux writes at Clutch magazine that Kanye West has transformed from a so-called conscious rapper into the average Internet troll, willing to say anything to get attention. Lord knows I have tried to be patient with Kanye West as it’s becoming ever so clear that he can’t play spades at most peoples’ tables given he’s not…
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'Best Man' Fans Wait 14 Years for Sequel
(The Root) — “You know, people really know me from The Best Man. I’ve done five other movies since then, but it always comes back to The Best Man. It was time to do the sequel.” –Malcolm D. Lee, director, The Best Man Holiday The year is 1999, and a consistent stream of films directed…