• 3 Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars of color depart video channel amid controversy

    3 Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars of color depart video channel amid controversy

    These Bon Appétit stars are saying bon voyage. Bon Appétit Test Kitchen contributing writer Priya Krishna, assistant food editor Sohla El-Waylly and contributing food editor Rick Martinez have announced they are leaving the video channel. Their departure comes after five weeks of contract negotiations, reports Business Insider, and a slew of controversy at the popular …
  • The NRA responded to Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden's renewed push to ban

    The NRA responded to Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden's renewed push to ban "assault weapons" by telling him to "come and take it."

    On August 4, 2020, Breitbart News reported Biden tweeted, “As president, I’ll take on the powerful gun lobby to pass universal background checks, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and close loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands. We can and will end our gun violence epidemic.” On August 5, 2020, Biden tweeted, “Weapons of …
  • More than two dozen women accuse Ron Jeremy of sexual assault: report

    More than two dozen women accuse Ron Jeremy of sexual assault: report

    More than two dozen women have come forward with allegations of sexual assault and rape against porn star Ron Jeremy, according to a new report. The wave of accusers contacted prosecutors in Los Angeles shortly after the once-revered king of smut was charged with raping and sexually assaulting four women, the Los Angeles Times said. …
  • Zoe Saldana apologizes for playing Nina Simone in biopic

    Zoe Saldana apologizes for playing Nina Simone in biopic

    Zoe Saldana has tearfully apologized for portraying Nina Simone in a widely criticized 2016 biopic. “I should have never played Nina,” Saldana — who wore a prosthetic nose and darkened her skin for the role — admitted during an interview with “Pose” creator Steven Canals on Instagram Live on Tuesday. “I should have done everything …
  • Migos member Takeoff sued for alleged rape at LA house party

    Migos member Takeoff sued for alleged rape at LA house party

    One-third of Migos, Takeoff, is being sued by a Los Angeles woman who claims the rapper raped her at a June party. According to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the plaintiff — going by Jane Doe — was invited to a June 22 house party in Encino, Calif., by occasional Migos …
  • J.A. Happ concerns grow in Yankees loss to Phillies

    J.A. Happ concerns grow in Yankees loss to Phillies

    Not even the Yankees’ offense could bail out J.A. Happ this time. The struggling left-hander had another shaky start Wednesday in Philadelphia, allowing four runs in just three innings in the Yankees’ 11-7 loss to the Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader. It was the Yankees’ first appearance in a seven-inning doubleheader, a …
  • Nicole Richie’s kids dig up her NSFW bachelorette party post

    Nicole Richie’s kids dig up her NSFW bachelorette party post

    Nicole Richie’s kids recently stumbled upon a NSFW Snapchat post the reality TV star shared on social media back in 2016. Richie, 38, revealed to fans Tuesday that her pre-teen children — 12-year-old daughter Harlow and 11-year-old son Sparrow — texted her a screenshot of a racy social media post where, while attending a bachelorette …
  • OpenIgloo app allows NYC renters to rate their landlords, apartment buildings

    OpenIgloo app allows NYC renters to rate their landlords, apartment buildings

    New York City’s 311 hotline has received more than 90,000 housing complaints since the coronavirus lockdown began in March, with a third of callers griping about heat and hot-water issues. The city also has seen a 40-percent drop in bedbug complaints between 2015 and 2019, while cockroach and mice complaints are up 20 percent and …
  • Maddie Ziegler apologizes for past ‘racially insensitive’ videos

    Maddie Ziegler apologizes for past ‘racially insensitive’ videos

    Maddie Ziegler issued an apology after “racially insensitive” videos from her childhood resurfaced online. “There are a few videos some of you have seen from when I was about 9 years old where I thought it was funny to mock people and accents,” the former “Dance Moms” star wrote in a statement posted to social …
  • Oprah called a ‘fraud’ for calling out ‘white privilege’ since she’s so rich

    Oprah called a ‘fraud’ for calling out ‘white privilege’ since she’s so rich

    Twitter critics have a billion-dollar bone to pick with Oprah Winfrey. The 66-year-old media mogul has been labeled a hypocritical “fraud” following the latest installment of her AppleTV+ series, “The Oprah Conversation,” featuring former NFL star and race activist Emmanuel Acho. Acho, 29, who also hosts the web series “Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man,” …