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Vanessa Bryant and her family are taking the time they need to mourn Kobe and Gianna “Gigi” Bryant. In a message to followers on her Instagram Story, the NBA star’s widow explained that she had to block all Kobe and Gigi fan pages on the platform because they were too difficult to see. “Thx so …

KJ Apa is defending his decision to stay silent about his stance on the Black Lives Matter movement. The proclamation came after a fan suggested that comedian Elijah Daniel watch “The Hate U Give,” a 2018 drama about a police shooting, starring the 22-year-old New Zealand actor. “i love that movie but i do have …

5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford is apologizing for past sexist and homophobic tweets that have recently resurfaced online. “hi. I am so f—king sorry for all the dumb s—t I did when I was younger,” Clifford, 24, tweeted on Saturday. “I am a different person now with a much better understanding of the …

It appears that ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” 30 for 30 documentary, which chronicled the famous 1998 home run chase between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, was a swing and miss for some. While people are starved for baseball as MLB and the players association continue to struggle to find common ground amid contract negotiations that …

As Condé Nast is rocked by claims of discrimination and pay inequality, activists have set up a spreadsheet that allows employees to anonymously share their salaries. The Google Doc — which lists staffers’ titles, salaries, gender, race, sexual orientation and the length of their tenure at the publisher — was passed around on Twitter on …

Cam Newton’s got a new target: Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. On Saturday, the 31-year-old quarterback posted a video of himself throwing passes to Beckham, practicing together at UCLA. “Please do not get it twisted…. ‘Everyday’ I’m crafting!!” Newton captioned the clip, adding the hashtags “shine thru the shade” and “not for likes just for …

A star-studded PSA for the “I Take Responsibility” campaign — featuring “influential voices from the white community [taking] responsibility for turning the racist tide in America” — is now being parodied by the white cast members of popular Netflix series, “Dear White People.” The campaign was immediately met with criticism for its overly dramatic delivery and …

Twitter has removed more than 170,000 accounts that it says have been linked to Chinese government efforts to spread misinformation about the coronavirus and democracy protests in Hong Kong. “In general, this entire network was involved in a range of manipulative and coordinated activities,” the company wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. “They were Tweeting …

Condé Nast has vowed to hire a “global chief inclusion officer” and investigate all claims of pay and workplace discrimination after the publishing giant came under intense scrutiny for race-related issues. The company is promising to hold a town hall series and also to create an “external advisory council focused on anti-racism and inclusion topics,” …

Old gag: They call radio a medium because when it’s well done, it’s rare. WFAN is much like ESPN in that all these years later — since 1979 in ESPN’s case, 1987 in FAN’s — both by now should be much better than they are. Seems that every change in hosts turns WFAN flatter, less …