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Bon Appétit editor resigns after ‘brownface’ photo resurfaces
Adam Rapoport, the longtime editor in chief of food magazine Bon Appétit, resigned after a photo showing him wearing a racist costume surfaced on Twitter and several staffers publicly called out racist practices within the magazine. In a statement on Instagram, Rapoport, who led the magazine since 2010, wrote, “I am stepping down as editor-in-chief…
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Seth Rogen has one response for those posting ‘all lives matter’
After posting on Instagram in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Seth Rogen pulled no punches when responding to fans who replied that “all lives matter.” On Tuesday, Rogen posted a stark graphic emblazoned with the movement’s name and captioned “If this is a remotely controversial statement to you, feel free to unfollow me.”…
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Lea Michele apologizes for ‘traumatic microaggressions’
Lea Michele apologized publicly after a former “Glee” co-star, Samantha Ware, accused her of racist behavior on set. Trouble began when Michele condemned police violence after George Floyd’s death. “This is not an isolated incident and it must end,” she tweeted on Friday, expressing support for the Black Lives Matter Movement. On Monday Ware, who…
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Scandal-prone influencer Arielle Charnas is battling over her florist bill on Instagram
Just over a month after tearfully apologizing for her last coronavirus-era transgressions, beleaguered influencer Arielle Charnas is making headlines again — this time for stiffing her florist. Owner of the clothing line Something Navy, Charnas has racked up over a million Instagram followers by sharing daily outfit selfies, lukewarm TikTok dance routines, and snapshots of…
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After Trojan’s horny bread cookbook, babka will never look the same
First your frenemies started posting their perfect loaves of sourdough bread on Instagram. Then shortages of flour and yeast became so severe that people started arguing about who has the right to make their own bread and who deserves supermarket offal. Now, condom manufacturer Trojan has published an e-cookbook of phallus-shaped bread recipes for bakers…
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Has celebrity chef Alison Roman been cancelled for good?
Several lengthy apologies later, it looked like the feud between celebrity chef Alison Roman and model-cum-lifestyle-guru Chrissy Teigen was over — until The New York Times stepped in. The newspaper has placed Roman’s bi-weekly column “on temporary leave,” a spokesperson told the Daily Beast on Tuesday, after disparaging comments Roman made about two Asian celebrities…
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Knead to know: this teenager will school you in bagel-making
Since the start of shelter-in-place, I have watched a lot of bread videos. Most of them fill me with panic (at my lack of life skills), fury (at other people’s apparent ability to structure their time) and shame (regarding the 12 packets of yeast I optimistically purchased at the beginning of this pandemic and the…
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Alison Roman and Chrissy Teigen are sparring on Twitter. Here’s what you need to know.
I’ll preface this article by mentioning that I do enjoy the stew. You know what stew. It’s the stew that every millennial who owns a pot has cooked, the stew so Internet famous that if you Google the word “stew” the first result is the name of its creator, New York Times resident chef Alison…
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Glee star Lea Michele is pregnant with her first child
Lea Michele, the “Glee” diva who taught a generation of girls to love their non-regulation schnozzes, is pregnant with her first child. Michele’s Instagram announcement was short on words: the caption read simply “so grateful,” and concluded with a single, gender-ambiguous yellow heart. But who needs words when you have snapshots of celebs who haven’t…
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Passover’s almost over, but it’s not too late to watch Jack Black slay ‘Chad Gadya’
The last two days of Passover are often the toughest of the holiday – you’re no longer riding the high of being with family (even virtually), and you’re so, so sick of the food. But under quarantine, the hours until the final sunset seem to drag on even slower than they usually do. Fear not:…
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A PSA from Larry David: Stay inside, watch TV, don’t be an idiot
Don’t think I haven’t wondered how Larry David was faring in the current COVID-19 crisis. The answer, it turns out is pretty, pretty good all things considered. But, like many older people, he wants to keep it that way. Last night we received a much-needed update from the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star, who, like most…
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