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How Much Would You Pay For Drake’s Teenage Poetry Notebook?
The older I get, the more I start to suspect hoarders have been right all along. After all, what if by some turn of events, however unlikely, I should become a multiplatinum Grammy award-winning recording artist whose adolescence is suddenly a source of interest for rich people everywhere? What if my elementary school diary, replete…
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Openly Gay Olympic Athlete Does Not Want Ivanka Trump On His Team
The Winter Olympics – they are like the Carnegie Hall of obscure sports! And to get there, you have to practice, practice, practice, and also inherit a genetically superior body from your parents. Alternatively, you can be born into the family of a real estate scion who runs for president after gaining exposure through cameos…
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Disney Made History This Weekend — With A Bar Mitzvah
On Friday night, Disney became a man. Disney Channel aired a gay character’s bar mitzvah for the first time in the network’s history. Not only did the popular kids’ program “Andi Mack” feature an hour long special dedicated to a bar mitzvah, but in addition, the character having the bar mitzvah was the same character…
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Pink’s Six-Year-Old Daughter Is A Better Person Than All Of Us
Here is a feel-good story to close out your Friday — while you are preparing to meet your friends for happy hour to drink until the pain goes away, Pink’s six-year-old daughter Willow is working to make the world a better place. People reports the little girl is making the most out of her time…
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Harvey Weinstein Apologizes For Name Dropping Meryl Streep And Jennifer Lawrence
The very existence of Harvey Weinstein has left almost no one in the Western world untouched. The reported allegations against him opened a floodgate and started a conversation long overdue in Hollywood and elsewhere. The allegations that effectively ended what many say was essentially his reign of terror were the push fed up women needed…
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Multiple Women Accuse Author Lemony Snicket Of Sexual Harassment
Famous children’s author Daniel Handler, who writes under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket, has been publicly accused by several women of making lewd and inappropriate comments at their expense. The Pacific Standard published a long and in-depth piece Thursday featuring interviews with several of the women who have made these claims. One woman, a children’s author,…
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Daniel Craig Blames Jewish Food For Weight Gain
How do you get James Bond to marry you? Look like Rachel Weisz. How do you get James Bond to stay married to you? Fatten him up with some classic Jewish cuisine. This appears to be Rachel Weisz’s strategy, judging from Craig’s figure at the BAFTA Awards this past weekend. The actor, famous for playing…
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‘The Young Karl Marx,’ New York International Children’s Film Festival And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
It has been yet another hard week in the world, and if you intend to spend your weekend curled up nicely on the couch, we don’t blame you. If, on the other hand, you have the chutzpah to venture out in the world, find our top weekend culture picks below. 1) Read The acclaimed novelist…
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Movie News: Billy Graham’s Attempt To Convert Woody Allen, Raoul Peck On Karl Marx
As we approach the end of another weary week, the strength of Parkland’s survivors has renewed my hope. If a group of grieving teenagers can go on national television and confront both the NRA and a sitting U.S. Republican senator, we too can find the strength to fight for sensible solutions to the odious plague…
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Michael Ian Black Suggests Feminism As Antidote To Gun Violence
Gun laws, mental health, video games – grasping to explain away our epidemic of violence has become routine at this point. Feeling helpless after every national tragedy, politicians and other public figures seek a reason and a solution. Comedian Michael Ian Black’s take? America’s boys are broken. Black, best known for his frequent collaboration with…
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Quincy Jones Apologizes For Best Interview Of All Time — But Doesn’t Take Anything Back
It’s a sad day when an 85-year-old celebrity is forced by the handiwork of the Internet masses and his six daughters to apologize for saying that he once dated Ivanka Trump. And yet here we are. Quincy Jones issued a detailed and specific apology Thursday afternoon for the, let us say, highly unique interview he…
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