Actor Jaleel White, whose character Steve Urkel in Family Matters was a cultural mainstay in the Nineties, is getting into the cannabis business with his own brand, as Forbes reports. His ItsPurpl line, which he is producing in partnership with 710 labs, comprises variations of the Purple Urkle strain. ItsPurpl …
Read More »Sam Smith, Katy Perry, JoJo Siwa to Appear at 2021 GLAAD Media Awards
GLAAD has announced a new slate of special guests that will be appearing at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards, airing Thursday, April 8th at 8:00 p.m. ET on GLAAD’s YouTube channel. The lineup for the ceremony includes Sam Smith, Laverne Cox, Katy Perry, JoJo Siwa, Dan Levy, Sterling K. …
Read More »How Al Harrington Is Helping Build a Black-Owned Weed Industry
At the end of 2011, Al Harrington’s 79-year-old grandmother Viola came to visit. When the Denver Nuggets star discovered that she was taking multiple medications for glaucoma, diabetes, and high blood pressure, he told her that he’d recently read about treating glaucoma with cannabis, and asked if she’d consider it. …
Read More »Hillary Clinton, Louise Penny to Co-Write Mystery Novel
Hillary Clinton, a noted fan of mystery novels, is teaming up with award-winning author Louise Penny (The Cruelest Month,The Brutal Telling) on a mystery novel of her own. The book, Stateof Terror, will sound familiar to anyone aware of Clinton’s biography: A “novice” secretary of state, working in the administration …
Read More »'OnlyFans: Selling Sexy': Bella Thorne Invades Site in Clip From Hulu Doc
Bella Thorne’s controversial foray into OnlyFans is the focus of this clip from OnlyFans: Selling Sexy, a new Hulu documentary about the subscription platform where creators sell content directly to their fans. The site, a favorite of the sex work community, reached the mainstream in August 2020 when, amid the …
Read More »Why Are Country Music Wives Pushing Baseless Conspiracy Theories?
On Wednesday night, just a few hours after a mob of Trump supporters, egged on by President Donald Trump, forcibly broke into the U.S. Capitol, Brittany Aldean shared an image of two of the rioters on her Instagram stories. “Antifa disguised as Trump supporters,” the wife of country singer Jason …
Read More »Trump Supporters Are Spreading Lies That the Rioters Were Antifa
Far-right extremists have been pushing the unfounded conspiracy theory that antifa was behind the attempted coup at the Capitol on Wednesday, a claim that has no evidence to support it. In reality, Donald Trump had been urging his followers for weeks to come protest the counting of the electoral college …
Read More »New Podcast Explores How a Mysterious 'Apology' Hotline Consumed Its Creator
Wondery has released a new trailer for The Apology Line, an upcoming podcast about a mysterious confessional hotline that popped up in the Eighties and slowly consumed its creator, Allan Bridge. The show will be available to Wondery Plus subscribers January 12th, before hitting Apple Podcasts on January 19th. A …
Read More »Alex Trebek, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Me
Alex Trebek, television’s consummate quizmaster and the host ofJeopardy!for 35 years, died Sunday morning at the age of 80 following a lengthy battle with cancer. The man with the answers for more than 35 years turned 80 in July and released his memoir The Answer Is… Reflections on My Life …
Read More »After Weeks of Protests, #EndSARS Has Become a Rallying Cry for a New Nigerian Generation
In the early 1990s, the Nigerian government set up the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The squad was tasked with cracking down on violent crime. But what was once supposed to be a beacon of safety and hope turned into one of the most feared police groups in the world, with …
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