UPDATE (3/22):Jack Dorsey has sold his first tweet as an NFT for roughly $2.9 million to Bridge Oracle CEO Sina Estavi (the sale was completed using the cryptocurrency Ehterium, and technically sold for 1630.5825601 ether). Dorsey created the NFT and launched the sale last December, but interest (and publicity) started …
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UPDATE 5/3/2021:The Costume Institute has announced that Timothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish, Naomi Osaka, and Amanda Gorman will serve as the 2021 Met Gala’s co-chairs, while Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri, and Anna Wintour will serve as honorary chairs. *** The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that its Costume Institute Benefit, …
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No police officers will face charges in the death of Daniel Prude, who died seven days after cops in Rochester, New York placed a hood over his head, knelt on him, and pressed his face into the pavement for several minutes, suffocating him. While speaking at the Aenon Baptist Church …
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At the start of the pandemic, Alex and Cassie, a same-sex, nonbinary, multiracial couple based in Canada, were laid off from their full-time jobs. Scrambling for income, and unable to leave the house because of Alex’s preexisting conditions, Alex and Cassie, who asked to be identified only by their first …
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This November,Rolling Stone is paying tribute to our veterans and troops with “Rolling Stone’s Salute to Service,” presented by Philip Morris International. Kicking off on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, the three-part panel series centers around celebrating United States military veterans in all branches of the armed forces, with deep discussions …
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To do the Trump challenge, start as follows: swivel your torso from side to side in the approximate manner of a malfunctioning animatronic figure, while simultaneously making your arms look like little chicken wings. Jerk your elbows back and forth haphazardly, then pump your first and purse your lips like …
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TikTok is suing the Trump administration for threatening to ban the popular Chinese video-sharing app in the United States. The lawsuit concerns an executive order that President Trump signed earlier this month, which prevented the company from conducting “transactions” in the U.S. after September 20th. TikTok argues that it was …
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Michelle Obama will interview her husband, former president Barack Obama, on the first episode of her new Spotify podcast series, premiering July 29th. The show, broadly, is about the relationships that shape people, from family and friends to mentors and our relationships with ourselves. Per a press release, the Obamas’ …
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NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar addressed anti-Semitism in the sports world and Hollywood in a new column for The Hollywood Reporter. In his piece, he questioned why in the midst of the Black Lives Matters movement, there has not appeared to be much outrage against anti-Semitic messages that several prominent celebrities …
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On Monday, the LGBTQ community was granted a major coup after the Supreme Court ruled that a landmark anti-employee discrimination law also applied to gay, lesbian, and transgender people. But ultimately, this victory was bittersweet in light of two violent deaths of black transgender women in the United States the …
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