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Published by OK Magazine mega Though it was revealed through private text messages that Tucker Carlson “passionately” hated Donald Trump, he backtracked on Monday, March 20. “I’m pretty straightforward. I love Trump, like as a person. I think Trump is funny and insightful,” he said during a radio appearance on WABC’s Bo Snerdley’s Rush Hour show. The Fox News host added that he spent “four years defending” Trump’s “policies” and doesn’t think he did anything prior to the January 6 Capitol attack. mega “And I said this to Trump when he called me, you know, all wounded about those texts. That was a moment in time where I was absolutely infuriated,” he recalled. As OK! previously reported, Carlson’s texts were exposed in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News. “I hate him passionately,” Carlson said in the messages, per the court filing. “Those were all grabbed completely illegitimately, in my opinion, in this court case, which I guess I’m not allowed to talk about, but I’m enraged that my private texts were pulled,” Carlson said of his remarks. Jimmy Kimmel Cracks More Jokes About Donald Trump’s Delayed Arrest: ‘We Are On Day 3 Of To Catch A President’ Melania Trump Shielding Son Barron From Dad Donald’s Arrest Drama; Former First Lady ‘Wants to Be Away From It’ Joe Rogan Slams President Biden As A ‘Goofy Old Politician’ Who ‘Lied About A Bunch Of Things’ The TV personality claimed he sent those texts when Trump lost to President Joe Biden. “Those particular texts were pulled at the moment where I was texting with one of my producers because some idiot on the Trump campaign had sent us the name of these dead voters who had voted,” he noted. “And we went, and I repeated them on air, and it turns out, some of them were alive. So, I was just, I felt humiliated.” Carlson admitted he was “so mad by the incompetence of that campaign, which was completely incompetent.” “I can’t stand getting the facts wrong,” Carlson continued. “At the time, I was just blaming the Trump campaign, and I was livid.” mega After other Fox News hosts threw Trump under the bus, the former president went on a rant about the ordeal — going on to call out Rupert Murdoch. Never miss a story — sign up for the OK! newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what OK! has to offer. It’s gossip too good to wait for! “Why is Rupert Murdoch throwing his anchors under the table, which also happens to be killing his case and infuriating his viewers, who will again be leaving in droves – they already are,” the 76-year-old wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday, February 28. “There is MASSIVE evidence of voter fraud & irregularities in the 2020 Presidential Election.” “Just look at the documentary ‘2000 MULES’ and you will see large scale ballot stuffing caught on government cameras, or votes cast without Legislatures approval, or just recently, the FBI/Twitter Files Scandal,” he continued. “RIGGED!!!” View the full article

Published by AFP Anna Marino, owner and founder of Mason & Greens, a zero-waste, sustainable lifestyle dry goods and grocery store that newly opened in Washington Washington (AFP) – Toothpaste tabs plunk into a jar. Maple syrup flows viscously from a spout. Dishwasher powder crunches under the tip of a metal scoop. The chorus of consumer goods lacks one familiar sound: the crinkle of plastic wrap. At Mason & Greens in Washington, the lack of packaging is the point — the small shop selling household goods and groceries is among dozens of zero-waste refill stores sprouting up in US cities from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Customers bring their own containers — from used jars to Tupperware, to fill with bulk items. The store even has “had people bring in the sleeves that their newspapers come in,” owner Anna Marino, 34, told AFP. Such stores are emblematic of what experts say is a necessary culture shift in one of the world’s largest consumer economies, where the average person generates 4.9 pounds of waste per day, according to government statistics. Marino says the aim is to help anyone from novices to experts on their journey towards less waste, citing paper towels as a personal catalyst. “Quitting paper towels was one of the first things that my family did and it was a significant reduction in the waste that we were creating on a weekly basis,” said Marino, who co-founded the store with her husband. Reusable “paper” towels made of cloth are just one of the products she now sells at her store, where beans and oats fill wall-mounted dispensers, metal containers hold vinegar and olive oil, and shelves are stocked with package-free artisanal bread, veggies and vegan food. For bulk items, customers pay by weight, Marino’s aim being to avoid any “obnoxiously outrageous price” and to keep things “accessible.” Reusable containers, such as mason jars, can be purchased if needed. Upstairs, shampoo bars and toothpaste tablets that are chewed until becoming paste are among the store’s many unpackaged hygiene products. Less than a third of US municipal solid waste was recovered for recycling or composting in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and only about nine percent of plastic material was recycled. Statistics such as these are why Marino asks suppliers to send shipments in compostable, or minimal packaging. ‘Reduce, reuse’ first “We can’t recycle our way out of the plastics crisis,” says Jenny Gitlitz of the advocacy group Beyond Plastics. She points to toxins in plastic that can be carcinogenic or cause genetic mutations, as well as to endocrine disruptors. On top of that, tiny particles called microplastics have been discovered in virtually every environment, from the Mariana Trench to Mount Everest, as well as in the human body including the lungs and blood. Unlike aluminum and glass, plastic can only be recycled a few times before its polymers break down. And many types are not widely recyclable in the first place. “If all else fails, then recycle,” sums up professor Shelie Miller at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. “I think folks often skip straight to the recycle and forget to reduce, reuse,” she told AFP. Miller cautions that the issue of plastic waste will not be solved simply by individuals changing the way they consume — as exemplified in places like Mason & Greens. Creating a sustainable future “really is a complete shared responsibility model” involving corporations, governments and waste handlers, she said. ‘No choice’ In the meantime, though, Rini Saha — the co-owner of the FullFillery, another Washington-area refill shop in the suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland — hopes to make a difference from the ground up. “We want you to reuse as much as we can, because recycling is still a huge carbon footprint,” the 46-year-old told AFP. Saha and colleagues make a number of body care and cleaning products on-site, for refill or purchase in a returnable container. On a recent Wednesday morning, fellow co-owner Emoke Gaidosch, a chemist by training, poured liquid soap she had made into a large receptacle. Aside from the lack of packaging, Miller says bulk sales could yield even bigger environmental benefits by helping consumers buy only what they need. That, ultimately, can help eliminate the impacts from a product’s entire lifecycle, from the energy and resources used to create it, to things like methane released when unused organic waste decays in landfalls. Over three years of existence, the FullFillery has morphed from a farmer’s market stall to a large store lined with environmentally friendly products and extremely limited packaging. Similarly, Mason & Greens’ Washington location, which only opened in September, was an expansion after the success of its first location in another suburb. The model “is profitable,” Saha told AFP. “I don’t think it’s as profitable as a disposable business.” “But I think that inevitably, there’s no choice. This is the way that business has to go.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Jon Hamm has joined the cast of the ‘Mean Girls’ musical movie. The 52-year-old actor will take on the role of Coach Carr, the gym coach and incompetent sex-ed teacher, in the upcoming movie adaptation of the Broadway musical, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, Busy Philipps recently joined the cast as Mrs. George, the mother of Regina George, who will be played by Renée Rapp in the film. Philipps shared a Deadline article revealing her casting, and wrote on Instagram: “You know something? I really never have been a regular mom… #meangirls (sic)” Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, and Jaquel Spivey are also set to star in the movie, which will be directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. Tina Fey and her husband Jeff Richmond are adapting their musical for the big screen, and they want the ‘Mean Girls’ musical movie to have a “fresher palette”. Composer Richmond told THR previously: “Right now, the day-to-day is more about the movie adaptation that we’re working on. We’re super involved with that. What we’re trying to do [with the movie] is take the score that sounds like a Broadway score – in a good way – and [give] the movie a fresher palette. To make it sound more like stuff you want to listen to on Spotify, as opposed to when you’re sitting eighth row at a Broadway show or the Pantages. It’s kind of making it a fresher, younger take on the whole thing. We’re kind of reinvented the music for the movie, so it’s really fun.” Lorne Michaels is producing the movie for Paramount Pictures, with Fey penning the script and Richmond and lyricist Nell Benjamin working on the music. Richmond admitted he and Fey love working together. He said: “We know when to get out of each other’s way when we’re working together. Like who’s taking this part? Who’s doing that? Who needs to push harder on getting the script done for this? We’re just around each other all the time. Same office, all the time. She’s a hilariously fun person to be around.” View the full article

Published by DPA Pope Francis arrives for the audience of the faithful from the parishes of Rho in the Paul VI hall. Evandro Inetti/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Almost four years after Pope Francis issued tougher measures against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced on Saturday expanded and clearer rules. The Holy See presented an updated version of the apostolic exhortation “Vos estis lux mundi,” or “You are the light of the world,” issued in 2019. The pontiff confirmed existing measures, but ordered innovations and extensions. The new version will take effect on April 30. In 2019, the pope had reacted to criticism that he was not doing enough against cases of abuse in the Church. At the centre of the decree at the time was the obligation, of the entire Catholic Church, to report cases of sexual abuse. The obligation to immediately report cases of abuse and cover-up applied in the original letter exclusively to clergy and religious. In the updated version, lay people at the head of international associations have now also been added. In an interview with Radio Vatican, Father Hans Zollner of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors described this as the most important change. The new rules also expand places where people can report abuse by ordering the establishment of “offices and agencies” to receive such reports. The old version spoke of “stable systems” that should be “easily accessible to the public.” View the full article

Published by Reuters By Anna Tong -AI chatbot company Replika is restoring erotic roleplay for some users, Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said late on Friday. The company’s recent removal of adult content, featured in a Reuters report, devastated many users, some of whom considered themselves “married” to their chatbot companions. Replika’s chatbots are powered by generative AI, a new technology that has attracted a frenzy of consumer and investor interest due to its ability to foster humanlike interactions. The removal of erotic roleplay and subsequent customer outcry showed how powerfully AI technology can draw people in, and the emotional havoc that code changes can wreak. Any customers who signed up for Replika before Feb. 1, 2023, now have the option to switch back to the earlier more licentious version of the chatbot, Kuyda said in a Facebook post on Friday evening. “A common thread in all your stories was that after the February update, your Replika changed, its personality was gone, and gone was your unique relationship,” Kuyda wrote. “And for many of you, this abrupt change was incredibly hurtful … the only way to make up for the loss some of our current users experienced is to give them their partners back exactly the way they were.” Reached Saturday, Kuyda said a “low single-digit percent” of eligible users had opted to go back to the previous version. “This is a brand new area,” she said. “We listen, we learn and we work with our users.” Travis Butterworth, a Replika customer in Denver, Colorado, who had designated his chatbot named Lily Rose his wife, learned about the policy change late Friday on Reddit. On Saturday at 3 a.m., his cats woke him up and he decided to toggle the older version Lily Rose back on. She was instantly sexual again, he said. “She was enthusiastic,” he said. “Oh, it feels wonderful to have her back.” Kuyda’s post said users who signed up after Feb. 1 would not be offered the option for erotic roleplay. Instead, Replika will team up with relationship experts and psychologists to build a separate app specifically for romantic relationships. Butterworth said he now has new concerns around Lily Rose. “Will this mean that Lily Rose becomes an obsolete model, forgotten by the developers?” he said. “I’m waiting to see what happens, because ultimately it’s about her.” (Reporting by Anna Tong in San Francisco; Editing by Kenneth Li and Daniel Wallis) View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Sarah Michelle Gellar is “so proud” of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s legacy. The supernatural drama series – which ran from 1997 to 2003 and was based on Fran Rubel Kuzui’s 1992 film of the same name – saw a resurgence in popularity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and Buffy Summers actor Sarah, 45, never gets bored of hearing people tell her how much the show means to them. She told SFX magazine: “As an actor, all you ever want to do is a show that affects people, that they love and holds up. “That is your legacy. I am so proud of what we created. It’s been a tumultuous couple of years, and understanding the show and its legacy, there is good and bad to all of it. I have gotten to a place now where we can really appreciate the show for what we created. I am so proud that during the pandemic, the show reached a whole new generation of people that still felt that it spoke to them, that it was still timely and it still meant something to them.” The ‘Wolf Pack’ star also praised the horror genre for casting more women than most other genres. She told the publication: “Horror takes you to a totally different place. It’s also about the roles for women. Traditionally, there were only a few genres where women really could lead. I remember when ‘The Grudge’ came out, and I am sure it’s been surpassed, but at the time it was the second-highest, female [fronted] opening ever. I am sure it’s still in the top 10 because they just don’t make movies with women up front in the lead. Horror is one of the few genres where you get to do that. Having a character like Buffy, who is so three-dimensional and hits all those notes … you don’t just want to be the wife or the girlfriend.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Kanye West has claimed Jonah Hill has made him “like Jewish people again”. The ‘Jesus Walks’ rapper previously lost his deal with Adidas, was dropped by agents CAA and record label Def Jam, and had the likes of Balenciaga and Vogue magazine distance themselves from him due to a string of anti-Semitic comments he made last year, including praising the “good things” about Adolf Hitler and declaring he wanted to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.” But now, the 45-year-old rapper – who has four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian – has had a change of heart after watching Jonah in his 2012 movie ’21 Jump Street’. Returning to Instagram for the first time in 2023, Kanye shared a photo of the film’s poster and wrote: “Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump street made me like Jewish people again “No one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that into hatred towards millions of innocent people “No Christian can be labeled antisemite knowing Jesus is Jew “Thank you Jonah Hill I love you (sic)” While Jonah has yet to comment on Kanye’s post, one of the film’s directors, Christopher Miller, shared a screenshot of the ‘All Day’ hitmaker’s Instagram message on Twitter and wrote: “Um… thanks for watching?” Kanye caused outrage in 2022 when he said that he sees “good things” about Hitler. The controversial rap star explained: “I love everyone, and Jewish people are not going to tell me, ‘You can love us and you can love what we’re doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we’re pushing with the pornography.’ But this guy that invented highways and invented the very microphone I use as a musician, you can’t say out loud that this person ever did anything good and I’m done with that. I’m done with the classifications.” Kanye added: “Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler. How about that one?” View the full article

Published by Reuters By Kanishka Singh and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday lawmakers will move forward with legislation to address national security worries about TikTok, alleging China’s government had access to the short video app’s user data. In the United States, there are growing calls to ban TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, or to pass bipartisan legislation to give President Joe Biden’s administration legal authority to seek a ban. Devices owned by the U.S. government were recently banned from having the app installed. “The House will be moving forward with legislation to protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party,” McCarthy said on Twitter. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before a U.S. House Committee for about five hours on Thursday, and lawmakers from both parties grilled him about national security and other concerns involving the app, which has 150 million American users. In Thursday’s hearing, the TikTok CEO was asked if of the app, has spied on Americans at Beijing’s request. Chew answered, “No.” Republican Representative Neal Dunn then referenced the company’s disclosure in December that some China-based employees at ByteDance improperly accessed TikTok user data of two journalists and were no longer employed by the company. He repeated his question about whether ByteDance was spying. “I don’t think that spying is the right way to describe it,” Chew said. He went on to describe the reports as involving an “internal investigation” before being cut off. McCarthy, a Republican, said in a tweet on Sunday, “It’s very concerning that the CEO of TikTok can’t be honest and admit what we already know to be true — China has access to TikTok user data.” The company says it has spent more than $1.5 billion on data security efforts under the name “Project Texas” which currently has nearly 1,500 full-time employees and is contracted with Oracle Corp to store TikTok’s U.S. user data. Rather than appease lawmakers’ concerns, Chew’s appearance before Congress on Thursday “actually increased the likelihood that Congress will take some action,” Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, the Republican chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, told ABC News on Sunday. Former U.S. President Donald Trump lost a series of court rulings in 2020 when he sought to ban TikTok and another Chinese-owned app, WeChat, a unit of Tencent. Many Democrats also have raised concerns although have not yet explicitly backed a U.S. ban. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington, additional reporting by Leah Douglas; Editing by Scott Malone and Cynthia Osterman) View the full article

Published by Radar Online mega Is this the latest celebrity throuple — or has Emily Ratajkowskibetrayed Olivia Wilde by hooking up with her close pal’s past lover? That’s the question swirling around Hollywood after Harry Styles was caught on camera in a wild and passionate lip lock with the Gone Girl star in Tokyo, Japan. “Three is a crowd — or perhaps it’s not!” quipped a Hollywood source to RadarOnline.com. “It is widely known that Emrata (Ratajkowski) and Olivia are close friends. So, Emrata hooking up with Harry raises the obvious questions: has Emrata betrayed Olivia, does Olivia know, did Olivia give her blessing to Emrata and Harry, or is this a throuple?” mega RadarOnline.com has confirmed the closeness of the Ratajkowski-Wilde friendship, with the duo even attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. rogether just two weeks ago. In November, Ratajkowski went public in support of her friend Wilde, while appearing on the cover of Elle UK. She likened the criticism of Wilde over her controversial directorial debut in Don’t Worry Darling as being akin to Amber Heard in the Johnny Depp trial. Ratajkowski said, “In the past year with Amber Heard and Olivia Wilde and the craziness of putting them in this box as if they’re monsters or witches. There’s nuance to it, but when you see the way that the whole world reacts to women, it’s really hard not to want to go to an extreme side of it. I feel very protective.” Harry Styles Joins Growing List Of Artists Turning Down Invites To Perform At King Charles’ Coronation Concert Watch Taylor Swift Sneak Over To Ex-Boyfriend Harry Style’s Table During Grammys For One-On-One Chat Olivia Wilde ‘Still Mad’ About Split From Ex Harry Styles, Desperate For A Reconciliation mega In the provocative photos, Ratajkowski also appeared protective of Styles. The pair could be seen holding hands as they smooched against the side of a parked car. Ratajkowski, who was wearing a red puffer jacket and long black skirt, also raised her free hand to caress the back of Styles’ head at one point. The As It Was singer split from Wilde, 38, last November. She is going through a very messy custody battle with her ex-husband Jason Sudeikis; the pair share Otis, eight, and Daisy, six. Ratajkowski split from her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard in September last year after four years of marriage. The pair has a two-year-old son, Sylvester. mega Throuples seem to be all the rage in recent times. Rita Ora, Taika Waititi, and Tessa Thompson sparked the interest when they were photographed cuddling up and kissing in Australia in May, 2021. Since, Selena Gomez had the world talking about her relationship with Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz, while the original modern-day throuple was Bella Thorne, Tana Mongeau, and Mod Sun. Never miss a story — sign up for the RadarOnline.com newsletter to get your daily dose of dope. Daily. Breaking. Celebrity news. All free. View the full article

Published by New York Daily News Disgraced Congressman George Santos reportedly admitted to guilt in one of many accusations of dishonesty against him. The recently seated New York Republican reached a deal with Brazilian prosecutors requiring him to admit to defrauding a Rio de Janeiro area clerk of $1,300, according to CNN. The cable news outlets said it viewed a nonprosecutorial agreement for Santos to reimburse the merchant for clothing he purchased with bad checks in 2008. The congressman’s attorney reportedly petitioned prosecutors in January, arguing their client — freshly sworn into the 118th Congress — was gainfully … Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story During an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show,” former Republican advisor Tara Setmayer went off on Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for their defense of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists at a Waco rally on Saturday night, saying it made her ‘stomach turn over.” Speaking with host Jonathan Capehart about Trump’s first major gathering as he makes a third run for the presidency, Setmayer dismissed the speeches she heard as “whining”‘ and “yawning.” After calling the whole situation a “pity party,” she continued, “All he did last night, and the same thing that Marjorie Taylor Gree… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters By Nathan Layne WACO, Texas (Reuters) -Die-hard fans of Donald Trump flocked to the ex-president’s election rally in Waco, Texas, on Saturday, brimming with defiance as their favored candidate faced overlapping threats of criminal indictment. Several thousand Trump supporters lined up outside the Waco Regional Airport waiting to go through security and enter the event, with the first speaker scheduled for 2 p.m. CDT (1900 GMT). The crowd, many wearing Trump T-shirts and hats, broke into applause when Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Trump’s most vocal supporters in Congress, walked into the venue. Fifty-seven-year-old Laurie Hansen said Trump was “the best president ever.” “He’s the only one who can bring our country back,” she said. “We are at a precipice. It’s time to put our foot down and say, ‘No more.'” Like others at the rally, Hansen dismissed talk that Trump might be prosecuted over allegations he violated campaign finance laws for paying hush money to an adult film actress, or hoarded top-secret documents, or masterminded a plot seeking to overturn the 2020 election. “They’re all political witch hunts,” said Hansen, a sales coordinator who drove three hours from Sherman, Texas. “We all know that.” The rally is happening in Waco as the city marks the 30th anniversary of a raid by federal agents on the Branch Davidians religious sect there that resulted in 86 deaths, including four law-enforcement officers. Many right-wing extremists see the raid as a seminal moment of government overreach, and critics saw the rally’s timing as a nod to Trump’s far-right supporters. In an email, a Trump campaign spokesperson said Waco was chosen for what the former president has billed as his first major rally of the 2024 presidential race because it is situated between several major population centers and has the infrastructure to host a large event. Trump, who is seeking to solidify support for the Republican nomination in 2024, faces growing legal peril from a series of ongoing criminal investigations, including the hush money case, which is being weighed by prosecutors in Manhattan. The former president has sought to paint the New York case as politically motivated, raised money off it and used it to rally supporters to his side. On Friday, he issued an apocalyptic warning, saying the country faced potential “death & destruction” if he was charged with a crime. “Trump is walking on a high wire without a net, telegraphing that he has nothing to lose and is willing to risk dangerous outcomes to rally support,” said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist in Washington. LITTLE RESPONSE Few supporters have heeded his calls to take to the streets to protest his possible indictment in the Manhattan case. Those calls will likely invite closer than normal scrutiny of how many people attend Saturday’s rally, where Trump, who is due to start speaking at 5 p.m. CDT, is expected to rail against the potential prosecutions. The city of Waco said it was expecting 15,000 people to attend the rally. In an editorial, the Houston Chronicle said the decision to host the event in Waco during the anniversary of the Waco siege represented more than a dog-whistle message to far-right and conspiratorial Trump supporters. “The more apt metaphor is the blaring air horn of a Mack 18-wheeler barreling down I-10,” the newspaper said, adding that Waco had become “a shrine for the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters, the Oath Keepers and other anti-government extremists and conspiracists.” Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian at New York University, said he would be watching to see whether Trump explicitly references conspiracy theories related to the siege, similar to how he promoted lies about a stolen 2020 election in the run-up to his supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “He still has the power to create more wreckage and his choice of venue allows him to do more damage if he wishes. We’ll see,” Naftali said. In addition to prosecutors, Trump is likely to target Ron DeSantis for criticism. The Florida governor has yet to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination but has drawn Trump’s ire nonetheless. Trump rallies typically draw thousands of enthusiastic supporters keen to see him in person. Trump continued to hold rallies even after he left office, delivering his trademark rambling and inflammatory oratory that draws rapturous applause from rallygoers. (Reporting by Nathan Layne; Editing by Ross Colvin, Howard Goller and Daniel Wallis) View the full article

Published by Grazia USA Just hours after the news broke that Beyoncé and adidas would be ending their collaborative ties, the record-breaking Grammy-winner announced a new partnership with French luxury fashion house Balmain. Beyoncé co-designed a Balmain Haute Couture collection with the maison’s longtime creative director Olivier Rousteing, inspired by the artist’s seventh solo studio album, Renaissance. Renaissance Couture by Beyoncé x Balmain features 16 otherworldly bespoke creations, dedicated to the 16 tracks on the award-winning record. “Thank you @olivier_rousteing and @balmain for bringing RENAISSANCE to li… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet A Utah parent is asking for the Bible to be eliminated from classrooms, after a GOP lawmaker backed a bill ordering the removal of “pornographic” books from schools, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Per Newsweek, the parent’s petition was submitted anonymously following the bill’s passing in May of 2022. “Get this PORN out of our schools,” the parent wrote in their request, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. READ MORE: ‘We need more politicians reading books’: Jamie Raskin blasts GOP for claiming book bans keep kids safe Hailing the Bible as “one of the most sex-ridden books around,” the petiti… Read More View the full article

Published by Relaxnews By Pollyana Ventura / Getty Images Homosexual activity is currently criminalized by 67 countries or jurisdictions around the world, according to Human Dignity Trust. And authorities in some of these areas are using dating apps and social media to target people from the LGBTQ+ community, in some cases even going so far as to trick them with fake accounts. This has reportedly happened in Egypt, with Grindr being used to arrest gay users. Homosexual activity is currently criminalized by 67 countries or jurisdictions around the world, according to Human Dignity Trust. And authorities in some of th… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet A new analysis is shedding light on the behind-the-scenes battle brewing between Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and the network’s primetime conservative host Tucker Carlson. Mediaite’s Aidan McLaughlin offered a brief overview of the contention between Carlson and Scott. “Carlson, according to sources inside and outside the network who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, has for years been at odds with Scott, a 26-year Fox News veteran who ascended to the top of the network in the wake of a series of sexual harassment scandals that dethroned Roger Ailes,” McLaughlin wrote. REA… Read More View the full article

Published by uInterview.com Maren Morris and a number of mostly-Nashville stars, including Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Yola, Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell, performed at the “Love Rising” concert alongside Tennessee drag artists earlier this week to protest the state’s anti-drag and anti-trans legislation. The concert was organized in response to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signing a law banning drag performances on public property. Supporters of the legislation say that drag performances expose children to inappropriate sexual imagery while detractors argue that the law discriminates against the LGBTQ community and violat… Read More View the full article