Новости за 09.06.2021

Vice President Kamala Harris has a habit. Whenever she’s been put on the spot—unfairly or otherwise—and boxed into a corner, she laughs. Maybe “chuckles” is the better word. This habit is mostly harmless, one that many of us are have: Laughing when we’re nervous, grinning in the middle of an aggravating argument. But…

When Naomi Osaka announced to her fans via Instagram that she would no longer be participating in press events at the French Open, she was met with swift condemnation from the French, U.S., and Australian Opens as well as the powers that be at Wimbledon. In a joint statement, Grand Slam organizers slapped Osaka with a…

There are two things on this planet that have been making me cry for more than a decade. The first is the Disney film The Fox and the Hound. The second is the voice of actress Olga Merediz as she sings “Paciencia y Fe,” an absolutely heart-wrenching number from the original Broadway show, In The Heights, which she…

Stassie Baby had a birthday! Everyone in Hollywood showed up to it! I’m exclaiming these things because I recently suffered a near-fatal post-modern panic attack!

Deadline reported Monday that actresses Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan will portray New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor in a new movie chronicling how they broke the allegations that Harvey Weinstein had assaulted multiple actors over the last several decades. An adaptation of Twohey and Kantor’s …

“Um” is not an answer and “goodbye” is not a sendoff—at least not in the world of Judge Judith Sheindlin. According to multiple reports, Tuesday’s episode of Judge Judy featured the last of the 12,500+ cases heard by the TV judge in her 25 years on air. The dispute was over...drywall.

In keeping with their decades-long commitment to making you feel better about your personal family drama because, hey, at least the tabloids don’t pick over every detail, the Windsors are at it again. This time, it’s about baby Lilibet’s name and whether the Queen was properly consulted, and there are lawyers and a…

London Metropolitan Police Officer Wayne Couzens has pled guilty to the kidnapping and rape of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive whose disappearance sparked protest, violent backlash from law enforcement, and a national discussion on women’s safety.

On Wednesday, Senate Republicans once again blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act from moving forward, filibustering the bill after it narrowly passed the House in April. The failure of the bill, which has been repeatedly killed by Republicans through the years, is yet another reminder that unless the filibuster is…

The leaky faucet that is the Jennifer Lopez rumor mill has confirmed to E! that JLo is packing up all the “rocks that she got” and sending them to Los Angeles, where she’ll now be living with her twins. According to a source that is definitely not a well-paid publicist, Lopez is “excited about a fresh start and…

Although there are plenty of advantages to the remote working setup that has become the norm for some industries during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s one aspect of workplace culture that has remained frustratingly persistent: workplace harassment. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been a handful of …

According to a new report from financial services firm S&P Global, the racist barriers to economic mobility that have limited Black women’s educational and vocational achievements have also depressed the U.S. economy by approximately $507 billion over the past six decades. That’s right—being anti-Black is bad for the…

Armie Hammer—who is currently facing allegations of physical abuse, grooming, and rape—checked himself into an in-patient facility for “drug, alcohol, and sex issues” last Monday, reports Vanity Fair. Hammer was dropped by his talent agency WME in early 2021 after disturbing leaked direct messages allegedly sent by…

Deadline reported this morning that Chris Harrison had been permanently excused from The Bachelor franchise with an alleged eight figure payout. Yep! The man who refused to see the error in Rachel Kirkconnell’s plantation “party” outfit got to walk away with a purported eight-figure payout—we’re all in the wrong line…

Two Canadian podcasters who giggled gleefully as a guest lamented the fact that it’s now more difficult to openly harass women on the street—before mentioning that he’s still likely to assault women passerby—are miffed that a woman listener called them out on their bullshit in an Instagram post. To recoup the damage…

When I was 21, I arrived in France to begin a teaching job in an affluent arrondissement with a, shall we say, less perfect than advertised understanding of the language and zero experience traveling anywhere outside my tiny home state. After finding that a clerical error had resulted in my cushy job being given…