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GLAAD Media Awards: Jennifer Lawrence Roasts Mike Pence, Drag Activist Protests Inside Ceremony
The East Coast portion of the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards was marked by two raucous moments at Saturday night’s Manhattan gala — one from Jennifer Lawrence, as she added some cutting, deadpan humor as she presented an achievement award and another when a drag artist and trans activist interrupted the gala’s proceedings to draw attention […]
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Jerry Seinfeld’s Commencement Speech Draws Cheers and Some Protest at Duke University
Several dozen students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ahead of Jerry Seinfeld’s speech Sunday. Though Seinfeld’s speech continued uninterrupted during the ceremony — with many in the audience cheering him on — groups of students could be seen leaving as university president Vincent Price introduced the comedian, with some reports asserting Price’s words were […]
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Eurovision: Switzerland Wins the Most Divisive Song Contest In Competition’s 68-Year History
Swiss performer Nemo has won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, beating Croatian artist Baby Lasagna, who finished second, in what was perhaps the most divisive competition in its history. The nonbinary singer, representing Switzerland, won with their track “The Code” collecting 591 points from a combination of music industry juries in each participating country and […]
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Macklemore Stands With Pro-Palestine Protesters, Calls Out Biden in New Song
Macklemore has released a new song, praising pro-Palestinian college protesters and calling out President Biden amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The single is titled “Hind’s Hall” after the name given to Hamilton Hall by Columbia University students who occupied the building in protest. Hind was a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed while fleeing […]
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Tiffany Haddish Explains Her Stand-Up Comments Over University Protests: “Do It Better. Really Be Effective”
Tiffany Haddish has addressed a viral moment from her stand-up performance at this weekend’s Netflix Is a Joke Festival, where she called out the protests happening on college campuses against the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. When speaking to TMZ in a video on Monday, Haddish acknowledged the response to her comments and said, “I think if […]
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Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli Protesters Clash at UCLA
Dueling groups of protesters clashed overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, shoving, kicking and beating each other with sticks after pro-Israel demonstrators tried to pull down barricades surrounding a pro-Palestinian encampment. Hours earlier, police burst into a building occupied by anti-war protesters at Columbia University, breaking up a demonstration that had paralyzed the […]
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Protesters of Israel-Hamas War Gather Outside White House Correspondents Dinner
Hollywood stars, journalists and prominent politicians were met with a crowd of protesters of the Israel-Hamas war outside Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner. There has been growing public discord over the war and President Joe Biden’s handling of the conflict, as well as mainstream media’s coverage of it. This year’s event at the Washington Hilton […]
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Alec Baldwin Seemingly Slaps Person’s Phone Away After Being Harassed in Coffee Shop
Alec Baldwin seemingly slapped someone’s phone out of their hand after they kept trying to get him to say “Free Palestine.” A video posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday night sees a person go up to Baldwin at a New York City coffee shop. The nearly one-minute video, posted on an account with the […]
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Mohamed Hadid Apologizes for Sending Racist, Homophobic Messages to Rep. Ritchie Torres
Mohamed Hadid, the father of models Gigi and Bella Hadid, has apologized after allegedly sending New York Rep. Ritchie Torres racist and homophobic messages via Instagram direct message, according to the New York Post. “I need to apologize,” he wrote on Instagram Saturday. “Not for the anger I feel but for the words I used […]
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Chris Wallace Condemns World Central Kitchen Deaths Amid Israel-Hamas War
Chris Wallace took a moment on CNN’s The Chris Wallace Show on Saturday morning to condemn the deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers amid the Israel-Hamas war. Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, John Chapman, Jacob Flickinger, Zomi Frankcom, James Henderson, James Kirby and Damian Soból were killed by Israeli airstrikes on April 1. Officials in Israel later […]
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Jill Biden’s Human Rights Campaign Keynote Address Disrupted by Protesters of Israel-Hamas War
First Lady Jill Biden’s keynote address at the Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles Saturday night was interrupted by protesters of the Israel-Hamas war. Just as Biden took to the stage at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel and began speaking, a handful of people stood up from their seats and started shouting, “Ceasefire Now.” […]
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Berlin’s Carlo Chatrian Defends “Freedom of Speech” at Awards Gala Amid Political Backlash
The 2024 edition of the Berlinale continues to generate heated debate around Israel’s war in Gaza, with out-going Berlin festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian defending the Feb. 24 closing awards show speeches against mounting criticism from German politicians and media. “This year’s festival was a place for dialogue and exchange for ten days; yet once […]
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