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[ad_1] Rolling Stone’s founder just lost decision-making power in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — all because he called Black and female artists inarticulate … TMZ has learned. A rep for the Hall tells us Jann Wenner has been booted from the famed HOF’s Board of Directors for their Foundation — this after a vote was taken among the current members. Sources with direct knowledge tell us the only dissenting vote was from Jon Landau. Jann Wenner — who helped launch RS Magazine way back in 1967 — did an interview with the NYT this week in which…

[ad_1] The Texas Senate has acquitted the state’s Republican attorney general of bribery and corruption charges at a historic impeachment trial. The outcome on Saturday allows for the reinstatement of Ken Paxton more than three months after he was suspended from office when fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to remove him over allegations of abuse of power. Paxton, an ally of former United States President Donald Trump, hailed the Senate verdict as a triumph for truth. “Today, the truth prevailed. The truth could not be buried by mudslinging politicians or their powerful benefactors,” he said in…

[ad_1] Brazilian pop star Anitta might be a world-renowned bisexual icon, but that doesn’t exempt her from the effects of biphobia, as she shared in a new interview.Speaking with InStyle, the singer (whose real name is Larissa de Macedo Machado), explained her decision to come out as bisexual in her 2018 Netflix docu-series Vai Anitta (Go Anitta), which explores the star’s life and career.“The reason why I opened up about it is because here in Brazil, there was a lot of criticism and a lot of taboos over that,” she told InStyle. Machado also shared a heartbreaking story about the…

[ad_1] Decorated Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams has returned to the A-League Women, signing with Melbourne Victory for the next two seasons off the back of the Women’s World Cup.The five-time World Cup attendee joins from Brighton and Hove Albion after previously having stints at Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal. The 35-year-old said the World Cup on home soil had made her more eager to return home to Australia and inspire the next generation, especially young Indigenous football fans.”Obviously being overseas for a while now and seeing just the push and the pull of women’s football and how it’s grown, then how…

[ad_1] Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday slammed a report from the European Parliament on the country’s EU accession talks and threatened to “part ways” from the bloc. Questioned by journalists about the report, Erdoğan said that “the EU is trying to break away from Turkey,” according to Turkish state media Anadolu Agency. “We will make our evaluations against these developments and if necessary, we can part ways with the EU,” Erdoğan said ahead of a trip to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The European Parliament report, adopted this week in Strasbourg, said talks over…

[ad_1] Hasan Minhaj has been caught stretching the truth in a handful of stories he’s told in his stand-up comedy — and his response to this revelation is … eh, it’s not a big deal, guys. The comic — famous from ‘The Daily Show’ — got called out in a New Yorker piece … which got him to admit that he’d fabricated much of the details to several bits he’d done on stage over the years … almost all of which played up racism and bigotry over his Muslim heritage. Every story Hasan Minhaj shares in his standup is built…

[ad_1] As a humanitarian and medical nonprofit founder working in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, I discovered several issues contributing to extremely high maternal and infant mortality rates in the region we served. By implementing a few key strategies to improve both, we decreased maternal mortality by 66%. I believe these same tactics could be used to address the issue here in the United States, which has just reported another sharp increase.   The first and most beneficial step is education – not just about maternal health, but increasing education levels for women across the board. Beyond global access to primary…

[ad_1] Earlier this year, Apple announced it would be launching iOS 17 in the fall, along with a new virtual reality headset, and a slew of other products. Now, the latest iPhone model – the iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Pro, the iPhone 15 Plus, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max – have officially hit the market. “iPhone 15 and 15 Plus represent a huge leap forward with exciting camera innovations that inspire creativity, the intuitive Dynamic Island, and features like Roadside Assistance via satellite that make a real difference in users’ lives,” said Kaiann Drance, vice president of worldwide iPhone product…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — “The Drew Barrymore Show” will begin airing fresh episodes on Monday but a lot of off-air controversy will be clinging to its typically bubbly host. Barrymore — a daughter of a proud acting dynasty — is making new batches of her syndicated talk show despite picketers outside her studio, as daytime TV becomes the latest battlefield in the ongoing Hollywood labor strife. “We’re four months approximately into this strike and it’s not surprising that there are defectors,” said Michael H. LeRoy, a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “I couldn’t predict…

[ad_1] Play video content Nicki Minaj’s husband and some goons were apparently waiting to see Offset outside somewhere on the streets of New York this week — but the man himself was up in air. A pal of Kenneth Petty went live on IG Friday night — which, of course, was captured and reposted by the general public. In the lengthy clips, you can see him, KP and another man all standing on a sidewalk across the street from some building … calling out Offset. Play video content Seems they thought he’d be leaving this place and planned on confronting…