Month: October 2020

Tonight marked the 15th annual BET Hip Hop Awards. During the ceremony, countless artists performed including Lil Baby, City Girls, Burna Boy and Chris Martin, and more. Beyond the performances and cyphers, very few actual awards were presented during the broadcast. Most of them—including Best Hip Hop Video, Hip Hop Album of the Year, Hip
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2013. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Political advertisers say they’re having trouble with ads that were already approved before Facebook began its planned blackout period for new political ads leading up to the election.  Facebook announced last month that it would not accept
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Like us, Yuna has spent her quarantine wearing her husband’s hoodie, watching Netflix home makeover shows, and buying weird stuff online. The Malaysian singer has spent the last six months in her hometown of Kuala Lumpur. “It’s just like being back to the teenager Yuna,” she says, “Where my mom has the privilege of just
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The True Adventures of Wolfboy is a touching coming-of-age story about acceptance in a cruel and exploitative world. Jaeden Martell stars as a teenager with hypertrichosis, a condition that causes excessive hair growth all over the body. His dog-like appearance is the subject of constant ridicule; which has left him introverted and filled with self-loathing.
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If you were looking for a feel-good show, you might have been disappointed…until you weren’t. During its two-hour premiere, This Is Us Season 5 Episode 1 and This Is Us Season 5 Episode 2 tackled the Pearsons’ response to the coronavirus crisis and to the death of George Floyd. But while the stories didn’t allow viewers
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By Allison Kubo Hutchsion  Although humans first witnessed nuclear reactors in 1942 with the development of the Chicago-Pile by Enrico Fermi, natural fission reactors existed billions of years ago. Fission is the process of breaking apart atoms of heavy elements such as uranium. Energy is released during fission in the form of heat and can
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Ari Larissa Heinrich / Photo by Tara Pixley Ari Larissa Heinrich is the translator of Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre (New York Review Books) and Chi Ta-wei’s The Membranes (forthcoming from Columbia University Press). They are a professor of Chinese literature and media at Australian National University. Veronica Esposito: Although transgender activism in the
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai talks orbital debris rules, megaconstellations, C-band auction, Ligado and more with SpaceNews. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s recent run of space-related regulatory actions has earned the agency both praise and scorn from the space industry. Streamlined licensing procedures adopted earlier this year promise to make it cheaper for smallsat
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Breaking News Blake Shelton popped the question and Gwen Stefani had a two-word answer … YES PLEASE!!! Gwen announced Tuesday she and the country star are engaged after nearly 5 years of dating. She shared a picture on her Instagram locking lips with Blake while holding up her hand and the ring on her finger.
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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are taking the next big step in their relationship. After nearly five years of dating, Shelton proposed to Stefani in Oklahoma this weekend, People reports. The couple confirmed the news on their Instagrams this afternoon. “@blakeshelton yes please! 💍🙏🏻 gx,” Stefani captioned her announcement post, featuring the first look at
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