Getty Image On Saturday the actor Jonathan Majors was arrested in Manhattan over what the NYPD called a “domestic dispute.” He was charged with strangulation, assault, and harassment involving a 30-year-old woman. A representative for Majors claimed he had “done nothing wrong,” adding, “We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.” The …
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Woman Says Surprise Clause in Headshot Photo Agreement Allowed Company to Use Her Picture in Ads
Source: Getty Article continues below advertisement This is to be expected of applications and services that are free; after all, if what you’re using doesn’t cost you anything then guess what: you’re the product. However, what happens if you paid for a service and the company that you hired to provide said service still uses …
If all men had periods, here's what the ads might look like
Can you imagine how the world would act if it was mostly men and not women who got their periods once a month? Yeah, imagine it. If every guy of reproductive age out there had a monthly visit from Aunt Flo (or Uncle Flo, as the case may be), how would it change the way …
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Truth Social Users Are Begging Trump To Please Stop Running Shady Ads: ‘I’ve Been Scammed More Than Once’
Getty Image In a situation that should surprise absolutely no one, Truth Social users are proving to be easy marks for shady online ads, and they’re reportedly pleading with Donald Trump to do something about it. Thanks in no small parts to those users, who are extremely right wing and dwindling by the day, Truth …
Bomani Jones Explained To Seth Meyers How All Those Super Bowl Ads Tipped Him Off That The Crypto Crash Coming
Bomani Jones, the Emmy-winning sportscaster and host of HBO’s Game Theory, stopped by to chat with Seth Meyers on Wednesday night, where they had a wide-ranging conversation that eventually landed on the curious — and, for many, unfortunate — relationship between cryptocurrency and sports. It’s a topic Jones has talked about before, including on a …
Kim Kardashian Put Two ‘The White Lotus’ Stars In SKIMS Ads, And It Might Be The Best Thing She’s Ever Done
Getty Image Yes, the above headline is an exaggeration and not entirely accurate. Kim Kardashian has made some valuable contributions to culture, including her ongoing fight for prison reform. When it comes to pop culture, however, her track record is a messy one of late. Quite recently even, because Kim has been collecting artifacts previously …
She re-created famous fashion ads to make a great point about diversity
This article originally appeared on 12.08.16 From a young age, Deddeh Howard was enthralled by fashion and its role in culture. Unfortunately, she was never really able to see herself in it. “Something that always bothered me when you see these amazing images [was] that very rarely you ever see a black woman on them,” …
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‘Just flailing right now’: Users complain that Twitter ads have become ‘invasive,’ ‘f*cking garbage’
Elon Musk’s short tenure as the owner of Twitter has been tumultuous. Since he took over, the platform has been flooded with complaints about the user experience and dissatisfaction with the rapid series of policy changes and reversals he’s implemented. Driving revenue is among the biggest obstacles the platform is facing. Half of the platform’s …
Shonda Rhimes And Other Creators Are Not Happy With Netflix’s New Flow-Disrupting Ads
Getty Image Last week, Netflix unveiled something they long vowed they’d never do: an ad-supported version of their service. Subscribers were fleeing; money, which had been spent on blockbuster-sized budgets, was drying up. It had to be done, evidently. But it’s been a chaotic roll-out, and the way they’ve implemented their new tactic already has …
Danny Masterson’s Lawyer Thinks Political Ads Targeting Scientology Are A Valid Reason To Delay His Rape Trial
Getty Image Danny Masterson is set to face trial next week on three rape charges, but his attorney is already seeking to delay the proceedings until after the mayoral election in Los Angeles. Masterson is a lifelong member of the Church of Scientology, which has become a hot topic in the race between Rick Caruso …
You Might See Ads On Netflix Sooner Than You Thought
Netflix Well, well, well. If it isn’t our old pal, speculation. According to The Wrap, Netflix is considering moving up the timeline on charging subscribers less money in exchange for watching advertisements. If the rumor is true, we could see ads on the streamer as soon as November. “We are still in the early days …
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Meta reaches $37.5 Million settlement for illegally using location data to serve ads
Meta reached a $37.5 Million settlement in a class-action location privacy lawsuit on Monday but denied wrongdoing as part of the deal. The class-action lawsuit, which was originally brought against the tech giant in November 2018, claims Facebook was harvesting user location data by tracking their movements without their permission. Even if users declined to …