Marvel Some nations aren’t as tolerant of homosexuality as the United States, where a number of states, like Florida, have introduced anti- LGTBQIA+ legislation. For its China release, the third Fantastic Beasts movie had all of its gay dialogue, some of it pertaining to Jude Law’s now out-and-proud Dumbledore, removed. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is out-and-out …
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Is The Onion Banned from Twitter? It’s Just Some Pretty Clever Satire
The Onion hasn’t really been banned from Twitter, but their latest mini-campaign is an effective bit of satire that targets those who complain about censorship even as they retain a massive platform to distribute their ideas. “The Onion has been banned from Twitter,” a tweet read on Thursday, April 21. They followed that tweet up …
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Adin Ross Was Banned on Twitch (Yet Again) — Why?
With more than 5.8 million followers on Twitch, streamer Adin Ross, known for streaming games like GTA and NBA 2K22, was one of the platform’s top 20 creators. That is, until he was banned. On April 20, 2022, the popular streamer received word from the Amazon-owned platform that his account has been banned. While the …
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Why Was Khonshu Banned by the Gods in ‘Moon Knight’?
However, Khonshu’s act of defiance against the Ennead’s explicit wishes gets him sealed in an ushabti (an ancient Egyptian stone figurine), leaving Marc in a conundrum. As Khonshu asks him early on in the episode, what would Marc do without the Moon Knight suit? With Khonshu now imprisoned, Marc is left to fend off Arthur …
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Ricky Gervais Had A Quip About Will Smith Being Banned From The Oscars For A Decade
Getty Image On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally made a decision about what to do with Will Smith after his Oscars slap: The actor has been banned from attending the ceremony for 10 years. Since the incident, a noted awards show host, Ricky Gervais, has inevitably weighed in, making jokes …
Will Smith Has Been Banned From Attending All Academy Events, Including The Oscars, For 10 Years
Getty Image Will Smith got more than a slap on the wrist for… you know. The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences ruled today that the Best Actor-winning King Richard star has been banned from all Academy events, including the Oscars, for 10 years after he slapped Chris Rock …
Samuel L. Jackson Joked That Kenan Thompson Got Him Banned (But Not Really) From ‘SNL’
For the nearly 47 years it’s been on air, SNL has managed to keep things relatively clean, despite being a live show. Honcho Lorne Michaels banned Elvis Costello for years and years, all because he played a song he hadn’t planned to, thus mucking up the show’s air-tight schedule. Charles Rocket was fired from the …
Dame Dash Wants To ‘Make Our Own Grammys’ After Kanye West Was Reportedly Banned From This Year’s Show
Getty Image Outspoken rap impresario Dame Dash has a solution for the Grammy Awards’ controversial ban on Kanye West performing at this year’s show: “We make our own Grammys,” he said when he encountered some TMZ photographers recently. Dash didn’t hold back, saying, “I’m not trying to fit into somebody else’s system. So we just …
“I Just a Baby” TikTok Creator Says Her Account Was Banned
If you’ve been entertained by the original “I Just a Baby” TikTok video or one of its many imitators, you have Jordan Faeh and her very self-aware daughter, Cosette, to thank. In the original video, Cosette hilariously reminds her mom of her age, with increasing insistence. Here’s how the conversation went down: Jordan: “Coco, when …
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17 Entitled, Immature People Who Should Be Banned From All Restaurants Everywhere
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LeVar Burton Tells Students To ‘Read The Books They Don’t Want You To’ In A ‘Daily Show’ Segment On Banned Books
Conservatives rail against “cancel culture,” but right now they’re the ones doing the cancelling. Outraged parents across the nation have been calling for hundreds of books to be banned from public school library shelves — an “unprecedented” number, according to the American Library Association. Which books are they appalled by? Ones about race, sexuality, even …
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Believes Drill Rap Videos Should Be Banned From Social Media
Getty Image There’s been a recent uptick in murders and shootings involving drill rappers in New York City, and new mayor Eric Adams wants to do something about it. He sees a direct correlation between the content of drill rap and the murders and shootings that have occurred because of it. “I had no idea …