(RNN) – Celebrities answered the call to participate in the 22 Pushup Challenge and raise awareness for PTSD and other mental conditions afflicting veterans. Actor Chris Pratt responded Friday to a fan’s request on Twitter to participate, posting a video of him and his wife, actress Anna Faris, doing pushups. He forwarded the challenge to […]
TOM PENNINGTON/GETTY IMAGES As younger U.S. teammates added to their medal haul Sunday, Gabby Douglas, the Virginia Beach native who captivated the gymnastics world in winning all-around gold at the 2012 Olympics, struggled to a disappointing and emotional finish at the Rio Games. After finishing seventh in a field of eight in her lone individual […]
After inciting the relentless harassment of Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones, conservative blogger Milo Yiannopoulos has been permanently banned from Twitter. The pro-Gamergate journalist frequently sics his hundreds of thousands of followers on different targets, and has been temporarily suspended from the platform multiple times and “unverified” for violating its terms of service. Most recently, he […]
SHREVE, Ohio – A local police sergeant is on indefinite, unpaid suspension after a post he made on Facebook last week was perceived to be racist. Shreve police Sgt. Robert Biddle, 34, wrote on Facebook: “Been at work for ONE HOUR and the monkeys have already exceeded their limit of snark I’m gonna take for the […]
Isaiah Crowell, a running back for the Cleveland Browns, released a statement on Monday apologizing for an illustration he shared on Instagram that went viral. Crowell said in the statement that last week was “emotional” and “difficult.” He said he posted the image “in the midst of that emotion that I shouldn’t have and immediately removed […]
getty EEW Magazine Gospel News R&B singer Fantasia Barrino, 2004 American Idol winner, is using her star power to create a bonafide Gospel hit. By simply posting a Facebook Live video of her performance of Dennis Reed & The Gap’s “Necessary,” the melody made incredible gains on Billboard’s Gospel Digital Songs chart, jumping by 546 […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — A mother’s Facebook post that slams the “blamers and shamers” following the alligator attack at Disney World is going viral. Melissa Fenton, a writer who lives in Florida, defended the parents of a two-year-old boy who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World Resort on Tuesday. In her post, she questions […]
A slow NFL news day was interrupted on Tuesday when the league’s Twitter account posted an update claiming that Commissioner Roger Goodell was dead at age 57. Obviously, the tweet was immediately speculated to be the result of a hack. That theory would prove to be correct, as the NFL’s head of PR sent […]
What a tumultuous few weeks it has been for singer, reality star and former talk show host Tamar Braxton. By now everyone is likely clued in to all of the drama surrounding her departure from The Real, but right in the midst of everything unfolding Tamar disappeared from social media. https://www.instagram.com/p/BGH_xmugsSz/ The […]
What a tumultuous few weeks it has been for singer, reality star and former talk show host Tamar Braxton. By now everyone is likely clued in to all of the drama surrounding her departure from The Real, but right in the midst of everything unfolding Tamar disappeared from social media. https://www.instagram.com/p/BGH_xmugsSz/ The […]
Major side-eye. Madonna took the stage at the Billboard Music Awards, dressed as Willy Wonka’s mistress, to tribute our beloved Prince. Nope! The “Like A Virgin” singer appeared on a glittery purple throne, starting her performance with a cover of Sinead O’Connor’s hit, “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Like, we know Prince wrote that song, but is that really […]