On the 70th anniversary of the death of Henrietta Lacks, her estate has filed a lawsuit against Thermo Fisher Scientific, a biotechnology company who the family claims has been profiting off the sale of “stolen” cancerous cells that were harvested from Lacks’ cervix before she died in 1951 as part …
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In truly serendipitous timing, Louis C.K. has announced his first big tour since being accused of sexual misconduct by several women the same week that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was accused of, well, sexual misconduct by several women. In an email sent to fans, the comedian outlines his plans …
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The Met Gala is back at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art this fall, but attendees won’t be allowed in without a vaccine. “Currently, all attendees at the Met Gala on September 13 must provide proof of full vaccination and will also be expected to wear masks indoors except …
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Mario Batali, his former partner Joe Bastianich and the company they used to run together will pay $600,000 to at least 20 women and men who were sexually harassed while working at Batali and Bastianich’s Manhattan restaurants, The New York Times reports. The settlement was announced Friday, July 23rd, by …
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At the height of the pandemic (or about a million years ago in internet time), the reality TV competition Slag Warsbecame a minor cult hit. Hosted by adult performers and LGBTQ icons the Cock Destroyers, the show set out to find the next LGBTQ icon, or “slag,” and was marketed …
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The last time David Kushner saw his older brother, it was 1973. He was only four years old, and he’d been hassling 11-year-old Jon to bring him back candy from the 7-Eleven near their Florida home — alligator candy, to be specific, gumballs packaged inside a plastic alligator head. Jon …
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It’s been a tough year for dancers in the adult industry. In light of the closure of clubs during the pandemic, many dancers have had to scramble to make ends meet, pivoting to platforms like OnlyFans or dancing for tips on IG Live. So when a dancer at Sapphire Las …
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Bill Clinton launched a new podcast Thursday called Why Am I Telling You This?via IHeartMedia, the company announced. In the 46-minute first episode of the interview series, the former president — a saxophone player and jazz aficionado —chats with Wynton Marsalis about that jazz great’s career. “Growing up in Arkansas …
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Yolande Norris-Clark gazes placidly into the camera, speaking in her best ASMR voice, honey-colored bangs lying flat against her forehead as if stuck there by glue. She is, she says, with her five youngest children (she has eight) in the jungles of Costa Rica, where she’s recently relocated from her …
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A former model has accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her at the U.S. Open in 1997, when she was 24 years old. Amy Dorris told theGuardian that the President approached her outside the bathroom of his VIP box at the tennis tournament. He then allegedly tried to kiss and …
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