Raquel Leviss, now going by her birth name Rachel, is taking aim at Andy Cohen for pushing “damaging” claims that she was “heavily medicated” during the season 10 “Vanderpump Rules” reunion, which was filmed in March.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk has taken legal aim at the Center for Countering Digital Hate, an independent research nonprofit group, over the organization’s findings that since the multibillionaire acquired Twitter (now called X) hate, racism and disinformation on the social platform has substantially increased. “Musk and his legal team, led by attorney Alex Spiro at Quinn Emanuel, have engaged in an aggressive campaign to intimidate, bully, and silence CCDH,” the organization said in a statement released Monday.
“While Elon Musk proclaims to be a ‘free speech absolutist,’ his actions against CCDH show the lengths he will go to silence those who seek to hold him to account.” The Center for Countering Digital Hate publishing findings that Twitter failed to take action against 99 of 100 Twitter Blue accounts the organization reported for hate-speech violations. A July 20 letter from Spiro to the organization called the CCDH’s research “false, misleading or both” and said X Corp.
is “investigating whether CCDH’s false and misleading claims about Twitter are actionable” under U.S. law.
In addition, he wrote, the company has “reason to believe” that the CCDH is “supported by funding from X Corp.’s commercial competitors, as well as government entities and their affiliates.” “Twitter takes its commitment to free speech, the enforcement of its rules and policies protecting users, and its strong relationships with its advertising partners all extremely seriously… to the extent that CCDH is passing off as impartial ‘research’ material that is in fact being funded in support of an ulterior agenda, your representations are all the more misleading,” Spiro’s letter said. Musk, in a post Monday about the legal dispute,
.Raquel Leviss, now going by her birth name Rachel, is taking aim at Andy Cohen for pushing “damaging” claims that she was “heavily medicated” during the season 10 “Vanderpump Rules” reunion, which was filmed in March.
Irish model Vogue Williams issued an apology to her fans on Friday, after she caused widespread concern by claiming her husband Spencer Matthews had been hospitalised after suffering a “cold sore medication overdose.” The 37 year old presenter, appeared on the My Therapist Ghosted Me podcast on Friday and admitted to host Joanne McNally that she “sometimes embellishes things.” Keen to clear up some confusion from earlier in the week, Vogue confirmed that her husband was “very much still alive” after rumours began circulating about his death. Recalling the situation that had lead to this point, Vogue explained: “Spenny was hospitalised for two days because he is a little b***h and he can't handle it.” She then continued: “Well I will tell you what, he overdosed on cold sore tablets.
Towie star Tommy Mallet has said he is 'gutted' after a shop close to his heart has closed. The TV personality and businessman runs luxury footwear brand Mallet London which has branches across the UK.
Lifelong Manchester United fan Rachel Riley has insisted she will walk away from the club if Mason Greenwood is reintegrated into the squad.
Sandra Bullock has been greatly affected by the controversy surrounding “The Blind Side”.
CBS Media Ventures President Steve LoCascio is retiring after 34 years at the company and its previous iterations as the division will become part of the portfolio of Wendy McMahon, named this morning as President and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures.
Fast And Furious star Tyrese Gibson is suing US hardware store The Home Depot for over $1m (£790,000) after allegedly being racially profiled.The actor, who has appeared in seven of the blockbuster movies, claimed that he and two associates were subjected to “outrageous discriminatory mistreatment” during an incident in February.A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles earlier this week detailed the incident that allegedly occurred in The Home Depot store in West Hills, Los Angeles County.According to Variety, the alleged incident involved Gibson and Eric Mora and Manuel Hernandez being held up due to a “purported glitch in the system.”The trio’s complaint claims that it prevented them from checking out for around 20 minutes before a crowd started to form around the checkout.A post shared by TYRESE (@tyrese)Gibson is said to have decided to leave the store and wait in his car while Mora and Hernandez waited to complete the transaction.The suit alleges that once Gibson made the cashier aware of his plan, and permitted his associates to use his credit card, the Home Depot employee “acknowledged Gibson and said he understood”.But the cashier allegedly continued to deny the transaction, even after Gibson tried sharing his consent over FaceTime and later in person.The complaint allegedly stated: “The cashier gave no reasonable explanation other than repeating ‘store policy’ and demanded to see a form of identification. The manager refused to speak with Gibson in person.
The 1975 is being sued.
Kalani and Asuelu have their work cut out for them if they want to save their marriage. In this exclusive clip from 's latest spinoff,, Kalani and Asuelu say they're dealing with the problem of «infidelity» in their marriage. Asuelu then breaks down in tears and basically acknowledges that he cheated on Kalani.Kalani and Asuelu are one of the franchise's most well-known couples as their story has been featured on multiple seasons.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dan Ackerman, editor in chief of tech news site Gizmodo, alleges Apple TV+ film “Tetris” illegally copied from his book on the popular video game, in a lawsuit he filed seeking at least $4.8 million in damages from Apple and others. Ackerman’s “The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World,” published in 2016, is about the game’s origins in the former Soviet Union and the fight for its global licensing rights. The lawsuit touted the book as a “literary masterpiece” and described it as “in the style of Cold War spy thriller.” According to the lawsuit, Ackerman sent a pre-publication copy of the book to the Tetris Co.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Kai Cenat, the Twitch and YouTube streamer, issued a statement Saturday through his group AMP (Any Means Possible) apologizing after a violent mob took over New York’s Union Square Park a day earlier when he urged fans to come to the park, where he said he was planning to give away free PlayStation 5s and gift cards. Thousands of people flocked to Union Square Park after Cenat’s social media posts went viral Friday, and the flash mob became violent and began attacking police and other people in the area with bottles, rocks, other debris and fireworks.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amazon CEO Andy Jassy enthused about the potential of generative AI technology to cut costs and create brand-new user experiences — saying every team in the company is working on multiple projects in the area, including in its entertainment business. On the tech giant’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday, Jassy said, “Inside Amazon, every one of our teams is working on building generative AI applications that reinvent and enhance their customers’ experience.” That includes multiple projects in its entertainment business, AWS, its advertising business and in Amazon’s devices business: “You can just imagine what we’re working on with respect to Alexa there.” Generative AI refers to a type of artificial-intelligence technology that can create new text, images, videos or synthetic data based on massive data sets.
Arthur is facing a potential ban from Florida schools after a conservative activist filed a complaint claiming that it could “damage souls”.Bruce Friedman, a member of the Clay county school district community in Florida, filed a complaint on July 12 against the 1989 book Arthur’s Birthday. In the book by Marc Brown, the titular brown aardvark discovers his birthday falls on the same day as another party for a classmate.At the end, Arthur receives a bottle gift from Francine with the words, “Francine’s Spin the Bottle Game” written across.According to the challenge (via The Daily Beast), Friedman believes the reference to spin the bottle is “not appropriate” for elementary school children.
Kanye West‘s has wiped his Twitter (X) account clean just days after being re-instated by Elon Musk.It comes after he was previously banned from the platform three times, the last being on December 2 last year after the rapper tweeted an illustration of a swastika inside a Star of David.The inflammatory post was one of many West – also known as Ye – tweeted at the time, culminating in Musk confirming that West’s account would be suspended due to violating the platform’s policies “against incitement to violence”.The rapper previously faced significant backlash after making a series of antisemitic remarks, wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt, and expressing false claims about the death of George Floyd.Despite his account being re-instated to Twitter earlier this week, West will now not be eligible to monetise his account and advertisements will not appear next to his posts.His account was reinstated after receiving reassurance that he would not use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language.The rapper has since wiped all his tweets from the account.
Kanye West is back on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, recently rebranded as X by Elon Musk.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Kanye West’s account on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, has been restored — after the controversial rapper/entrepreneur apparently promised the Elon Musk-owned company he would refrain from posting antisemitic and other hateful content. West, who now goes by Ye, was kicked off Twitter in December 2022 after he share an image of a Nazi swastika embedded inside the Star of David.
One of the titles in the bestselling Arthur children’s book series faces a potential ban after a conservative claimant said that it “damaged souls.”
Mandy Moore revealed that her two-year-old son Gus has Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome, a rare skin condition that causes a blistering and itchy rash in children according to WebMD. In posts on her Instagram Story, the 39-year-old actress detailed how Gus, whom she shares with her husband Taylor Goldsmith, woke up with a mysterious rash on Saturday, which was initially difficult to diagnose despite visits to several doctors. "This sweet boy woke up with a crazy rash on Saturday am," the "This Is Us" star wrote on a photo of Gus licking a lollipop in what appeared to be a doctor's office.
Kanye West has had his Twitter account reactivated, following a ban of almost eight months for offensive content.
Jason Aldean stood by the footage used in his controversial video for “Try That in a Small Town.” However, the video has since been edited to remove clips from Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta.