• Stephanie Pratt slammed for tweeting ‘shoot the looters’ amid protests

    Stephanie Pratt slammed for tweeting ‘shoot the looters’ amid protests

    Stephanie Pratt’s criminal past is being rehashed after “The Hills: New Beginnings” star tweeted “shoot the looters” amid the George Floyd protests. “Shoot the looters — using this tragedy as their excuse to rob and burn all of our towns down,” Pratt, 34, tweeted on Sunday. The phrase “when the looting stars, the shooting starts” …
  • Quavo is looking for a new superstar who’s ‘ready to work’

    Quavo is looking for a new superstar who’s ‘ready to work’

    If you’re ready to walk it talk it, Quavo wants to hear from you. The 29-year-old recent grad, one-third of platinum-selling hip-hop artists Migos, will be sitting at the judge’s table — alongside groupmate TakeOff, producer Murda Beatz and songwriter Starrah — for Triller’s new talent-search competition, “Step Up to the Mic.” “I’m looking for …
  • Khloé Kardashian makes ‘face transplant’ quip over criticism of her looks

    Khloé Kardashian makes ‘face transplant’ quip over criticism of her looks

    Khloé Kardashian is defending herself after shocking fans last week with a nearly unrecognizable new look. On a new photo posted Thursday, one fan snipped at the reality star, “Why do you look so different in all your photos?” — prompting Kardashian to shoot back, “from my weekly face transplants clearly.” Last week, the 35-year-old shared …
  • Ted Cruz Calls for Criminal Investigation into Twitter over Allegations of Iran Sanctions Violations

    Ted Cruz Calls for Criminal Investigation into Twitter over Allegations of Iran Sanctions Violations

    Senator Ted Cruz on Friday called for a criminal investigation into whether Twitter is violating U.S. sanctions against Iran by allowing Iranian officials to hold accounts on the platform. In a letter to the Justice and Treasury Departments, obtained by Axios, the Texas Republican said the social media giant is committing a “blatant and willful …
  • Twitter Flags Trump’s ‘When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts’ Tweet for ‘Glorifying Violence’

    Twitter Flags Trump’s ‘When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts’ Tweet for ‘Glorifying Violence’

    Twitter flagged a Thursday-night tweet from President Trump about the Minnesota riots, saying his use of the phrase “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” violated its policy against “glorifying violence.” The president warned that he would not let “those THUGS” continue rioting in Minneapolis. “Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the …
  • Nina Dobrev and Shaun White are Instagram official

    Nina Dobrev and Shaun White are Instagram official

    It’s official. Nina Dobrev and Shaun White have seemingly confirmed they are dating by sharing photos on Instagram of Dobrev, 31, cutting White’s hair. It appears the couple are in quarantine together. “Adding to resume: hairdresser ✂️,” the “Vampire Diaries” star captioned a slideshow that showed she chopped off White’s red locks. White, 33, added …
  • Trump Signs Executive Order Challenging Liability Protections for Social Media Companies

    Trump Signs Executive Order Challenging Liability Protections for Social Media Companies

    President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday designed to challenge liability protections for social-media companies after Twitter placed a fact-check label on a series of tweets in which the president criticized voting-by-mail as susceptible to fraud. The order directs the U.S. commerce secretary to file a petition with the Federal Trade Commission to clarify …
  • Pelosi: Trump Order Cracking Down on Social Media Firms ‘Outrageous’

    Pelosi: Trump Order Cracking Down on Social Media Firms ‘Outrageous’

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday criticized President Trump’s planned executive order to limit liability protections for social media companies as “silly,” but also lamented what she called Twitter’s “selective” enforcement of fact-checking standards. On Tuesday, Twitter placed a fact-check label on a series of Trump’s tweets in which he criticized voting-by-mail as susceptible to …
  • John Krasinski defends selling ‘Some Good News’ after fans call him a ‘sellout’

    John Krasinski defends selling ‘Some Good News’ after fans call him a ‘sellout’

    John Krasinski didn’t “sell out,” he says. He just sold a TV show concept to a billion-dollar company. The actor/director, 40, took heat on social media last week after fans discovered that his feel-good YouTube show “Some Good News” had been sold to ViacomCBS for an undisclosed sum of money. It was reported that the …
  • Sales of impulse buy items dip as social distancing alters checkout lines

    Sales of impulse buy items dip as social distancing alters checkout lines

    Impulse purchases — gum, mints and snack bars tossed into a shopping basket as one snakes through the supermarket checkout line — are falling as more people get groceries delivered or pick them up curbside. US sales of mints are down 30 percent year-on-year at stores tracked by market researcher Nielsen in the 11 weeks …