Shannon Purser and the Internet’s boyfriend Noah Centineo are the stars of Netflix’s new rom-com Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, a flawed-but-touching re-telling of Cyrano de Bergerac set in a suburban high school. Purser plays the titular character, a bullied teenager whose phone number is given to hot jock Jamey (Centineo) in a prank orchestrated…
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Nearly three months after Kim Kardashian asked President Trump to commute the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a non-violent drug offender who was set to spend a lifetime behind bars for her first offense in 1996, she’s now setting her sights on another act of clemency. Per Page Six, Kardashian is reportedly working with the…
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Among the friends, family, and celebrities that you follow on Instagram, there’s a chance you probably also keep up with at least one influencer, whether it’s Chiara Ferragni or Grumpy Cat. Just a decade ago, “having influence” wasn’t a viable or lucrative conceit—now, “influencer” is a job title in nearly every field, with some raking…
Read moreWhen T. Morgan Dixon was teaching high school history in Atlanta in the early 2000s, she encountered an alarming statistic: half of all black girls in America born after the year 2000 would be diagnosed with Type II diabetes in their lifetime unless a change was made to activity levels. Inspired to do something about…
Read moreOn January 1 more than 300 powerful women in Hollywood launched a movement called Time’s Up, which is aimed toward ending gender imbalance and sexual harassment in the workplace across all industries. Time’s Up is undoubtedly a product of the sexual harassment reckoning that happened in Hollywood late last year; following the explosive exposés about…
Read moreIn November, Matt Lauer was fired from the Today show on NBC after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced. Multiple women have spoken out about their inappropriate experiences with the news anchor, though one voice in particular remained silent in the media. Katie Couric, who co-hosted the Today show with Lauer for 15 years, did not…
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