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Sebastian Stan Says Trump’s Antics Are ‘Not a Laughing Matter’ at This Point: ‘The Writing Was on the Wall’
Two years after playing Donald Trump in “The Apprentice,” Sebastian Stan isn’t surprised by the current state of things under the man’s second administration. The actor bluntly said this week that “we’re in a really really bad place,” but that “the writing was on the wall” that it would go this way. Appearing at the…
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The Zuckerbergs Are Hiring a Lifeguard but Calling It a ‘Beach Water Person’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are hiring a seasonal, on-call “Beach Water Person” based in Kauai, Hawaii, where the family owns a sprawling compound, according to a new job listing on Greenhouse associated with West 10, the Zuckerberg family office. This is an interesting choice for a job title, because according…
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Forced treatment and jail: Spencer Pratt’s pledges to end homelessness stir up mayor’s race
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he wants to get tough. The reality TV personality contends that the root cause of Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis is drug addiction and mental health and pledged to use the police and other coercive efforts to clean the streets. “Once you start enforcing the law, things are going…
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Senator makes the one move that could end Kash Patel’s FBI career
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Monday formally asked the Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate FBI Director Kash Patel — escalating a months-long firestorm over the embattled director’s alleged drinking and reports that he has cooked the bureau’s arrest stats. In a letter to Deputy Inspector General William Blier, Blumenthal requested a formal probe into…
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Reel to Real: A Ho-Hum Cannes So Far
Remember last week when we pointed out the decided lack of Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival? Well, at the midway point, our Steve Pond has assessed that things are… pretty lackluster. There are a few films that have created buzz — Jordan Firstman, of “I Love LA” fame, struck the first (and thus far…
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NY man shows up drunk to pick friend up from DWI arrest: cops
A New York driver allegedly showed up drunk to pick up his friend who had just been locked up for DWI. Antone Glionna, 25, of Hagaman, turned up outside the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office to drive his pal home after he was cut loose from custody on Saturday, according to the sheriff. Authorities started questioning…
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Reclusive ‘Twin Peaks’ star Lara Flynn Boyle, 56, makes rare Los Angeles outing
Lara’s day out. Reclusive actress Lara Flynn Boyle made a rare outing in Los Angeles over the weekend. According to photos obtained by Page Six, the “Twin Peaks” actress was spotted smoking a cigarette while walking her rescue dog, Shrimp. Boyle looked casual for the stroll, wearing a gray sweatshirt with the words “Irish” written…
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‘Brutal’: Growing tribe of jobless techies is stuck in Silicon Valley’s new reality
Battered by years of mass layoffs, California tech workers were hoping the job market would rebound this year. But things are getting worse. Now, many are redrawing their career paths. Artificial intelligence has triggered fierce competition for top talent and is also fueling tens of thousands of layoffs this year. The class divide is widening…
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Dr. Oz put on the spot on MS NOW over explosion of measles cases under Trump admin
Invited on MS NOW to promote the expanded direct-to-consumer TrumpRx platform, Donald Trump appointee Dr. Mehmet Oz was pressed to defend why there is a growing measles epidemic in the US. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 51 new measles cases in a nationwide outbreak…
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The Smart Way to Curb Crime
In the summer of 2014, the new mayor of New York City had a problem. Bill de Blasio had campaigned against aggressive policing, particularly the city’s controversial policy of briefly detaining people and patting them down for weapons. Stop-and-frisk, which a federal court had ruled was discriminatory as practiced, had been touted as a form…