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Millions of dollars were wagered on ‘Love Island.’ Why Kalshi wants more trades in reality TV
Davryn McDuffie didn’t know people could bet on reality TV until a Kalshi ad for “Love Island” trading came across her social media feed. Out of curiosity, the 21-year-old college student from Palos Verdes decided to place her first-ever bet on the winning couple, putting $10 on the leading contestants, Bryce Dettloff and Trinity Tatum.…
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Whiny GOP speaker gripes about his job: ‘All I do is go from crisis to crisis’
In a puff profile on Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) from the Wall Street Journal, the embattled House Speaker complained at length about his job and “demurred” when asked if he wanted to keep it. The Louisiana Republican, now nearly three years into his tenure as speaker, admitted he is under relentless pressure managing a fractious…
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Why Cartoon Network Shows Don’t Necessarily Need Cartoon Network
On June 29, a spinoff of Cartoon Network’s “Adventure Time,” one of the channel’s flagship series which ran for 10 seasons and 283 episodes, winning eight Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody, three Annie Awards and hordes of devotees along the way, premiered to much fanfare. “Adventure Time: Side Quests,” a companion series that returned the…
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‘Mexodus,’ a live-looping, hip-hop history lesson, reenergizes the American musical
The American musical has been searching for a path forward. Broadway has settled into parodymode after suffering some mega collapses. “Mexodus,” a live-looping, hip-hop musical about an enslaved person who seeks sanctuary south of the border, offers encouraging signs of life for the art form. This two-person musical, written and performed by Brian Quijada and…
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WATCH: Todd Blanche faces Senate grilling in high-stakes confirmation hearing
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is slated to testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and is expected to face tough questions from members on a number of topics, chief among them his role in the Justice Department’s botched release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. After firing Pam Bondi in April, President Donald Trump…
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Married dad likely pushed to death down 30-foot shaft during fight with co-worker: cops
A Texas construction worker plummeted 30 feet to his death down a shaft — with cops suspecting he may have been pushed while fighting wth a co-worker. Married father of three Lorenzo Gonzalez, 46, died at a site in Sheldon, east of Houston, at 7:45 a.m. Monday, KRIV reported. Gonzalez “was in a physical altercation…
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Meghan Markle celebrates first-ever Emmy nomination for ‘With Love, Meghan’ months after cancellation
Meghan Markle celebrated her Netflix lifestyle show, “With Love, Meghan,” receiving its first-ever Daytime Emmy nomination months after the show was canceled. “A huge congratulations to the amazing crew, producers, and team who worked on ‘With Love, Meghan’ on @netflix,” the Duchess of Sussex wrote on Instagram early Wednesday. “We are nominated for an Emmy for…
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Inside the states’ case to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s big swing — leading a coalition of 12 state attorneys general to try to block Paramount Skydance’s $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery — could reverberate through the entertainment business for years to come. Late Monday, Bonta’s coalition of Democratic prosecutors asked a federal judge to grant a temporary restraining…
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‘Liars like you’: Jubilant Trump and Cruz boast slapped down by frustrated fact-checker
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social early Wednesday morning to boast about a victory for his administration. There’s just one problem, a political commentator noted — he didn’t win. Trump’s Truth Social post celebrated news that the consumer price index fell 0.4% in June and brought the annual inflation rate down to 3.5%, representing…
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An Iran Agreement Honored Only in the Breach
The U.S.-Iran war was supposed to be over when President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding last month at a dinner table in the Lower Gallery of Versailles. But Trump has a famously flexible definition of what constitutes a binding contract, Iran feels that it has little to lose from further hostilities, and the two…