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The stunning drone fireworks show in Shanghai was actually just a pre-recoding. BBC reports the entire drone fireworks show, which received praise for its more eco-friendly and modern alternative to traditional fireworks, was pre-recorded days earlier, a media manager told BBC News. The show was filled with 2,000 drones that …

A newly unsealed report from an external investigator hired by PBS, details accusations against Tavis Smiley, according to the Chicago Suntimes. The report claims that the talk show host engaged in sexual relationships with guests and subordinates on his now-defunct talk show. The allegations date back years and range from lewd …

Coachella is just around the corner, and the headliners for the festival have officially been released. Frank Ocean, Travis Scott, and Rage Against the Machine will be headlining the two-week music festival. Rage Against the Machine will perform on the Friday nights, Travis Scott on Saturdays and Frank Ocean on …

’Jeopardy’ host Alex Trebek doesn’t know when he’ll step away from the game show or who will replace him, but he knows how he’ll sign off after 35 years. In fact, he revealed to Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America” that he’ll need just 30 seconds to do it. “I’ve …

If you don’t want to possibly be the victim of a scam, make sure you don’t abbreviate 2020. As if bots and robo-calls weren’t enough, scammers are now trying to find scams in the way we sign 2020 in documents. While it’s second-nature to abbreviate 2020 as “1/1/20,” scammers can …

Rapper Da Baby has been arrested in Miami after an alleged fight with a promoter over $10,000. The 28-year-old was booked into the Miami-Dade jail just before midnight Thursday and made his first court appearance Friday. According to Miami-Dade Corrections spokesman, Juan Diasgranados, the rapper will remain in custody until …

‘Surviving R.Kelly Part II: The Reckoning’ premiered Thursday night. Lifetime launched the five-episode second season after the successful six-hour docu-series that premiered in January 2019, which gained more than 26 million viewers. The first two hours of the series focused mainly on the reactions to last year’s series, including backlash …

On Thursday, Chicago’s interim police department superintendent Charlie Beck revealed to CNN that although homicides are decreasing, the city is “still not safe enough,” after being asked about questions she receives about crime in Chicago and how she responds to them. Beck also expressed that crossing the 500-homicide threshold was …

LaMelo Ball, 18, is making an effort to donate to those in need. Ball’s agent Jermaine Jackson revealed to ESPN Australia’s Corey Williams that the Illawarra Hawks point guard will donate one month of his NBL salary to people affected by the New South Wales wildfires in Australia. Early Thursday, …

The U.S. has been taking a serious stance on cutting down the amount of nicotine Americans consume, in particular by raising the legal age of purchasing tobacco to 21. U-Haul has taken heed to this and implemented a nicotine ban on new employees. The moving truck rental company announced that …

Trump ordered a U.S. military airstrike Thursday that killed the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani, in an airstrike near Baghdad’s airport. With the threat of a possible World War looming over us in classic fashion, Twitter didn’t panic. Instead, users rose to the occasion with a …

Research done by Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that 10.6 percent of the directors of the top 2019 movies are women.⠀⠀⠀ According to the report, this percentage marks the highest number in the category in 13 years. Dr. Smith makes sure to mention in …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is beefing up terrorism security in key areas of the city that may be at risk for an attack after a deadly airstrike ordered by President Trump in Iraq killed a force commander, provoking Iran to vow revenge on the United States. “We …

A man that was caught on camera seemingly attempting to abduct a woman has now been arrested. Just before 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, surveillance footage from a Las Vegas home showed 23-year-old Darnell Rodgers run after a woman who had seemingly escaped from his white car. The woman …

A man who was high on methamphetamine stole a pickup truck containing a sleeping man and his pet goat, taking the two along with him for part of his slow and steady joy ride. Police say 40-year-old Brandon Kirby stole a pickup truck that was parked outside an adult video …

On March 20th, Netflix will premiere the four-part docuseries, ”Self Made Inspired By The Life of Madam C.J. Walker,” starring Octavia Spencer. Spencer is set to star as Sarah Breedlove, known as Madam C.J. Walker, the iconic black hair care pioneer, and mogul who overcame racism and family turmoil to …

One of R. Kelly’s many accusers, Faith Rodgers, is speaking out after being verbally and even physically attacked since she came forward on the ”Surviving R. Kelly” documentary, in which she described the torment that she faced at the hands of the disgraced singer. Rodgers spoke with “CBS This Morning” …

Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, announced that a transgender character is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Feige made the announcement during an event Saturday at the New York Film Academy with NYFA’s Director of Industry Lecture Series, Tova Laiter. According to NBC News, during the question-and-answer session after …

Written by @lessh Ricki Lake, the iconic 90s talk show host, posted a photo of herself on New Year’s Day with a very closely cropped haircut and shared a deeply personal story about her struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts since experiencing hair thinning and loss for most of her …

A passenger secretly paid an Uber driver’s $700 college debt, and now she’s a college graduate. Latonya Young is a single mother who works during the day as a hairstylist and at night as an Uber driver. But Young has much bigger goals like her dream of becoming a lawyer, …