Photos show ‘Wheel of Fortune’ announcer Jim Thornton in alleged pedophilia chatroom for nearly an hour on plane
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Chanel Contos wants to fix our social media algorithms - podcast
Consent advocate Chanel Contos is leading a new campaign to push for social media companies to give Australians the choice to ‘opt in’ to the algorithms driving the infinite scroll.
Young people, artists to gain most as culture budget tops W9tr for first time
Record spending push ties youth culture access to a growing slate of arts and content jobs
· Park Ga-young
BTS tops 1.5b on Spotify with ‘Butter’
BTS' “Butter” has racked up 1.5 billion streams on Spotify, Big Hit Music announced Thursday.
· Hwang You-mee
Jason Kelce looks unrecognizable in throwback photos without his signature scruffy beard
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· Vanessa Serna
Actor Yim Si-wan to host BIFF closing ceremony
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Actor-singer Yim Si-wan has been selected as the emcee for the closing ceremony of this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), its organizers said Friday.
· Lee Minji
[In This Economy] Should Filipinos’ ‘consumption culture’ be blamed for the weak peso?
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Comedian’s offensive mock Welcome to Country at far-right rally gets rerun in the Daily Mail
Daily Mail’s report on March for Australia rally quotes – in full – and embeds video of Lisa Jane Spencer’s disrespectful skit. Plus: AI takes us back to 1956
· Caitlin Cassidy
IU to release new digital single next week
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Singer-songwriter IU will release a new digital single Thursday, her agency said, marking her first new music in a year after health issues forced concert cancellations and delayed her sixth studio album.
· Shim Sun-ah
Seven million books later, Garth Nix still has a back-up plan
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· Barry Divola
Coalition divisions multiply over latest classroom culture war
The Liberal Party’s most senior woman has downplayed her Coalition partner’s attack on Australia’s school curriculum, arguing Nationals leader Matt Canavan was speaking from personal experience when he claimed respectful relationships education was pushing an “anti-boy ideology”.
· Brittany Busch
Chinese teachers publicly shamed on stage for students’ low test scores, sparking outrage
Photos of the incident quickly went viral, drawing over 100 million views on social media and sparking nationwide fury
· Alice Yan
Chinese teachers publicly shamed on stage for students’ low test scores, sparking outrage
Photos of the incident quickly went viral, drawing over 100 million views on social media and sparking nationwide fury
· Alice Yan
How celebrity culture is driving an unexpected trend
Why are my 20-year-old daughter and her friends suddenly interested in fancy Swiss watches?
· Luke Benedictus
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Sports broadcasts provide no escape for viewers looking to avoid insult
It’s easy to blame television for all that lays us low and then lower. That’s the problem: It’s much too easy. Like adding one bad idea to another bad idea to make two bad ideas.
· Phil Mushnick
Watch: Israeli forces open fire on an elderly Palestinian in Gaza’s Beit Lahia
A video posted on social media shows an elderly Palestinian civilian trying to pass through an area as Israeli forces open fire on him, with bullets hitting the ground nearby, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.
· Middleeasteye
Mamdani Has A Nearly 200 Person "Influencer Network" Sometimes Paid Using Taxpayer Money
A new investigation is putting Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s social media operation under scrutiny after revealing that City Hall has cultivated a network of nearly 200 online creators to help distribute information about the administration, according to the New York Post.
· Tyler Durden
Could robots be the future of theme parks?
This is Galway Robot Park, a 16,500-square-meter venue that’s opened near Seoul in South Korea . The company behind the park says their aim is to bring artificial intelligence and robotics into the world of entertainment. The question is, can robots keep people coming back?
How Hong Kong’s Category III adult films made sex and gore mainstream in the 1990s
The adults-only, Category III rating was introduced in 1988, making stars of actresses including Shu Qi and Amy Yip
· Richard James Havis
How Hong Kong’s Category III adult films made sex and gore mainstream in the 1990s
The adults-only, Category III rating was introduced in 1988, making stars of actresses including Shu Qi and Amy Yip
· Richard James Havis
Christine Taylor reveals how much weight she was asked to lose for ‘The Brady Bunch Movie’: ‘I was embarrassed’
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· Amanda Rubio
‘Wheel of Fortune’ announcer Jim Thornton was questioned by cops for accidentally visiting inappropriate site on airplane
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FIFA accuses UEFA of 'smear campaign' in court filing
FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures as he meets the media at the FIFA World Cup closing press conference in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
· Anne M Peterson
Meet Grigor Dimitrov, the Bulgarian tennis player dating 3 Body Problem star Eiza Gonzalez
Once dubbed “Baby Federer”, the former Wimbledon boys’ singles champ has dated Maria Sharapova and Nicole Scherzinger, and was even linked to Serena Williams
· Sumnima Kandangwa
Meet Grigor Dimitrov, the Bulgarian tennis player dating 3 Body Problem star Eiza Gonzalez
Once dubbed “Baby Federer”, the former Wimbledon boys’ singles champ has dated Maria Sharapova and Nicole Scherzinger, and was even linked to Serena Williams
· Sumnima Kandangwa
‘Swallowtail Butterfly’ still flutters with dangerous energy
During Japan’s bubble economy of the late 1980s and early 1990s, immigration surged in response to a severe labor shortage. Japanese filmmakers took notice and made a spate of films about these new, mostly Chinese immigrants. This era culminated in Shunji Iwai’s “Swallowtail Butterfly” (1996), which became the most …
· Mark Schilling
Dianna Russini plotting media return after Athletic probe — one outlet is a lead candidate to hire her
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· Jenna Lemoncelli
Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
Is ‘Fall 2: Deadpoint’ Worth Seeing in Movie Theaters?
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· Jesse Hassenger
TikTok-famous saxophonist hosts impromptu San Francisco concert before cops swoop in
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· Titus Wu
NY Times pulls back on partnering The Athletic with Kalshi in wake of union pushback: report
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· Ariel Zilber
Wisin imparte cátedra en “La Universidad del Perreo”
Esta imagen de portada del álbum proporcionada por La Base Music Group muestra “La Universidad del Perreo” de Wisin. (La Base Music Group vía AP)
· Berenice Bautista
Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film
Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform
· Rowena Mason
[Photo News] Frieze Seoul immersed in Simmons' performance
A group of dancers performs an immersive choreography at the Simmons Gallery Seongsu in eastern Seoul on Thursday. Mattress maker Simmons is showcasing a special experience that blends media art, contemporary dance, music and dining to coincide with Frieze Seoul 2026 from Thursday to Saturday. The company said the e…
· Kan Hyeong-woo
30 years on, 'Tomb Raider' reboot sees Lara Croft through a 'modern lens'
COLOGNE, Germany — Thirty years after bursting onto the video game scene, Lara Croft returns in a new "Tomb Raider" that plays up the pistol-wielding architect's "complicated" character.
· Agence France-Presse
[Robert J. Fouser] Korea in shades of gray
Social media has countless subgenres that are further divided into sub-narratives. A popular subgenre related to South Korea is “let-me-explain Korea,” which is divided into the “Korea-wonderful” narrative and the “Korea-dystopia” narrative. “Let-me-explain Korea,” of course, has many other narratives, but the “Kore…
· Korea Herald
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Chad Powers’ Season 2 On Hulu, Where Glen Powell And Team Step Up Their Game And Score Big
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· Nicole Gallucci
From celebrities to pets and everything in between, bobblehead dolls are a nod to American culture
Assorted bobbleheads. (AP Video)
· Deepti Hajela
Jennifer Aniston’s close circle ‘not sold’ on ‘opportunist’ boyfriend Jim Curtis
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· Sarah Jones
'No plans to retire', says 'acting god' Malkovich
VENICE, Italy — American actor John Malkovich said Thursday he had no plans to retire, speaking ahead of the premiere of his latest film, dark comedy "Wild Horse Nine" set in 1970s Chile.
· Agence France-Presse
Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun lock lips in Italy after taking major step in their romance
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· Eric Todisco
Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel react to the Athletic’s investigation into alleged affair: ‘We’re moved on’
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· Antoinette Bueno
People With Money by Jess Ho review – race, class and gender collide in this outlandish but overcooked satire
In their debut novel following their memoir Raised by Wolves, Ho’s signature sarcasm is present throughout but some characters border on caricature
· Giselle Au Nhien Nguyen