Month: April 2021

An op-end in The Orlando Sentinel slamming Disney’s “wokeness” has set Twitter ablaze with Patricia Arquette, James Gunn, Patton Oswalt and many others weighing in to defend the company’s tweaks to popular attractions at Disney World. “Disney is in the process of taking the woke scalpel to the Jungle Cruise. Trader Sam is out because he might offend certain people. Every grown-up in the room realizes that Trader Sam is not a representation of reality and is meant as a funny and silly caricature. It is no more based in racism than every Disney caricature of an out-of-touch white American dad,” wrote Jonathan VanBoskerc, of North Las Vegas, Nevada, in the paper today. The self-proclaimed Christian, conservative Republican first objected to a recent edict from Disney brass al...

Michael Chabon, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2000 novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and worked for years with producer Scott Rudin on an unrealized film adaptation, has written a lengthy mea culpa – titled Apology of a Rudin Apologist – in which he expresses shame and regret for “enabling Scott Rudin’s abuse.” In a nearly 1,400-word essay posted today on Medium, Chabon writes of both witnessing and receiving the producer’s abuse. “I heard stories of Scott’s tantrums and vindictiveness, but not of smashed hands and people pushed out of moving cars,” writes Chabon, whose first screenplay was optioned by Rudin in 1994. “But I knew enough. I regularly, even routinely, heard him treat his staff, from the new kid doing the coffee run to the guy just under Scott ...

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Kim Kardashian channeled Elle Woods while studying her law books.  The 40-year-old "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star posted a series of photos Thursday on social media of herself outside in a bikini focusing on her textbooks. "Studying in the Sun," the newly minted billionaire wrote. She wore a headscarf, Yeezy shoes, and a beige bikini. Kardashian first revealed she wanted to become a lawyer in a 2019 Vogue interview. She said at the time she planned on taking the California bar in 2022.  KIM KARDASHIAN DETAILS HER NEW DOC, SAYS SHE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT JUSTICE REFORM CRITICS After receiving criticism, the Skims founder explained her training includes "a minimum of 18 hours" per week and "I will take written and multiple choice tests monthly." She's also doing a four-year appr...

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Visiting Super Potato in Akihabara is usually a key reason why many die-hard gamers want to venture to Japan. The flagship Super Potato store (of the eight total in Japan, according to its Twitter) is nondescript, yet its shelves are covered wall-to-wall in rare yet reasonably priced games and consoles. It’s a magical place that’s a store-meets-museum. It’s fun enough to just look around, but if you’re a collector, there aren’t many places left where you can walk in and pick up a Virtual Boy headset or find a cache of Sega Dreamcast games that never released outside of Japan. My point is that you absolutely should go at some point if you can. But thankfully, going there in person isn’t the only way you can peep the store’s vast collection of retro Japanese video games. Per IGN, the...

Selena Gomez has ditched her brunette hair in exchange for a much brighter hue. The Rare Beauty founder stunned her fans on Friday when she debuted a new selfie on her makeup line's Instagram account showing platinum blonde hair. "New look. Need to pick new Rare Beauty lip and blush shades now," the singer and actress captioned the pic. In the snap, Gomez, 28, is wearing an oversized white t-shirt and appears to be makeup-free. She also shows off colorful pastel nails. SELENA GOMEZ, JENNIFER LOPEZ HEADLINE CONCERT TO GET CORONAVIRUS VACCINES TO POOR NATIONS Within an hour, the "Selfish Love" singer's photo racked up over 230,000 likes on the social media platform. Gomez's fans immediately responded to her picture, with some nicknaming her "blondelena." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OU...

The man who was arrested and charged for a drive-by shooting of "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson's house is now suing Willie and his family, claiming he was wrongfully arrested ... and defamed by the family. This is a strange one, for sure, but Daniel Dean King is suing Willie, Willie's son John Luke Robertson, and John's wife Mary Kate ... alleging he's suffered from being incarcerated and took an unfair hit to his reputation. In docs, obtained by TMZ, King says John and Mary reported they were targets of a drive-by shooting on April 24, 2020 while they were home with their child -- which led to King's arrest -- but ...

12:34 PM PT -- TMZ spoke to one of the unsung heroes of this story -- Helen Pitts of Los Angeles Petfinders -- who tells us she helped connect Rob with Chance's family after seeing their missing dog post ... and putting 2 and 2 together with Rob's social media posts. Helen says Chance had ear infections and suffered burns to his paws from running on the hot asphalt, but he's healing great and is now microchipped. We're told Petfinders has helped reunite about 5,000 lost pets with their owners. Rob McElhenney's tale of rescuing a dog and reuniting him with his loving family will help you through ruff times ... especially when you see the p...

12:34 PM PT -- TMZ spoke to one of the unsung heroes of this story -- Helen Pitts of Los Angeles Petfinders -- who tells us she helped connect Rob with Chance's family after seeing their missing dog post ... and putting 2 and 2 together with Rob's social media posts. Helen says Chance had ear infections and suffered burns to his paws from running on the hot asphalt, but he's healing great and is now microchipped. We're told Petfinders has helped reunite about 5,000 lost pets with their owners. Rob McElhenney's tale of rescuing a dog and reuniting him with his loving family will help you through ruff times ... especially when you see the p...