Will Smith appears to use AI generated crowd in tour videos
As part of the promotional material for his ongoing tour, Will Smith has been accused of posting AI generated images of crowds. The videos show hands with extra fingers and additional limbs. Actor and musician Will Smith has been facing criticism online for what appears to be AI generated...
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Lil Nas X arrested and hospitalised for βpossible overdoseβ
The pop star and singer was found wandering the streets in LA in his underwear, before charging at police officers who attended the scene. He has been hospitalised for a βpossible overdoseβ with his second album scheduled to release later this year. Rapper, singer and musician Lil Nas X...
Is βmankeepingβ a common dynamic straining straight relationships?
Researchers have finally named the phenomenon experienced by heterosexual women whoβve been told at least once in their lives, βYouβre not his therapist.β Angelica Ferrara and Dylan Vergara from Stanford University published an article on βmankeeping,β which theorizes heterosexual menβs growing dependency on their partners for their emotional needs. According...
Kai Cenat and the influencer charity controversy
Kai Cenat is under scrutiny again, but this time itβs not about setting off fireworks in his room or being shite at Elden Ring. It involves a school in Nigeria, and weβre trying to find the line between philanthropy and clout chasing. Earlier this year, Kai travelled to Nigeria with...
Cancelling βThe Late Showβ is a sign of troubling times
Stephen Colbertβs exit marks more than TVβs end. It signals the unsettling βTrumpificationβ of mainstream media under political pressure. CBSβs decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert β a late-night institution that, in Colbertβs own words, βisnβt being replacedβ βΒ marks the end of a 33-year legacy and a...
Are Gen Z ageing faster than their parents?
Gen Z are known for tempering harmful habits like drinking or smoking, but are they destined to age poorly anyway? If youβre chronically online, youβll have seen self-deprecating videos from Gen Zers talking about how theyβre ageing worse than millennials, but is there any genuine credibility behind the jokes about...
Bad Bunny redefines what it means to tour
Instead of travelling the world and to perform in a new city every night, Latinx artist Bad Bunny is telling fans to come to his home country Puerto Rico. Β Earlier this year, Bad Bunny released his massively successful seventh studio album βDeBΓ TiRAR MΓ‘S FOToSβ (translated in English to βI shouldβve taken more photosβ) and announced he would be going on tour. But when the time came, he decided...
Is this summerβs Love Island UK the most misogynistic yet?
The showβs male contestants have repeatedly bullied, belittled, and gaslit. On a show plagued by mental health crises and online abuse, how thin is the line between entertainment and intervention?Β I love staying in the loop. Maybe itβs the nature of my job, but keeping up with current affairs is a major part of my daily routine. That might mean reading the newspaper or listening to The Rest is Politics...
Opinion β the earthquake magnitude scale shouldnβt be logarithmic
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Was Senegalβs short-lived wig ban an attempt to police womenβs bodies?
The ban has already been lifted after drawing widespread public criticism. Last week, Serigne Fall GuΓ¨ye, director of the Grand ThéÒtre de Dakar, introduced a swift and surprising ban on wigs, weaves, hair extensions and skin-lightening products. The move was officially framed as part of a cultural revival βΒ a means of returning to βpan-African valuesβ and reasserting a sense of African pride whilst preserving the theatreβs cultural heritage. But the...
