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Rebecca Grossman is accused of speeding through a Westlake crosswalk and barely applying the brakes of her white Mercedes SUV before slamming into two young boys. A former NASA scientist said Wednesday at her murder trial the Hidden Hills woman didn’t have time to slam on her brakes before her airbags deployed. Stephen Casner also testified for the defense that it was “hard to imagine” that the children were not first struck by a black Mercedes SUV that preceded Grossman through the crosswalk.Grossman is accused of…

Things got pretty strange at the latest comedy show headlined by Matt Rife, a viral TikTok comic and an ex-boyfriend of Kate Beckinsale. During the event this past Sunday, February 4th, legendary adult film star Lisa Ann was arrested. The police arrested her for allegedly using her phone during the comedian's performance, which is strictly prohibited when it comes to a multitude of stand-up comedy venues. However, the former Brazzers Exxtra performer claims that she was wrongfully taken into custody and that the police…

Twitter recently lost one of its premier chaos agents: Jaboukie Young-White, the ace comic responsible for maybe the best single act of trolling in the hellsite’s history. The Illinois native attracted a large social media following in the 2010s thanks to his Instagram posts and tweets brimming with sardonic wit and diablerie. He was branded “gloriously extra” (BuzzFeed’s words), featured on Rolling Stone’s 25 Under 25 list, wrote for Big Mouth and American Vandal, and spent a few years as a Daily Show…

President Joe Biden and the White House regularly post to millions of followers on social media, talking about the economy on Facebook, sharing Christmas decorations on YouTube, showcasing pardoned turkeys on Instagram, posting about infrastructure on X, formerly Twitter. They’re even on Threads. But they aren’t speaking directly to 150 million Americans on TikTok. There’s no official @POTUS, White House or Biden-Harris 2024 account. You’ll find only one of the Republican presidential candidates there — and just 37…

Matt Rife has seemingly texted Brooke Schofield after she spilled the tea on their past relationship on her podcast, prompting a hilarious response from her.The 28-year-old comedian who had reportedly blocked Brooke after she had put him on blast on the popular Cancelled podcast with Tana Mongeau for dating multiple women behind her back and body-shaming her, still managed to send her a text message.Before recording last week’s Cancelled episode, where the Leave Him actress had spilled the beans on her brief intimate…

Brooke Schofield, the co-host of the popular Cancelled with Tana Mongeau podcast, spilt the beans on her brief intimate romance with Matt Rife.On Tuesday’s episode (December 12), Brooke shed light on her short-lived relationship with the 28-year-old comedian, who she claimed played with her emotions and slept with other women while they dated.She also slammed Matt for making degrading comments about women’s genitalia.Approximately 47 minutes into the episode, the Leave Him actress stated that she was “still actively…

Culture has always had room for renegades who tell inappropriate truths, stunning us with the kind of fearless candor that is first alarming, then funny, and then, ultimately, persuasive. Standup comedian Matt Rife is not one of them, but he has put immense effort into projecting this persona — and this helps to explain a certain professional success that his detractors find baffling. Rife, a TikTok megastar currently on a world tour that is sold out through October 2024, went viral this week for a minute or so…

by Jason Weismueller, Paul Harrigan, Richard L. Gruner and Shasha Wang, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Many Australians believe the nation is more politically polarized and divided today than in the past. It's a divide that has long plagued the United States, but new data show it is increasingly eroding nations' unity, shared goals, and well-being all over the world,…

Elon Musk's brain-implant venture has filled an animal-research oversight board with company insiders who may stand to benefit financially as the firm reaches development goals, according to company documents and interviews with six current and former employees. Such oversight boards are required by federal law for organizations experimenting on certain types of animals. The panels are charged with ensuring proper animal care, high research standards, and the reliability of data that helps regulators decide whether drugs…

Snapshot of retail industry statistics. Credit: Gendered disrespect and inequality in retail work: A summary of findings (2023). One in five retail workers has been sexually harassed at work in the past five years, most commonly by a senior colleague or a customer, according to a new report from the University of Sydney and the Australia National University. …