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PewDiePie, the YouTube blogger with more than 100 million subscribers worldwide, has been banned in China, joining Comedy Central’s South Park and the German DJ Zedd on a recent and growing list of artists and commentators to fall afoul of Chinese authorities since a Houston Rockets executive expressed support for…

Megyn Kelly and ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd exchanged cutting remarks via Twitter, starting with Dowd’s remark that she and former Today host Matt Lauer should “just fade away and enjoy their large pot of money.” Dowd tweeted his remark on Friday morning. It wasn’t long before Kelly responded.  “Yes…

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sympathizing with Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, who nearly broke down on camera while describing her turmoil. In an emotional ITV interview, Markle said, “not many people have asked if I’m okay.” She appeared to be fighting back tears as she detailed her recent experiences…

President Donald Trump is sticking close to home this weekend, forgoing his usual rounds of golf at his Sterling, VA. country club and hunkering down in the White House. That leaves plenty of time for tweeting and retweeting on his favorite issues. Today’s flurry of activity via Twitter saw little in the way of…

UPDATED AT 7:45PM PT: After complaints from critics that he was trying to cash in by holding next year’s G7 summit at his property in Doral, Florida, President Trump has abandoned the plan. “I thought I was doing something very good for our Country by using Trump National Doral, in Miami, for hosting the G-7 Leaders…

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has received an outpouring of support after her near-breakdown on camera describing life in the Royal family. The hashtag #WeLoveYouMeghan’ was a top trending topic on Twitter after a clip from the interview leaked. It showed Markle almost breaking into tears when asked how she…

Dwayne Johnson has confirmed his long-awaited turn as DC’s Black Adam will start filming in 2020. Black Adam is Shazam's arch-nemesis and a complex antihero with a rich history of his own. Johnson was to play the character in the first movie before the parties decided he warranted his own pic, and he came aboard in…

An all-star collection of news anchors is now awaiting a response from NBCUniversal parent Comcast to its demand for an outside investigation into NBC News. Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson, Greta Van Susteren, Linda Vester, Addie Zinone and Eleanor McManus, the founder of MeToo journalist organization Press Forward…

The reigning National Football League MVP, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was seriously injured running a quarterback sneak tonight in his game against the Denver Broncos. Mahomes’ injury came in the second quarter of the game, nationally televised by Fox as part of Thursday Night Football, when he…

Commissioner Adam Silver is trying to change the narrative surrounding the National Basketball Association’s dealings with China. Silver said Thursday at a conference in New York that Chinese officials asked him initially to fire Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who got into hot water for tweeting “Fight…

UPDATE: 11 PM: Actress Gina Rodriguez late on Tuesday released a second, written apology that goes further than the brief video she had posted in the afternoon. “The word I sang carries with it a legacy of hurt and pain that I cannot even imagine,” Rodriguez wrote. “I feel so deeply protective and responsible to the…

For millions players of the video game Fortnite, the withdrawal symptoms are over. The Epic Games title, which went into a publicity-savvy “black hole” on Sunday, returned to full power Tuesday with a full-length trailer for its newest iteration. Live game play of the new chapter got under way after the trailer…