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The journalist who helped spur digital media organizing talks to Vanity Fair about his new book, The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor, which serves as both a love letter to workplace unionizing and a critique of the movement’s shortcomings. By Jack McCordick February 12, 2024

Image Credit: CBS Billy Gardell has been focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle — and the results show! The 54-year-old actor revealed in 2023 that he lost over 150 pounds in three years, after weighing over 370 pounds ten years ago. Billy gets to show off his slimmed-down look on his CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola,

Like a lot of Canadians, I received a lot of music music education by wandering around a Sam the Record Man store. In my case, I’d be dropped off at the Garden City Shopping Centre in Winnipeg while my mom took my sister to music lessons. I spent untold hours flicking through the racks, watching

Packing more that 16 hits into just 12 minutes, Usher and a roster of special guests including Alicia Keys and Lil Jon, provided plenty of entertainment, even for the audiences that might have been tuning in for glimpses of Taylor Swift. By Erin Vanderhoof February 11, 2024

View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Adele, 35, thinks critics need to be quiet when it comes to complaining about Taylor Swift attending Kansas City Chiefs games. The singer, who wore a long black off-the-shoulder dress, talked about the Super Bowl and Taylor’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, during her concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

A crew member working on Marvel‘s latest TV series, Wonder Man, died on set after falling from an elevated catwalk in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. The crew member, identified by the L.A. County coroner as 41-year-old Juan Carlos Osorio, was working as a rigger at Radford Studios in Studio City. (A rigger is someone who

View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Brittany Mahomes, 28, gushed over her Kansas City Chiefs husband Patrick Mahomes, 28, and his support after posing for her Sports Illustrated debut. The doting wife took to her Instagram story to repost the gorgeous photo of her in a red swimsuit and added multiple captions that expressed gratitude

Progressive and LGBTQ+ groups say organizers of Vancouver’s Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown this weekend rejected their applications to take part, with one group saying they were told it was due to a ban on “political activism.” Chinatown Together, organized by community activist Melody Ma, and LGBTQ+ group Lunar New Year For All both

Buckingham Palace aides are drawing up contingency plans for several forthcoming engagements which could see Prince William standing in for King Charles as he recovers from cancer treatment.  Following Monday’s shocking announcement that King Charles is undergoing treatment for cancer following a procedure for a benign prostate, the monarch has been forced to step back

View gallery Image Credit: Jeff Vespa/WireImage Emily Osment couldn’t be prouder of Miley Cyrus for winning Record of the Year at the 2024 Grammy Awards — which was prophesied in Hannah Montana! Emily, 31, spoke to Entertainment Tonight on February 8 and revealed fans have been sending her a clip from the Disney Channel series of Miley’s character, Miley Stewart,

Prince Harry flew more than 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) to see his father after King Charles III was diagnosed with cancer. But Harry did not see his estranged brother, William, during a visit that lasted scarcely 24 hours. The royal brothers remain emotionally and physically an ocean apart. British media published photos of Harry at

View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Kaya Scodelario and Benjamin Walker have called it quits on their marriage. The Skins alum, 31, and the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actor, 41, are headed for a divorce after separating in 2023. They were married for nearly eight years.  “Some time ago, Kaya and

Tish Cyrus, the mother of pop star Miley Cyrus, dished out plenty of dirt about her divorce from ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus during an appearance on the popular podcast Call Her Daddy.  In the podcast episode, released Wednesday, Tish, 56, appeared alongside her daughter Brandi Cyrus, 36. At one point in the over-one-hour conversation, Tish

After nearly a month away from his royal duties as his wife, Kate Middleton, recovered from surgery, Prince William returned to the Court Circular with a morning investiture at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. Awardees at the event included charity founders and athletes. Afterward, Kensington Palace shared images to their social media accounts, along with the

View gallery Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartMedia Tish Cyrus-Purcell opened up about her difficult divorce from ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus in a new interview. The 56-year-old producer — who is now married to Dominic Purcell – admitted to having a “psychological breakdown” amid her split from Miley Cyrus’ father.  After her mother died

Music has always been a passion for Judy Threet but it wasn’t until the former philosophy professor starting making instruments that her talent hit a high note, with the fruits of her labour making a Grammys debut. While teaching at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University, she joined a local folk band. That’s

Senator James Lankford has become persona non grata in Trumpworld after he spent months negotiating a bipartisan immigration bill that met many of the GOP’s demands. The problem? Passing it might, in theory, help Joe Biden. By Caleb Ecarma February 6, 2024

View gallery Image Credit: Chris Unger/Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is gearing up for his third Super Bowl championship on Sunday, February 11. Mahomes has already won Super Bowl rings in 2020 and 2023, and in both, he was named the Super Bowl MVP. The Chiefs will face off against the San Francisco

Jersey Shore star Mike Sorrentino is no stranger to dramatic situations — but an act of quick thinking and level-headedness from the reality TV personality and his spouse may have saved his son’s life. On Saturday, Sorrentino shared video of a frightening moment where his two-year-old son, Romeo, began choking on pasta at their family’s

Even Donald Trump understands the economy is getting better under Joe Biden—so much so that he’s taking credit for it. The stock market is surging, he recently said on Fox Business, “because they think I’m going to be elected.” While the president’s poll numbers don’t reflect the improved state of the economy, it’s getting harder

View gallery Image Credit: Eddie Mulholland/WPA Pool/Shutterstock King Charles III is decently healthy at the age of 75. However, Buckingham Palace announced on January 17 that the British monarch will be undergoing a “corrective procedure” after seeking treatment for an enlarged prostate. Shortly after his procedure, his wife Queen Camilla revealed that he was doing “fine”

Canadians were waiting in anticipation for one of their own — Joni Mitchell — to take the Grammy Awards stage on Sunday night, but it was Céline Dion that pulled out the night’s biggest surprise. The Quebec chanteuse took to the stage to present the award for Album of the Year, looking resplendent in a

[embedded content] View gallery Jennifer Lopez, 54, made quite the impression when she gave two stellar performances on last night’s Saturday Night Live. The singer wowed when she captured viewers’ attention with two statement outfits during the performances. One was a long pink gown adorned with rose detail and the other was a white crop

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Darius Rucker is facing charges for the possession of drugs after he was arrested in Tennessee on Thursday. The 57-year-old singer was arrested on two misdemeanour counts of simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance and one misdemeanour count of a violation of Tennessee’s vehicle registration law,

View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Bruce Springsteen, 74, stepped out to support Jon Bon Jovi, 61, on Friday night, just two days after the death of his mother, Adele Zerilli Springsteen at the age of 98. The legendary singer performed on stage with the Bon Jovi frontman at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where

Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore, has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued a statement saying

View gallery Image Credit: Netflix/Stefanie Keenan/ Joe Exotic wants Kim Kardashian to get him out of prison, so he asked for help through her sister, Kourtney Kardashian. The Tiger King star, 60, commented on Kourtney’s Instagram photo of her holding her newborn son, Rocky, on January 28 and begged for help from the Kardashians. “Awwww cute, also please have your sister

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Actor Alec Baldwin will be arraigned on Thursday in New Mexico after he was charged again with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the film Rust, officials said on Tuesday. A spokesperson for New Mexico’s court system said in

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story has fans just saying yes, with Swifties, dads, Brads, and Chads alike following every detail of the relationship between the Super Bowl–bound Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the pop star. What began as a supposedly failed attempt from Kelce to slip Swift his phone number after seeing

View gallery Image Credit: Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Amazon MGM Studios/Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images Donald Glover revealed that he had checked in with Brad Pitt before he worked on the new Mr. And Mrs. Smith reboot series in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday, January 31. The “This Is America” rapper, 40, admitted that he had asked Brad, 60, for some