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MrBeast named in California lawsuit over reality TV show Beast Games

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MrBeast named in California lawsuit over reality TV show Beast Games

MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions, including sexual harassment, and misrepresenting contestants’ odds at winning his new Amazon reality show’s $5-million US grand prize n a lawsuit filed Tuesday by five unnamed participants. The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube’s most popular channel failed to provide minimum wages, overtime pay, uninterrupted … Read more

The Mormon TikTok Moms Are All of Us

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The Mormon TikTok Moms Are All of Us

It makes a lot of sense that the lives of popular TikTok stars would serve as irresistible fodder for reality television. The combination of attention-courting, attractive-looking subjects experiencing sudden, tenuous fame, and the tensions that arise from the panopticon-like social-media showground in which they operate, tends to make for diverting drama. (The fact that these … Read more

A miniature village has appeared in Toronto. It’s the set of beleaguered MrBeast’s reality TV series

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A miniature village has appeared in Toronto. It’s the set of beleaguered MrBeast’s reality TV series

This month, a strange sight appeared in Toronto’s north end: a massive compound containing what looked like a walled-off miniature town, complete with a line of identical houses.  Though it looks like something out of a dystopia, it’s actually the set for Beast Games, an upcoming reality TV show created by YouTuber MrBeast in partnership … Read more

Shannen Doherty, star of Beverly Hills, 90210, dead at 53: media reports

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Shannen Doherty, star of Beverly Hills, 90210, dead at 53: media reports

American actor Shannen Doherty, best known for her role as high school student Brenda Walsh on hit 1990s television drama Beverly Hills, 90210, has died after years of living with cancer, U.S. media outlets reported on Sunday. She was 53. “It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On … Read more

Pro wrestling superstar John Cena announces upcoming retirement during Toronto event

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Pro wrestling superstar John Cena announces upcoming retirement during Toronto event

John Cena announced on Saturday night in Toronto that he will retire from professional wrestling next year after two decades in the ring. The wrestler-turned-actor delivered a heartfelt speech to a stadium of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fans at Scotiabank Arena, who booed in disappointment as Cena said the 2025 season would be his last. … Read more

Gospel acts Onos Ariyo, Solomon Lange, others debut in faith-based movie, ‘Chains’

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Gospel acts Onos Ariyo, Solomon Lange, others debut in faith-based movie, ‘Chains’

Foremost Nigerian gospel musicians Onos Ariyo, Solomon Lange, Naomi Mac, and Tayo Christian have made their acting debuts in a faith-based Nollywood movie, ‘CHAINS- No Longer A Slave’. The movie also stars several Apostle Anselm Madubuko, Chioma Odimba (Ccioma), Flora Solomon Lange, Anne Ekueme, Jayclef Adewale, Henry Ned, Gideon Ibeabuchi, and many more. Bright Wonder … Read more

2024 Canadian Screen Awards: BlackBerry becomes most awarded title in ceremony’s history

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2024 Canadian Screen Awards: BlackBerry becomes most awarded title in ceremony’s history

In an echo of last year’s duel record-breaking performance by dramas The Porter and Brother, both BlackBerry and Little Bird shattered records at the final night of the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards. But while those first two titles both became the most ever awarded at the CSAs last year with 12 wins apiece, there was one … Read more

Jerry Seinfeld shares how he really feels about the Seinfeld finale

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Jerry Seinfeld shares how he really feels about the Seinfeld finale

In the history of television, few episodes have been as controversial as the Seinfeld finale. Written by series co-creator Larry David, the two-part finale originally aired in 1998 to an audience of more than 76 million viewers — but the beloved sitcom failed to stick the landing. “A lot of people didn’t like it,” Jerry … Read more

Ryan Gosling’s good graces ground The Fall Guy’s meta-movie shenanigans

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Ryan Gosling’s good graces ground The Fall Guy’s meta-movie shenanigans

There’s a perilous stunt at the heart of The Fall Guy.  More dangerous than the record-breaking truck roll, or surfing a metal trash bin across the streets of Sydney. This is a movie torn between two tracks.  Part is a super-charged satire on the excesses of Hollywood. Much of The Fall Guy takes place on the set of … Read more

The end of the world is trending. Why are we so obsessed with the apocalypse?

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The end of the world is trending. Why are we so obsessed with the apocalypse?

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Jay Baruchel feels fine. On the second season of his Crave series We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel), which launched last week, the host and namesake explores several possible apocalyptic scenarios, from insect extinction to a world ruled by artificial intelligence. “I think we are all understandably … Read more