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Taylor Swift is taking a moment for gratitude now that her 2023 Eras Tour concerts are complete. The pop star took to X on Tuesday (Nov. 28) to express how thankful she was to have completed the tour in Brazil, as well as her love for the fans in attendance who have made the shows […]
Miley Cyrus has finally given “Flowers” its live debut, almost 10 months since it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 30-year-old gave an intimate, invite-only performance at Los Angeles’ famed Chateau Marmont hotel on Tuesday night, and during her set, she also teased a brand-new song. Cyrus took the stage dressed […]
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President Joe Biden and the White House are expanding their social media outreach by launching accounts on the Threads platform.
According to reports, President Joe Biden and his presidential campaign have opened Threads accounts. Threads is the Meta-backed platform launched by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg to rival X, formerly Twitter which was acquired by tech billionaire Elon Musk. They will join the White House, which has already launched an account on Threads.
President Biden shared the news ironically through a post made to X on his birthday, which was Monday (November 20). In his first post at Threads, he wrote: “I turned 81 and all I got was a new social platform! Thanks for the well wishes, folks. And to the workers at the birthday candle factory, I hope your union got you overtime.”
Additionally, First Lady Jill Biden will also have a Threads account along with Vice President Kamala Harris (who’ll have her own campaign Threads account) and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Sources close to the decision state that these developments wouldn’t have any effect on the administration’s current usage of their accounts on X and that the decision to create Threads accounts was based on the metrics of usage the platform has.
The move is a prudent one as The White House gained an influx of followers when it launched its Threads account during the summer as many began to migrate away from X in the wake of several changes that Musk made to the platform. The news also comes days after the White House condemned an antisemitic post that Musk endorsed and amplified on X last week.
Other companies such as IBM, Apple, and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced that they would be pausing ads on the X platform after the Media Matters article showing how these and other brands had their ads run in proximity to posts created by Neo-Nazis. Musk has denied being antisemitic, vowing to sue Media Matters for their article exposing those issues.
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Is Eminem gearing up to enter the Fornite universe? Signs point to yes, if the rapper’s most recent Instagram post is to be believed. The “Lose Yourself” rapper shared a video to his Instagram page on Tuesday (Nov. 21) that starts with a wide shot of America from space before rapidly zooming into a living […]
Before A$AP Rocky and Rihanna became one of the internet’s favorite couples, they worked together on the 2011 remix of the pop star’s “Cockiness” remix. Two years later, Rih starred as Rocky’s muse in his 2013 music video for “Fashion Killa” and later reprised her role as leading lady in his 2022 visual for “D.M.B.” […]
Neil Young is taking a stand against Elon Musk. On Monday (Nov. 20), the rock icon revealed that he will no longer be supporting X, formerly known as Twitter, and urged Palestinian and Jewish people to band together in light of the war between Israel and Hamas.
“We are stopping all use of X that we can control,” Young wrote in a statement posted to his website. “For reasons that should be obvious to the richest man on Earth, we are taking action against his company.” The post featured an image of Musk with the text “Tesla should fly flags of love, not hate” written over the billionaire’s face.
The statement continued, “For our many Palestinian friends and our many Jewish friends, we do need to start over in the present and release our terrible connections to the past. As bad as they are, they need to be forgotten so we can be free to move on in life together, all humanity, focused on saving our planet for future generations of all people.”
Young’s statement comes after the tech mogul approved of a Friday tweet that accused Jewish people facing antisemitism due to the Israel-Hammas war of furthering the “exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them” and supporting “hordes of minorities” to become immigrants. Musk replied, “You have said the actual truth.”
“It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” Andrew Bates, a White House spokesman, said in response to Musk’s co-signing of the tweet.
On Sunday, Musk addressed his stance and explained “nothing could be further from the truth” with regards to him being antisemitic. “I wish only the best for humanity and a prosperous and exciting future for all.”
Last month, Young announced that he’ll release a new album, titled Before and After, on Dec. 8. The album will feature fresh takes on Young’s favorite lesser-known tracks from his songwriting vault, per a press release. “The feeling is captured, not in pieces, but as a whole piece — designed to be listened to that way. This music presentation defies shuffling, digital organization, separation. Only for listening. That says it all,” Young wrote in a statement.
In light of Cassie’s recent lawsuit against Diddy, Kesha is reassessing the lyrics of her breakout hit single “TiK ToK.” The 36-year-old musician, who is currently on her Only Love Tour, hit Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium on Saturday night and performed “TiK ToK” as the second song in her set. In the 2009 song’s opening […]
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Hey, Elon Musk, do you hear those footsteps? Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Threads are coming to put X out to pasture.
Slowly, Instagram Threads is becoming a legitimate replacement for Elon Musk’s awful platform X. Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that Meta’s answer to X is now testing hashtags and trending topics, two features Thread users have requested.
According to The Verge, hashtags on Threads don’t work exactly like those on other social media platforms. Using a hashtag on Threads creates or contributes to a conversation, but Threads converts it to a blue-text hyperlink instead of being a hashtag.
Before Threads launches the feature globally, Australia will be the first to try them out during a “limited test.”
When you type “#” into the post text field, a window containing the trending topic you’re looking for or others will appear. Underneath each topic, there will be a post count.
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The website also notes that you can only add a single “hashtag” at a time, which is probably Thread’s way of stopping people from spamming posts with multiple hashtags for a better reach.
Meta notes it will continue to work on the feature, so the ability to add more than one hashtag can eventually be available.
This latest feature is one of the many improvements Meta has brought to Threads, like the ability to keep your Threads posts off of Facebook and Instagram plus pinned posts.
There is also a dedicated GIF button as well.
The casket is almost at the bottom for X.
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North West is obsessed with the 2000s, just like the rest of us. On Tuesday, West shared photos of her and a friend dressed up like North’s mother, Kim Kardashian, and Paris Hilton circa 2006 to TikTok. The photos appeared in a slideshow format, and featured West wearing a charcoal-gray tracksuit with a matching zip-up […]
Amid an ongoing battle with Stiff-Person Syndrome, Celine Dion has made her first public appearance in more than three years by attending an NHL game at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Monday night.
The “My Heart Will Go On” singer attended the game — a face-off between her hometown team, the Montreal Canadiens, and the Las Vegas Golden Knights — with her three sons, 22-year-old René-Charles and 13-year-old twins Eddy and Nelson. Following the game, the hitmaker spoke with the Canadiens team, giving them advice on how to persevere and maintain their health, in addition to shaking hands and posing for photos.
The team shared a video of them meeting with Dion to its Instagram page on Tuesday, along with the caption, “When Quebec emblems meet in Las Vegas…”
Fans in the comments section were delighted to see the 57-year-old looking lively and in good spirits. “God we missed her so so bad!! So glad to finally see you again Queen @celinedion!!” one fan wrote, while another user added, “Celine it’s a magic to see you again finally! Stay strong and healthy! We miss you so badly!!!”
The five-time Grammy winner’s appearance comes after she revealed in December 2022 her diagnosis of Stiff-Person Syndrome, a rare condition marked by uncontrolled and severe muscle spasms that affects one in a million individuals.
“As you know, I’ve always been an open book. And I wasn’t ready to say anything before,” she said a Dec. 8 video. “But I’m ready now… ’I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.”
After explaining her symptoms and how her team came to the conclusion of her diagnosis, Dion added, “Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life. Sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to. I have to admit it’s been a struggle. All I know is singing, it’s what I’ve done all my life.”
As a result, Dion’s 2023 tour dates were either canceled or pushed back to 2024.
See Dion chat with hockey players post-game in the video below.