32 posts tagged ‘tiktok’
Lizzie McGuire and Ethan Craft?!??!
Jezebel,
There have been very few moments in my adult life that were as heartbreaking and infuriating as when Hilary Duff announced in 2020 that the Lizzie McGuire reboot on Disney+ would not be moving forward. My 10-year-old heart broke, my (then) 30-year-old heart broke, and my… Read more...
I Almost Drowned in the Water Bottle Craze
Last week, I went to Target to get three vaccines. Well, the pharmacy within Target. I’m not getting juiced up in the dorm linens aisle. But I am dumb enough to schedule three vaccines in one day, rendering my right arm useless for 24 hours. But, for once in my adult life, I got somewhere 15 minutes early and the… Read more...
Let's Dig (Back) Into the TikTok Tunnel Girl Drama
Update (January 12): On Thursday, Aura Bogado, the investigative reporter who initially broke the news about Kala’s neighbors, posted that she uncovered a document issued by the town of Herndon on December 7 which states the town “has declared the structure and the residential structure an UNSAFE STRUCTURE” (emphasis… Read more...
Top Gun 3 is flying into existence
AV Club,
As Barbenheimer officially shifts over into the status of being so last year, Tom Cruise may be swooping in to save movies once again. After the runaway (fly away?) success of 2022's Top Gun: Maverick, Paramount is doing the most obvious possible thing: ordering more Top Gun. Honestly, the only surprising thing about… Read more...
Le Creuset Calls Le Bullsh*t on AI-Generated Taylor Swift Ads
If you’ve seen Miss Americana a few hundred times like the editor of this website, you likely remember a scene in which Taylor Swift prepares dinner for her best friend, Abigail. In it, the pop star mills around her kitchen, clumsily pours wine, and serves up what appears to be a bolognese made in none other than a… Read more...
Go Off Shanna Moakler
Shanna Moakler, Travis Barker’s ex, has previously said she dislikes the Kardashians, without going into too much detail. For example, in July, she told Page Six, “I have my own personal reasons for not liking the Kardashians, which I won’t get into. But as long as he’s happy [and] as long as they are good to my kids,… Read more...
How to Be Optimistic About Technology Now
mjtsai,
Nick Heer: If you measure your level of optimism by how much course-correction has been working, then 2023 was a pretty hopeful year. In the span of about a decade, a handful of U.S. technology firms have solidified their place among the biggest and most powerful corporations in the world, so nobody should be surprised […]
The Lonely Teens of TikTok
The Cut,
“I made a video like: I have no friends. Here’s what I’m doing today! That definitely grabbed people’s attention.”