Harvard University has ousted faculty dean and professor Ronald Sullivan after he joined the defense team of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and sparked backlash from many students. Sullivan and Harvard lecturer Stephanie Robinson, a married couple, both served as the first black deans in the school’s undergraduate Winthrop House. Though Sullivan has since withdrawn from the Weinstein…
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Emilia Clarke Admits It Took Booze To Deal With THAT Episode Of ‘Game Of Thrones’
(Spoilers follow for Season 8, Episode 5 of “Game of Thrones.”) It seems Emilia Clarke was drinking like a Lannister at a Dornish vineyard when she filmed and then on Sunday night watched the penultimate episode of “Game of Thrones,” titled “The Bells.” The upsetting episode centered on her much-loved character, Daenerys Targaryen, becoming daddy’s…
NXIVM Guru Keith Raniere Told Member He Was ‘Trying To Break’ Allison Mack
NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) – Several women members of an alleged New York sex cult, including “Smallville” actress Allison Mack, became dangerously thin after following near-starvation diets at the direction of the group’s leader, a 12-year veteran of the group testified on Monday. The longtime member, filmmaker Mark Vicente, is a key prosecution witness…
Texas A&M Hurdler Goes ‘Full Superman’ To Leap Face-First To Victory
Infinite Tucker of Texas A&M can’t leap tall buildings in a single bound, but he is a viral hero after his outstretched leap to victory in the 400-meter hurdles at the Southeastern Conference championships on Saturday. The SEC Network wrote on Twitter that “he went full Superman!” and the reference understandably stuck. Click Here: Tucker,…
Larry Kudlow Admits U.S. Will Pay Tariffs On Chinese Goods, Contradicting Trump
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow undercut President Donald Trump’s claim that China will pay for tariffs imposed by the administration on goods entering the U.S., admitting that Americans will end up footing the bill. In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, Kudlow, who serves as the head of the National Economic Council,…
Chelsea Manning May Return To Jail For Still Refusing To Testify
Chelsea Manning, recently out of jail after refusing to testify before a grand jury about WikiLeaks, said Sunday that she plans to defy another subpoena this week and may end up back behind bars. “I think that we have a much stronger case in terms of the legal objections, which the previous judge refused to…
STEM School Shooting Hero Who Charged Gunman Shares Dream Of Becoming EMT
This 18-year-old is not done saving lives. Joshua Jones has already been credited with averting more bloodshed after he charged at a gunman at a Colorado STEM school last week. The young man now says the traumatic experience has convinced him to pursue a dream he’s long-harbored — to become an EMT. Jones was one…
These Activists Will Bail Out Black Moms For Mother’s Day For Third Year In A Row
For the third year in a row, many Black moms awaiting trial in jail will be bailed out in time to spend Mother’s Day with their families thanks to the National Bail Out collective. The nonprofit’s Black Mamas Bail Out initiative is posting bond for Black mothers in jail in 36 cities across the country…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says GOP Is Basically Dwight Schrute From ‘The Office’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) swiped at Republicans on Sunday, likening them to “The Office” character Dwight Schrute, a power-hungry, mustard yellow shirt-wearing paper salesman who lives on a beet farm. The remark capped off a Twitter thread started on Saturday in which the congresswoman explained her philosophy on what it means to raise taxes on…