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Shane Gillis apologizes for dropping F-bomb on SNL – but that’s not why he’s facing backlash

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Shane Gillis is in hot water for multiple reasons after his divisive return to Saturday Night Live this weekend. The comedian, 38, raised eyebrows when he accidentally blurted out “f***” in a Dr. Seuss-themed skit during Saturday’s show. In the sketch, Gillis played a concerned son who is trying to stop Sam-I-Am, played by Andrew Dismukes, from harassing his father, Mikey Day, to eat green eggs and ham. He told Dismukes: “Bro, it’s a non-starter. He said he doesn’t f***ing — jeez — like ‘em.” He was visibly flustered after the on-air blunder, which happened too fast for NBC to censor out in the live broadcast, although it was edited out of clips put online. Gillis quickly apologized to the audience at the end of the show while saying goodnight to the crowd alongside musical guest Rosalia, adding, “Sorry about earlier.” Shane Gillis was visibly embarrassed after accidentally cursing on …

Shane Gillis apologizes for dropping F-bomb on SNL — but that’s not why he’s facing backlash

Published by Daniella Wilson

‘Zack Polanski Is My Friend – But He’s Also A Coward And Must Resign’

Published by Sam Flores

I’ve worked closely with Zack Polanski. He was the treasurer of the Jewish Greens when I was the chair, we celebrated together when we had success and he was amongst the first people I called when times were harder. He is someone who I know well and have relied on. However, when we were working together, I noticed a pattern. Every time there was a political risk to be taken, he came up with a reason he couldn’t do it. He lacked courage. This conference was a monument to his political timidity. His big policy proposal on rent controls was a step backwards. Allowing rents to rise with inflation will maintain a toxic status quo where far too many people are paying far too much in rent and having too little to manage essentials. The Green Party takes the commonsense position that rents are too damn high, but at conference Zack ran away from this, inventing a policy that keeps rent at the same unsustainable level. Gone was the refrain that “we are here to …

Enshittification Has a New Mascot, and He’s Teaming Up With Death in a Hilarious Ad Campaign

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Imagine, if you will, a pale figure of Death, dressed in a black robe holding a scythe, alongside a handsome, lumberjack-looking Nordic fella who goes by the name Enshittificator. As partners in crime, they conspire to make your life suck, all because they have the power to make digital products and services worse. If that piques your interest — and maybe sounds too much like real life — a new “anti-enshittification” ad campaign is worth a few minutes of your time. The term “enshittification” was popularized in 2022 by author and activist Cory Doctorow, and its massive cultural surge earned it a place in Merriam-Webster’s slang hub last year. Enshittification is a deliberate process, designed by companies to maximize profit. It starts with luring you to a product or service, then making it so good that you become completely dependent on it. The next step is to pull the rug out from under you by hiding basic features behind a paywall, reducing overall quality and squeezing you for every last dime while providing as little …

John Green Was “Really Afraid of Adulthood.” He’s Decided to Grow Up

Published by Sam Flores

When I point this out, Green laughs. “That was true at the time, partly because I think young adult literature is so rich and fulfilling,” he says. But Green also had a bit of anti-adult bias. “I really was afraid of adulthood. I thought of adulthood as this almost zombie apocalypse virus that came for you.” As something that, to quote The Breakfast Club, makes your heart die. With time, he’s learned that even the fully grown can keep growing in narratively rich ways. But as a writer, he’s still most fascinated by inflection points. The day before this one, during a junket for international press, a German reporter mentioned to him the Dylan Thomas poem “Should Lanterns Shine.” Its final couplet, in Green’s telling, is “about throwing a ball, and the arc of the ball, and how as the ball gets more distant from you, its acceleration decreases. It’s sort of a metaphor for aging. What interests me is the moment the ball leaves the hand.” And younger people empirically experience more of those …

He spent years reconciling his identity. Now he’s the first Arab bishop in Episcopal history.

Published by Sam Flores

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (RNS) — When Adam J. Shoemaker became the first bishop of Arab and North African descent in the Episcopal Church’s 237-year history this past weekend, many of his colleagues saw it as a glass-ceiling smashing. Donning vestments with a Turkish blue tulip and North African pattern, Shoemaker greeted families, clergy and laypeople alike after his ordination and consecration as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island on Saturday (Sept. 19). Nearly 2,000 people attended the ceremony at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville, New York. The line to meet him stretched for more than 90 minutes. “He embodies what it means to be the church in the world, and in particular, in New York City and the suburbs,” said the Rev. Lindsay Lunnum, rector of Zion Episcopal Church in Queens, which is part of Shoemaker’s diocese alongside Brooklyn. Shoemaker, 47, told RNS he sees himself as an “imperfect vessel” for serving the church. But his background is almost tailor-made for leading one of the Episcopal Church’s most ethnically …

Tom Cruise reveals reason he’s never directed a movie despite wanting to since childhood

Published by Daniella Wilson

Tom Cruise has revealed why he has never directed a movie, despite arguably being the medium’s biggest advocate. The 64-year-old Top Gun star — who is currently promoting his new film, Digger — is known for his devotion to cinema and rigorous standards on set, making it all the more surprising that he has never gone behind the lens. During the latest episode of the Kelce brothers’ New Heights podcast — released Friday — former NFL star Jason asked Cruise if he ever planned to direct. “You know what? Since I was a kid, friends have been like, you should direct,” he responded. “I’ve studied the old movies, and these guys are able to make four movies a year. I want to make a lot of movies, and I’ve wanted to make a lot of films. And I love working with different directors. I love learning from them, seeing their stories, setting the table for them. Giving them opportunities,” he explained. Tom Cruise has never directed a movie, despite starring in nearly 50 of them …

AOC deletes Ed Sheeran from her playlist but says he’s not the real villain in Macklemore show cancelation

Published by Daniella Wilson

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is putting Ed Sheeran on mute after Macklemore was dropped from his tour following his comments in support of Palestinians — however, she thinks the British singer is part of a much bigger problem. Sheeran has faced a wave of backlash after Macklemore announced that he had been forced out of his remaining U.S. tour dates because he called for a “Free Palestine.” New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft took issue with his pro-Palestine comments amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza and, along with other stadium owners, said he was not welcome to perform at certain venues. Despite Sheeran insisting that he is “not complicit” in Macklemore being silenced, Ocasio-Cortez told reporters that he is a pawn in Kraft’s alleged efforts to control the narrative. “It’s not just what has happened with the act and not just in removing Macklemore from the lineup, but when you see what Robert Kraft did to line up all of the stadiums to censor speech in that one specific way,” Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday in a clip shared by …

He was called ‘MAGA’s Man’ in Latin America. Now he’s charged with murder

Published by Sam Flores

MEXICO CITY — He’s been called the “MAGA man” of Latin America, a brash political provocateur whose social media assaults boosted right-wing campaigns from his native Argentina to Central America. His career as political consultant and co-founder of an ultra-right online outlet made him a rich man and helped elect Trump-aligned politicians across the region. The Economist gave him the “MAGA Man” label, while political commentators gave him another nickname — the “Steve Bannon of Latin America” — a nod to the longtime Trump ally and advisor. Now, however, Fernando Cerimedo, 45, sits in a maximum-security prison in Bolivia, accused of masterminding a murder-for-hire plot: the attempted femicide of his pregnant mistress, Nadia Beller, 33, a Bolivian lawyer and activist. It’s a stunning collapse for a onetime ad man with a dodgy reputation who rose to become the go-to digital campaign guru for Latin America’s ascendant right wing. Cerimedo’s signature boasts, exaggerations and peddling of false election-fraud narratives reflected those of his political model, President Trump. Cerimedo also is another example of how right-wing political operatives outside …

He’s One of Just 50 People With Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass. You Choose What He Eats Next

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Everyone knows that when you’re at Olive Garden, you’re family. But in the 44 years since the casual Italian-American restaurant chain was founded, few have embraced it with the ardor that Braden Sinclair has. In fact, way back in his Little League days, a coach named him “Breadsticks.” “I had to go to Olive Garden for my birthday, ate too much, missed an entire game,” Sinclair tells WIRED. “One of my coaches decided that because of my initials being B.S., and my number being 11—which he said looked like breadsticks—and then that story, that I had to be called ‘Breadsticks’ for the rest of the season.” He maintained that close relationship with the chain for many years, until, in 2019, he was rewarded with an almost unfathomable distinction: Sinclair is one of just 50 human beings on the planet to ever secure an Olive Garden Lifetime Pasta Pass. Unlike the thousands of 13-week Never Ending Pasta Passes that the chain has offered at various intervals since 2014—this summer, a batch of 10,000, priced at $100 …

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All posts tagged: Hes

Shane Gillis apologizes for dropping F-bomb on SNL – but that’s not why he’s facing backlash

Shane Gillis apologizes for dropping F-bomb on SNL — but that’s not why he’s facing backlash

‘Zack Polanski Is My Friend – But He’s Also A Coward And Must Resign’

Enshittification Has a New Mascot, and He’s Teaming Up With Death in a Hilarious Ad Campaign

John Green Was “Really Afraid of Adulthood.” He’s Decided to Grow Up

He spent years reconciling his identity. Now he’s the first Arab bishop in Episcopal history.

Tom Cruise reveals reason he’s never directed a movie despite wanting to since childhood

AOC deletes Ed Sheeran from her playlist but says he’s not the real villain in Macklemore show cancelation

He was called ‘MAGA’s Man’ in Latin America. Now he’s charged with murder

He’s One of Just 50 People With Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass. You Choose What He Eats Next