As a famous @dril tweet noted of the terrorist group ISIS, “You do not, under any circumstances, ‘gotta hand it to them.’” Yet amid the continuing horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas militants, as people struggle to make sense of the violence and escalating rhetoric, more than a …
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On Nov. 11, Sabrina Prater, a contractor from outside of Flint, Michigan, put up a video of herself in a basement dancing to a remix of Shania Twain’s“Any Man of Mine.” In most respects, it was similar to lots of other content posted on the platform: a low-fi, poorly lit …
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Six days ago, a TikTok creator named Anjelo Tavera posted a video of a blond woman in a blue sweater having a meltdown on what appears to be a commercial passenger jet. In the video, the woman speaks in stilted, almost mid-Atlantic tones as she delineates to an extremely patient …
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He’s All That, a reinterpretation of 1999 rom-com She’s All That, just got a release date: It starts streaming on Netflix on August 27th. Addison Rae will make her theatrical debut in the film, marking the first time a TikTok-bred celebrity has starred in a major motion picture. But beforehand, …
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In a move that’s sure to reignite thousands of millennials’ scorn for their oblivious, insensitive middle school crushes, Aly and AJ have released an explicit version of their 2007 hit “Potential Breakup Song.” The new version is nearly identical to the previous one, but the infamous “my stupid birthday” line …
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In the beginning, there was a rat. Specifically, Remy, the Parisian rodent at the center ofRatatouille, the 2007 Pixar movie about a rat who loves to cook. Ratatouille, though critically acclaimed upon its release, wasnot a commercial juggernaut like Disney propertiesFrozenor The Lion King — yet over the past few …
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A federal judge halted a Trump administration order to ban TikTok in the United States on Sunday, September 27th, the New York Times reports. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., granted TikTok a preliminary injunction against the ban, which was set to take effect this past Sunday at midnight and …
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UPDATE (9/19): President Trump said Saturday that he has approved a deal “in concept” that places TikTok in the hands of U.S. companies Oracle and Walmart, which would let the app avoid a U.S. ban. In a statement to Rolling Stone, TikTok said that it is working with Oracle as …
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has stepped down just three months after joining, the company has confirmed to Rolling Stone.Mayer’s resignation comes as TikTok’s future remains uncertain as President Trump has repeatedly explored a potential ban of the Chinese-owned app in the U.S. over alleged national security threats. Mayer announced his …
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If any artist has encapsulated the past decade of pop, it’s Kesha. Her journey through the 2010s was a long, hard road, but she always reflects the times, from “Tik Tok” to TikTok. On the excellent High Road, she fuses all her passions together—the road she’s traveling in the title …
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