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This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here.This week:Melting down over the Real Housewives scandal.Laughing at the best Instagram account right now.They’re spending how much on Knives Out?The only Benson-Stabler reunion moment I care about.Just when Lindsay Lohan couldn’t get any more confusing...My Favorite Instagram AccountI can’t pinpoint exactly what it is about comedian Kevin Zak’s remixed celebrity interview videos that he posts on his Instagram account (@kevinjzak) that is so deliriously funny.I just know that each time I open the social media app—so approximately 7 or 800 times a day—I go to his page to see if he’s posted a new one, and, if he has, find a way to work through my laughter to immediately forward it to all of my friends like a warning siren: A new “7 Questions” video has arrived!The “7 Questions” videos are a riff on Vogue’s “73 Questions” series. The interviews, in which a man with a camera follows celebrities through their homes or offices asking them random questions about their career and hobbies, could be…

Beijing (AFP) A new state-produced musical set in Xinjiang inspired by Hollywood blockbuster "La La Land" has hit China's cinemas, portraying a rural idyll of ethnic cohesion devoid of repression, mass surveillance and even the Islam of its majority Uyghur population.China is on an elaborate PR offensive to rebrand the northwestern region where the United States says "genocide" has been inflicted on the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.As allegations of slavery and forced labour inside Xinjiang's cotton industry draw renewed global attention, inside China, Beijing is curating a very different narrative for the troubled region.Rap songs, photo exhibitions and a musical -- "The Wings of Songs" -- are leading the cultural reframing of the region, while a legion of celebrities have seemingly unprompted leapt to the defence of Xinjiang's tarnished textile industry. Beijing denies all allegations of abuses and has instead recast Xinjiang as a haven of social cohesion and economic renewal that has turned its back on years of violent extremism thanks to benevolent state intervention.  » Read More

As a kid growing up in Gainesville going to totally irrelevant Florida Gators basketball games at a musty, cramped, archaic old gym known as Alligator Alley, I’m ashamed of many of the Johnny-Come-Lately Gator fans of today. I’m ashamed because they have no sense of historical perspective. I’m ashamed because they are out of touch with reality. Mostly, I’m ashamed about how they are treating Mike White — a good man, a good father, a good husband and, yes, a good basketball coach. White says he doesn’t see or hear the mean-spirited, ridiculous, fire-the-coach criticism being heaped upon him by the idiotic minority of Gator fans on social media, who are freaking out after a loss to 15th-seeded Oral Roberts in the second round of the NCAA Tournament a couple of weeks ago and the resulting rash of UF players (four) who have since entered the transfer portal. White instead chose to take the high road when I asked him how he is handling the criticism from the legions of the miserable on Twitter. “I love the passion of our fan base,” White says. “It’s part of what makes this place special. And obviously it puts a healthy pressure on…

@wongmjane/twitterCalifornia: Microblogging site Twitter's 'Clubhouse'-like audio chat rooms feature 'Spaces', will soon be rolled out in desktop browsers.The company confirmed the news to The Verge. The outlet asked the social media company about 'Spaces' on the desktop after seeing a tweet from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, that shows what 'Spaces' preview cards could look like when viewed on the web.Twitter has been working hard to bring its Clubhouse-like audio chat rooms feature 'Spaces', to users on iOS and Android. A logical next place for 'Spaces' to show up would be on the web, and Twitter is working on the feature for browsers.And the company has not been entirely secret about developing the feature, either. Last Friday, a Twitter 'Spaces' developer posted some designs of how a 'Space's' intro screen might look on the web.Currently, 'Spaces' is only available on mobile, bringing it to the web would be a significant expansion for the company.  » Read More

UNCFieldHockey: Here is Coach Karen Shelton with her son, William Scroggs, and her husband Willie. Her son graduated on May 12, 2013. http://t.co/b2Ncdw3EW7— Fri 9:27 a.m. TheRamsClub: Looking forward to a sold-out Rams Club Night and post-game fireworks tonight at the Bosh!— Fri 9:20 a.m. InsideCarolina: Brown Has Eye-Opening Visit: On his way home from his brother’s graduation, Noah Brown took a detour for ... http://t.co/lpmMPtJJbZ #unc— Fri 9:16 a.m. UNC_wtennis: At long last it's match day in Illinois! Carolina-Nebraska is the nightcap at 8 p.m. ET. Follow along all day here: http://t.co/UsZ3ErXdpt— Fri 8:51 a.m. InsideCarolina: Reggie Bullock tells @theobserver: "(RoyW) has been like a father to me, but if I feel I'm ready (for NBA) … it's my decision."— Fri 8:51 a.m. heelscoach: RT @Sports_Greats: 1) Decide what you want. 2) Decide how you'll get it. 3) Out work everyone else. 4) DON'T EVER QUIT TRYING.— Fri 7:23 a.m. macCANdoo: RT @pwgavin: Quote of the night: "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good ol' days, before you've actually left them." #OfficeFin…— Fri 5:10 a.m. ErikHighsmith: I'm jealous RT“@keith_boyette4: @ErikHighsmith what do you think about the Tarheels’ new jerseys?”— Fri 1:25 a.m. UNCSoftball: North…

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YouTube TV added a new feature on Friday that will allow users to find, watch, and buy new movies from YouTube without ever having to leave the app. YouTube TV is one of the most popular internet TV services on the market, with more than 85 channels, unlimited cloud DVR, and one of the cleanest interfaces of any streaming app. Over the past few years, its price has risen significantly, jumping from $35 a month when it launched in 2017 to $65 a month in 2020. The addition of new channels has been the driving force behind the ballooning price, as every network wants a cut for joining the growing channel library, but Google has continued to add new features to the service along the way as well. For example, just weeks ago, a new store tab was added to the service’s TV apps, allowing users to buy new channels and bundles for their account without having to sort through a bunch of menus or log in on a browser. On Friday, yet another convenient feature was added to the popular TV service. Today's Top Deal Amazon shoppers are obsessed with this nonstick frying pan – today it’s only $14!…

Why can’t we all just get along? YouTube stars Trisha Paytas & Nikita Dragun were at each other’s virtual throats Wednesday night, closing down the month of March in style. Insults were hurled and receipts were pulled in a nasty Twitter battle that went on for two hours. Yes, this is what happened while you were busy planning the perfect April Fools prank. The online fight was no joke, however, and it’s the most recent instance of influencers turning on each other over the company they keep and the insensitive stunts they’ve pulled in the past. YouTubers cancelling each other, go figure. Is that progress or just a different type of performance? On snapchat 😂 https://t.co/7Wz9w9WpR5 — Trisha Paytas (@trishapaytas) March 27, 2021 Snapshade Things started, as they usually do, with a dig at Snapchat. More specifically, a dig at Nikita Dragun’s show, Nikita Unfiltered. Trisha Paytas made fun of the fact that Dragun’s show, for all her bragging, only streams on Snapchat, as opposed to, we guess, streaming on YouTube. Nikita Unfiltered is a docuseries that follows Dragun as she lives her life as a transgender woman. The show sees the influencer search for love, explore her career options,…

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By David Close, CNN    (CNN) -- Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season's All-Star Game and MLB Draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia's recently passed laws that placed new restrictions on voting.The new host city for the July 13 game has yet to be announced, according to the league."Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's All-Star Game and MLB Draft."Georgia recently passed new voting laws, leading critics to call for boycotts of companies based in the state and for sports leagues to consider moving big events. Chief executives and other high-ranking leaders from more than 100 companies, including Target, Snapchat and Uber, issued a public statement Friday opposing any measures that deny eligible voters the right to cast ballots."Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box," Manfred said in the statement.The new law in Georgia introduces…