U.S. fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney. The ad blitz included “clever, even provocative language” and was “definitely going to push buttons,” the company’s chief marketing officer told trade media outlets. It has. The question now is whether some of the public reactions the fall denim campaign produced ... Read more
Texas Congressman’s Staffer Dies in Horrific Blaze After Setting Herself on Fire With Gasoline.NN
A staffer for Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales who burned to death in her backyard set herself on fire with gasoline, according to firefighters — but her family still insists it was an accident. Regina Santos-Aviles “doused herself in gasoline” in Uvalde on September 13, according to a report from responding firefighters obtained by the Uvalde Leader News. The 35-year-old mother then “was ignited in flames,” the ... Read more
Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Ignite Another Explosive Feud as Savage “Missed Me?” Taunt Goes Viral.NN
They are the drama. Cardi B and Nicki Minaj went head-to-head on X on Monday in the latest installment of their years-long feud. The social media war began when Minaj, 42, tweeted — and deleted “$4.99,” the promotional price of Cardi’s “Am I the Drama?” album. The Grammy nominee went on to call her fellow rapper, 32, “Barney Dangerous” before tweaking Cardi’s “Magnet” lyrics in an apparent ... Read more
Jon Stewart Explodes on “Narcissistic Media” for Turning Mass Shootings Into Political Theater.NN
Late-night comedian Jon Stewart blasted right- and left-leaning news hosts in the “narcissistic media ecosystem” for politicizing recent mass shootings by rushing to blame the other side. “Who the f–k cares?” Stewart exclaimed Monday during “The Daily Show.” “These mass shootings do not fit neatly into our left-right paradigm.” “But unfortunately, left-right paradigm is the only way our narcissistic media ecosystem sees ... Read more
US Strikes Controversial Deal With Tehran That Will See Hundreds of Iranians Deported.NN
The United States is planning to deport some 400 Iranians, most of whom entered the country illegally, as part of US President Donald Trump’s broader crackdown on immigration, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. “In the first step, they decided to deport 120 Iranians who entered the US illegally, most of whom through Mexico,” the Iranian foreign ministry’s director general for parliament affairs, Hossein Noushabadi, ... Read more