Musk: People banned from Twitter won’t be restored for weeks
November 2, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk said Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks.
Musk emerging as Twitter’s chief moderator ahead of midterms
November 2, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the U.S. midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics.
LGBTQ harassment, slurs abound on social media, report says
July 13, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users, a report issued Wednesday from advocacy group GLAAD found.
Everything you need to know about the 2022 Oscars
March 24, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Final preparations are underway for the 94th Academy Awards and a long awaited return to Hollywood's glamourous normalcy after a muted ceremony and ratings low last year.
Today in History
February 21, 2022 GMTToday in History
Today is Monday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2022. There are 313 days left in the year. This is Presidents Day.
Elliot Page memoir ‘Pageboy’ to be published in 2023
February 17, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Elliot Page is working on a memoir, in which he will write about everything from his Oscar-nominated film career to becoming a prominent transgender person.
Flatiron Books announced Thursday that “Pageboy” will be published next year.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 20-26
February 14, 2022 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 20-26:
Feb. 20: Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 81. Actor Brenda Blethyn (“Atonement,” ″Pride and Prejudice”) is 76. Actor Sandy Duncan is 76. Actor Peter Strauss is 75.
Chappelle special spurs Netflix walkout and counter protests
October 27, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle's special and its anti-transgender comments were joined by allies who chanted “Trans lives matter,” getting pushback from counterprotesters who also showed up.
Chappelle special spurs Netflix walkout and counter protests
October 27, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle's special and its anti-transgender comments were joined by allies who chanted “Trans lives matter,” getting pushback from counterprotesters who also showed up.
‘It is life-saving’: Elliot Page opens up about surgery
April 30, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Elliot Page is revealing how happier he feels after having top surgery and how important he believes it is to support health care for transgender people...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 21-27
February 16, 2021 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 21-27
Feb. 21: Actor Gary Lockwood (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) is 84...
Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime
December 10, 2020 GMTAnd now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture…. Oh, wait. This was 2020. The year everything stopped cold.
Well, not really. Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 — highbrow and lowbrow — to satisfy varied and sometimes conflicting needs: Distraction, inspiration, consolation, escapism, hope.
‘All my love, Elliot’: Actor Page comes out as transgender
December 1, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of “Juno," “Inception” and “The Umbrella Academy,” came out as transgender Tuesday in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans community in Hollywood...
Spring movie preview: The most anticipated flicks include Disney remake and “Furious” No. 8
March 14, 2017 GMTIt’s less than two months before Marvel’s latest blockbuster kicks off the so-called “summer movie season” on May 5 — which will only be mid-spring.
But there looks to be a couple of blockbusters in this abbreviated spring movie season.
‘X-Men’ preview shows abilities of new mutants
March 28, 2014 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — In the first few minutes of a new "X-Men: Days of Future Past" clip, some X-Men attempt to battle ruthless metal monsters using their special abilities.
It's the first appearance for some of the mutants — Blink, Sunspot, Warpath and Bishop.