Getting paid $1 million dollars for a social media post about an upcoming movie seems like a pretty good pay-day to most! Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s upcoming film Red Notice which is set to come out in 2020 will pay him $22 million not including the money he’ll make at the box office according to Business Insider. However, $1 million […]
D.L. Hughley is the king of comedy on social media! After getting in second place for a solid 28 weeks, the comedian has broken through to reach the number one spot for comedians on social media according to the Hollywood Reporter. Based on data from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus and YouTube, Hughley came out on […]
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PHOENIX (AP) — The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories. Teachers, long tired of low wages and a dearth of state funding, begin talking to each other online. Their Facebook groups draw tens of thousands of members. They share stories of their […]
Rannita Williams, a 27-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana resident, was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend while on Facebook Live last Thursday. According to the Shreveport Times, Robinson was holding Williams hostage in her home. The disturbing video (WARNING GRAPHIC VIOLENCE) begins with the suspected shooter, 36-year-old Johnathan Robinson pacing back and forth as Williams speaks to the camera […]
Cellphones are still absent from most U.S. schools but new data shows them steadily gaining acceptance as administrators bow to parents’ wishes to keep tabs on their kids and teachers find ways to work them into lessons. The percentage of K-12 public schools that prohibited cellphone use was about 66 percent in 2015-16, down from […]
In case you’ve been off the internet for a few hours, Tiffany Haddish may have jacked up her career before it’s really gotten started. It seems the nascent actress got a little carried away in her GQ interview and revealed the whole story behind the selfie she took some time back with Beyoncè. During this […]
You are here this morning to talk about a very interesting factor affecting the financial behavior of many Americans. What is it? We all have heard that phrase keeping up with the Jones’, but not many of us give much thought to how this phenomenon has changed in our era of ubiquitous technology and connection. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An ad on Snapchat asking users if they’d rather “Slap Rihanna” or “Punch Chris Brown” has spawned widespread outrage, including from the singer herself, and brought profuse apologies from the company behind the visual-messaging app. Snapchat said it is investigating how the ad for a mobile video game called “Would You […]
Parker Curry, 2, got to meet her idol on Tuesday.
You better take yo’ ass to school, child: https://twitter.com/coolcam101/status/968757649008414721 OK, let me call them and see what’s the hold up then: https://twitter.com/CoolChris_007/status/968758495100243970 NOPE: https://twitter.com/DaSkrambledEgg/status/968758955987144704 Guaranteed beat down: https://twitter.com/ANGRYref/status/968761851659083776 Another guaranteed beat down in our day: https://twitter.com/danrivermama/status/968761594242052096 Who taught you that word “virgin” miss thang? https://twitter.com/weirdsavant/status/968764332174651392 Cause for a week’s grounding: https://twitter.com/laughingskull59/status/968761867635232768
The disturbing trend of violent crimes committed and recorded while on social media continues, as a man was recently shot and killed while he was live-streaming on Facebook Live. https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/968480922483019777 According to the New York Daily News, Prentis Robinson from North Carolina was murdered in broad daylight earlier this week as he was recording himself […]
