She’s here! It’s time to meet your new neighbor on Sesame Street, Ji-Young. The neighborhood’s first Asian American muppet made her debut on Thursday, and the episode made a powerful statement about home, belonging, and the impact of abuse amid a rise of anti-Asian racism in America.Titled “See Us Coming Together,” the special aired on […]

QUICK INFOWhat time does Best Buy open: 5 a.m. local timeWhat time does Walmart open: 5 a.m. local timeWhat time does Target open: 7 a.m. local timeAll major retailers with brick-and-mortar locations made the call to stay closed on Thanksgiving Day. That’s a big change from pre-pandemic years, when many stayed open on the federal […]

Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.Watching Lizzo twerk to the Empire Today jingle is the closest I’ve come to time travel. Because while the Grammy winner’s immaculate TikTok graced my For You Page just last month, the memories it conjured pulled […]

TikTok has launched a campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and girls, with a new informative hub in the app.The social media platform, alongside U.N. Women and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) NGOs across the globe, intends to empower and educate the TikTok community about topics including consent, safety, and harmful gender […]

Kevin Hart is messing with us.That’s the only conclusion I can draw after watching True Story, the new Netflix limited series starring Hart and Wesley Snipes from Narcos writer Eric Newman. The seven-episode journey starts out on a meta note and then, quite insidiously, only gets to be more meta as the story plays out. […]

Lady Gaga has had quite a year, wowing critics with House of Gucci, and singing the national anthem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, among, you know, everything else. “It was one of the proudest moments I’ve ever had as a musician and a performer,” she told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, saying that singing […]

What’s in a name? Urban Dictionary can answer that question. For decades, the crowdsourced digital library has chronicled slang and ubiquitous terms that pervade social media — and yes, its user-submitted nature has seen some offensive moments. It also provides definitions for people’s names, which Twitter and Instagram users are now posting across their profiles.These […]