Bumble Bets on Platonic Relationships With Standalone Friendship App
Bumble Inc. is building on the success of the popular friend-finding mode on its dating app and launching
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Biden laughs off impeachment threat after McCarthy teases inquiry
President Joe Biden on Tuesday responded to a reporter’s query about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s claim that the GOP could soon open an impeachment inquiry into the president by laughing as he exited a White House event. Mr Biden was caught cracking a smile and chucking on his way out of the East Room after delivering remarks on his administration’s efforts to increase the availability of mental health treatment. Earlier in the day, Mr McCarthy had said that an impeachment probe would provide the House with “the strongest power to get the rest of the knowledge and information needed” before they can attempt to oust Mr Biden, which many in his conference have been pushing to do since before he took office. It’s not known whether the House will actually initiate an impeachment inquiry into Mr Biden, but multiple prominent Republicans have become increasingly vocal in their promotion of conspiracy theories and false claims about alleged criminality on the part of the president. Mr McCarthy told Fox News host Sean Hannity late Tuesday that the House Oversight Committee’s widely panned probe into Mr Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was “rising to the level of an impeachment inquiry” even though the younger Mr Biden does not hold and has never held public office. Republicans have spent years alleging that Hunter Biden’s work for a Ukrainian energy company, Burisma, was the reason Mr Biden carried out Obama administration policy as vice president when he pushed Ukraine’s then-president, Petro Poroshenko, to oust a prosecutor whose firing had been demanded by the US, EU, IMF and other entities that were backing financial aid for Ukraine. The false allegations were what motivated then-president Donald Trump to attempt to blackmail Mr Poroshenko’s successor, Volodymyr Zelensky, into announcing sham investigations into the Bidens, leading to Mr Trump’s first of two impeachment trials. Read More Trump begs Congress to help save him from his legal troubles Trump, January 6 and a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election: The federal investigation, explained Why was Donald Trump impeached twice during his presidency?
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US actor Kevin Spacey found not guilty of UK sex offences
A jury in the UK on Wednesday found Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey not guilty of nine sex offences against four men alleged to have...
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London jury acquits Kevin Spacey of sexual assault charges on his birthday
A London jury has acquitted Kevin Spacey on sexual assault charges stemming from allegations by four men dating back 20 years
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Mick Jagger celebrates his 80th birthday
Mick Jagger keeps on rocking.
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Issa Rae offers aspiring female directors a chance to shine on rebooted 'Project Greenlight' series
From Issa Rae’s perspective, there’s plenty of talented female filmmakers willing to work
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Margot Robbie reveals generous gift for her mother once career took off
Margot Robbie has revealed the generous gift she gave her mother once her career started taking off. The Barbie actress secured her first acting role in 2008 on the Australian series Neighbours. It wasn't until she moved to America that she was offered the role of Naomi Lapaglia in The Wolf of Wall Street at the age of 23. The actress told CBS: "Everything I owed my mum, I had it written down. She’d take money out of the, like, house mortgage [to] lend me money. So I always knew, I was like, 'I gotta pay that back.'" "And then one day, when I made enough money, I just paid that whole mortgage off completely." She told her mother not to worry about the mortgage as it no longer existed. "Anyone in my position, you’d do that for your mum. Of course, you would," she continued. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Robbie and her mother Sarie Kessler appeared in Vogue Australia together back in 2019, where she opened up about the moment she discovered her daughter wanted to be an actress. "I really admired the way you set about deciding how your future was going to unfold. I remember the first time you told me you were going to be an actor in grade 12," Sarie said. She continued, "Do you remember doing that movie? You loved it so much and you came home and said: ‘Mum, you’re not going to like this, but I’ve decided I’m going to be an actor.’ And Margot, my jaw hit the floor because you were at a really good school." Robbie was a self-confessed "dramatic child", after once faking her own death because she didn't like her babysitter. "I got a big kitchen knife and the ketchup and I lay sprawled out naked on the tiles, covered myself in ketchup and put the kitchen knife," she said. "And I waited for like 45 minutes for her to find me. But, it was worth the wait." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Adam22 and Lena the Plug are looking for another man to collaborate with on their next big project
If you thought Adam22 had been put off watching his wife sleep with other men, you’d be sorely mistaken. The YouTuber, has revealed that he’d not only encourage the mother of his child, Lena the Plug, to film a sex scene with another guy, but he’d also like to get in on the action – and has a candidate in mind. The ‘No Jumper’ host (real name Adam Grandmaison) was speaking to actor Michael Rapaport for his ‘I Am Rapaport’ podcast when he opened up about their X-rated plans. The interview came as the dust continued to settle following Lena’s now-notorious encounter with porn star Jason Luv. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Their tryst marked the first time the OnlyFans star (real name Lena Nersesian) had shot adult content with a man other than her husband. And although the couple initially celebrated the film as a big success, things suddenly turned sour when Luv publicly boasted that he was “obviously” a better lover than Adam. The podcaster responded by announcing that the porn legend was “officially blacklisted from smashing [his] wife again” and ominously threatening to “expose” him. However, a week on, he seemed to have calmed down a bit, and told Rapaport that he was up for round two – just not with Luv. Admitting that he enjoyed watching the video of Lena and Luv’s love-in, Adam stressed: “We definitely want to do more”. He then clarified, somewhat more explicitly, that his wife had told him: “I want to get f**ked by you and another dude.” “Of course we're going to film it,” he confirmed. “But she's into that idea and everything and I'm definitely into it too.” Rapaport then pressed the ‘PlugTalk’ presenter to reveal who they had in mind for their new NSFW venture. “It’s almost like the f**king NBA draft,” the interviewer joked. “Who’s going to be the number one draft pick?” However, Adam replied that they didn’t have a huge number of options, given that “not that many dudes in porn have a brand about them” or a “sizeable social media platform”. (In other words, most eligible contenders aren’t influential enough for this ambitious pair.) But Rapaport was determined to get a name out of the content creator so, eventually, Adam conceded. “Johnny Sins,” he said, before describing him as “pretty much like the most popular white porn star”. “He's somebody that we've talked about having her shoot with, but then I'm friends with a lot of guys,” he added. Adam then explained that he and Lena “are thinking about making a YouTube video or a piece of content in which we interview a bunch of different guys to try to figure out who we like vibe-wise”. It sounds to us like some kind of X-rated X-Factor, and we’re sure plenty of people would be into it, especially if the success of their show ‘Plug Talk’ is anything to go by. Still, the podcaster acknowledged that they wanted to tread carefully given the fallout from their Luv liaison. “The Jason thing seemed good – he seemed like he was a great candidate for this – until he started running his mouth a little bit too much on that other podcast he did,” Adam said, adding: “That kind of soured the vibe for us.” He admitted: “We were thinking about doing me, Lena and him together at a certain point, but then I feel like it kind of got ruined by him just not being able to handle the clout.” Rapaport then revealed that he’d watched Lena and Luv’s infamous movie himself and that he “wasn't really that impressed with the whole thing”. Defending his wife, Adam insisted: “It was her first time shooting with a different guy, she was a little on edge. She said that she felt real guilty the whole time. She was kind of nervous and stuff. So I feel like she'll probably improve a lot from here.” He then acknowledged that Luv “didn't go as crazy as a lot of people wanted him to” but accepted that this was “probably good from [his] perspective”. “You don't really want to see your girl getting completely manhandled on camera for the first time,” he said. “I see how some of these male porn stars are f**king girls and they're really taking charge. I don't know if I was ready for that, and I didn't really think about that beforehand.” Rapaport encouraged Adam to become the “Simon Cowell” of porn and give some young, inexperienced “d**k-slinger” their big break by taking them on for the project. The adult entertainer recognised that there was certainly a lot of interest around a potential collaboration, telling his host that he was being flooded with DMs. “Every male porn star's just tapping in with me, like, ‘Hey, I would love to be her next scene’,” he said. “[It’s nice that they're reaching out to me as opposed to just reaching out to her, which some of them are [...] and I’m not super into that,” he stressed. However, for anyone hoping for the swift release of a spicy threesome, you may have a while to wait. “We're trying to move slowly with it and just let the heat from the first scene that she dropped cook for a while before we do it,” Adam said. “But yeah, definitely, we've got some wild stuff in the works.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Who are Wil Wheaton's parents? 'Star Trek' star claims parents 'stole' nearly all of his salary from childhood roles
'My Star Trek residuals were all I had, and they kept me afloat for two decades while I rebuilt my life,' Wil Wheaton said
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Bumble Inc. Introduces ‘Bumble For Friends’ Friendship-finding App
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 26, 2023--
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Alix Earle nominated as 'Breakout Creator' with Dylan Mulvaney amid ongoing Bud Light controversy
Alix Earle is in the impressive lineup of content creators, including the notable Dylan Mulvaney, as a 2023 Streamy Awards nominee
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Standalone Bumble for Friends app launches
Following news last month that Bumble was testing a standalone app for Bumble BFF, the
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