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Month: July 2023

Explosive Variety report on behind-the-scenes CNN drama ignites fierce backlash from top industry figures

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Variety is facing a blistering wave of backlash. The Hollywood trade publication is being confronted with serious questions about its journalism from top industry figures over a feature story it published Tuesday that aimed to offer a fresh look into the behind-the-scenes drama and power struggles that beset CNN

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‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert on Friday, following a profanity-laden speech slamming the country’s anti-LGBTQ laws, he likely thought it an act of protest and solidarity. But for many in Malaysia’s LGBTQ community, it was quite the

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‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert on Friday, following a profanity-laden speech slamming the country’s anti-LGBTQ laws, he likely thought it an act of protest and solidarity. But for many in Malaysia’s LGBTQ community, it was quite the

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy floats an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republicans in Congress may launch an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven allegations of financial wrongdoing. That would be a first step toward bringing articles of impeachment and could go into campaign season. McCarthy first floated the idea Monday

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Typhoon Doksuri leaves at least 6 dead and displaces thousands in the northern Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri has lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain, leaving at least six people dead and displacing thousands of others as it blew roofs off houses, flooded low-lying villages and triggered dozens of landslides. Schools and workplaces were shut as a precaution. Tens

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