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☆ Kesha says she unknowingly waved around a real butcher knife during Lollapalooza set
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Susan Baek | News Associate | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

During a performance of "Backstabber" at the Lollapalooza festival on Thursday, popstar Kesha dramatically waved a knife around while dancing, thrusting it in the air toward one of her dancers. Little did she know, the knife was a real butcher's blade. "sooooo apparently the prop knife went missing and they replaced it with a real butcher knife stolen from the kitchen," the singer wrote on X the night of her show. so watch that again..."Shock followed in the comments, with users calling the move “unprofessional.”Kesha did not reveal who was responsible for the swap-out of the prop knife. A few days later, Kesha posted a photo of her holding the knife mid-performance, with the caption "new dating app profile pic."

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"House of the Dragon" finally returned on Sunday night, two years after season one aired on HBO and became a smash hit. Rhaenyra, in mourning, needs to see her dead son for herselfRhaenyra discovers the remains of Arrax, her son Lucerys' dragon, in the season two premiere of "House of the Dragon." Daemon makes an oopsieDaemon (Matt Smith) and Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) in "House of the Dragon" season 2. Back in King's Landing, the assassins that Daemon sent after Aemond close inEwan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen in "House of the Dragon" season two. Olivia Cooke as Alicent in season two of "House of the Dragon."

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☆ Amazon is offering influencers $25 a video to promote its new TikTok-like shopping feed, but the low rate is being mocked on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon is offering $25 a video to influencers to help promote its new shopping feed called Inspire. Inspire is part of Amazon's vision to build a social feed of shoppable content like TikTok or Instagram. Amazon is offering to pay influencers $25 a video to promote its new TikTok-inspired shopping feed called Inspire, but some creators are balking at the low rate. Amazon launched its new shopping feed called Inspire in December 2022 which enabled users to scroll through a social feed of shoppable content. Another user commented: "SOOOOO Up To $25 / video.

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☆ Amazon is offering influencers $25 a video to promote it's new TikTok-like shopping feed, but the low rate is being mocked on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Persons: Oliver Messenger, Messenger Organizations: Morning, Bloomberg, Amazon Shopping, UGC, Brands, Twitter Locations: influencers

Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, the longtime DJ on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show, has died, according to his wife. Boss was pronounced dead just before 11:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday in Encino, the medical examiner said. Stephen 'tWitch' Boss in 2018. Holker Boss said her husband valued family, friends and community, adding that "leading with love and light was everything to him." Ellen DeGeneres said she was left “heartbroken” by news of Boss’ death, calling him "pure love and light."

☆ The Truss tax plan cushions the wealthy while pushing borrowers toward a financial cliff
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

That’s because the Bank of England is now widely expected to hike interest rates even further to tackle inflation that will be exacerbated by the government’s sweeping tax cuts. That means many as 1.8 million borrowers are now hurtling toward a financial cliff as they prepare to refinance next year, when the mortgage rate may well have doubled. The vast majority (nearly two-thirds) of the tax gains go to the wealthiest one-fifth of households, according to one think tank estimate. According to the US Treasury, tax cuts reduced federal revenues by about 9% in the first couple of years. However, Congress eventually decided the sweeping tax cuts were unsustainable and, with Reagan’s approval, raised taxes by a lot in 1982.

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