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LONDON: Controversial India-born author Salman Rushdie has revealed that his wife Padma Lakshmi's decision to divorce him had a crippling effect on him. Speaking for the first time of his "emotionally violent" split last year from the Chennai-born model and actress who is 23 years his junior, 60-year-old Rushdie told Tatler magazine "it provoked a crippling bout of writer's block which threatened to end my literary career." The Booker prize winning author said "I got very worried that I'd lost it because the break-up of my marriage suddenly intervened in an extremely emotionally violent way and there were two months...

The fund is one of many across the country fighting against America’s cash bail system, which disproportionately impacts lower-income people In the weeks since the onset of the protests against police brutality following the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American at the hands of police, the Minnesota Freedom Fund gained popularity as many people, including celebrities took to donating to the nonprofit dedicated to posting posts small cash bails for people who otherwise couldn’t afford them. The fund is one of many across the country fighting against America’s cash bail system, which disproportionately impacts lower-income people. Without the resources...

Wednesday night at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, a sea of white faces in red hats bellowed "Send her back! Send her back!," referring to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a Somali refugee who disagreed with the president on policy.

News of the OZY Fest cancellation wasn’t sitting well with out-of-state ticket holders on Friday, with many traveling from far and wide to be at the two-day Central Park event — which cost a whopping $399 to attend. New Yorkers, on the other hand — who blasted the city for renting out a typically free public space and “going capitalist” — were ecstatic

On June 2 HBO, MTV, and a host of celebrities will be joining Michael Bloomberg and other pro-gun control groups to watch participating mayors proclaim “Gun Violence Awareness Day” in their cities. Those participating will “wear orange” and MTV will “change its on-air logo — as well as several of its social media avatars — to orange in recognition of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.” According to PRNewsWire, participating celebrities–aka, “cultural influencers”–include: Julianne Moore, Russell Simmons, Sarah Silverman, Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Aasif Mandvi,Alyssa Milano, Padma Lakshmi, John Hodgman, Amanda Peet, Perez Hilton, Melissa Joan Hart, Tiffani Thiessen, Tunde Adebimpe...