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Shipping container crisis could spark another toilet paper shortage

Shipping container crisis could spark another toilet paper shortage

The world may face another toilet paper shortage similar to the one experienced at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic due to high demand for shipping containers, Bloomberg reports. Suzano SA — the world’s largest producer of wood pulp, needed to make toilet paper — is now warning that the demand for shipping containers could…MORE

Issa Rae Signs Eight-Figure TV & Film Deal With Warner Media

Issa Rae Signs Eight-Figure TV & Film Deal With Warner Media

THE ACTRESS AND ‘INSECURE’ CREATOR SIGNED A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT TO PRODUCE HER OWN SHOWS AND FILMS Warner Media has announced that actress and producer Issa Rae has signed a multi-million dollar deal to create more films and TV shows over a five-year span. The deal, which is reportedly close to $40 million, is an…MORE

LaTocha Scott Confirms Xscape vs SWV ‘Verzuz’ Battle Set for May 8

LaTocha Scott Confirms Xscape vs SWV ‘Verzuz’ Battle Set for May 8

The girl groups are getting in the ‘Verzuz’ ring! Xscape member LaTocha Scott was out and about in New York City on Wednesday and confirmed the rumored matchup between Xscape and SWV. It’s all set to go down on May 8. Timbaland and Swizz Beatz haven’t officially announced the match, but you know LaTachoa couldn’t…MORE

Teddy Riley Says He Quit Guy After New Edition Feud and Deadly Shooting

Teddy Riley Says He Quit Guy After New Edition Feud and Deadly Shooting

The violent death of Riley’s best friend was the last straw. Teddy Riley, the architect of New Jack Swing, explains in a new UNCENSORED episode on TVOne that he quit the group Guy after a fatal shooting. In the late 1980s, Guy was on top of the charts with hit singles like “Groove Me” and…MORE

How Kris Jenner Is Taking the Kardashian-Jenner Empire to Hulu and Beyond

How Kris Jenner Is Taking the Kardashian-Jenner Empire to Hulu and Beyond

As the 20th and final season of ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ airs on E!, momager-mogul Kris Jenner looks to what’s next: a multiyear deal at Hulu, the launch of Safely, a plant-based cleaning and self-care product brand with Chrissy Teigen, and her own skin-care line in the works. The offices of Kylie Cosmetics are…MORE

Evanston, Illinois, becomes first U.S. city to pay reparations to Black residents

Evanston, Illinois, becomes first U.S. city to pay reparations to Black residents

The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible black households. EVANSTON, Ill. — Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery. The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible…MORE

Blogs

JELLY ROLL IS GOING TO THE WWE

JELLY ROLL IS GOING TO THE WWE

Jelly Roll is about to become a professional wrestler. The artist will compete at WWE Summer Slam in a tag team match. Jelly Roll is teaming up with WWE legend Randy Orton to face social media sensation and former WWE Intercontinental Champion Logan Paul and WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre. The match came about after Jelly…

CONGRATULATIONS TO COCO JONES ON HER ENGAGEMENT

CONGRATULATIONS TO COCO JONES ON HER ENGAGEMENT

Singer Coco Jones and NBA star Donovan Mitchell are engaged. Jones posted an Instagram photo of herself and Mitchell, where she showed off her ring. The couple had been dating for about a year, but both of them kept things quiet. Jones revealed that she and Mitchell were dating on Club Shay Shay in March.

AKON’S CITY IS A BUST

AKON’S CITY IS A BUST

Akon’s futuristic city in Senegal is not happening. The country has taken back the land for the multi-billion-dollar project, which was going to be called Akon City.Senegal will use the land for a resort built with private funding.Last year, Akon was given two weeks to start construction. After there was no movement, and Akon missed…

CRAIG ROBINSON LEAVING COMEDY

CRAIG ROBINSON LEAVING COMEDY

Craig Robinson is leaving comedy.In a recent post on Instagram, The Office actor shared that he’s giving up comedy to focus on “something bigger.”“Life update: I’m officially quitting comedy to focus on my true calling. Stay tuned. I’m working on something huge,” he wrote in the video caption.He teased what his next venture might be in a follow-up…