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The list of topics that Chinese comedians should most avoid includes some obvious ones. Politics. It’s the Chinese army.Now add the fragile ego of men.At least, that was the message sent this month when a major e-commerce platform abruptly ended its partnership with China’s most prominent female stand-up comic. The company had bowed to pressure from men who described comedian Yang Li as a misanthropic witch on social media.Advocating for women’s rights is becoming increasingly sensitive in China, with stand-up stages becoming the latest battleground. More and more women like Yang are speaking out and laughing about the injustices they…
It wasn’t the smoothest way to cut a 3-0 lead in the World Series, but the Dodgers don’t care. (Wally Scully/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)The Los Angeles Dodgers were World Series champions for the second time in five seasons and first full season since 1988. It took a very ugly Game 5 to get them there. They drink it with champagne.They entered Wednesday with a 3-1 series lead, but the Dodgers suffered a crushing loss to the New York Yankees in Game 4, and were probably a little nervous, falling behind 5-0, but it was a huge upset. In…
NEW YORK – The Los Angeles Dodgers claimed their eighth World Series title in franchise history Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium and, like their 98-win season and their 11 wins in 16 postseason games, it came in a fashion both wholly predictable and thoroughly stunning.In a five-run hole in Game 5 and facing New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, the Dodgers staged a startling fifth-inning rally to tie the score, pushed across two more runs to take the lead for good in the eighth and then closed their eyes and hoped for the best from a bullpen stretched to its…
Correspondent photo/Robert Hayes. YSU defensive end Michael Boitas, 42, and defensive tackle Nehemiah Dukes, 44, hit North Dakota’s Quincy Vaughn on the final play of last week’s overtime victory at Stambaugh Stadium. It put pressure on the players. YOUNGSTOWN — Two signs above the tunnel leading from the Youngstown State University locker room to the Bead Field turf at Stambaugh Stadium read: “Soccer is a 60 minute game” and “Finish.” Both are part of the Penguins’ ethos and something the coaching staff has emphasized to the team all season. Now, YSU saw the fruits of their efforts with an overtime…
Pictured are family, friends and community members who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Evolve Salon and Spa in Jamestown. Currently, there is also a massage parlor, eyelash extensions and nail salon attached. The CHQ Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for Evolve Salon and Spa, located at 517 Pine St. in Jamestown. Evolve Salon and Spa currently operates two businesses: Kiss My Lash, which does eyelashes and nails, and Syzygy Massage. We also post advertisements for salon owners. Mikayla Gabalski-Jones is the owner and operator of Kiss My Lush. She is also co-owner of Evolve Salon & Spa…
CNN — Former Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday that he will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in a rare endorsement. “For someone like me who speaks to people all over the world and still knows that America is a shining city on a hill, calling America a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic and infuriating. And before I’m a Republican, I’ll always be an American. That’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz this week,” Schwarzenegger said in a post to X. Ta. The famous actor and longtime Republican…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea on Thursday fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the first test of a weapon designed to threaten the U.S. mainland in nearly a year, following a test conducted days earlier. . us elections.According to the Ministry of Defense, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was present at the launch site, saying the launch was an “appropriate” test demonstrating Pyongyang’s determination to counter enemy moves that threatened North Korea’s security. “Military action.”The United States, South Korea and Japan also recognized the weapon as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and…
Just as the “Scream” series loves to squeeze every penny out of that famous Ghostface mask, the internet loves to piggyback on this bizarre trend every year around Halloween. The symbolism of the slasher series has now become something of an online sexual fantasy, or TikTok, and the trend is not just well-worn, but, like most of these trends, extremely popular. took a strange turn. Essentially, the Ghostface trend is just a horror twist on the mask. Mask kink is defined as “a sexual attraction or desire directed toward a person wearing a face mask,” and those who have mask…
The high walls of the industrial building at the Volkswagen assembly plant in the heart of northwestern China’s Xinjiang region stretch for hundreds of yards, once a symbol of German industrial power, and now the Volkswagen assembly plant in China. It has become a symbol of the quagmire of business and politics.For 40 years, the Volkswagen Group has been a market leader in China, with a wide range of cars that were highly valued by drivers, from the humble Volkswagen Santana to the powerful Audis and Porsches. However, VW has been replaced as China’s main automaker by Chinese electric car…
Blair Waldorf was the queen of Upper East Side fashion when “Gossip Girl” first aired in 2007. Queen B always kept abreast of trends in the fashion world through her mother, a fashion designer, and eventually took over her mother’s fashion company. From school attire to everyday attire, Blair always showed up perfectly dressed in each season’s hottest designs. However, fashion changes over time. These are the fashion trends for 2024. If “Gossip Girl” had premiered this year, Blair would be swaggering, true to her style and penchant for expensive designer brands. English preparation, dark romance, and bold charm British…