NBA playoffs 2017: Rajon Rondo calls…

Rajon Rondo isn’t salty that Celtics fans booed him hard during Game 1 of the Bulls’ playoff series in Boston. In fact, he embraces the hostility and said that’s exactly what he anticipated from the Boston faithful. “These fans are great,” Rondo said Tuesday, via ESPN.com. “I wouldn’t expect anything else. A couple nice words were said when I walked out of the tunnel, but that’s Boston. They’ve been doing that for me for nine years while I was here, so I don’t expect it [another way].” From 2006-15, Rondo played with the Celtics and was on the 2007-08 team that won the NBA title. After bouncing to the Mavericks and Kings, he landed a two-year, $27.4 million dollar deal with…
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‘Blame United,’ ‘Blame Deregulation,’ and Other…

Did you see that passenger getting hauled off the United flight?No, I spent the last week hiding under a rock for tax reasons.Do you really need to be sarcastic?Need, no. Enjoy, yes. Next question.What do you think about it?United messed up, obviously.I know! How dare they kick off paying passengers to make way for their employees? It’s like they think the airline operates for their convenience instead of the customers, isn’t it?No, not exactly. Actually, they kicked people off the plane so that they wouldn’t have to cancel an entire flight the next day. The employees they boarded were the crew for that plane.I think you’re just making excuses. I read that airlines sell more seats than they have on…
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Infowars’ Alex Jones is ‘performance artist,’…

By Callum Borchers, (c) 2017, The Washington Post When Donald Trump called in to Alex Jones’ radio show, during the Republican presidential primary, he told the host known as a leading 9/11 “truther” that his reputation is “amazing.” When Trump accused the media of covering up terrorist attacks, in February, the president appeared to be echoing a conspiracy theory promoted by Jones’s website, Infowars. And when Trump was preparing to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress, Infowars somehow got a preview of the president’s talking points, hours before White House press secretary Sean Spicer shared them in a briefing with reporters. If Trump buys into what Jones says on the air or publishes on his site,…
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Majority of Americans think marijuana is…

A survey of Americans’ views on marijuana found that a majority of people think the drug is “socially acceptable” — a position that likely puts them at odds with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who said in March that a marijuana habit is only “slightly less awful” than heroin addiction. The poll, conducted in March by Marist in partnership with Yahoo News, surveyed 1,122 U.S. adults and found that 56% said using marijuana was socially acceptable, compared with 42% who said it was socially unacceptable and 2% who were “unsure.” The survey also revealed that 49% of respondents, nearly half, said they supported legalizing recreational marijuana. So far, Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and the District of…
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Jack Cassidy Returns to ‘The Voice,’…

Jack is back! After his heartbreaking elimination in The Voice’s knockout round, Jack Cassidy has returned to the NBC singing competition after coach Alicia Keys brought him back. EXCLUSIVE: David Cassidy’s Nephew Jack Slays ‘Dancing on My Own’ on ‘The Voice’  “I don’t want you to go home, so you’re going to be my comeback artist!” Keys said on Monday’s show, surprising the nephew of acting icon David Cassidy and son of Patrick Cassidy. “I brought Jack back because I know we haven’t seen what I’ve seen,” Keys explained to cameras. “When I hear him sing, I hear something really unique.” During their coaching session, Cassidy admitted that there had been a “disconnection” between his private performances for Keys and…
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Hoda Kotb makes emotional return to…

Hoda Kotb returned to the Today show on Monday morning as a new mom! Joining Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer, the 52-year-old TV personality excitedly shared what life’s been like since adopting daughter Haley Joy in February. “I think that by a certain stage in your life you think you have had every experience you are going to have — but then she shows up,” Kotb shared, tearing up. “This is beyond a dream, like, you have your dreams, and then this.” “I never believed in love at first site until now,” she added. “She was the missing puzzle piece. I was scared to hold her but then when they put her in my arms, she fit perfectly.” WATCH: Hoda…
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Geraldo Rivera Responds to Kendrick Lamar’s…

One of the most-talked about moments from Kendrick Lamar’s new album Damn was when he called out Fox News and Geraldo Rivera on “Yah”: “Fox News wanna use my name for percentage […] Somebody tell Geraldo this nigga got ambition.”The lyrics were in response to Rivera’s criticism of K Dot’s “Alright” performance at the 2015 BET Awards. Rivera accused the Compton rapper of spreading an anti-police message at time when tensions were high between the black community and law enforcement. Kendrick also sampled the journalist’s 2015 remarks in Damn’s opening track “Blood” as well as “DNA.”Shortly after the project dropped, Rivera addressed the lyrics in a Facebook video. He insisted he “has no beef with” the artist, and considers him the most…
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Harry Styles Debuts Second Single ‘Ever…

Harry Styles shined on Saturday Night Live over the weekend with two great musical performances and some of the night’s funniest cameos. Decked out in a plaid suit, Styles owned the stage, singing as a solo artist for the first time without his former One Direction bandmates with a powerful performance of his debut solo single, “Sign of the Times.” WATCH: Jimmy Fallon Kicks off ‘Saturday Night Live’ With an Epic Dance Party With Harry Styles Styles returned for a second performance later in the evening where he premiered another new tune – which should be exciting news to fans who have been racking up repeats of “Sign of the Times” over the last few weeks. The singer’s second single,…
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Allison Williams on Saying Goodbye to…

If you’re looking for some hints as to what tomorrow’s “Girls” finale has in store, Allison Williams is not the person to ask. In an interview with TheWrap, the actress known to “Girls” fans everywhere as Marnie Michaels is going to watch it for the first time on Sunday night with show creator and co-star Lena Dunham. “I could have seen it,” Williams said. “They sent it to me, but I just decided I wanted to see it in real time.” What we do know is that the final episode of “Girls” won’t see Hannah, Shoshanna, Marnie and Jessa giving viewers catharsis by seeing them all together as the screen fades to black. Last week’s episode saw the four come…
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Mike Tyson says Trump promised him…

Mike Tyson has claimed Donald Trump once promised him a pardon for his rape conviction. During an appearance alongside Governor Chris Christie at the NJ Reentry Corporation Conference at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City, Tyson asked Christie to give Trump a call about the pardon he says he was promised. “Man, governor, I wish you could talk to Donald Trump, ’cause I haven’t talked to him in many years,” Tyson said. “Tell him he said he was going to give me my pardon so I am waiting for my pardon. He said it out of his mouth so I’m waiting.” Also Read:Mike Tyson Has 74 Pigeons – and He Can Tell Them All Apart A spokesperson for Tyson denied…
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