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A five-second guerilla marketing ad by the Reddit subreddit r/wallstreetbets got a message across in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment just after halftime. The community was using a GoFundMe to raise money for an ad, but couldn’t reach the lofty mark in the short-time before the game. So instead, it opted to blast out…

Actress, author and spokesmodel Suzanne Somers gently confronted a naked home intruder who appeared while she was streaming a makeup tutorial from her Palm Springs, Calif. home. The 74-year-old Somers was on Facebook Live Friday evening when the incident occurred. She paused during the recording and told nearby…

The rich got richer today, as the Los Angeles Dodgers signed the biggest free agent of the winter, bringing home reigning Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer. Born in Santa Clarita, Calif., Bauer grew up in North Hollywood and pitched for UCLA before going pro. He reportedly rejected a larger offer from the New York Mets to…

Snap Inc. stock fell in after-hours trading after the Snapchat parent gave financial guidance for the first quarter of 2021 that disappointed Wall Street. The share price decline of more than 6% came despite a stellar set of fourth-quarter results, including user growth, profit and revenue all above analysts…

AMC Entertainment and GameStop shares dipped Thursday amid high-level meetings to discuss recent trading convulsions and as Reddit users argued furiously on the now-infamous WallStreetBets chatroom about whether to fold or fight. GameStop shares are down 34%, extending Wednesday's losses. AMC Entertainment has slipped…

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has formally introduced legislation to strengthen antitrust laws and restore competition to American markets. The Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act “will give federal enforcers the resources they need to do their jobs, strengthen prohibitions on anticompetitive…

John Matze, chief executive of Parler, has been asked to step down, weeks after the conservative social media platform went dark. Apple and Google removed Parler from their app stores after the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Amazon Web Services subsequently declined to host the the platform, citing…

Google/YouTube parent Alphabet saw revenue jump last quarter driven by YouTube and search as advertising recovered. The giant company’s total sales surged to $56.9 billion for the last three months of 2020 from $46 billion the year before, smashing expectations. YouTube ad revenue jumped to $6.9 billion from $4.7…

Shares of AMC Entertainment are down nearly 40% today on another wild ride, reversing gains after an explosion of support by retail traders that started last week catapulted stock of the pandemic-pummeled chain to levels not seen since 2017. Around midday, shares of the nation’s largest cinema operator are changing…

On the heels of a successful Netflix debut, Bridgerton has taken over TikTok thanks to the skills of two musically-inclined creators. TikTok users and Bridgerton: The Musical creators Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear spoke to Today about how their social media show came together. “We were obsessed with the show. Who…

Jessica Simpson isn’t chicken when it comes to making fun of herself. The singer/actress sent out a tweet Friday in support of the Subway sandwich chain, which is under the gun from a lawsuit claiming there’s no tuna in its tuna sandwiches. The chain has vigorously denied the claims, saying there’s “no truth” to the…

The Texas Alerts system sent out a strange message Friday morning – an Amber Alert for filmdom’s knife-wielding maniac Chucky the doll and his child. The Amber Alert, typically used in the search for missing or abducted children, listed Chucky from the film Child’s Play as a suspect. The alert described him as a…