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PayPal has been sued by an Asian American businesswoman who accused the digital payments company of racial bias for restricting part of a $535 million investment program to black and Hispanic applicants, costing her millions of dollars. Thursday’s complaint by Nisha Desai and her New York-based venture capital firm Andav Capital is part of a growing push among some conservatives to curtail diversity, … Read more

21Jennifer Aniston was photographed enjoying her annual trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with friends, including Jason Bateman. HEM / BACKGRID New year, same vacation. Jennifer Aniston was photographed enjoying her annual trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with friends, including Jason Bateman. The bikini-clad actress, 55, put her toned body on display in a … Read more

Dignity Memorial A decorated broadcast journalist who earned the moniker “Top Gun” for reporting from a helicopter while covering floods died at his Georgia home earlier this week. Jim Strickland, who retired in 2019, passed away at his suburban Atlanta home on Monday. No cause of death was given but a former colleague wrote on … Read more

Would they pick you up at LAX? Rank your friends on the L.A. friendship scale Not all friendships are created equal. What you think of as a circle of friends is more like a pyramid of stacked disks; the broad base is populated with random folks from your Facebook feed, FINOs (Friends In Name Only), … Read more

Chelsea, lately, has been talking about her ex. Chelsea Handler is reflecting on throwing shade at her ex-boyfriend Jo Koy following his disastrous 2024 Golden Globes monologue. “Listen, I would’ve done that had anybody thrown their writers under a bus,” the comedian, 49, told Parade in an interview published Friday. “I know more than anybody how valuable writers … Read more

Jennifer Aydin went on a rant about a food services employee, and it’s not going well. From clashing with castmates to taunting RHONJ fans, Jennifer Aydin knows how to stir the pot. That — and her unflinching loyalty to Teresa Giudice — has made her a reality star for years. It has also rubbed viewers … Read more

English author David Lodge in Paris in 2005. (Ulf Andersen / Getty Images) David Lodge, a witty and prolific British novelist and critic who gently satirized academia, religion and even his own loss of hearing in such highly praised narratives as the Booker Prize finalists “Small World” and “Nice Work,” has died. He was 89. … Read more

TNT analyst Charles Barkley, left, went at Lakers coach JJ Redick and his recent criticism of the media during the “Inside the NBA” show on Thursday, saying “JJ, you come for the king, you better not miss.” Lakers coach JJ Redick went on a bit of a tangent last month about how an overly critical … Read more