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Watching the latest season of Sister Wives is like peering inside a time capsule – and it makes some moments more meaningful than perhaps they were intended to me.  In 2024, so much of the lives of the Brown family has changed. The biggest blow was the death of Garrison Brown, son of Janelle and Kody, who died by suicide in February.  When the 19th season of Sister Wives debuted in September, the network acknowledged that the show filmed a full year before Garrison’s passing.  But took nearly 10 episodes for Garrison to even come up in casual conversation. And…

Thailand’s same-sex marriage legislation, scheduled to come into effect in January 2025, could attract an additional 4 million tourists to the country per year, according to a report commissioned by the travel company Agoda.The report published Thursday estimates the country’s marriage equality law may increase tourism arrivals by 10%, netting the country an extra $2 billion in tourism revenue per year, within two years.Arrivals are expected to come, not only from same-sex couples and their wedding guests, but from the broader LGBTQ community and beyond.”Thailand is set to attract a growing number of travellers and expatriate workers who seek not…

Republican has accused major tech platforms of operating a ‘censorship cartel’.United States President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brendan Carr, a Republican known for criticism of Big Tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Carr, who has served as an FCC commissioner since 2017, will end the “regulatory onslaught” that has held back job creators and innovators and ensure that the communications agency delivers for rural areas, Trump said in a statement on Sunday. “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for free speech, and has fought against the regulatory lawfare that has stifled Americans’ freedoms, and held back our economy,” Trump…

The series premiere of “Dune: Prophecy,” which aired Sunday, ended with a shocking twist.The HBO show is a prequel series set within the universe of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” movies.The star at the center of the twist spoke to BI about filming her character’s big scene.Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “Dune: Prophecy” season 1, episode 1.A pair of shocking deaths close out the first episode of “Dune: Prophecy,” the new HBO series that serves as a prequel to Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” movies.The show, set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet’s character in the films, who was first…

Australian lawmakers have voted to censure an Aboriginal senator who heckled King Charles during his visit to Canberra last month, to express their “profound disapproval” of her protest.Lidia Thorpe shouted “you are not my King” and “this is not your land” shortly after the King addressed the Great Hall of Parliament, in an effort to highlight the impacts of British colonisation. The Senate’s censure, which passed 46-12, described Thorpe’s actions as “disrespectful and disruptive” and said they should disqualify her from representing the chamber as a member of any delegation. A censure motion is politically symbolic but carries no constitutional…

Tim Matheson says he’s lucky he never got too big into cocaine … saying he played hard — but, he worried too much about how the white stuff would affect his work to get addicted. The star of “Animal House” spoke with Page Six about his new memoir, “Damn Glad to Meet You” — a reference to a line his character says to prospective pledges in the iconic college fraternity film — and, he explains that because he was a working actor, he was afraid of overindulging in coke. Basically, Matheson says he wasn’t a star and lived paycheck to…

JYP Entertainment’s boy group Stray Kids attends the 2024 SBS Music Awards Summer in Seoul. The group’s activities has given its parent company a “dramatic rebound to profitability” The Chosunilbo Jns | Imazins | Getty ImagesK-pop businesses mostly continued to struggle in the third quarter of the year, with three of South Korea’s four largest agencies posting poorer financial results compared to last year.The K-pop industry has been seeing a slowdown due to declining album sales and the inactivity of record-breaking groups such as Blackpink and BTS. Members of BTS have been serving their mandatory military service, while Blackpink only announced…

Radio host Alan Jones previously denied allegations of indecent assault aired by local media.Australia’s veteran broadcaster and former rugby coach Alan Jones has been arrested following an investigation into alleged sexual offences spanning two decades, local media outlets have reported. Jones, 83, had been a fixture of Australian broadcasting since the mid-1980s, hosting influential shows on Sydney radio stations 2GB and 2UE and the TV network Sky News. Jones, who is known for his conservative views, last sat behind the microphone in November last year while presenting his show on the streaming news channel ADH TV, which he joined after…

Vladimir Shklyarov. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov died on Saturday, November 16. He was 39. “Tonight, the public’s favorite, star premier of the Mariinsky Theatre Vladimir Shklyarov tragically died,” a statement on the Mariinsky Theatre’s website reads, which was the company where he danced since 2003. “This is a huge loss not only for the theatre’s staff, but for all of today’s ballet art. Our condolences to the artist’s family, loved ones, friends and all the numerous admirers of his work and talent.” The message added, “His boundless creative abilities were recognized with numerous…

Kelly Green, 34, went to visit her parents in Tristan Da Cunha and fell in love.The island is a British Overseas Territory with 236 inhabitants, and the only way to travel there is by ship.Green got married and is happily raising her two kids on the island.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kelly Green, the head of tourism at Tristan Da Cunha. Green moved from England to the island in 2013. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My dad was a diplomat, and, as a kid, my family moved a lot. I grew up in…