Paramount appears to learn from its ‘Big Brother’ racial double standard on ‘The Challenge’

Three contestants were abruptly removed from MTV’s long-running athletic reality competition series “The Challenge” this week following a reported racial incident that the show chose not to air. At the beginning of Wednesday’s episode of “The Challenge: Cutthroat,” host T.J.…

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Taylor Swift quiet as friend Ed Sheeran takes heat over Macklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’ concert fiasco

Taylor Swift hasn’t publicly spoken out in support of close friend Ed Sheeran as controversy over Macklemore’s removal has engulfed Sheeran’s latest tour. Sheeran has faced scrutiny from some pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activists after his tour promoter and venues dropped…

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