Oscar and Grammy winner Billie Eilish puts her money where her mouth is — and she's telling other affluent people to do the same. The 23-year-old singer is donating $11.5M of ticket sales from her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to charitable organizations that support food equity and climate justice. And on accepting the Wall Street Journal Magazine's Music Innovator of the Year award earlier this week in New York, she called out other wealthy people who don't use their cash to help others. "There’s a few people in here who have a lot more money than me. If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away,” she told an audience that included Mark Zuckerberg. Here's more from [@RollingStone]( ). #BillieEilish #Celebrity #Entertainment #Music #Billionaires #MarkZuckerberg
It's Game 6 of the World Series, and it's also Halloween, which means baseball fans may have a dilemma. @cbc@flipboard.com talked to some Canadians about how they plan to watch the country's only professional baseball team in its biggest game for 32 years — and still enjoy the spooky festivities. “I don't know how you do a Blue Jay Halloween costume, but it's going to be different than other nights, for sure,” said Mike Smith, owner of Joe Kool's sports bar in London, Ont. https://flip.it/o7DFJd #Sports #Baseball #WorldSeries #BlueJays #Dodgers #Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump's remodeling of the White House continues with a new look for the Lincoln Bathroom. [@abc]( ) takes a look inside. (PLEASE put up some blinds or curtains!) #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #LincolnBathroom #Decor #Design
There's finally a proper trailer for the concluding season of "Strangers Things," which will drop in three batches: Nov. 26, Dec. 25 and Dec. 31. [@Engadget]( ) shares the two-minute teaser, which has Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever," best-known as the "Highlander" theme, as its soundtrack. We want to know: Will you be watching the conclusion of "Stranger Things"? #Television #TV #Entertainment #StrangerThings #DufferBrothers
The Winter Olympics are only 100 days away. NBC News curated a collection of stories about the first fully open Winter Games since the COVID-19 pandemic. ⛷️ Learn about the athletes and the far-flung events across Italy: #Olympics #WinterOlympics #Sports #WinterSports #Milan
50 years ago, 90% of Iceland's women went on strike to protest the gender pay gap. 25,000 gathered in the center of Reykjavík — a remarkable turnout given that the country's population was less than 220,000 at the time. Their efforts worked: The world's first female elected president took office five years later, and with successive strikes over the subsequent decades, the gender pay gap has been closed by more than 90%. But President Halla Tómasdóttir says there's still work to be done. Here's more from The Week. #Iceland #History @histodons #Europe #Culture #Women #WomensRights #GenderPayGap
"Anniversary," which was shot in 2023 and tells the story of an authoritarian regime taking over the U.S. federal government, might not have been made today, Matt Zoller Seitz writes in his review of the movie for Roger Ebert. Here's what he thinks of the film, which is directed by Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa and stars Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Phoebe Dynevor and Dylan O'Brien. #Movies #Cinema #Film #Entertainment #Fascism #AuthoritarianRegimes
Dictionary.com has chosen "6-7" as its word of the year. [@USAToday]( ) explains what it means (though we've read the article and have preteens who like to say it constantly, and frankly, we're still none the wiser). #Language #Linguistics #Words #Culture #PopCulture #GenAlpha
Those of us who were worried that "Wicked: For Good" couldn't possibly better last year's "Wicked" can breathe a sigh of relief. First reactions to the movie, which arrives in cinemas on Nov. 21, are universally positive. Here's [@Variety]( )'s roundup of what critics said, and which star they're tipping for Oscars glory. #Movies #Cinema #Entertainment #Wicked #ArianaGrande #CynthiaErivo #WickedForGood #AcademyAwards #Oscars
Six years ago Ms. Rachel was a stay-at-home mom with a baby on her hip. Today she has a YouTube channel with more than 17 million subscribers, plus a Netflix series, nine books, and a second baby. She's also one of the loudest American voices speaking out for children in Gaza. [@GLAMOUR]( ) made her one of its Women of the Year, and talked to her about her inspirations (Mister Rogers and "Sesame Street"), journey to motherhood, and advocacy for kids. "My love and care for children doesn’t stop at my own children. It doesn’t stop at the children in our country. It embraces every child of the world," she says. #MsRachel #Gaza #Palestine #Parenting #Children #Influencers #YouTube #Advocacy #Activism