The Star Wars fandom can't believe Adam Driver's story about a failed Ben Solo movie
“They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”
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Star Wars fans can’t believe what they could have had, digging into the TikTok videos sharing stories of mass looting in Walmart, and Tess Holliday spoke about her recent experience on a United Airlines flight.
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“Star Wars” fans react to news that Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh were working on a Ben Solo sequel: “Baiting the fandom”
Adam Driver just revealed he spent two years developing a Star Wars movie about Ben Solo with Steven Soderbergh, and the Internet is going crazy.
It’s been six years since the Star Wars sequel trilogy came to an end with The Rise of Skywalker. The movie is the worst-rated live-action film of the franchise, and many fans feel slighted about how the story wrapped up. One source of contention is the ending given to Driver’s Ben Solo, AKA Kylo Ren. Turns out, Driver also wanted more for the character.
Viral videos claim expiration of government SNAP benefits in November is already increasing shoplifting at Walmart. Is there any truth to it?
Multiple TikTokers have posted videos claiming that Walmart stores are experiencing mass shoplifting and looting as fears grow over the potential loss of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in November.
While the food stamp benefits crisis is real, the claims of looting and rioting remain unverified by credible news sources. So why are the videos going viral?
“You need to lose weight”: Model Tess Holliday says United Airlines flight attendant fat-shamed her mid-flight, compared her to his sister
Model and activist Tess Holliday shared a troubling experience she said occurred during a recent United Airlines flight, calling it one of the most demeaning encounters she’s faced while traveling.
“I just hope that people think about their words and actions more carefully, especially these days because we are all going through so much and you just never know if the one thing you say push someone to their limit,” Holliday told the Daily Dot.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
✈️ A Delta Air Lines flight attendant and a Southwest Airlines gate agent went head-to-head in an Atlanta airport, which then went viral online.
🤰 Instagram model Gianna Wulf provided an update after her mom upstaged her at a gender reveal party for her future daughter.
🍕 A Papa John’s employee has defended his job to commenters who questioned why he was “wasting his talent” working there.
🦊 Yellowjackets actress Ella Purnell has been delighting fans with footage of a fox that keeps showing up in her backyard.
📊 A TikToker just charted the entire male species, according to dating app behavior.
🕺 The people really love Andy Richter’s run on Dancing With The Stars.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
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