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Blue-chip basketball recruit #BryceThompson, a 6-foot-4, the 180-pound junior combo guard from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Okla., has embraced a new NCAA rule that allows juniors to take official campus visits. Thompson, the No. 65-rated player in the recruiting Class of 2020 by Rivals.com, whose dad, Rod, played for Kansas coach Bill Self at Tulsa, has completed official visits to Colorado, Arkansas, and Texas A&M. He’s made unofficial visits to Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and also has Tulsa, TCU, and others on his list of schools. “It’s always good up there. You know Coach Self. What he does speaks for itself. I got to see Late Night in the Phog and all of the crazy fans, so it was good,” Bryce Thompson said in commenting to Rivals.com on his late September visit to KU. Thompson — he’s not yet set a date to visit KU officially — has been called “one of the most dangerous jump shooters in the Class of 2020,” by Eric Bossi of Rivals.com. He...

#Payless’ recent marketing campaign tricked fashion influencers into paying significantly more for a pair of affordable shoes. The retailer created a new store, called #Palessi, as an experiment to see just how much fashion-forward people would pay to have high-end shoes. Influencers, professionals that inspire consumers to make purchases based on their expertise, were invited to attend a grand opening for “Palessi” — a new high-end designer. Those that attended the exclusive party paid between $200 and $600 for Payless shoes that typically run up to $40. Payless, as Palessi, sold $3,000 worth of shoes in hours within the opening. “I would pay $400, $500,” said one influencer. “People will be like ‘where did you get those?'” Other influencers remarked on the look of the shoes, the quality of the material, and were overall impressed by the Payless shoes. The discount shoe company “wanted to push the social experiment genre to new extremes, while simultaneously using it t...

EXCLUSIVE: The ax continues to fall on Marvel’s series at Netflix. #Daredevil, which launched the #Marvel universe on the streaming platform, has been canceled after three seasons. The move comes on the heels of Netflix canceling Iron Fist and #LukeCage last month. “Marvel’s Daredevil will not return for a fourth season on Netflix,” the company said in a statement to Deadline. “We are tremendously proud of the show’s last and final season and although it’s painful for the fans, we feel it best to close this chapter on a high note. We’re thankful to showrunner Erik Oleson, the show’s writers, stellar crew and an incredible cast including Charlie Cox as Daredevil himself, and we’re grateful to the fans who have supported the show over the years. While the series on Netflix has ended, the three existing seasons will remain on the service for years to come, while the Daredevil character will live on in future projects for Marvel.” The cancelation of Daredevil comes a month after its t...

At 85 years old, #QuincyJones is one of the most influential people in the history of recorded music, yet I would guess that, in 2018, many casual music fans would be hard-pressed to explain what exactly he actually did. Jones’ name has been legendary in music circles for more than half a century, but much of his résumé consists of terms and vocations that are now obsolete, at least as far as mainstream pop is concerned. He was a trumpet prodigy who befriended Ray Charles and joined Lionel Hampton’s band while still a teenager. Before turning 30, he’d become one of the most in-demand arrangers in the biz and the musical consigliere to Frank Sinatra. By the 1970s, he was the quintessential superproducer and “record man,” an indefatigable hit-maker and general entertainment-industry Svengali. He did all this even before he began a collaboration with ex-Motown star Michael Jackson that would reach its apex in 1982 with  Thriller , the most commercially successful album ever ...

If you're one of the many people who literally cannot get enough of #ChrissyTeigen and #JohnLegend, you'll be happy to know that they've created an entire Christmas special for NBC featuring all their favorite celebrity friends. In the variety show, John performs songs from his new album "A Legendary Christmas," while the two of them "prep" for a holiday party. Here are the very best moments from the 42 absolutely blissful minutes of content they just blessed us with. When Kris Jenner surprises Chrissy with party favor s Your favorite momager swings by to drop off a gift for Chrissy—customized 'Khrissy' headband favors for all the guests at her party, of course! "Everything is better spelled with a 'K'," Kris explained. "Isn't it fantastic?" Truly, yes, it is. Chrissy also signs a contract making Kris her mom, because that's how the Kardashian-Jenner fam gets it  done . When John and...

Kim Kardashian’s  infamous ex  Ray J   is still talking about her all this time later! This time it revolves around the naughtier side of the media mogul, where he dropped some major sex claims about her in a shocking new interview. Read on for all the details. Photo credit: Getty The "Wait a Minute" singer gave specific claims about his intimate time with Kim an interview with  Sun on Sunday . Photo credit: Getty “Kim and I had fun times - marathon sessions. But she didn’t like getting sweaty and would stop to do her make-up if she did," he revealed while chatting about her during a boozy night out in London. Photo credit: Getty “She liked to look dope during sex, the right lighting, setting the mood. She was wild - there was a red Louis Vuitton trunk of sex toys," he continued. "She would order out for pizza, the only thing not working up a sweat was the Cristal cooled to 22 degrees... her mom would call and she wo...

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times/Redux Bruce Springsteen's one-man show will go from Broadway to a global audience as Netflix will stream 'Springsteen on Broadway' this December. “We are thrilled to bring Bruce Springsteen – a master storyteller, humanitarian and voice of the everyman – to Netflix in this historic one-man show. This groundbreaking experience defies the boundaries of theater, concerts, and film and will give our global audience an intimate look at one of the biggest cultural icons of our time,” Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement. Since its premiere at the Walter Kerr Theatre in October 2016, Springsteen has extended his one-man-show run numerous times: The performance was initially set to run six weeks through November 2016 before Springsteen tacked on 10 more weeks of shows. In March, the rocker extended the residency through December 15th, 2018 ; if that date proves to be the final gig, Springsteen on Broadway wil...