
Noticing Ed Sheeran’s Instagram Apology, Tom Cruise’s Personality, and Fighting for Equality in Education
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It’s time for a lesson but teachers are few and far between! Ed Sheeran is only listening to an incredibly misguided IG statement writer and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has put her faith in teachers above the reality of her daughter’s education and people are soooo mad.
13 min: Ed Sheeran and Macklemore
51 min: Tom Cruise for GQ
62 min: Channing Tatum on IG
66 min: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter’s Education
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Ed Sheeran:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o
https://x.com/GilletteStadium/status/2100337429886427309
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/18/robert-kraft-macklemore-ed-sheeran-israel-donations/
Nikole Hannah-Jones:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html
Tom Cruise:
https://www.gq.com/story/tom-cruise-2026-cover-story-interview
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