7 d. ago SHANNON MILLER: 'Sydney Sweeney's jeans ad isn’t cheeky branding, it echoes a dangerous past'

From wartime posters to 1930s magazines, the 'ideal woman' has always been eugenics coded but I think the American Eagle ad is the worst as it mirrors a disturbing past of beauty ideals shaped by racism

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7 d. ago Billboard in LA vandalized with message declaring ‘Proud Boys love Sydney Sweeney’ as jeans ad fallout continues

A billboard in Los Angeles has been vandalized to declare, “Proud Boys love Sydney Sweeney”

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8 d. ago Chris Cuomo mocked for response after falling for deepfake AOC video

Cuomo also used the moment to attack Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Hamas and defend himself in a NewsNation segmentThe US television host Chris Cuomo has been pilloried for falling for a clearly marked parody AI video of the congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.On Wednesday Cuomo, a host on NewsNation and formerly of CNN, took to Instagram to share a video that was prominently watermarked as a “deepfake” video, made using AI technology. It depicted a fake Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arguing on the floor of Congress that a recent Sydney Sweeney ad, which advertised her “great jeans”, was racist. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Chris Cuomo trolled for falling for AOC deepfake video about Sydney Sweeney

NewsNation anchor digs in after failing to spot that video of congresswoman calling American Eagle jeans campaign racist was fake, despite its being labelled ‘parody 100% made with AI’

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9 d. ago From Euphoria to eugenics: The strange politicisation of Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney is back in the middle of a political storm — but then, when isn’t she?

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1 week ago Hegseth ‘has great jeans’: Defense Department taps into MAGA’s obsession over Sydney Sweeney ad

President Donald Trump praised the advertising campaign after it was revealed that Sweeney is registered as a Republican in Florida

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1 week ago Jeans, controversy, used bathwater: Sydney Sweeney’s selling it all. A showbiz masterclass, if you ask me | Marina Hyde

Five years ago, she’d have been doing feminist stunts – but times change and Sydney has captured the zeitgeist. She might flog that to you too“SORRY FOR HAVING GREAT TITS AND CORRECT OPINIONS.” Not my words, readers (although, having said that ), but the words of a sweatshirt worn across the aforementioned acclaimed rack of Sydney Sweeney last year, shortly after some madly overheated controversy or other involving the Euphoria/Anyone But You star. I forget which controversy. Like Marvel movies, too many Sydney Sweeney controversies were made, and they all seemed to connect to each other in ways no one but the truly initiated could understand, so now only the saddos turn out for each and every one.You might dimly be aware there’s another one going on at the moment, following Sydney’s participation in an American Eagle denim advert – a fashion retail event which obviously spiralled into some fatuous blue jeans/red state flame-war that has seen deranged TikTokers claim something about...

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1 week ago Fox host fawns over ‘good jeans’ Sydney Sweeney on gun range: ‘As a single guy ... you love to see it’

Euphoria star courted controversy with her recent “good jeans” ad for American Eagle, which some have argued carries racist messaging, prompting outrage from the right in response

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1 week ago Sydney Sweeney and Jonathan Davino's full relationship timeline as she's spotted with new man

There’s been a rare update from a source close to the very private couple

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1 week ago Donald Trump's six weird words after learning Sydney Sweeney is a Republican

President Donald Trump was told that Sydney Sweeney, who sparked controversy with an advert for jeans, is a registered Republican which took him by surprise and led him to make an odd statement

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1 week ago Trump says he 'loves Sydney Sweeney' as president responds to the actress's 'great jeans' advert controversy

President Donald Trump could barely contain his excitement as he told Daily Mail that he 'loves' Sydney Sweeney amid the actresses controversy over her American Eagle jeans advert.

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1 week ago Trump gushes over controversial Sydney Sweeney jeans ad – after hearing she’s a registered Republican

President Trump praises the Euphoria actress’s ‘fantastic’ American Eagle commercial, which some critics condemn as promoting ‘eugenic ideals’

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1 week ago Trump weighs in on American Eagle’s Sydney Sweeney ad controversy

Donald Trump has given his take on actress Sydney Sweeney’s controversial jeans advert for American Eagle.

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1 week ago Sydney Sweeney’s Republican voter registration revealed amid jeans ad controversy

Revelation comes amid public fixation on American Eagle’s jeans ad featuring the star and a pun about her genesSydney Sweeney registered as a Republican voter in Florida a few months before Donald Trump won a second US presidency, it has been revealed, as the public continues fixating on a new jeans ad campaign featuring the actor and a pun about her genes.The Euphoria and White Lotus star registered to vote in Florida on 14 June 2024 – shortly after buying a mansion in the Keys – and listed her party affiliation as Republican, according to publicly available records reviewed by the Guardian on Sunday. That was about two weeks after Trump, another registered Republican Florida voter, was convicted in New York City of criminal falsification of business records and before he secured a return to the White House in November’s presidential election. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Voices: Does Sydney Sweeney want to be the actor Gen Z loves to hate?

With her provocative advert for American Eagle jeans under fire for being ‘pro-eugenics’, the blonde, blue-eyed ‘Euphoria’ star seems unfazed about making controversy part of her personal brand, writes Emma Clarke

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2 w. ago Fox News covered the Sydney Sweeney ‘good jeans’ ad 28 times more than Epstein this week

According to a study by Media Matters, the conservative cable giant has discussed the Sydney Sweeney ad a total of 85 minutes on air while devoting just three minutes of coverage to the Epstein saga.

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2 w. ago American Eagle doubles down on Sydney Sweeney ‘Great Jeans’ controversy after intense backlash

American Eagle has broken silence on campaign and defended the Euphoria star

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4 w. ago Why isn’t Fox News covering the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell scoop of the Trump

Based on a review of Fox news transcripts, the only brief mention of the blockbuster story was a tease by Laura Ingraham — who never came back to it after an ad break, writes Justin Baragona

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