The Daily Populous

Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 day edition

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Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor's fight was already gonna be a who's who of Hollywood -- the question now ... who's in good enough with a top agent to go for free?.

We're told most tickets cost $10k -- for a price tag of around $2 MILLION, and most are going to WME clients.

Here's the thing ... Ari's got a helluva lot of famous clients -- everyone from Charlize Theron to Oprah to Steven Spielberg and almost every big name in between.

We don't know which clients got the tix, but there are a lot of happy ones.

Remember, WME bought UFC last year, and Silver Lake helped back the $4 billion deal.

Guess it helps to have friends in high places when worlds collide.

He's already doled out the tickets he's been given, and he's not going into his pockets for celebs in search of a free fight. »

Dead stuntman’s family receives HK$5.8m donation from Jet Li

Authored by themalaymailonline.com

Dead stuntman’s family receives HK$5.8m donation from Jet Li.

Stuntman Liu Kun was a double for Jet Li during filming for ‘The Expendables 2’ in Bulgaria in 2011.

— AFP picHONG KONG, Aug 9 — Jet Li has donated HK$5.8 million (RM3.17 million) to the family of his stunt double, Liu Kun, who was killed on the set of The Expendables 2 in 2011. »

Stop hiding 47,000 net neutrality complaints, advocates tell FCC chair

Authored by arstechnica.com

The Federal Communications Commission is being pressured to release the text of 47,000 net neutrality complaints before going through with Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to eliminate net neutrality rules.

Further Reading FCC refuses to release text of more than 40,000 net neutrality complaints.

Chairman Pai's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) argues that a lack of formal net neutrality complaints may show that the rules aren't needed. »

Huh, Another Study Says Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Doesn’t Work

Authored by tonic.vice.com

Enter: a comprehensive review of studies published Tuesday that found teaching teens only the "wait-until-marriage" kind of sex ed doesn't work.

It not only fails to delay the age when teens first have sex, but also fails to reduce unintended pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections.

We just might see another comprehensive review of abstinence-only sex ed, with exactly the same results, in a few short years. »

One of R. Kelly’s alleged victims just broke her nondisclosure agreement to speak out

Authored by vox.com

According to BuzzFeed’s report, the women in Kelly’s homes are forced to follow Kelly’s every instruction or face physical punishment.

Now, 24-year-old Jerhonda Pace has decided to break her NDA and speak out about the abuse she suffered at Kelly’s hands.

“I didn’t have anybody to speak up on my behalf when I was going through what I was going through with him. »