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kshepherd@washingtontimes.com

Ken Shepherd was a digital writer covering entertainment and social-media news developments for The Washington Times.

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Persons walk in and out of a Wal-Mart store, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) ** FILE **

Wal-Mart to shed 7,000 desk jobs at company stores: report

Wal-Mart will be eliminating about 7,000 in-store desk jobs in "the next several months," the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The company hopes to transition most of them to other jobs in the chain's stores, interacting with customers, not paperwork.

September 1, 2016
Pamela Anderson's official Twitter account promoting a signed and personalized copy of her last naked centerfold in Playboy. In the September 1 Wall Street Journal, Ms. Anderson and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach denounced pornography in an op-ed titled, "Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn."

Former Playboy centerfold Pam Anderson: ‘Porn is for losers’

She appeared in Playboy numerous times and was the last-ever centerfold to go fully nude, but now Pamela Anderson argues in a new op-ed that, well, "porn is for losers." Even so, Ms. Anderson's website is still selling, for $500 a copy, signed and personalized editions of the Playboy magazine which carried her last naked centerfold.

September 1, 2016
Robin Thicke, left, and T.I. perform "Blurred Lines" at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live! at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles in this Dec. 6, 2013 file photo. More than 200 musicians filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, to express concern about the ruling last year in a case brought by the children of Marvin Gaye, who sued for copyright infringement claiming "Blurred Lines" copied Gaye's hit "Got to Give it Up." (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**

Blurred Lines: 200 musicians seek reversal of infringement verdict

A diverse array of musicians from genres ranging from rock to classical to hip hop are joining forces in federal court, hoping to overturn what they see as a dangerous precedent which blurs the lines of federal copyright law and threatens their livelihood.

September 1, 2016
A promotion for the September 7, 2016 news conference in which Apple is rumored to announce a new iteration of its iPhone smartphone. Screen capture from Apple.com.

The iPhone 7 Plus could store up to 256GB: report

With just one week to what is widely expected to be the launch of the anticipated iPhone 7, a French website claims to have documentation showing the new smartphone will accommodate up to 256 gigabytes of memory and will, as has been widely rumored, ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack.

August 31, 2016
In this image provided by Bryan Merville, potential juror pop star Taylor Swift, right, poses for a photo with Bryan Merville in a courthouse waiting area in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. A Nashville judge dismissed Swift as a potential juror in an aggravated rape and kidnapping case. Merville was dismissed as a potential juror in a separate case. Merville, who owns a technology infrastructure company, said he took a photo with Swift for his daughters, who are huge fans. (Bryan Merville via AP)

Taylor Swift dismissed from jury duty by Tennessee judge: report

Taylor Swift did her civic duty on Monday, showing up at a Tennessee courthouse for jury duty. She was not seated on a panel, however, after a judge dismissed her, concerned she may be not be able to be impartial in a rape case, according to reports.

August 30, 2016