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It was bad timing, to be sure Just one day after the world found out about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford‘s cancer diagnosis, Rob Ford the Musical held its opening night. Defying expectations that it would be a satirical takedown of … Continue reading →

One week after his disaster of a press conference last Friday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams detailing what the league has so far done to improve its handling of domestic violence acts by players Goodell calls … Continue reading →

Emoji, sneakers, pizza, a cover of Harper’s Bazaar — you name it, Jessica Siskin can make it out of Rice Krispies Siskin is the sole proprietor of Misterkrisp, a dessert shop that, at the moment, operates exclusively through the Instagram … Continue reading →

Apple may love music, but true love goes just so far. Tim Cook made no mention of support for high-res audio — that is, sound that goes beyond CD quality — when he unveiled the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 … Continue reading →

What was HBO thinking not casting Ellen Page and Kate Mara for the second season of True Detective? With yesterday’s news of Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell landing the starring roles, which excited nearly no one on the Internet, it’s … Continue reading →

SYDNEY — The world’s largest short film festival has decided 7 minutes — its normal time limit per movie — wasn’t nearly short enough. This year Tropfest, which launched in Australia in 1993, decided to launch an even shorter film … Continue reading →

Apple is attempting a do-over of the epic fail that was iOS 8′s first update. The company released iOS 8.0.2 Thursday, following the release — and subsequent removal — of iOS 8.0.1, after widespread reports the update killed users’ cell … Continue reading →

A new NASA image shows the devastation wreaked by the King Fire east of Sacramento, California, which has been burning for the last two weeks NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite took this infrared image on Sept. 19, which NASA artificially colored. … Continue reading →

The world is full of weirdos Consider that a good thing — a certain level of the weird, strange and bizarre things is good for the soul. Otherwise you may find yourself perfectly content drinking pumpkin spice lattes while watching … Continue reading →

Beyonce rules all — even college football recruiting, it seems Shy Tuttle is a 6-foot-3, 315-pound high school football player from North Carolina ranked among the top players at his defensive-tackle position and recruited by some of the nation’s best … Continue reading →