Joker and Maleficent Are Neck and Neck At Box Office
Joker narrowly bested Maleficent: Mistress of Evil to regain the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in its fourth week of release.
Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent Edges Out Joker
[caption id="attachment_181929" align="aligncenter" width="654"] This image released by Disney shows Angelina Jolie as Maleficent in a scene from "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil." (Disney via AP)[/caption]...
Crazy Jon Voight Thinks Trump Is the Greatest Since Lincoln
Eighty-year-old actor Jon Voight took to Twitter on Friday night to proclaim his love of President Trump in a pair of videos.
Chance the Rapper Says This Heineken Beer Ad Is Racist But Is It Really?
Somebody called ‘Chance The Rapper’ – and, no, I have no idea who he is, and neither do I want any idea – has accused Heineken of producing a racist beer commercial. The commercial features, almost entirely, ‘people of color’ in various hues. The commercial is advertising Heineken Light beer.
Dies Irae: Day of Wrath
It’s a cartoon in the New Yorker but it could be you, it could be me, obsessively Facebooking and thinking that it really was a place of national discussion and we really were part of it. But it isn’t. It’s a place designed to seem like the real thing: perhaps like Westworld where the people around you are not what they seem. Indeed, some are just software. Some are paid to influence you. Some just want an audience they couldn’t otherwise have or the feeling of having one as they shout into the void or shoot at people who don’t actually die.
Anti-Immigrant Stances Rising in Europe After Refugees Go On Violent Crime Sprees
Two Pakistanis, two Syrians, and a group of Africans were attacked by gangs of men in four separate incidents in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday, several European...
Scientists Learn Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer
The creatures that inhabit our world contain many puzzles that we've yet to solve. For example, why do sharks never get cancer, speaking of which...
GOP Bigshot Caught Up in Ashley Madison Data Dump Says He Was Only Doing ‘research’
Jason Doré, executive director of the Louisiana GOP, is the latest person to come out with a totally innocent reason for having an Ashley Madison...
Whiny Alex Trebek Threatens to Quit Over ‘Whiny’ Jeopardy Kid
Alex Trebek, the ultimate spoiled brat of the game show industry, almost walked away from his three-decade-long gig hosting Jeopardy!—and all because of a whiny...
Disney’s ‘Maleficent’
Disney has unveiled the first trailer for “Maleficent,”a new take on their 1959 classic "Sleeping Beauty" with Angelina Jolie starring as the iconic villainess from...
The Official Knower of Every Frigging Birthday
We have an address book. In the back of that book are the birthdays of every single person in our family and a few close friends.
What NOT to do for Mother’s Day
[caption id="attachment_84334" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Pic: bitsandpieces.us"][/caption] May 13th is Mother’s Day, that most special of holidays when children, young and old, say thank you to...
Brad Pitt Cokes His Kids Up
Every parent has his or her tricks — things that must be done to keep the house running. Brad Pitt is no different. In a recent interview with CBS This Morning, the Oscar-nominated actor (“Moneyball”) revealed that he sometimes has to rely on a certain carbonated beverage to get his kids moving in the morning.
King’s Speech Heard Loud and Clear by Globes Voters
The King’s Speech and The Social Network were confirmed as leading Oscar contenders this morning when each snagged several Golden Globe nominations.