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[if lt IE 9]> Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy has reportedly been hospitalized following complaints of severe chest pains. Nimoy, who portrayed Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek television series from 1966-1969, was sent to the UCLA Medical Center last Thursday. Nimoy’s hospitalization follows the actor’s recent hospital visits over the past several months,…
They’re gone — and forgotten. In what’s become a recurring theme at the Oscars, major notable figures were left out of the “In Memoriam” segment. This year, neither Joan Rivers nor Elaine Stritch made the cut. Rivers appeared in several films including “The Muppets Take Manhattan” and “Spaceballs.” She also wrote and directed the 1978…
Nearly a month after the deadline to file death and injury compensation claims related to General Motors’ ignition recall, the number of fatalities tied to the long-ignored defect continues to increase. Reuters reports that the fund responsible for vetting the death and injury claims related to the recall has acknowledged 57 deaths and 94 injuries. Officials with…
Recently, Hollywood proved once again that it just does not understand women. This proof came in the form of a trashy blockbuster that struck a chord with women, though it was widely derided by critics for its weird concept and laughable dialogue. And no, I’m not talking about Fifty Shades of Grey. Tumblr Jupiter Ascending is…
Earlier this month, an 11-year-old Destiny player gave control of his PlayStation 4 to a stranger who was supposed to help him. Instead, using the PS4 Share Play feature, the other Destiny player deleted two out of three of his characters, and the awkward moment was caught live on Twitch. The apparent evildoer was supposed…
Laura Poitras, a founding editor of The Intercept, won an Academy Award tonight for her documentary “Citizenfour,” an inside look at Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistleblower. “The disclosures that Edward Snowden revealed don’t only expose a threat to our privacy but to our democracy itself,” Poitras said in her acceptance speech. “Thank you…
Ana Redmond launched into a technology career for an exciting challenge and a chance to change the world. She was well-equipped to succeed too: An ambitious math and science wiz, she could code faster, with fewer errors, than anyone she knew. In 2011, after 15 years, she left before achieving a management position. Garann Means…
A lawsuit was filed against Corinthian last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which, among other complaints alleges that Corinthian ‘falsely inflated its job placement statistics’. Photograph: Chloe Cushman Nathan Hornes didn’t think he’d still be working in fast food on his 25th birthday. He had a plan: he wanted to be a pop…
From: Paul Ford To: Virginia Heffernan Subject: Interested in being part of a Salon “Mothers who think” reboot? Virginia replied: Kind of, actually. Paul answered: Cool! Its called Mothers Who Tweet and its a cobrand with Maytag. No more than two tweets a week will be branded retweets and the rest will be original. If…
Jeff Bridges from the promo for his new album, Sleeping Tapes. If cult actor and sometime country musician Jeff Bridges’ new album, Sleeping Tapes, is aimed at anyone, it is people like me. I have, on numerous occasions when Radio 3 is getting a bit severe, typed into YouTube “drowsy music drones” or “guaranteed to…