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Image: Screenshot from Matilda According to various reports, the water at multiple Olympic venues is pretty much full of shit. Unfortunately for three different rowers, they’ve now probably eaten that shit. On Saturday, Serbian rowers Milos Vasic and Nenad Bedik capsized after battling what The Guardian described as “vicious crosswinds” and choppy water. Here they…
Image: AP What do bong-ripping Olympian Michael Phelps, artisanal snake oil saleswoman Gwyneth Paltrow, and chicken aficionado Jessica Simpson have in common? If you somehow guessed “they’ve all tried the scientifically dubious practice of cupping,” congratulations! You get a gold medal! Last night, as the aforementioned Phelps won his 19th gold medal, Olympics viewers may…
GIF Images via Amazon. Being a woman is expensive. It’s a well–reported fact that everyday products—from razors and deodorants to jeans—cost more when marketed toward women than men. The crummy additional news is that women start getting ripped off right from their first sippy cup, an injustice that will persist until the day our pink,…
Citibank reported holding $175.6 billion in consumer credit in its 2016 Q2 earnings. – Justin Sullivan/Getty Images U.S. banks are lending to consumers at the fastest rate since 2007 and the increasing debt is causing concern given the slowing economy, the Financial Times (subscription required) reported this week. Lenders issued $18 billion in debt debt for card loans…
When John Oliver skewered the economic realities of local journalism Sunday night, there was at least one person who wasn’t laughing: David Chavern, the president and CEO of the Newspaper Association of America. The nonprofit (which represents nearly 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada) published a curt rebuttal Monday to the “Last Week Tonight”…
Home > News & Media > Press Center > Archives > 2016 > Newspaper Association of America President & CEO David Chavern to John Oliver: Newspapers Need Solutions, Not Petty Insults and Stating the Obvious Newspaper Association of America President & CEO David Chavern to John Oliver: Newspapers Need Solutions, Not Petty Insults and Stating…
The anti-superhero film scored the top August opening of all time, but there could be trouble on the horizon for the supervillains. The news couldn’t have been better for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe as Saturday morning dawned over the Aug. 5-7 weekend. Despite horrible reviews, director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad took in a mighty $65.1…
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Donald Trump’s new “expanded” ban would include not just Muslims, but Christians and Jews from countries with a history of terrorism. “We should temporarily suspend immigration from countries that have been compromised by terrorism, which I think is altogether fitting and appropriate,” Pence said. “When you look at the Syrian…
Still, the anti-superhero film beats ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ to nab the top August domestic debut of all time while opening to $132 million overseas; elsewhere, ‘Nine Lives’ — featuring award-winning actor Kevin Spacey as a feline — doesn’t have much of a meow. David Ayer’s Suicide Squad may have opened to an August-best $135.1…
Turns out it was just mind control after all, despite Marvel’s claims that it wasn’t. (SPOILERS) Source: ComicBook.com According to an EXXXCLUSIVE report on ComicBook.com, Marvel is already planning to reveal that their shocking twist that Steve Rogers has always been a Hydra agent, which occurred less than a month ago in Captain America: Steve…