In 2000, my long-suffering mother took my brother and his friends to the local theater for a showing of Pokémon the Movie 2000. The boys were six or seven and had happily been swept up in the burgeoning cultural phenomenon dubbed “Pokémania.” My mother, perplexed by the whole affair, read …
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Given the presidential debate this week, you probably heard plenty of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Indeed, reporters and fact checkers were working overtime to specifically determine whether Haitian immigrants in Ohio were eating domestic pets, as grotesquely alleged by Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, and his vice presidential running mate, …
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Who is afraid of little old Taylor Swift? After Tuesday night, Republicans should be. After the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on Sept. 10, Swift took to Instagram to publicly endorse Harris. But she didn’t stop there. The popstar also added a custom …
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I have this friend — let’s call him Mike because that’s his name — who loves iMessage Tapbacks. You know, those little reaction bubbles that appear when you click on a text on your iPhone. Send a good joke in the group chat, and he’ll give a “haha.” Ask to …
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The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has named Australia’s viral Olympic breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn as the No. 1 B-Girl in the world. Sure, why not. Raygun rose to international notoriety during the Paris Olympics, with her widely panned moves failing to score her a single point across all six rounds …
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Once pushed to the margins of acceptable language thanks to campaigns like “Spread the Word to End the Word,” the R-word all but disappeared from common use by the early 2010s. But in 2024, it seems to be making a troubling comeback, particularly on social media platforms like X. This …
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By his own estimation, JB averages about three dates a week. The majority are the result of successful matches on Hinge, but also Tinder and Raya. “It’s gonna sound wild,” he confesses, “but I’ve probably been on close to 200 dates in the last year and a half.” There was …
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If anyone could make the Dark Side sound good, it was James Earl Jones. The actor, who died Monday at the age of 93, provided the voice for Darth Vader in more than a dozen Star Wars properties, from A New Hope to Star Tours. He made the Force sound …
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What do rapper Megan Thee Stallion and Kansas City Chiefs’ star tight end Travis Kelce have in common? They both starred in Pepsi’s revival of its iconic “We Will Rock You” ad. WATCH: Megan Thee Stallion and Travis Kelce in new Pepsi commercial This year’s Pepsi commercial, inspired by the …
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“Two steps ahead. I am always two steps ahead. This has been the greatest social experiment of my entire life.” So begins the return of popular mukbang YouTuber Nikocado Avocado. Mukbangs are videos where someone eats a large meal in front of a camera; the style originated in Korea. Nikocado …
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